Not long after returning from the almost southernmost island of the motherland, Zhang Xingyang came to the almost northernmost grassland of the motherland.
Compared with the beach, which is still shaded by coconut trees, the grassland is already withered and yellow.
However, the vast space between heaven and earth can make people feel bursts of pride.
As the saying goes: The vast world has a lot to offer, it’s nothing more than this.
Zhang Xingyang came to the grassland this time for the same purpose as his previous trip to the island, which was to select a site.
But it was previously to build a new generation launch base for low-orbit satellite communication systems.
When I came to the grassland, it was to select a site for a hypersonic wind tunnel.
The new generation launch base is more for commercial launches, so when planning, confidentiality should be slightly lower.
There was even subsequent consideration of the possibility of developing aerospace tourism at the Wenchang Launch Base.
Since hypersonic wind tunnels are mainly used for military purposes, the requirements in all aspects are higher, and the confidentiality level has reached the highest level!
"If it is built here, will the transportation be a little inconvenient?"
Qiao Yang, who was accompanying him, looked around.
Except for a few slightly undulating hills, it was just a piece of withered yellow grassland.
There is not even a simple cement road!
Several of them came here by helicopter.
"There is a railway to Baotou one kilometer away. When the time comes, we will set up a station there to transport various equipment needed for construction!"
At this time, a very serious-looking soldier next to Qiao Yang spoke.
Because whether it is the construction of hypersonic wind tunnels or the construction of various supporting projects, extremely large amounts of manpower are required.
Therefore, the construction unit is also very special. The current 11th Engineering Bureau, 13th Engineering Bureau, and 15th Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Construction are constructing at the same time.
Their predecessors were professional departments used to build military units in various places.
It has not been restructured yet, and it still has a strong military flavor.
The liaison person they sent this time was a serving soldier and a senior colonel.
Although Colonel Chu Xuan is not very sure what kind of project is going to be built here, judging from the hands of those who are preparing to call it, it must be a huge project!
Otherwise, there would not be nearly 6,000 people to carry out the construction work of such a project!
The long-term atmosphere of serious secrecy in the army prevented Chu Xuan from asking 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, it is still such a long way to get here. Are you still responsible for building the road?"
After learning that there was a railway not far away, Qiao Yang felt much better, but he still had some doubts.
"The instructions given to us from above are: whatever you lack, we will fix it!"
Chu Xuan said simply and decisively.
"Don't say it's just one kilometer of road, even if it's 100 kilometers, we can build it!"
In fact, in Chu Xuan's heart, this highway is nothing.
Compared with the development of a survival base several kilometers in size in the mountains during the third-line construction 20 or 30 years ago, these construction tasks now can only be regarded as child's play!
Qiao Yang was 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 poop:
"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 manpower and material resources required to carry out construction work in such a desolate place are too great.
It's better to choose a slightly more prosperous place.
"Is there anything bad here?"
Zhang Xingyang looked at a few white clouds floating in the distant sky and replied slowly.
"Well"
Qiao Yang didn't even know what good things could be in this seemingly nothing place, so he didn't say anything for a long time.
"I know what you are thinking. There are no supporting facilities in this place. The nearest residential area is hundreds of kilometers away."
Zhang Xingyang turned his head at this time, looked at Qiao Yang's confused face, and said:
“But that’s the beauty of this place!”
"The distance from residential areas means it's not easy for spies to sneak in."
"And I checked this place specifically. Unless the enemy satellite changes orbit, it will be difficult to detect!"
"You also know how seriously everyone takes the confidentiality of this project."
At this time, Qiao Yang finally understood what Zhang Xingyang meant.
But just from the perspective of confidentiality, wouldn't it be better to place the entire project in the mountains?
Qiao Yang's eyes betrayed his inner thoughts.
Zhang Xingyang smiled and walked forward, signaling Qiao Yang to keep up with him.
At the same time, he stopped those entourage and people from the construction unit who wanted to follow, because they could not know the next conversation between the two people.
"You should know that a large amount of electricity is consumed during the operation of a wind tunnel, right?"
After walking a little further 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 power 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 have thought of something as he spoke. He opened his mouth wide and said after a while:
"We're not going to build a separate power station, are we?"
"Isn't this too exaggerated?"
Zhang Xingyang looked at the black soil under the turf, squatted down, poked it with his hand and said:
"Do you know what is buried under this land the most?"
Qiao Yang's geography knowledge is not bad, and he still remembers the main distribution of minerals in the country.
After thinking for a while 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: "Yes, what we are going to build is a 1,000-megawatt thermal power plant."
In fact, Zhang Xingyang had considered building a photovoltaic power station, but after inspecting the current domestic photovoltaic industry, he gave up the idea.
At this time, the country had not yet begun to vigorously subsidize the photovoltaic industry, and the entire industry had not yet developed and grown.
Zhang Xingyang looked at an eagle in the distant sky that seemed to be preparing to hunt, and said:
"The high-quality anthracite coal beneath this grassland will become the fuel for the power station to drive our hypersonic wind tunnel."
"Blow out our own hypersonic missile!"
(End of chapter)
