Chapter 1072 The Taste of Poor Oil

San Yuzhu walked through the blazing city of Jakarta without being mad.

Now the entire city of Jakarta is full of burning buildings. The captured Dutch soldiers pointed out the important buildings in the city one by one. Without exception, these buildings were all burning in flames.

"This group of bastards!" San Yuzhu said angrily: "Go and inform the fleet to go to Boer City. These Dutchmen must not be allowed to escape from Boer City to Calcutta."

After receiving the order, the messenger rushed to the coast, where he used the semaphore to inform Lei Ming of the situation in the city.

"Being strong and clear, these Europeans still have some skills." After reading the meaning of the semaphore, Yue Yun said with a sullen face.

Lei Ming's face was quite ugly. According to the empire's reward system for foreign expeditions, loot was a very important indicator.

Now they get a burnt and messy city, they have suffered a big loss.

And although this attack was as successful as ever, the number of soldiers they lost in previous battles increased by a multiple.

The deep trenches still provided a lot of protection for the Dutch soldiers.

"One thousand and three casualties, the soldiers can't get a single penny, and I am the commander in vain. General Yue, please lead us to Boer City ahead of time. I must not let these bastards go." Lei Ming said .

Although he was accustomed to seeing deaths on the battlefield, so many casualties made him really uncomfortable. Now he was only fighting against 20,000 Dutch and miscellaneous natives. If he faced the Kolkata battlefield, the casualty number would probably be doubled.

Yue Yun could feel the thunder's anger, and it was obvious that the Dutch had angered him.

"There is no problem. The speed of the ironclad ships will definitely be able to follow them to Boer City." Yue Yun said.

Boolean City is a straight-line distance for the Dutch army on land, but for the navy, they need to make a big bend to reach it. After all, the coastline is not straight. If they are at the speed of sailing warships, they may not be able to reach it ahead of time.

But the ironclad ship will definitely be able to complete this task under full sailing.

"Thank you." Lei Ming gritted his teeth.

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Qingzhou.

After the hand-crank telephone was officially connected, the Telecom Department began to install telephones for the official offices of the imperial palace and the outer palace in Qingzhou.

According to the requirements of the cabinet, Qingzhou should realize telephone communication between various departments of the imperial court and improve the efficiency of handling government affairs.

While the phone made major progress, there was also good news from Lin Wentao's Mechanical Research Institute.

"Your Majesty, this is the first prototype car we have built with an internal combustion engine."

In the machinery factory, Lin Wentao pointed at the classic car in front of him with an excited expression. Since the internal combustion engine technology has matured, they have launched various applications of the internal combustion engine.

In addition to the diesel engine used for drilling, they put the research on the application of internal combustion engines to sports machinery on the agenda in accordance with the requirements of the five-year plan.

So they first turned their attention to the animal-powered harvesters that the empire was using. According to institutional drawings, they gave these agricultural machines the heart of an internal combustion engine.

After the application of the harvester was expanded, they built a passenger car according to the drawings provided by Xiao Ming, which is the classic car in front of them.

Xiao Ming walked to the classic car. The shape of this classic car is basically similar to the first generation of European cars in the 19th century.

It's not that he doesn't understand a more perfect shape, but in terms of current industrial technology, Qingzhou's industry has not been able to produce car shells with modern craftsmanship.

So under consideration, he still honestly used the old-fashioned Beetle shell.

"What is the speed of this car?" Xiao Ming asked slightly excitedly. After so many years, he finally ushered in the embarrassment of not needing to ride a horse and going out in a carriage.

On the other hand, with a car, the safety of his going out will be greatly improved.

"Back to the emperor, the speed of this car reached 60 kilometers per hour." Lin Wentao said.

"Sixty kilometers?" Xiao Ming showed a heavy smile on his face. He was very satisfied with this speed. After all, the speed of the world's first car at that time was only 15 kilometers per hour.

But the difference is that Xiao Ming gave Lin Wentao mature internal combustion engine technology and purified gasoline, so this car was the first car in every aspect, reaching the level of an improved car.

Qian Dafu said with a smile: "With a speed of sixty per hour, wouldn't it be possible to run more than 1,000 kilometers in one day?"

"It's natural, but it needs to bring enough fuel. At present, the empire may not have the luxury to use gasoline like this." Lin Wentao said with regret.

No progress has been made in drilling the well so far, and the drilling has been more difficult than anyone expected.

There is no oil field, which means that the car is manufactured with fake handle, which is why Lin Wentao sighs.

Xiao Ming naturally understood what Lin Wentao meant. He still overestimated the technical level of the current empire, and the Daqing Oilfield was already difficult to exploit, so it was normal that there was no progress for such a long time.

According to records, Japan also tried to find the Daqing oil field during World War II, but the drilling stopped when it reached about 800 meters, because Japan did not have the technology to drill deeper rock layers at that time.

The real depth of the Daqing Oilfield is about 1,300, so whether the oil can be successfully recovered is essentially a drilling technique.

The fundamental problem of drilling technology is the problem of the drill bit. Now that there is a diesel engine, the power is solved, and the strength of the drill bit cannot be reached if it cannot reach such a deep rock layer.

After all, drilling oil wells requires a special oil drill bit, and he can give the drill bit design diagram, but the material problem still requires multiple experiments.

Therefore, he is a little helpless about the current problem, because now no one can determine when the oil field will be successfully exploited.

If the oil field cannot be utilized due to technical problems, he can only find a way from overseas. After all, his drilling technology cannot conquer Daqing, which is a thousand meters deep, but it is still very simple to drill oil wells on the land of the Middle East.

The most important thing is that after mastering the mature ironclad technology, the cost of shipping is greatly reduced. It is not very far from the Middle East to the empire at the speed of ironclads, and the cost of transporting oil is very low.

"The empire is currently fighting in the South China Sea. If it goes well, the route to Persia and the Ottoman Empire will be completely opened up. At that time, the empire can establish diplomatic relations with Persia and the Ottoman Empire and buy their oil cheaply. In this way, the internal combustion engine is installed. The machine will be able to run." Xiao Ming said, at the same time he became more and more determined to monopolize oil.

The feeling of poor oil is really uncomfortable, and in addition to Persia and Ottoman, he has to completely occupy Siberia, after all, there is also a large oil field there.