Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Kang Shien and his colleagues communicated with the front-line staff.

Meanwhile, they were monitoring the situation at Wells 12 and . By the end of December, while Well still hadn't found anything, Well had also begun to produce industrial oil and gas. This caused a great deal of jubilation throughout Karamay.

If Wells 1 and 2 were not enough to explain the problem, the appearance of industrial oil and gas in Well 4 was becoming increasingly clear.

Based on the current locations of Wells 3000, , and , as well as the distribution of the underground oil strata, Kang Shien and the expert team concluded that Karamay is not a small oil field and initially estimated that its reserves should be no less than million tons of oil. Of course, determining the specific reserves would require large-scale exploration, a major undertaking.

So Kang Shien immediately sent a telegram to Beijing.

It is fully affirmed that the Karamay Oilfield is worth exploiting.

After receiving Kang Shien's report, Wei Hongjun once again organized a meeting with the Ministry of Geology, the Ministry of Fuel Industry, and experts from the national petroleum field to discuss matters concerning the Karamay Oilfield.

With the information on the situations of Well No. 1, Well No. 2 and Well No. 4, as well as the reports from Kang Shien and others, this meeting finally decided to launch an oil battle in Karamay.

Wei Hongjun began to deploy the Karamay Oil Campaign.

The China National Petroleum Corporation Xinjiang Company was ordered to transfer 3000 oil technicians and skilled workers from across Xinjiang, primarily from the Dushanzi Oilfield. The Military Commission subsequently agreed to Wei Hongjun's proposal and transferred two regiments from the Xinjiang Military Region to form the First and Second Xinjiang Petroleum Engineering Regiments. Wei Hongjun then transferred the newly reorganized Second Petroleum Engineering Division from Gansu to Xinjiang and Karamay.

Then another 2000 students were selected from all over the country, all of whom were at least high school graduates.

They went to Karamay to train oil technicians. New China had too few oil professionals, so they were developing oil fields while training them. Now that Karamay was about to launch an oil campaign, it was a good opportunity to train them.

A total of 3 people were mobilized to participate in the Karamay Oil Campaign. Wei Hongjun appointed Kang Shien, the current head of the expert working group, as the overall person in charge of the Karamay Oil Campaign. He also appointed Ning Hai, now the commander of the Second Petroleum Engineering Division, as the military representative for the Karamay Oil Campaign, responsible for coordinating the petroleum engineering troops and other staff.

Ning Hai, a graduate of Beiyang University, was a student of Ma Changgeng, currently commander of the North China Military Region's Infrastructure Engineering Corps. Many Beiyang University faculty and students participated in the Jidong Uprising, and Ma Changgeng and Ning Hai were among them. They later joined the 35th Column. When the 35th Column formed its 35th Regiment, Ma Changgeng was the battalion commander, and Ning Hai was the company commander. From a university student, Ning Hai has led troops in battle, now serving as a division-level officer.

The current oil front needed veterans like Ning Hai, suited to leading the charge and opening up new fronts. Furthermore, Ning Hai's knowledgeable status made him even more valuable. That's why Wei Hongjun transferred him to the oil front and appointed him as the military representative for the Karamay Campaign.

In contrast, there was no new news from the Liaohe Oilfield. Just as Wei Hongjun had finished deploying the Karamay Oil Campaign, the Central Committee convened an emergency meeting because the United States simply could not continue the war.

The US military started off well.

The Korean People's Army was defeated and retreated step by step. However, after encountering the positions of the Volunteer Army, the two sides fought for two months.

The battle was fierce.

The US military really used every possible means they could, except for the atomic bomb. They dropped bombs on the Volunteer Army positions without regard for their lives. They also bombed the Volunteer Army's logistics lines.

They believed that the volunteer army would definitely lack logistical supplies.

One was the severe flood, and the other was the lengthening of the logistics supply lines.

Unfortunately, after two months of fighting, the battle was completely over. The Volunteer Army had converted the former tunnels into warehouses, storing a large amount of supplies during the truce. The distance from the warehouses to the front lines was less than 200 miles, and the road system here was very well developed.

Therefore, it was easy to replenish supplies to the front-line troops by taking advantage of the night. Although the US military would bomb the Volunteer Army's logistics at night, it could not prevent the Volunteer Army from obtaining logistical supplies.

As a result, after two months, the volunteers firmly controlled every position, and the US military suffered huge casualties every time they advanced.

