It seems that during this time, the Northwest was busy with the northern war situation, and these two forces began to move, and the diplomats who had just fought with the great powers began to find Beiyang and the Revolutionary Party, and solemnly protested against the inaction of these newspapers. Just when both sides thought that the Northwest was just like this, the Northwest took advantage of the situation at this time, and the Northwest reintroduced the railway plan.

In fact, in the previous agreement with the revolutionary party and Beiyang, the railway has always been an important link, and the northwest has obtained the right to build roads nationwide, but for various reasons, most of the railway construction is in cooperation with the local government, and the construction of the railway has been carried out, but it is generally not too long, one or two hundred kilometers, at most two or three major cities and seaports and river ports, so that the railway and water transport are connected.

At present, in the current strong state, the proposed railway plan is a trunk railway, which is based on the original railway network, integrating the trunk railway centered on the whole country, with three vertical and three horizontal.

The north is smooth Beijing to Harbin Railway, Beijing-Baozhou, Baotai Railway Railway, Longhai Railway, South Hunan and Guizhou Railway, Guizhou-Guizhou Railway, horizontal is easy to do, but the vertical is a big deal, Baotou as the center, after Bao Tai, continue to the south through Henan, Hubei, Hunan * South until Guizhou, the entire northwest artery, is the plan, the most important jump artery. The entire northwest and southwest are connected together, and the future sphere of influence of the northwest is faintly delineated. In the central part, it is centered on the Pinghan Railway. Expand the project to build a railway from Wuhan to Guangzhou, and to the east, connect two of China's most important cities, Beijing and Shanghai.

This grand railway project has almost enveloped the entire essence of China, from the three eastern provinces to the Yellow River valley in the Central Plains, and most of the provincial capitals in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The most important thing is that in the plan, among the three vertical railways, Jingmen, Wuhan, and Nanjing, these three locations are the key points. In the history of China's railways and bridges, there has never been a bridge across the Yangtze River, and among the three verticals, the Yangtze River Bridge must be built. Moreover, the layout of one, several Yangtze River bridges, is a groundbreaking huge project.

The Yangtze River is a curse. Before, it was not that no one wanted to penetrate the Yangtze River Bridge. It's a pity that in front of the wide Yangtze River waterway, there is no way. Now the northwest actually dares to undertake, this is a shocking initiative, suddenly, the action of the northwest, on the headlines of the national newspapers, almost the entire Chinese media have turned to such a thing, and even the propaganda slogan of the northwest is also a poem plagiarized by Yang Yuanzhao.

This poem became a hot topic in the whole of China, and some people in later generations counted that in 1912 alone, at least more than 370 newspapers reprinted the report with this poem as the title, restricting the whole of China's heavenly curse, and it was about to become a thoroughfare.

The rise of the Northwest and the success of commerce have made the whole of China realize the importance of convenient transportation, the Yangtze River is also an important channel, a lot of transportation is based on the Yangtze River, but the smooth Yangtze River is precisely the least smooth place, the two sides of the river are not far apart, but it is not easy to cross the river, less than half a day, more than a day, when the wind and waves are strong or the weather is bad, maybe a few days, which is a huge obstacle to the development of both sides of the strait, now, A dual-use bridge plan for railways and highways has made the Yangtze River Heavenly Curse about to cease to exist, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River basin are a place of economic development and prosperity, and more people have begun to discuss this.

At this time, the northwest is also focusing on the study of this, how to build the bridge plan, the direction, has been pointed out by Yang Yuanzhao, the original railway and highway operation map, clearly marked the Yangtze River, the location of dozens of bridges, and even Yang Yuanzhao also knows the general order, of course, is to choose the origin, and the next is to determine his location and height.

After a simple analysis, some experts finally proposed a height of 20 meters and reported it to Yang Yuanzhao's side, which was based on realistic considerations and the final result of technical level.

Yang Yuanzhao remembers that the Yangtze River Bridge, once a big lock of the Yangtze River channel, only more than 24 meters high, not enough to pass 10,000-ton freighters, in the wet period can only pass 3,000 tons of ocean freighters, which makes the Yangtze River more than the Rhine River water volume 6 times, the traffic capacity is only one-sixth of the Rhine, the key problem is the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge built in 1968, 24 meters high as if a huge gate, blocking the 10,000-ton giant ship directly to Wuhan golden waterway.

If there is only one Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, it will be overturned, across the Yangtze River, but not only one bridge, dozens of bridges and a 5,000-ton wharf that has invested heavily along Nanjing, making it difficult to overturn the plan to start over.

