Japan is a country with extremely poor resources, especially oil...... By the end of the war, Japan had even reached the point where it wanted to use pine root oil to make pine root oil as aviation fuel, which obviously had a lot to do with the fact that Japan did not find oil in China.

In fact, after Japan occupied the three northeastern provinces, the Japanese exploration team never stopped looking for oil in the northeast.

And there is a lot of oil in the Northeast, such as Daqing, Liaohe, Jilin, and Jidong...... However, the Japanese were stunned to find the 2,000-meter oil exploration technology, and the shallowest depth of the Daqing Oilfield was only about 1,000 meters.

The reason for this is mainly due to the wrong strategic direction, focusing on the search for oil fields along the coast.

The key point is to drill 2,000-meter wells along the coast and 1,000-meter wells inland.

The Liaohe oil field along the coast is 6,000 meters deep, and 2,000 meters of wells can't be found.

The shallowest 1,000 meters of Daqing Oilfield in the inland area is 1,000 meters, and the 1,000-meter well just happens to be found...... It is said that the well drilled by the Japanese was only one or two hundred meters away from the discovery of the oil field.

So, if the saying that there are oil fields in the inland like Qinchuan spreads to Japan...... Drill a 2,000-meter well at the location of Daqing, and history is likely to be rewritten.

"Captain!" Seeing that Qin Chuan was silent, Colonel Slane handed Qin Chuan a cigarette and said, "Even if we find oil, we can't hide anything, what should happen will still happen!" ”

"No, we can!" Qin Chuan said.

"How?" Colonel Slain reluctantly spread his hands.

"Remember what Professor Buckhouse said about finding oil?" Qin Chuan asked rhetorically.

"You mean...... What anticline, basin or something? ”

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

"Uh-huh!" Colonel Slane nodded: "I remember this, first find the oil, and then dig into the ground, this is the easiest!" ”

"Yes!"

"But what's the use of keeping it a secret?" Colonel Slain looked at Qin Chuan in confusion.

"Of course it works!" Qin Chuan explained: "If we were looking for oil according to the basin and anticline oil accumulation theory, it proved that we were sure that there was oil in the interior of North Africa, and when we found the oil, we confirmed it!" ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Colonel Slane couldn't help but nodded: "But if ...... We found the oil based on the traces of oil and gas, which can only be said to be a coincidence! ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "So, we have to take the initiative to leak a little news, saying that we inadvertently found black sand and carried out exploration......"

"You're crazy, Captain!" Colonel Slain interrupted Qin Chuan's words: "You will expose us in advance, and the British will take corresponding measures against us when they hear about this!" ”

"But it's much better than having them discover the oil theory, isn't it?" Qin Chuan replied: "In order to cover up something more important, we have to make a small sacrifice, so that even if the British know that we have found oil fields inland, they will not think of Libya and Egypt." Let alone...... Even if they have something to do, we can handle it! ”

Colonel Slane couldn't help but be silent, because Qin Chuan's words did sound reasonable.

After thinking about it, Colonel Slane said to the adjutant, "Lucas, let Professor Buckhouse come here!" ”

"Yes, Colonel!"

"Captain!" Colonel Slein asked as the adjutant left, "You seem to be convinced that there will be oil here, can you tell me why?" ”

"Because there's only one way out, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied, "Don't you see it?" The reason why General Rommel sent us to assist the exploration team is also because of this, so we have to think through all the issues, it is about whether the entire Afrika Korps survives here or not! ”

Colonel Slein couldn't help but nod when he heard this, he also knew that Germany's oil was simply not enough to support the Eastern Front and North Africa campaigns, especially after the Afrika Korps had a fleet, the demand for oil skyrocketed, in fact, there was also a British blockade campaign.

The Afrika Korps was a secondary battlefield, and Germany's fuel supply here had not been able to keep up with demand, which would undoubtedly put the Afrika Korps in danger of collapse.

"Colonel!" That's when Professor Buckhouse walked in.

"Professor!" Colonel Slane motioned for Professor Buckhouse to sit down in his chair and said, "The Captain suggests that we give some information about the oil fields appropriately. ”

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

"To cover up the presence of oil in the interior of North Africa!" Colonel Slane explained, "I want to know...... If we pretend that we find oil based on oil and gas, can it be used as a cover-up? ”

"Oh!" Buckhouse nodded slightly, and after thinking about it, he replied, "I think it's doable, Colonel!" ”

"Why?"

"Because there is a precedent for this!" Professor Buckhouse replied: "Last July, the British dug up oil while digging trenches in Saudi Arabia. But until now...... We still generally consider the interior to be oil-poor or oil-poor. 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 Buckhouse replied: "For example, we can say that oil seedlings are found while digging a well to get water, and then everyone will ignore this as another special case, and they will still believe that the oil field is by the sea!" ”

Hearing this, Colonel Slane was silent.

Professor Buckhouse asked again, "It's going to be dangerous for us, isn't it?" ”

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

After Professor Buckhouse left, Colonel Slane said helplessly to Qin Chuan, "You're right, Captain!" It's true that you can fool them, but have you ever thought about it...... How much impact will this have? ”

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied.

First of all, it must be concealed even from Hitler, otherwise it cannot be considered a hoax under the influence of British "super-secrets".

Of course, Rommel and others were not aware of this.

Second, as Colonel Slein said, the British knew that the Germans would take action when they dug up oil seedlings, and these actions could threaten the safety of the exploration team or affect the exploration process.

More importantly, if Britain deduces from this that the Afrika Korps is short of oil, and this situation will be alleviated by the discovery of oil in the near future, it may seize the time to launch a large-scale offensive in an attempt to break through the Gabès line before the fields are put into production.