Qin Chuan, who was still guarding the oil field, of course didn't know about the changes in the outside world, he just felt a little strange...... The bombing of oil fields by British and American forces gradually decreased.

Originally, it was once or even several times a day, but now it is only once every few days that I can see the shadow of B14.

In one case, it even caused damage to the exploration team...... One bomb hit the derrick and collapsed completely, and the drilling rig of another derrick was hit by shrapnel, and the circulation system was damaged and could not carry out normal operation.

The so-called circulation system is a system that carries the broken cuttings of the drill bit to the surface in time, and if this system fails, the drill bit will soon be buried at the bottom of the well by the rock fragments it has driven out and will not be able to move.

As a result, only three of the five derricks are still functional.

Although the members of the exploration team were still full of confidence because of the encouragement of the oil seedlings, Buckhouse was frowning all day.

Looking at his appearance, Qin Chuan asked, "Is there any problem, Professor?" ”

"Tell me, Captain!" Professor Buckhouse looked at the surroundings and asked Qin Chuan, "Are we just doing useless work because of a lie to deceive the enemy?" ”

"Does it make a difference?" Qin Chuan asked rhetorically: "We did make a plan to deceive the enemy and deceive the exploration team at the same time, but your data is true, and several positions where you drilled wells are all calculated by correct data, aren't they?" ”

"Of course!"

"Then ......" Qin Chuan asked again: "Does whether these wells can produce oil has anything to do with the lies we have formulated?" ”

Hearing this, Professor Buckhouse couldn't help but be stunned, Qin Chuan was right...... It is true that oil seedlings are lies, but drilling does not fail to produce oil or produce oil because of this lie.

If anything, the members of the exploration team have become more active because of this lie.

At this time, Colonel Slain's jeep stopped in front of the two with a puff of dust, and he jumped out of the car and asked in a loud voice, "Hey, Professor." Is everything going well? ”

"All the best, Colonel!" Professor Buckhouse replied, "We've hit 1,100 meters!" ”

"Good!" Colonel Slane jokingly said, "I'm just waiting for your good news!" ”

"I hope so!" Professor Buckhouse replied, and walked away with a lot of interest.

"They have a large number of American reinforcements!" Colonel Slane walked up to Qin Chuan and said.

"Warship?" Qin Chuan asked.

"No, according to our intelligence, it's infantry!" Colonel Slane replied.

"Infantry?" Hearing this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned.

It should be said that it is useless to send more infantry to North Africa, because at this time even the British knew that the tunnel fortifications of the Gabez Line could not be solved by more infantry.

"We estimate...... They may land in Sicily! ”

"Why?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Because they conduct frequent reconnaissance in Sicily, in the air and at sea!"

"Perhaps, they are just preparing for another naval battle!" Qin Chuan said: "You know, if they want to break through the Tunisian Strait, they also need to know about the situation in Sicily!" ”

The reason why Qin Chuan thought this way was because the historical Allied forces attacked Sicily after the victory of the North African campaign.

"Maybe!" "But if they are only trying to break through the Tunis, they should not increase the infantry, but the navy," said Colonel Slein. And now, their navy is indeed increasing, but the vast majority of the increase is for landing transports! ”

"Uh-huh!" Hearing this, Qin Chuan couldn't help frowning, it seemed that the British were really fighting the idea of Sicily.

Thinking about it again, Qin Chuan also felt more and more that it was possible.

Now the tide of the war has developed in favor of Algeria's defense, for example, there are more and more tunnels on the Gabe Line, the German air power is also stronger because the 24th Air Wing is transferred back to Sicily, and the fuel has been multiplied by Hitler's support, plus there is oil being dug up......

It is possible that the British could not gnaw on the Gabès line and could not break through the Tunis Channel, so they chose to attack Sicily, which may be one of the reasons why they reduced the number and intensity of their bombardment of the Timlag Basin.

In other words, the Allies did not wait for the victory of the North African campaign to start attacking Sicily, as they did in history.

Perhaps, it was Qin Chuan's "discovery" of oil in the Timlage Basin that forced the British to attack Sicily in the hope of continuing to cut off the Afrika Korps shipping lines.

At this time, a motorcycle drove "suddenly" in front of the two people, and after a communications soldier propped up the motorcycle, he hurriedly ran to Colonel Slane to salute, and then reported: "Colonel, a telegram from the command headquarters, let you and the captain go to the headquarters for a meeting immediately!" ”

Colonel Slane took the telegram and looked at it, and said to Qin Chuan: "It seems that there is something urgent, the command will come to pick up our plane in half an hour, you go and prepare!" ”

"Yes, Colonel!"

In fact, there was nothing to prepare, but to give Kuhn the task of safety of the explorers, and then hurried to the camp in Colonel Slein's jeep.

When the two of them had to smoke a cigarette in a hurry, a transport plane fell from the sky with a whistling sound, and then jumped on the ground a few times and stopped more than a hundred meters away from the two.

This is the Junkers Type 52 transport aircraft, which carries three engines...... One on each wing and one on the nose.

It may look weird, but it makes the plane safe, because even if two of the engines are broken or malfunction, it can still fly back to camp with the only one engine left.

The other is that its landing gear cannot be stowed away...... This may seem like a disadvantage, but at the same time it is an advantage.

The disadvantage is that the landing gear is out of the air, which affects the speed of the aircraft and consumes more fuel.

The advantage is that the landing gear is simple and sturdy, allowing for rough landings in uneven field areas.

Rommel used to patrol his troops in the desert in this transport plane, and if he saw any lazy troops, he would order the plane to land and reprimand the officers and soldiers before flying back into the air to continue the patrol.

Once, when Rommel was on patrol, because it was dark, he mistook the British soldiers for lazy Germans, and just about to land, he recognized the enemy from his helmet, and hurriedly flew back into the air again.

At this time, Qin Chuan and Colonel Slane flew directly to Gafsa on this plane...... As usual, Rommel always liked to be on the front lines with the soldiers.