Babylonian Empire

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"Leave two chariots to guard the beach, and the rest will search the entire island with me," Hades said.

The island is not very big. The desert leopard quickly patrolled around the island, and finally drove into the village where people gathered on the island.

The sound of gunfire had already shocked the people on the island. They were surprised to find that they were surrounded.

Looking at the flags on those armored vehicles, you know that it is the Iraqi army.

"Brothers, starting today, you will be liberated." Hades said.

"Are you the army of the God of War Qusay?" an islander asked.

"Yes, by Allah the Great, we are the army of the brave President Qusay," Hades said.

When he said this, a helicopter was flying overhead, and they were patrolling here.

"It's great, I've been looking forward to your coming." An islander said.

They are all Arabs, and they have always been dissatisfied with being ruled by the former government.

In November 1971, the Persians sent troops to occupy Abu Musa Island and the Big and Small Tunb Islands, which were formerly British protectorates near the Strait of Hormuz. It has been more than ten years now. The British rule didn't have much favor, and neither did the Persians. Now, with Qusay's great aura, they have already tacitly agreed in their hearts that this place should be under the jurisdiction of the Arabs, that is, under the jurisdiction of President Qusay.

"I also saw a plane this morning, flying towards the drilling platform in the west." At this moment, a teenage boy said.

Chapter 936 Offshore Oil Drilling Platform

As soon as the boy finished speaking, he was stopped by his mother. However, these words aroused Hades' curiosity.

A plane is flying towards the drilling platform in the west, who is that?

"What plane is it?" Hades asked.

Seeing the mother, Hades said: "You have provided good news. According to our policy, you can get a bounty of one thousand dinars."

Now, the Iraqi dinar is a fairly strong currency and has always maintained an exchange rate of about one to three with the US dollar, that is, one dinar can be exchanged for about three US dollars.

Hearing that there was a bounty, the boy continued: "It's a very big plane, almost as big as that plane."

Hades thought he was referring to the Il-76 transport plane, but who knows, he was referring to the Mi-24 helicopter.Are helicopters still called very, very large planes?However, only helicopters can fly to the drilling platform.

Datongpu Island and Qeshm Island do not have any high economic value in themselves. The people on the islands do fishing and do not have all kinds of minerals. However, the geographical location here is very important because the surrounding area , there are many oil drilling platforms, and many of these platforms are still in the hands of the rulers of Holmzgan, which is also an important source of income for them.

Therefore, taking these islands, in Hades' heart, he knew that Qusay wanted to get the nearby oil platforms together.

Those oil fields in the middle of the Persian Gulf have already fallen into the hands of Qusay, but here is still blank, and Qusay will never give them a chance.

Moreover, Hades keenly felt that there must be something weird in it.

Yesterday was the last day of 84. At this time, a helicopter flew to the oil platform. Although this kind of flight is common in normal times, there must be some special circumstances at this time.

"Which oil platform did they fly to?" Hades asked next.

"I don't know. Anyway, it flew in that direction."

"The first team, take the helicopter with me to check on the drilling platform, the second and third teams, stay here and guard." Hades immediately issued an order.

"Captain, this is against the plan we made before the war. Our task did not say to seize those drilling platforms." At this time, the captain of the third team next to him said.

"Fighters on the battlefield are fleeting, and the decision-making power on the battlefield is in the hands of the commander on the scene. We need to adapt to the situation." Hades said: "Notify the helicopter to come pick us up."

The captain of the third team secretly contemptuously thought that the fighter planes on the battlefield are fleeting, and it is obvious that coming here is very boring, so he must find something exciting to do, a helicopter, flying to the oil platform, nothing more ordinary , in addition to ships, is the helicopter.

In Hades' mind, of course he thought so. It's meaningless to win here, so he might as well go to trouble with the oil rig.

He didn't know that this time he really gained a lot.

On the earth, more than 70.00% of it is sea water. Compared with land, the ocean is more extensive.The treasures under the sea are as boundless as the sea. When the non-renewable resources are slowly decreasing, the eyes of energy experts are all looking at the sea.

The war in the future is a war on the ocean. Whoever controls the ocean will have sufficient resources in the future.

But now, the most important energy source is oil. The world's economy is all driven by the black gold of oil. This kind of gold exists not only on land, but also on the seabed.

Although the North Sea is windy and the waves are high, after discovering oil fields in the North Sea, Britain decided to make great efforts to develop them, which cannot be stopped.

Compared to that place, the Persian Gulf is lucky. This is simply the hometown of this black gold.

On land, they only need to drill a very shallow well, and the crude oil will come out by itself. The high-yield self-spraying crude oil allows them to compete with all the oil-producing countries in the world, and their cost is the lowest.

