Regarding the problem of slow trains at the base, Xie Kai really didn't care much about them these days.

Every time he left the base, he didn't take the train a few times, it was all helicopters coming and going, and he had never thought about it before.

"Lao Zheng, this railway, we must improve. If this continues, the development of our base will be severely restricted. When Xie Kai went to arrange for a helicopter to transport technicians and repair equipment in Wang Guilin, Bai Yanjun and the others didn't take it seriously.

If you want to get rich, build roads first.

The passage out of the base, except for the sky, is the road and railway.

Going out by road to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is far more troublesome than taking the railway directly from Jiayuguan. It's not a highway, and this road is all along the inner valley of the Qilian Mountains, winding and turning, to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau on the railway for 1,000 kilometers.

The base's supplies simply can't be transported through here.

The cost of transportation by road is much greater than that of trains.

So the train became the only route to choose from at the base.

"It really has to be improved. With the development of the base, the dependence on this railway will become more and more serious in the future. If you want to do something in the base and don't fix the road, this situation really can't be done. Qi Zhiyuan nodded and said.

"I said, are you mistaken? The problem is on the locomotive, not on the railway! How much does it cost to build a railway, hundreds of kilometers?" Bai Yanjun was not happy.

A railway, that investment can make people crazy.

The base unit simply cannot afford it.

When it was built, the entire railway was built by the state at any cost, and now they are building it, and it is not possible to build it at all.

"Even if you don't fix it, you have to renovate the line. Change to electrified. Otherwise, we really won't be able to do it. "Zheng Yucheng is now really aware of the seriousness of the matter.

When there are no products in the base, only need to transport materials and materials from outside, and two trains a day are enough.

Now the base is engaged in construction, and there are a total of six steam locomotives and two diesel locomotives in the base, all of which are in use.

The nose of the steam locomotive should have been changed a long time ago.

"Either we're going to make a double track, or we're going to build a road along the railway...... Hundreds of kilometers away, and if there is a problem, we can only take the road. Xie Kai looked at a few people, "If you want to get rich, build roads first." ”

"Have fewer children and more trees, right?" Bai Yanjun, who usually doesn't smile, amused everyone with his words.

"Director Bai, you are suitable to engage in family planning work. Zheng Yucheng said with a smile, "This is a very serious matter for us, don't make it the same as family planning work, it is the work of the trade union and the women's federation." ”

It was the first time Xie Kai had seen the old guys so unserious.

This kind of working atmosphere is normal.

"As for the railway, now we have to solve it, those old locomotives of the sixties, which are repaired every day, have to be replaced. Zheng Yucheng said to a few people, "According to the current situation, I think it is best to start electrification transformation like the outside." The cost won't be too high......"

"It's not high! That thing has to be next to a pole, and it's got to have a high voltage ...... Jiayuguan didn't do this thing. Bai Yanjun opened his mouth and said, "The cost is too high." ”

"If you can't do it, you will borrow money from the state. Xie Kai said, "The railway is our main transportation force. Even if our airfield is built, it will not be possible to transport our heavy military equipment by airplane!"

Previously, Zheng Yucheng and others considered the development in the base, so the base decided to leave part of the assembly business of the 359 tank and the 122mm self-propelled howitzer in the back.

Now the manufacturing of military excavators has been in full swing, and the original failure has been partially solved. A large number of orders make it necessary to transport a large number of spare parts from outside to be shipped back, and at the same time, the finished products have to be transported.

"Just buy a few diesel locomotives. Let's use it first. "Zheng Yucheng doesn't want to spend too much money, the base is engaged in big projects, that's where the money is spent a lot.

If you build a railway, the country can afford it.

Base 404 simply cannot afford such an investment.

"Diesel locomotives are not good, most of them have been eliminated in China, we can't fall behind in the initial investment, or it won't work for a few years, and we will have to waste money when the time comes. Xie Kai shook his head and said.

The railroad has actually been built, and they have been used for so many years.

Zheng Yucheng's proposal to replace the head of the internal combustion engine is not intended to be the most suitable for the base at present.

Not to mention the low cost, the front of the car can be put in place quickly.

"We need to solve the current problem now! When the time comes, we will negotiate with the Ministry of Railways and mobilize a few good diesel locomotives to solve the problem. Zheng Yucheng said, "You can't wait for the railway line to be renovated or something." ”

Bai Yanjun and Qi Yuanzhi didn't speak, just looked at Zheng Yucheng.

Xie Kai expressed his attitude that he felt that the railway must be built from the beginning, and this railway can be said to determine the future development of the base.

The two sides were deadlocked, and Bai Yanjun was unwilling to even replace the locomotive, hoping that it would be like this, repair, repair, and continue to use it.

Coal is cheap.

Until Wang Guilin returned after arranging for the helicopter to transport the additional technicians, there was no conclusion.

