Chapter 348: Railway Ambition
In half a month, Yang Yuanzhao traveled all over Baotou, and the stations were built one by one. These stations were well built, which made him very satisfied. While inspecting the stations, he noticed that among the stations being built, the high-rise antennas, railways and highways can be said to be the lifeline of Baotou. There are stations on the railway and toll stations on the highway, which are just a 20 or 30 kilometers apart. This distance is exactly the distance of the base station.
After the final design and finalization of the radio, the process was popularized. With Yang Yuanzhao providing diodes and transistors, Trass and engineers developed the operating mode of assembly lines. A large number of radio transceivers and base stations were made in this way. The first place was placed on these stations and toll stations.
The toll station is not high in the floor height, and the highest is four or five floors. However, this is not difficult for them. They are smaller than the tower on the mountain, but they are about 50 meters high. They directly put the base station and antenna on it, because the base station of the radio lacks the function of converting sound signals, and it is just a signal to turn over the radio. This can be automatically forwarded without special attention.
In this way, on the basis of the station and the previous expressway, high antennas were set up in various places in Baotou, becoming another scenic spot in Baotou. Many people did not realize the military effect of these things, and even thought that this was the expansion of Baotou radio stations. Maybe they could hear the radio in the future.
Including the actual control area in Baotou, the construction of 400 base stations is beginning to spread out at a huge speed. It should be noted that these stations and toll stations are in Baotou itself, and there is no need for extra defense. On the contrary, other node base stations, where there is no road or even village, mostly choose to go up the mountains. They have no choice but to set up an outpost. Fortunately, they are not professional soldiers stationed, but in the militia. After a series of military training, the military force finally formed. This, Yang Yuanzhao also gave him a name, the National Guard, which is very Westernized, and even American, and this has formed a complete connection with the Baotou future. The National Defense Forces, which is also a starting point for military nationalization.
Of course, it is just a prototype at present. The general military service system and the sense of belonging of the people have not yet been formed. Baotou is still within 200 kilometers around Baotou. It has a certain influence, no matter how far it is, it is in cities such as Datong, Suiyuan, Taiyuan, and Zhangjiakou, which have certain influence.
Others don’t know the importance of radio and base stations. Yang Yuanzhao must know that the areas actually controlled by Baotou must form a network. In this network, any node can support Baotou to fight in the inside and bring great support to the army.
In the past, what Baotou relied on was a fixed line of defense. No line of defense was bound to be unbreakable. Verdun during World War II and the former Chinese national defense line would decline with time and quality problems. This radio network would never fall behind. With the support of information and command in this network, Baotou's army will truly play a role as a whole. Baotou's offense and defense will use the internal railway and highway network to provide internal supply, and have strong resilience and strength.
The train that had been transported from the United States and Germany for a huge amount of money, traveling thousands of miles, or even tens of thousands of miles, finally arrived. Yang Yuanzhao almost monitored the direction of the train. When inspecting the railway from Baotou to Baiyun Ebo, he received this news. The reason why he was so timely was thanks to the current radio station. Among Yang Yuanzhao's carriages, one happened to walk to a small station. After receiving this telegram, Yang Yuanzhao had almost hesitated and put down his inspection work. He even had already agreed to attend the regular production ceremony of half of the blast furnace of the Baiyun Ebo Steel Plant. He immediately turned the carriage and rushed to Taiyuan.
When the telegram was sent, the carriage of the transporter's high-speed train had already passed Shijiazhuang and was moving quickly on the Zhengtai Line. It would be only one day before it could reach Taiyuan. Yang Yuanzhao hurriedly walked, but he didn't even go back after passing Baotou. He rushed to Taiyuan all the way, day and night.