Forward-looking, in the construction of large-scale projects, very important, the most vivid example is the Kiel Canal, because the construction period was not forward-looking, after the completion of the Kiel Canal in 1895, less than 12 years, had to invest heavily in 1907 to continue to expand, constantly climbing the size of the battleship, was limited by the Kiel Canal, in the German High Seas Fleet, there were even battleships built specifically for the Kiel Canal, not very suitable for seaworthiness.

In later generations, China did not have the most urgent environment of Germany in World War I, and had the determination to dare to retreat to start over, so that the natural waterway of the Yangtze River could only be wasted, but now, Yang Yuanzhao's vision is almost the first in the world, and he from later generations must not make the same mistake.

Forward-looking, how to look forward, of course, can not directly refer to the boundaries of the Yangtze River waterway, this is not realistic, must consider the reality and feasibility, too high, the cost is astronomical, finally, Yang Yuanzhao decided, Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, as the most downstream port of the Yangtze River, is also the strongest capacity, generally speaking, the wet season can even directly pass 50,000 tons of ocean freighters, you can refer to the Panama class in later generations, that is, the Panama Canal as a reference, specifically through the Panama Canal ocean freighters.

The maximum width between the piers is more than 75 meters, and the height is more than 57 meters, and finally Yang Yuanzhao set the clap at 60 meters, so that most of the warships and cargo ships in the world can pass through the Nanjing section of the Yangtze River waterway, and even in the next hundred years, it will not be outdated.

As for the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge and the Jingzhou Yangtze River Bridge, according to the actual traffic capacity, with the most possible expansion, of course, it cannot be 24 meters, Wuhan at that time, can even pass 10,000 tons, or even 230,000 tons of cargo ships. In this case, in the wet season, even by 10,000 tons of freighters, traced back to Wuhan, or even closer, under the integration of rivers and seas, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River basin will become a hot land in China. Of course, that is a long-term prospect, and the current northwest cannot affect it, but after the breakthrough, the connection between the north and the south will be closer, and there will be no ferries on the Yangtze River.

Yang Yuanzhao also knows that in this era, this requirement is really a bit high, but China can't bid for international bids, in short, you can spend money, spend a lot of money, and you can't let the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge become a stuck Chinese throat again, as far as Yang Yuanzhao knows, as early as 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was built, which is known as the eighth wonder of the world's suspension bridge, 41 meters from the water surface, 30 years have passed, the development of steel and technology, it should not be difficult to push up the height of 20 meters, even if the design, If the steel cable requirements are not up to standard, he can replace it with some materials in the all-in-one machine to make the construction of the bridge safer and more stable.

When the basic requirements of the three Yangtze River bridges were announced to the world, the whole world was shocked, based on the Brooklyn Bridge, and the higher bridge, which immediately attracted the vast majority of the world's design institutes, a bridge that can go down in history forever, in the next few decades, will not be outdated in the design and construction of the bridge, which is simply indescribable for architects, especially the Nanjing Bridge, the Northwest even for the Nanjing Bridge, a reward of 1 million US dollars, soliciting design drafts, this is 1912, The U.S. dollar is also known as the era of the dollar, 1 million U.S. dollars, can be equivalent to 50,000 ounces of gold, compared to later generations, almost tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars, suddenly, in the world, at least dozens of the top firms, took over the design work, they will send their firm's best team of designers, field visits, and then participate in the bidding, and strive to win the project.

The Northwest has always been generous, everyone knows this, but this time, the huge handwriting, people are amazing, just a Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge design drawing on 1 million US dollars, the project cost can rise to tens of millions, or even tens of millions of US dollars, so regardless of the cost of construction investment, it is even more eye-catching, Beiyang and the revolutionary party has not yet realized that the convenience of the railway and transportation, will have a great impact on China, they see the immediate benefits, as long as the railway is unblocked, the goods in the northwest, Including the things produced by their imported Northwest machine, it will inevitably be more convenient and faster to ship out, plus the extraction of tolls and some taxes and fees, which is a great thing for them.

China, which is dominated by the northwest, even Beiyang, has realized that the prosperity of commerce has the benefits of their governance, and with money, they can equip themselves with stronger weapons, better equipment, and form more armies, as for bridges and railways, in their opinion, there is no direct threat, or there is, but there is no need to worry, after all, in their scope, maybe the future road will be smoother, and they can attack the revolutionary party and the northwest faster, which is also a good change. (To be continued......) R1292