The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"But it's all worth it!" Qin Chuan said.

"I hope it's worth it!" Colonel Slain said, "But this needs to be decided by General Rommel!"

So Colonel Slaine sent Qin Chuan's idea to Rommel in a secret message.

Rommel never replied, and then in the evening, Rommel's plane suddenly landed near the camp... Rommel walked off the plane alone, saluting amidst the panicked salutes of the guards. Walking into Colonel Slaine's office.

When Qin Chuan walked into Colonel Slaine's office again, he saw Rommel and Colonel Slaine talking quietly.

Seeing Qin Chuan come in, Rommel looked up while flipping through the documents in his hand and said: "Captain, it's a good plan, but we need to discuss the details further!"

So Qin Chuan knew that Rommel agreed with Qin Chuan's idea.

"I need to solve a few problems, Captain!" Rommel stopped what he was doing and looked at Qinchuan: "When we release the news that we have found oil seedlings, it almost means forcing the British to attack. On land, we have The British may not be able to do anything to us about the Gabes defense line and the tunnel fortifications, but at sea... we can only organize another campaign now. If the British launch a full-scale attack from the sea, we will be finished. How do you solve this problem? ?”

"We won't tell the head of state the truth!" Qin Chuan replied.

Rommel and Colonel Slain were stunned when they heard this.

"What do you mean?" Colonel Slain asked, "Are you talking about worrying about leaks?"

"This has nothing to do with our maritime defense!" Rommel said with a straight face.

"Of course it does matter!" Qin Chuan replied: "General, if we tell the head of state the same thing, that is, we find oil seedlings in Africa, what do you think the head of state will do?"

Rommel was stunned, then nodded and replied: "We will get reinforcements, more fuel, and even air support!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan said: "If we get these, as well as the Toulon fleet and the 'proximity fuse shells', do we still need to worry about the British maritime attack? The head of state will even send submarines to assist us in our defense. !”

"But this is a lie to the Führer!" Colonel Slain said: "What if we fail to find oil in the end?"

"Colonel!" Rommel replied: "If we don't find oil, we're doomed!"

After a pause, Rommel added: "So, the difference is just... whether we die in the hands of the British or in the hands of our own people!"

Colonel Slaine was speechless.

This was also the reason why Qin Chuan dared to raise this opinion. Rommel was an adventurous person, and Qin Chuan knew that Rommel would choose to take risks.

But Rommel also knew in his heart that things were not as terrible as he said... It would be best to find oil, and all problems would be solved.

If no oil is found, the excuse is that there may not necessarily be oil under the oil seedlings. In short, as long as the war is won, Hitler will not do anything to him.

The premise is...

"Only the three of us are allowed to know about this matter, understand?" Rommel said.

"Yes, General!" Colonel Slain and Qin Chuan replied.

After a pause, Colonel Slain asked Rommel: "General, what should we do with the exploration team?"

"None of them can leave Africa!" Rommel said: "At the same time, they cannot have any contact with the outside world!"

Colonel Slain nodded: "I will first pass the news to the First Infantry Regiment. All they know is that we came here temporarily because of the oil seedlings in the Timrag Basin!"

"Very good!" Rommel said: "I will send a telegram to the Führer, because..."

"Dig a well!" Slaine said and turned his attention to Qin Chuan.

Qinchuan added: "The engineers were building a radar station in the Timrag Basin and digging water wells nearby. As a result, black water emerged, so all the exploration personnel were transferred here urgently!"

"I'll send the sappers to dig a well!" said Colonel Slain.

Rommel added: "Get some more oil, do you understand?"

"Understood!" Colonel Slain nodded.

Rommel patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder, and then walked out of the command post. With a burst of motor sound, the plane flew north from the command window.

"Captain!" said Colonel Slain. "We'd better hope we find oil!"

Colonel Slaine was worried about deceiving Hitler, but it was no wonder, after all, Hitler was the last person in this era who should not be provoked.

However, despite worries, Colonel Slain's men moved quickly. That night he organized engineers to try to drill a well near the exploration point. Of course, this is just an attempt. Drilling a well in a desert area may not produce water, and even if it produces water, it may not be drinkable... The groundwater produced in the desert is often salty.

But that was obviously not what Colonel Slain was concerned about.

Then, on the third day of drilling the well, the engineers were surprised to find some black muddy water exposed at the bottom of the well, with a pungent smell of oil.

"Look what we found?" The engineer who drilled out of the well shouted excitedly to the exploration team with a bucket of "black sand": "This may be the oil you are looking for!"

Several members of the exploration team rushed over without saying a word. They grabbed a handful of sand and smelled it, and their eyes immediately lit up.

"Hey, it's oil, oil! We found it!"

Soon, the entire exploration team went crazy. A group of people screamed and jumped, shouting over and over again: "We found it, we found it, there is oil here!"

Professor Backhouse just took the map and looked at it, then walked to Qin Chuan and whispered: "Captain, you chose the location of the well!"

Qin Chuan smiled and accepted it.

Qinchuan knew that Professor Backhouse would see this, because if he wanted to deceive other exploration members, he had to drill the well in an anticline.

It seems that Qinchuan is the only one in the German army who knows about anticlines and synclines.

"You know what?" Professor Backhouse whispered, "You're giving me a hard time!"

"Why?"

"Because if oil seeps are discovered, it means there is no need to explore!" Backhouse raised his head towards the water well: "We should set up a well and drill there!"

"Then drill!" Qin Chuan replied: "After all, oil seedlings were found there, right?"

These words left Backhouse speechless on the spot.

But Professor Backhouse still had no choice, because it was related to the military's actions.

Qin Chuan on the other side was secretly proud... What Professor Backhouse didn't know was that although the oil seedlings were fake, the oil fields underneath were real.

I wonder how surprised Professor Backhouse will be when the drill bit drills out oil.