Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 532 Military Development

Lu Shaohua is not a stingy person, especially when he thinks it is worth it. But since he has decided to meet the royal family of Saudi Arabia, he cannot and dare not be stingy. After all, he is the chairman of Phoenix Group, which is ranked 37th in the world, with a net worth of 200 billion US dollars.

The matter had been decided, so Lu Shaohua didn't want to say anything more. He picked up the oil field information on the table again and asked, "The development direction is very clear. We are targeting large oil fields. If we can buy out the development rights, we will buy them out. If we can't buy out, we can buy the development rights for a few years. In short, as long as we can get crude oil, it's fine."

After finishing speaking, Lu Shaohua pondered for a moment and then said, "Since the development direction is aimed at large oil fields, we must be prepared to develop at any time. After all, if we buy some limited-term development rights, we must start construction immediately, so that we will not lose money. Therefore, before that, we must make all preparations. Once we buy it, we will immediately organize people to develop it."

"clear."

"clear."

"clear."

Three loud voices rang out, and it was obvious that they were the voices of Li Zhijie, Xie Jianwei and Qian Qian.

Lu Shaohua was very satisfied with this, nodded with a smile on his face, and continued to add the follow-up plan. "Of course, it doesn't mean that we must buy large oil fields after setting the goal. Medium-sized ones are also fine, as long as the reserves are high. As for small oil fields, we have to think about it and decide whether to buy them or not."

"Okay." Li Zhijie answered Lu Shaohua's question on behalf of the three of them.

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua was still the same, with a smile on his face, and then changed the subject and asked, "Okay, that's the details, let's talk about your next development goal, shall we?"

The development of the four oil fields in the Soviet Union is nearing completion, and it is time to plan the next target. Lu Shaohua would like to hear what Li Zhijie and others think.

Hearing this, none of the other three, including Li Zhijie, rushed to speak. Instead, they looked at each other, exchanged glances, and finally handed the right to speak to Qian Qian, asking him to answer Lu Shaohua's question.

"We have discussed this matter some time ago." Qian Qian made a preliminary move before continuing. "We mean to organize all human and material resources to develop more than 20 small oil fields. After the small oil fields are developed, we will consider developing another four medium-sized oil fields."

"Well, tell me your basis." Lu Shaohua said lightly.

"Okay." Qian Qian nodded, paused for a moment, and then continued. "Among the oil fields we currently have, the four medium-sized oil fields are scattered. If we develop them now, even if we start working on all four at the same time, the transportation lines will not be right. However, the more than 20 small oil fields are different. They are distributed in three countries, and some of the routes are the same. We can use the same route, which will indirectly save transportation costs."

Hearing this, Lu Shaohua nodded to show that he understood, but he did not speak, because Lu Shaohua knew that Qian Qian had not finished speaking.

As expected, Qian Qian hadn't finished talking yet. If they were discussing something, there must be another reason. "Another important point is that some of the small oil fields we own were bought from some terrorist organizations. There are unstable factors in the middle. If we don't start the work as soon as possible, it may not be a good thing if we delay for a long time."

That’s right, this is the root cause, the unstable factor. If work is not started as soon as possible, there is a possibility that the cooked duck will fly away.

"Okay, let's do as you discussed, but I want to emphasize one point, that is, the areas that are considered to have unstable factors should be developed first, and we should also expand the team and recruit more workers for development." After speaking, Lu Shaohua pondered for a moment and then said, "We should speed up the production of more equipment for development. We should start as soon as possible and transport the equipment after recruiting workers. In addition, the transportation line should be arranged, and the developed crude oil should be immediately shipped back to Africa."

"Understood." This time it was Qian Qian's turn to answer on behalf of the three of them.

"Okay, it's settled." Lu Shaohua made the final decision, then changed the subject and continued, "There is one more thing, regarding the oil fields, I think we need to make some adjustments. We currently have 32 oil fields, which is enough for us to develop for a while. When we buy oil fields next time, we should investigate them first and aim at the right ones. That way, even if we buy them but don't have time to develop them, we don't have to worry about accidents."

"No problem. I will conduct a serious investigation when purchasing oil fields in the future." Li Zhijie is in charge of the intelligence network, and he has the most say in this regard.

"Well, that's settled. Everything else remains the same." After the dust settled, Lu Shaohua made the final decision.

At this point, Lu Shaohua's second phase of changes to the oil plan was completed, which made Lu Shaohua feel relieved. After that, everyone returned to their positions and left the meeting room. Lu Shaohua returned to his room, and Li Zhijie and others returned to their jobs to deal with some things, each doing their own thing.

