1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1028 Hope Oil Field ([-])

Drilling an oil and gas well is not as simple as drilling a water well. Due to different factors such as depth, geological softness and hardness, pressure, and well schedule, different technical measures will be taken during the drilling process.Drilling holes, running casings, oil layer positioning, cementing, and pressure testing for condensate, these steps all require a certain amount of practical experience, and Haihan currently does not have a relatively mature technical force, and even Tian Yeyou and Liu Shanxia can only be regarded as With a rough understanding of theoretical knowledge, all the experience of the construction team comes from drilling artesian wells on Hainan Island for two years.Therefore, although the approximate location of the oil field has long been determined, everyone still has certain doubts about whether the oilfield will be able to be mined smoothly in the future.

But the Chusulkeng oilfield has a feature that is more beneficial to novices, that is, the burial depth is extremely shallow, and there is no need to consider the impact of geological conditions too much, so Tian Yeyou and others do not need to formulate complicated drilling plans. Just follow standard oil and gas drilling procedures.Only when personnel, equipment, and materials were fully in place, Tian Yeyou dared to claim that he was [-] to [-]% sure that he could find an oil field in the predetermined area.

However, most of the soldiers and civilians that Haihan transferred to Miaoli for the oil project didn't know what kind of treasure they came all the way to this valley.Before they set off, they were all given a strict gag order, and they were not allowed to mention their missions to non-participants including family members-of course, even if someone wanted to say it, there is actually not much information that can be leaked. The specific tasks assigned were not informed until they arrived in Penghu.

In the morning of the next day, Liu Shanxia and Morgan gathered all the local labor force and began to clear the lot designated by Tian Yeyou.A company of the army arrived here with the fleet yesterday, together with the construction team and drilling technicians from the Ministry of Construction, there are only less than [-] people in total. However, the migrant workers who were actually transferred to take charge of the infrastructure project are currently still working due to limited transport capacity. Stationed in the coastal camp, it will take at least a day or two before they can reach this ravine in batches, so for the time being, they can only let the troops go on top first, and use the army soldiers as cheap labor.

Of course, the soldiers didn't have many complaints about this, but many people were curious about what kind of treasure was buried in this mountain forest, so many leaders gathered here to serve as supervisors.However, the ground in the forest was wet and slippery due to continuous rainfall, which also brought a lot of trouble to the cleanup work. It was difficult to maintain the balance of the body whether using an ax or a big saw, and the progress of felling trees was very slow. , Morgan was so anxious that he wanted to use explosives directly to blow up the tree.

Tian Yeyou looked at it for a while, then shook his head and said to Bai Kesi: "At this speed, it will take at least two days to finish."

The area marked by Tian Yeyou for exploration is not too large, only an area of ​​50 meters square, but there are quite a lot of big trees surrounded by two people in this area, which is indeed a bit troublesome for non-professional loggers.Although these soldiers are in good health, they are not capable in this field. There are one or two hundred people busy, but they cannot achieve the expected results.

But this situation is not the fault of the soldiers. After all, no matter how well planned in advance, the actual situation will still be different. What Morgan considers is to transport the armed personnel into the mountain first under the condition of limited transportation capacity to ensure the supply of supplies and supplies. As for the security of the station, it should not be a big problem to temporarily replace the migrant workers with soldiers a few days ago.But the actual situation is indeed somewhat different from Morgan's prediction, and the army cannot replace the role of loggers very well.And if this step is slow, it will be slow, which will directly affect the follow-up exploration and mining work. The relevant responsibility is naturally on Morgan, so it is no wonder that he jumped in a hurry.

Beks understood Morgan's difficulties better: "It doesn't matter if you slow down, anyway, the oil is buried underground and won't run away, so we will dig it out sooner or later. But if he gets the migrant workers into the ravine first, he will be attacked by the natives and something will happen." , the consequences are much more serious than delaying the construction period."

