Late at night, in a luxurious villa in Yanjing, Zhang Fan and the project leader were talking.
Zhang Fan looked at the information in his hand and took a deep breath. This mineral deposit is too big. Even if China mines for hundreds of years, it may not be able to fully mine such a super mineral deposit.
This is a strategic resource. Once this mineral deposit is mined, a large amount of non-ferrous metals can be stored.
Technology is becoming more and more advanced, and the value of non-ferrous metals is also getting higher and higher. For example, in exchange for the Earth-Drilling Dragon this time, the Zhang Group obtained more than 20 special alloys, which contain a large amount of non-ferrous metals.
Nonferrous metals are strategic resources, and their value will become higher and higher in the future. Resources will never become obsolete.
Although countries are now working hard to explore outer space, it is still much easier to start in the ocean than in outer space.
"Director Zhao, I have a plan. Do you want to listen to it?"
After reading all the information, Zhang Fan raised his head and looked at Director Zhao who came to meet him.
"OK……"
Director Zhao also wants to hear Zhang Fan's opinion.
"Your original intention was to open a tunnel here to facilitate mining of minerals. The mined ore needs to be transported back to the mainland for refining. We might as well be bolder..."
Zhang Fan's words made Director Zhao look curious.
"We can put all the mining and smelting here. With the technology of our Zhang Group, we are fully capable of investing in infrastructure here..."
Zhang Fan started to express his thoughts. After listening to Zhang Fan's thoughts, Director Zhao was stunned.
Zhang Fan's method is too astonishing. Zhang Fan's plan is very simple, which is to hollow out the entire Yongshu Reef. The entire Yongshu Reef is very large, with an area of 108 square kilometers.
In the waters around Yongshu Reef, the water depth is only a dozen meters. Zhang Fan's plan is very simple, hollow out the underground. Construction will start from Yongshu Reef, hundreds of meters below the sea level.
An underground city is built directly here, and the planned area of this underground city is tens of thousands of square kilometers.
This area is exactly the area of the surrounding diving area. The entire underground city is in a positive direction, with a side length of hundreds of kilometers. The entire underground city is built hundreds of meters under the sea.
The top floor of the underground city is made up of hundreds of meters of concrete slabs. Sea water, hundreds of meters of soil, and hundreds of meters of concrete slabs. With this thickness, even nuclear bombs are useless, let alone bombs.
The walls around the entire underground city are also made of concrete slabs one hundred meters thick. In other words, the entire underground city is an overall rectangular parallelepiped with walls hundreds of meters thick.
In the middle of the underground city, a pillar with a diameter of one hundred meters is built every ten kilometers. The densely packed pillars directly support the entire underground city.
The next step is to hollow out the underground city and dig all the way down along the seabed. As for how deep to dig, it depends on the demand and geological conditions.
According to the current data, this area belongs to the submarine plateau. With such geology, the underground city can be dug to a height of at least 300 meters excluding the walls.
With a floor height of three hundred meters and an area of tens of thousands of square kilometers, it is no problem to house tens of millions of people, let alone an industrial base.
"Director Zhao, the sand and gravel we excavated are just enough to build an island. With Yongshu Reef as the center, we can easily fill in an island covering tens of thousands of square kilometers."
Zhang Fan's words made Director Zhao take a deep breath. Darling, this project is too exaggerated and scary.
This is not mining at all, it is simply building an undersea country. If this underground city is completed, it will be a super base.
When the time comes, stock up some weapons here and coordinate with the mainland, so that you can easily control the entire Chinese sea area.
"Isn't this project too big? And the cost is probably too high."
Director Zhao couldn't help but said.
"Our Zhang Group can help you build it for free."
Zhang Fan's words made Director Zhao's eyes widen, and his hands couldn't help but tremble.
"What are your conditions?"
Director Zhao took a deep breath. To build such a large base for free, the conditions would naturally not be low.
"For 30% of this mineral deposit, our Zhang Group has the strongest infrastructure capabilities. At the same time, we also have strong technology in non-ferrous metal smelting. Our smelting electric furnace is currently the most advanced in the world. With these things
, we only need to build a nuclear power plant inside the underground city, and we can directly smelt these minerals inside the underground city. The transportation of the smelted non-ferrous metals will be more convenient..."
Zhang Fan stated his conditions. He said 30%, which is not a low condition. This mineral deposit is too big, let alone 30%, even 3% is still a huge amount.
The lion opens his mouth, but Zhang Fan has the confidence to open his mouth. Apart from the earth-burrowing dragon, which country has the technology to build such a large base.
If this base is really built, it will not be as simple as a mineral deposit. It will be equivalent to a super base that will never sink. With this base, China will be able to control this thousands of miles of sea territory.
"If I leave it to you, how long will it take? If the speed of such a project is too slow, European and American countries will definitely try their best to stop it. They will never look down upon China building such a large base here."
Director Zhao couldn't help but ask.
"If the power supply is sufficient and the personnel and equipment are available, we can complete the main excavation in one month."
Zhang Fan's words made Director Zhao take a breath of cold air again.
"Seriously, I can really do it in one month."
Director Zhao asked in disbelief.
"certainly……"
Zhang Fan nodded, his face full of confidence. Looking at Zhang Fan's expression, Director Zhao's heart almost jumped out of his chest.
It can be completed in one month. For China, this project is no longer as simple as a mineral deposit.
Director Zhao left with excitement. On the night that Director Zhao left, Huaxia held an emergency discussion meeting, and only a few people attended the meeting.
But these few people can decide everything, and the news they received was so shocking. At the same time, they were also shocked by the Zhang Group's infrastructure capabilities.
"If we each build a base like this in Nansha, Zhongsha, Xisha, and Dongsha, who would dare to show off their power in our waters..."
A soldier has expectations in his eyes, and other people also have expectations in their eyes. If that's true, that would be awesome.
If four such bases are really built, then China's fighter jets can easily cover the entire sea area.
Not to mention fighter jets, China's long-range rockets can easily cover the integrated territory. You must know that China's current long-range rockets have a range of up to 650 kilometers. At this distance, they can hit the mainland of neighboring countries from their bases.
, As for the warships in the sea, needless to say, modifying the warheads and saturation strikes will definitely be a nightmare for warships.