industrial maniac

Chapter 339 Lao Lei, are you unhappy?

Mo Bei, Iron Crusade Command.

Xu Fei sat in the bamboo and rattan chair, thinking about how to break the situation.

Debei robbed the Aynak copper mine in order to hoard resources.

North America snatched the Aynak Copper Mine to fix the financial loopholes. At the same time, North America hoped to get the land in Afghanistan and grow opium pineapples as a kind of overseas income.

Debei shorted crude oil stocks and crude oil futures in order to lower the supply price of crude oil.

North America raised crude oil stocks and crude oil futures in the hope that the financial market will recover, retain shareholders and futures investors, and avoid crazy runs, triggering a debt crisis (a crisis of payment capacity).

The demands of both parties are contradictory and cannot be alleviated.

Xu Fei listed these contents on the small blackboard and pondered them one by one.

On the financial front, home plans can remain the same.

That is to use helium 3 and electric energy to depreciate the value of crude oil.

For example, in December this year, Germany launched a lunar exploration rocket and started the "helium 12 mining project".

For example, in January next year, Germany will build a second airport on its home planet, announcing that mankind has entered the 'nuclear energy age' and announcing the closure of all oil refineries.

For example, starting today, the Iron Sheet Company will sell all the crude oil in its hands to TEP at a low price, and TEP will sell it to an offshore company at a low price, and the offshore company will sell it to its own Japanese company at a low price, and the latter will continue to sell it to Dongfang Enterprises, oriental enterprises were sold to the Balkan Chamber of Commerce... the contract is just, if there are a few hands, we will sell a few hands, and then hold a press conference every day to make the whole world think that crude oil is worthless.

For another example, starting from March next year, the Daze Industrial Consortium will put on the shelves "electric vehicles", which are called "new energy" in the expansion pack, and are generally more cost-effective than fuel vehicles.

Of course, among the above four, the first two are false, and the last two are true.

However, under the public opinion that "electricity is the mainstream in the future", "fuel vehicles will soon be eliminated", and "fuel vehicles cost money, electricity saves money", crude oil prices are bound to plummet.

Therefore, the biggest problem facing the family at present is how to win the Aynak Copper Mine.

And how to mine and refine after taking the Aynak Copper Mine.

After all, the average altitude of the Hindu Kush Mountain is 4500 meters, and currently no country has the mining capacity...

"That's right, no country can mine Aynak now."

"Even if Germany has a 'basic production line', laying out photovoltaic power plants is a big hassle."

"Then, what about throwing the Aynak Copper Mine to North America?"

"Let them own it in name, but actually mine it secretly..."

"In particular, many high-level members of the Marine Corps of the Marine Corps are their own people. Let them secretly signal that the North American soldiers should turn a blind eye when they are patrolling. After five to ten years, the copper mine will be emptied by themselves, and the flood will Come on, there is no proof of death."

"I'm so stupid, what's the fight, isn't this a waste of energy?"

Knowing everything, Xu Fei quickly took out the communicator and contacted Lei Meng.

North America gave up competing for the Aynak copper mine, North America must give some compensation, right?

Unexpectedly, the other party just called.

……

When Xu Fei was thinking hard about how to break the situation.

The North American Pentagon is also conducting a post-war summary.

The battle for the Aynak copper mine was the first modern plateau war in the history of the mother planet.

During this period, many problems were exposed.

For example, apart from the M8 tank, other armored units in North America are difficult to adapt to the plateau climate, including the M1A4 with gas turbines, which can only exert 20% of its performance at most, and cannot be put into the battlefield at all.

For example, without plateau combat experience, the Marine Corps of the Marine Corps has to recalculate everything, including missile control data, armored fire control systems, and related operations of flight units. As a result, most Apaches cannot take off normally. Can travel through valleys.

For example, at altitudes above 4000 meters, the air pressure is half that of plain areas, and the insulation distance of lines in ground high-voltage equipment is shortened, which in turn causes equipment failures and causes most radars to lose their function.

For example, the plateau environment is harsh, camping is difficult, soldiers are hypoxic, and it is difficult to sleep, especially after injuries, wounds are difficult to heal, and logistics cannot keep up, which eventually leads to a complete collapse of medical security...

In contrast to North Germany.

The Iron Crusaders have been equipped with gas masks and oxygen breathing devices since their inception, and later added mechanical exoskeletons.

