Chapter 126 Action Preparations

"As long as this market is opened, we can let Ming Dynasty organize a military observation group to Vietnam in the future. Let's see how the Vietnamese army performed on the battlefield after using our weapons. This should be very useful for us in opening up Ming Dynasty's arms market in the future.

Help." When it comes to doing business, Schneider's thinking is obviously more flexible than Yan Chujie, and he has already thought of how to use Vietnam's domestic war to open up the international arms market.

Everyone started discussing at once, each expressing their own opinions on how to open Vietnam's arms market. As for what the original topic was, no one cared.

They were obviously discussing how to adjust Xingang's planned military force allocation, but the topic turned to the arms business. This kind of digression has almost become a traditional feature of the internal meetings of the Time Travel Group. This is not the first time that Wang Tom has

After participating in such internal high-level meetings, I gradually became accustomed to this custom.

Finally, it was Liu Shanxia from the Ministry of Construction who spoke up to bring the topic back on track: "As for the passage from the port area to the mining area, I would like to ask if there are conditions to go directly onto the track?"

The use of rail transportation in mining areas is undoubtedly a relatively convenient method of transportation, and the efficiency is much higher than carrying it on one's back or using an ordinary flatbed truck. In the mining area of ​​Tiandu Iron Mine, the first rail is about 300 meters long.

The ore transport track has been laid and put into use, which is responsible for transporting ore from the mine pit to the ore dressing plant. Moreover, this track is a double-track construction, and two tracks, one coming and one going, can be used at the same time. If there is a problem with one of them, it needs to be stopped for maintenance.

It won’t bring the transportation line to a complete halt.

However, Chuanchuan Group currently does not have the ability to produce steel on a large scale, so naturally these tracks are not rolled using large machinery such as steel rolling mills. In view of the current limited pig iron reserves, these tracks are not even made of pig iron, but

The method of iron-covered wooden rails was chosen to make do with mounting the horse.

This is completely impossible. Even according to the lightest rail standards of later generations, building one kilometer of railway will require at least 70 tons of steel. If double-track construction is adopted, the demand will have to be doubled, and this weight is not even

Counting supporting devices such as spikes, fish-shaped plates connecting the rails, and switches. If an all-steel track is to be used, then the Tiandu Iron Mine's only 300-meter double-track track will require 40 tons of steel to meet the construction needs.

, even if there is so much steel at the moment, the executive committee would not dare to use it all on this track.

What pulls heavy ore on this track is not the steam engine that just came out, but the primitive animal power. Although the speed is a little slow, it has greatly saved human resources. In the past, at least five or six people would push and push a cart of ore.

To transport the cattle, only one cow is enough now. In the past few months of continuous transactions with the Li people, the Chuanchuan Group has obtained seventy or eighty cows, part of which has been given to the Ministry of Agriculture as farm cattle.

In addition to use, the mine is also allocated ten cows. After the track is built, the amount of work these ten cows can complete is enough to save dozens of labor for iron ore mining.

Precisely because of the efficiency of rail transportation, the Ministry of Industry included rail transportation in the infrastructure projects when planning the Hongji Coal Mine. However, it is easy to establish a project and difficult to construct. It is the Ministry of Construction that really needs to face this problem. Building rails is not on the drawings.

It is as simple as drawing a line between two points. Although the expedition team has provided pictures, texts and images, Liu Shanxia still needs further explanation from Wang Tom before he can make a judgment. This is not only a matter for the Ministry of Construction, but also

It involves the issue of whether the Ministry of Industry should assign production tasks to wood workshops and metallurgical workshops.

Tom Wang frowned and said, "I don't know much about engineering technology, so let Qiao Zhiya do the talking."

Qiao Zhiya stood up and said: "We can see from the picture that with the trend of this river valley, it is not difficult to build a track. The key is that in order to prevent the river from flooding during the rainy season, we must start building from the river bank that is higher than the river bed.

This may require the use of engineering blasting. If the supply of explosives can be guaranteed, then I think laying tracks directly in this passage is a more feasible solution."

"Then can you estimate the approximate manpower and construction period required?" Tao Donglai asked.

"If there are 500 laborers and sufficient tools, I think it will not take more than half a month to open up this river valley channel. As for laying the track from the port area to the mining area, if everything goes well, it can be completed within a month." Qiao Zhiya thought.

I answered after thinking.

"It's still too slow. Time waits for us!" Tao Donglai sighed: "If we wait for more than a month, I'm afraid that the metallurgical workshop will soon stop working."

