The history of oil discovery can be traced to the free eruption of oil hundreds of years ago, or even thousands of years ago, which had been used as a tool for fuel or lighting a long time ago. However, most oil is not in a civilized society, but in a wilderness. Many barbarians even regard oil as a kind of demon blood, and even barbarians stick oil to arrows and use it as a poison.

Oil is toxic, especially natural oil, but it is not very toxic and is more difficult to clean. The real powerful one is still in the flammability of oil. Large-scale use of oil is still in the industrial society.

After entering the industrial society, with heavy oil entering the world, people began to crack oil and oil cracking products in the chemical industry. Kerosene is the most expensive among the oil cracking products. Because kerosene can be used as oil lamps, bright and without too many odors, it became the first industrial product. Because of the huge scope of use, kerosene has become the best item to replace candles and edible oil lamps. It measures the amount of kerosene that chemical companies make money, that is, the sales volume of kerosene. Even in China and Africa, in such poor places, kerosene has a large sales volume. What restricts sales volume is not funds, but personnel, and some people can sell it all over the world. How much oil can be used in the world? After the appearance of electric lights, kerosene has gradually withdrawn from the market.

The emergence of internal combustion engines has set off a new oil crisis. This is just before World War I, and the use rate of motor vehicles was not high. By World War II, cars had become an important tool for military logistics. Aircraft and tanks were lacking oil, and none of these war weapons could be used.

China has a huge territory and rich resources, but it lacks oil, or in other words, oil that can be used openly. China has long been coveted about Baku's oil. You must know that Baku is a world-famous and world-class large oil field. The annual output of the entire Russian treasury almost supports the entire Russian treasury. Once it falls into the hands of Germany, it is very convenient for China to purchase oil storage.

China is currently in a huge territory and has a large amount of oil resources. However, the world-class large oil fields, namely the Tyumen Oilfield located in Siberia. Even after the discovery of the Middle East, it can be ranked among the top ten. Of course, China has also intervened in the Middle East and is not ready to leave. In the future, Iraq and Baghdad will be China's hands and feet to extend into the Middle East. Before the complete advantage of the battle, China will not only not be able to exploit the Middle East, but will also be very likely to suppress the discovery of Middle East. Only when the Middle East is still a barren land, can it be most in line with China's interests. If it is to compete for the Middle East in a desert, and to compete for the future, Baku, or even a larger oil city than Baku, the difficulty in the middle is definitely not the same.

Historically, the oil boom in the Middle East was after World War I, and the Caspian oil circle was occupied, so people were looking for oil in the Persian region of the Middle East. Then they went to the Middle East. However, if possible, after completely occupying the Middle East, oil in the Middle East will be exploited, because only in this era of war and power can it be possible to completely occupy the Middle East. As long as a large number of Chinese people are submerged, such as migration and Tonghua, there is no need to consider it at all.

In this sense, before that, if it was a last resort, it might be better to open domestic oil fields than to exploit them from the Middle East. Although this is a difficult decision, local oil and external things are two different things. One is related to strategic security. With local oil as the basis, just like the United States, it can be supplied to the United States for decades under the premise that oil in the world is exhausted. This has to be said that Americans have vision.

Unless necessary, Yang Yuanzhao did not want to take out Daqing. At this time, news came that Germany was preparing to capture Baku. China was of course happy and of course fully supported it. Baku's capture gave China a new choice. A world-class oil field that can be mined for 50 years and can provide hundreds of millions of tons of oil. How much oil can it provide? At that time, in addition to exporting labor, there will be another oil transaction in the transaction between China and Germany, in addition to exporting labor, this will be more balanced, support for Germany will be greater, and the war will be able to continue in depth.

If China wants to rise, participating in war is the best way, but now, it is not the time. The more day you have to prepare and the later you participate in war, you will accumulate more strength for China. China has gained enough territorial benefits. In addition to occupying a greater voice, the more China's influence is increased.

Yang Yuanzhao, who has always been paying attention to the situation in Central and Eastern Europe, of course, knows the important role of oil. The main forces in the war next, whether it is the navy's warships, the army's armored forces, or the air force's aircraft, cannot be activated without oil. China entered the era of mechanization faster than these countries. It is very clear about the importance of these things. Once China shows its true strength, it will definitely attract everyone's pursuit. At that time, the increase in oil will definitely be quite considerable.

