China's first overseas territory, the Port of Basra, has undergone several expansions. It is currently the largest port in the Middle East with an annual throughput of more than 1.8 billion tons. It is already the world's leading port. Now this port is a transit station for Chinese materials and a transit station for obtaining oil from Germany.

The Baku oil obtained by Germany was transported by 3B railway and was stored in Basra. Part of it was cracked and consumed by petrochemical companies, while the other part was shipped to China. Germany occupied Baku, which was a strategic victory for the first battle. Even the Allies did not realize what impact this battle would have on the future war situation.

Baku, an oil field that has been exploited for more than 80 years and has always occupied an important position in the world. You should know that in order to commemorate Baku, the Ural oil field in the Soviet Union was called the Second Baku, and the Tyumen oil field was called the Third Baku. China's strength in materials and oil extraction technology, especially the strength of secondary development, is only at the first development of oil fields in other countries in the world. After all, this is only the early stage of oil utilization, and most of the oil fields have not been mined. Even if there are, no one will focus on it. In the vast world, there are countless new oil fields that need to be mined. Instead of spending time on these old and small oil fields, it is better to develop new ones.

In China's view, this is not equal. The decline in production of old oil fields is because there is no way to find it. As long as there is a suitable filling to restore oil to erupt, the output will not be lower than the best time. This increase in oil production in a short period of time is very amazing.

Baku is an oil field with a long history, and its development history can be traced back to hundreds of years, or even a thousand years ago. Even in Russia, the development time lasted for more than 40 years. In a long era, even if Russia's oil production technology was relatively backward, a large number of oil wells were mined. To put it bluntly, the actual oil production was slightest, and most of them were excavated partly. After the pressure was reduced and the oil output was less, they gave up. Now, after China has controlled the oil production in Baku, it has recorded, visited, and even

It was a survey to find out all these oil fields. Some re-explored and developed, drilled wells nearby, and successfully mined oil wells with sufficient industrial flow, while others were re-exploited. Some fillings heavier than oil were poured into the oil wells, and pressure was used to restore the ability to erupt. Generally speaking, only about 50% of the oil can be mined at most, and more than half of the oil is still present in the oil well. Only through secondary or even three mining can most of the oil be mined.

This method has allowed Baku to increase its output continuously, and in a short period of time, adding hundreds of new oil wells, directly causing Baku's production to surge, from the initial few million tons to tens of millions of tons, an increase of more than 10 times. Of course, such mining methods are definitely not possible for Baku to mine for more than 80 years, as in later generations, and some mining methods are even destructive.

This is not China's thing. Even after the war is over, whether it is controlled by it is a problem. It is as much as possible to mine as possible. As for the future, there is no meaning. Therefore, after stabilizing the production, China began to further explore Baku's strength. It is expected that Baku's oil production will exceed 120 million tons in the whole year of 1916, and by 1917, it may even rise to 17,000 tons. The total output may increase by 50 million tons. Even in later generations, it is an extremely large number and is synonymous with world-class oil fields. If it exceeds this, it is probably only Saudi Arabia's super-large addition, and the others are far from being a rival.

Only with such a foundation in Baku can such production be achieved. The super-large oil fields in later generations, including China's largest Daqing Oilfield, as an example, have no way to make the production exceed 80 million tons. This is determined based on the oil reserves. Daqing Oilfield is China's largest oilfield, but it is really not a world-class large oilfield. The reserves are significantly different from Baku and Saudi Arabia's large oilfield.

Germany did not care about this destructive development of Baku. At this time, Germany did not have a sense of belonging to Baku. In other words, even if it had a certain sense of belonging and thought about it, Germany could have more things to exchange for money under the pressure of war. China's desire for oil is almost infinite. Whether it is 120 million tons or 170 million tons, it can be followed. In terms of the price, 50 million tons is almost the national revenue of 2 billion US dollars per year. This is simply a needle for Germany at this time.

