Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise
Chapter 131 1 kilometers westbound on the 3800st road!
Chapter 131 Traveling 3800 kilometers westward!
Three hours later, the military column transporting the Jingwei drone started again.
This time, they are heading west all the way, and what awaits them is a nearly 3800-kilometer westbound road.
After crossing the Yellow River westward, the military column crossed the Wushao Ridge at an altitude of 3000 meters and entered the Hexi Corridor at the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains.
After passing through Wuwei and Zhangye, stop in Jiuquan for a three-hour rest, continue westward and cross JYG at the westernmost end of the Great Wall, cross Yumen and Shule River at the southern foot of Mazong Mountain, and cross Hongliu River in the west to enter Xijiang Province.
After passing through Oya, pass through Hami, Shanshan, TLF along the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, and pass through Tianshan Mountain at Dabancheng.
On the evening of July 7, the military column arrived at Wushi, the capital of Xijiang Province.
At this time, Zhong Cheng and their itinerary were just halfway through.
Along the railway line, there are not only the Hexi Corridor with lush water and grass, but also the Gobi beach with no grass.
There are both emerging industrial cities and ancient cities with splendid culture.
There are not only fields with fragrance of melons and fruits, but also mirages.
The beauty of nature and the wonders of human history feasted Zhong Cheng's eyes, and even Yang Xi, who pestered Zhong Cheng to discuss scientific research issues along the way, often forgot the topic.
In Urumqi, the military column was loaded with more than 200 soldiers and continued westward.
This group of soldiers are Jingwei drone operators specially selected from the army. The average age is only 21 years old. They are a very young team full of vigor.
The terminus of the military column is KS.
There are still nearly two days away from Urumqi to KS.
Not long after the military column left Urumqi, there were fewer and fewer urban villages and less and less greenery. Gobi deserts and snow-capped mountains began to appear, and more and more.
The main part of this railway is to run westward along the north side of the Taklamakan Desert, the largest desert in China.
It was an endless sea of sand, a hot and dry living environment, and a forbidden area for life.
The vast desert is daunting, but it also has an irresistible charm.
The harshness of Taklamakan may also be its attraction.
Under the sky, the boundless and endless desert stretches into the distance, connecting with the sky from a distance, which has a kind of breathtaking beauty.
Zhong Cheng and Yang Xi talked about the idea of introducing water from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau into the Taklimakan Desert. They discussed it and felt that the possibility of realizing it is still relatively small.
The idea of diverting water from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is basically based on the Yarlung Zangbo River, which has a large amount of water energy.
Among them, the introduction of Tibet into Xinjiang has been the focus of continuous discussions in the civil and scientific circles for many years.
After all, the arid and water-scarce Taklimakan Desert is relatively close to the Yarlung Zangbo River, separated only by a part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Although straight-line water diversion is the most economical way in theory.
However, if water is diverted from the Grand Canyon, where the water energy of the Brahmaputra River is most concentrated, and reaches the southern part of Xijiang Province in a straight line, then thousands of mountains will be crossed on the 2000-kilometer route.
Moreover, the length of the mountain that must be cut through is at least 1000 kilometers. Leaving aside the difficulty and cost of mining, how to transport excavation equipment and how to transport earth and rock are big problems in the case of high mountains, complex terrain, sparsely populated, and no roads.
But Yang Xi proposed a new idea. Because the Taklamakan Desert is a continental climate, the precipitation here is very small. On the contrary, due to the high temperature, the evaporation of water is particularly large.
The Tarim Basin, where the Taklamakan Desert is located, is not short of water. A large amount of snow water flows in from the surrounding Tianshan Mountains, Kunlun Mountains, and Qilian Mountains, but the water cannot be retained on the ground.
Therefore, the key to solving the Taklamakan Desert is to change the climate conditions here and reduce the evaporation, and it will naturally become an oasis with fertile soil.
The Taklamakan Desert is equivalent to the combined area of the three provinces of JS, ZJ, and AH. This area is very huge. If it is fully reclaimed, then China will no longer have food problems.
Zhong Cheng asked how to change the weather conditions, he would not summon the Dragon King of the East China Sea to rain!
Yang Xi didn't take it seriously, with an excited expression on his thin and delicate face, he said with great interest that he already had an idea.
It is to build a dome for the Taklamakan Desert to block the sun!
Zhong Cheng almost choked, you thought you were building a pergola for a vegetable field!
Yang Xi said excitedly that he just wanted to build a pergola!
The columns of this pergola are built on the Tianshan and Kunlun Mountains in the north and south of the Tarim Basin. High-strength carbon fiber cables are used as supports in the middle, and a nano-mirror film is covered on the top to reflect sunlight.
