Shire's gaze swept across the room, eyes cold:
"We all know what the Germans will do with these resources once they get them."
"The resources will feed German soldiers, and the oil will enable them to create more mechanized equipment, including tanks."
"They will also produce bullets and shells aimed at us!"
The parliamentarians looked at each other, whispering guesses about who was responsible.
One of the parliamentarians asked Shire, "How do you know this, General? Do you have any evidence?"
Shire took out a telegram wrapped in waterproof oil paper from his inner pocket, opened it, and waved it in front of everyone:
"This is a telegram from General Brusilov, the Commander-in-Chief of Russia's Southwestern Army Group."
"He told me a shocking piece of news. After losing a small town, they found the Germans were digging up oil and resources from underground."
"Preliminary estimates suggest this batch of oil is 200,000 tons, along with 50,000 tons of resources."
