The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Japan is a country with extremely scarce resources, especially oil... In the late stage of the war, Japan even had to use pine roots to make pine root oil as aviation fuel, which obviously had a lot to do with Japan's failure to find oil in China.

It's not that Japan didn't find oil in Northeast China. In fact, after Japan occupied the three provinces in Northeast China, the Japanese exploration team never stopped looking for oil in Northeast China.

And there is still a lot of oil in Northeast China, such as Daqing, Liaohe, Jilin, Jidong... But the Japanese didn't find it with the 2,000-meter oil exploration technology, and the shallowest depth of the Daqing oil field is only about 1,000 meters.

The main reason is that the strategic direction is wrong, focusing on finding oil fields in the coastal areas.

The focus refers to drilling 2,000-meter wells in the coastal areas and 1,000-meter wells in the inland areas.

The Liaohe oil field in the coastal area is 6,000 meters deep, so of course, 2,000-meter wells cannot be found.

The shallowest depth of the Daqing oil field in the inland area is 1,000 meters, and a 1,000-meter well is just not found... It is said that the wells drilled by the Japanese are only one or two hundred meters away from the discovery of the oil field.

So, if Qin Chuan's claim that there is an oil field in the inland reaches Japan... If a 2,000-meter well is drilled at the location of Daqing, history may be rewritten.

"Captain!" Seeing Qin Chuan's silence, Colonel Slain handed Qin Chuan a cigarette and said, "Even if we find oil, we can't hide anything. What is going to happen will still happen!"

"No, we can!" Qin Chuan said.

"How to do it?" Colonel Slain spread his hands helplessly.

"Remember the method of finding oil that Professor Buckhouse said?" Qin Chuan asked back.

"You mean... anticlines, basins, and the like?"

"No, I'm talking about the method of searching for oil and gas, the original method!"

"Hmm!" Colonel Slaine nodded: "I remember this, first find the oil, then dig it on the ground, this is the simplest!"

"Yes!"

"But what's the use of this for us to hide this matter?" Colonel Slaine looked at Qin Chuan puzzled.

"Of course it works!" Qin Chuan explained, "If we find oil according to the basin and anticline oil accumulation theory, it proves that we are sure that there is oil in the interior of North Africa, and we will confirm this when we find oil!" "Oh!" Colonel Slaine nodded after hearing this: "But if... we find oil based on oil and gas traces, it can only be said to be a coincidence!" "Yes!" Qin Chuan replied, "So, we have to take the initiative to leak some information out, saying that we accidentally found black sand and conducted exploration based on it..." "You are crazy, Captain!" Colonel Slaine interrupted Qin Chuan: "You will expose us in advance, and the British will take corresponding measures against us when they hear about this!" "But this is much better than letting them discover the oil theory, isn't it?" Qin Chuan replied: "In order to cover up more important things, we must make a little sacrifice, so that even if the British know that we have found oil fields in the interior, they will not associate it with Libya and Egypt. Besides... even if they have any measures, we can deal with it!" Colonel Slaine was silent, because Qin Chuan's words did sound reasonable. After thinking for a while, Colonel Slain said to his adjutant: "Lucas, let Professor Buckhaus come!"

"Yes, Colonel!"

"Captain!" Colonel Slain asked when his adjutant left: "You seem to firmly believe that there will be oil here, can you tell me why?"

"Because this is the only way out for us, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "Don't you see? The reason why General Rommel sent us to assist the exploration team is also because of this, so we have to consider all the problems clearly, which is related to whether the entire African Corps can survive here!"

Colonel Slain nodded when he heard this. He also knew that Germany's oil was not enough to support the two-line battles on the Eastern Front and North Africa, especially after the African Corps had a fleet, the demand for oil rose sharply. In fact, there was also a battle to blockade Britain.

The African Corps was a secondary battlefield, and Germany's fuel supply here has not been able to keep up with demand, which will undoubtedly put the African Corps in danger of collapse.

"Colonel!" At this time, Professor Buckhaus walked in.

"Professor!" Colonel Slain motioned Professor Buckhouse to sit down on the chair and said, "The captain suggested that we reveal some information about the oil field appropriately."

"Why?" Professor Buckhouse cast a puzzled look at Qin Chuan.

"To cover up the fact that there is oil in the interior of North Africa!" Colonel Slain explained, "I want to know...if we pretend to find oil based on oil and gas, can it conceal the fact?"

"Oh!" Buckhouse nodded slightly after hearing this. After thinking about it, he replied, "I think this is feasible, Colonel!"

"Why?"

"Because there has been such a precedent!" Professor Buckhouse replied, "Last July, the British dug up oil while digging trenches in Saudi Arabia. But until now...we still generally believe that the inland is an oil-poor or oil-scarce area. If it weren't for the captain, we would still be looking for it on the coastline!"

Colonel Slain nodded, "In other words, we can create a similar incident!"

"Yes!" Professor Backhouse replied: "For example, we can say that we discovered oil seedlings when drilling wells to collect water, and then everyone will ignore this as another special case, and they will still believe that the oil field is on the seaside! "

Colonel Slaine lost his voice after hearing this.

Professor Backhouse asked again: "This will put us in danger, won't it?"

"Professor, this is something we need to consider!" Colonel Slain said, "You can leave, thank you very much!"

After Professor Backhouse left, Colonel Sline said helplessly to Qin Chuan: "You are right, Captain! This can indeed deceive them, but have you ever thought... about the impact this will have? "

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied.

First of all, this matter must be hidden even from Hitler, otherwise it cannot be considered a scam at all under the influence of British "super secrets".

Of course, Rommel and others did not know this yet.

Secondly, as Colonel Slain said, the British will take action because they know that the German army has dug up oil seedlings. These actions may threaten the safety of the exploration team or affect the exploration process.

More importantly, if the British conclude from this that the Afrika Korps is short of oil, and this situation will be alleviated by finding oil in the near future, it may seize the time to launch a large-scale attack in an attempt to break through Gabes before the oil field is put into production. Line of defense.