Of course, this layer of nano-mirror film is controllable, which can adjust the proportion of reflected sunlight and artificially adjust the intensity of sunlight.
These two materials are nano-scale materials and are very light. It will definitely be no problem to add a layer at an altitude of several thousand meters in the Tarim Basin.
With less sunlight, the evaporation of water in the Taklamakan Desert will be reduced, and the inflow of snow water from the surrounding mountains is enough to turn the desert into an oasis.
Zhong Cheng was shocked, and with his scientific literacy, he immediately understood that this was a completely achievable solution.
High-strength carbon fiber already exists, and it is not difficult for him to develop nano-mirror film. As for building a thousand-kilometer high-altitude support, it is just a piece of cake for Jingwei UAV.
The cost of the two main materials is not too high, but there is one, the area to be covered is too large.
He silently calculated, and estimated that these two materials would cost several trillion yuan, not counting other things.
Yang Xi also lamented that the national strength is still not enough. After a few years, when the country is not short of money, Zhong Cheng must fight for this project, and the return on investment is too high.
Zhong Chengdao, they all said that I like to be whimsical, but you are more radical than me!
However, he kept this matter firmly in his heart, and it was also his responsibility to realize his companion's dream.
Of course, this dream is also his dream, the dream of Chinese people!
April 7st morning.
The military column arrived at the terminal KS train station, but Zhong Cheng and his destination had not yet arrived.
Dozens of large military trucks were already waiting at the station.
After transferring 100 sets of Jingwei unmanned combat aircraft systems to large military trucks, some of the personnel sat on the truck, and some sat in buses and military off-road vehicles, and continued westward.
Their final destination is a station of the frontier defense unit in Tashkent County, 420 kilometers away from KS, which is less than 200 kilometers away from the westernmost border of China.
From KS, all the way is upward, and the altitude rises rapidly.
The altitude of the KS area is only more than 1200 meters, while the average altitude of Tashorgan County, which is more than 100 kilometers away, has reached more than 3000 meters.
As the altitude rises, the temperature also drops, from more than 30 degrees to 15 degrees, and everyone feels chills in midsummer.
Zhong Cheng and Yang Xi became excited instead.
The majestic Kunlun, the snow-covered plateau, here we come!
(End of this chapter)
Three hours later, the military column transporting the Jingwei drone started again.
This time, they are heading west all the way, and what awaits them is a nearly 3800-kilometer westbound road.
After crossing the Yellow River westward, the military column crossed the Wushao Ridge at an altitude of 3000 meters and entered the Hexi Corridor at the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains.
After passing through Wuwei and Zhangye, stop in Jiuquan for a three-hour rest, continue westward and cross JYG at the westernmost end of the Great Wall, cross Yumen and Shule River at the southern foot of Mazong Mountain, and cross Hongliu River in the west to enter Xijiang Province.
After passing through Oya, pass through Hami, Shanshan, TLF along the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, and pass through Tianshan Mountain at Dabancheng.
On the evening of July 7, the military column arrived at Wushi, the capital of Xijiang Province.
At this time, Zhong Cheng and their itinerary were just halfway through.
Along the railway line, there are not only the Hexi Corridor with lush water and grass, but also the Gobi beach with no grass.
There are both emerging industrial cities and ancient cities with splendid culture.
There are not only fields with fragrance of melons and fruits, but also mirages.
The beauty of nature and the wonders of human history feasted Zhong Cheng's eyes, and even Yang Xi, who pestered Zhong Cheng to discuss scientific research issues along the way, often forgot the topic.
In Urumqi, the military column was loaded with more than 200 soldiers and continued westward.
This group of soldiers are Jingwei drone operators specially selected from the army. The average age is only 21 years old. They are a very young team full of vigor.
The terminus of the military column is KS.
There are still nearly two days away from Urumqi to KS.
Not long after the military column left Urumqi, there were fewer and fewer urban villages and less and less greenery. Gobi deserts and snow-capped mountains began to appear, and more and more.
The main part of this railway is to run westward along the north side of the Taklamakan Desert, the largest desert in China.
It was an endless sea of sand, a hot and dry living environment, and a forbidden area for life.
The vast desert is daunting, but it also has an irresistible charm.
The harshness of Taklamakan may also be its attraction.
Under the sky, the boundless and endless desert stretches into the distance, connecting with the sky from a distance, which has a kind of breathtaking beauty.
Zhong Cheng and Yang Xi talked about the idea of introducing water from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau into the Taklimakan Desert. They discussed it and felt that the possibility of realizing it is still relatively small.
