Chapter 383 Water Well

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

"I hope it's worth it!" Colonel Slaine said, "But it requires General Rommel to make the decision!"

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

Rommel didn't reply, and then in the evening, Rommel's plane suddenly landed near the camp... Rommel got off the plane alone, and walked into Colonel Slaine's office while saluting in the panic of the guards.

When Qin Chuan walked into Colonel Slaine's office again, he saw Rommel and Colonel Slaine talking in a low voice.

Seeing Qin Chuan coming 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 Qin Chuan: "If we release the news that we have found the oil seedlings, it almost means forcing the British to attack. On land, we have the Gabes Line and tunnel fortifications, and the British may not be able to do anything to us. But at sea... we can only barely organize one more battle so far. If the British launch a full-scale attack from the sea, we will be finished. How do you solve this problem?"

"We don't tell the Führer the truth!" Qin Chuan replied.

Rommel and Colonel Slaine were stunned when they heard this.

"What do you mean?" Colonel Slaine 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 matters!" Qin Chuan replied: "General, if we tell the Führer the same thing, that is, we have found oil in Africa, what do you think the Führer 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, and we have the Toulon Fleet and the 'proximity fuze shells', do we still need to worry about the British naval attack? The Führer will even send submarines to assist us in our defense!"

"But this is a deception to the Führer!" Colonel Slaine said: "What if we don't find oil in the end?"

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

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

Colonel Slaine was speechless.

This is also the reason why Qin Chuan dared to make this suggestion. Rommel is an adventurous person. Qin Chuan knows that Rommel will choose to take risks.

However, Rommel knew that things were not as terrible as he said... If oil could be found, it would be the best, and all problems would be solved.

If oil was not found, he would use the excuse that there might not be oil under the oil seedlings. In short, as long as he won the battle, Hitler would not do anything to him.

The premise was...

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

"Yes, General!" Colonel Slaine and Qin Chuan answered.

After a pause, Colonel Slaine asked Rommel: "General, what about the exploration team?"

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

Colonel Slaine nodded: "I will first pass the news to the First Infantry Regiment. What 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. The oil seedlings are because..."

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

Qin Chuan added: "The engineers were building a radar station in the Timrag Basin and digging a well nearby. As a result, black water came out, so all the exploration personnel were urgently transferred here!"

"I will arrange for the engineers to dig a well!" said Colonel Slaine.

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

"Understood!" Colonel Slaine nodded.

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

"Captain!" Colonel Slaine said: "We'd better pray to find oil!"

Colonel Slaine was worried about deceiving Hitler, but it was no wonder, after all, Hitler was the last person to be provoked in this era.

However, despite the worry, Colonel Slaine's men acted quickly. That night he organized the engineers to try to dig a well near the exploration point. Of course, this is just an attempt. Digging a well in a desert area may not necessarily produce water, and even if it does, it may not be drinkable... The groundwater dug in the desert is often salty.

But Colonel Slain was obviously not concerned about this.

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

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

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

"Hey, this is oil, oil! We found it!"

Soon, the whole exploration team went crazy, a group of people shouted and jumped, shouting over and over again: "We found it, we found it, there is oil here!"

Professor Buckhaus just took a look at the map, then walked to Qin Chuan and whispered: "Captain, the location of the well was chosen by you!"

Qin Chuan smiled and agreed.

Qin Chuan knew that Professor Buckhaus would see this, because if he wanted to deceive other exploration members, he had to drill the well in the anticline.

And it seemed that Qin Chuan was the only one in the German army who knew about anticlines and synclines.

"Do you know?" Professor Buckhaus whispered: "You make me very embarrassed!"

"Why?"

"Because if oil seeps are found, it means there is no need for exploration!" Buckhaus raised his head towards the well: "We should set up a well there for drilling!"

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

This made Buckhaus speechless on the spot.

But Professor Buckhouse had no choice, because this was related to the military's actions.

Qin Chuan on the other side was secretly proud in his heart... What Professor Buckhouse didn't know was that although the oil seedlings were fake, the oil field underneath was real.

I don't know how surprised Professor Buckhouse would be when the drill bit drilled out oil.