Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 527 Oil Field Development Progress

The date for Lu Shaohua to go to Africa has been postponed again and again. At first, it was delayed because of the route problem. Later, because he had a relationship with Qin Sichen, Lu Shaohua wanted to give Qin Sichen a warm environment, so he delayed it. Now that the time is almost right, it is time to set off.

Lu Shaohua is ambitious and always puts his career first. Qin Sichen cannot fail to see it. To be honest, Qin Sichen is already very satisfied that Lu Shaohua can accompany her for so many days. Now that Lu Shaohua proposes to go to Africa, Qin Sichen has no reason to object.

This might be Qin Sichen. She is not young anymore and is not ignorant like other women. She will not stop Lu Shaohua from doing things. On the contrary, she is very supportive of Lu Shaohua. Maybe she just wants to be the unknown woman behind the successful man.

Life went on and returned to normal. Lu Shaohua left Hong Kong in a professional plane. This time when he left Hong Kong, Lu Shaohua did not bring two fighter jets. The reason was very simple. From Hong Kong to Africa, one has to pass through the airspace of many countries. If Lu Shaohua brought two fighter jets, he would not be able to pass.

Fortunately, the private plane has a huge space, so even if all of Lu Shaohua's bodyguards get on, there will be no problem at all and they can be accommodated.

After more than ten hours of flight, the special plane that Lu Shaohua was on finally arrived over the Huxiao Base. Since he had been notified in advance, he was able to get in touch with the base when he reached over the Huxiao Base, and the runway was quickly cleared below for the special plane to land.

The plane's landing made a loud noise, causing an uproar throughout the Tiger Roar Base. Many mercenaries looked at the special plane curiously, some were puzzled, and some were surprised.

Inside the Tiger Roar Base, you can see fighter jets, helicopters, and transport planes, but you don’t see any passenger planes. It’s normal to feel strange about this.

Come to think of it, the Tiger Roar Base does not allow passenger planes to appear. Not only passenger planes, but other types of aircraft are not allowed to pass over the Tiger Roar Base. If they are discovered, a warning will be issued at the very least, and missiles will be used directly to attack them at the worst.

Although the place where the Tiger Roar Base is located is ruled by an African country, after so many years of development, the Tiger Roar Base has absolute power. To put it bluntly, the current Tiger Roar Base is equivalent to an independent country, with air superiority and territorial rights, and even the country where it is located cannot do anything to Tiger Roar.

Fortunately, Lu Shaohua knew this and took the lead in contacting Xie Jianwei, which enabled them to land smoothly on the base. Otherwise, they would have been shot down by missiles deployed outside the base just after they landed above the base.

The plane landed very smoothly, and Lu Shaohua set foot on the land of Africa again. When Lu Shaohua and his party got off the plane, a team of fully armed mercenaries dressed like soldiers quickly surrounded them, took their positions, and protected Lu Shaohua's safety.

Also coming with the group were Xie Jianwei, Qian Qian and Li Zhijie. They were there to pick up Lu Shaohua, but the small airport was obviously not a place to talk, so after saying hello they left in a military jeep.

When Lu Shaohua arrived in Africa, it was 2 pm African time, which was a golden time. In addition, Lu Shaohua had rested enough on the special plane, so he did not feel tired at all when he got off the plane. As soon as he arrived, he prepared to learn about the situation at the base.

"What's the situation at the base now?"

Sitting in a small conference room, Lu Shaohua looked around and asked.

"Everything is normal." Li Zhijie answered on behalf of Xie Jianwei and Qian Qian.

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua nodded, but this was just the surface situation, and everything was normal. As for the details, it was still unknown. However, Lu Shaohua had just got off the plane and had plenty of time to find out. He was not in a hurry. Instead, there was one thing that made Lu Shaohua very anxious. "How is the investigation of the American incident going?"

"..." Li Zhijie was speechless for a while, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "No result."

A word of no result would not satisfy Lu Shaohua. Li Zhijie also knew this and continued to explain. "There are only three people who want to kidnap you. One is a direct descendant of the Brown family, and the other two are the leader in charge of secret transactions in Washington, and the other is the leader in charge of the surface life. I originally planned to arrest these two people and get the answer from them, but we were still a step too late. When we wiped out the Brown family, the two people were killed."

"Do you know who killed him?" Lu Shaohua asked.

"I'm not sure. The preliminary result is that it is a mysterious killer organization. We currently don't have any information about this killer organization." Li Zhijie answered truthfully.

"Hiring someone to kill someone." Lu Shaohua muttered to himself, feeling a little helpless. He sighed and said, "Forget it. If this matter cannot be investigated, then forget it. If they are determined to deal with me, I believe they will take action again in the future."

It is true that Lu Shaohua likes to attack and not defend, but there is no other way now. He can only wait for the enemy to appear, and then find some loopholes from the clues, find the real culprit, and take revenge.