The "serious consequences" that Bai Kesi said did not mean just killing people. Under the background of such a large-scale project as oil exploration, even means of war were allowed, and he would not care about a little loss of personnel.But if the people are attacked by the natives, it will cause panic, which will affect the stability of the local people, and even the development process of the oil field.From a stability point of view, Beks would rather slow down the development process, and doesn't want the relocated labor and people to be unwilling to work because of safety issues.

Fortunately, Liu Shanxia has been in the Ministry of Construction for a long time, and he has some knowledge about logging. He instructed the soldiers to use poles and wedges during the logging process to speed up the falling of trees.Although the proficiency is still not as good as that of a professional lumberjack, it is at least much faster than before.

But maybe it was Beks' words that came true. Not long after, the sudden situation proved that Morgan's arrangement of striving for safety was the most correct decision.

When the river valley was busy, there was a sudden gunshot on the hillside, and everyone stopped their work immediately. The soldiers who reacted quickly had already dropped their tools, and immediately went to collect the piled rifles .

The deployment of the guard post outside the camp was personally arranged by Morgan. He heard the direction of the gunshot and knew that it came from a secret post on the hillside.There are only two to three soldiers at each of these outlying secret posts, and they need to remain concealed and highly concentrated during the duty period. They have high requirements for the quality of individual soldiers, so Morgan assigned himself from the only two secret posts. The sniper students brought over from Sanya.Being able to perform actual combat missions in such an unfamiliar environment and harsh weather conditions is also an excellent training for these students.

Of course, another very important point is that the potential enemies faced in Miaoli this time are relatively weak. Even if these ungraduated sniper trainees are deployed to the front line, there will not be too much risk.Morgan is convinced that with their individual strength and the seven-shot gun in their hands, the firepower input of a secret sentry is enough to deal with five to seven times the number of enemies, and the distance from the camp is only 300 meters. minute thing.

Moreover, Morgan also gave them the power to decide to fire in emergency situations, such as encountering some predatory beasts, or emergency situations requiring immediate rescue, or finding armed men with malicious intentions coming near the camp.

After the gunshot, Morgan immediately handed over the on-site command to Beks, and led a squad of soldiers to check the situation at the place where the gunshot sounded.The reason why he didn't make a big move was because Morgan was convinced that this was only a single shot, indicating that the soldiers of the dark sentry had controlled the situation, otherwise there should be more shots later.

This secret sentry is located on the hillside to the south of the camp, with a drop of about 30 meters from the river valley. Its position is just right for you to have a panoramic view of the camp that has been opened up.When Morgan came here to investigate, he chose it as a secret post to prevent uninvited guests from peeping at the valley camp from this location.Morgan stationed two soldiers at this guard point, changing every three hours, to ensure that guard and surveillance tasks could be performed normally.

It took three minutes for Morgan to lead the team to the location of the dark post. At a glance, he saw that the hidden spot originally arranged was empty, and the small shack disguised with tree branches had been lifted, and the two soldiers were not seen.However, Morgan did not panic because of this. This is a normal tactical action. One of his requirements for his students is to avoid shooting at the same position multiple times when fighting in the field, so as not to be targeted by the enemy with superior forces.Presumably after the previous shot, the two soldiers quickly shifted their positions according to the daily training content.

Morgan picked up the copper whistle hanging around his neck, and blew it twice shortly, which was a signal of safety agreed in advance.Sure enough, soon two soldiers emerged from another bush, and they were the ones Morgan had deployed here.The hooded poncho raincoats worn by these two men are different from the oilcloth raincoats of ordinary soldiers. Not only are they made of rubber coating with better water resistance, but the base fabric is rendered in jungle camouflage colors, and the matching matching Camouflage bottoms, gloves and masks, it is indeed difficult to distinguish the body shape in the forest.

This set of equipment is also developed by Morgan, and it is specially distributed to snipers in the army.There was originally a set of sniper combat uniforms used in sunny weather with better concealment effect, but this weather is temporarily unavailable.

