Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 132 Khunjerab Port
Tashkent County, also known as Tashkent County, is located in the west of the KS region, east of the Pamirs, west of the Kunlun Mountains, and borders Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan. The main international channel for importing goods into the East.

The terrain of Taxian County is generally high in the southwest and low in the northeast. In the south of the county, there is the world's second highest peak at an altitude of 8611 meters - K7546, and in the north there is the world's "father of icebergs" - Mushtag Peak at an altitude of [-] meters.

The mountains in this area are steep, with ravines and ravines, many cliffs and glaciers, and the population is sparse. There are only more than 1 people in the county, which is not as large as the population of a large community in the mainland.

On the evening of July 7, the convoy transporting Jingwei No. 20 drove into a certain frontier defense station on the west side of Taxian County.

The resident officers and soldiers warmly welcomed Zhong Cheng and his party, but the soldiers were more interested in the 100 Jingwei drones.

When the leader of the garrison told the soldiers that these Jingwei drones were the latest equipment specially equipped for the border guards here, the soldiers all cheered.

Zhong Cheng didn't care about rest, so he introduced the performance of the Jingwei drone to everyone, and everyone was pleasantly surprised.

If there are these drones to replace the soldiers to patrol and watch, or even lift supplies, then the soldiers' hard work will be reduced by more than half.

Moreover, the situation on the snowy plateau is not simple. In addition to the harsh natural environment, the border guards also have to face vicious smugglers, drug dealers and terrorists, and their lives are also greatly threatened.

With the Jingwei unmanned combat aircraft, it is the most powerful weapon for border guards, and it will bring disaster to criminals.

Later, the garrison leader arranged for Zhong Cheng and his party to have dinner together.

When eating, seeing the black and red faces of the border guards, who looked obviously older than their actual age, Zhong Cheng, Yang Xi and others sighed that the conditions here are too difficult.

The leader of the garrison explained that the black on the faces of these soldiers is a kind of polar black, which can only be possessed by local people on the plateau. This is the trace left by daily ultraviolet radiation.

Although this kind of polar black is not good-looking, it is a popular color among all frontier soldiers, and it is also a trace of their youth.

And because of the excessive exposure to ultraviolet rays and the devastation of the plateau, the faces of these soldiers are full of vicissitudes. This may be the so-called youth and aging.

The leader of the garrison then said that the conditions here are considered very good, and the conditions at the border posts they are responsible for are called hardships.

The average altitude of these outposts exceeds 4500 meters, and some soldiers will also suffer from altitude sickness. The lowest temperature in winter can reach minus 30 degrees Celsius, and the lowest oxygen content in the air is only 40% of that in plain areas.

In addition to the harsh environment, the most important thing is spiritual loneliness.

Because there are few people in that place, sometimes when standing guard, there is no trace of anyone in a radius of ten miles.

Apart from the snow-capped mountains and deserts, all he can see every day are his comrades-in-arms, and even some small animals are hard to see.

Yang Xi said, with the unmanned combat aircraft, can the officers and soldiers on the post be withdrawn.

The leader of the garrison laughed. No matter how advanced the unmanned fighter jets are, they cannot attack civilians indiscriminately on the border defense line. Border guards still need to screen and deal with them.

And it is of great significance that someone is stationed on the border of the motherland.

In the following days, Zhong Cheng and Yang Xi trained more than 200 drone operators and some border guards who came with the convoy.

After these more than 200 operators have learned the skills of drone operation and simple maintenance here, they will go to various border defense lines in the west to take over the Jingwei unmanned fighters delivered later, and will also be responsible for the training of local border guards.

It's not possible for Zhong Cheng and the others to train on the border defense all the time.

He and Yang Xi also have a more important task here, which is to check the use of Jingwei unmanned fighter jets on the snowy plateau, so as to obtain first-hand information for subsequent improvement.

In two weeks, they taught all the trainees.

The control of the Jingwei unmanned combat aircraft is already very simple after mass production and improvement, and there is no problem of large-scale networked and coordinated operations here.

The environment here is harsh, and they taught the students more about how to deal with possible failures of the Jingwei UAV system.

In mid-August, the training is almost over, and the soldiers can already control the Jingwei unmanned fighter jets to test-fly over the plateau.

Zhong Cheng proposed to go to the border post. The garrison leader saw Zhong Cheng's physical fitness and said he was fine, but Yang Xi had better not go.

The leaders of the garrison admired Zhong Cheng's unusual physical fitness, saying that it completely subverted his view of scientific researchers.

8 month 20 day.

Zhong Cheng and several soldiers who were changing guards arrived at the border post at Khunjerab Port by car.

The Khunjerab Port is the highest border port in my country and the only port in China that is connected with Pakistan. It is located in the Karakoram Mountains, with an altitude of 4733 meters. The surrounding mountains are towering and the scenery is magnificent.

The famous old movie "Guests on the Iceberg" is based on this place. Although the scenery is magnificent, the environment is harsh, and it is known as the Valley of Death.

But the border guards here still stick to their posts at this highest-altitude port.

Looking at the two-story sentry tower standing alone under the snow-capped mountain, Zhong Cheng was in a very complicated mood. Even with his physical fitness, it was a bit difficult to move around here.

The soldiers accompanying him told him that this season is fine now, and he can still see people every day.

Because the port is open seasonally, the opening time is from April 4st to November 1th every year.

If it was half a year when the port was closed, no outsiders would be seen here for a month, and it was still a severe cold world with snow and wind.

This is the restricted area of ​​life!

Standing on the sentry tower, Zhong Cheng looked at the snow-capped mountains that were still covered by ice and snow in midsummer, and suddenly had an idea.

It is necessary to garrison personnel here because of the inconvenience of transportation. In fact, it is only 130 kilometers from here to the military station in Taxian County. After the heavy snow closed the mountain, the traffic was almost cut off.

If he can develop a mecha and equip it to border guards, he will be able to walk on the snowy plateau and come and go like flying.

Then it is entirely possible that the personnel live in the military depot, and it takes one or two hours a day to go around the outpost, and to deal with emergencies quickly.

Moreover, the protective combat capability of the mecha will also bring great security to border guards.

He was very excited about this idea, but after careful consideration, he felt that it could not be developed for the time being.

If you don't want to create a huge monster, then this kind of mech needs to use a new micro motor to drive each joint.

Soldiers' operation of the mecha involves how the human nervous system sends instructions to the mecha control system, and the control of the mecha is as flexible as a human being.

Both of these issues are current cutting-edge technologies, and both are fields of technology that Zhong Cheng has not been exposed to.

In front of the mountains of technology, I am just a child!

(End of this chapter)