Annoyed by the continued bombing by the coalition forces, Saddam Hussein brazenly ordered the fire of the Wavra oil field in southern Kuwait and some oil wells and oil depots in the north, and claimed that he would order the explosion and incineration of all Kuwaiti oil fields.

There are indications that Iraqi forces have planted explosive devices on hundreds of oil wells and some oil installations in Kuwait.

There are more than 1,000 oil wells, storage tanks and pumping stations in Kuwait, and oil and gas pipelines are dotted around. Once all of them are blown up and burned, there will be a series of chain reactions on the military, economy and the environment.

Militarily, it will have a direct impact on the actions of the coalition forces. This is because the Kuwaiti oil fields and a large number of oil storage tanks and pipelines are mainly located in the southern region. The Iraqi army has built several oil defense lines on the border and coastal areas of Kosha, and once these oil wells and oil facilities catch fire on a large scale, the sky will be covered by thick smoke and flames, and the visibility will be drastically reduced, making it difficult for coalition fighters to find ground targets and gather intelligence, and a large amount of oil slicks on the sea will also play a role in blocking the coalition forces' ground and landing operations.

It's all about money, and it's not about economic losses.

The environmental problems are even more serious, oil field fires can pollute the atmosphere, and the smoke contains a large number of carcinogenic hydrocarbons and highly toxic substances, and once it spreads with the monsoon from west to east, it is likely to sweep across the world.

Scientists from the NB laboratory are extremely concerned about environmental issues, and before the start of the war, they rushed to Iran, Syria, Turkey, Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan to monitor the air pollution caused by the war through various technical means with the assistance of their counterparts from various countries.

Three hours ago. Scientists at NB Lab have just been interviewed by Turkish state television and believe that the current fires have caused serious pollution to the environment, once the Kuwaiti oil fields are all set on fire. The pollution to the global environment will be far greater than the nuclear accident in Chernobyl in the Soviet Union.

The series of data released by him attracted the attention of environmental scientists from all over the world, and an emergency meeting was held in London four days later. As the first research institute to focus on the pollution caused by the war, NB Labs received the warmest invitation.

There is a growing fear that Kuwait will become a sea of fire and that everything is going in a good direction for the charter.

"Dr. Hall's fleet has arrived at the port of Copenhagen and is undergoing its first replenishment. The second batch of firefighting and well control materials. It will also be loaded at the port of Copenhagen and is expected to take eleven hours. The next resupply will take place in Cooks Harbor, and President Daniel is procuring the third batch of supplies needed by the Doctor. ”

Three wrecked ships were departed from Rostock, the only port in the former East Germany. From the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, from the English Channel to the Atlantic.

Looking at the Cuxhaven on the map, the charter shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It would be nice to go around the Danish Peninsula and back to Germany, if there was a waterway like the Suez Canal." ”

"It's a huge undertaking." Major Heiko smiled rarely. Putting down the folder, he proposed, "Mr. Zhang." Considering the possibility of the Iraqi army laying mines, I propose to recruit ten more experienced KPA servicemen and build two improvised mine-clearing plows that can be retrofitted to tank chassis at any time in the future. ”

If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if, anyway, it won't cost much, and the charter agreed with a smile: "This is a good idea, talk to Dr. Klinsmann and Dr. Hall, and let them solve it as soon as possible." ”

"It's good. Mr. ”

"Also, a reminder to Dr. Hall. Fire vehicle modifications are important, as is the painting. Before they arrive at Cuxhaven for resupply, the planning department of the head office will come up with a set of painting plans, which involves the company's image, and ask them to put it in place. ”

Regardless of industrial appliances, high and low voltage switchgear, or power transformers, the quality is put aside, the shape and packaging are absolutely impeccable. After coming to the Middle East for nearly ten days, Major Heiko saw a lot and hurriedly said, "Yes, sir, I will remind the doctor." ”

As he was talking, Zuo Heng hurriedly walked in and reminded: "Zhang Gong, Mr. Nasuf is waiting for you, can we go?" ”

The charter looked at his watch, nodded and said, "Let's go, you can't make people wait for a long time." ”

Seeing that the boss was about to leave with his tie, Major Heiko hurriedly said, "Sir, I'll accompany you." ”

"You have to keep in touch with the doctor, and the person you want to meet is in Riyadh, and we will be back in a moment."

The current Inmarsat phone is too big to carry with you, but Major Heiko insisted: "Sir, it's my job to make sure you're safe during your stay in the Middle East, and besides, it's three hours before you make the next contact." ”

A dedicated person will always be respected, and the charter patted him on the arm and smiled, "Let's go, Mr. Major." ”

Muhammad's brother Ali was with him, and the two met in the morning and had a good conversation, which would insist on taking his Mercedes instead of driving the Land Rover left by Muhammad. The destination was not far away, and the car drove for about twenty minutes and stopped in front of a small three-story building, which belonged to one of Muhammad's estates.

Nasuf is the temporary owner of this place, and when he saw the charter, he hugged him warmly, and then hugged Zuo Heng, and said in a chattering voice: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zuo, Xie Luxie, Xie Lu, thank you for everything you have done for me and my family, and Mr. Mohammed, you are all my best friends and best brothers." ”

"That's what we should do," he smiled and said, "Mr. Ali doesn't need to be introduced, I think you've seen it." ”

Nasuf was excited, clasped Ali's hand, and said in a choked voice: "Thank Allah for allowing me to have so many good brothers at once." ”

He was a distributor of NB Electric in Kuwait, and Zuo Heng and Assad were captured by Iraqi soldiers and taken hostage when they went to his place to reconcile accounts.

