Don't talk about martial arts, I'm a war contractor

Chapter 320 Six digits, completed (please subscribe!)

That night, Xia Yu stayed directly at the mine until early the next morning, when the C-160 landed on the runway in the morning light.

The tail hatch of the transport aircraft was opened, and the first thing to be unloaded was the oil storage tank for storing crude oil, followed by a set of spare oil production equipment transferred from the Ronnier Oil Field.

Spout wells also need supporting production equipment. The well structure consists of casing and tubing, and a wellhead device called a Christmas tree is required on the ground.

When the formation pressure is insufficient after one or two years of gushing, an electric submersible pump will be installed later to provide mechanical energy for secondary extraction.

Now the self-injection is over. The only thing they have to do is to control the speed of crude oil ejection and install pipelines to introduce the produced crude oil into the oil storage device.

This is also the reason why professionals need to intervene. Kuhn and others can handle it by spraying water, but there is nothing they can do about spraying oil.

Watching the workers skillfully installing the equipment, the real-time rate of crude oil injection after debugging is also displayed on the instrument.

"1.7 tons per hour, that is, more than 40 tons of crude oil are produced in a day and night. This is not comparable to those monster wells in the Middle East, but it is a very high-yield well in China!"

After getting the data, the person in charge of the docking said with emotion.

After hearing this, Xia Yu first thought that the oil storage tank was too small, and then realized that the current international crude oil price has risen to US$158.98 per barrel (50 liters).

In other words, the daily flow of water from his self-effluent well is about 14000 US dollars, which is 500 million for a whole year.

This is really a good deal, not to mention that it is not just a matter of money. Now the centralized fire defense has grown into a large gas consumer. After the second and third phases of the museum are put into operation, it will grow by another order of magnitude.

Regardless of the rise or fall of international crude oil prices, if you own an oil well, you can produce and sell it yourself, achieving self-sufficiency in energy.

Of course, we still have to rely on the refinery. In addition to the dozens of tons of crude oil that Xiayu collected into the storage warehouse last night, the future output will have to be brought to Technetium and handed over to them for processing into refined oil before it can be used.

Crude oil of different qualities produces different refined oil products.

As for their well, what comes out is light crude oil, which can directly produce 20% of jet fuel. The rest needs to be hydro-deoxygenated for secondary use to produce more.

There is also the production of aviation gasoline, which is more troublesome than the production of ordinary gasoline and diesel.

However, Xia Yu is not afraid of trouble at all. Whether it is to directly provide him with crude oil or to process and purify it twice, he just comes.

"What about the specific reserves?"

Knowing the output, Xia Yu continued to ask about the reserves.

"This needs to be measured by collecting data. If we estimate it, it is by no means the size of a well. The recoverable reserves are conservatively around 6 figures."

The person in charge gave a rough numerical range based on experience.

How should I put it? This is not associated crude oil, but the uranium ore associated with crude oil!

The grade is not low, but the scale of the uranium mine is only a few thousand tons. For the type of in-situ sandstone, this is a small and medium-sized mine. Otherwise, if the contract payment is offset, how can we still have to find some cash to make up for it.

"Trouble, I need to know relatively accurate data to know whether to continue investing and how much to invest."

Small and micro oil fields can drill one or several wells, but the location of the wells must be particular and cannot be as random as the first well.

Relatively accurate data is necessary to determine the number and location of how many oil and gas wells to drill.

After leaving the matter to professionals, Xia Yu prepared to lead the team to withdraw.

Next, he had to send another shift of manpower over. Before the large crude oil storage tanks arrived, the mine had to arrange a train trip every day to pull oil to Zac.

There are not enough manpower, but the car and gas will be robbed.

Faced with the increasingly popular business, Xia Yu felt that it was necessary to expand the company's second-line strength.

For example, a company can be expanded into a battalion within a few years.

He can't do what old Ye Fu does. He recruits thousands of people at once, all of whom are formal employees. Compared with a company, he is more like a private army with different clothes. He is a scorpion in the entire PMC world. Shit - the only one.

Xia Yu is more cautious. Not to mention the company's regular employees, his second-line staff are all selected from the best, only the elite among black people.

Those with academic qualifications teach maintenance, those with strength can knock on tracks and move artillery shells, those who are good at shooting teach infantry subjects, and are suitable for various tactics of concentrated fire defense. It is a patchwork of more than 100 people.

Fortunately, the salary is cheap enough, and compared to the high salary in the local area, everyone cherishes this job.

