Everyone knows that the success of the German Revolution is inseparable from the strong support of Datang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoWithout advanced weapons and all kinds of material support from the Tang Dynasty, the German Revolution could not have succeeded. In the normal revolution, the materials provided by Datang to Germany were tens of thousands of tons, and naturally some of these materials were free aid, and some were purchased with loans.

Supplies for Germany were basically loaded on ships at the port of Orhão and transported across the Atlantic to Germany. Except for some of the materials that are produced or stockpiled in Pengzhou or Florida, 70 percent of the materials are shipped from the West Coast to the East Coast. After all, the core area of the Tang Republic is still on the west coast, and although the east coast is developing rapidly, the industrial level is still lower than that of the west coast.

The Tang people loaded various supplies from the West Coast onto trains and then transported them to the Gulf Coast via the Loao Line, where they were loaded onto ships. However, due to the further economic development of the Tang Dynasty, especially the increasing prosperity of the east coast region, and the continuous migration of Chinese immigrants from the Qing Dynasty, the Luoao Line has already experienced a shortage of capacity just a few years after its completion. Although the Datang Railway Corporation continues to add new trains and adopt more optimized management, the Luoao line is still in a tight situation under the needs of immigration, normal economic transportation needs, and aid materials to Germany.

There are several main ways to solve the shortage of railway capacity: increase the speed of trains, increase the number of trains, and optimize management. The railway company is working hard in these aspects, but it is obvious that the Datang government is not satisfied with relying too much on the Luoao line railway, which is not the same as facing the sea in the other side, and the railway is the most important mode of transportation to communicate the country. The Tang Dynasty itself spans the continent. Sitting on two oceans. Sea freight is also a very economical and high-volume mode of transportation.

As early as when Datang was just established, Bai Nan and other strategic pioneers of Datang had already put forward the idea of building a strategic canal connecting the two oceans and promoting economic and trade exchanges between the east and west coasts. Later, the Tang Dynasty launched the Tangxi War, seized New Spain, and deliberately took the Panama region from Colombia.

Now that it has been 17 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the demand for such a canal is increasing, especially in the case of aid to Germany. The idea of building such a canal was even more urgent. In terms of objective conditions, it has been more than a year since Datang seized Mexico, and the use of the power of the National Revolution to sort out the localities in Mexico has also achieved increasing results. Mexicans are mostly content with the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and their living standards and personal rights have improved greatly, and there will not be much resistance to implementing a major project in the Mexican District.

In fact, Datang has been demonstrating the feasibility of building the Two Oceans Canal. Crossing the famous Panama Canal, everyone knows it, but at the moment when Datang is fully in control of Central America, there are two different plans within Datang.

The first is the construction of the Panama Canal, which is at its narrowest point on the entire Isthmus of Central America, only 60 kilometers long. Of course, it also has its drawbacks, and the Panamanian region is undulating. There are not many natural rivers and lakes to rely on, which makes it difficult to dig canals. Moreover, the difficulty and cost of operation are relatively high. On the other hand, the Panamax Canal was built, and the tonnage of ships that could pass through it was limited, so Panamax ships appeared, that is, ships with a load of about 65,000 tons that could pass through the Panama Canal. There are six locks throughout the canal, which require water to be lifted to pass through properly. It takes about 15-20 hours per boat to pass through the canal plus the waiting time, and the number of boats passing through is also limited.

The second option, which is now receiving more support, is the construction of the Nicaragua Canal. In fact, the idea of digging the Nicaragua Canal, until the Panama Canal was dug on the other side, was the one that Spain was most interested in. The simple reason for this is that although the Isthmus of Nicaragua is longer than the Isthmus of Panama, there are more natural rivers and lakes that can actually be used. Lake Nicaragua, located on the territory of Nicaragua, has an average width of 58 kilometers and a depth of 23-70 meters, which has significantly reduced the actual length of land passage through the isthmus. The San Juan River, which flows out of Lake Nicaragua and flows into the Atlantic Ocean, directly saves the amount of excavation in the project, and after dredging and deepening, it is capable of passing large-tonnage freighters. So the only way to actually dig the Nicaragua Canal is the 19-kilometer stretch from the west coast of Lake Nicaragua to San Juan do Sul on the Pacific coast. At the same time, there is also a natural river in this section, which can be directly used after dredging and diversion. A little more difficult is that the canal also passes through mountains, but it's much better than in Panama. After the completion of the excavation of the Nicaragua Canal, although the total length is longer than that of the Panama Canal, and the volume and time of passage may not have much competitive advantage, the canal does not need to be laboriously carried through the locks at all, and ships can sail through naturally.

Coupled with the vast size of Lake Nicaragua, a large number of boats can be moored in the lake to pass through. Another advantage that cannot be overlooked is the shorter voyages, Nicaragua is closer to the west and east coasts of the Tang Dynasty than Panama, and even though the length of the canal has increased, the actual length of the voyage is shorter than that of the Panama Canal. Therefore, the Nicaragua Canal is still more competitive than the Panama Canal.

For Datang, with the current economic and trade volume, the Sino-US canal does not need a particularly large passage volume, and the mainstream cargo ships of Datang at this stage are bulk carriers and container ships of more than 10,000 tons, and they do not need a particularly large passage. However, the construction of the Nicaragua Canal requires less investment, lower operating costs, better economic benefits, and higher transport efficiency.

In this way, the need to dig the Panama Canal becomes negligible. Datang is not bad for money, but money should also be spent, especially in the other side of the canal digging and political considerations are different, Datang is in a dominant position in North America, and completely controls the above two regions. On the other hand, when a Chinese private company is preparing to dig the Nicaragua Canal, it will not be able to use the San Juan River because of the territorial dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, but it is clear that this problem will not exist in Datang here.

Only one month after the end of the German Revolution, the Tang Dynasty passed a bill to establish the state-owned Nicaragua Canal Company and began to dig the Nicaragua Canal, and the entire project will break ground at the end of 1791, which is expected to take one year and three months to complete. (To be continued.) )