Brigadier General Ennis looked at the gushing black fountain and muttered in a low voice: "This is the reason why we are here to sacrifice our lives and forget to die, I really don't want to admit that the whole United States is being led by the nose by this black thing." ”

"No way, this is black gold, the lifeblood of industrial society." Ennis's deputy, Lubert, sighed, "Exchanging red blood for black blood, the big guys think this deal is extremely profitable." ”

Unlike the United States, many of the proven oil fields in the United States basically did not have the value of exploitation in the 1950s, because the cost of exploitation was too high, and it would take too long to recover according to the oil price at that time, and the capitalists would not do this kind of trading. So they just take the right to exploit the oil fields, and then hold on to the non-exploitation, waiting for technological innovation.

The Persian Gulf is different, the reservoirs in the Persian Gulf are generally shallow, and the surface overburden is relatively easy to penetrate, coupled with the high pressure of the reservoir, there are many self-blowout wells of oil wells, and the exploitation cost is low.

This forms a cycle, after the gradual increase in the exploitation of oil fields in the Persian Gulf, the international oil price falls, and after the fall in oil prices, many difficult-to-exploit oil fields will not have economic value, let alone be exploited, so later the Persian Gulf became the world's oil center.

However, with OPEC's production restrictions and raising oil prices, coupled with the innovation of oil production technology, the United States and Russia have gradually surpassed Saudi Arabia to become the world's first and second oil producers, which is the trend of the world oil market in the next 60 years.

But now that oil in the Persian Gulf is on an upward curve, it is understandable that this place will be the world's undisputed oil hub for the next 30 years.

"I don't know if we will have the opportunity to exploit the entry point shares in the oil fields here in the future after holding here." Ennis muttered to himself.

In fact, in the United States today, taking the military academy and joining the military is the most effective way for poor families to move up the ranks. Other paths require a lot of money to back them up, such as studying law to become a lawyer and then entering politics. The so-called president of the wooden house, Lincoln, also soaked in Miss Qianjin to get his degree.

Lincoln's wife's sister was married to a governor, her family fought in the Revolutionary War, was one of the first gentry in the United States, and her grandparents had generals and governors, and the family's estate included a huge estate and a large number of black slaves. Therefore, Lincoln's success is mainly due to being handsome, being able to pick up girls, and soaking in the real daughter, otherwise this great man's deeds would not be able to be carried out.

In addition to going to Miss Qianjin, in the United States, if a poor boy wants to enter the wealthy class, he can only be admitted to a military school or various Zhou Li universities.

Of course, there are some exceptions, such as Edison, who have all become legends and support the so-called American dream.

All in all, among the generals in the United States, there are not many people from poor backgrounds, it is these people who have established a system in the U.S. military that tends to be poor, for example, the U.S. Navy has a provision that the Navy will provide grants for veterans after how long they serve in the Navy, so many students in the United States who can't afford the expensive tuition fees of private universities choose to join the military.

However, there are also quite a few US generals who come from wealthy families, and the United States has a so-called military family, and George Patton comes from such a military family. These military families are generally wealthy, because the U.S. military has a welfare system for senior officers, and there are some committees and foundations with military and military-industrial background that will hire them in the name of consultants, and then legally provide them with a large amount of consultant fees, which is a kind of legal kickback for the benefits they have provided to the military-industrial complex during their tenure.

Ennis came from such a military family, relying on the accumulation of several generations of military service, his family has a considerable estate and a lot of wealth, so he can indeed come up with the money to invest in oil.

Ennis looked at the gushing black spring water, and his expression was very complicated.

Finally, he said: "If we can't hold it, everything will be in vain, and the result of our current battle is probably the basis for the future demarcation of the national border, and if we lose it, this place will be included in the territory of the Republic of China in the United States, and it will not be our turn to exploit this oil well." ”

"yes." Lu Bei nodded.

At this time, the signal corpsman came running, saluted Ennis, and reported loudly: "A telegram from the command, Mr. Brigadier General, you have been authorized to command the entire 101st Airborne Division. ”

"Got it." Ennis sighed, "The big war is coming, but the division commander has returned to Australia to recuperate, what is this called?" ”

"But on the flip side, you've got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, aren't you?"

"Hmph, what can be caught is called an opportunity, now what I have in my hand is just a hot potato, whether I can eat it or not is one thing, even if I eat it, it depends on whether I am burned."

As soon as Ennis finished speaking, the sound of cannonballs bursting through the sky sounded.

