After an introduction, the next step was to organize these customer representatives to conduct a simple tour of the entire base.
First of all, everyone came to an exhibition hall or display hall in the base. What is displayed here is the development history of the base. In fact, there was no such exhibition hall before, but there were more tourists later. In order to allow tourists
We and the guests who came to visit and inspect have a more detailed understanding of this place, so we arranged this exhibition hall.
Therefore, many guests’ visit starts from this exhibition hall.
The first thing that caught the eye was a container, which was stained with rust and painted with a lot of colorful graffiti. The container was covered with windows, and there were beds and some facilities inside.
The commentator also enthusiastically explained to everyone. Only then did everyone realize that this was the original staff dormitory of this base. Because it was originally a desert and the conditions were very difficult, the original builders and employees
We can only build simple prefabricated houses and temporary houses transformed from old containers to live in.
At this time, Wu Hao also smiled at everyone and introduced: "In the beginning, it was all a desert Gobi, without any life. All that could be seen within a radius of dozens of kilometers were some camel thorns in the desert.
There are some scattered drought-tolerant plants.
In summer, the surface temperature here can reach more than 60 degrees, while in winter, the temperature here can drop to minus 20 or 30 degrees. And there are strong winds here all year round, especially in winter, the strong winds in the cold nights can make people in the wild almost
It froze within an hour. In spring, strong winds carried sand and dust, covering the sky and the sun. It can be said that the natural conditions were very harsh."
If this is the case, then why do you want to set up this research base in such a difficult environment? General Isaiah from Africa asked after hearing this.
Hearing General Isaiah's question, Wu Hao smiled and replied: "There are many reasons. First of all, it is because of the unique natural conditions here. As a result, this place is vast and sparsely populated. There are few people within a radius of hundreds of kilometers.
And this gives us enough space to perform.
We can build airports, laboratories, manufacturing plants, and peripheral power station experimental fields, shooting ranges and other facilities here, which cannot be achieved in the central and eastern regions.
Secondly, because there are few people here, it is more suitable for confidentiality and is more in line with some experimental conditions. For example, we will engage in some high-precision research here, but these technological research results can easily become our competitors and overseas
The target you want to capture.
The environment here is relatively simple, so it is difficult for anyone with a heart to try our best, let alone succeed.
Secondly, some dangerous experiments will be conducted here, such as some live-fire target shooting experiments, and we will conduct some chemical, biological, and medical research. These need to be kept away from crowds to ensure that the dangerous substances here will not affect people nearby.
The last point is that the environment here is very suitable for the storage of some equipment and facilities because of the year-round drought, so there is no need to worry about equipment and facilities being damaged by moisture like in the central and western regions.
Of course, the most important thing is because the land here is cheap enough that we don’t have to pay expensive land prices.”
Hahaha……
After hearing Wu Hao's words, everyone present laughed.
Then, under the guidance of the tour guide, everyone came to a set of photos. These photos recorded some commemorative and iconic photos of this base in various eras.
Finally, everyone came to a satellite map, which was a comparison of two satellite maps. On the first satellite map, there was an endless desert earth color, spreading sand dunes, and the Gobi Desert without any upgrade.
On the second satellite map, a large oasis appeared in the same place. Comparing the two photos, it is a huge change.
It’s hard to imagine that in such a long time, Wu Hao and the others were able to build an oasis on this lifeless Gobi desert. The oasis has lush plants, various buildings and facilities scattered among it, and the eye-catching
artificial lake.
In the desert, building such a large artificial lake and such a large oasis is a great project.
General Rashid from West Asia was particularly interested in this aspect. He said to Wu Hao: "Your Excellency Wu, our country is also built in the desert. We have been fighting against the desert over the years.
I hope to build more oases in the desert so that our country will no longer be desolate and barren, but will become full of green.
So it’s hard for me to imagine that you can build such a large oasis in such a short period of time. Is there any secret in this? I’m very interested.”
Hearing General Rashid's question, Wu Hao smiled and said: "Actually, there are many reasons for the formation of such a large oasis. The first is the water source. The artificial lake you see on the satellite map is actually
This is the result of us diverting water from hundreds of kilometers away through underground pipelines and continuing to expand.
Once we have water sources, we can use these water sources for afforestation. In order to ensure that these water sources can be fully utilized, we have arranged a very detailed water source irrigation management system.
Everyone knows the drip irrigation system. Our system is improved from the drip irrigation system. It consists of many levels of pipelines, many sensors and control systems.
Through large and small pipes, we can lay capillary lines with a diameter of five millimeters in the sand. There will be special dripping holes on these lines, which will continuously protrude water beads outward.
Each drip hole is located at the root of a tree. In this way, the tree will be able to obtain sufficient water sources during its survival and growth stage, thereby ensuring the survival of the tree.
We have deployed numerous soil moisture sensors in these areas. These sensors can adjust the water output of the drip holes according to the humidity in the soil, so that the water source can be fully utilized to the greatest extent.
In addition to such a smart drip irrigation system, we are also actively cultivating drought-tolerant plants, such as many peripheral plants. These are drought-tolerant plants cultivated through our transgenic and gene editing technologies.
For example, we have cultivated a kind of drought-tolerant bamboo. Its seeds or seedlings can be grown into adult drought-tolerant moso bamboo several meters high in one week after planting.
In addition, we have also transplanted the fast-growing genes of bamboo to some other drought-tolerant plants, so that these drought-tolerant plants can also grow at the same speed as bamboo.
These are cultivated in our drought-tolerant plant research laboratory, and you will be able to see them soon."