The price of a car is absolutely expensive. Whether it is Baotou or China, it does not have enough heavy industry heritage. Many of the components, such as high-speed axles and wheels that can withstand weight of 60 tons, must be passed through a hydraulic press, and some special treatments in metallurgy and quenching to have sufficient strength and toughness. These are things that China has never owned and may gradually obtain in the future. Before they are obtained, they must be exploited by the other party. At present, it seems that it is only this time. As long as these things come to Yang Yuanzhao and with the help of an all-in-one machine, Yang Yuanzhao can turn them into his own things, even surpassing the original products.
The first train of 200 knots arrived was only 4, of which only 20 knots were brand new. This batch came from the United States, and the German trains were still on the ship. The remaining 44 knots were removed from the existing high-speed trains. The 120-kilometer-hour train is definitely a super express train in China. However, in Europe and the United States, it has begun to move towards 180. 150 knots is what the real powers attach importance to and cannot be transferred to China. It represents an important military strength of a country. Even if the factory wants to export, the country will interfere with it in various ways.
Don’t underestimate 30 kilometers. This is almost what two generations of trains can achieve. The development of railways and the speed of trains have increased rapidly from the beginning, but when it reaches a peak, for example, when it is more than 100 kilometers, it often takes ten years or even longer to improve. The application of steam engines and high-speed heavy-duty trains are to a certain extent, a concentrated reflection of national science and technology. This is the same in later generations. There are not many countries in the world that can fully produce heavy-duty trains. They can complete their integration. They are all a country with strong industrial power.
On the Baotou railway, due to the existence of all-in-one machines and the steel rails brought by later generations, Yang Yuanzhao has completed heavy rails of more than 45 kilograms per meter. This heavy rail is enough to withstand heavy heavy-load trains. It uses some surface technology from later generations. To a certain extent, the friction coefficient will be controlled at a very low level. This already has everything about high-speed heavy-gear railways, which is equivalent to solving the biggest problem.
Under this situation, Yang Yuanzhao did not improve the light trains in Belgium because the technology of light trains is too backward. They are all processed decades ago. The 120-kilometer train is at a very high level, at least 10 years ago. After the speed reaches a certain level, the performance and margin of the locomotive itself are relatively large. On the contrary, it is a bottleneck in terms of power. To solve the speed of the train, the first thing is to increase the power, and then improve the efficiency of power in transformation. These two have reached the limit of this era. The size of the train itself is limited. Unlike a ship, the width and length of the train itself are very restricted. If the materials are not improved, the efficiency of the power may be an increase of one horsepower and one horsepower.
As for power itself, if Yang Yuanzhao said that he was poor, no one dared to say that he would surpass Yang Yuanzhao in this regard, the three-expansion type, or even more advanced steam turbines. Yang Yuanzhao could perfectly produce it, and in terms of technology and materials, it was at the peak of this era. As for simpler water pipe engineering, this secret German technology is definitely revealed. In terms of power protection and increase, it surpasses the existence of the United Kingdom. The power of the German ship also originated from this, and it is not a secret in Yang Yuanzhao.
All of this is the fundamental reason why Yang Yuanzhao has the confidence to not import train power. It is just 200 trains. As long as it is imported, all trains running on China Railways in the future will be improved and excellent quality. The number is 2,000 trains, or even higher. The huge China has endless capacity speed, while Baotou has the ability to quickly build tens of thousands of kilometers of railways. This is not nonsense, it has been proven.
With the existence of all-in-one engines, Yang Yuanzhao can increase the power of the train to a very high level at any time. As long as the train can withstand such high speeds and can almost push to the limit of the steam engine, the imported 120-kilometer locomotives can be increased to 140, or even 150, 160, and so on. This is what imported tells the locomotives the true meaning.
It was dusty and rushed all the way. When Yang Yuanzhao arrived, some of the four trains had already arrived. In order to transport them, 12 trains were specially sent to transport them. Yang Yuanzhao also paid the round-trip freight costs, and the prices were extremely high. Zhengtai Road even stopped the passenger buses for these 12 vehicles. The 12 trains departed 10 minutes apart, and the density of the trains set a record for the entire Zhengtai line.
Chapter completed!