North Africa, northern Sabia, Sirte Basin.

A group of people wearing white scarves and wrapped their bodies tightly were walking in the desert, leading camels.

Except for the guide, everyone else had an oriental face.

"Nette, how far is the Shaxi Oasis you mentioned?"

A big bearded man looked at a thin middle-aged man with a certain appearance and asked.

"It's just over these sand dunes, but the oasis is very small and could disappear at any moment. Why are you going there?"

The bearded man gave him a cold look and said, "Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask. Just take us there, take the money, and get out of here."

"If you dare to reveal a word about what happened here, I guarantee that your whole family will become food for wild wolves."

Looking at the big man's cold eyes, the frail middle-aged man shuddered and said fearfully, "Okay, I won't tell anyone a word."

"Okay, let's go!"

The bearded man pointed his mouth and said in the direction of advancement.

From a distance, the 16 sand dunes didn't look big or far away, but it took them more than two hours to climb over them.

After crossing the sand dunes, there is another village with bright flowers and willows.

At the foot of the sand dunes is a small oasis with patches of green plants by the lake.

"Here we are, finally here!"

After seeing this oasis, the bearded man said with a gleam in his eyes.

"Boss, now that we're here, let's get rid of him, right?"

A sturdy young man glanced at the guide and whispered in Chinese.

The bearded man pondered for a moment and then said, "Okay, get rid of him and send $10,000 to his family as a pension."

Their coming here is a secret and cannot be discovered by the outside world.

Ten thousand dollars in this day and age can allow his family to live very well.

You should know that in this era, the average annual salary of American workers is around US$1300.

Ten thousand US dollars is equivalent to a worker's salary for about eight years.

"boom!"

A gunshot rang out, and the guide fell down with astonishment and unwillingness in his eyes. His blood quickly dyed the desert under his body red.

The bearded man sighed and said, "Bury him, and make sure the wolves don't get him."

"Yes, boss."

Then the bearded man said to the people at the back, "Everyone, go down and set up camp. The exploration team will immediately survey this area. We have the coordinates, and we must find the oil."

This group of people is from the Umbrella Security Company, a subsidiary of the Umbrella Corporation, and the core members of this company are all guards.

Their mission on this trip was to safely escort the oil exploration team to the Shaxi Oasis in the Siirt Basin in northern Zambia.

Because according to the information Li Jingrong obtained in modern time and space, there is an oil field with large reserves here.

According to modern space and time exploration, the reserves here are at least more than 2 million barrels, which is just the tip of the iceberg in the Sirte oil field area.

This is one of the largest oil fields in Caibia, accounting for more than 80% of Caibia's oil, exceeding 300 billion barrels.

Of course, no matter how much the reserves here are, it is none of his business.

His purpose was simple, which was to build a small oil plant here.

It integrates exploration, mining and smelting, and after the refined oil is produced, it is transported back to the country using the gate of time and space.

Originally, Li Jingrong planned to greet Rommel and then he could start extracting oil openly.

But after he checked the information, he found that his idea was very dangerous.

Because in that era, no one knew that there was oil buried under the ground in North Africa.

It was not discovered until the late 1950s.

If the mustache guy knew that there was a large amount of oil here, it would inevitably bring unpredictable changes to the entire war situation.

This is not what he wants to see.

To be honest, he did not want to see the Third Reich win the war.

So he can exploit the oil fields here, but he must keep it confidential.

The reason why he chose this uninhabited area for mining was for the sake of confidentiality.

Here, neither the Third Reich nor the Allies would run to the no-man's land after having nothing to do after eating.

As long as there are no accidents, he can mine here in the next few years.

After the camp was set up, more than ten members of the oil exploration team set off.

The bearded man personally escorted them to the exploration site.

The leader of the exploration team was called Wu Bo. After the group had walked for about half an hour, he stopped and looked around.

"Let's just conduct exploration here..."

"Team one, go over there and place the gravity meter."

"Team Two, go over there."

"Team Three, go over there and make contact using the walkie-talkie."

"Yes, Captain!"