Although there were not as many casualties as the previous two times.

But after two months, the casualties of the US and puppet troops in the positional warfare still exceeded 60,000. This was because the volunteers were not willing to defend to the death, and occasionally when there was an opportunity, they would launch a counterattack against the US troops.

The US military was completely desperate.

After two months, with virtually no results achieved, the war weariness of the US frontline troops grew increasingly serious.

On the contrary, the Volunteer Army fought with increasing ferocity. After the rotation of troops, no one wanted to lose to their comrades. Therefore, the Volunteer Army was no longer content with passive defense, and whenever there was an opportunity, they would penetrate and counterattack. The casualties of the US and puppet troops continued to rise.

The US military completely gave up the idea of ​​defeating the volunteer army on the battlefield.

The Democrats had hoped for a last-ditch effort, but instead of salvaging the situation, they convinced the nation that the war was unsustainable. Following the failure of this two-month face-to-face trench warfare, the Democrats' domestic reputation plummeted.

The election polls are very unfavorable.

Eisenhower once again criticized the Democrats, saying that they sent American youth to a North Korea where there was no chance of victory.

Truman had no choice but to negotiate.

When the news reached China, the central government took it very seriously, which is why they called an emergency meeting.

890 Conditions

The United States wanted to negotiate with China, but it only approached the Chinese government privately through some connections. The United States expressed some of its own ideas and also wanted to test China's reaction.

What the United States means is that this time it is not one negotiation, but two negotiations.

One was held in North Korea, determining the arrangements for the Korean Peninsula. This involved negotiations between Chinese and North Korean forces and the US military. The discussions focused on how to end the war and divide the Korean Peninsula. China was represented by frontline Volunteer Army generals, including Deng Guohui, the acting commander and political commissar of the Volunteer Army.

The negotiations in another place are the reason why the central government held an emergency meeting this time.

Because the other negotiation is a separate negotiation between the US government and the Chinese government.

The main issue discussed was the prisoners.

Historically, these were all negotiated together. This was because both sides held prisoners who needed to be exchanged. Therefore, they were directly included in the armistice negotiations, allowing the frontline troops to negotiate. However, the current situation is different. The US and puppet troops only have a few prisoners, and most of them are Korean People's Army officers and soldiers.

The number of prisoners captured by the Volunteer Army was pitifully small.

But the Chinese had 100,000 American prisoners. Nine American generals alone were captured, and the bodies of several more were also found. The body of Lieutenant General Walker, commander of the Eighth Army, was also found on the Chinese side.

There are many other officers of various ranks.

In addition to army officers, there are also very valuable American pilots.

I grabbed a handful.

When the US military bombed the logistics lines, many were shot down by the Chinese and Soviet air forces. All the pilots who parachuted out became prisoners. Many of them were famous pilots in World War II.

This is China’s biggest bargaining chip at the moment.

The United States also knows this, so the United States can only negotiate with China alone on the return of prisoners.

The US wanted to negotiate, and what conditions would China propose? With the foundation for negotiations with the UK, everyone was busy putting forward their own ideas. Compared to the UK, China had more American prisoners in its hands. Of course, the conditions the US could agree to with China were far greater than those offered by the UK.

The central government was considering how to negotiate with the United States and what conditions to offer. The Prime Minister said, "The two most important issues in our negotiations with the United States are the UN seat and the Taiwan issue."

In the past, the United States disdained these two issues and refused to negotiate with China.

The UK said there was nothing they could do.

Now that the two sides finally have the opportunity to negotiate, they must of course put forward these two conditions. Whether it is the UN issue or the Taiwan issue, as long as the United States is willing to make concessions, it can be quickly resolved.

"Prime Minister, do we really need to discuss these two issues together? Can we discuss them separately?"

Wei Hongjun spoke.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has always tied the return to the United Nations and the Taiwan issue together in negotiations.

Want to solve two things at once.

But this is too difficult.

"Comrade Wei Hongjun, what is your opinion?"

The Prime Minister looked at Wei Hongjun.

Wei Hongjun said directly: "Judging from the current situation, the US defeat on the Korean Peninsula has seriously affected their deployment in East Asia. Although there is a ceasefire now, the United States has saved South Korea and prevented the Korean Peninsula from falling completely into the hands of the Korean Workers' Party. But even if the United States saved South Korea, from an international perspective, the United States will suffer a setback in the face of the socialist camp on the Korean Peninsula. After the Korean Peninsula incident is over, the United States will definitely redeploy in East Asia and Southeast Asia. The United States cannot watch East Asia and Southeast Asia become completely communist and become countries in the socialist camp. Taiwan's strategic location is very important, especially for a country like the United States with a strong navy and air force, so the United States will not back down on the Taiwan issue. However, if our country returns to the United Nations, American imperialism may not insist."

