The history of oil discovery can be traced back to hundreds of years ago, or even thousands of years ago, the free eruption of oil, as a long time ago as a fuel or lighting tool, but most of the oil, is not in the civilized society, is in the 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, it is more difficult to clean, and the real strength is still in the flammability of oil, the large-scale use of oil, or in industrial society.

After entering the industrial society, along with the heavy oil into the world, people began to crack petroleum in the field of chemical industry, among the petroleum cracking products, the most expensive is kerosene, because kerosene can be used as oil lamp oil, bright and without too much odor, became the first industrial product, because of the huge range of use, kerosene lamps have become the best items to replace candles and edible oil lamps, measuring the amount of chemical companies to make money, that is, the number of kerosene sales, even in China, Africa in such a relatively poor place, Kerosene also has a large sales volume, and it is not money that restricts sales, but personnel, and someone can sell it all over the world. How much oil can be used for electric lamps in the world, and after the advent of electric lights, kerosene has gradually withdrawn from the market.

The emergence of the internal combustion engine set off a new upsurge of oil, which was only before World War I, the use rate of motor vehicles was not high, and during World War II, automobiles have become an important tool for military logistics, aircraft and tanks, it can be said that without oil, none of these war weapons can be used.

China has a huge land area and rich resources, but it lacks oil, or rather. Lack of oil that can be used openly, China has long coveted Baku's oil, you know, Baku is the world's most famous, world-class oil field. The annual production supports almost the entire Russian treasury, and once it falls into the hands of Germany, it is very convenient for China to purchase oil for storage.

At present, China has a huge territory and a lot of oil resources, but the world-class oil field, that is, the Tyumen oil field in Siberia, can be ranked among the top ten even after the great oil discovery in the Middle East. Of course, in the Middle East, China is also involved in it, and it is not ready to leave, and in the future, Iraq and Baghdad will be China's hands and feet stretched into the Middle East, and before the complete war advantage, China will not only not exploit the oil in the Middle East, but will very likely suppress the discovery of Middle East oil. Only the Middle East, which is still a barren land, is in China's best interest. The difficulty of fighting for a desert Middle East is definitely not the same as fighting for the future of Baku, or even a bigger oil city than Baku.

Historically, the oil boom in the Middle East was after World War I. The Caspian oil circle was occupied, and only then did people look for oil in the Persian region of the Middle East, and then turn to the Middle East, but in this era, if possible. After completely occupying the Middle East, the oil of 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, and what Arabs, or others, as long as a large number of Chinese are submerged, plus various measures such as migration and communication, there is no need to consider it at all.

In this sense, before this, if it is really a last resort, perhaps the domestic oil fields in Kaifeng are better than the exploitation of the Middle East. Although this is a difficult decision, the local oil and the outside world, these are two different things, one is related to the security of the strategic level, with the local oil as the basis, just like the United States, under the premise that the world is exhausted of oil, it can be supplied to the United States alone for decades, this has to be said that the Americans have a vision.

If it is not necessary, Yang Yuanzhao does not want to take out Daqing, at this time, the news came that Germany was preparing to capture Baku, and China was of course happy, of course, it was full support. The capture of Baku gave China a new choice, a world-class oil field that can be exploited to 50 years later, can provide hundreds of millions of tons of oil, how much oil can be provided, and at that time, in the transaction between China and Germany, in addition to the export of labor, there will be another oil deal, which will be more balanced, and the support for Germany will be greater, and the war can be fought more deeply.

If China wants to rise, participating in the war is the best means, but now, it is not the time, the more days to prepare, the later the day to participate in the war, the more China will accumulate a part of the strength, China has obtained enough benefits in terms of territory, the purpose of participating in the war, in addition to occupying a greater right to speak, is to increase China's influence.

Yang Yuanzhao, who has been paying attention to the situation in Central and Eastern Europe, of course, knows that the important role of oil, the main arms in the war, whether it is the warships of the navy, the armored force of the army, or the aircraft of the air force, without oil, none of them can be opened, China has entered the mechanization era faster than these countries, and is very aware of the importance of these things.