After listening to the arguments of Xie Kai and others, Wang Guilin, who was engaged in logistics, was stared at by everyone, and his opinion was very important.

"Lao Wang, what do you think?" Zheng Yucheng threw the question to Wang Guilin.

Wang Guilin looked at Xie Kai and stared at him, and did not speak directly, but asked Xie Kai what he thought.

They have now given Xie Kai the same position as them, although Xie Kai has not officially joined the company yet, but the base has also paid him a salary.

"One of the biggest problems with the front of diesel locomotives is oil. We don't have a big oil depot here, and we don't have enough oil supply in Jiayuguan. Even the cost is much higher than in other parts of the country. Xie Kai said, "Electrification, China is vigorously improving and building. ”

Electrified railways are the future.

Whether it is an EMU or a Chinese high-speed rail that creates Chinese standards, this thing is a piece of fat.

Twenty years later, if you don't lay out the fat now, 404 will definitely not have a chance to lick it, let alone pounce on it and bite it hard.

When he didn't encounter this problem, he didn't think about it.

Now that it is in front of us, it can be laid out, and it is completely possible to turn the more than 100-kilometer-long hidden railway from the base to Jiayuguan into the cradle of China's high-speed railway.

National projects, when the country has money, can it be done without investment?

"What about the problem at hand?" Zheng Yucheng asked Xie Kai, "What about the money? Even if there is a ready-made railway, we must renovate it, and the cost of one kilometer of renovation will cost two or three million." ”

Hundreds of kilometers, this is a project of hundreds of millions.

It's not that Zheng Yucheng doesn't want to get it, how big is the base base?

"We don't have much money in our base, but we have already engaged in several projects with hundreds of millions of dollars......" Bai Yanjun was a little resentful.

That's not what he liked.

"Loans. We can't do it ourselves if we have money, anyway, the railway repair belongs to the country, and our money has to be used to the best of our ability!" Xie Kai said without hesitation.

They are also state units, and other units take out loans to pay salaries, and they have money, but the road is not easy.

"Isn't Chief Long Yaohua also coming over? "Long Yaohua will definitely help in this matter.

The cost of building a railway is much lower than the cost of relocating a base.

The time of the two, the time to engage in the railway is even longer.

Xie Kai naturally wouldn't say that he wanted the 404 base to get involved in the most profitable project in China thirty years later.

"In the current situation, we can only get the locomotive head first, and we can start to prepare for the transformation of the railway, and even we can study the transformation of the locomotive with faster speed and greater traction in the base. Xie Kai said calmly. "Otherwise, the basic supporting facilities will not be able to keep up, and we will have to wait and wait for the current situation in our base. ”

"I think so, too. The road, no way, too far, and it is impossible for our heavy equipment to be produced and transported by car. Or drive thousands of kilometers directly?" Wang Guilin was most supportive of Xie Kai's proposal.

He hopes that the railway base will have a greater transportation capacity.

This is his essential work, and if the materials are not transported, the production of the base will come to a standstill, and even eating will become a problem.

If the equipment can't be shipped, the 404 won't get the money.

As it is now, relying on Xie Kai's bragging to fool people and get money, it is estimated that it will be difficult in the future.

"What about you?" Zheng Yucheng asked Bai Yanjun and Qi Yuanzhi.

Qi Yuanzhi said it didn't matter.

Bai Yanjun wanted to object, but considering that the transportation problem of the base restricts the development of the base, he could only sigh silently.

"In this case, let's discuss a plan first, and when Long Yaohua comes, invite him to have a good drink......" Zheng Yucheng said, "But who will get this loan?"

Go to the bank for a loan, especially hundreds of millions.

"Lao Wang should be responsible for this matter...... Qi Zhiyuan hurriedly shook the pot.

Bai Yanjun was also busy nodding.

Before Wang Guilin could speak, this matter fell on him, "You guys are too much, the base didn't have money to pay salaries, and I had to pay for the smiling face......"

Xie Kai felt that there was something wrong with these guys' ideas.

Now that 404 people go to take out loans, the bank will take the initiative to stutter, how much money do they have in their hands?

People are not afraid of 404 at all.

Back then, 404 was an abandoned unit, there was no appropriation on it, and there was no planned task, and the people in the bank would only take out loans unless they were stupid.

Now loan to the base, hundreds of millions of projects, how high is the interest rate?

"Then it's settled. Lao Wang still contacted a few diesel locomotives first, and when we had nothing to do with the locomotive front repairs, we could transform these and make it faster......" Zheng Yucheng was very satisfied.

Asking for a loan is not something he should do as a base director.

"Alas!" Wang Guilin sighed.

"Director Wang, can the Iranians come in smoothly tonight?" Xie Kai changed the topic, "They are sending us money." ”