Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 252 Crisis

"The biggest crisis?" Prince Abdullah asked in confusion. In his opinion, the return of the Kuwaiti royal family to Kuwait is already a blessing from God! Compared with Kuwait's national power, it is simply incomparable to that of Iraq.

, without the help of the Americans, even if Saudi Arabia and other countries unite, it may be difficult to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.

But just now Fang Mingyuan has made it very clear that the Americans will undoubtedly win this war, and the Kuwaiti royal family will definitely return to Kuwait. Although I don't understand why Fang Mingyuan has so much confidence, the "prophecies" mentioned by Fang Mingyuan these times are all

It has come true, which naturally makes Prince Abdullah have a lot of confidence in him. Naturally, he attaches great importance to his opinion. Fang Mingyuan said so confidently that Prince Abdullah also felt a little more hopeful.

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"Yes, the biggest crisis! A crisis that affects Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and even global humanity!" Fang Mingyuan said seriously.

Hearing Fang Mingyuan speak so solemnly, Prince Abdullah's heart immediately rose to his throat. He couldn't think of anything that could actually reach such a high level for mankind around the world.

"Your Highness, your royal family must have been mentally prepared. If Iraq refuses to withdraw its troops, a fight between the two sides will inevitably cause devastating damage to Kuwait City?" Fang Mingyuan tapped the coffee table.

Prince Abdullah nodded, war? How could it not harm civilians and buildings? During World War II, cities in countless countries were reduced to ruins. This was the case in France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and Germany.

In this way, Kuwait cannot be special. But in the view of the Kuwaiti royal family, as long as the country can be recovered, a new Kuwait city will stand on the shore of the Persian Gulf in a few years. Elementary schools have this advantage.

The reconstruction speed is fast and the cost is not too high. With the continuous oil output in Kuwait's underground, the Kuwaiti royal family still has confidence in this fund. The Emir even plans to provide financial aid for those who were damaged in the war.

The cost of rebuilding national houses will also be borne by the government.

"Your Highness, have you ever thought that the end of the war does not mean the arrival of happiness!" Fang Mingyuan said meaningfully, "Have you never thought about mobilizing personnel from all over the world to deal with oil leaks and oil well firefighting?"

"Mobilize equipment and personnel to control oil leaks and oil well firefighting from all over the world?" Prince Abdullah was even more stunned. What were these people mobilized for?

At this time, people all over the world who are paying attention to the situation in Iraq and Kuwait would not have thought that as the war progresses, the largest oil pollution in human history will also occur in the Gulf region! Oil is one of the energy cornerstones of modern industrial society, so as a weakening

As an effective way to reduce the enemy's war potential, military operations to destroy oil facilities are not uncommon in wars in the 20th century. However, in previous wars, there has never been an oil leak as large as the Gulf War. It has caused pollution to the Persian Gulf.

The marine ecological environment and coastal people have been almost wiped out.

Marine pollution in the Gulf War mainly resulted from oil leaks caused by military operations on both sides and intentional dumping by the Iraqi army. According to incomplete statistics by military experts from various countries after the war, the multinational coalition destroyed a large number of Iraqi and

Oil facilities in Kuwait caused oil leaks. Iraq also counterattacked against oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. At the same time, in order to interfere with the coalition landing on the eastern coast of Kuwait, the Iraqi army pumped oil from Kuwait's oil fields and dumped it into the Gulf.

According to experts' estimates, during the entire process, the amount of oil leakage caused by the military operations of both sides and the deliberate oil leakage by Iraqi soldiers reached nearly 10 million barrels, which was dozens of times the global average annual oil leakage at that time! A huge oil leak was formed in the Persian Gulf.

The pollution area eventually led to the complete cessation of fishing operations in Saudi Arabia, and the oil slick caused pollution to some seawater desalination plants along the coast. Saudi Arabia, which uses desalinated seawater as domestic water, faced difficulties in fresh water supply. The oil slick also caused pollution in the Persian Gulf.

Seabirds were covered in oil and unable to fly. They could only wait to die on beaches and rocks. Other marine life did not escape this disaster. Whales, dolphins, turtles, shrimps, crabs and various fish were all poisoned.

Die or suffocate to death and become the biggest victim of this war.

Fang Mingyuan still clearly remembers the tragic scene of those poor birds and fish he saw on TV, all covered in dark oil, unable to break free and could only wait to die.

After listening to Fang Mingyuan's description, Prince Abdullah couldn't help but jump up and said excitedly: "Fang, you are saying that it is possible that the Iraqis deliberately poured oil into the Gulf during the war? This, this, this... they are crazy!"

As an Arab, he naturally understood the terrible consequences of this act. He simply couldn't believe that the Iraqis could do such a crazy thing.