In addition to land, there are countless oil fields under the calm sea of ​​the Persian Gulf.

While developing oil on land, they did not give up on the seabed. Just north of the Strait of Hormuz, there are many oil drilling platforms that are used to extract oil from the seabed.

The offshore oil drilling platform is a huge steel structure sea fortress, which is an offshore structure used for drilling wells.Several-story water surface buildings are equipped with drilling, power, communication, navigation and other equipment, as well as safety and lifesaving and personnel living facilities.It is an indispensable means of offshore oil and gas exploration and development.

The ones here are mainly jack-up drilling platforms, which are composed of platforms, legs and lifting mechanisms. The platforms can be raised and lowered along the legs, and generally have no self-propelled capability.When working, the pile legs are lowered and inserted into the seabed, and the platform is lifted to a safe working height away from the sea surface, and the pile legs are preloaded to ensure that the pile legs will not sink when the platform encounters a storm.After the completion of the well, the platform is lowered to the sea surface, the legs are pulled out and all lifted, and the whole platform floats on the sea surface and is towed to a new well location by a tugboat.This kind of platform has strong adaptability to water depth, good working stability, and rapid development. Now, it accounts for one-half of the total number of mobile drilling devices.

Following Hades' order, the helicopter overhead began to descend and landed in an open space beside it.

The Mi-24 armed helicopter is considered a powerful weapon in the history of the development of the Soviet Union. In particular, the rear of the helicopter is a troop compartment. This design has been criticized by countless western armed helicopter designers, resulting in side The projected area has greatly increased, increasing the possibility of being hit by ground firepower. What the West has developed is the practice of professional armed helicopters and general-purpose helicopters.

However, this kind of helicopter is still good. For example, the decks of the two cargo ships that came with them are limited in length and cannot carry more helicopters. This kind of helicopter can not only transport troops, but also provide fire support to the ground. , it is very suitable.

When they first landed, the first team took helicopters, and the second and third teams took infantry fighting vehicles. Now, the first team went on to the helicopters, but their captain Hades was added.

On the helicopter, Hades looked down. Now that the helicopter was flying at a very low altitude, he could see the ripples on the sea surface blown by the rotors, and they were flying towards the drilling platform.

The Hazaran [-] drilling rig.

Hazaran is a high mountain on the mainland. It is named after this because it is hoped that this platform will be as majestic as a high mountain.

This is the largest drilling platform here, on which is a huge helicopter take-off and landing platform, which is painted green, and the middle part is a more than 40-meter-high shelf required for oil drilling. The drilling rig is also arranged here, and the drill pipe rotates with the drilling rig. , Drilling down continuously, when the oil is drilled, it is transported to the crude oil storage room on the first floor through the pipelines arranged later, and the engine room on the second floor, diesel generators, and various equipment are all arranged in the Here, the uppermost floor is the place where people live, live and work. The four huge steel legs on all sides go deep into the seabed to firmly support the drilling platform. There is also a huge crane on the side. These steel legs The buildings were all painted a bright burgundy color.

When the oil is extracted to a certain extent and the oil in the entire crude oil storage room is full, there will be tankers to transport the crude oil away, and when the oil below is dry-drained, the drilling platform will move by itself and find a new place Drill well.

As an offshore oil worker, they work on offshore drilling platforms all year round. Their work is very boring, but their income is very high. Hazaran No. [-], this drilling platform, is owned by Holmzgan Province It is controlled by the cronies of Chief Sahab-Mohammadi.

On this platform, a man with a full beard is watching the situation on the nearby Datongbu Island with a telescope. He has already seen that Iraq has launched an attack here. The action is very remorseful, if I knew it earlier, I would not have come here so early today.

"Uncle, let's act, otherwise, I'm afraid it will be too late." At this time, a young man next to him said.

"No, let's go at night. Let's go back by boat at night. The goal is even smaller." The middle-aged man said.

He turned around, his eyes full of worry. If anyone could get close, he would be surprised to find that Zade Abdul, Director General of Commerce of Hormzgan Province, appeared in this place at this time ?

If someone can check the warehouse here, they will be even more surprised to find that there are three hundred kilograms of gold on this drilling platform!

The young man’s name is Mansouri. A month ago, he was transferred by Zad to be the person in charge of this drilling platform. However, Mansouri doesn’t understand oil drilling platforms at all. They wandered around on the platform, and then started to get angry. The sanitation on the platform was not good, and one of the places needed to be vacated as a warehouse for sundries.

The oil workers are all men in their teens. Who cares about personal hygiene? Here, fresh water is brought in by boat, and it is difficult to take a bath. Therefore, they are all unkempt bearded images .