When you come to the Rumaila oil area, the first thing you see is the high walls, trenches, and barbed wire, and after the car is inspected, you can see a watchtower about every 200 meters, and the Iraqi military and police inside are armed with machine guns, monitoring the situation inside and outside the Rumaila oil area at all times. Over the oil fields, US helicopters, transport planes, and fighter planes flew at low altitudes for no time.

"Ten kilometers from the oil field, there is a US military base, after the Americans withdrew, the Iraqis took over, but recently the Americans have returned, so they have taken it back, and it is also the largest military presence of the US military in Basra province." Grim explained.

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

"No, we only have a dozen people here, how can we be responsible for 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." Grim explained.

"It's 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 chick who had just come out, seeing him talking, so 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 looked incredulous, "Isn't this just like a stove!" ”

"That's not the worst thing, it's the climate change here that's intolerable, because most of the oil fields are in desert areas, and the winds are very strong, and there are strong sand and dust, and when the wind is strong, anything that is not solid will be blown down by the strong wind." "Years of war have also led to a serious shortage of technical facilities, so working here is a test of everyone's adaptability, and after this time, the weather will become cooler in autumn." ”

Tang Long nodded, he really couldn't imagine how those Iraqis would survive in such a high-temperature area? But he soon discovered that it was not only Iraqis who could survive in such unimaginable places, but also Chinese, with many yellow-skinned faces coming and going in the heart of the oil fields, sweating profusely despite wearing helmets.

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

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

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 weren't for the confidentiality of the work in the oil fields, it is estimated that so many domestic people would not have been invited over, after all, Iraq's manpower is too cheap.

"Didn't I fire the chief engineer? Why is the oil field still running? Coming to the tallest building in the oil field, Canglong suddenly asked.

Yan Yan's face was not good-looking, and he replied honestly: "To be honest, your order is not as effective as Deputy Director Wang's order." ”

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

The person in charge received them quickly, however, it was obvious that Canglong did not get the dismissal order here, so what should he do, even Canglong's arrival made the person in charge a little surprised, 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 president, don't you know we're busy?" ”

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

Vivian looked strange, it was the first time she had seen such a rushing person here, but Canglong didn't care, so he 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 if I'm going to make a phone call?" Chief Engineer Yang's face did not change, and he did not give face at all.

It was the general person in charge beside 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 Canglong to have the posture of firing Deputy Director Wang just now, but said with a gentle face: "It's okay, I delayed you, I apologize to you!" ”

Apologizing to them as a president surprised Yang Gong and the person in charge, but Yang Gong still looked 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 fine." Canglong nodded.

"Lao Liang, you don't need to be so polite to him, people have fired us." At this moment, Yang Gong suddenly said coldly and sarcastically.

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

But usually Yang Guoqing is very kind, very sympathetic to his subordinates, in addition to his temper is a little hot, 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 an embarrassing thing 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 the interface that was originally prepared, after all, Canglong had already given a step, and he was still the president, but Yang Gong preemptively said: "You kid, if it weren't for Mr. Lin's sake, I would have flashed now, but it's too late for you to take back the order now, and when this oil well is opened, I'll go home, who wants to stay in this ghost place, who do you invite!" ”

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

Canglong nodded to understand, it seems that he was really wrong, the reason why he apologized again and again was because the first time he saw Yang Gong and Mr. Liang in charge, he understood that he was wrong, although the two people have completely different personalities, they are not the kind of scheming people, just looking at the dirt on their work clothes, you know that they are not the kind of people who sit in the office and draw drawings and then command.

So he stood up again and said sincerely: "I apologize to you again for my behavior, but if Yang Gong really wants to leave, I won't force him to stay, but you are all engaged in oil, and you know very well what the current extent of China's energy depletion is, and it is impossible to be self-sufficient by relying on domestic oil fields alone, plus the political instability in Syria, if we lose Iraq, what will happen, I think the two of you know very well!" ”

"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 are 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 blame him, I won't apologize." Canglong said with a smile.

"However, President Cang is indeed different from what we imagined, at first we thought you were just an unlearned fool, but now I have to change my opinion of you." Mr. Liang was obviously very satisfied with Canglong, "He is worthy of being Mr. Lin's son, who can stretch and bend!" ”

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

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 clothes, and followed Mr. Liang to the oil well, and the members of Team B were ordered by Canglong to disperse and go to other places in the oil well to inquire about the situation.

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

"There are more than a dozen engineering teams here, responsible for drilling, workover, logging, exploration, building barracks, and now the first phase of the project is drilling work, in this oilfield, about five oil wells can be built, and the daily output of this self-spraying oil well can reach about 20,000 kilograms." Mr. Liang was responsible for walking to a high place and pointing to the distance.

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

They stayed until the evening, and after the oil workers had eaten, they began to be officially busy, because they did not have time to install the lighting equipment, so the whole oil field was in a dark condition, but this was not difficult for the industrious and intelligent Chinese workers, who borrowed the lights of the trucks to install the mud treatment equipment.

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