Chapter 1590 Strategic Petroleum Reserves
As far as Germany is concerned, as far as 75,000 5-ton cars are imported from China, the fundamental reason why Germany can successfully suppress the British and French troops on the Bordeaux front, logistics and transportation, has played a very important role here, because Germany's front-line logistics have become more comfortable. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the first war in history, when it broke through Belgium and entered the territory of France, Germany was almost victorious, but all this was seized by the French, with the help of a large number of cars, France transported a large number of soldiers and munitions to the front line, blocked the German front, and saved Paris.
This is not the only application of the automobile in World War I, historically, Germany in the Battle of Versailles, for the army level to build a railway, division level also built a narrow-gauge railway, countless locomotives, day and night operation, for the front line to transport a large number of logistics resources, and finally Germany in the French front, the density of artillery is 1 km of 306, this is not a small-caliber artillery, is a 210 mm heavy artillery, every tens of meters a heavy artillery company, the density of fire is not even comparable to World War II, for these large-caliber heavy artillery, Before the Battle of Versailles, there were 213 trains, which transported a large number of materials to the front line to ensure the consumption of the front, and finally, in the Battle of Versailles, the Germans fired 22 million shells, and the firepower was unprecedentedly amazing.
But the French on the other side did not build the same railways, they relied on automobiles, France invested at least 8,600 people to protect the Battle of Verdun on the road, and finally in the Battle of Verdun, the French sent out 15 million shells, hundreds of thousands of tons of supplies were consumed here, and millions of soldiers were forever on the steel front, 10 months of war, both sides combined to die millions.
In this era, Germany's strength made the Bordeaux front line not as amazing as Versailles, there are still about 700 heavy guns of more than 100 mm per kilometer, and the density of the troops on both sides is greater, but the protection of shells has reached a terrible level, both sides are no longer simple trenches, but comprehensive anti-artillery positions, and the lethality of heavy artillery for the soldiers in the position is reduced to a minimum.
Because Germany's firepower density is several times that of Britain and France, from Versailles to Bordeaux, the front has been extended by hundreds of kilometers, and it is not suitable to build a railway, in addition to continuing to use the railway from Paris to Bordeaux nearby, this railway is a foundation, transporting a large number of materials from China to France, and the rest depends on roads and automobiles, large-scale road transportation, so that Germany can ensure sufficient logistics.
Active in Paris and Bordeaux, at least one car with a scale of at least 30,000, active in this area, at least 10 roads, responsible for transportation and logistics, according to each 150,000 tons of transportation, one or two transportation, is enough to support the consumption of the front, so in this era, Germany's logistical pressure is not as great as previously imagined, and even to a certain extent, it is still at ease.
For Germany, during the First World War, with 150,000 cars, it is amazing enough, cars are changing the social environment in Germany from every aspect, but also let them focus on the petrochemical industry in advance, for the cracking of refined oil, has become the most invested project in Germany, but, 150,000 cars, the absolute number is much higher than the previous Germany, the car is changing the life of Germany in all aspects, the road network has also begun to be built, the carriage that was common before the war, At this time, it has disappeared, and cars with a speed of 40-60 kilometers per hour have become the most popular choice for travel, and even in large and medium-sized cities in Germany, there is an extra shuttle bus in addition to horse-drawn carriage travel.
Germany's own territory is very small, about more than 400,000 square kilometers, it may be Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan combined, even now, get a million square kilometers of Russian land, which makes the territory area break through 1.5 million square kilometers, but compared to the original mainland, other places are only barely connected by railways, during the war, at most only simple roads were built, but even so, cars still make people more convenient and fast.