Before the outbreak of the war, he acted as an agent for industrial electrical appliances in several countries such as Dongmenzi and NBB, and the business was very large, with more than 20 employees and annual sales of tens of millions of dollars. There are villas, luxury cars and even luxury yachts, and there are more than a dozen domestic servants.

However, the war cost him everything, and when he fled to the refugee camp with his family, he had only more than 3,000 dinars on him and no savings in a foreign bank. In order to make the children's lives better, he even sold all the cars.

Muhammad's men who rescued Zuo Heng and Assad found him and learned that he had escaped by chance. The charter immediately asked Muhammad to send someone to bring the family from the camp to Riyadh.

It is not that he has no money, but that the Kuwaiti banking system is completely paralyzed, and he cannot withdraw cash from the Saudi branch for a while.

So I went to the branches of Dongmenzi and NBB and asked for a refund of part of the advance payment. Although he had proof of identity and knew that he was a very large agent, he was unable to produce the appropriate financial documents. And the termination of the contract would cause losses to the company, and Dongmenzi and NBB eventually rejected him.

The charter did not hesitate to lend a hand and decisively refunded its $230,000 advance payment for switch panels and industrial appliances at NB Electric. and asked Muhammad to arrange a decent place for their family to live.

The icing on the cake is better than charcoal in the snow, so Nasuf is extremely enthusiastic about them.

Take off your leather shoes and follow him into the living room covered with pure wool carpet, only to see that the rectangular living room looks like a large conference room. There are 11 sofas on each side. There is also a coffee table in front of the sofa. Directly in front of the living room there is a large screen color TV and premium audio.

As soon as the four of them were seated, two Indian male maids were barefoot, holding tea trays, and respectfully brought snacks, drinks and tea. Opposite the living room is the dining room, which has 5 long tables, each table can seat 10 people, and can accommodate 50 people at a time, and there is also a large color TV in the dining room.

An unused house is luxurious to such an extent. You can see how rich Muhammad was.

After taking a sip of the greasy black tea, he said, "Mr. Nasuff." This time I came to see how you and your family were doing, and what else you needed. Second, I would like to talk to you about my future plans. ”

Nasuf turned off the TV and said with a helpless wry smile: "Mr. Zhang, if it weren't for you to return the advance payment, if it wasn't for the Muhammad brothers to take it in, our family might still be in the refugee camp, it can be said that there is nothing, what else can we do?" ”

"Everything has to look forward, and I'm sure you'll be able to make a comeback."

"It's difficult," Nasuf shook his head and said with a dejected expression: "Mr. Zuo should know that most of my funds are pressed on stocks, and the warehouses are next to the oil depots, and they have all been burned to ashes by the damned Saddam." Even if it hadn't been burned, I don't think he would have left me much. What's more, the war has just begun, and I don't know when I will be able to go home. ”

Ali took over the conversation and comforted: "Brother Nasuf, don't be so pessimistic, Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zuo are here to help you." ”

In total, NB Electric sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of products, and the last order returned the advance payment, Nasuf suddenly shook his head again and again: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zuo, you have helped me enough, I can't trouble you anymore, I can't trouble your company anymore." ”

"To help you is to help ourselves."

The charter treated him with sincerity and said bluntly: "Mr. Nasuff, we think that the war will soon be over and that you and your family will soon be able to return home. Your country has been devastated like never before, and we are working closely with Mr. Mohammed on reconstruction. ”

Nasuf reacted and couldn't help asking, "Mr. Zhang, what can I do for you and Brother Muhammad?" ”

"What we need is a win-win situation, not a one-sided desire to get anything in return from you."

After a pause, he continued: "The focus of our cooperation with Mr. Mohammed is on power grids, power plants, and there is no more energy to do user engineering. If you'd like, I'd like to work with you more deeply on user engineering.

Funding is not an issue, we can give you $1 million in start-up capital, $5 million worth of switchgear, industrial appliances, high and low voltage switchgears and power transformers, and even provide you with people for power installation. When the funds will be withdrawn and settled until your company is able to operate normally. ”

This means that NB Electric lends money to itself to do business, has connections, has regular customers, and can make a comeback as long as the employees are called again.

Although the charter was very clear, and in fact it was a win-win situation as he said, Nasuf was still moved, and suddenly got up and said: "Mr. Zhang, if the coalition forces can drive out the Iraqi army, if I can return to Kuwait, then I will become the most loyal agent of your company, only acting for NB electrical products, and will never deal with the previous supplier again." ”

Moved, felt, and grateful, the charter believed that he would fulfill his promise, but he still shook his head and said: "Mr. Nasuff, in this way, your loss will be great, after all, the advance payment alone is more than 4 million US dollars." ”

When it comes to those big companies, Nasuf is angry: "I didn't think about asking for those few more advances, and they didn't expect me to pay the final payment, let alone expect to receive another order from me." ”

"You don't have to do that, because there's a lot of equipment that we don't have at this stage."

It is not easy for a manufacturer to find a good agent, and it is also not easy for an agent to find a good manufacturer. ”

"There's no doubt about that," Charter's gaze and Ali continued, "Mr. Nasuff, NB Electric will never let an agent like you suffer. As compensation, Mr. Mohammed and Mr. Ali agreed to hand over all future government engineering after-sales services to your company. And we will also provide you with all technical services. ”

Mohammed's backstage is an open secret, and he will certainly find ways to bring the power grid and power plant rebuilding into the terms of negotiations between the Saudi government and the Kuwaiti government-in-exile.

Either you don't do it, and it will be a big project of hundreds of millions of dollars! Thinking of how profitable after-sales service will be in the future and how much electrical equipment will be needed for future upgrades, Nasuf was ecstatic, clasped Ali's hand and thanked him again.

…………………………… (To be continued......)