Under the temptation of such benefits, the Kingdom of Yaliba can be considered to be interested in the actions of the Xinghai Kingdom. When the Kingdom of Xinghai requisitioned local manpower, King Yaliba also specially issued an order to let local officials select the best.
Man, please prevent the Xinghai uncles from being dissatisfied.
When Xinghai Kingdom began to erect tall drilling equipment, the senior officials of Yaliba still felt that the people of Xinghai were stupid. Could they still find any treasures in that barren desert?
In December 1651, the Xinghai Kingdom’s geological exploration team drilled the first oil well in the Kingdom of Yaliba!
This news spread back to Xinghai, causing the Senate in a meeting to cheer.
The naturalized service personnel in the Senate felt very strange. What happened to the elders and elders today?
In the past, everyone would be angry and quarreling like enemies during meetings, but today everyone is smiling, as if they had found gold on the ground.
I have to be happy.
The elders present here all know what the appearance of the first oil well means.
With petroleum, there are heavy oil, gasoline, diesel, etc., butene, propane, plastics, artificial rubber, asphalt, lubricants, solvents, etc.
There are too many places where petroleum products are needed in modern science and technology.
In short, the emergence of oil will provide a pair of efficient boosting engines for the scientific and technological development of Xinghai Kingdom!
Soon, at the suggestion of Chief Executive Zheng Xiangdong, the Senate passed the Petroleum Act as quickly as possible.
In this bill, research on oil production, refining, etc. has become a top priority. At the same time, all resources are temporarily tilted towards ensuring oil production.
To this end, the Ministry of Industrial Affairs established an oil tanker overhaul project team headed by Fang Xiaoyue. Their main task is to repair all existing oil tankers in the shortest possible time so that they can take on the important task of transporting oil.
In fact, this work has been delayed too much.
After all, it was still unknown when the route would be opened and when oil would be extracted.
The only thing to be thankful for is that with the development of science and technology in Xinghai Kingdom in recent years, there is hope of repairing the faults that the oil tankers had when they first crossed over. At this time, there is hope of repairing them. However, the consumption is a bit large and some of the stocks are in stock.
Special welding rods, laser flaw detectors and other industrial equipment must be used, and after they are used, the inventory will be gone.
If you want to restore these stocks later, you must find some special mineral deposits.
And these special mineral deposits are still sleeping in places that are out of reach of the forces of the Star Sea Kingdom.
There are not enough troops!
So far, Xinghai Kingdom has an army of 23,000 people and a navy of 20,000 people.
Such military strength is already very strong compared to some small countries.
But for Xinghai Kingdom, it is far from enough.
Although due to the advanced weapons and equipment, the soldiers of Xinghai Kingdom can exert a combat effectiveness that far exceeds that of the enemy, but in many cases, the number of soldiers is also a very important indicator of the army.
Let's put it this way, if you occupy a territory, you have to send soldiers to guard it, right?
The garrisons, forts, special departments, special factories, etc. all over Nanhai Island used up two divisions and more than 6,000 people.
In fact, in the opinion of the senators, 6,000 people guarding such a large island is far from enough.
But this is also a helpless matter. There are only so many military forces, and the number of overseas territorial ports in Xinghai State has now increased to ten.
At least a thousand people must be stationed to guard each overseas territorial port. In places such as Malacca, Suilan Island, and Ariba, in order to prevent heavy enemy attacks, the garrison is a division.
But if we continue to recruit soldiers from the existing population, the impact on industry, agriculture, etc. will be too great.
Therefore, the Ministry of Military Affairs is trying to recruit soldiers from former prisoners of war who have been converted into naturalized civilians.
There are several advantages to this. One is that compared to ordinary recruits, these former prisoners of war have always been on the battlefield and killed people. There is absolutely no need to worry about the psychological quality of the battlefield.
The second is that their physical fitness is generally better than that of ordinary recruits, which allows them to shorten their training time and only conduct simple formation and firearms training instead of spending a lot of time on physical fitness.
Regarding the recruitment by the Ministry of Military Affairs, most of the former prisoners of war showed great enthusiasm. They left their farmland at home and ran to the recruitment points to sign up.
This is not surprising. Many of them are veterans for many years. It is really not accustomed to them putting down their weapons and picking up hoes.
Besides, as long as you successfully join the army, the country will send a special support team to help your family's fields.
This virtually reduces the worries of these former prisoners of war.
Not to mention that an oil tanker was repaired and sailed to the Kingdom of Yaliba, thousands of nautical miles away. It was only said that after the Tu'ao fleet conducted several reconnaissance operations against Lu Song, it immediately launched an offensive against Mani La.
When the two giant ships and a group of young men arrived at the sea outside the Mani La port, the Fo Lang robots were already ready.
The forts near the port all aimed their barrels at the sea, and the castle gates had been closed. The diamond forts embedded in the city walls were filled with Franco machine musketeers. Some of them nervously checked the matchlock guns in their hands.
Some people make the sign of the cross on their chests and pray to their Lord.
This is not surprising. The previous explorations and navigation training conducted by the Tu-Ao fleet were actually very difficult to conceal.
After all, the sea is empty and there is no cover. As long as Mani La has a ship to go out, it is possible to see the Tu'ao fleet.
As for this newly rising Star Sea Kingdom, the Francons still have some knowledge through their businessmen.
After all, Xinghai Kingdom has many resources that need to be traded with Franji merchants, such as rubber branches, fake silver and platinum, etc.
After learning about some of the achievements of the Xinghai Kingdom, Governor Manila of Franji very wisely asked the soldiers to stay vigilant.
In this way, Manila was able to enter a state of combat readiness so quickly after learning from a returning merchant ship that the Xinghai people's fleet had appeared.
But what Franji never expected was that because the Tu'ao fleet was newly built, although there were many officers and sailors who were veterans, there were still many new recruits mixed in, making the fleet less experienced in combat than the northern garrison.
, the three major fleets heading south are much weaker.
Besides, the two strategic battleships have just been in service for a few months, and they are not completely familiar with their performance. Under such circumstances, in order to ensure that the fleet does not suffer major damage, the commander of the Tu'ao Fleet, Ma Yibin, ordered a ship to be launched a few meters away from the fort.
Cover the enemy with firepower from more than a thousand meters away.