Chapter 685: Heavy losses

Soon, another week passed.

Amid the expectations and expectations of the people of the whole country, this rescue and disaster relief project, which has lasted for nearly two months, has finally officially come to an end.

Under the continuous illumination of the warm sun in early winter, the temperature officially rose to above freezing, and northern China finally ushered in the snow melting period.

A large amount of snow melt water began to flow down from the thick snow in strands and finally gathered together.

While nourishing the land, it is also constantly accumulating energy.

On the surface, most of the northern region may still be covered by snow at an average height of tens of meters, but secretly, some low-lying terrain has gathered considerable water.

And one after another formed a scattered wide range of waterholes, pools, small lakes and so on.

As the temperature continues to rise and the thick snow continues to melt, more and more snow melt water begins to break through the limitations of these small terrains and begins to converge and flow towards a wider area!

This is a common phenomenon that occurs in various regions of the northern land of China.

The snow melts into water, nourishes the earth, and the water accumulates, eventually forming ponds and puddles, and then breaking through the limitations of the terrain and spreading to the surrounding areas.

Converge towards more favorable terrain.

Eventually, a large amount of snowmelt water flowed into the rivers, streams, and tributaries of the main rivers in the various regions!

Among them, it is the water that flows into the small rivers and streams by various factors.

Most of them will continue to flow downstream.

In the end, they will be stopped by tens of thousands of dams built by the million-strong military and civilian brigades of China in the space of a month.

Convergence and formation, become a large, medium and small, different scale of lakes and reservoirs, and in the foreseeable future, for the western and central regions of China, leaving a large amount of water resources!

The professionals of the Zhao Group have previously used the laws of the terrain in this aspect.

With advanced scientific and technological means, we can solve this part of the water source that cannot determine the flow direction and may eventually be wasted.

They account for almost half of the snowstorm, and the snow melt is covered!

This part of the water source at the source, or in the process of flowing downstream, converges to form a beautiful and magnificent plateau, high mountains and flat lakes, is the highlight of the disaster relief and construction work!

Of course, the snow cover at this time is only in the first stages of melting, and the scale is limited for the time being, and most of the reservoirs and dams are still covered with snow.

Everything is still going on quietly.

The results of the construction of one million soldiers and civilians took more than a month, and the outside world cannot see it for the time being.

In contrast, the water sources that can flow into the tributaries of the main rivers have begun to gradually develop at this time.

Fresh tributaries, in this early winter, begin to converge in large quantities and then flow downstream.

The large amount of snow and ice on the surface of the river is being carried down in patches along the direction of the river.

As the most important river transportation channel in northern China ~ the Yellow River, it has undoubtedly ushered in a major test at this time, and this test has just begun!

The snow disaster completely covered the entire northern land of China, and as the temperature warmed up, a large amount of snow melt water would be injected into it in almost all directions from the upper, middle and lower stages.

Therefore, for the Yellow River, the pressure of this winter flood can be described as unprecedentedly huge!

Originally, during this season, the Yellow River would fall into silence and there may be interruptions in some sections of the river, but now it has begun to surge.

A large amount of snow on the river was swallowed by the river water, and the big waves were rolling, and the water was turbulent, mixed with countless large and small ice.

They were enveloped, rolling like a tide, roaring and roaring all the way, and then rushed in the direction of the sea.

In some of the most dangerous paths along the river, the ice and snow on the river cannot melt in time due to the low temperature in the local area.

Vast expanses of snow and ice blocked the river.

At this time, if the rolling rapids upstream rush in, there is often a dangerous situation due to the siltation of the river.

It will undoubtedly be a huge test for the dams on both sides of the river.

In order to cope with this emergency situation, a large number of people's officers and soldiers were also on standby at this time.

Every day, at all times, there are many soldiers flying helicopters and fighter jets, cruising over the river and even in the surrounding area.

If necessary, they will drop all kinds of explosives and ammunition into the river that has been silted by ice and snow to break the ice floe and ensure the smooth flow of the river!

So far, however, the Yellow River has been in good condition, and with the infusion of snowmelt water, the entire channel has remained largely unimpeded.

