After inspection, you can see a watchtower about every 200 meters, and the Iraqi army inside is holding machine guns, monitoring the situation inside and outside the Rumaila oil area, and US helicopters, transport planes, and fighter planes fly at low altitude all the time

"There's a U.S. military base 10 kilometers from the oil field, and the Iraqis took it over after the Americans withdrew, but recently the Americans have returned, so they've taken it back and it's the largest U.S. military presence in Basra province," explained grimly

"Didn't you say that the safety of the oil field is our own responsibility?" asked Canglong

"No, we only have a dozen people here, how can we be in charge of the security of such a large oil field, so we can only rely on the security forces to prevent terrorist attacks, and the oil fields are important targets for terrorists and the remnants of the Ba'ath Party," explained Grim

"It's really hot enough," Tang Long sat in the back seat and complained, "It's almost baked."

It was very strange what Tang Long was doing, because he didn't have the slightest military breath on his body, how did he look like a young man who had just come out, and when he saw him speak, he said: "The climate in Iraq is like this, even if the weather is still very hot until the end of September, the outdoor temperature can be as high as 50 degrees Celsius at noon, so the outdoor work during the day cannot exceed five hours, otherwise there will be a risk of heat stroke, and the operation can only be carried out at night."

"Fifty degrees Celsius," Tang Long couldn't believe it, "Isn't this just like a stove?"

"This is not the most terrible thing, the climate change here is unbearable, because most of the oil fields are in the desert area, the wind is very strong, and it is accompanied by strong sand and dust, and when the wind is strong, everything that is not installed will be blown down by the strong wind," said grimly, "years of war have also led to a serious shortage of technical facilities, so working here is a test of everyone's adaptability, after this period of time, the weather will become cooler in autumn."

Tang Long nodded, he really couldn't imagine how those Iraqis could survive in such a high-temperature area, but he soon found that not only Iraqis could survive in such unimaginable places, but also Chinese, many yellow-skinned faces came and went in the center of the oil field, although wearing helmets, they were still sweating

"Why don't they take off their clothes and work, isn't this more comfortable," Tang Long asked strangely

Yan Yan smiled and said: "Taking off your clothes here is to find death, and if you are exposed to the sun for an hour, you will basically get sunburned, and when you go back at night, you will be scorched, and the hot pain will also peel, and the workers' clothes are all specially made, which can resist some ultraviolet rays like the desert military uniforms of the US army."

Tang Long blushed for a while at his ignorance, as if he was afraid that he was making a mistake, so he didn't ask, and sternly introduced that there were about 100 Chinese oil workers working in the entire oil field, and the rest of the people were Iraqi locals, about three or four hundred people, if it wasn't for the classified work in the oil field, it is estimated that he would not invite so many domestic manpower to come over, after all, Iraq's manpower is much cheaper

"Didn't I fire the chief engineer, why is the oil field still running," Canglong, who came to the tallest building in the oil field, suddenly asked

The grim face was not good-looking, and he replied honestly: "To be honest, your order is not as valid as Deputy Director Wang's"

"Oh," Canglong nodded, and then entered the building, and the cool air conditioning made everyone show relaxed expressions

The person in charge quickly received them, but it was obvious that there was no dismissal order from Canglong here, so what should I do or what should I do, and even Canglong's arrival surprised the person in charge a little, and finally hurriedly took them to the office, and immediately notified the chief person in charge and the chief engineer

When the two of them came from the construction site sweating, their faces were full of dissatisfaction, and one of them walked in with a big grin and scolded: "What bullshit, the president doesn't know that we are busy?"

When he walked in and saw Canglong, the scolding chief engineer, he was not angry, but he just looked at Canglong: "Are you the new president?"

Vivian looked strange, it was the first time she had seen such an impulsive person here, but Canglong didn't care about it, she walked up to him and reminded him in a low voice: "Yang Gong, don't be angry, President Cang doesn't know that you are busy."

"I don't know, I won't make a phone call to inform me," Chief Engineer Yang didn't change his face, and he didn't give face at all

The person in charge next to him pulled him and said to Canglong: "I'm sorry, President Cang, we are indeed very busy, the oil field has just started drilling, if you don't watch it all the time, there will be chaos."

Yan Yan thought that Canglong would be angry, but he didn't expect that Canglong didn't have the posture of firing Deputy Director Wang just now, but said gently: "It's okay, I delayed you, I apologize to you."

Apologizing to them as a president surprised both Yang Gong and the person in charge, but Yang Gong was still angry, it felt like a child, and the person in charge said humbly: "Please forgive Yang Gong, he is this temper, even if Director Ye Lunye comes, he will not give face."

