Chapter 568 - Preparing for the Great Cause of Unification in the Future
Myanmar is rich in oil and gas resources, but its weak industrial base means that its extraction and refining capacity is far from meeting its growing domestic needs. Until 2012, Myanmar needed to import hundreds of millions of dollars in diesel and gasoline every year.
In order for the industry in North Myanmar to develop, as the "blood" of modern industry, oil, it is necessary to make the oil industry continue to transfuse blood for the industrial development of various industries.
Yang Weiping has a deeper and clearer understanding of this than any Northern Burmese.
Before the civil war in Myanmar was fully ceasefired, Abt Petroleum Company, which was invested and controlled by Abt International Mining Company, had begun to conduct all-round investigations and investigations on the Ringanqiang-Xiaobu oil fields and the offshore oil and gas fields in Rakhine State.
At present, Abt Petroleum Company has invested nearly $500 million to introduce the most advanced oil exploitation and refining technology and equipment from Europe, and established a joint venture with the Yang Jiasheng family to establish the North Myanmar Petroleum and Natural Gas Co., Ltd., which has legally changed the Ringanqiang-Xiaobu oilfield and the offshore oil and gas field in Rakhine State from state-owned to private.
The privatization of some of the original state-owned enterprises in North Myanmar is the first major measure in the implementation of economic reform in North Myanmar. It is precisely because of the implementation of this national policy in North Myanmar that a large number of foreign investors have poured into North Myanmar following the pace of Tiangong International Group.
North Myanmar Petroleum & Natural Gas Co., Ltd. is a large private enterprise controlled and managed by foreign investors in North Myanmar, which was established in July 1981 on the basis of the former North Myanmar Petroleum and Natural Gas Corporation. It is the implementation of upstream and downstream, domestic and foreign trade, production and marketing integration, in accordance with the modern enterprise management system operation. A comprehensive oil company with cross-regional, cross-industry and cross-border operations.
Yang Weiping has always wanted Tiangong Group to intervene in Huaxia's oil industry, but he has not been able to do so due to many reasons. Even if Tiangong Group invested in the establishment of a modern oil city in Karamay City, Huaxia Province, it failed to get the shares of Karamay Oilfield. It is only in the petroleum and petrochemical deep processing industry that it has set up several large-scale crude oil processing, refined oil production refineries and oil and gas pipeline manufacturing plants with Huaxia Petroleum and Natural Gas Corporation by virtue of its technical advantages.
Before coming to Myanmar this time, Yang Weiping carefully reviewed the catalogue of new achievements developed by Tiangong Laboratory in recent years, and found the latest technologies related to onshore oil extraction and offshore drilling platforms. For this reason, he personally called Dr. Bourne Steve, the general director of Tiangong Laboratory, on the spot, and asked him to immediately block this technology and not attract foreign investment, and Tiangong Group will buy out these two technology patents at one time.
Since the establishment of Tiangong Laboratory. All the new techniques and new achievements that have been developed. It has long been an unwritten rule to consult Tiangong Group whether it intends to develop the project. As for Yang Weiping's opinions, Dr. Byrne Steve has always been obedient and resolute.
Today's Tiangong Laboratory is not as large as the Swiss Tiangong Laboratory four years ago. The Swiss Tiangong Laboratory is the headquarters of the Tiangong Laboratory. In addition, laboratories have been established in 21 countries and regions, including the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the United States, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Soviet Union, China, Kenya, and Argentina. It has become the world's largest privately funded research institution. It is also the private laboratory with the largest number of patented techniques since the end of World War II. It has a decisive authoritative reputation and status in the scientific community in the whole world.
And because of that. It has created the word "Tiangong" and become one of the top international brands in the world. According to the evaluation of the total assets of Tiangong International Group by a senior authoritative appraisal agency on Wall Street, the brand "Tiangong" alone has a market value of at least one billion US dollars.
Yang Weiping left mainland China and came to Northern Burma. Although his whereabouts were deliberately concealed, his whereabouts were discovered by the intelligence agencies of several countries.
The leaders of countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union all took it for granted that Sir Young was likely planning to officially come to the fore as president of the Democratic Federal Republic of North Burma at the founding ceremony of the Democratic Federal Republic of North Burma. Who knew that Sir Yang did not appear at the founding ceremony of Northern Burma at all.
As a result, the governments of various countries are a little incomprehensible to Sir Yang's behavior of remotely controlling the government in northern Burma behind the scenes of Tibet. In their view, Yang Jiasheng is just a puppet controlled by Sir Yang, and Sir Yang has a clear opportunity to reach the peak of a politician's political career, why would he choose to give up? Does his doing so mean that he has a bigger plan in the future?
At the behest of Yang Weiping, Qiu Fang accepted Yang Jiasheng's request and returned the position of president of Panshi International Security Company to Yang Weiping, officially serving as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Democratic Federal Republic of North Burma, becoming one of the few real power figures in the new government of North Burma.
When countless spy agents who entered the territory of Northern Burma were looking for Yang Weiping's traces, Yang Weiping was accompanied by Yang Xinru, with Meng Shouzheng and Guo Shangyi's bodyguards, and came to Ren'an Qiang City lightly.
This time he came to Ringanqiang, Yang Weiping chose the waterway and took an inland river patrol ship from Kachin State in the north along the Irrawaddy River all the way south.
