The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Exploration work proceeds step by step.

The exploration methods of this period were relatively backward. The main reason was that computers had not yet been developed in this era... Computers at this time were still in their infancy, which was the "super secret" used by the British for decoding, but this primitive computer was definitely unable to Used to assist in analyzing data.

Otherwise, by using seismic exploration methods, that is, manually detonating explosives and then receiving reflected waves from the ground, you can analyze the structure of underground rock layers and easily find synclines and anticlines and drill wells at the anticlines.

The method used in this era was the most basic geological exploration method, which was to drill wells at different depths to take samples, analyze the composition of the samples, collect data, and then draw a geological profile based on these data to determine the location of the anticline.

This process sounds simple, but it requires a lot of work.

The bitter thing is that Qinchuan knew clearly that there was oil under his feet, but he watched this group of exploration workers busy sampling, analyzing, and calculating on the surface...

But having said that, these tasks are also necessary, otherwise it will be harder than ever to find oil if you are hit here and there like a headless fly.

Qin Chuan was thinking more about confidentiality at this time.

It is certain that we can find oil if we continue like this... There is oil in the ground, and Professor Backhouse is not a person who seeks fame and reputation. Moreover, even if Professor Backhouse and others have no knowledge and try to find it, the probability of finding oil if there is oil in the ground is very low. Very big. Unless Qinchuan's modern memory is wrong.

Therefore, Qin Chuan believes that what he should consider more is what happens after he finds oil.

Refining oil won't be a problem.

What Germany lacked most at this time was oil, and most of its oil had to be imported from Romania. However, even so, Germany's fuel was still unable to make ends meet, which directly led to Germany having to refine oil from coal (Note: Coal refining means refining oil from coal. Coal decarbonization and hydrogenation, Germany had mastered this technology during World War II, but the cost was very high).

In this case, if he knew that oil had been found in Africa, Hitler would even use the country's efforts to build an oil refinery and other related facilities here as quickly as possible.

It may even change Hitler's strategic focus... One of the reasons why Hitler attacked the Soviet Union was to seize the Baku oil fields. If oil is found in Africa, the strategic significance of the Eastern Front will be weakened, and the importance of North Africa will rise sharply.

Therefore, these are not things Qin Chuan needs to worry about.

What Qin Chuan has to worry about is how to keep this secret.

Using radar stations to provide cover for drilling like they do now?

Qin Chuan didn't think he could hide anything... It was okay that the oil hadn't been pumped out, but could he still hide it after the oil was pumped out? The transportation of oil and the construction of refineries will clearly tell the British the location of the oil fields.

So Qin Chuan found Colonel Slaine.

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan said: "Have you ever thought... that after we find the oil, we can no longer use the radar station to hide it?"

Colonel Slaine poured coffee for Qin Chuan and said: "Captain, are you worried too early? We haven't even seen the shadow of oil yet! Maybe... oil is just for us A mirage!”

Mirages are not uncommon in the desert, especially along the Gabes Line where there are salt lakes.

"But I think we should take precautions before it happens!"

"How to prevent it in the bud?" Colonel Slain looked at Qin Chuan with an incredulous look: "You mean... we can hide it from the British after we find the oil? Please, it won't be a secret by then, unless We don’t use this discovered oil field, understand? Otherwise the whole world will know where it is!”

Colonel Slaine is right, and this is what Qin Chuan thought: once the oil field is put into use, there will be a long queue of trucks all the way to Algiers, and then from Algiers to France. , Italy and then to Germany, the British didn't even need spies. Aerial reconnaissance planes looked down and knew that the end of the "long queue" was the oil field.

Therefore, the current use of radar stations to disguise drilling and all confidentiality measures are only temporary. Their purpose is more to protect the exploration team, and the other is not to let the British know that the African Corps is short of oil and needs to find oil locally. to the point...otherwise they are likely to launch a large-scale attack again.

But that's not what Qin Chuan said.

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "When I say confidentiality, I don't mean the location of the oil field!"

"What could that be?" Colonel Slain looked at Qin Chuan in confusion.

"There is oil in the interior of North Africa!" Qinchuan replied.

"But you're not sure it really is!"

"What if it is confirmed?" Qin Chuan said: "What if oil is really dug, as we said before, after the British know this, they will look for oil in the interior of Libya and Egypt instead of along the Coastline, they will find much more oil than we do!"

Colonel Slaine almost laughed out loud: "Come on, Captain! You are the only one here who thinks that North Africa is full of oil! Even if we go to Montgomery and tell him...we dug oil in the desert, you can try Try! Do you know what will happen? He and all the British will think this is a trap, or they will think we are crazy!"

Qin Chuan could understand Colonel Slaine, but this was a limitation of the times, just like talking to primitive people about airplanes would lead to denial.

But Qinchuan must persist because this involves not only the Anglo-German war, but also Japan and China.

Germany attacked the Soviet Union for oil. The mistake in this strategy came from the fact that the Germans did not know that there was oil in North Africa, otherwise there would be no war at all.

Similar to Germany, Japan also attacked the United States for oil. This strategic mistake came from the fact that Japan did not know that China had oil. Otherwise, there would not have been a U.S.-Japanese war, and the United States might not even have entered the war.

To put it simply, both Germany and Japan were sitting on a treasure mountain but returned empty-handed.

In the final analysis, this is the misunderstanding about oil in this era, thinking that oil will only be explored near the coastline and focus on the coastal area.

What if Japan also realizes that there is oil in China's interior and adjusts its exploration focus?

Qin Chuan can't even think about what will happen next... Japan may discover the Daqing oil field, and then they will be in the same situation as Germany. Their strategic significance to the United States will decline. They will concentrate on building Northeast China, and then build Northeast China. A military machine like Algeria.

This is an irony. What Qin Chuan does in North Africa to survive seems to affect his motherland on the other side of the ocean.

Qin Chuan will never let this happen!