"It's okay," Canglong nodded

"Lao Liang, you don't have to be so polite to him, but everyone has fired us," at this moment, Yang Gong suddenly said coldly and sarcastically

Grim for a while, I didn't expect that the two of them already knew, he thought they didn't know, it's no wonder that Yang Gong's real name is Yang Guoqing, he is an old qualified oilman, when the Daqing oilfield was developed, he participated in the development of many oil wells in China, and in the Iraqi oilfield, he was the chief engineer of Longteng International, if it wasn't for the State Council, he didn't want to come

But usually Yang Guoqing is very kind, very sympathetic to his subordinates, in addition to a little hot temper, most of the time he is still very kind, because he is the chief engineer, so everyone will call him Yang Gong

It would have been embarrassing to break it in person, but Canglong didn't feel embarrassed at all, just said: "If there is really any misunderstanding, I can still apologize to you and withdraw the dismissal order."

Mr. Liang was in charge of preparing the interface, after all, Canglong had already given a step, and he was still the president, but Yang Gong took the lead and said: "If it weren't for Mr. Lin's sake, you kid, I would flash now, but you just want to take back the order now, it's too late, and when this oil well is opened, I'll go home, who wants to stay in this hellish place, who do you invite?"

After speaking, Yang Gong looked angry, don't look over his head and don't look at Canglong, the atmosphere is even more embarrassing, Mr. Liang is in charge and hurriedly explained: "Actually, President Cang invited us to a meeting, we should have rushed there, but the oilfield project is imminent, and it is a critical moment for the oil well to be opened, so we can't get out."

Canglong nodded and said that he understood, it seemed that he was really wrong, and the reason why he apologized again and again was because at the first sight of Yang Gong and Mr. Liang in charge, he understood that he was wrong, although the two people were completely different, but they were not the kind of scheming people, just by looking at the dirt on their work clothes, they knew that they were not the kind of people who sat in the office, drew drawings, and then commanded

So he stood up again and said sincerely: "I apologize to you again for my actions, but if Yang Gong really wants to leave, I won't be forced to stay, but you are all engaged in oil, and you know very well how far China's energy has depleted now, and it is impossible to be self-sufficient by relying on domestic oil fields alone, plus the political situation in Syria is unstable, if we lose Iraq, we must be very clear."

"You kid really have a set," Yang Gong stared at Canglong coldly, "I forgive you this time, but there won't be a next time, I don't care if you're the president or not"

After speaking, Yang Gong took the helmet and informed Mr. Liang and left the office, Mr. Liang said embarrassedly: "He has such a temper, please forgive President Cang."

"If I really blamed him, he wouldn't apologize," Canglong said with a smile

"But President Cang is indeed different from what we imagined, at first we thought you were just a fool who didn't learn and didn't know how to learn, but now I'm going to change my opinion about you," Mr. Liang was in charge, obviously very satisfied with Canglong, "worthy of Mr. Lin's son, he can stretch and bend"

"Can you take me to the oil well?" asked Canglong

Mr. Liang was a little surprised, looked at Canglong's fine skin and tender meat, and joked: "As long as President Cang is not afraid of sunburn, I am naturally very happy."

Saying that, Canglong asked people to find a work uniform, and followed Mr. Liang to the oil well, and the members of the team were ordered by Canglong to disperse and go to other places in the oil well to inquire about the situation, as for Vivian, she had already entered the work state of the deputy director and was investigating in the office

So Canglong only took Tang Long to the oil well, and Liang was in charge, obviously a very popular person, and everyone was greeting him all the way

"Here, there are a total of more than a dozen engineering teams responsible for drilling, workover, logging, exploration, and construction of barracks, and now the first phase of the project is drilling work, in this oil field, about five oil wells can be built, this self-spraying oil well can produce about 20,000 kilograms per day," Liang was in charge of walking to a high place, pointing into the distance

Canglong looked over and found that the people were busy, and he could vaguely see Yang Gong's figure, he was coordinating everywhere with a walkie-talkie

Canglong: They stayed until the evening, and after the oilmen had eaten, they began to get busy, because they didn't have time to install the lighting equipment, so the whole oil field was in a dark state, but this was not difficult for the hard-working and intelligent Chinese workers, who borrowed the lights of the trucks to install mud treatment equipment

Suddenly, something bad happened, and a loud roar of helicopter propellers was heard in the sky, and the US Apache helicopter gunship threw two strong beams of light onto the oil workers, and four or five military vehicles drove in from the perimeter to surround the operation site