The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 774: Fuel-air bomb extinguishes oil field fire
Liu Tao was coordinating the fire fighting in the Iraqi oil fields.

A huge contract worth 400 to 800 billion US dollars is enough to make Liu Tao extremely concerned.

The sooner you put out the fire, the more rewards you will receive.

Some other materials and equipment needed for fire extinguishing also have high costs.

It looks like just putting out a fire, but the cost is actually quite high.

In order to transport equipment, fuel-air explosives and personnel, in addition to sea transportation, Liu Tao also chartered planes and even used transport planes.

To this end, Liu Tao even used his connections to lease the An-225 and ten Soviet transport aircraft from the Soviet Union.

The soldiers who had originally planned to retire had their retirement date postponed again.

After all, Liu Tao didn't trust the military expertise of Iraqi soldiers.

A steady stream of information came back from Iraq.

In Iraq, a helicopter was hovering in the air. From a distance, one could see the pillars of fire and billowing smoke rising into the sky.

The entire oil field looked like it was doomsday.

At the very edge of the oil field, hundreds of meters away from the fire column, the rolling heat wave can be felt.

In a depression in the desert a thousand meters away from the fire column, military green tents are neatly arranged.

Only the tops of these tents are exposed in the desert.

This is the dormitory where the fire brigade workers live. An excavator was used to dig out pits just big enough to accommodate the tents, solving the problem of overheating in the surrounding area.

The workers are fully equipped; after all, in this kind of environment, they must protect themselves.

The fire column at this oil well was over 60 meters high. After burning, thick smoke spread around and black smoke drifted down, landing on the workers. If they did not take protective measures, it would enter their nasal cavities with their breathing.

At the same time, the surrounding fire-fighting rocket launchers have been deployed.

Based on the current situation and supercomputer simulation, 120 200-kilogram fuel-air bombs are needed to extinguish the oil field fire.

For this purpose, three self-propelled rocket launchers were used.

每辆自行火箭炮有40根火箭炮管，30秒时间内发射完40枚云爆弹，3辆刚好120枚云爆弹。

At this time, the self-propelled rocket launcher had been loaded with fuel-air explosive bombs and the soldiers were calibrating it.

As long as 30 fuel-air explosive bombs are not launched within 120 seconds and the fuel-air explosive bombs do not explode in the calculated area, the fire-fighting operation will fail and we will have to start all over again.

Next to the three self-propelled rocket launchers, there are people who are specifically filming, and all the preparatory work will be recorded.

There was even the American CIA watching from afar.

Although both parties have held a press conference to announce to the world that this batch of equipment is specifically for firefighting, Americans do not believe it.

Who would use a fuel-air explosive bomb to put out a fire? This is a joke.

In the eyes of Americans, weapons are used to kill people.

Fuel-explosive bombs are even more deadly weapons.

In this Gulf War, the Americans used fuel-air explosive bombs. No one knows the power of fuel-air explosive bombs better than the Americans.

Fuel-air bombs were also among the top five on the list given to Panshan Group by the Americans.

Although Panshan Group has never exported fuel-air explosive bombs, who knows whether this arms dealer will go crazy and export fuel-air explosive bombs to Iraq for money.

All preparations are complete.

The person in charge here checked the time and confirmed it with the walkie-talkie.

When it was 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

The water pumps started working, pumping water from the sea to reduce the high temperature generated by the explosion of the fuel-air bomb.

"Fire!" the commander gave the order.

"emission!"

Almost at the same time, the order was heard from inside the three self-propelled rocket launchers. The soldiers with their fingers above the launch button pressed their fingers heavily on the launch button.

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh~~~”

One after another, the fuel-air bombs were fired. The sound of breaking through the air was very pleasant, and they flew towards the oil field with long tail flames.

The high-speed flying shells flew across the sky, leaving behind white smoke trails that were extremely beautiful.

The Americans also recorded this scene.

"Here they come!" The crowd standing at the observation position next to the oil field had been waiting.

Everyone became nervous; success depended on this one move!
"Boom boom boom~~~"

120 fuel-air explosive bombs exploded at the preset explosion points. The interval from the explosion of the first fuel-air explosive bomb to the last fuel-air explosive bomb was only 30 seconds.

The small fireball exploded, forming a fire cloud floating in the air.

120 small fireballs continued to spread up, down, left and right, producing brighter light, and eventually formed a huge mushroom, which then rose upwards.

It's like an artificial sun.

"OH, MY GOD!" The American CIA agent was stunned.

If they didn't know about fuel-air bombs, they would have thought it was a mushroom bomb without hesitation.

The other firefighters were also stunned. It was the first time they had seen such a horrific scene.

As the fuel-air bomb exploded, a huge mushroom cloud rose, and the surrounding oxygen was quickly consumed. The oil well that was originally burning with a column of flames became powerless.

I can no longer see the pillar of fire from a distance!
The pillar of fire was enveloped by the spreading fire cloud.

In the area where sea water was flowing on the ground, more white smoke instantly rose up, and the moment the smoke rose up, it disappeared!

The fire cloud expanded quickly and disappeared quickly.

As the fire cloud disappeared, the pillar of fire that was more than 60 meters high also disappeared!
Instead, a black oil column more than 30 meters high spurted out from the oil well, like a fountain, reaching high into the sky and then falling down in all directions.

"Hurry! Everyone, don't just stand there, start working quickly, and the work must be completed within the specified time!" You Zhenye shouted while holding a loud speaker.

If the operation is not completed within the specified time, the oil field will catch fire again when oxygen is restored.

This means that today's work was in vain!

Then the workers came to their senses and hurriedly continued to move forward.

The water column sprays forward, which lowers the ground temperature.

The fire tanks moved forward and the workers carried out their work with oxygen cylinders.

This kind of oil field fire fighting is very dangerous.

Even each of them wrote a suicide note.

Because they know that crude oil is not easy to burn, but the natural gas that comes out of the oil well along with the crude oil is flammable and explosive. Once the natural gas is ignited, it will quickly ignite the high-temperature oil column again.

The window of time left for their homework is not long and they must complete it.

Otherwise, they are in danger.

In this environment, wheeled fire trucks are useless, you have to use a tank fire truck with tracks!
Finally, thanks to the efforts of the workers, the oil well was finally sealed.

As the oil well was sealed, it meant that the fire was successfully extinguished, and it was officially announced that extinguishing fires with fuel-air bombs was feasible.

The workers cheered and celebrated, they had accomplished a miracle.

Of course, this also means they are well rewarded.

If they successfully put out the fire at the oil well, each of them can receive a reward of at least $10,000.

This is real self-interest!

(End of this chapter)