On the wharf of Kuwait Port, hundreds of Indian workers, urged by Jiang Tianxiu and several Chinese engineers, "unloaded the rear three heavy iron pipes from the ship, which are 30 meters long and can drill people." (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

Moments later, with the help of a crane, they were slowly connected to the endless oil pipeline, and "as soon as the positioning was complete, the workers began to put rubber on the pipe interface" and then reinforced it with rivets and screws.

This scene made Jiang Tianxiu breathe a sigh of relief, this oil artery that started from Basra and arrived here after crossing Kuwait, with a total length of 200 kilometers, and there were no ten pressurized stations in the middle, not only invested 10 million blue coins, but also spent three years on his own.

However, compared with investment, the value is incomparably huge, "because with this artery, the two major oil fields of Basra and Kuwait are truly merged, and the emperor becomes a treasure of black gold, and they can continue to travel back from here."

"Tianxiu!"

At this moment, a shout from the dock made Jiang Tianxiu turn around, only to see a man dressed in a traditional Arab robe and veiled, but wearing a British travel cap, surrounded by more than a dozen people in the same costume, waving to him, and was immediately surprised.

When the man arrived in front of him and lifted the veil, his eyes flashed, and he laughed: "Sea Harrier! How did you come here? ”

The man is now the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Chinese Marine Corps, this young pirate who served Li Mo back then, is now a little more mature, and the two became friends during Operation Luzon because of their same temperament.

"Bah, this is the place." The sea harrier's fiery temper did not change, he opened the veil and took two breaths of hot air, then snorted seven or eight times, and scolded: "The mouth is full of yellow sand, and I can't even see the grass." ”

"Haha." Jiang Tianxiu laughed: "This is not Luzon, the eyes are full of green. ”

"***, how could the above put you in this hellish place" It shouldn't be that you offended someone, right? The sea harrier hugged Jiang Tianxiu and said, "You must know that with his ability, he is no worse than those staff officers of the General Staff, and the current division commander has more than enough rubbing, but he has either lurked in Luzon all these years, or he has come to this place where birds don't, and I don't know what it means."

"Don't talk nonsense, this place is not very good, but it is a great treasure!" I didn't expect that I hadn't complained, but the sea harrier was worthless for myself, Jiang Tianxiu hurriedly waved his hand and asked with a smile: "By the way, why did you come here?" ”

Hearing the inquiry, the sea harrier looked around, this action made Jiang Tianxiu understand, and immediately pulled him and said, "Wait a little longer, and I'll talk about it when I'm done." ”

"Okay."

The scorching sun and the sand kicked up by the wind make people feel like their lungs are burning, and compared to the hot and humid climate of the South Seas, "It's a big oven, no wonder it stops in port." The ships in [ I want to : Super Fast Update ] have pulled up their shade sails, but even then, the steel hull is estimated to be able to fry poached eggs.

The efficiency of Indian workers is really slow, and the sea harriers can only take everyone to hide under the parasols, and if this kind of work is replaced by Chinese workers, it is estimated that it will be completed in half a day."

"Grass, no one is better than them!" Looking at the back section of the oil pipeline, which was finally announced to be completed, the sea harrier finally breathed a sigh of relief, and really wanted to go up and kick the Indian workers alone.

Jiang Tianxiu was not in a hurry, "He is also used to the progress of the work here, this kind of two-hundred-kilometer-long oil pipeline, if you change it in China or use Chinese workers, as long as the material supply is up, it will be put up for you within a year."

But this is Kuwait, and the secret agreement between the British and several chiefs "turned it into a British protectorate, although it has not yet been formally annexed, but the large-scale use of Chinese laborers may cause the British to worry that the Indian Ocean shipping route is threatened, so only the ubiquitous Indian workers in the Indian colonies can be used.

When Jiang Tianxiu notified the start of pressurized oil delivery through the telephone, "the latter valve fifteen kilometers away was opened, and began to pressurize, and the sound of rumbling wind suddenly sounded in the thick pipeline, and all the Chinese engineers became nervous, and they don't know how long it took, when the sound gradually became thicker, the sound of liquid flowing through the pipeline suddenly sounded."

"It's oily! It's oily! ”

On the specially bought dock, there was a cheer on the two ocean-class oil tankers, only to see the scale of the ship's oil pipeline installed on the deck turn violently, and several data pointers representing load and pressure in the bridge also slowly began to move, and everyone cheered.

Jiang Tianxiu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and sat on the hot stone pier of the dock, his mood at this moment is difficult for anyone to understand.

In this vast desert area, the emperor controls two large oil fields, one is Saudi Arabia under the name of Media Asia Oil Company, where the seven super oil fields that have been discovered have all been bought together with the land" But the British have a great influence there, although they are friendly with the Saudi family, but for the time being, they are only planting a few oil wells, which are basically in a state of abandonment.

As for the two major oil fields of Basra and Kuwait here, they belong to the control of the established Royal Persian Gulf Oil Company, although the British and several small chiefs signed a secret agreement between the British and the Turkish, but after all, they did not dare to formally annex it, and this is still a small seaport city belonging to the Ottoman Empire's Basra Province on the surface.

