Chapter 378 Exploration

The car drove on the road for two days. There was only one stop to rest, except for the meal time, so that the soldiers could get off the car or stretch their hands and feet.

The engineer shovel can be used when it is available. Dig a hole in the ground and cover the dirt after defecation.

If someone has a stomachache during the trip... then sorry, you can only defecate in the car and throw it out.

There was a new soldier in the car who couldn't hold it anymore. He thought of a more "civilized" way. He took off his pants and exposed his white buttocks from the car. Then, with a "crack", the dirt was blown away by the wind.

Then there was an angry shout from the back: "Hey, you should take care of your buttocks!"

The soldiers looked out and couldn't help laughing. It turned out that the dirt was blown onto the windshield of the car behind. It was a large yellow piece, and the driver habitually used the wiper to wipe it... It was horrible. The soldiers could almost imagine the driver's expression when he had to endure this thing driving.

Werner even waved to the back of the car and responded loudly: "You're welcome, this is a gift for you!"

The soldiers in the car laughed again.

"Corporal, how long have you been in the army?" Qin Chuan asked the "troublemaker" recruit.

"Five months, Captain!" The corporal replied.

Five months, obviously, the soldiers had gone through the recruit training and then went to North Africa to adapt for two months.

"Have you participated in the battle?" Qin Chuan asked again.

"No, no, Captain!" The corporal was a little nervous.

"Remember next time!" Qin Chuan said, "It's not shameful to relieve yourself in the car. At any time, you should not consider your own face but your own and others' lives. If your behavior just now happened on the battlefield, you might not only lose your life, but also kill a whole car of people. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Captain!"

Qin Chuan turned and asked Kuhn, "Why did they assign such a new soldier to our unit?"

Generally speaking, the soldiers assigned to the First Infantry Regiment are veterans with parachute skills. This corporal only had five months of training and adaptation period, which obviously did not meet the requirements.

Kuhn shook his head and replied, "I don't know, maybe... because there are really no decent replacement soldiers, unless we don't add them!"

Qin Chuan was speechless after hearing this.

The battlefield on the Eastern Front was tight, and I'm afraid that the replacement soldiers with a little quality were transferred to the Eastern Front.

On the third day, the convoy stopped in a small village called Dade. The hundreds of residents who originally lived here were evacuated, and the two wells and houses left behind were used as the base of the exploration team.

After the troops arrived, they immediately deployed defenses around the village under the order of Colonel Slaine, including trenches, barbed wire, checkpoints, and even mines.

Qin Chuan's company continued to advance until it stopped in front of a white mud house.

When Qin Chuan jumped out of the car, he saw Professor Buckhouse waiting for him at the door. Almost at the same time, Colonel Slaine's jeep also stopped behind.

"Captain, Colonel, we meet again!" Professor Buckhouse took off his hat.

"Colonel!" Professor Buckhouse said, "I'm sorry to let you come to this barren land with only sand, but... I think the one who should least complain is the captain, because it was his suggestion that brought us here, right, Captain?"

"Professor!" Qin Chuan replied, "We have nothing to complain about, because before this... the environment we were in was much worse than this!"

Qin Chuan was telling the truth. If he had not been transferred back, the First Infantry Regiment might still be on the Gabes defense line.

"Oh!" Buckhouse said with a smile as he welcomed the two people in: "So you have to thank me!"

"Professor!" Colonel Slaine went straight to the point: "Where should we start?"

Buckhouse casually spread out a map on the table and said: "Before you came, we conducted a preliminary survey and then drew three areas nearby!"

Colonel Slaine looked at the map and said: "Are you going to set up drilling exploration in these three areas?"

"Yes!" Buckhouse picked up his pipe.

Colonel Slain was silent for a while, then asked: "Professor, is there any basis for your judgment? Sorry, I just want to understand my mission more clearly. I don't understand why these explorations can't start from under our feet!"

Professor Buckhouse nodded and replied: "I understand, Colonel, we don't want to do useless work. But looking for oil... a lot of times it's just doing useless work, it's like looking for treasure buried underground, understand?"

After a pause, Professor Buckhouse continued: "In the beginning, the exploration of oil mainly started with the oil exposed on the surface, asking everywhere whether there was muddy water or It is a bubbling spring. As more oil is discovered, some rules are summarized. For example, in basins and anticlines, there is a high probability of oil, but it is only a possibility! Other places, such as under our feet..."

Buckhouse spread his hands: "Who knows? If we search every place, I am afraid we can't find it in hundreds of years!"

Colonel Slaine was confused, so he spread his hands helplessly and said: "Okay, we do what we should do. Whether we can find it depends on you!"

Professor Buckhouse looked at Qin Chuan with some surprise and said: "Captain, do you seem to understand what I said?"

"Oh, no!" Qin Chuan shook his head and replied: "I have no idea what you are talking about, professor!"

Professor Buckhouse saw something from Qin Chuan's expression. Being confused and fully understanding are two different things. Buckhouse, who has taught many students, can certainly see it.

Seeing Qin Chuan deny it, Buckhouse said with some confusion: "Well, maybe I misunderstood!"

Qin Chuan did understand. In fact, the two terms Professor Buckhouse just mentioned are just the two most basic theories in modern geology: basins, because the middle part has long-term stable subsidence, it becomes a basin, and such places are particularly prone to oil production. The other is the anticline oil accumulation theory. This is because oil is lighter than water, so it always floats on the groundwater and accumulates in the anticline area. There is only water in the syncline area... If you don't understand these and just find a place to drill randomly, it will only waste time, manpower and material resources.

But Qin Chuan certainly didn't dare to admit it, because he couldn't explain why Frick knew about geology. What's more, if he got excited chatting with Backhaus and mentioned that methods such as seismic exploration and gravity exploration were only available in modern times, he would not be able to cover up his lie!