"Ice! It's actually an ice !!"

Chen Xin looked at the crystal clear ice like a rock wall on the holographic projection in horror, and said with an incredulous expression.

Scientists have been controversing over whether there is water on Mars for many years, and the numbers sent back by the Spirit and Opportunity rovers that landed on Mars in 2004 have shown that Mars used to be warm and humid in the past, and may have even stored in the ocean, but then its environment has changed dramatically.

Since then, the scientific goal of NASA's Mars missions has revolved around the world to see if Mars once supported life, and the U.S. Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars a month ago, has further advanced NASA's "follow the water" strategy.

It's just that most of the numbers sent back by human probes only indicate that there were traces of flowing water on Mars, but there is no evidence that there is really water on Mars.

Chen Xin never imagined that the "Firefly" would find ice deep underground.

A few months ago, scientists from NASA's Mars exploration program published a shocking finding in the journal Science that Mars had a huge underground water system and experienced major floods.

According to the researchers, the newly discovered underground channels of the Curiosity rover indicate that there was indeed a lot of hydrological activity on Mars in ancient times. The area where these underground ditches are stored coincides with the area that the Firefly probed.

Chen Xin had to sigh at the foresight of these scientific researchers.

Water means life!

Mars is already rich in hematite, and in the future, Chen Xin can completely obtain oxygen by smelting steel. Then the biggest problem that plagues mankind to survive on Mars is solved.

Chen Xin doesn't know how thick the ice layer is underneath, but since groundwater can be found in the depths of this volcano, it will definitely be found in other areas of Mars, which is very crucial for humans to establish a Martian base in the future to develop Martian resources.

If the thickness of these ice layers is considerable, Chen Xin can even establish a forward base inside this volcano, and it is not impossible to develop a Martian city with a closed and stable ecosystem in it in the future!

The only problem now is that Chen Xin and Gangyi simply do not have the ability to establish a colony city on Mars, and they must gather global forces to make it possible.

"Old Bean, what do you think we should do next?" said the steel hammer with an electronic eye.

Chen Xin thought for a moment and said, "Now the ability of the Firefly alone is not enough at all. Wait until the Dragon aerospace aircraft is completed. You can land a large Martian rover on Mars and explore the volcano's interior even deeper. ”

Steelhammer nodded, "No problem." ”

Chen Xin added: "In addition, I will now go back to China to communicate with the Chinese government about this incident. It is believed that the water resources on Mars should arouse greater interest in the space elevator program among Chinese leaders. What's more. Now find a way to find me a CIA mole lurking in the top echelons of the Chinese government. He revealed this secret to the Americans, preferably the Europeans, the Japanese, and the Russians. ”

Gangyi was stunned and said, "Old Bean, what do you want to do?"

Chen Xin smiled slightly. said: "I don't want to do anything, I just want to put on a good show!"

Although the attraction of Mars colonization is amazing, it is unlikely to be realized in a short period of time, but with the stimulation of this news, countries will definitely accelerate their investment in the aerospace industry, which will facilitate Chen Xin's future integration of scientific research resources on the earth.

Although Chen Xin and Gangyi's future goal is to explore the depths of the universe, as a member of human civilization, Chen Xin naturally does not want humans to live in a corner of the earth all the time. The sooner humanity enters the Age of Discovery, the better it will be for him and the steel hammer.

When Chen Xin and Gangyi were talking, the mobile phone rang suddenly.

Chen Xin took out his mobile phone and looked at the caller ID, and hurriedly pressed the answer: "Xiao Qiao, is there something wrong?"

Qiao Ting said: "Chen Xin, just now the Great Elder contacted me and asked if you have time to return to China in the past few days?"

Chen Xin was puzzled: "What's the matter, what's going on in China?"

Qiao Ting said: "It should be related to the Golden Dragon Battery, now that the No. 1 plant and production line of the Golden Dragon Battery have been deployed, the Great Elder wants to ask you when it is more appropriate to release the Golden Dragon Battery to the public?"

Chen Xin thought for a while and said, "Okay, I also happen to have something to discuss with the Great Elder, today I will hand over the affairs of Somalia, and we will go back together tomorrow!"

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The metal battery has been officially named Jinlong battery, and the first set of 50 tons per day Jinlong battery production line produced by Longshoushan base has been delivered to the No. 1 factory of Jinlong company, as long as the raw materials are in place and the training of workers is completed, Jinlong battery can be put into production.

According to the joint plan of the war situation and the Chinese government, by the end of this year, after the completion of the first phase of the Jinlong battery factory, the production capacity will reach about 1,000 tons per day.

In addition to its military application, the best place for King Long battery to show its skills is in the field of electric vehicles.

At present, King Long has cooperated with most of the domestic automobile companies to jointly develop a new generation of electric vehicles, and the product line will cover almost all models such as large container heavy trucks, luxury passenger buses, ordinary buses, buses, pickup trucks, off-road, urban SUVs, family cars, and super sports cars.

