The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

"Put out the oil field fire?"

Liu Tao frowned slightly.

At first he didn't think about this, but now he couldn't help but be tempted.

Because now Iraq has tied the post-war reconstruction project to the extinguishing of the oil field fire.

The Iraqi post-war reconstruction project is a huge piece of cake, and no one will not be jealous.

Especially the reconstruction of the oil field, which can promote the export of Chinese oil equipment to the Middle East market. In the past, the market in this area was monopolized by Europe and the United States, and China could only barely drink a little soup.

"Al, I have to find a professional to look at this matter and formulate a plan to extinguish the fire." Liu Tao pondered for a moment, "How many days will you come this time?"

"I can stay here for a week!" Al said.

Liu Tao did not agree immediately, because he had to consult a professional about this matter.

If he had never extinguished an oil field, he would not dare to guarantee it.

After parting with Al, Liu Tao contacted the people of Daqing Oilfield.

Soon, the people of Daqing Oilfield gave Liu Tao a plan, which was to use fire tanks to spray a large amount of fire-fighting materials on the fire column of the oil well, gradually cool it down, and block the natural gas sprayed from the oil well from contacting with crude oil and air, so as to extinguish the fire.

"According to our preliminary estimate, it will take us three years to extinguish all the oil field fires in Iraq." said You Zhenye, an expert who has participated in many oil field firefighting operations.

Gradually, Liu Tao also gradually understood.

The oil well pressure is high, the fire column is too high, and the surrounding temperature is too high. The staff cannot get too close and cannot block the entry of oxygen in a short time. Even if the conventional method is used to block the contact between oxygen and oil, even if the fire above is extinguished, the high temperature of the ground and the inside of the oil well will continue to ignite the sprayed oil and natural gas, allowing the fire to continue to burn.

It can be said that it is very difficult and dangerous to extinguish the fire in the oil field.

Liu Tao had an idea: "If we can block all oxygen from entering the entire area and then quickly cool it down, can we speed up the fire extinguishing?"

"In theory, it is, but it is difficult! For example, this oil field is not large, but to extinguish the fire in this way, at least all the oxygen within one square kilometer must be consumed. The oil field fire cannot be exposed to oxygen for a short time after being extinguished. The fire is extinguished and the surface temperature near the oil well is quickly reduced to prevent re-ignition." You Zhenye said: "To achieve this level, I am afraid we have to use mushroom bombs."

You Zhenye did not say anything more.

Because it is not necessary, the total fire extinguishing contract is not big, and the profit is not enough to use a mushroom bomb.

Liu Tao thought of the fuel-air bomb, which can quickly consume the oxygen in an area.

Without oxygen, the fire in the oil field will naturally not burn.

After all, the main function of the fuel-air bomb is to quickly consume the surrounding oxygen in a short time to increase the lethality.

Although the temperature generated is high, the lack of oxygen cannot cause the surrounding area to catch fire.

This high temperature also dissipates quickly.

It's just that other people have never come into contact with fuel-air bombs, or even know about fuel-air bombs, so they didn't think of this plan.

"Leader, what is a fuel-air bomb?" You Zhenye asked in confusion.

"A fuel-air bomb is a military equipment with great power. Its main function is to quickly consume oxygen in the surrounding area. Concentrated use can quickly and thoroughly consume oxygen within a radius of dozens of square kilometers." Liu Tao briefly introduced.

"If such equipment can be used to put out fires, there will be no problem. As long as the oil field fire is put out, oxygen will be consumed quickly, and the cooling problem will be easy." You Zhenye said excitedly: "But we don't have the conditions to test it now, and I dare not guarantee the effect."

Liu Tao said: "If there are no conditions for testing, we will use computer simulation first!"

Liu Tao then took You Zhenye and others to Southwest Associated University.

After all, the supercomputing center of Southwest Associated University is the most advanced and terrifying in the world.

Just such a supercomputing center exceeds the computing power of all computers in other places.

In the supercomputing center, Liu Tao personally participated in computer simulations to calculate the effect of using fuel-air bombs according to different situations, including how many fuel-air bombs are needed.

It took five days to simulate all possible situations at least ten times, and it was determined that it was feasible to use fuel-air bombs to extinguish the oil field fire.

However, the specific situation depends on the detailed parameters of different oil fields, and it is even necessary to consider whether it is night or daytime and the climate conditions.

But at least it has been confirmed that the plan of using fuel-air bombs to extinguish fires is feasible.

Rushing back to Beijing, Liu Tao met with Al again to negotiate the fire-fighting contract.

The two parties adopted an unfixed contract. The amount remained unchanged for different oil fields and different fire-fighting times.

As long as the Iraqi oil field fire can be extinguished, Panshan Group can get at least 40 billion US dollars and at most 80 billion US dollars.

After the contract was finalized, the two parties held a press conference to announce that China would undertake the Iraqi oil field fire-fighting business.

When the news came out, European and American media were in an uproar.

Chinese people know how to extinguish oil field fires?

This is not a joke. Although China has oil, its oil reserves are far less than those in the Middle East.

How many oil field fires have occurred in China?

Does China have the ability to put out the fire in Iraq's oil fields?

All of a sudden, European and American media were full of sneers.

On the one hand, they questioned that it was impossible to put out the oil field fire in Iraq without technology; on the other hand, they questioned that Iraq could not afford to pay so much money, because everyone knew that after paying the war reparations, Iraq's assets in Europe and the United States were frozen again, and Iraq's foreign exchange reserves had been exhausted.

When European and American countries generally questioned and were not optimistic, Liu Tao was already mobilizing personnel and fuel-air explosives and equipment for launching fuel-air explosives.

Some equipment can be directly borrowed from tanks and armored vehicles in Iraq, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, while some need to be mobilized by Panshan Group and shipped to Iraq.

A large number of fuel-air explosives were shipped to Iraq.

So far, Panshan Group has never exported fuel-air explosives, after all, the power of fuel-air explosives is too great.

This thing has too terrifying lethality.

In order to get more money, Liu Tao is eager to put out the oil field fire as soon as possible.

The first to set off are people from Daqing Oilfield and the Meteorological Bureau. They will take the lead in investigating each oil field, and then transmit the data back to China for computer simulation at Southwest Associated University in China.

Panshan Group is making every effort to produce fuel-air explosive bombs. After all, even the fuel-air explosive bombs in stock this time are not enough to put out all the fires in Iraq's oil fields.

In order to better put out the fire, Panshan Group even mobilized the "Ray Eagle" helicopter and the H-6 bomber to the Middle East.

In addition to the salvo method, airdrops will also be carried out.

After all, the cost of airdrops will be lower.

And salvos can give soldiers more opportunities to practice.

In addition, some mercenaries will go to Iraq.

In order to carry out post-war reconstruction, Iraq will sell a large amount of gold.

In addition to the huge assets in China, Iraq's own US dollars are indeed exhausted, but Iraq still has a large amount of gold.