Later, when the number of people is expanded to a battalion, the company can simultaneously promote the mineral development project, otherwise safety cannot be guaranteed.

As for exporting security services to mines with local backgrounds, just like not providing maritime security services, fire defense focuses more on combat, rescue and other services.

The share in this area should be left to friends with greater numerical advantages. Except for those super-large oil fields, few bosses can afford to hire heavy equipment such as armed helicopters, tanks, and infantry fighting vehicles.

However, the security you hired is not effective, and if something happens, there is nothing wrong with calling Fire Defense.

The main thing is whether the business is aligned. The reason why Fire Defense can stand out from the crowd of private military contractor companies is the enhancement of unit combat effectiveness.

The income from security alone is really too low, and there is no need for such strong firepower.

However, the situation in Afika is turbulent and public security is corrupt, which makes many companies indeed have such security needs.

Xia Yu has also written a report on this issue. There may be some changes in the future!

Back in Konluga, he, the contractor, resumed his daily routine of dusting.

After widening the ejection/interception section of the entire cave sub-base to 30 meters, Xiayu also began to install equipment for various systems.

A long steam pipe extends from the energy supply hangar and is connected to the steam catapult that has just been laid.

“Pfft~sss~~”

Pressing the remote control ejection start button, a small car used for testing was ejected.

The car body was made of pure tungsten and weighed 27.22 tons. It instantly disappeared through the newly opened hole and landed at the foot of the hillside.

This has exceeded the original design specifications of the BS-5 steam catapult. The converted data shows that the carrier-based aircraft represented by this car was accelerated to 95 knots and left the hole.

Under Xia Yu's pressure, it successfully reached the specifications of the advanced BS-5A model, but the price paid was only the reduction in steam volume, which affected the flight efficiency, and the long-term reliability of the catapult.

These are things that don't need to be taken care of. There are not that many fighter jets to fly in the base, and the bombs are less than three digits a year. Even if it breaks, it can be repaired with man-hours.

Continue to install the auxiliary air intake system and do the experiment again, and the data obtained has new growth.

Xia Yu believes that as long as improvements continue in the future, it will definitely surpass the BS-6 type. The performance indicators of this catapult, which is only on the drawings, have reached the level of the old magnesium C-13-1 type with a working pressure of 1000 psi and an end speed of 140 knots.

It's absolutely okay not to be long-lasting and durable.

If you want both, it will be more difficult than obtaining the original product, and it is unnecessary.

He turned off the rumbling fan, put on his jetpack and arrived at the cave entrance.

It's hard to imagine that such a thing is worth more than 300,000 pounds, and Xia Yu only bought it to pick up cars.

"Woo~~" With his hands pointing downwards, he jumped down and then suspended in mid-air.

It looks cool, but it actually has no practical significance because you can't free up your hands to control the balance and operate the weapon.

However, as a toy, this kind of jetpack is quite fun. With the same proficiency, it is faster than a helicopter, which directly solves the problem of Xiayu's transportation a few kilometers away from the base.

Using thermal imaging to find the target, he quickly flew to the side of the car, put it into the garage, and returned to the cave.

After many tests and finding the most suitable data, Xia Yu finally completed the parameter debugging.

Next, it’s time to actually fly.

A few days later, ground equipment such as tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, along with several helicopters and fighter jets, were shipped to the Middle East.

Several crews and combat employees continued training, and Xia Yu also completed the installation of the hangar's armored door and camouflaged the door's surface with rocks from the mountain.

He also installed a temperature control on this layer of physical camouflage. As long as there is a temperature difference with the surrounding mountains, it will automatically heat or cool down to ensure that no abnormality can be detected remotely.

As for other satellites, the trajectories of all satellites in the sky are public. What is not disclosed to the public are their performance indicators.

There were not many satellites above Afika. After making sure that the space would be "clean" for the next hour, Xia Yu, who was sitting in the Ultimate Ghost cockpit, pressed the button to open the armored door of the hangar.

"Om~~"

Under the support of hydraulic rods, the two left and right doors weighing dozens of tons opened toward both sides.

From the outside perspective, it was as if a hole had opened in the mountain itself.

Xia Yu continued to press the second button, and the auxiliary air intake system started to work. The air was extracted through the pipe, and a strong wind equivalent to level 12 was poured into the tunnel.

While operating the Ultimate Ghost to open the variable sweep wings, he also received a reminder that the steam catapult was fully charged, and a trace of steam leaking from the orbit also dissipated in the strong wind.

