Chapter 325 – The Great North Manchurian Oil Field (2)

“There is nothing farther ahead. This is the end of it here.”

“Understood.”

“Even so, we have already come about thirty kilometers from the railway line. Is the southern side even larger than this?”

“Hmm, probably about twice this far, no, maybe three times farther? I will not know for sure until we actually go there.”

“That much? …No, understood. Once we record the positions, let us return to the base for now.”

Early that afternoon, after spending about an hour crossing thirty kilometers of grasslands one way while avoiding ponds, marshes, and wetlands, the survey north of the railway line was completed.

Normally, they would probably have used all sorts of equipment for this kind of work, but when I was involved, we could simply drive across the area and be done with it. Things like the depth could be