A big country of aerospace with black technology

Not long after returning from the southernmost island of the motherland, Zhang Xingyang came to the almost northernmost grassland of the motherland.

Compared with the sandy beach which is still shaded by coconut groves, the grassland is already withered and yellow.

However, the vastness of the world can make people feel a burst of pride in their hearts.

As the saying goes: vast world, great achievements, nothing more.

Zhang Xingyang came to the grassland this time for the same purpose as he went to the island before, and it was to do site selection.

It's just that it was for the construction of a new generation of launch bases for low-orbit satellite communication systems.

When I came to the grassland, it was for the site selection of the hypersonic wind tunnel.

The new generation of launch bases is more for commercial launches, so when planning, the level of secrecy should be slightly lower.

It even considered the possibility of developing a special aerospace tourism industry at the Wenchang launch base in the future.

The hypersonic wind tunnel is more for military purposes, so the requirements in all aspects are higher, and the confidentiality level has reached the highest level!

"Won't the traffic be a bit inconvenient if it's built here?"

Qiao Yang, who was accompanying him, looked around.

Almost except for a few slightly undulating hills, it is just a piece of withered yellow grass.

Not even a simple cement road!

A few of them came here by helicopter.

"There is a railway leading to Baotou one kilometer away. At that time, we will set up another station there to transport various equipment needed for construction!"

At this time, a serious-looking soldier beside Qiao Yang spoke.

Because whether it is the construction of hypersonic wind tunnels or the construction of various supporting projects, a lot of manpower needs to be deployed.

Therefore, the construction unit is also very special. The current Ministry of Construction's No. 11 Engineering Bureau, No. 13 Engineering Bureau, and No. 15 Engineering Bureau will carry out construction at the same time.

Their predecessors are all specialized departments used to build military units in various places.

It has not been restructured yet, and it still has a strong military color.

The liaison officer they sent this time was an active soldier and a senior colonel.

Although Senior Colonel Chu Xuan didn't know exactly what kind of project to build here, judging from the hands of the people who were preparing to call it, it must be a huge project!

Otherwise, nearly 6,000 people would not have come to carry out the construction work of such a project!

The long-term serious and confidential atmosphere in the army made Chu Xuan not in the mood to ask about the purpose of the project. He only knew that the code name of this project was Project 0311!

"Even if there is a railway one kilometer away, there is still such a long distance to here. Are you still responsible for building the road?"

After learning that there was a railway not far away, Qiao Yang's mood improved a lot, but he still had some doubts.

"The instructions given to us from above are, what do you lack, we can fix what!"

Chu Xuan said decisively.

"Let's say it's a one-kilometer road, even if it's a hundred kilometers, we can repair it!"

In fact, in Chu Xuan's heart, this highway is nothing.

Compared with the development of survival bases several kilometers in size in the mountains during the third-line construction twenty or thirty years ago, these construction tasks can only be regarded as pediatrics now!

Qiao Yang felt relieved when he heard Chu Xuan's assurance.

However, he still has a lot of confusion about choosing a location in such a place that can almost be regarded as a place where birds don't shit:

"Brother Xingyang, why do you want to build in such a place?"

Although Qiao Yang can be regarded as a genius in aerodynamics, he still doesn't know much about related supporting issues.

In his opinion, the construction work in such a desolate place requires too much manpower and material resources.

It's better to choose a slightly more prosperous place.

"Is there anything wrong here?"

Zhang Xingyang looked at the few white clouds floating in the distant sky, and replied slowly.

"Well"

Qiao Yang still didn't know what good things could be in this seemingly empty place, so he didn't say anything for a long time.

"I know what you're thinking. This place doesn't have any facilities. The nearest settlement is hundreds of kilometers away."

Zhang Xingyang turned his head at this moment, looked at Qiao Yang's bewildered face, and said:

“But that's the great thing about this place!”

"The distance from settlements means it's not so easy for spies to sneak in."

"And I checked this place specifically, unless the enemy's satellites perform orbit-changing operations, it will be difficult to be detected!"

"You also know how much everyone attaches importance to the confidentiality of this project."

At this time, Qiao Yang understood a little bit, what Zhang Xingyang said.

But if it's just from the perspective of confidentiality, wouldn't it be better to put the whole project in the mountains?

Qiao Yang's eyes betrayed his inner thoughts.

After Zhang Xingyang smiled, he walked forward, signaling Qiao Yang to follow his pace.

At the same time, those who wanted to follow up with the entourage and those who built the unit were prevented, because they could not know the conversation between the next two people.

"You should know that a lot of electricity is consumed during the operation of the wind tunnel, right?"

After walking a little away to ensure that others could not hear the conversation between the two, Zhang Xingyang kicked the turf on the ground and said.

"Of course, so wouldn't it be inconvenient to build here?"

"Even if the electricity is transmitted from the nearest power station, there will be a lot of losses, right?"

Looking at Zhang Xingyang with a smile on his face, Qiao Yang seemed to think of something while talking, opened his mouth wide, and said after a while:

"We're not going to have to build a separate power station, are we?"

"Isn't this too exaggerated?"

Zhang Xingyang looked at the black soil under the turf, knelt down and poked it with his hands, then said:

"Do you know what is buried the most under this land?"

Qiao Yang's geography is not bad, and he still remembers the main distribution of domestic minerals.

After thinking about it, he replied:

"coal?"

"So we're going to build a thermal power plant?"

Zhang Xingyang stood up at this time and rubbed the dirt on his fingers: "That's right, what we are going to build is a 1,000-megawatt thermal power plant."

In fact, Zhang Xingyang has considered whether to build a photovoltaic power station, but after inspecting the current domestic photovoltaic industry, he gave up this idea.

At this time, the country has not yet started to subsidize the photovoltaic industry vigorously, and the entire industry has not yet developed and grown.

Zhang Xingyang looked at a falcon that seemed to be preparing to hunt in the distant sky, and said:

"The high-quality anthracite coal under this grassland will become the fuel of the power station and drive our hypersonic wind tunnel."

"Blow out our own hypersonic missile!"