The Ayeyarwady River, or Yi River for short, is the largest river in Myanmar, with a length of 2,288 km and a basin area of 420,934 square km. The upper reaches are divided into two branches, the eastern branch is called the Enmei Kaijiang River, which originates in Chayu, Tibetan Province of China, and the western branch is called the Maili Kaijiang River, which originates in Kachin State, Myanmar, and after meeting north of Myitkyina, Myanmar, it runs through Myanmar from north to south, and flows into the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean near Yangon.
Although not the longest river in Myanmar, the Yi River is the most important river in Myanmar due to its shipping and irrigation value.
The inland river patrol boat that Yang Weiping and his entourage took belonged to the Yijiang River Inland River Fleet of the North Burma Navy, and was a new type of Yijiang-class river patrol boat manufactured by Tiangong Panshi Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Group.
The Yijiang-class inland river patrol boat is a relatively advanced inshore/inland river military patrol ship, and the development of this inland river patrol ship is mainly aimed at the military operations that may be launched by the southern Burmese government in the southern part of the coastline and the lower reaches of the Yijiang River.
The Yijiang-class Type 680 inland river patrol boat has a full load displacement of 680 tons, a total length of 61.4 meters, a width of 9.5 meters, and a draft of 2.9 meters. The main engine is a diesel engine, twin shaft, power 14800 kilowatts, maximum speed 25 knots.
Equipped with an advanced thermal imaging search system, sonar and four C802J shipborne anti-ship missiles, 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, 25 mm machine guns, 300-pound TNT depth charges and mine tracks, etc., it can undertake a variety of tasks such as supporting large warships, fishery protection, anti-submarine, mine-laying and coastal patrols.
In addition to the 680 type, the Yijiang-class inland river patrol boat also has a variety of different displacement models such as the 360 type, the 240 type, the 130 type, and the 60 type, some of which are suitable for the sea with high winds and waves, and some are suitable for narrow inland waterways.
At present, the Ijang Inland River Fleet has a total of 22 ships of different sizes and types, which is an important part of the North Burma Navy.
The reason why he chose to take the Yijiang waterway was that Yang Weiping also wanted to stop by to see the equipment and training of the Yijiang inland river fleet.
Although North Burma and South Burma signed the "20th Parallel Armistice Agreement", Yang Weiping knew that all the agreements were used to tear up, and the reunification of Burma in the future was inevitable. The direct route from the Yijiang River to Yangon is a very convenient offensive route, so it is absolutely necessary to build a strong river fleet.
After disembarking from the Ringanqiang Yijiang Wharf, Yang Weiping and Yang Xinru and a group of six people took two military Humvee H1 off-road vehicles provided by the Ringanqiang Military Sub-district and went straight to the Ringanqiang Oilfield.
This is Yang Weiping's first ride to experience this Tiangong Hummer H1 military off-road vehicle manufactured by Tiangong-AMG Automobile Company. After sitting on it, I was quite satisfied with the comfort, interior decoration and power performance of this military off-road vehicle along the way.
As early as the beginning of May 1980, Yang Weiping specially confessed to the person in charge of Leighton International Venture Capital Company and went to the United States to negotiate with the American automobile company about the specific matters of acquiring AMG Company. After almost half a year of negotiations, Leighton International Ventures successfully acquired AMG Motors in the United States. At the same time, he also received the design commission from AMG to develop a new military off-road vehicle for the U.S. military.
In October 1981, Leighton Ventures merged AMG into Tiangong Group. Later, AMG-Tiangong Automobile Co., Ltd. greatly improved the design on the basis of AMG's original Hmmwv off-road military vehicle, and successfully developed the Tiangong Hummer H1 military off-road vehicle for the U.S. military.
Considering that the Panshi Mercenaries and the Northern Burmese People's Army are still fighting against the Burmese government army, in order to test the comprehensive performance of the Tiangong Humvee H1 on the battlefield, Yang Weiping instructed Qiu Fang to select a site in Ringanqiang and invest in the establishment of the AMG-Tiangong North Burma Branch Factory to mass-produce the Tiangong Humvee H1 military off-road vehicle, so that the North Burmese People's Army and the Panshi Mercenary Army further increased the battlefield mobility capability.
After a variety of battlefield harsh and complex environments and terrain actual combat testing, Tiangong Hummer H1's heroic image and excellent performance on the battlefield are deeply loved by the Panshi mercenaries and the officers and soldiers of the North Burma People's Army, and also won the favor of the United States military.
The Tiangong Hummer H1 follows the appearance of the Hmmwv, which is full of fierceness. It was not designed for civilian use, but for the harsh demands of the U.S. military. The U.S. military requires cars to have a service life of up to 12 years when used at almost full capacity.
The unprecedented dynamics, handling and durability make it suitable for a variety of special road surfaces and drive on roads that many sports vehicles cannot drive, and it is known as the "king of off-road vehicles" by the Rock Mercenaries.
It has a high size ground clearance, a large angle of approach and departure, a wide body, a low center of gravity, a V8 diesel engine, full-time 4-wheel drive, independent suspension, power steering, etc. There is also a central tire inflation system, which allows drivers to change tire pressure and equip run-flat tires to drive 30 kilometers per hour at a speed of 48 kilometers per hour when the tires are deflated.
With the excellent performance of Tiangong Hummer H1 on the battlefield, Tiangong-AMG North Burma Special Vehicle Manufacturing Plant has not only obtained a large number of orders from the Rock Mercenaries and the North Burma People's Army, but also opened the prelude to the comprehensive development of the automobile industry in North Myanmar. (To be continued......)