China is not short of money at present, such strategic resources as oil, must be reserved to a certain extent, from the beginning of coming to the northwest, to the capital, China has been collecting all kinds of oil and cracks, internal combustion engine ships, after the rise of the automobile industry, diesel, gasoline these different cracks, began to enter the field of vision, oil to a certain extent, has become an important resource, the price has also risen a lot, but in how big, with the future generations of 100 dollars per barrel, Even higher elevated highways are really nothing compared to a few dollars a barrel, and in this way, in the large oil fields, it is also called the existence of black gold.

Rockefeller, Morgan, the big oil fields in the western United States, I don't know how much wealth myth they have created, they have replaced the original steel with the help of oil, a new product, and are called the new darlings of the United States.

Yang Yuanzhao, who came from later generations, is very aware of the importance of oil, under the premise that the Middle East cannot be exploited, he can only buy as much as possible, no matter how hard he buys, the oil produced in the whole world has a certain amount, and these oil-producing countries can only increase oil production, because increasing production means greater investment, and small countries and Russia have no money. The United States does not have this need, in the industry has reached a certain level, the situation that there is no shortage of funds, the United States has an attitude towards domestic resources, from the original active development, to orderly development, deliberately depressed the intensity of resource exploitation, these things, belong to non-renewable and minerals, once the mining is completed, there will be no more.

The emergence of Yang Yuanzhao, China has entered the era of mechanization, and the comprehensive development of the army, navy and air force, once into the state of operation, the demand for oil, is simply unlimited, in the history of the first war, China has a total of 8 million motor vehicles, 57 million tons of ships, and 12,000 airplanes using oil crackers, and as long as it is fully operational, the amount of crude oil used is countless times that of 12,000 barrels.

China's surge in oil use initially pleased the surrounding oil-producing countries, but it is more difficult to increase the equivalent after it reaches a certain level, especially after the start of the war.

China has long been prepared for a rainy day, in 1909 began to prepare, with all possible means to import oil, but the annual reserves of oil, but is only about 200,000 tons, up to now, slightly improved, the total reserves do not exceed 2.5 million tons, this number, for ordinary countries, absolutely enough, according to the history of the World War I oil use, may be able to use more than 2 years, but for China, the number of motor vehicles in the millions, and under the premise of continuous increase, it is really not enough, Not to mention, there is also the army, navy and air force swallowing beasts, now the navy and air force are not used, once the navy and air force are used, the demand for oil is simply endless, according to conservative estimates, once the purchase is cut off, 2.5 million tons of oil, at most can only support about 120 days, this is still no high and light operations, no large-scale use of the navy and air force under the premise.

If this security is controlled by others, China's huge armament, which is almost invincible in the army, navy, and air force, will become a fortress on the beach, like a flower in a mirror and a moon in the water, and once the waves come over, it will be gone.

Oil safety has become China's top priority, and geologists have also been organized to investigate in China, but in this era when walrus is the mainstream, China does not have the conditions to produce oil, looking at geologists so searching, Yang Yuanzhao was a little hesitant in his heart, in fact, when he found out that there may be an oil crisis in China, Yang Yuanzhao had an idea, wanting to open the Daqing Oilfield, before the country was only in the accumulation of technology, the Yan'an Oilfield was exploited, but the oil field is a small oil field, Even when it is fully developed, it is difficult to support the use of the whole of China, and only the development of Daqing, China's largest oil field, can meet the needs.

China's domestic oil, really not much, take the example of later generations, the world's largest oil field, Saudi Arabia's Ghawar oilfield, with a total reserve of 10.7 billion tons, China plus offshore oil and gas resources, even including some not worth exploiting, is only 6 billion tons, not at all a level.

However, Daqing Oilfield, is a rare high reserves of oilfield, once developed, can ensure the annual output of more than 40 million tons, which in the world, can be counted as counted, for China to enter the era of mechanization in advance, only after the development of Daqing Oilfield, China can ensure its own oil security in the fierce world competition, huge armored forces, air force, fleet, will not lie down because of the lack of oil, affect the overall combat effectiveness. (To be continued.) )