China is currently not short of money. For strategic resources like oil, it must reserve a certain degree. From the beginning to the northwest, after the funds were obtained, China has been collecting various oil and lysates. After the rise of internal combustion engine ships and automobile industries, diesel and gasoline began to enter the field of vision. After oil became an important resource to a certain extent, the price also increased considerably. However, compared with the elevated roads of later generations of US$100 per barrel or even higher, it is really nothing. It is just a few dollars a barrel. In this way, in large oil fields, it is also called black gold.

Rockefeller, Morgan, and the large oil fields in the western United States, have created many wealth myths. They used the emerging product of oil to replace the original steel and were called the new darling of the United States.

Yang Yuanzhao, who came from later generations, was very clear about the importance of oil. Under the premise that the Middle East could not be mined, it could only buy as much as possible. No matter how hard it was to buy, the oil produced in the whole world was a certain amount. These oil-producing countries were only able to increase the output of oil, because increasing output represents greater investment, and small countries and Russia had no money. There was no need for the United States. With the industry reaching a certain level and there was no shortage of funds, the United States was targeting domestic resource attitudes, from active development to orderly development, deliberately lowering the intensity of resource mining. These things are non-renewable and minerals, and once the mining is completed, there will be no more.

With the emergence of Yang Yuanzhao, China entered the era of mechanization and comprehensively developed the army, navy and air force. Once it entered the state of combat, the demand for oil was infinite. In history, the height of 12,000 barrels of oil was used per day. China had reached it several years ago. At present, China has a total of 8 million motor vehicles, 57 million tons of ships, and 12,000 aircraft. As long as it is fully activated, the amount of crude oil used is countless times that of 12,000 barrels.

China's surge in oil use began to make the surrounding countries that produce oil happy, but after the equivalent reached a certain level, it would be more difficult to increase again, especially after the war began, which was even more impossible.

China has been preparing for a long time. In 1909, it began to prepare to import oil by all possible means, but the annual reserves are only about 200,000 tons. To this day, it has increased slightly, and the total reserves have not exceeded 2.5 million tons. This number is definitely enough for ordinary countries. According to the amount of oil used in the war in history, it may be used for more than two years. However, for China, the number of motor vehicles in millions and the number of motor vehicles is still increasing continuously, not to mention that there are also the army, navy and air force swallowing beasts. Now the navy and air force has not been used. Once the navy and air force is used, the demand for oil is endless. According to conservative estimates, once the purchase is cut off, 2.5 million tons of oil can only last for about 120 days at most. This is still without high-light combat and large-scale use of the navy and air force.

Resources and strategic security are two important issues. If this security is controlled in the hands of others, China's huge military, almost invincible army, navy and air force, will become a fortress on the beach, like a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water. Once the waves hit, it will disappear.

Oil security has become the top priority of China, and geologists have also been organized to conduct investigations in China. However, in the era when walruses are the mainstream, China does not have the conditions to produce oil. Seeing the search by geologists, Yang Yuanzhao was a little hesitant. In fact, when he discovered the possible oil crisis in China, Yang Yuanzhao had an idea. He wanted to open the Daqing Oilfield. In the past, China had only mined the Yan'an oilfield when accumulating technology. However, an oilfield was a small oilfield. Even when it was fully developed, it was difficult to support the use of the entire China. Only when Daqing, China's largest oilfield, can it meet the needs.

There is really not much oil in China. Take the example of later generations as an example. The world's largest oil field, Saudi Garvar Oilfield, has a total reserve of 10.7 billion tons. The oil and gas resources in China and Shanghai, even some of which are not worth mining, are only 6 billion tons, which is not on the same level at all.

However, Daqing Oilfield is one of the rare high-reserved oilfields. Once developed, it can guarantee a production of more than 40 million tons per year, which is countable in the world. For China, which has entered the era of mechanization ahead of schedule, only after the development of Daqing Oilfield can China ensure its own oil security in the fierce world competition. The huge armored forces, air force, and fleet will not fall into trouble due to insufficient oil, affecting its overall combat effectiveness. (To be continued.)

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