The idea of diverting water from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is basically based on the Yarlung Zangbo River, which has a large amount of water energy.
Among them, the introduction of Tibet into Xinjiang has been the focus of continuous discussions in the civil and scientific circles for many years.
After all, the arid and water-scarce Taklimakan Desert is relatively close to the Yarlung Zangbo River, separated only by a part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Although straight-line water diversion is the most economical way in theory.
However, if water is diverted from the Grand Canyon, where the water energy of the Brahmaputra River is most concentrated, and reaches the southern part of Xijiang Province in a straight line, then thousands of mountains will be crossed on the 2000-kilometer route.
Moreover, the length of the mountain that must be cut through is at least 1000 kilometers. Leaving aside the difficulty and cost of mining, how to transport excavation equipment and how to transport earth and rock are big problems in the case of high mountains, complex terrain, sparsely populated, and no roads.
But Yang Xi proposed a new idea. Because the Taklamakan Desert is a continental climate, the precipitation here is very small. On the contrary, due to the high temperature, the evaporation of water is particularly large.
The Tarim Basin, where the Taklamakan Desert is located, is not short of water. A large amount of snow water flows in from the surrounding Tianshan Mountains, Kunlun Mountains, and Qilian Mountains, but the water cannot be retained on the ground.
Therefore, the key to solving the Taklamakan Desert is to change the climate conditions here and reduce the evaporation, and it will naturally become an oasis with fertile soil.
The Taklamakan Desert is equivalent to the combined area of the three provinces of JS, ZJ, and AH. This area is very huge. If it is fully reclaimed, then China will no longer have food problems.
Zhong Cheng asked how to change the weather conditions, he would not summon the Dragon King of the East China Sea to rain!
Yang Xi didn't take it seriously, with an excited expression on his thin and delicate face, he said with great interest that he already had an idea.
It is to build a dome for the Taklamakan Desert to block the sun!
Zhong Cheng almost choked, you thought you were building a pergola for a vegetable field!
Yang Xi said excitedly that he just wanted to build a pergola!
The columns of this pergola are built on the Tianshan and Kunlun Mountains in the north and south of the Tarim Basin. High-strength carbon fiber cables are used as supports in the middle, and a nano-mirror film is covered on the top to reflect sunlight.
Of course, this layer of nano-mirror film is controllable, which can adjust the proportion of reflected sunlight and artificially adjust the intensity of sunlight.
These two materials are nano-scale materials and are very light. It will definitely be no problem to add a layer at an altitude of several thousand meters in the Tarim Basin.
With less sunlight, the evaporation of water in the Taklamakan Desert will be reduced, and the inflow of snow water from the surrounding mountains is enough to turn the desert into an oasis.
Zhong Cheng was shocked, and with his scientific literacy, he immediately understood that this was a completely achievable solution.
High-strength carbon fiber already exists, and it is not difficult for him to develop nano-mirror film. As for building a thousand-kilometer high-altitude support, it is just a piece of cake for Jingwei UAV.
The cost of the two main materials is not too high, but there is one, the area to be covered is too large.
He silently calculated, and estimated that these two materials would cost several trillion yuan, not counting other things.
Yang Xi also lamented that the national strength is still not enough. After a few years, when the country is not short of money, Zhong Cheng must fight for this project, and the return on investment is too high.
Zhong Chengdao, they all said that I like to be whimsical, but you are more radical than me!
However, he kept this matter firmly in his heart, and it was also his responsibility to realize his companion's dream.
Of course, this dream is also his dream, the dream of Chinese people!
April 7st morning.
The military column arrived at the terminal KS train station, but Zhong Cheng and his destination had not yet arrived.
Dozens of large military trucks were already waiting at the station.
After transferring 100 sets of Jingwei unmanned combat aircraft systems to large military trucks, some of the personnel sat on the truck, and some sat in buses and military off-road vehicles, and continued westward.
Their final destination is a station of the frontier defense unit in Tashkent County, 420 kilometers away from KS, which is less than 200 kilometers away from the westernmost border of China.
From KS, all the way is upward, and the altitude rises rapidly.
The altitude of the KS area is only more than 1200 meters, while the average altitude of Tashorgan County, which is more than 100 kilometers away, has reached more than 3000 meters.
As the altitude rises, the temperature also drops, from more than 30 degrees to 15 degrees, and everyone feels chills in midsummer.
Zhong Cheng and Yang Xi became excited instead.
The majestic Kunlun, the snow-covered plateau, here we come!
(End of this chapter)
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