The special clothing used by snipers in field operations is called Ghillly Suit, which is said to have been invented by a Scot named Ghillly. Its basic structure is a coat made of dyed strips of cloth and linen. By simulating natural plants to provide a three-dimensional appearance for camouflage clothing, it can visually segment the outline of the human body and achieve the purpose of concealing the whereabouts of snipers in the wild environment.

This kind of auspicious clothing is not too difficult in the production process, but the concealment effect is very good.After Morgan took charge of this branch, he received more training funds and equipment support, so he asked the logistics department to make some auspicious uniforms.This is the first time that this kind of individual equipment has been put into actual combat in Taiwan. Unfortunately, it is the rainy season, and Morgan can only let the soldiers wear camouflage rainproof cloaks. The equipment came in handy, but he already planned to put forward new requirements to the logistics department to see if he could develop a rainproof version of the auspicious suit.

The jungle environment like the Miaoli mountainous area is indeed very suitable for field training of snipers, and Morgan directly trained by combat this time, which also gave full trust to the group of men under him.

"What happened to the shooting just now?" Seeing that the two subordinates were safe and sound, Morgan relaxed a lot, and then asked about what happened just now.

These two soldiers were not recruits, but veterans selected from active duty. Both had experience in performing combat missions, so their emotions were quite stable, and they reported to Morgan the reason for their shooting without haste.

Just about a quarter of an hour ago, the two soldiers found several natives holding bows, arrows and spears nearby, and they were lining up and quietly groping towards the camp.Originally, they waited to observe for a while, but they saw that one of the natives had already pointed his bow and arrow at the camp under construction, and he took the initiative to shoot for fear of hurting his compatriots.

"Hit?" Morgan asked.

"I was hit, just over ten meters away, and hit the chest." One of the soldiers responded, "The rest of the natives immediately ran away in fright, and they didn't even have time to drag away the corpse of their companion."

Two soldiers immediately dragged the body of the native from a bush. After they killed the native, they were worried that the other party would come back to snatch the body, so they dragged him into the grass to hide .In order to prevent the exposed hiding spot from being targeted by the opponent, the two took the initiative to change their lurking positions.However, they also knew that there would be reinforcements coming quickly after the gunfire, so they didn't hide too far, and came out to meet Morgan immediately after hearing the copper whistle.

Morgan squatted down to look at the corpse, and shot it in the center of the mouth, and it was estimated that he was killed at that time.There was nothing on the body for identification, and the bows and arrows used were all made of bamboo. However, compared with the few reckless natives caught in the coastal camp before, the bows and arrows used by the killed native were actually all Made of iron, it seems that the level of armament is a little higher.

Whether this native and his accomplices just happened to pass by this place and suddenly came here to cause trouble, or whether they came here premeditatedly to cause trouble, the purpose has not been verified for the time being, but Morgan thinks these are not important, and he cares more about the consequences of this matter. s consequence.According to the two soldiers, a few others had already taken advantage of the chaos and fled, which meant that Haihan's move to enter here had been exposed.If these natives originally wanted to come here to cause trouble, then they would definitely make a comeback. The top priority is to strengthen the defense, so as not to leave any opportunity for the opponent to take advantage of.

For this kind of unexpected event, Morgan's excitement is far greater than anxiety, and only when such an unexpected situation occurs, can he and the armed forces under his command really come in handy, and gain military exploits by performing combat missions.If the local natives are like those in Kaohsiung Port, who are bought by a little profit in a few moments, then the Haihan Army can only play an insignificant supporting role in the Miaoli project, and this is not because Morgan is not far away. The original intention of coming here for a mission.

Morgan asked the soldiers to bring the body of the native down the mountain, and showed the results of the battle to Beks and others: "This is the native who came to attack us, killed one, and the rest escaped. I don't think this matter will end here In the end, for the sake of safety, I suggest that the local infrastructure projects be slowed down first, so that the soldiers can return to their proper positions."

Bex thought for a while, and then agreed with Morgan's opinion.Although it is important to seize the time to implement the project, in this unfamiliar environment, safety is actually the top priority.

(End of this chapter)