Chapter 151: The Refined Oil Dilemma
On the morning of October 25, 1940, Qijiang County, Qijiang County Garrison Headquarters
"I'm sorry, Admiral Chen, my mood may be a little wrong just now, why did you come here this big night?" Wang Yue saw that Admiral Chen seemed to have something and it was difficult to speak, so he took the initiative to ask.
"Mr. Wang, you also know that this incident is very troublesome, the Air Force has lost almost all of its fuel reserves, and now let alone fighter jets, even the chairman's plane cannot take off, and I hope to entrust you to purchase a batch of aviation fuel on behalf of the Ministry of Military Affairs." Admiral Chen felt a little embarrassed, the reason why the Air Force was taken over by the devil at one time was that the problem was actually in the Ministry of Military Affairs, where a section member was bribed by the Special High School and sold the detailed information of the Air Force's oil depot and ammunition depot, and there was even a shift schedule for the garrison troops, so that Yamamoto's troops destroyed all the fuel reserves of the Air Force.
What's even more embarrassing is that the guy hasn't been arrested yet, and he actually ran into the embassy of the noodle country, applied for asylum, and actually betrayed the situation that the Eighth Route Army was equipped with the weapons of the noodle country, and there are even many photos, and it is estimated that he will have to endure endless harassment by the ambassador of the noodle country in the future.
"There's no problem with jet fuel, it's just that all I can provide is fuel from a small refinery." Wang Yue thought about it, it seems that Tasha Airlines uses fuel from a small refinery on this side of the plane, which is not bad, and it can also be used here in the time and space of Liangjian, as for better aviation fuel, it can also be bought, but aviation fuel is really not the higher the octane number, the better, those engines that are used to eating coarse grains, it is really easy to have problems with fine grains.
Just like the cars produced by the blank head eagle at this time, they are all well-known Nai rough feeding, what ethanol gasoline, bio-gasoline, and recycled gasoline are all burned, if you give fine grains, the more you use it, the more squeamish it is, the more you use it, the two heads of the demon in three days, to put it bluntly, the root knot is the quality of the local oil of the bald eagle.
"Can it achieve the quality of aviation fuel in northern Shaanxi?" Before coming to General Chen's heart, he also went to Comrade Hu Bicheng to seek that northern Shaanxi could increase the supply of aviation fuel, but the problem is that northern Shaanxi has recently increased a large number of machinery and equipment, and there is also no excess supply of high-quality fuel, so it can only be sold in small quantities.
"It can be achieved, such as gasoline, diesel, kerosene, aviation fuel, and the price is not expensive, but the situation of this kind of oil is completely dependent on imports is very dangerous, why doesn't the government increase efforts to develop the Yumen oilfield?" Wang Yue said what he had always doubted, the output of the Yumen Oilfield is indeed not high, but if you do it well, there is no problem at all in producing 10 million tons of crude oil a year, as for oil refining, without pursuing economy, it is the same to boil it in a cauldron, but in fact, during the entire Anti-Japanese War, the contribution made by the Yumen Oilfield and the reserves of its oilfield are extremely mismatched.
"Mr. Wang, this matter is a little complicated, the technical level is backward, the reason for the shortage of equipment must be there, the main reason is that the government is worried that a large oil field will stimulate the Japanese, so that they will attack the northwest hinterland regardless of it, so in recent years, although it is clear that the reserves of the Yumen oilfield are not small, but the government still does not dare to exploit it on a large scale." Admiral Chen explained, but there is another reason that he does not dare to say explicitly, that is, Shancheng is still worried that it will arouse the covetousness of the local warlords, and now those warlords are enough to cause a headache, if they put a big oil field next to them, it is likely that the devil has not yet come, and his side will fight first.
"I have a technology that can be used to synthesize fuel using bio-fats, and if the government is interested, I can provide it." Wang Yue said very sincerely, but there was a burst of joy in his heart, he has always wanted to spread biofuel technology to Hansi and the Japanese, but he has no opportunities and channels, and now the opportunity has come.
As for whether the Japanese will expand their invasion of China because of the acquisition of biodiesel technology, Wang Yue is not worried, don't joke, without this technology, it is good for the devil to pursue the national army like a donkey, and even if the technology spreads, it will take time for the devil to get results, as long as the strength of the Eighth Route Army and the Shancheng government is strengthened before then, it will be enough to offset this impact.
"What do you mean? Mr. Wang, can you elaborate on that? Admiral Chen was a little confused, and he couldn't figure out what the technology of bio-fat synthesis fuel was.
"For example, soybean oil and rapeseed oil can be turned into diesel, although it may not be usable by airplane, but it can also reduce the amount of corresponding oil imports and vacate more transportation shares." Wang Yue had already come up with a perfect technical route in the Bright Sword Time and Space, but because it was ugly and simple, the technical route he made was not as perfect as this time and space, and he was worried that it would not reach the level of oil in this time and space, so he didn't dare to say anything to death.
"What!" Admiral Chen exclaimed, the government had realized that once the war broke out, fuel would inevitably become a huge problem, so it also thought of a solution, during which he consulted Hansiguo about coal oil technology, but people did not sell it at all, and it is said that the quality of coal oil products is not high, and finally the government put out this thought.
But after the outbreak of the war, the government regretted it, it was too difficult to purchase fuel, any oil products, transported to the mountain city, the cost had to be doubled several times, just like that, or not how much, it was really the capacity of the truck in this era is too "big", just like the devil's 94 truck, it looks like a heavy truck, the load is only 1.5 tons, 100 kilometers of fuel consumption 30 liters up, from Myanmar, thousands of kilometers, not counting labor, vehicle wear and tear, fuel consumption alone is an unacceptable number.
"The quality of fuel is very good, and the quality is better than that produced in northern Shaanxi." Wang Yue continued to increase the weight, although the fuel produced in northern Shaanxi is also good, but the quality of crude oil in northern Shaanxi is really not comparable with Libi country, the fuel produced is only usable, it will not take long to clean the engine and oil circuit, and now the compulsory subject of the Eighth Route Army pilot is the disposal of air parking.
"Yes! The government needs this technology! Admiral Chen's categorical reply said that although he did not consult the highest authorities, it is conceivable that the highest authorities would not have any opinions.
With this technology, how much fuel can be produced is secondary, and it is true to increase the bargaining chips with other countries from a strategic level, just like fuel, this thing is worth money? It is indeed valuable in the market, but the cost of this thing is not much, and if it were not for the government's lack of ability to produce its own fuel, it would not be so expensive.
Once the government has the ability to produce fuel, even if it is to win over the government and curb the development of this new technology, Bald Eagle and Britain will definitely reduce the price of refined oil.