The next day, Lin Rui and several others set off from the temporary base and drove directly to the oil production area northwest of Anmore.
This oil production area is owned by a Chinese company, and the local climate and environment are also very harsh. The daytime temperature there is basically around 50 degrees Celsius, and the ground temperature is even as high as 70 degrees Celsius, making people feel like they are being steamed and grilled in a steamer. When you go out to work in the field, you have to beware of fatal attacks from cobras, vipers, venomous wasps, and venomous scorpions at any time. The outside is basically the same as the desert, but some areas inside are slightly better.
It is said that the output of the oil fields here has reached a level of more than 100,000 barrels per day. There are also many corresponding staff, at least several hundred Chinese personnel and thousands of local employees. Africa is very rich in natural resources, including oil, forests, various minerals, etc. However, these resources are meaningless to ordinary people.
Because of historical reasons, Africa¡¯s resources used to belong to the colonists, but now belong to international companies and governments, as well as senior officials in the government, and have almost nothing to do with ordinary black Africans. Oil companies rely on drilling platforms to extract oil offshore, while most of them build a closed base on the shore. After the crude oil is extracted, it is transported directly from the sea. Many Africans can only see the walls of the oil base and the oil production platforms beyond the distant coastline. .
This also makes it easy for these oil companies to be attacked and looted in the event of war.
Lin Rui took a general look at the surrounding defense situation, and then contacted the person in charge of the security force in this area. The person in charge of security in this oil extraction area is also a Chinese. Lin Rui also knows him because he is also one of the people who trained with him in Siberia, named Wang Jinghua. Because Black Island Company suffered a heavy blow some time ago and was in urgent need of mercenaries with experience in leading a team, so he has now become the team leader.
Due to long-term exposure to the sun, Wang Jinghua¡¯s skin has turned into a wheat color, but he is still in good spirits. He came over to greet Lin Rui and hugged him excitedly. "I've heard you're coming for a long time, it's been so long!"
Lin Rui also patted him and said with a wry smile, "I would rather not come here, because what I bring is not good news."
"What?" Wang Jinghua frowned, "Is there something wrong?"
"This place will soon be unstable. Yesterday we discovered that there were armed elements gathering nearby. It appeared to be a conflict between warlords, but in fact the conflict should affect this place soon." Lin Rui whispered. "How are you preparing?"
"There are high concrete walls, electric fences, and machine gun firepower from several commanding heights. We also had basic defense capabilities when we came. After we took over, we strengthened the weak defensive links on the north side. Wherever we deployed more Firepower and expanded investigation scope, we have also formulated an emergency plan. Once a situation arises, people on the periphery can be quickly evacuated to the base." Wang Jinghua replied, "Based on your request, we have also contacted many reporters. Once there is a war, they will quickly gather here."
Lin Rui nodded, "How about the employer?"
"Many of them are still skeptical and believe that it is impossible to attack the oil production area." Wang Jinghua nodded.
¡°If we wait a few more weeks, they won¡¯t be so suspicious.¡± Jiang An shook his head. "Our defense mission against the oil mining base may last for a period of time. During this period, you'd better have sufficient reserves."
"Yes, we have made corresponding preparations for this. But what I am more worried about now is the damage to the facilities outside the base, such as them blowing up the oil pipeline."
"There is no other way to do this. We can only send people to patrol frequently. In addition, we tell the patrol team to try not to patrol according to the prescribed routes to avoid being familiar with the route and encountering roadside bombs." Lin Rui gave a few more instructions. .
Wang Jinghua whispered, "There is one more thing."
"You said it." Lin Rui nodded.
"What should we do if the situation is really bad? I mean if we encounter extreme situations and cannot hold on. Should we abandon the oil production base and evacuate people to a relatively safe area." Wang Jinghua whispered.
"I hope this won't happen. If you are really forced to do so, you can temporarily abandon the oil production base and retreat to our designated area as planned. Other surrounding teams will assist you." Lin Rui replied, "They Our plan is just to force away the oil companies here, so there is unlikely to be large-scale destruction of facilities. Therefore, everything should focus on ensuring the safety of personnel. The next period of time depends on you. "
Wang Jinghua nodded. At this time, there was a noise outside the door, and a man strode in and said, "What on earth is going on? Are you going to turn my place into a battlefield?"
This man was tall and had a loud voice, "Why, why did you send so many people here? We are an oil company, not a military base."
"Excuse me, who are you?" Lin Rui frowned.
"This is the vice president of the Anmore project and the person in charge here, Mr. Wei." Wang Jinghua introduced.
President Wei looked at Lin Rui and seemed a little surprised, "Are you Chinese too?"
"For security reasons, I cannot answer this question for you. But what I can tell you is that the deployment of enhanced firepower is to cope with future situations. We have enough reasons to believe that in the next few days, Anmol's The situation will deteriorate rapidly. In order to ensure the safety of you and this base, we are doing our best. And this is what you want when you hire us." Lin Rui said calmly.
"I didn't hire you. That was the decision from above. But you went a bit too far. I've seen a lot of big winds and waves in Africa. But I've never seen you being so exaggerated. If you set up machine guns at the intersection so blatantly, it would look like Our employees have become nervous and panicked, and this has affected our production." Mr. Wei sternly said, "We hired you to protect my production, not to have a counterproductive effect."
"I think my first priority is to save your lives and prevent this oil mining base from being destroyed. You are responsible for the production. I am not an employee of the oil company, so I am only responsible for security work." Lin Rui looked up at him road.
"To put it lightly, do you know how much oil this oil base produces in a day, and how much loss will be caused if it stops for a day?" President Wei said with some displeasure.
"I don't know, but I know that the cost of building the facilities of this oil base is probably even greater than a day of suspension of production. It is better to have a day of suspension of operations than to lose it forever." Lin Rui said in a deep voice, "So, let us each do our best. thing."
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