Changbao

"An official from the Longhai Railway Engineering Office told me: Two years ago, it took tens of thousands of workers to break their waists day and night to complete the workload. Now we can do it with fewer people and new road construction equipment.

, it can be completed in an orderly manner in four months. See, I was very excited after hearing this. Because I know clearly how China's railways lag behind the world. I know that China wants to catch up. It not only needs

The efforts of workers on railway construction sites require a large amount of advanced machinery and equipment..."

----Excerpts from Zhan Tianyou's diary

There was a thick layer of snow on the ground, snowflakes were floating in the sky, and a cold wind was howling in the valley.

A car stopped on the road at the foot of the mountain. Zhan Tianyou jumped out of the car, his hands stuffed in the pockets of his Western-style woolen coat, staring at the construction site of the long section of the Longhai Railway opposite. The shadow of his hat brim obscured

His deep eyes.

Looking at the railway construction site in this area, Zhan Tianyou seemed to have returned to the time when he built the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway. After that railway, he never built any railway again. The Sichuan-Hankou Railway came at the cost of a country's demise.

, but it was abandoned halfway. Although the China Railway Corporation chaired by Sun Wen had planned to ask him to plan the national railway, in the end, Sun only drew the railway on the map, and the appointment was just a literal letter.

But now, on the way to the capital, Zhan Tianyou went to the construction site uncontrollably to take a look at the Longhai Railway, which is the railway with the largest investment in China, and is also the longest commercial railway, and it is also the longest railway in China.

The railway with the fastest construction speed can be said to be the most successful railway in China. It is for this reason that he came here to visit. Compared with the station industry along the line, Zhan Tianyou was more interested in the construction of this railway.

construction site.

The long section was surveyed twice in the first year of the Republic of China. Zhan Tianyou knew very well the difficulty of construction of this railway. The geological terrain of the area passed by the long section was complex, and the project was difficult. Because of this, he

That's why I skipped the Tongchang section, which is easy to construct, and came here.

In a large tent not far away, there are dozens of construction site leaders crowded together. They are arguing, sighing, meditating, and calculating...words such as the number of workers, materials, plans, production, etc., all revolve around "cold protection".

"These two words are spinning. The cold word "protection against cold" slipped out from the window of the big tent and crawled into Zhan Tianyou's heart. Although he did not need to consider the construction progress of this railway, this time

At that time, he was the same as everyone else in the conference room: as a railway engineer, Zhan Tianyou was very familiar with the countless work sites on the railway construction site. Therefore, he also knew that construction in mountainous areas in this cold winter would cause many problems for those working in the field.

How much harm is caused to workers at work!

During the construction of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, in the coldest month of the twelfth lunar month, hundreds of workers suffered frostbite or even died of frostbite. However, in order to rush for time and progress, the project must continue. Obviously, what they were arguing about at this time was the bad weather and the

construction conditions.

He looked at his watch. It was already two o'clock, but the host of the meeting, the man everyone called the commander-in-chief, was still talking in the tent.

At 2:05, coughs, yawns, the sound of benches and murmurs of voices came from the work shed. The project leaders came out of the big tent one after another. Unlike any other construction site, these projects

Most of the people in charge wore uniforms similar to military uniforms. In fact, Zhan Tianyou had heard that the Labor Corps was constructing the Longhai Railway site, and they implemented militarized management. This meant that the projects here only had schedules.

There is nothing else, just like the army, only orders.

These people had obviously suffered from the intense day and night life at the construction site and their faces were yellow and thin. Some had hoarse voices, some had bloodshot eyes, some were preoccupied, and some had furrowed brows and anger... As soon as they came out,

Everyone in the tent looked at the sky in unison and rubbed their feet against the snow on the ground, as if hoping that the frost on the ground was just an illusion caused by the moonlight.

Finally, the commander-in-chief wearing a leather windbreaker came out. He looked like a very strong man. He must be the commander-in-chief.

"Hey! Mr. Zhan!"

After getting rid of people's entanglements, Song Haoming walked towards Zhan Tianyou. Unlike this real railway engineer, he was an engineer who became a monk halfway, or he was not an engineer at all. 4∴8065

"It's getting late. Let's stay here and visit again tomorrow."