"It's not possible, in my opinion it's inevitable!" Fang Mingyuan motioned him to sit down, "If Iraq's army can still be ranked in the world, then its navy is definitely not top-notch. Compared with the Americans

Compared with the fleet, it is simply vulnerable. In this case, if the Iraqi army commanders, in order to ensure coastal security and avoid US military landing operations, attack their flanks just like they did in the Korean War,

Besides dumping the oil, does he have any other choice?"

Prince Abdullah was silent for a long time, and then nodded. It was indeed as Fang Mingyuan said, compared with the US aircraft carrier formation, the Iraqi navy is as ridiculous as a small sampan. If the US military plans to

The Iraqi navy is simply unable to stop the landing operations on the coastline. If Iraq mobilizes its forces to defend the coastline, it will undoubtedly disperse its forces. In comparison, releasing oil at sea is undoubtedly the first choice of the Iraqi military commanders.

"Then mobilize the oil wells to extinguish... Fang, do you mean that the Iraqis will light the oil wells?" Prince Abdullah suddenly reacted and exclaimed. His voice even attracted the diplomats who were standing outside the door.

The department staff immediately rushed in and saw that the two people were peaceful in the living room, then they left again.

"There is a possibility. There is an old saying in China: Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst! If Saddam is defeated by the US military, who can guarantee that he, who can use the citizens of Western countries as a human shield, will not order the burning of Kuwait?

Where are the oil fields?" Fang Mingyuan's question was so sharp that it left Prince Abdullah speechless. Yes, Saddam was already braving the world's disdain, what else could he not dare to do? But burning

It can be said that the harm caused by oil wells is even greater than that of oil leaks!

In Fan Mingyuan's previous life, according to those military experts, Iraq lit up its oil fields before retreating on the one hand to vent its anger, and on the other hand it wanted to slow down the U.S. military's attack speed and cover its ground targets with thick smoke. And the thick smoke in the sky was

Smoke has indeed greatly affected the support of coalition air power, reducing aircraft availability, increasing maintenance costs, and greatly reducing the success rate of attacks on Iraqi military targets.

But for this little military victory of the Iraqis, Kuwait, the Middle East, and even the whole world paid a heavy price. Even China, thousands of miles away, was affected by this.

In this war, more than 900 oil wells in Kuwait were eventually destroyed. With the hard work of oil well fire-fighting teams from all over the world, these ignited oil wells continued to burn for nearly 8 months before they were all extinguished. At most

Nearly one million tons of crude oil are burned every day. The crude oil erupted from these ignited oil wells due to the huge underground pressure formed hundreds of fire dragons, and the thick smoke produced during the combustion covered the sky and made the day look like night.

, even at noon, the visibility in Kuwait City is only a few meters, and the temperature has plummeted. People have to turn on their headlights when driving during the day, and rely on flashlights to illuminate when walking. In the past, such scenes only appeared in descriptions of the end of the world.

in horror movies.

The burning of oil wells also caused large-scale air pollution. Soon, the air in Kuwait and surrounding areas was filled with a pungent and choking smell; after several black rains, the entire Kuwait became greasy and slimy. And people

We are often surprised to see that birds flying freely in the sky will suddenly fall to the ground and die as if they were hit by bullets; many cattle and sheep will suffer a series of poisoning after eating contaminated grass blades, and die in painful convulsions.

, but the herdsmen could only stand aside and do nothing. It is also said that the large number of Gulf War Syndrome among soldiers of multinational forces after the war was closely related to this.

The burning of a large number of oil wells can also cause abnormal atmospheric climate. Due to the thick smoke that blocks the sky, the amount of local sunshine has been greatly reduced, and vegetation and soil have also been affected. Moreover, burning has caused high acidity in many places in the Middle East.

Acid rain has caused great damage to local plants. Even in Iran, which is located about hundreds of kilometers east of Kuwait, there was a sticky black rain.

And according to experts, a large amount of dust produced after oil burning spreads in high altitudes along with air currents. This black smoke moves eastward through the warm and moist air currents over the Indian Ocean, and condenses when it floats over the Himalayas.

Black snow falls. The black snow quickly absorbs sunlight and melts a large amount of ice and snow, causing river water to surge and becoming the root cause of the 1991 nationwide floods in China.

Fang Mingyuan didn't know whether the experts' guess was accurate, although he believed that the domestic floods in 1991 were largely due to the indiscriminate deforestation of vegetation across the country in recent years, which resulted in serious soil erosion.

Coupled with the large number of lakes reclaimed for farmland in the country, excess river water has no way to divert it, which ultimately leads to a catastrophe.

However, we would rather believe that this kind of thing exists than believe that it does not exist. I would like to remind the Kuwaiti royal family in advance that if it can attract the attention of the multinational coalition and protect Kuwait's oil fields in advance and reduce the resulting pollution, no matter whether it will ultimately affect the

Going to China is also a good thing.