The United States suffered heavy losses in the Korean War.

How to deal with the problem of so many prisoners? Whether it is the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, it is impossible to ignore the problem of so many prisoners. If the United States wants to get so many prisoners back, it must make concessions.

If the United States doesn't make concessions, the negotiations will certainly not proceed. However, China's demands cannot be too extreme, touching the bottom line of the United States. Currently, China's top diplomatic priorities are returning to the United Nations and the Taiwan issue.

But after analysis, Wei Hongjun believes that the United States definitely attaches more importance to Taiwan.

While allowing China to return to the UN may sound unpleasant, it's actually not as serious as one might imagine. Compared to Taiwan, it's nothing. If China controls Taiwan, it could sever Japan's ties with Southeast Asia in the future.

The main thing is to be able to cut off the relationship between Japan and the Philippines.

Japan and the Philippines are the two most important allies of the United States in Asia, and the United States has military bases in these two countries. As Taiwan is the most important island between Japan and the Philippines, the United States will never accept it being controlled by China.

Eisenhower, who constantly criticizes the Democrats and claims he would cease fire if he took office, was even more of a hardliner. They wanted to prevent the Soviet Union and China from radicalizing East and Southeast Asia, so the United States had to draw a line around China, encircling it. Taiwan was an essential part of this line.

After hearing Wei Hongjun's words, the Prime Minister paused and asked, "Comrade Wei Hongjun, do you think this negotiation can resolve the issue of our country's UN seat?"

In fact, the Prime Minister does not have much confidence in this regard.

Can the United States allow China to join the United Nations?

"I think we can try. It should be easier for our country to return to the United Nations than for the United States to abandon Taiwan."

Wei Hongjun couldn't guarantee these things.

But China should still strive for it. It's impossible for China to have such a big advantage this time and then end up with nothing. Actually, there are both advantages and disadvantages for China to join the UN.

The benefits are obvious.

China's diplomatic situation was completely opened up.

China can establish direct channels of communication with other countries in the world, allowing China to understand the world and the world to understand China, which will be very beneficial to China's future diplomatic work.

But there are downsides.

There are too many constraints.

After all, China has joined the UN, which means it will be subject to many constraints. The reason why the UK has always supported China's entry into the UN is because it is terrifying for a major country like China to be outside the UN, without any restrictions. Who knows what decision China will suddenly make.

In any case, joining the United Nations always has more advantages than disadvantages.

"One approach is to discuss each one individually. We face too many problems, and we can't expect to solve them all at once. We can definitely solve them one by one."

The Chairman agreed with Wei Hongjun's opinion.

Some problems don't need to be grouped together. Solve each one if you can.

"What about other aspects? What do you think?"

"Another important issue is the current U.S. embargo."

Chen Yun spoke.

"The US embargo covers all aspects, not just sensitive military supplies, but also many everyday items. The US wants to completely cut off trade between my country and other countries and does not want anything to enter our country. The US embargo has severely affected my country's imports and exports, especially imports and exports in Shanghai and Guangdong. Although we have reached a cooperation with the UK to open a trade channel in Hong Kong, this is far from enough to solve my country's current import and export problems. We must force the US to abolish its current embargo policy."

Not counting trade within the socialist bloc, China still has over $20 billion in international trade annually. This is crucial for China today. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country imported not only from socialist countries like the Soviet Union, but also from Western countries.

Many people also make a living by exporting.

"Yes, the Americans must abolish this. Although we cannot import some sensitive technologies and machinery and equipment from Western countries, the United States must open up to normal trade. Even if they continue to attack our trade in private, as long as they do not openly embargo us, then we can completely break the US trade blockade.

This is very important.

Wei Hongjun also supported this. The current US embargo policy is severely impacting China's trade. Because the US has explicitly banned it, other small countries, with the exception of powerful nations like the UK, are afraid of the US and dare not engage with China.

Only if the United States publicly abolishes the original embargo can China resume trade. Of course, whether it can be lifted or not is not the question at hand, but the conditions must be put forward.

"This is included in the negotiation content."