Song Haoming would say it in a joking tone, but he knew that he would really not have time tomorrow, otherwise, he would not let the railway engineer whom he admired very much wait here.

"Come on, let's go to the construction site together. I became a monk halfway and have been building railways for two years, so I have gained some experience. Just in time, Mr. Zhan, you can give me some advice then."

"I don't dare to raise opinions. If you want to raise them, you should go to other road bureaus to raise your opinions!"

Facing Zhan Tianyou's compliment, Song Haoming just shrugged, smiled, and then asked Zhan Tianyou to get in the car. With a beep, the car drove towards the construction site.

The simple construction highway is full of rough stones, freshly unloaded steel, cement and trucks parked on the roadside preparing to load things. Now the material support of this railway relies entirely on cars, which travel around in circles.

Zhan Tianyou glanced sideways and saw that he was covering his forehead with his hands and his body was swaying with the rocking of the car. He knew that now was not the time to talk. The situation in the venue was still in his mind; he had met at the construction site all day long.

All kinds of questions are still weighing on him, and all kinds of questions are still surrounding him. Wait for a while before he takes the initiative to speak.

Sure enough, the car ran for less than ten minutes. Song Haoming stretched his body as if he had gotten rid of something heavy. Then he punched his palms again, looked at the mountains on both sides and said:

"This simple road can be said to be a gift for building the railway. If Shaanxi Province is willing in the future, it can build a car highway based on the simple road!"

In front of Zhan Tianyou, Song Haoming naturally wouldn't hide anything.

"The railway is certainly the heartbeat of the country, and the highway is also the heartbeat of the country. Especially after we build cars in the future, those cars weighing several tons will be more flexible than trains for short-distance transportation and are not restricted by rails.

, after all, not every place is worthy of building a railway!”

"Building cars? Is this your next plan?"

Zhan Tianyou naturally knows that locomotives have been manufactured in Lianyungang. In fact, many companies have purchased locomotives from Lianyungang. The performance of their locomotives even exceeds those of traditional railway powers such as Germany and Germany. Now listen to the meaning of Song Haoming's words.

, it seems they are preparing to build a car.

"Of course we have to build cars, because the Tongchang line has not yet been repaired, so the transportation of materials here can only be done by cars. These 600 cars were finally squeezed out by the company, and this fully illustrates the importance of cars.

Well, our chairman, you know, is the general manager, once said that the 20th century is the century of automobiles, and if China wants to become rich and powerful, it must establish an automobile industry."

His words made Zhan Tianyou feel silent for a while. Compared with anyone else, Li Zhiyuan is undoubtedly better at using railways as hub communication lines for comprehensive development. In the past two years, Lianyungang has achieved even more achievements than

The sum of all achievements since the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty.

Just then the car stopped. Song Haoming stretched out his head, looked at the snow floating in the sky and said:

"What a horrible weather! It suddenly started snowing heavily before it even got cold! If the temperature drops to minus five degrees tomorrow, it will be fatal! Concrete is being poured at more than a dozen construction sites!"

But Zhan Tianyou didn't seem to hear what he said. He just squinted at the construction site. There, where the electric lights were stretched in a line, an engineering team was filling the roadbed; hundreds of electric lights were connected together, like

This is a city-like place, and this is just one of the construction sites. Compared to any other construction site, the Longhai Railway construction site is undoubtedly more modern, and small steam generators supply the power needed by the construction site.

The tripping machine roared to supply hunk of concrete, and the impact of the pneumatic drill was heard in the tunnel. A strange truck was parked in front of the tunnel being dug. On the front of the truck, a row of steel frames was built.

Tunnel type scaffolding.

"Mr. Zhan, this is a drilling truck!"

Seeing Zhan Tianyou's eyes cast on the truck in front of the tunnel, Song Haoming opened his mouth to explain.

"Drilling truck?"

"Yes, look at the shelf on the front of the car. It is exactly the shape of a tunnel. During the shift, people and pneumatic drills are in the car. After entering the tunnel, eight working surfaces can be formed on the shelf in front of the car. This way the blast holes can be drilled.