The entire Tiger Roar base is very large and there are many things to do. Li Zhijie and the other three have endless things to do every day. Lu Shaohua also knows this, so he did not call them together in the afternoon, but let them handle their own things.

Lu Shaohua came to Africa for important matters, but no matter how important the matter is, it cannot be delayed until the normal operation of the base. He must leave time for Li Zhijie to finish the matters at hand.

You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Lu Shaohua knew the truth of this saying very well, so he only held a meeting in the morning, leaving the afternoon for Li Zhijie and others to deal with matters at the base. He didn't call them together again until the next day to continue what he wanted to do in Africa.

On the third day after arriving in Africa, except for a small meeting held on the first day of arrival, this was the second meeting. The day before yesterday was about oil, and today was about the secret base.

Because the secret base has a large amount of financial support, the research and development progress has been greatly increased. Apart from other things, the technology in this area of ​​aircraft has progressed very rapidly, especially stealth aircraft, which has made great progress. The technology is already in an international leading position. Even the latest stealth aircraft in the United States cannot compare with it. It can be seen how advanced the technology is.

The development of stealth aircraft is fast, and fighter jets are not slow either. They have already developed to the second-generation and a half fighter jets and are also in an international leading position. If all goes well, it won't be long before the third-generation fighter jets appear.

Aircraft-related military technology is being developed rapidly, and maritime military technology has not slowed down either. Nuclear submarines and warships are not bad either, especially nuclear submarines, which are already on par with the most advanced technology. As long as we work a little harder, it is not impossible for us to be in the leading position.

As for the Sea Overlord aircraft carrier, they already had the foundation, with the technology of the former Soviet Union's aircraft carrier, and with the research and improvement, the progress was not slow. Of course, Lu Shaohua did not have extra funds to modify an aircraft carrier, and the so-called research and development progress was just some theory, and had not been truly tested.

But even so, there is no problem with the theory. If Lu Shaohua has extra funds now, then building an aircraft carrier will not be a problem.

"We need to continue researching aircraft carrier technology. Although we don't plan to manufacture it at the moment, if we continue researching it, it will be more valuable in the future." Lu Shaohua made a clear statement.

What Lu Shaohua said was not wrong, and his intention was very clear, which was to sell, to sell the aircraft carrier technology. As for the buyer, Lu Shaohua had already decided, which was China. He wanted to sell the aircraft carrier to the country.

"I understand." Xie Jianwei also expressed his opinion.

"Yes." Lu Shaohua nodded and continued, "We can't relax on nuclear submarines either. We need to keep working hard. We have to know that our oil transportation depends entirely on nuclear submarines. If they are not advanced, the oil tankers will be in danger."

Xie Jianwei nodded seriously, but did not continue with Lu Shaohua's topic, but deviated from the main point and said, "Many of the military talents coming from the Soviet Union at that time were experts in nuclear submarines. In the field of nuclear submarines, the development progress was relatively fast."

"That's good." Lu Shaohua said with sudden enlightenment.

When the Soviet Union collapsed, Lu Shaohua had no idea how many talents came over and what kind of talents they were. He only knew that there were talents from all walks of life. As for the detailed data, Lu Shaohua really never cared about it.

"By the way, there is one thing I didn't include in the information. It's about the oil tanker." Seeing that Lu Shaohua didn't say anything further, Xie Jianwei took the initiative to speak.

"Oh?" Lu Shaohua frowned and said, "What happened to the oil tanker?"

"Well, we have made a breakthrough in technology recently. If the proof is proven, we will be able to build a ship with a carrying capacity one-fifth larger than the original one. That way we can save some money." Xie Jianwei made a summary based on the situation.

"Great, great!" Lu Shaohua seemed very happy. Transporting oil from the Middle East to Africa is a long journey. If we can transport one-fifth more, the cost will be reduced a lot. "Put it into practice as soon as possible. We must invest all the funds needed and strive to manufacture the transport ship as soon as possible."

"I'll arrange it." Xie Jianwei smiled faintly and agreed.

"Okay." Lu Shaohua said in a serious tone, and then cast a reassuring look at Xie Jianwei, telling him with his eyes, 'I trust you to do the job', and then turned to the next topic. "Military technology in the sea and air is advancing rapidly, and we can't relax on land, especially air defense missiles and other missiles from various continents. Well, I think we can start researching intercontinental missiles."

Intercontinental missile, what is an intercontinental missile? As the name suggests, intercontinental means the distance between continents, and the full name intercontinental missile means that its range can hit other continents, which is quite far.

Lu Shaohua was very eager for the emergence of intercontinental missiles, but wishes are often beautiful, but the reality is cruel, because intercontinental missiles still need to overcome many technical difficulties before they can be released.