The vigorous development of the Baku oil field is actually inseparable from a Swedish chemist who is well known to everyone in modern times...... Nobel. ◢ with * dream ◢ small *.lā

In 875, Nobel was persuaded by his secretary to abandon the development of arms and choose to invest in the oil fields in Baku, so the Baku oil fields, which were still in their primitive stage, soon had oil pipelines, refineries, and oil tankers to be transported around the world.

It is precisely because of the property rights of the oil fields here that Nobel was able to accumulate a huge fortune to establish the Nobel Prize.

At this time, Baku had several times more oil fields and refineries than in the Nobel era, and they were densely distributed around Baku...... The area of 5 square kilometers is home to more than a dozen oil fields, 900 wells and five large refineries.

The German 1st Army advanced in front of these wells, oil fields and refineries and occupied them.

It was not difficult to occupy them, on the one hand, because the Soviet army was too weak to stop the German army, and on the other hand, because General Tyulenev still had the hope of retaking Baku, he did not order the refineries and oil wells to be blown up, otherwise it would not be difficult to blow up the refineries, if not to mention anything else.

"Major!" When Eberhard saw the refineries and oil wells, he asked Qin Chuan with doubts: "I don't think this is a good place to defend!" ”

"I think so too!" The commander of the first company, Richard, replied: "Any shell of the enemy may cause a fire or even an explosion, but we are stationed near them!" ”

"Maybe that's why the Major chose to garrison here!" Kuhn replied: "If the Soviets were to walk into this area, they knew what they were up against!" ”

Qin Chuan nodded and replied, "These are the things of the Soviets, they will have the hope of snatching them back, so they will throw a rat trap!" ”

"But Major!" Captain Fergman, commander of the third company, said: "If they finally find out that these refineries are not available, they will still choose to blow them up!" ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "That's why we have to take emergency protection measures against them!" ”

After the capture of the refinery, the first step the Germans did was to empty the refinery of gasoline.

"But how are we going to fend off the Soviets' tanks?" Captain Fergeman asked, "It's empty!" ”

"We use gasoline!" Kuhn replied: "Gasoline in the refinery!" ”

"No, we don't need to go to such trouble!" Qin Chuan raised his head towards the oil pipeline in front of him and said, "We can use it!" ”

Kuhn guessed correctly in the direction.

The Soviets could stop the German 22nd Panzer Division with fire trenches, and the Germans could do the same, after all, Baku was never short of fuel.

The difference was that the Soviets had built a large amount of fire trenches, and the German Army Group could not and did not have the time to build a wide and long trench like they did, and then pour oil and gasoline into it.

But the Germans did not need to do this, because they were actually building a defensive line between the oil fields, that is, connecting the dozen or so oil fields around Baku with trenches, which were connected by oil pipelines......

So, all they had to do was dig a trench near the pipeline, and then dismantle the pipeline and let the oil flow in it.

Of course, this also depends on the specific terrain to carry out different operations, if the ground is low, then the oil will flow all the way back to burn itself, which requires the German military to choose a higher position to garrison.

"In order to achieve better results...... Qin Chuan said, "we can even wait for the enemy to charge before refueling!" ”

The German officers and men couldn't help but nod their heads, because it was clear that if the Soviet soldiers had found out about this in the first place, they would not have chosen to charge and take the initiative to ignite the oil.

It wasn't difficult to do, as the wells and pipelines were under the control of the Germans, and they even conducted a rehearsal in case mistakes could go wrong during the battlefield...... The Germans knew that they were going to face an elite infantry division and a tank brigade of the Soviet army, so they did not dare to take it lightly.

Three hours later, at two o'clock in the morning of the second day, the "rumble" of the motor was faintly heard in the darkness.

"Major!" The correspondent reported: "They are coming, three kilometers from us!" ”

The Germans were different from the Soviets, and after they laid down the defensive line, they would set up open and secret posts a few kilometers in front of the defensive line, and even soldiers of the Brandenburg detachment disguised themselves as Soviet skirmishers to "escape" into their ranks.

Therefore, every move of the Soviet army was under the control of the German army.

"I bet!" Werner said as he ate the canned food: "They will attack for at least half an hour!" ”

"Why?" The baker asked.

"Because I haven't eaten yet!" Werner replied: "They should at least wait until I'm done eating before resting!" ”

In a way, Werner was right, because the Soviets needed to assemble and make some preparations, such as setting up artillery and fire cover units, which usually takes half an hour.

But before the words fell, several red flares and flares rose in the sky, and then several shells exploded in front of the German positions.

"You're wrong, Werner!" The baker shouted.

"Fuck it!" Werner threw away the can in his hand, hurriedly grabbed the gun, jumped into the trench, and then scolded: "These Soviets, are they in such a hurry to see Lenin? ”

The German officers and men burst out laughing.

It was not surprising that the Soviets would attack so quickly, because this battle was a little different from the past...... The Soviets did not want to blow up the oil refinery, and on the other hand, they knew that the Germans did not have heavy equipment, so they hoped to use tank units to break through the German defenses and retake Baku at the first opportunity, or to launch a surprise attack when the Germans were not ready.

Qin Chuan guessed correctly, General Tyulenev had such an idea.

At this time, all he was thinking about was Stalin's grim face...... The loss of the Baku oil field was no small matter, because it almost determined how many tanks were on the battlefield, how many planes were in the sky, and even cars and machines in factories.

Without oil, without Baku, then all of this stuff could turn into a pile of scrap metal, and he Tyulenev would have become a sinner for the USSR ...

In this way, Tyulenev did not even dare to report to Stalin, he hoped to recapture the oil fields as soon as possible and then report again, so that he might be able to escape.

But......

It was precisely because of this idea, because of the rush to recapture the oil fields, that Tyulenev lost his coolness as a commander and made the wrong decision.