"In fact, it shouldn't take that long." Ning Qi interjected: "If we follow what the inspection team said, as long as we have enough transportation capacity, we can continuously obtain labor from the eastern coastal areas of Vietnam, and the construction of the new port will not

Like the base camp, we often face a shortage of labor. Qiao Zhiya is talking about the construction progress of 500 people, so what if we can invest 1,000 people? What about 2,000 people?"

Tao Donglai immediately turned to the seat at the Shipping Department: "Xiaoyue, Xiaosun, what do you think?"

Yue Zhiyun and Sun Changmi looked at each other, and Sun Changmi nodded to signal Yue Zhiyun to speak first. Yue Zhiyun responded: "We currently have three relatively large ships on hand. If we invest in this overseas route as soon as possible,

In addition to carrying cargo, they can also transport about 300 to 400 people from the east coast of Vietnam to Xingang each time. In addition, He Xi rented three ships from the north, and these six ships can transport at least five people each time.

Six hundred people. The round-trip flight between the two places takes about four days. It shouldn't be a big problem to transport two to three thousand people in one month." Seeing the joy on everyone's faces, Yue Zhiyun added: "Of course, what I said is

The data mentioned are just calculations on paper. In actual operation, it is almost impossible for us to achieve such a goal."

Sun Changmi continued: "The reason for this is that there is an unavoidable problem - most of the materials required for the construction of the new port must be transported from the base camp, and because there are many things that need to be transported from the base camp

With continuous production, it is very likely that one trip or two trips will not be able to complete the haul, so it is impossible to allow all ships to run the route between New Port and Vietnam all the time to haul people. According to our estimates, to ensure the construction progress of New Port, at least

Half of the ships have to be shipped back to the base camp to transport supplies, so the speed of transporting people may not meet the standard mentioned by Yue Zhiyun."

"Can you give me an accurate estimate of how much transport capacity can be guaranteed?" Liu Shanxia from the Ministry of Construction was already confused by these two guys.

"The maximum number of people in the first half of the month is 800, and being able to transport 1,500 people within a month is probably the limit." Yue Zhiyun finally gave up.

"That's enough!" Liu Shanxia slammed the table and said: "As long as the labor force can reach this number, I can complete the construction of the track from the port area to the mining area within twenty days... Of course, it is only a single-track track, and building a double-track track requires more

It is much more troublesome, but if necessary, the construction of the double-track track should be completed within two months."

Next, Tom Wang answered a few more questions intermittently, but they were all relatively easy to deal with. Tom Wang finished the answer in a few words. Tao Dong came to see what was going on, and announced that the meeting would move to the next agenda, which was about overseas development actions.

Plan for final review.

"Let me tell you about the material supply situation." Tao Donglai opened the notebook in front of him and began to explain: "The current material preparation mainly includes four items, namely production tools, construction materials, food supplies and daily necessities."

"The production of production tools is currently in the metallurgical workshop and carpentry workshop. As of this afternoon, we have prepared three hundred shovels and hoes, one hundred hammers and axes, chisels, saws, bamboo baskets, poles and other tools.

Several. The production department is currently working overtime to produce tools, striving to be able to ship enough tools for the first month of construction of the new port when the operation begins."

"In terms of building materials, in addition to a large amount of cement, we have dismantled several prefabricated houses in Base No. 1 to prepare for shipment, which will be used to build Xingang's command center and members' residences. As for the immigrants' housing,

We will continue to use the model of the second base, mainly using bamboo and wood structure buildings such as elevated boat houses. In addition, we also need to manufacture an additional batch of freight rails. The production plan of this part will be discussed in detail by the relevant departments after the meeting. In addition

In the early stage of the construction of the New Port Pier, bamboo and wooden trestles will be used as the mainstay, and after the local cement kiln is put into operation, a permanent terminal will be gradually built."

"In terms of food supply, the biggest problem now is food, because we may have to provide food and drink for thousands of people locally from the beginning, which is a lot of pressure. We plan to solve the food problem in two parts. First, start from the base camp.

We can transport enough grain for a thousand people for a month. The second is to purchase some grain locally. After all, it is so close to the grain-producing area. We are not short of money now and can purchase more nearby. This will probably be the main input of grain needed by Xingang in the future.

Channels. After the local population meets the needs of coal mine production, we can also organize small-scale agricultural development and grow some grains and vegetables to supplement the supply."

"As for daily necessities, in addition to the personal luggage of the stationed personnel, we have also prepared photovoltaic power generation equipment for daily facilities, a set of short-wave military radio stations, more than 20 walkie-talkies, and water purification equipment that can be used by thousands of people.

Hot water boilers and pipes. In addition, the metallurgical workshop has also specially produced a batch of briquette stoves. By then, the personnel stationed in Xingang will not have to burn wood stoves to survive like in the base camp."
Chapter completed!