Previously, Motorola's Iridium program was fully supported by Mr. Chris, and Motorola has also made great efforts in the development of satellites in miniaturization, modularization, and integration, and Huaxing Group has taken a similar path, but Huaxing Group is completely different in satellite communication technology and business model, and the scale is larger than the Iridium program. → eight → eight → read → books, .↓.o≥

Chris's father also regretted the failure of the Iridium project, but this time the Galvin family was able to join the Starlink project and participate in another way, and the old man was also quite excited about it.

Chris's father also wanted to come over, but the old man was too old, and he had a serious illness last year and has not recovered until now, so he can only give up.

After entering March, Yang Jie's huge yacht appeared in the waters near Woody Island, because his yacht was so big that the island's dock could not be approached.

Today, Woody Island Pier has only two berths divided by an embankment, and a few small fishing boats are docked along the pier.

Yang Jie had to fight with Commander Zhao Dewu of the Qiongzhou Provincial Military Region and others, and boarded the dock from the tail cabin of the yacht by speedboat.

At this time, there were also many people standing on the wharf, and these were some cadres and workers stationed in the working committee on Woody Island.

When these people saw the behemoth that looked like a hill parked in the distance, they all talked about it.

"This big ship looks so strange!"

"It's a yacht, right?"

"Who is so rich to build such a big yacht, this is more than ten times bigger than that Qiongsha II!"

"Seeing the young man next to Commander Zhao, he is the big boss of Huaxing Group Company, this must be his yacht ......"

After these speedboats docked, Yang Jie also boarded the dock with Zhao Dewu.

At this time, the cadres on the island also saluted Zhao Dewu one after another. ∝ 8∝8∝ read ∝ books, .◆.o+

When Zhao Dewu shook hands with these cadres, he introduced Yang Jie, "This time, Yang Dong came to visit everyone. ”

"Yang Dong, welcome, welcome!"

The director of the office of the working committee headed by him also warmly shook Yang Jie's hand and said.

The director of the office meeting, Chen Aide, has dark skin, a strong body, and his hands are full of calluses, and when he shakes hands, he feels like he is holding a steel file.

"Director Chen, our China Sea Launch Company often launches rockets in this sea area, and it is indispensable to communicate with you in the future, so this time we will also come and go around. ”

Yang Jie said with a smile.

"Dong Yang, we are very happy that you can come, but here are all small islands hanging overseas, lack of water and electricity, and the conditions are really poor, so it is not good to entertain you. ”

"Hehe, I'm not that expensive, and you don't have to be so polite to me. ”

Yang Jie waved his hand and said.

The crowd exchanged pleasantries, and then walked towards the island.

This Woody Island is about 1,950 meters long from east to west and 1,350 meters wide from north to south, with an area of more than 3,000 acres.

On Woody Island, the Yongxing Building, the Working Committee Canteen and the island's roads were also built, namely Yanjing Road and Qiongzhou Road.

There are also dormitory buildings, cultural activity centers, shops, fisheries stations, food stations, and dormitories for cadres and workers, and the largest building here is an airport with a runway of 2,500 meters.

It can take off and land transport planes, anti-submarine aircraft, early warning aircraft, and patrol planes of large and medium-sized platforms such as Y-7 and Y-8, as well as J-8II, J-7 and other light and heavy fighters, but now there are only a few old-fashioned transport planes on the airport.

Chen Deai also introduced the situation to Yang Jie: "More than 10 years ago, when I came here, I took the Qiongsha No. 2 steamship, at that time, behind the office building of the working committee was a courtyard-style staff dormitory, and the hospital, post office and grain station were all on Yanjing Road, and the working committee also raised funds to build the Yongxing building and canteen, and invested more than 4 million yuan to build a rainwater purification plant and a 1,500-ton reservoir, which solved the problem of water difficulty for cadres and workers on the island. ”

"My father also went to this island in the fifties and sixties, and the equipment of the dock on Woody Island was far inferior to the current one, there were many coral reefs on the shore and the shore was not vertical, so the supply ship could not dock, so the simple wooden planks could only be put side by side on the reef, and then the supplies in the supply ship were transported down by three or two sampan boats. With nowhere to dock, supply ships have to return as soon as they unload their cargo, while smaller sampans have to dock at reefs. ”

"At that time, because there was no yǒu mǎ head, the supply ship had a long schedule, small tonnage, and it was difficult to dock, my father lived in a wooden house and a linoleum house when he was working on the island, drinking rainwater and eating dried radishes were common, and he had to choose a small fishing boat that was easy to lean on the reef when he went to sea. "Sometimes when there is a typhoon, the small fishing boats that can't hold on to it will be blown to the side of the island. ”

"In the 90s, although the number of berths on Woody Island was small, it could at least accommodate twenty or thirty wooden boats.

"I think this wharf can only dock a few small fishing boats of a few hundred tons, and it is difficult for ships of more than 1,000 tons to get close to the wharf, right?"

"Yes, the Qiongsha No. 2 steamship that supplies supplies here now has a full load displacement of 1,410 tons, and 400 tons of cargo each time. ”

Yang Jie nodded and said: "Now there is only one rainwater purification plant on the island, which can only store 1,500 tons of water, Director Chen said that there are thousands of people on the island now, and if you want to meet the water consumption, at least three tons of water per person per month is enough." ”

Chen Ed smiled bitterly: "Yang Dong, this condition is on the island, and now the people on the island can only endure it." ”

Yang Jie turned his head to Zhao Dewu and said, "Commander Zhao, the officers and soldiers stationed on other islands are also very short of water, right?"

Zhao Dewu nodded and said: "Yes, at this stage, we can only meet a small amount of fresh water resources, and it is really impossible to have 24-hour tap water in the city." ”

"Yang Dong, on Woody Island, whoever wastes a drop of water, everyone's eyes are enough to kill him, and every drop of water here is incomparably precious. ”

"On Woody Island, there are three types of water: drinking water, purified rainwater and island water, and the drinking water is transported from Qiongzhou Province by the Qiongsha No. 2, and the collected rainwater can only be used for bathing and laundry after purification," Chen said. The water from the island water is yellow in color and contains many impurities, so it is almost unusable except for flushing toilets. ”

"Qiongsha No. 2 comes once every half a month, and this ship can only deliver more than 100 tons of drinking water each time, which everyone cherishes very much. ”

Chen Ed said.

"No wonder I can't see a faucet outside. Yang Jie said.

"Not only are you not able to see the faucet, but people here also take a shower very quickly, the slowest will not take more than 3 minutes, and this also includes the time to apply shampoo and shower gel and turn off the faucet, everyone is trying to save every drop of water. ”

Chen Aide said: "The rainy season here is only two months, sometimes it does not rain for seven or eight months or even ten months, and during this time, the working committee will also set up special water restriction measures, from 7 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. every morning and from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. every night for washing time, and no water supply will be available at other times." ”

"Our cooks have been adhering to a water-saving tradition for many years, washing the dishes for the first time must be washed with island water before using purified rainwater for the final cleaning, sometimes from a person who is used to living on the mainland to come here may really not understand the kind of cherishing of water resources by people living on the island. ”

Chen Ed said with emotion. 11