This money will be used to further arm Germany. In 1917, Germany prepared to arm 80 divisions and started to build 6 Bavarian-class ships. The eight Bavarian-class ships ordered in China have come to an end. The officials in Germany were very satisfied with the Bavarian-class. When the government had money, they ordered another 12 ships. According to China's expressway, by the end of 1917, Germany would add 18 Bavarian-class ships.

The number of German battleships will reach a limit, and the naval battles in the future will become more and more intense. In the past, the duels of battleships within 30 can be called tragic, and about 10 are already considered important. However, since 1917, without 50, it cannot be considered a large war. Even in 1917, a tragic duel of 80 battleships broke out, and finally more than 40 main ships sank.

Whether from China to the Middle East or from the Middle East to China, you must pass through the Strait of Malacca. This is also a manifestation of the importance of the Strait of Malacca. However, if you choose to pass from the Kra Canal, you can save 1,200 kilometers in one way. This may be one-fifth or one-tenth of the route from China to the Middle East. This is of great significance. This means that under the premise of the same ship, China's capacity to the Middle East has actually increased by about 10%. China has now become the world's largest merchant ship power, and China's deployment is too large. If we follow this point of view, the annual transportation volume of more than 1.5 billion tons is easily increased by 100 million tons, not to mention economic benefits, but in terms of time cost, this canal is worth considering, and it has extremely high economic value.

Is the Kara Canal only economic benefits? Not exactly this? The Chinese Navy has just taken shape and is divided into the northern and southern fleets and the Lanfang fleet. Due to the location of the strait, it may have to shrink into the Chinese waters. If the appearance of Kara and others encounter something, it will obtain a direct exit in the Indian Ocean.

It can also appear in the waters of Malacca, but at that time, anyone could enter and exit the international waterways. On the contrary, this canal was completely controlled by the hands of many Chinese people. If a military base was established in Thailand, under good protection, it would become the fastest-response type of fleets, and the other side could not fight back. The mainland would resist the other side's navy, and the land-based aviation would become a barrier to block the opponent.

After reading this report carefully, Yang Yuanzhao fell into long-term contemplation. In his heart, he had decided to start the plan of the Kara Canal. Wang Rongmin's plan was quite clear, from cost, time, and then to economic benefits, and wrote very clearly. However, for Yang Yuanzhao, this is not just this, but the military value of this canal is far higher than that of the economic value. Even putting aside the military value, it is enough for him to start construction. This is a canal with far-reaching significance to China. To a certain extent, it is better to build it early than late construction.

For this canal, the only thing to consider is time. How to make the canal be built before the end of the war. The more it is ahead of schedule, the more benefits it will be for the canal. The war has been around for four years, and it is no less than the war in history. In history, Germany has shown its decline at this time. Although it suppressed Russia and Britain and France on both fronts, it has deteriorated severely in all aspects at home. Industry and agriculture have declined to varying degrees. To be honest, there is only one way to surrender.

It was when the United States saw this that it joined the war in the final stage. Then the United States was like going to swim in Europe. After participating in several battles in Europe, the war ended. The country with the strongest army in Europe ended like this. After making enough money in the war, the United States went to Europe for an armed tour. Without paying too much, it became a winner, and later it had the right to be on an equal footing with Britain.

But this era is different. Germany has received support from China, and its domestic stability and industrial and agricultural output value has not been greatly reduced. Even the personnel lost have been reduced year-on-year. In contrast, the Allies have suffered heavy losses. In the past four years, in the European continent and in the Bordeaux meat grinding war, the total number of people lost by the Allies has exceeded 14 million. Even the Allies have the largest mobilization ability in the world, which is a bit painful.

However, in terms of the potential of war and the total population that can be mobilized, there are many more Allied countries than the Allied countries. Of course, this is not included in China. If China is considered, only if Britain mobilizes all the Commonwealth and colonies, can it be compared with it. In terms of quality, I don’t know how much difference is.

Under this situation, the war will not undergo a significant change within one or two years, which is also the key to establishing the construction of this canal. However, if there is a deviation, the war will end when the canal is still under construction. This is a huge blow to the canal plan and will even affect Wang Rongmin. (To be continued.)

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