Everyone reflexively looks for cover. The Americans were accustomed to the rush of fire from the Grizzlies of the Republican Guard, and they knew how terrible this short round of artillery fire would be. So in five or six seconds all the Americans were lying on the ground, and then a dense explosion filled everyone's ears.

Ennis felt his ears screaming and as if liquid was coming out of his ears, and he assumed that the loud sound of the cannonball that had just landed next to him had burst his eardrums.

Ennis himself didn't feel anything, and the shock wave did not give him a strong concussion in the cranial cavity, so his thoughts were still very clear, but Yan Zòng's tinnitus made him a little unbearable.

He lay on the ground and looked around at a qiē.

He saw a young paratrooper huddled next to the wreckage of a car, holding his head in his hands and shouting something.

He saw an unlucky man lying on his back in the middle of the road, trying to stuff the intestines that came out of his stomach into his stomach.

He saw the driver of the jeep that had been blown up and had no time to jump out of the jeep spinning with the jeep.

As he continued to move his gaze, he saw the priest walking slowly with a Bible in one hand and a cross in the other, bending down beside each of the dead soldiers to give them a simple sermon.

"Crazy." Ennis muttered quietly, and then realized that his voice was very strange, probably because his ears could now only hear the sound of Guò's own bones.

This time the artillery fire lasted longer than expected, and the grizzly bear usually fought for tens of seconds before the shelling ended, and the root man XX was as short and intense, but this time, the other party was as durable as a drug.

Ennis realized that this showed that there was more than one Grizzly Bear Company that was firing, and that it was able to maintain the instantaneous firepower density of a Grizzly Company, which meant that the opposing team had at least four Grizzly Bear Companies.

It's terrible, now they probably just want to continue to weaken the U.S. military, and once they are going to attack, the forward positions may have to face the terrible fire of 200 large-caliber howitzers falling in 14 seconds.

Ennis lay on the ground, unable to move, and the earth-shaking shelling continued around him, seemingly never ending.

**

Li Yunlong looked at the assembled armored battalion commanders in his command car, and held a steamed bun in his hand.

"I don't care, keep rushing forward. Behind is Lao Chu, no problem. What about Lao Zhao, why hasn't it been yet? ”

"Battalion Commander Zhao drove to the front to investigate." An elderly battalion commander said.

"Well, that's good. After eating and resting, leave immediately, **** mother's Yankee. Lao Tzu didn't instigate them when he only had a rifle company, and now I'm afraid that they won't succeed? ”

"But, the military seat ......"

"Call me a fart military seat, call me a military commander, don't confuse my root Chu Yunfei guy."

"Commander, our oil ......"

"Don't be afraid, that guy Chu Yunfei usually pretends to be and fights without ambiguity. We drove on until we got to the point where there was only spare fuel left in the tank. Garrison in place. Will trenches be dug or not? As soon as the chariot stopped, the trenches were dug, no one wanted to drive us away, and we kept guard until Chu Yun flew in. ”

"But Lao Li," the chief of staff frowned, "we now have only spare fuel left, and the oil drums are empty." ”

Li Yunlong raised his head and glared at the chief of staff, as if he would conjure up fuel if he glared at the chief of staff. But apparently this is not possible. Li Yunlong scolded, "Damn", then put the steamed bun on the table, picked up the gun and stood up: "No, don't get up, eat." I went to look at the terrain. ”

With that, Li Yunlong left the command car.

His command chariot was parked next to the trailer-mounted armored command vehicle, and as soon as Li Yunlong came out, all the chariot members stood up and saluted.

"Don't fix that, get in the car, I'm going to look at the terrain around me."

Commanding the chariot to start immediately, Li Yunlong climbed into the turret, put on the headphones and patted the top armor of the turret, and the chariot roared and started, spitting billowing black smoke while rushing forward.

"Go to some small sand dune!"

As soon as Li Yunlong pointed at it, the chariot immediately drove in that direction.

A moment later it was up to the dunes.

Li Yunlong observed it with a telescope and smashed his mouth lightly: "Why did you stop in such a place, this armored soldier is really troublesome, if the infantry has a pot of water with them, they can continue to walk, this chariot, eat oil quickly." ”

"Commander," the gunner's voice came from the earphones, "the infantry can't run that fast, we've all run more than two hundred kilometers." ”

"yes, it's Abu Dhabi ahead, and the Yankees are probably scared that their pants are wet." Li Yunlong said and grinned, "It's okay, let's dig a pit here to fortify, attract all the troops of the American devils, and then Chu Yunfei and they can let go of their arms." That's it! ”

(Update this chapter today.) Take a break, tomorrow will start tomorrow for two weeks in a row to have a monthly pass battle, I recharge my energy)