As we all know, as an important civilian consumer industrial product, the automobile has a decisive influence on a country's manufacturing and economy.

In recent decades, with the large-scale entry of foreign automobile brands into the Chinese market, the domestic automobile industry has not ushered in a rebirth with the support of imported technology like high-speed railways, and has become a business card of China.

On the contrary, some joint venture cars have blossomed in China, and the situation of domestic cars is getting worse.

State-owned enterprises such as FAW and Dongfeng have also focused on joint venture car bodies, and the Chinese highway has almost become an expo for automobile brands from all over the world.

Until recent years. With the support of private capital, the rise of domestic auto brands such as Chery, Geely, and BYD, domestic cars have gradually improved, but they can only make a small fuss in the low-end field, and the mid-to-high-end field is still monopolized by foreign brands.

FAW and Dongfeng have not launched their own brands, but because of service, quality, price and other reasons, most of them have not been recognized by consumers, and can only fight with domestic manufacturers in the low-end market.

As a result, China's auto industry has formed a group of domestic brands in the low-end field, and joint venture brands in the mid-end field occupy the mainstream. The high-end field is all a situation in the world of foreign investment.

And the well-known national brand FAW Hongqi. It has fallen to the point where thousands of vehicles are sold every year, and almost no one cares.

You must know that Hongqi sedan is a well-known name in China, these two words have far exceeded the meaning of a sedan brand, and too many historical events in New China are related to "Hongqi". In the hearts of the Chinese people. It has a position that no other brand can replace.

But now Hongqi's situation is suffocating.

In order to reinvigorate Hongqi's brand. FAW has invested heavily in the development of two models in the past two years. They are Hongqi L5 and Hongqi H7.

Among them, Hongqi L5 is a "Hongqi E-class car with 100% independent intellectual property rights" independently developed by FAW, which is an E-class sedan based on the success of the Hongqi brand review car project in 2009, and FAW officially launched the product development and production preparation of Hongqi L platform.

In terms of design, Hongqi L5 adopts a retro head and face design. The round headlights, the huge chrome grille, and the red flag logo in the center of the front of the car all reflect very Chinese design elements, which are elegant and domineering.

According to the original plan, this car will be built by the Chinese government into a permanent car for state guests and become a symbol of the Chinese government's high-end car.

In addition, it will also be introduced to the market to compete with high-end models such as Rolls-Royce, Bentley, etc.

But the advent of the Golden Dragon battery changed the minds of top leaders.

They decided to electrify the car and make it an all-electric smart sedan similar to Tesla.

Receiving similar treatment is the Hongqi H7, which will compete with the likes of the Audi A6L in the mid-range market and become the standard official car of the Chinese government.

The power storage capacity of the Golden Dragon battery is extremely strong, for example, the Hongqi H7 is equipped with a 25-kilogram metal battery, which is calculated according to 20 degrees per kilogram, and after being fully charged, the H7 can travel 2500 kilometers at a time.

This range is much higher than that of a gasoline car or an electric car similar to Tesla, and the charging time of the King Dragon battery is extremely fast, taking less than half an hour to fully charge, which is also a big temptation for consumers.

Of course, due to problems such as basic facilities, electric vehicles will also encounter a similar dilemma of lack of charging piles as Tesla vehicles in the process of promotion.

For example, the U.S. Congress recently passed a bill to increase subsidies for the new energy industry, especially Tesla Motors received a low-interest loan of $1.5 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy, and traditional car companies such as Daimler and General Motors have also cooperated with Tesla to prepare for the electrification of its various models to prepare for the next electric vehicle revolution.

China is even more exaggerated, in order to minimize the fluctuations caused by the industrial revolution of the Golden Dragon battery on the energy field, China took the lead in the adjustment of PetroChina, Sinopec and other enterprises, on the one hand, to stop the approval of overseas oil field mergers and acquisitions of oil companies, on the other hand, simply let PetroChina, Sinopec and CNOOC and other companies each invest 10 billion US dollars in Jinlong Battery Co., Ltd., the three companies each get 8% of the shares of Jinlong Company, and the State Grid, Huaneng Group and other central enterprises bear the remaining 25% of the shares.

This also means that from the very beginning, China has given Jinlong Battery Company an estimate of more than $120 billion without a penny of investment.

Subsequently, the State Grid Corporation also began to carry out large-scale transformation work on the power grid, first of all, the construction of large-scale energy storage stations, to know that the current running in the power grid is all the time in the loss, if the electricity is low when the energy storage station stores a part of the power, and then the power supply is connected to the grid by the Golden Dragon battery, this alone can greatly improve the efficiency of electric energy.

At the same time, China has begun to devote more energy to the construction of nuclear, wind and solar power generation, and is expected to completely phase out non-renewable energy sources such as oil and coal (except natural gas) in the next five to ten years. (To be continued......)