Chapter 1373 Second Baku

The Black Sea Fleet was completely wiped out in one day. This result, in any case, cannot be accepted by Stalin, and what is even more terrifying is the series of bad consequences caused by it.

For example, those ports on the Black Sea coast will be attacked by the Germans at any time. As long as the Germans set up their artillery and bombard them, they can collapse.

"We have to make worse plans." Another person said: "I don't know if you have noticed. With Turkey's change of flag, our Azerbaijan region may also face great danger."

When everyone's eyes were drawn to the Western Front and the Black Sea, few people noticed that there were actually greater risks in Azerbaijan.

Because, there are Baku oil fields!

World War I was a positional war. As long as there were weapons and ammunition, it could be fought. However, World War II was different. The Germans innovatively used tanks to attack, turning this war into a mechanized war.

Whoever has more tanks and the firepower of the tanks will win, and around the tanks, there will be a lot of auxiliary equipment, such as a lot of cars, which are used to transport fuel and ammunition.

This war requires oil, and without oil, it cannot be won.

The Soviet Union did not have to worry about this, because the Soviet Union has a world-famous oil city.

The Republic of Azerbaijan, the capital of Baku, this city on the west bank of the Caspian Sea is not only a political and cultural center, but also an important oil base and economic center.

The history here is quite long. As early as the 10th century AD, wells have been dug to draw oil; the Apsheron Peninsula and its adjacent seabed with Baku as the center have become one of the world's famous oil producing areas.

However, in the era of handicrafts, it was not very attractive. It was not until the era of the world's industrialized oil extraction that Baku shined.

Azerbaijan drilled its first oil well in 1873. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Baku oil field was the most productive oil field in the world. In 1901, oil production accounted for almost half of the world's oil production, becoming the industrial center of the South Caucasus and the Russian oil base. Since that time, Baku has been known as the "Oil City".

The Baku Oilfield has become the oilfield with the highest production volume in the world, the industrial center of the South Caucasus and the Russian oil base. At that time, there were a large number of private oil fields, almost all of which were controlled by the United States. After the October Revolution, everything was nationalized, and Baku became the most important oil exporting area for the Soviets.

Just a few years ago, the Soviet Union had been exporting oil to Germany.

Now, with the needs of the war, oil production in Baku has reached its peak, accounting for 71 percent of the total output of the Soviet Union!

In the past, no one was aware of the risks here, and always felt that it was still far from the front line.

It's different now.

With Turkey's defections, if the Germans want to attack the Baku oil fields, there is a shortcut to take, they can detour to Turkey.

At the beginning, in North Africa, after Rommel advanced all the way to Iraq, he stopped and did not enter Iran. Of course, this is not because Germany does not want to continue eastward, but it is unnecessary, because Iran is originally pro-German.

When the Soviet Union wanted to attack Iran, it was to expand the depth of Baku's defense. Unfortunately, with the secret support of Germany, the Soviet Union was disgraced.

Although the Soviet Union failed to attack Iran, it was also inconvenient for the Germans to attack Azerbaijan through Iran, because there were mountains everywhere, and the Germans' mechanized troops could not be used.

Now, if Turkey also becomes a servant of Germany, then Germany will be able to pounce on Azerbaijan from the directions of Turkey and Iran, and once Baku is defeated, it will be absolutely intolerable for the Soviet Union.

"We must speed up the development of the Second Baku." Stalin put down his pipe, pointed to the map above and said, "Beria, you go and take charge of this place and transfer all the prisoners, within two months. , so that the oil production of the second Baku exceeds that of the Baku oil field!"

Hearing this, everyone frowned.

Second Baku, the real name is Volga-Ural oil and gas area, is the second largest oil industrial area in Western Siberia, between the middle reaches of the Volga River and the Ural Mountains, with a total area of ​​700,000 square kilometers.

As a large oil field with reserves second only to the Baku oil field at this stage, it is also called the second Baku.

The history here is also long. Oil seedlings were discovered as early as the 18th century, but industrial development did not begin until 1929. Before and after, 800 oil fields and 500 gas fields were discovered one after another. The main oil and gas fields are: Romaskino, Orenburg, Duymaz.

However, these have only just been discovered. Since the Baku oil field is already sufficient to support the oil demand of the Soviet Union, construction has just been carried out here, and the production volume is quite low.

Historically, large-scale construction began only during World War II. After all, the Baku oil field was in danger and the Soviets had to make new preparations.

It was not until the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s that large-scale mining was carried out.

It can be said that it is still a barren land, and it is absolutely a joke to build an oil field that surpasses Baku within two months.

But now, who would dare to refute Stalin's words?

And, intellectually, Stalin was farsighted.

No matter how defensive it is, it is impossible to guarantee that the Baku oilfield is foolproof. No amount of anti-aircraft artillery can stop the bombing of the opponent's bombers. Now Germany just can't make it. Once they decided to do it, the Baku oilfields would soon be blown to nothing.

Historically, Germany did not send bombers to bomb the Baku oil field, because the Germans wanted to get the oil here, so why would they want to bomb it! On the contrary, the Soviet Union made preparations. If this place is occupied by the Germans, it will detonate the explosives and blow up the oil field. Even the United Kingdom is prepared. German!

Now, Germany has Libyan oil fields, as well as those oil fields with super rich reserves in the Middle East.

Now, the second Baku must be developed as soon as possible.

"Comrade Stalin, I promise to complete the task." Beria said: "We can carry out development, but we lack equipment, our factory is rushing to make tanks, and we can't make oil equipment for us, and there is a lot of processing equipment. , I suggest that we contact the United States immediately and hope that the United States will provide these supports."

For Beria, there is nothing that cannot be accomplished, it just depends on the price paid. Even if half of those prisoners are killed, the construction task must be completed, but the equipment is powerless.