The Grizzly Chariot was originally a light tank developed for the plateau environment, and it became famous this time in the Aynak Copper Mine.

Terrorist robots belong to electric drives, unmanned remote-controlled tanks belong to electric drives, and Germany's photovoltaic power generation technology is among the best on the parent planet...

It can be said that North America, which has a strong military force, has a head-to-head confrontation with Germany, which has been prepared for a long time, in the field it is least good at.

The result is naturally quite tragic.

The M8 tank series is destroyed.

The 7 friendly troops died less in battle, but more died of illness, and some of them were in urgent need of oxygen before they even entered the battlefield.

The 15 marines in the Marine Corps have lost 32% of their personnel. There are also fewer battle deaths and more frostbite injuries. In addition, many suffer from mental illness due to insomnia.

If it is said that this war lasted less than a month, Germany needs to pay 300 billion euros, and North America needs to spend 3000 billion dollars to deal with the aftermath.

Because the cost of a soldier’s injury and retirement is far higher than the cost of a soldier’s death, including surgery costs, long-term drug costs, prosthetic limb costs, and resettlement costs.

In fact, North America launched the Afghan-Fu war with a very clear purpose.

Cooperate with Harden first, let the other party hold the NATO standard weapons, and prevent the Hadza tribe from entering Aynak.

Afterwards, the Marine Corps of the Marine Corps captured the southern part of the Afghan region, and then besieged the southern Tali funded by Harden and the main force of the Hadza tribe in the northern part of the Afghan region.

At the same time, the Marine Corps called on the southern part of the Afghan region to plant opium pineapples extensively and take the lead in making a fortune.

When the North American follow-up army arrived, they went all the way to Hazara, occupied the coal mines, went all the way north to the Hindu Kush Mountains, occupied the Aynak Copper Mine, and then introduced North American capital for mining and refining.

In this way, as long as the war continues, expenditures will be incurred every day, but the actual loss is extremely low, and at least 1.6 trillion false accounts can be made.

With North American capital getting two mines, the sluggish financial market will definitely improve significantly.

But Debei, a shit-stirring stick, disrupted all plans.

In particular, Harden took the southern Tali back to the south of the Afghan region and began to grow food.

If North America wants to promote opium pineapples in Afghanistan, it is bound to forcibly expel the southern thali, turning "acting" into a real anti-terrorism.

What's more, the main force of the third brother who came to participate in the anti-terrorism, during the team battle with Germany in North America, shouted that he was lost, but in fact detoured to Hazara and occupied the Hazara coal mine.

This made North America very suspicious. The third brother and Debei were in the same group and went to help the Hadza to guard the house.

However, the main force in North Germany withdrew to the west, and the Hadza tribe returned to Hazara. It is estimated that the good days of the third brother are coming to an end.

Of course, the most important thing now is how to deal with Germany.

With the arrival of winter, the Aynak Copper Mine was completely reduced to no man's land.

Although the next round of war will have to wait until at least May next year, in the next 5 months, North America will have no time to develop plateau armor units.

in meeting.

Some people proposed to use peaceful weapons to carry out precise strikes on important industrial facilities in North Germany.

However, the Kirov cluster in North Germany has at least 50 ships fully loaded with 250 tons x 4 bombs x 50 ships, with a total of 5 tons of thermobaric bombs or cloud explosion bombs, floating at an altitude of 1.5 meters. If no solution is found, it is impossible for North America to It's really a war.

Someone proposed to cooperate in the development of Aynak.

Because copper ore itself is a sulfur-containing mineral, it will release toxic gas during mining, carcinogenic dust will be raised during truck transportation, and sulfate will be produced during blasting... Therefore, copper miners spend the most time in the mine pit No more than three years, and the number of deaths caused by copper mine pollution in the world every year is about 50.

If North America invests, Debei mines and refines, and the relevant income is divided in half, which is also a way to solve the problem.

The question is, after the mining and refining of Debei, will the profits be given to North America?

I'm afraid that if I don't eat it dry and wipe it clean, I won't leave anything for myself.

In particular, the Aynak Copper Mine is located on a plateau, and the other party forcibly took away the refined copper metal. What can North America do to stop it?

Then someone thought of the sanctions plan proposed by Raymond.

From the financial, economic, foreign trade, military, energy and other fields, besiege Germany and force the other side to give up the Aynak copper mine.