Then Wu Bo said to the bearded man, "Don't just sit there. Set up a tent here and move all these instruments in."

"These things are very precious. They can't eat too much sand."

"Okay!"

The group started to get busy here, and after about an hour, news came from all three groups.

"The first team has completed the installation, and the gravity detector is operating normally."

"The second team has completed the installation and everything is working fine."

"The third team has completed the installation and everything is working properly."

"receive......"

Inside the tent, Wu Bo picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "The switchboard will be turned on shortly. All teams, please pay attention to the equipment and report any problems immediately."

"Power on!"

"drop......."

With a slight sound, the gravity detector switchboard turned on, and complex ripples began to flash on the screen.

About five minutes later, Wu Bo picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Team Two, change positions."

Another half an hour passed and news came from the second group.

"The second team has completed the installation and everything is working fine."

Wu Bo then continuously adjusted the detection position according to the changes in the gravity field difference.

This task alone lasted more than two days.

On the afternoon of the next day, the abnormal changes in the gravity field caught Wu Bo's attention.

"Found it.".....

A cry of surprise startled the bearded man who was dozing off.

"Damn it, finally found it?"

The bearded man came over curiously.

Wu Bo smelled the sour smell of sweat on him and frowned, but said nothing.

Instead, he ran out of the tent and shouted, "Everyone, get moving! Go to the area where Team 3 is. Bring your equipment and get moving! We've found oil."

After hearing this, everyone took action quickly.

After another half day of testing, it was finally confirmed that an oil and gas field was discovered below, but the specific reserves were unknown.

Now that we have found the location, it is very simple. We just need to drill a well until oil is found.

Li Jingrong in China also received the news as soon as the oil field was discovered.

The independent regiment's Frontline Cliff Steel Plant just needs to wait for the first batch of molten steel to be produced.

Nothing happened during this period, so Li Jingrong rushed to the Siirt Basin without stopping.

As he walked out of the tent, Li Jingrong felt the hot air rushing towards him, along with fine sand blown by the wind.

It was winter just a moment ago, and now he was in the northern desert, which made him feel uncomfortable.

When Wu Bo and the bearded man saw Li Jingrong coming out of the tent, they immediately greeted him respectfully.

"Sir, you are here."

"gentlemen!"

After seeing them, Li Jingrong nodded and said, "Yes, did you find the oil?"

Wu Bo immediately shouted happily, "Yes, sir, we found it, and the oil is of very good quality. Now we just need you to bring the equipment over so we can start working."

"very good!"

Li Jingrong was very satisfied with their efficiency.

Even though we already had the precise coordinates he provided, being able to find it in such a short time was incredibly efficient.

"I brought everything here, including the engineering vehicles, the pilot wells, the exploration wells, and the production wells."

"There are also materials such as steel bars, steel frames, cement, and lime."

"As for the smelting equipment, I'll bring it over next time."

"I will send personnel here in batches every month. Ordinary people will be enough for the peripheral positions, but the core positions must be filled by our own people."

The extraction and refining of oil requires a lot of people, and he currently does not have that many people.

So he chose to find a solution from within the country.

Recruit workers in the country in the name of Umbrella Corporation, and then bring them here.

Although they lose their freedom here, the wages and subsidies are quite high.

After all, the workload of oil workers is quite intense, and since they are all Chinese nationals, their wages must be higher.

An ordinary oil worker earns as much as $50 a month.

What he sent out were all real US dollars.

If converted into dollars, it is equivalent to 75 dollars per month.

This salary level is considered high in China.

And here it's just minimum wage.

It is initially estimated that when this oil field is fully built, more than 10,000 oil workers will be needed.

In addition, Li Jingrong also plans to set up a guard team to protect the oil area.

It will be equipped with a full set of modern high-tech equipment to turn the oil field into an iron wall.

After all, he still needs to have some power in his own hands.

After all, he will have many industries in various places in the future.

Only when you have a gun in your hand and a wallet can you speak with confidence.

This armed force was initially formed from the Oil Region Guard.

He will not continue to produce biochemical warriors from the biochemical chamber to replenish his forces.

They were the only ones he could trust.

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