Although the flow of the river has been greatly improved compared with usual, it is only in danger after all, and there is no crisis for the time being.

However, just in case, a large number of officers and soldiers have not slackened, and they still patrol and inspect various river stages every day.

At the same time, in the past week.

Not only the rising temperature and melting snow may cause the problem of winter flooding, but there are many things that China has done during this time.

For example, after several rounds of disaster relief work and the mobilization of a large number of manual and mechanical means, the transportation routes within cities, between cities, and between cities and towns in the northern region have basically been restored.

Large amounts of snow have been cleared into rivers, farmland, and suburbs.

For example, in the city, people who were originally moved to major public places because of the poor ability of housing buildings to resist snow disasters have now basically been allowed to leave.

Because with the continuation of disaster relief activities, the snow in the city has been cleared one after another, and the houses of these affected people are the focus of disaster relief.

For example, due to special weather disasters such as snow disasters and low temperatures, those high-voltage lines that have been blocked or even damaged, and the connecting lines on the main line of the urban power grid have basically been restored.

The lines in the towns and villages of the connecting roads are now also being repaired and maintained after the disaster!

Fortunately, for the northern region of China, in the cold winter, most of the people have collective heating, gas supply, and rely on electricity and air conditioning equipment to survive the winter, and there are not many people.

Some of the houses are relatively independent, and people who belong to bungalows or build their own buildings have been moved to the collective space one step earlier.

For example, the dense high-speed rail lines in Huaxia, which almost run through major cities across the country, have now been fully unblocked.

Moreover, compared with other transportation lines, the high-speed rail line is actually the first to be connected to traffic in the northern part of China.

Because in this, the Zhao Group has played a big role.

In order to clear the snow on major railway lines and railway bridges, the relevant researchers in Zhao's laboratory have also specially developed a locomotive used to impact the snow track and clear the snow.

Big and powerful, it gets rid of the idea of streamlined design, but it is full of grip.

At full power, you can directly rampage on the snow-covered railway, kick off the snow, and the railway line between cities may become unimpeded in just one or two hours~

At that time, after watching this kind of snow removal scene, I almost didn't stare out the eyes of those locomotive design experts of the Ministry of Railways!

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In this thousand-year-old snow disaster, Huaxia can be said to have suffered heavy losses.

A large number of farmland seedlings in the northern region died as a result, and a large number of livestock, cattle, sheep and horses were frozen to death, suffocated to death and starved to death due to the snowstorm.

Due to the full coverage of snow and the blockage of transportation, a large number of factories were forced to shut down, group companies stopped operating, construction work came to a standstill, and various social activities basically came to a standstill.

Even the factories and branches opened by the Zhao Group in various cities in the northern region were inevitably affected by this.

The headquarters buildings in Yanjing City have become sparsely populated.

Except for a few teams of security guards who were promised high salaries during the snow disaster, the company could only announce paid holidays.

On the national side, in order to cope with the rescue and disaster relief, a large number of skilled workers in the construction industry were urgently transferred from all over the country at any cost.

This number has been increasing over the past month or so, until the construction of the relief project is completed and the workers are about to be disbanded and go home.

I was surprised to find that the number of people in this part of the building has reached more than 800,000!

If nothing else, just calculate the wages of these workers in this month, as well as various welfare subsidies, it is estimated that it will be enough for the country to have a headache.

If you add in the urgent transfer of these workers, the various engineering tasks and construction tasks that have been delayed in the engineering team in the urban area to which they originally belong.

The loss in that regard will undoubtedly be even greater!

In addition, in order to minimize the damage in all aspects during this rare heavy snowstorm.

During the early stage of the disaster, a large number of people in rural areas were evacuated urgently, and almost all of their personal belongings were abandoned as a result.

Now the snow disaster has entered another stage, but in the process, it is difficult to guarantee that some of the poor-quality residential buildings will not collapse or be damaged due to heavy snowfall.

Even after the snowstorm, with the emergence of a large number of water storage dams, reservoirs and other buildings, many villages and settlements may no longer be inhabitable.

For this situation, the state will undoubtedly make proper arrangements afterwards, which is another big expense!