The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Liu Tao was coordinating the firefighting in the Iraqi oil fields.

The big contract worth 40 billion to 80 billion US dollars was enough to make Liu Tao extremely concerned.

The sooner the fire was put out, the more rewards he would get.

Some other materials and equipment needed for firefighting also cost a lot.

It seems that it is just firefighting, but the cost is not low.

In order to transport equipment, fuel-air explosives, and personnel, in addition to sea transportation, Liu Tao also chartered planes and even used transport planes.

For this reason, Liu Tao even used his connections to rent An-225 from the Soviet Union and rented ten Soviet transport planes.

Soldiers who had originally planned to retire were postponed again.

After all, Liu Tao did not trust the military professional skills of Iraqi soldiers.

A steady stream of information came back from Iraq.

In Iraq, a helicopter was hovering in the air. From a long distance, you could see the towering fire and billowing smoke.

The entire oil field was a scene of doomsday.

At the edge of the oil field, hundreds of meters away from the fire column, the rolling heat waves can be felt.

In a depression in the desert a thousand meters away from the fire column, military green tents are neatly arranged.

Only the tops of these tents are exposed in the desert.

This is the dormitory where the firefighting team workers live. They use excavators to dig pits that can just accommodate tents to solve the problem of overheating around.

The workers are fully equipped. After all, in this environment, they must protect themselves.

The fire column of this oil well is more than 60 meters high. After burning, billowing smoke spreads around, and black smoke and dust fall everywhere, falling on the workers. If they do not take protective measures, they will enter their nasal cavities with their breathing.

At the same time, the surrounding fire-fighting rocket launchers have been arranged.

According to the current situation, according to supercomputer simulation, 120 200-kilogram cloud bombs are needed to extinguish the oil field fire.

For this purpose, 3 self-propelled rocket launchers were used.

Each self-propelled rocket launcher has 40 rocket tubes, and 40 fuel-air explosive bombs can be fired within 30 seconds. Three self-propelled rocket launchers can fire exactly 120 fuel-air explosive bombs.

At this time, the self-propelled rocket launcher has been equipped with fuel-air explosive bombs, and the soldiers are calibrating.

As long as 120 fuel-air explosive bombs cannot be fired within 30 seconds, and the fuel-air explosive bombs do not explode in the calculated area, then the firefighting will fail and have to start over.

Next to the three self-propelled rocket launchers, someone is specially filming, and all the preparations will be recorded.

There are even American CIAs observing from a distance.

Although both sides have held a press conference to announce to the world that this batch of equipment is specially used for firefighting, Americans do not believe it.

Who would use fuel-air explosive bombs to put out fires? This is not a joke.

In the eyes of Americans, weapons are used to kill people.

Fuel-air explosive bombs are even more deadly.

In this Gulf War, the Americans used fuel-air explosive bombs. No one knows the power of fuel-air explosive bombs better than the Americans.

Fuel-air explosive bombs are also among the top five on the list given to Panshan Group by the Americans.

Although Panshan Group has never exported fuel-air explosive bombs, who knows if this arms dealer will be so poor that he will export fuel-air explosive bombs to Iraq for money.

All the work is ready.

The person in charge here looked at the time and confirmed it with a walkie-talkie.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

The water pump started working, pumping water from the sea, which was to reduce the high temperature generated by the explosion of fuel-air explosive bombs.

"Fire!" The commander gave the order.

"Fire!"

Almost at the same time, the three self-propelled rocket launchers heard the order.

The soldiers with their fingers on the launch button dropped their fingers heavily on the launch button.

"Swish, swish, swish~~~"

One by one, the fuel-air explosive bombs were launched, and the sound of breaking through the air was very pleasant, dragging a long tail flame towards the direction of the oil field.

The high-speed flying shells flew across the sky, leaving a trail of white smoke, which was extremely beautiful.

The Americans also recorded this scene.

"Here it comes!" The crowd standing at the observation position beside the oil field has been waiting.

Everyone became nervous. Whether it can succeed depends on this one move!

"Boom boom boom~~~"

120 fuel-air bombs exploded at the preset explosion point. From the first fuel-air bomb to the last fuel-air bomb, the interval between the explosion and the explosion was only 30 seconds.

The explosion of the small fireball formed a cloud of fire floating in the air.

120 small fireballs continued to spread up, down, left and right, producing brighter light, and finally formed a huge mushroom, which then rose up.

It was like an artificial sun.

"OH, MY GOD!" The CIA agents of the United States were stunned.

If they didn't know about fuel-air bombs, they would have thought it was a mushroom bomb without hesitation.

Other firefighters were also stunned. It was the first time they saw such a terrible side.

As the fuel-air bomb exploded, a huge mushroom cloud rose up, and the surrounding oxygen was quickly consumed. The oil well that was originally burning with a pillar of fire became powerless.

The pillar of fire could no longer be seen in the distance!

The pillar of fire was covered by the spreading fire cloud.

In the area where seawater flowed on the ground, more white smoke rose instantly, and the moment the smoke rose, it disappeared!

The fire cloud expanded quickly and disappeared quickly.

As the fire cloud disappeared, the more than 60-meter-high column of fire also disappeared!

Instead, a black column of oil more than 30 meters high gushed out from the oil well, which was like a fountain, reaching high in the sky and then falling to the surroundings.

"Quick! Everyone, don't just stand there, hurry up and work, and you must complete the work within the specified time!" You Zhenye shouted with a loud speaker.

If the work is not completed within the specified time, the oil field will burn again when the oxygen is restored.

This means that today's work is in vain!

Then, the workers came to their senses and hurriedly continued to move forward.

The water column sprayed forward, which was to lower the ground temperature.

The fire tanks moved forward, and the workers carried oxygen cylinders and carried out the work.

This kind of oil field fire fighting is very dangerous.

Even each of them has written a suicide note.

Because they know that crude oil is not easy to burn, but the natural gas that comes out of the oil well along with the crude oil is a flammable and explosive thing. Once the natural gas is ignited, it will soon ignite the high-temperature oil column again.

There is not much time left for their operation window, and they must complete the work.

Otherwise, they would be in danger.

In this environment, wheeled fire trucks are useless, they have to use tank fire trucks with tracks!

Finally, with the efforts of the workers, the oil well was finally blocked.

As the oil well was blocked, it meant that the fire was successfully extinguished, and it was officially announced that the fuel-air bomb fire extinguishing was feasible.

The workers cheered and celebrated, they completed a miracle.

Of course, this also means that they received generous rewards.

For successfully extinguishing the fire in the oil well, each of them can get a reward of at least $10,000.

This is real personal benefit!