The time can be shortened by two-thirds, but it is a pity that stone transport still requires manpower, otherwise, the construction speed of this tunnel can be increased by at least four times..."

When explaining, Song Hao was obviously a little proud. This kind of drilling machine was developed based on some relevant principles of the "Taylor Management Method" he learned in business school, and it can maximize work efficiency.

At this time, a truck full of stone powder drove out. It was just the time for the cannon to be fired. The sound of gongs, whistles and shouts rang out in the valley... Workers holding small flags blocked the car.

"The cannon is fired, get off the car and go to the safe area!"

Under the gaze of the workers, Song Haoming quickly jumped out of the car, and then evacuated to the safe area with Zhan Tianyou. The two looked at the cave where the artillery fire was fired. Suddenly, with the sound of a whistle, a rumbling explosion sounded from

There was a sound coming from the tunnel, shaking the mountain and the ground, and like a fire dragon spitting mist, a large cloud of stone dust was sprayed out of the tunnel...

After a few more minutes, the vigilant workers loudly announced the start of work, and a truck full of workers reversed into the tunnel filled with stone dust.

Song Haoming, who was talking with the person in charge of the construction site, walked to Zhan Tianyou and said:

"Well, according to the current progress, this tunnel will be opened next month!"

"You must be using military explosives!"

Having previously felt the vibrations and gunfire under his feet during the explosion, Zhan Tianyou asked directly. When building the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, he used black fire guns. Only when encountering hard rocks, he would use imported ammonium nitrate bombs.

Judging from the explosion strength, the explosives used here should be military explosives that are more powerful than ammonium nitrate explosives.

"We have to hurry up! Like this Changbao section, the company gave me two thousand tons of explosives. If I want to build a railway in this type of terrain, there is only one way, which is to bomb all the way. Otherwise, I have to follow the mountain.

, but along the mountains, the railway's transportation capacity and speed will be limited. It is better to increase investment during construction than to spend on transportation capacity in the future. You just don't understand this!"

His rhetorical question only left Zhan Tianyou speechless. When building the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, he made a compromise and chose a route with lower construction costs at the expense of long-term transportation capacity. In fact, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway should take

The other line may have a large investment, but its transportation capacity can be increased by at least three times. Correspondingly, as long as the transportation volume can be reached, even if the investment is increased, the investment recovery period can be shortened by more than two times.

"Oh! Yes, that's the truth!"

The truth is certainly this, but Zhan Tianyou knows that not all railway companies will spare no effort in building roads like Longhai Railway Company. Compared with other railway companies, Longhai Railway Company has a natural advantage.

The construction of industrial zones allows their transportation volume to be fully guaranteed. In this case, they naturally choose the route that optimizes transport capacity rather than the route that optimizes cost.

Half an hour later, the Ford Model T ran forward, carrying a gust of wind, and entered a remote ravine. There were several material warehouses in the ravine. Thousands of cars, horse-drawn carriages and frame trucks pulling materials all day long had already packed the materials.

The simple road surface for dozens of kilometers before and after was crushed. Under the illumination of the car lights, the road looked like an undulating river.

Looking from the mountain road towards the ravine, the scene of the car headlights illuminating the road in the snowy night only made Zhan Tianyou's heart skip a beat. He even had an impulse. He hoped to stay on this construction site and hope to be able to repair it again.

A railway here will surely realize his dream of building railways throughout China.

While Zhan Tianyou was thinking this, the car turned around and got away from the construction site where roars continued day and night, and entered a quiet valley.

Zhan Tianyou shook his head and sighed. He knew that at least for now, he could not stay here. The reason why he came from northern Guangdong was because he received a telegram from the capital. As a member of Congress from Guangdong, he needed to go to the capital to attend

A meeting. From what he read in the newspaper, he knew that this congressional meeting might determine the future of the entire country, otherwise he would not have left the Guangdong Railway Company.

After the President reestablishes the State Council, he will appoint Li Zicheng as Prime Minister. This is just a piece of news leaked in the newspaper. No one knows whether it is true or false, but Zhan Tianyou hopes it is true. He knows that compared to many people,

Li Zicheng may be young, but he is definitely a person who gets things done. If the president really chooses Li Zicheng as prime minister, it may be a blessing for China.
To be continued...