Chapter 457 - 242: Ultimate secret weapon! (Important, must order)_2
"How many barrels have we gathered so far?" Suo Lun asked.
"The collection has been underway for a month and a half, and we’ve gathered nearly thirty thousand barrels, each weighing one hundred catties," Suo Mu said. "It seems that gathering is easy, but we are consistently short on barrels."
Suo Mu took Suo Lun to a huge cave—or rather, a giant natural fissure.
Inside, barrels densely packed the space, all filled with crude oil.
Because of the lack of a strong fleet, maritime control over the waters near Tianshui City had never been in Suo Lun’s hands. Moreover, transporting crude oil was not like transporting mirrors, or supply ships; only one or two vessels could sail sneakily under the cover of darkness.
These tens of thousands of barrels of oil would require at least a hundred cargo ships to transport.
Such a large fleet would inevitably be discovered by the Linhai City Fleet, Luan Yang Fleet, or even the Ying Zhou Fleet.
Therefore, after the oil was extracted, it was always stored in this huge natural fissure, and they dared not transport it to Tianshui City, lest they expose their target.
Now, Suo Lun had acquired the fleet of Queen’s Island, and thoroughly annihilated the five thousand naval forces of Luan Yang City. He completely controlled the maritime surface of Tianshui City, securing maritime power once and for all.
So, the fleet could now transport this crude oil.
Suo Lun ordered, "There are only about twenty days left until the grand battle. In this time, continue to extract black oil, the more, the better."