"I will continue to investigate. I don't believe that I won't be able to find out." Li Zhijie was determined to find the real culprit and said with gritted teeth.

Lu Shaohua smiled. He did not object. He was very happy to see Li Zhijie's determination. He waved his hand and did not continue the previous topic. He changed the subject and asked, "How is the oil plan going?"

Lu Shaohua's primary purpose in coming to Africa was to learn about the situation regarding oil. Although he usually received reports from Africa, Lu Shaohua still planned to listen to Xie Jianwei and others' personal reports.

Lu Shaohua had already asked the question, so an answer was necessary. However, the oil plan was not carried out by more than one person. Everyone in the Huxiao base was cooperating with the project. For example, Qian Qian was the vanguard, responsible for the oil fields, while Xie Jianwei was responsible for developing equipment and development-related issues. As for Li Zhijie, he was responsible for intelligence issues. Everyone had his own job.

The three of them exchanged glances, as if trying to decide who would answer Lu Shaohua's question. Finally, Li Zhijie, who was better at speaking, took the initiative to step forward and said, "Let me do it."

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua nodded and responded, then leaned back in his chair, pretending to listen attentively.

Li Zhijie did not disappoint Lu Shaohua, and he organized his words before speaking. "Before talking about oil, let's talk about the oil fields in the Soviet Union. After several years of development, the development progress of the four oil fields in the former Soviet Union has entered the final stage. According to preliminary estimates, they will all be fully developed in half a month."

After a pause, Li Zhijie continued, "There are currently four oil fields under development in the Soviet Union, two medium and two small. As for the developed crude oil, it is not stored there for too long. Sometimes it is transported once a month, sometimes once every two weeks, depending on the inventory there. Once it reaches a certain amount, it is transported to Africa for storage."

"Well, I have one more thing to add, which is the issue of the progress I just mentioned being close to completion." After speaking, Li Zhijie paused for a moment and continued, "The progress I just mentioned refers to the overall progress. Since we have four oil fields in the Soviet Union, two medium-sized and two small, the two small oil fields were developed at the beginning of last year, and now there are only two medium-sized ones left."

"Yes." Lu Shaohua nodded and asked again. "The small oil field has been developed, so how were the equipment and personnel arranged?"

After the oil fields are developed, there will inevitably be more equipment and some technical personnel, but how will these personnel be arranged? Lu Shaohua is very interested in whether they will be used to develop new oil fields or to develop two medium-sized oil fields.

"According to your idea at that time, we couldn't keep the four oil fields in the Soviet Union any longer. After the two small oil fields were developed, we transferred the manpower to the two medium-sized oil fields. This would speed up the development progress." Li Zhijie said seriously.

At that time, Li Zhijie's words were very skillful, and he brought Lu Shaohua's intention into it. In this way, even if they made a wrong arrangement, they were doing it in accordance with Lu Shaohua's intention, so Lu Shaohua couldn't blame them.

Lu Shaohua was a smart man, how could he not understand the meaning behind Li Zhijie's words? He smiled helplessly, shook his head and said, "This is a good arrangement. The other oil fields can wait. After all, we bought them with real money, and the oil fields are always in our hands. But it's different with the Soviet Union. We got them through some shady means. If something goes wrong, the ownership of the oil fields will be gone."

Now it has been five years since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and the situation has gradually stabilized. The oil fields in their territory are always unsafe. If the crude oil is developed earlier and shipped to Africa, it will belong to him, Lu Shaohua. If it is later, he will not even be able to drink the soup, let alone the bones, because all will be taken back by the government.

"Well, the development is now coming to an end. It won't be long before we can fully disperse the Soviet Union." Li Zhijie made a summary and then said, "By the way, speaking of the Soviet Union, something happened a while ago. It seems that the military forces we cultivated in the Soviet Union are likely to be eliminated. If they are eliminated, how will they plan their future?"

"They are kind, so we should be loyal. We have trained them, and they have done a lot for us. They can be said to be heroes. We can't just sit there and watch them fend for themselves. We have to make arrangements for their future." At this point, Lu Shaohua paused, thought for a while, and seemed to have a plan. "Let's do this. Inform them. If they are willing, bring their families and come to the base. Those who are willing can join the mercenaries, and those who are not willing can come to train people."

The Tiger Roar Mercenary Group is so large and has so many people that it has already formed an army. Since it is an army, it must have rules, and militarized training is inevitable. At that time, the military forces cultivated in the Soviet Union were all officers, so it would be best to let them come and train people.

"Okay, I'll arrange it." After saying that, Li Zhijie frowned and asked, "What if some people don't want to come here?"

Lu Shaohua just talked about the arrangements for those who are willing to come to Africa, and did not say what to do with those who are unwilling to come. Of course, Li Zhijie had to ask for instructions, because he was not sure whether all the people being trained were willing to come to Africa!