The number of cars in Germany is good among European countries, but it is not even a fraction of China. In China, oil has become the basis of the industry, and a large number of export materials, from plastics to nylon, to various cloth materials, consume huge oil resources, but the most consumed is still refined oil. China's car ownership, has reached 26 million, has in fact exceeded the number of cars in China before 2000, according to 7 liters per day, this is a day of 80-100 kilometers of formation of oil consumption, 150,000 tons per day, once the time of war, aircraft, ships, cars, tanks together, the daily consumption is an astronomical figure, 500,000 tons is normal, that is to say, to ensure China's consumption in the war, 16 million tons per yearFor China, without oil, it will not be able to operate in many aspects, especially in terms of weapons, aircraft, aircraft carriers, logistics vehicles, these all need oil, and without oil, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Army will be greatly reduced.
It is precisely because China has such a huge number of motor vehicles that China will attach so much importance to oil, importing from Baku almost at all costs, and establishing an oil reserve strategy, according to the current calculation, 15,000 tons of oil a year, aside from the petrochemical project of 50 million to 70 million tons, and gasoline to consume 30 million tons of oil, in fact, the storage is only 50 million tons, if all the reserves, two years of reserves, only enough for ******** a year.
In this case, oil security is very important, although it is really to the extent of the severity of the war, petrochemical projects may have to be banned, but 30 million tons of oil must be guaranteed, otherwise, heavy strategic bombers, will not be able to fly into the blue sky, by China's high hopes for aircraft carrier strategic formation, will also have to stop in the port, in a sense, oil has become China's strategic resources, is a must be guaranteed.
Yang Yuanzhao is very clear that as far as oil is concerned, the richest reserves are the Middle East and Siberia, needless to say, the Middle East, if it is opened at this moment, it will definitely have an extremely adverse impact on the war, so within 10 years, China will spend a lot of effort to develop the Middle East every year with huge investment, but it will not open the oil in the Middle East, and even the exploration teams of other countries are also prohibited, and the oil in the Middle East must be kept until China has enough strength, and it will not be opened, as for the oil of Siberia, For the time being, like China's domestic oil, as a reserve oil, Siberia as a direct border with China, with harsh natural conditions, can be used as an excellent strategic depth for oil reserves, and it is also a good choice.
Since none of these directions can be chosen, under the premise that the war may end within two years, Yang Yuanzhao must ensure safety and cannot develop these places, so he has to start the oil project in Southeast Asia, which is also the largest project in Southeast Asia after the Kra Canal.
The oil in Southeast Asia is mainly distributed in the region that originally belonged to Indonesia and the original Brunei, especially Brunei, a country that can be called a very small country in Southeast Asia and even in the world, but has reserves of 1.3 billion barrels, which also makes this small country the best welfare conditions in the world and the country with the highest income, with a total population of more than 390,000 people and a total area of more than 5,000 square kilometers, even a little smaller than Guangzhou, China. It is rare in the world.
Brunei's 1.35 billion and Indonesia's 3.7 billion, adding up to 4 billion barrels, converted into tons, about 600 million tons, even if China uses it at its fullest, it can be used by China for 6 years, saving a little, at least 10-15 years. 6 years is enough for China, China now, for territory and resources, there is no substantive need, what is really needed is time, with the current strength of China's military, with the current development of China's entire economy, 6 years of time, is not enough to become a superpower, control all the world's resources, that is really a joke, China has the world's most developed industry, the largest population, as long as it follows this direction, steady development, the next 10 years, 20 years, or even a century, will be the century of the Chinese, whether it is science and technology, manpower, or even resource industry, China has incomparable advantages, which is not only incomparable with Britain, France, Germany and Russia, these European countries, but also the United States, which is in the Americas and has a huge geographical advantage, is also incomparable.
The development of Indonesian oil is currently only limited to China, when the exploration team found oil, it caused a sensation in China, before China, has always believed that it is an oil-poor country, China lacks the conditions for the birth of oil, more than 10 million square kilometers of the original domestic location is not, 700 kilometers of Siberia may not have, other places are even more clueless, there is no place similar to Texas in the United States.
However, Indonesia and Brunei found that this argument was broken, and today, when oil is becoming more and more important, a giant oil field in the Chinese region has become a shot in the arm, and a large number of materials and personnel have gathered in Indonesian Province to start the construction of oil, and China's first oil city has been established. (To be continued.) )