Hearing that Ye Chen said he had another problem and needed to start immediately, Hamid asked: "Brother, what are you talking about?"

Ye Chen said: "The last time I went to your place, I found that your base now all depends on diesel units to generate electricity."

"Yes," Hamid said: "Diesel generator sets are quite convenient to use, but the cost is a little high."

Ye Chen said: "This is not a bit high, but rather high, and the cost is at least several times that of coal-fired power!"

Hamid hurriedly said: "I have always implemented a strategy of saving electricity. I basically don't use electricity during the day and use less electricity. Ordinary soldiers only use electricity to light at night, so the overall electricity consumption is not high, and the cost is acceptable."

Ye Chen retorted: "You don't think about it for a long time. If you have more than a dozen or even dozens of fortifications in the future, each fortification needs to provide a corresponding power system to ensure lighting, ventilation, communication, and even cooking in the fortifications. If this happens, your diesel power generation will not be available at all, and if you operate at full power, the fuel consumption cost will be very high."

When Hamid heard this, he exclaimed: "Oh! I actually forgot this! But... I have no good idea now. The government forces cannot supply power to me, and I do not have the ability to build a thermal power plant, so I can only use diesel units to generate electricity to solve the power problem..."

Ye Chen said: "Although you do not have the possibility of developing thermal power, you can try to develop certain photovoltaic power generation."

"The Middle East region itself has sufficient lighting, and although the construction cost of photovoltaic power generation is relatively high, the subsequent use cost is low and the maintenance cost is even lower. You only need to invest two or three million US dollars at a time to build several independent power systems that are powered by solar power generation and battery storage. This way, you can completely get rid of fuel generation, and the electricity generated every day is enough for your 2,000 soldiers to use it normally."

"The solar panels for photovoltaic power generation can be directly placed on the roof or on the hillside near the backscene fortifications in the interior, which can also prevent the enemy from destroying it. Then put your diesel generator set into a safe cellar, usually only maintain it, and start it in an emergency to provide emergency power supply. In this way, you have two power supply systems."

Speaking of this, Ye Chen said earnestly: "Anything is related to war, you must make emergency plans. If this set is not good, change to another set immediately. Only in this way can you improve your chances of survival. To be honest, most of your subordinates have no cultural level, and you have not systematically studied military affairs. Therefore, your team has great shortcomings based on the theoretical basis. If you don't force yourself to think more and study more, it will be difficult to survive the continuous war."

Hamid also realized the importance of Ye Chen's words and immediately spoke: "Brother reminds me that I must strengthen my understanding of this aspect in the future and strive to improve myself as soon as possible!"

After saying that, he hurriedly said: "I will start working on photovoltaic power generation as soon as possible. 100 million US dollars is a huge sum of money, and many problems can be solved easily. In the future, I will do my best to upgrade and transform all aspects and will definitely live up to my expectations!"

Seeing that Hamid was upright, Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief. He dared not expect Hamid to be a marquis and minister. If he could survive first, it would be considered an early success.

Then, Ye Chen remembered something and asked him again: "By the way, the people under your command have never read any books. If you really want them to operate infrastructure equipment to build fortifications, can these people do it?"

Hamid said without hesitation: "The people under my command are definitely not good. When I mention this, I am angry. I asked them to dig a cellar before, and dig ten to pieces to collapse eight of them. I hope they can build permanent fortifications. In my opinion, it is absolutely impossible."

As he said that, he smiled and said, "But I happened to know a friend who works in the construction industry in Iraq and has many construction workers under his command. He has long been used to war days in Iraq. As long as the reward is enough, they will not refuse even if they dig holes on the moon. I will contact him later and ask him to send someone as soon as possible!"

Ye Chen said: "It's good to have this. In fact, the permanent fortifications I mentioned do not require too high cost or too high technical content. You can find a way to find the old Chinese movie "Shangganling" to study. For your current situation, this movie is definitely the best textbook! Because you are facing high ground wars now, and there is not much difference in weapons and equipment. As long as you can make good use of the height advantages of the high ground, make good use of the strategic advantages of the tunnels, and the back slope to build defensive fortifications, even if the enemy's artillery fire is extremely powerful, it will be difficult to defeat you!"

Hamid said without hesitation: "Okay! I'll find a way to download it with a satellite network and have a good look."

Ye Chen instructed: "You must take this movie seriously with respect and learning attitude!"

Hamid blurted out: "Don't worry, brother! I must study humbly!"

Ye Chen nodded and said, "By the way, when the construction workers you are looking for arrive and when the construction starts, you must choose some smart and clever soldiers from your team to help and learn. This will speed up the project progress and allow your subordinates to learn construction experience. Perhaps after a period of time, you will be able to pull out an engineering company!"

"Okay!" Hamid said immediately: "I must find a way to form an engineering company!"

Ye Chen instructed again: "This matter must be as soon as possible, otherwise your entire army may have been taken down before the fortifications are completed."

Hamid hurriedly said, "I will start doing this today. Before the fortifications, I will keep a low profile."

"Okay." Ye Chen said with relief: "Forty million US dollars are stored in grain, one million US dollars are stored in canned food with shelf life of more than two years. Then use one million US dollars to stock up on medicines and consumables, three million US dollars to build photovoltaic power generation, twenty million US dollars to stock up on guns and ammunition, and then use 40 million US dollars to build permanent fortifications. The remaining money is used as a reserve and flexibly, which can basically improve your overall strength by more than one level. Do it well!"

After thanking Ye Chen for thanking him, Hamid hung up the phone and immediately began to study the specific infrastructure plan, and at the same time coordinated various resources to prepare for the start.

At this moment, Chen Zekai and Su Ruoli beside Ye Chen were both looking at Ye Chen with shock.

Su Ruoli didn't understand why Ye Chen suddenly guided others on the phone to fight. After all, this was a peaceful era, the war was too far away from ordinary people, and she didn't know that Ye Chen had gone to Syria.

As for Chen Zekai, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
Chapter completed!