Chapter 135: The Oil War Begins
Rooftop of the Corinthian Hotel, Tripoli, Libbi
Tripoli was very comfortable at night, there was no scorching heat, no heat waves from the desert direction, only the slightest coolness and humidity of the Mediterranean Sea, the dilapidated city lights flickered, and there was actually some pre-war prosperity.
Only at this time, looking out of the city from the rooftop of the Collins Hotel, all you can see is patches of firelight, and the red flames stretch all the way to the end of the horizon, which is very spectacular.
A few years ago, the inhabitants of Tripoli would have been scared, because it could only be a warlord fighting, but now, when people see that scene, all that remains is joy and eagerness, because these are their small oil refineries. Each pillar of fire represents money and the hope of life.
Wang Yue's second wave of 10,000 sets of small oil refining equipment ordered from China did not get much in 1940, most of them were sold by Tasha, just outside the city of Tripoli, 3,000 such small oil refineries were erected, all day and night, 24 hours a day non-stop production, and even many local factories made inefficient equipment mixed in, the total number of added up, the daily crude oil processing capacity is as high as tens of thousands of tons, this is only around Tripoli, if the entire Liby, the number is even more amazing.
"Victor, look, how spectacular!" Tasha pointed to the continuous fires on the horizon and said happily that during this time, she had made a lot of money by shorting the shares of Occidental Petroleum Company, definitely more than when she was in the arms business, and in addition, it also greatly expanded her influence and gave her more chips in her hands.
"Tasha, how many small oil refining equipment have you sold?" Wang Yue also felt very shocked, if a large oil refining enterprise is nothing, in many places, the petrochemical base is continuous, covering the sky and the sun, but let a small oil refinery to achieve such a scale, it is too shocking.
"Of the 10,000 sets of equipment you imported this time, I only left you 500 sets, and then asked Ahmed to place an additional order of 100,000 sets, Victor, believe me, it won't be long before Western Oil has no place in Liby!" Tasha spoke with ease, but there was a burst of murderous intent between the words.
The oil industry has always been a bloody industry, at the beginning, in order to enter the Libby country, these oil companies spent a lot of money to overthrow the rule of Dazuo, and now, Tasha wants to drive them away, and the oil companies will definitely not stand still, and there will definitely be a fight when the time comes.
As for whether we can develop peacefully together? Not to mention that the output of small oil refineries will affect the market through smuggling, even those small oil wells that are exploited disorderly will also affect the pressure of the oil reservoir and increase the difficulty of extracting large oil fields.
"Tasha, that's going to drive those oil companies crazy." Wang Yue couldn't help but remind, although Exxon was honest, it didn't mean that they wouldn't have other means, not to mention that there were more than one oil company in Liby, Exxon was not the only one, those oil companies, which one of them was not a behemoth, and the use of sending mercenaries like before could only be regarded as a pediatric, if you really provoke them, even the aircraft carrier formation will get you over.
"Victor, you must know that we all have a motherland behind us, no matter how arrogant the bald eagle is, before he completely defeats our motherland, he will have to throw a rat trap, at best, he will send mercenaries to attack like before, rest assured, my motherland can hold out for a long time." Tasha responded nonchalantly, compared to Wang Yue, she was obviously more confident, although the motherland was weak, there were still warships cruising in the Mediterranean, and the bald eagle would not openly attack those warships if she didn't want a nuclear war, as long as the hairy bear navy could still radiate Libby, her safety would still be guaranteed.
"Tasha, you have to understand, some people have no bottom line, just like what happened to me in the Gulf of Aden this time, you can't imagine at all, they actually do it in a third country, they can't describe what they do, even if they only dare to send mercenaries, there are many means they can use, once they have the support of the state, those oil giants can do everything." Wang Yue was a little speechless, people were going to use chemical weapons before, but this girl still didn't care so much, I really don't know if she has a big heart or she is too careful.
"Victor, don't worry, their country will watch over them, you must know that I also have hole cards in my hand, once something happens to me, they will face the wrath of the Romanov family!" The smile on Tasha's face was still the same, and her tone was still playful, but Wang Yue's ears were full of awe-inspiring murderous intent.
"Tasha, how many of these small oil refining equipment have you set up in Liby?" Wang Yue saw that Tasha was so determined, so he didn't want to continue on this topic.
"There are 3,000 sets here in Tripoli, 2,000 sets in the south, and 2,000 sets in the west, a total of more than 7,000 sets, and I have also received orders for more than 30,000 sets of equipment. Tasha swaggered to Wang Yuexian.
"Haven't you always wanted to prop up the southern forces? Why is it that so much equipment is being put into the east and west now, and that those forces in the east and west do not need to protect the oil companies that support them? Wang Yue expressed the question in his heart.