But look at the investors of the Daze Industrial Complex, and then look at the partners in the supply and marketing system. Will the masters of Congress who have been lobbied by capital agree to sanctions?

Raymond sat and listened for a long time in the conference room, then got up and interrupted the conversation between the Rand Corporation and the generals.

"Everyone, maybe we can give up the Aynak Copper Mine."

As Raymond said, he came to the blackboard, "The main mountain range of the Hindu Kush has a harsh environment. If you want to build a copper ore refining project, it will not happen overnight, and an investment of 50 to 80 billion dollars is required."

"Assuming we capture Aynak, we will inevitably be harassed by German special forces for a long time. At that time, our soldiers and workers will also face death threats."

"Instead of being so passive, why don't we do the opposite?"

"Throw the Aynak Copper Mine to Debei, let them spend money and equipment, we secretly attack... No, Harden secretly attacked and harassed."

"In this way, although we can't get Aynak, the German North is also unable to mine, and in this way the main force of the German North is dragged to the Aynak Copper Mine, and our soldiers can easily deal with it in the south of the Afghan region. Tully in the south, and then grow the big smoke pineapple."

"When Debei fails to get benefits for a long time, it will definitely take the initiative to negotiate with us. At that time, we will turn passive into active, and we can make some demands."

The military consultants of the RAND Corporation and the generals of the Pentagon thought about it carefully, and felt that this was indeed the case.

North America won the Aynak Copper Mine, and it will not get any income in a short time.

After a long time, Debei regained its strength, and maybe there will be Aynak's third, fourth, and fifth battles.

At that time, mining needs funds, refining requires funds, and fighting wars requires funds.

Injure the enemy eight hundred, and self-injury ten thousand.

Rather than being so exhausted, it is better to throw Aynak to Debei, so that the situation of both sides is reversed.

"The general is wise!"

"Read more about the dog dealer's autobiography. There are two magic weapons in it, one is 'transposition thinking' and the other is 'reverse thinking'. When you master these two skills, you will find that solving problems is very simple. "

As Raymond said, he took out the communicator and contacted the dog dealer.

North America gave up competing for the Aynak Copper Mine, so it has to ask Debei for some benefits.

The call is connected.

"Old Lei, what a coincidence, I was going to tell you a good thing."

"Say."

"Some time ago, you came to Daze to ask me to do something, it's done."

"Ok?"

"With the help of your three magnetic cards, after a month of unremitting efforts, I finally succeeded in lobbying the diehards in the Iron Crusade, and also made Foreman aware of the financial crisis of the Iron Sheet Company. Just now, the German North Council It is unanimously decided to withdraw all troops from the Aynak Copper Mine."

"..."

"Old Lei, are you unhappy?"

"..."

"Before you just asked me to slow down their marching speed, but now I have exceeded the quota and directly ordered the German North to retreat... We have to add more."

Lei Meng rubbed his violently throbbing right eyelid, and hung up the phone directly.

It is impossible for Xu Fei to lie. The withdrawal of the German North means that in May next year, there will be no more battles for the Aynak copper mine.

Then, the Aynak copper mine is equivalent to falling into the hands of North America.

This seems to be a good thing.

But just like the countermeasures he proposed before, on the other hand, if North America is occupied, North America is mined, and North America is refined, then what if Germany disguises itself as 'Harden' and comes to attack and sabotage?

'Before the two sides met head-to-head, there was a stalemate. '

'First, both sides stopped fighting, and the stalemate remained. '

Raymond picked up the buzzing communicator and pressed the answer button.

"Old Lei, I have solved everything for you, why don't you even say thank you?"

"thank you!"

"Also, the German North is withdrawing. The German North Army asked me to negotiate with you and ask for a compensation."

"Xu, in this way, Germany will give us a compensation, we withdraw troops, and Germany will occupy Aynak, how about it?"

"Are you serious?"

"Ah."

"This……"

Xu Fei thought about it carefully, and felt that the problem was not serious.

With the virtues of North America, if you give up the copper mine to Germany, maybe your own refinery will suffer Boom as soon as it is built.

But this is not the same as the previous plan, because nine out of ten North American soldiers who perform the mission are the Marine Corps.

At that time, let the high-level people inside turn a blind eye and close one eye. Today, the North American soldiers planted mines, and tomorrow our German troops cleared mines.

"Old Lei, what compensation do you want?"

"Graphite X, 200 tons."

"Impossible, Ironhide Company only has 1 ton now."

"so little?"