"Crack~~"

Pressing the third button, the ejection button, Xia Yu instantly felt the G force "pressing" on him, and the ultimate ghost was also pulled and accelerated to a terminal speed of 140 knots, slid over the last few dozen meters, and left the cave. .

"Boom~~"

The roar of the engine frightened the animals in the canyon, and they immediately recalled the sounds of the battle more than a year ago.

Don't be afraid, you will get used to it soon.

Xia Yu turned on the afterburner, piloted the fighter plane to tear through the morning fog in the mountains, and flew into the sky.

This is the ultimate ghost. It feels much stronger than Spey's ghost and the original ghost.

Controlling this factory-new F-4(FV)S, the only one in the world, Xia Yu felt that the scenery outside the hatch was unique.

Originally, as an interceptor aircraft, the Phantom's low-altitude air combat capabilities could be said to be a joke. Now it can perform a series of maneuvers without any difficulty. It can be called a low-end version of the F-14.

It is a pity that the development of science and technology has eliminated dog fighting. This is an era of competing for the performance of air-to-air missiles.

Whether it is this ultimate Phantom or the arrogant Big Cat of the past, they have become "classic cars" among fighter jets, with only collection value left.

Of course, it’s okay to abuse food.

"咻~咻~~"

Four AGM-65 Mavericks appeared out of thin air on the underwing pylons, and were then shot out twice by Xia Yu.

"Boom~Boom~~"

Two T-72 target vehicles deployed by helicopters instantly exploded into a ball of fire.

It's fun to fight without having to worry about cost. At this time, Xia Yu can even use the AIM-9L Super Sidewinder as a rocket. After all, the cost of printing a missile is the price of buying a rocket.

The AIM-54 and AIM-120 are just coarse-caliber, guided rockets.

"咻~咻~~"

At this moment, Xia Yu seemed to have returned to his childhood. Spending 50 cents to buy a box of Black Boss would make him happy for an entire afternoon.

Equipped with missiles on the fighter jet and refilled with fuel, this is the kind of enjoyment that Starscream can bring after giving out New Year's money and upgrading it for one yuan.

It can be said that more than twenty years later, Xia Yu burned tens of millions of dollars in just a few hours.

Different prices, but the same happiness.

I hope he can collect more and better fighter jets in the future so that he can continue to be happy.

"Boom~~"

After firing the last round of ammunition, Xia Yu turned the nose of the aircraft, adjusted the wing sweep angle to 23°, and rushed towards the base at low altitude and high speed.

Everywhere along the way, the animals were frightened and cursed.

It wasn't until he was approaching the base that he reopened the wings and lowered the airspeed.

"Pfft~~"

After adjusting the posture of the fuselage and aiming at the small hole in the mountain, the Ultimate Ghost, which had no second chance to pull up, rushed in until the tailhook caught the second blocking rope.

So far, Xiayu has completed its first complete land ejection/interception take-off and landing, and all systems are operating normally.

This also means that the cave sub-base finally has actual combat capabilities.

To be nuclear-proof, an additional three-proof door must be added to the ejection/interception section and the tunnel section. Simply adding lead bushings to the hangar armored door is useless.

The same operation is done on the other side of the canyon. Then there is the excavation of the bunker at the lower level of the mountain. This is the second and third phases. Xiayu still has ten or twenty years to slowly dig, unlike the first phase. Hurry and hurry.

But by then, his children will have grown up!

Liv may not react much, but what child wouldn't want to have such a big secret base!

In addition to the resting place buried deep underground, Xia Yu is still willing to share these great projects with his family.

"Om~~"

Control the armored door to automatically close, release the blocking cable, control the F-4(FV)S to retract its wings and glide to the locomotive in the tunnel, and return to the cave hangar in a ceremonial manner.

After spending 0.1 working hours on simple repairs and maintenance, he placed the Ultimate Phantom opposite the MiG-23. Xia Yu got on the Gazelle and prepared to go back.

Time flies so fast, and a month goes by in a blink of an eye.

Mom and Dad had a great time. Tomorrow he will send the two elders to Xusei, and the employees are also ready to set off to Xuliya.

I also hope that this short-term deployment will improve the company's combat effectiveness in high-intensity scenarios and that everything will go smoothly.

The Middle East is really a "rich" place flowing with oil, and the prerequisite for wealth is true peace, otherwise it is all fake.

(End of this chapter)