Chapter 514: Libyan Oil (Medium)

Antonio's worries were not felt by Walhawk, who was working far away in the desert. Because he had just returned from the drilling position tiredly, he couldn't wash the oil stain all over his body, and fell headlong on the bed full of peculiar smells.

The diesel engine that drove the drilling before failed, and Walhawk and his people hurriedly repaired it. The diesel engine used for drilling is not small, and it takes time and effort to repair, so that even Walhawk's strong body is exhausted. Now he just wants to rest and nothing else.

While Walhawk was resting, the rig was still working. The personnel who stayed behind were also meticulously checking the operation of the equipment. The "rumble" of the rig is tiresome enough, but these people are used to it. Some of them seem so ordinary.

Suddenly, there was a "poof" sound, and the drill bit sank. Workers familiar with the drilling operation immediately realized what they had found.

"Go and call the captain, we should have gotten into something."

"Hopefully it's not groundwater this time."

The personnel of the drilling operation talked about it. Before the man who had gone to call Walhawk had gone far, black oil with a muddy gray sprayed out. The oil splash was nearly 100 meters high, and the drilling platform was instantly changed to black.

"We've got oil."

"Hahaha, it's oily."

The people present cheered for the oil that came out, and finally saw the results after almost a year of hard work.

When Walhawk arrived at the rig, he couldn't help but be surprised by the high level of oil spray that was sprayed. "I'm afraid we didn't hit a big oil field."

Because in his life, Walhawk had never seen such a high spray of oil, and the spectacle of the spray was so fascinating. He couldn't help but gently reach out and catch the sprayed crude oil and lick it slowly, and then carefully aftertaste it - not astringent! Not bitter! This is a sign of good oil.

However, Walhawk was the captain in the end, and he didn't care about admiring the beauty of the oil jets, so he immediately gave the order.

"Quick, prepare the equipment to hold it down first. We can't let crude oil go to waste, it's in the sand. ”

Under Walhawk's orders, the members of the exploration team immediately prepared equipment to tame the irascible black dragon.

And Walhawk said to the captain of the guard, who had also arrived. "Send a telegram to the company, we're pumping oil."

After saying that, he didn't care about the captain who was full of surprise, and took his team members to the work of taming.

The captain also knew the importance of the news of the oil, and immediately arranged for his team to rush to the nearby town as soon as possible to report the good news to the Italian government and Iro Oil.

"It's oily."

The news soon reached Benghazi.

When the head of the district panted and knocked on the door of Antonio, where he was staying at the inn, to tell him the good news, the president of the Iro Oil Company danced in the room.

can make a 180-pound fat man dance in the wind, you can imagine how much impact this news has on him. Anthony, whose pressure disappeared, asked as soon as he stopped dancing. "Which exploration team is it?"

"Survey Team 12, they pumped crude oil fifteen kilometers west of the Jialu Oasis. This is a high-production well with a daily production of 6,000 tons of crude oil, and it is also high-quality oil. ”

The local person in charge turned red when he said this, and he was also stimulated by the good news.

"People should rush over immediately with equipment, and the problem of oil transportation needs to be solved, and we need to let the Italian people see Libyan oil as soon as possible. In addition, the bonus will be brought to the exploration team and distributed to everyone. I'm going to let all the prospectors know that the company doesn't treat them badly. ”

Anthony was the president of the company, and when he calmed down, he quickly said all kinds of things that needed to be done.

"I'll personally bring the equipment and money over, and the problem of the transportation route?"

"You don't have to worry."

Anthony waved his hand and continued. "The government will immediately order the construction of roads to connect there for short-term oil transport. When I get back, I'll be the first to prepare for the oil pipeline. ”

The oil company, which is mainly owned by the government, is believed to be more urgent than itself.

When Iro Petroleum was jubilant at the news of the oil release, Italy was not bad at home.

"Prime Minister, Libya has drilled for oil."

In the Prime Minister's Palace, the secretary broke into Mussolini's office with a telegram and reported the good news to him.

"Great, Italy finally has oil."

Hearing the good news, Mussolini, who was working, couldn't help but wave his fist.

At the moment all of Italy's oil is imported, and the discovery of oil in Libya is enough to make him happy about it.

Speaking of which, the family did not know that money, rice, oil and salt were expensive, and Mussolini was troubled by many offices after he came to power. One of the biggest headaches for him is the lack of resources for various industrial development in Italy, lack of coal, lack of iron ore, lack of oil, etc., anyway, there is a shortage of all kinds of resources, but there is no shortage of population. But these people have to eat and work, how can this not bother him.

Now the oil has been found from Libya, which is definitely good news.

Mussonili took the telegram from his secretary and read it.

"Good, good, good."

After reading the telegram, Mussonili shouted three times in a row. Because the telegram said that the calculation of oil production from oil wells, the preliminary estimate of the discovered oil reserves is about 500 million tons. As for how many exactly, further exploration is needed.

That's 500 million tonnes of crude oil, enough for Italy's current use. Mussolini was naturally overjoyed by this good news. Now he began to plan ideas about the Italian oil industry in his head, where to put the oil industry? Whether it should be placed near Palermo, or in Genoa, which has many supporters, is a real question.

The news of the Libyan oil production also spread quickly to Romania. When Edel learned of this, he didn't take it too seriously, much to the surprise of Horia, the chief of the guard who reported to him.

No way, you already know that there are huge reserves of crude oil there, how can you make Eder happy.

And his current attention is on Poland, because Pilsudski has just been appointed commander for life in the army, which also represents Poland's entry into its dictatorship. Romania's current proximity to Poland forced Eder to focus on Poland.

In the face of the rapid change of several Polish governments and the increasingly chaotic political situation, Pilsudski became increasingly dissatisfied with the government, and finally issued a statement calling for the resignation of Vitosne. A new government was formed in the Heyeno-Piaste coalition, strongly criticized by Pilsudski.

On May 12-14, 1926, Pilsudski returned to power in a coup d'état (May Coup) supported by the Socialist Party, the Polish People's Party (Polish People's Party) "Wizwolenje", the Peasants' Party, and even the Communist Party.

Pilsudski wanted to start a bloodless conflict, but the government refused to back down; 215 soldiers and 164 soldiers and civilians were killed and at least 900 wounded. On 31 May, Tsem elected Pilsudski as President of Poland. But Pilsudski knew that the president had very limited powers and refused the position. Another of his old friends, Ignaci Mośichitsky, was elected president to replace him. Pilsudski's official position was that of commander of the army, and it seems that this marshal was also well versed in the principle of being out of power with the barrel of a gun.

At present, Romania is too closely linked to Poland to have any other ideas, which would make Romania uncomfortable. Fortunately, his worries were unnecessary.

"Your Majesty, our ambassador talks to Pilsudski. His Excellency the Marshal promised not to make changes to the Lobo Treaty of Amity, and at the same time he expressed the importance he attached to relations with Romania. ”

Now Eder was finally reassured of Poland.