"Do you think 'black gold' can be purified in batches as soon as it comes out?"

"We want to reload the individual armor technology of the soldiers."

"I'll have to ask Foreman about that."

Xu Fei hung up the phone and thought about it. He thought that in terms of hoarding resources, Germany occupied Aynak and blatantly mined and refined it, which was far faster than North America occupied Aynak and secretly mined and refined.

However, Heavy Armed Soldiers belong to the base technology, and it is impossible for them to send a base unit to North America.

and so……

Xu Fei called Lei Meng.

"Foreman felt your sincerity and agreed to this transaction. However, Heavy Armored Soldiers is a high-tech and top-secret project in North Germany. Foreman refused to use this technology as a bargaining chip, and planned to give you a set. 'Electrokinetic exoskeleton'."

"Xu, do you think we are that stupid? The electric power must have adopted a supercapacitor device. We don't have a supercapacitor. What's the use of this technology?"

"No, it's the flywheel battery."

"Ok?"

"After more than a year of research and development, the German North Laboratory has successfully miniaturized the 'flywheel battery', which can be used in electric vehicles, electric toys, and electric drive devices. After this technology is handed over to Ironhide, Tinhide will authorize Give GM, and by then, North America will be able to make flywheel batteries."

Flywheel battery is a purely mechanical energy storage device. It originated in 92. It was proposed by North American Flywheel Systems Company, and successfully manufactured a specific power that is 25 times that of lead-acid batteries, 10 times that of gasoline engines, and accelerates from 8 kilometers in [-] seconds. car flywheel battery.

Later, all countries were researching it, but affected by the production process, it was like a photonic computer, which could be manufactured but could not be commercialized.

After obtaining this technology, Ironhide Company borrowed the basic production lines at all levels to redesign it, and replaced the materials of the internal rotor, stator, flywheel, vacuum chamber, and electromagnet, and finally obtained a finished product with an energy conversion efficiency of up to 78%.

If "technical support - energy utilization rate +20%" is added, its energy conversion rate will reach 98%, crushing any existing energy storage product on the mother star.

It's just very expensive.

A vehicle-mounted 150kw flywheel battery, affected by technology, costs about 0.15 red notes, and one can generate 0.2 yuan of energy. Referring to the existing power supply capacity of Daze, the daily output is 2.5 units.

If the size is reduced, for example, to manufacture a 50kw flywheel battery, the cost will increase tenfold, about 1.5 red notes, one can provide 2 million energy, and the daily output will be 0.25.

If the size continues to be reduced, the cost of manufacturing a 5kw flywheel battery will increase by 1000 times, about 1500 million red notes, one can provide 2000 billion energy, and one can be produced in 5 days.

It can only be said that the smaller the size, the higher the technical content, and the more difficult it is to produce.

For example, the two 'intelligent robots' made of flywheel batteries cost far more than Kirov due to the use of a large number of high-tech materials.

Lei Meng was dull for a long time. It seemed that he had negotiated with the Pentagon. After 5 minutes, he said: "Xu, this transaction must be led by Lei Fei Technology, and it cannot be handed over to General Motors."

"Alright, let General Motors find Leifei Technology as an OEM."

"That's exactly what I mean."

"So, I'll contact Foreman."

Xu Fei hung up the phone and asked the Iron Crusaders to send an admiral to North America for negotiations.

After the busy work is over, look at the battle damage of both sides in the computer.

"By the way, is this battle in vain?"

"You can't say that, how can you sit down and talk if you don't fight."

Then, get up and go outside the headquarters.

In mid-November in northern Mexico, it was still as warm as spring, even with a little heat.

In this environment, the growth rate of wheat must be far faster than that in the East.

Of course, the wheat in northern Mexico is different from the wheat in the east.

Wheat from the east can only be used to make dumplings and steamed buns. If you want to make bread and cakes, you have to use this refined wheat from northern Mobei.

This is also what Xu Fei just found out.

In other words, Eastern wheat has no competitiveness in the international market, because not many people overseas eat dumplings or steamed buns.

The output in North Mexico this season is about 3000 million tons, which is one-third of that in the East.

Just imagine, if the whole of Mexico grows wheat, who will have the power to price grain?

Therefore, the Iron Crusaders must advance westward to expand the planting area.

And Xu Fei also took the opportunity to announce the news that Germany launched a lunar exploration rocket and continue to lower the price of crude oil.