"Yes, so most of the more than 2,000 sets of equipment in the south are owned by the Southern Tribal Alliance, and a large amount of oil production has greatly increased the strength of the Southern Alliance, and now they have not only organized a regular army of more than 20,000 people, but also equipped with aircraft and tanks, and have become the third force in the territory of Liby, whether it is the eastern or western warlords, they dare not ignore the force, I have reached a preliminary agreement with the Southern Alliance, and they will buy at least 20 million US dollars of arms from me every month in the future." Tasha nodded, she preferred the Southern Alliance's large orders to the scattered orders from the south, and as the Southern Alliance's strength increased, their demand would be greater.
And with the increase in the strength of the Southern Alliance, the demand for arms in the eastern and western regions will also increase, although she may not be able to eat meat, but there are orders from the small warlords under the big warlords, and they come and go, and they are also a lot of income.
"Tasha, the south is not the main oil-producing region in Libbi, you have to be clear about that." Wang Yue couldn't help but remind that the oil in Libiu is mainly in the west, followed by the east, and the least in the south, which is also the root cause of the serious imbalance in the development of the north and south of Libiu.
"Victor, it's not that there is no oil in the south, it's just that the reserves are small, the burial is scattered, and it doesn't have the conditions for large-scale exploitation, that kind of small oil field is simply customized for small oil refining equipment, a small tribe of more than 100 people, occupy a small oil field, set up oil wells, you can make money, even if it is a chicken rib oil field with reserves of tens of thousands of tons, it is enough for that kind of small tribe to work for a long time, not to mention that they don't really want to stay in the south all the time." Tasha picked up a cocktail, took a sip, and explained with a smile.
In fact, as early as the Dazuo period, Libib carried out many rounds of oil exploration, and the burial of oil in the territory that did not meet the conditions for exploitation was also recorded, and after the outbreak of the civil war, these records came into the hands of Tasha. I used to think that these materials were meaningless, but I didn't want Wang Yue to make this kind of small oil equipment, so that those small oil fields that did not have the conditions for exploitation suddenly became real wealth.
"Tasha, you mean the southern hordes have already begun to attack north?" Wang Yue was a little puzzled, judging from the current situation in Tripoli, the situation is very stable, it doesn't look like a big war is about to break out, could it be that the southern tribal alliance is going to launch a surprise attack without knowing whether it is alive or dead?
"Victor, you have to know, sometimes war is not the only means, this country was peaceful for decades before the civil war, and a lot of people from the south moved to the north, to put it bluntly, many people are related, so let the relatives in the south come over and pull those relatives in the north to do business together?" Tasha glanced at Wang Yue, the Southern Alliance, which she had finally supported, still wanted to use the Southern Alliance as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Mao Bear government, how could the strength of the Southern Alliance be easily damaged.
"Economic infiltration, but those warlords are not stupid, they just sit back and watch the Southern Alliance do this?" Wang Yue is still a little confused, such a crazy method, those Western oil companies must be the first to blow up, not to mention the warlords they support, even the mercenaries of the oil companies themselves will not turn a blind eye.
"Victor, you must know that there are small warlords under the big warlords, and those who do things are all small warlords, as long as you pull those small warlords to make a fortune together, whether it is the big warlords on the top or the Western oil companies, they will all be bogeyed, in fact, now almost all the warlord groups in the east and west are involved, even those who are not involved for the time being are actively communicating with us, hoping to buy oil equipment to participate." Tasha explained with a smile that it was much faster to dismantle the enemy from within than to confront it head-on.
"The strength of the small warlords below has skyrocketed, which makes the big warlords feel the crisis, but they can't stop their subordinates from getting rich, and in desperation, they can only participate in it and work together, Tasha, I have to say, you are much better than many politicians." Wang Yue praised from the bottom of his heart, but a little girl has done something that their government can't do, and if this matter continues to develop, the situation in Liby's country is bound to change further.
"Bingo! Victor, you got it right, so 10,000 of my 30,000 sets of orders were customized by the eastern warlord himself, and taking advantage of the relatively strong industrial strength in the east, they themselves began to imitate, and in the future, there will only be more and more small oil refineries in this country. Tasha snapped her fingers with a grin.
"The population of the country has always been a bottleneck, and this expansion is destined to have a ceiling." Wang Yue nodded, but soon discovered the problem, Libi seems to have a vast territory, but the population is only more than six million, which is destined to have an upper limit on their industrial and agricultural development.
"Victor, you underestimate the wisdom of the Libby people, don't you know, many men in Libby have married foreign brides recently, and there are several, they are all the kind of women who are strong and strong, one man, more than a dozen brides, enough to run a small oil field, in fact, it's not just men, the Southern Alliance now even prohibits women from marrying outside, you know what I mean, right?" Tasha smiled and tapped Wang Yue with her finger, and then turned to leave.
Some people died, but not completely......