Due to the proximity of the oil layer to the ground, the construction of the two major oil fields is very smooth, but transportation has always been a big problem "In the past, it took at least ten days to load the 20,000-ton ocean-type special oil tanker in front of it, but now if it is smooth, it can be filled in one night, which greatly improves the efficiency." According to the calculation that the Royal Persian Gulf Oil Company now has 20 such ocean-type oil tankers under its name, in the past, due to the time taken to load the ships, the start of construction has been insufficient, but now 20 is obviously not enough.

However, he didn't need to think about these problems, although he was nominally the president of the Royal Petroleum Company, but in fact, the management and everything was arranged by Li Xiufeng, the royal governor, and his real task was to defend this land and incorporate it into the Chinese management system if necessary!

The headquarters of the Royal Persian Gulf Oil Company is located deep in the six-berth wharf, a large five-story villa full of Arabic-style huā granite, "a large fountain under street lamps, a European-style huā garden" that makes it seem like a good oasis in the desert.

Walking into the hall, the lavish decorations and huge Persian carpets "made the sea harrier's nose squirt hot air, and he had seen the world when he was a pirate, but he had never seen such a magnificent living room."

"Tianxiu, I know why you didn't go back." Holding a thick Luzon cigar in his mouth, "Seeing such a luxurious villa", the sea harrier smacked his lips, thinking that if a few more beauties were waiting for him, it would be a fairy day!

"Don't think about it, this is the company and the emperor's industry!" Jiang Tianxiu didn't know the dirty thoughts in this guy's mind, squinted his eyes and smiled: "But if you want to taste the taste of women here," I can arrange it, "But I can tell you" how conservative the women here are, and the religion of the people is also very strict, "Once you get involved and have an accident, then don't blame me for not admitting it." ”

"Am I that kind of person?!" The sea harrier glared at Jiang Tianxiu, "He used to be interested in women" and played a lot when he was a pirate, but after a long period of experience, this kind of thing has faded a lot.

Jiang Tianxiu smiled and asked the servants to settle the few assistants brought by the Sea Harrier, and pulled him closer to his office and asked, "Harrier, why did you come here?" ”

The sea harrier also became serious and said: "It is an order from above, let the marines send people here to investigate the terrain first, adapt to and study the local climate" This is not our second division stationed in Luzon, and the distance is close, so I was sent here. ”

"Investigate the terrain first?!"

Jiang Tianxiu's heart trembled, could it be that he was going to land here? Probably not!

As a senior staff officer subordinate to the General Staff, he understood very well that if Hua wanted to land in the Persian Gulf, "then he must first gain control of the Indian Ocean." Otherwise, everything will be empty talk!

The Indian Ocean is one of the three oceans that Britain must defend, the other two are the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, because here is not only India, which is known as the crown of the British, but can deter the vast African colonies, so China will either not enter, or it will be a war of the century!

At this moment, "the emperor is definitely not so stupid to send troops in, but mostly to provide some small tricks such as escorting merchant ships, or like the two major oil companies" slowly infiltrate by commercial means.

"Then why did he send the Marines to investigate in advance?!" Looking at the sea harrier's equally puzzled face, "Jiang Tianxiu even wondered if this was a decision made by the General Staff privately", but he vetoed this absurd idea, no one knows the emperor's influence in the army better than him, and any major decision made by the General Staff will definitely not be able to bypass him!

Why is Venerable?

"By the way, when I came, the Prime Minister's Office also asked me to bring you the news, in the second half of the year, there will be a group of flying hobbies in the country, it seems that the desert is a challenge here" I hope you can provide local accommodation and do a good job of reception as soon as possible. ”

"Flying enthusiasts?"

"Your Majesty."

Long Guozhang hurriedly bumped into Li Mo's study, and before Emperor Li could ask, he handed a telegram in front of him: "We got the news" The United States has built several more warships! ”

"Oh."

Li Mo didn't seem surprised by the news, and he didn't raise his eyelids and asked: "Wyoming class" has a displacement of 26,000 tons, is equipped with 6 twin 305 mm naval guns, 21 127 mm secondary guns, and the main armor is 280 mm "Speed!" "After thinking about it," he continued: "Unless the reciprocating steam engine is aided by Britain and Germany, they will not be able to break through 20 knots of this displacement!" ”

After listening to Li Mo's words, Long Guozhang's eyes straightened, he got this information from Duan Fei, and he had just received it at that time, could it be that Duan Fei had already reported it during the time he came?

No, didn't he go out with him?

Before Long Guozhang could be surprised, Li Mo had already stretched his waist and said lazily: "This time it's still four?" ”

"No, it's two."

"What's missing?" Emperor Li frowned, because of his own instigation, the United States has deviated from the historical plan of building a batch of two dreadnoughts from the beginning of South Carolina, "but according to the standards of China's two-ocean fleet, a batch of four."

The previous South Carolina-class, Delaware-class and the Florida-class that started construction last year were all four, and the old four Indiana-class and three Iowa classes were quickly eliminated, and the wrecked Wisconsin was also decommissioned, and a large-scale naval adjustment quietly kicked off.

But is it back to the orbit of two ships per batch this time? Out of money?! Impossible, according to the current strength of the United States, it is no problem to build eight ships a year!

"Your Majesty, in addition to these two battleships, the United States has also announced the start of construction of six Pensack-class heavy cruisers!"

"Shievery!"

Emperor Li's eyes widened: "I have traveled to World War II."