Kra Isthmus, which in the original Thailand, is a narrow and humid land, at the junction of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, because of the influence of the two oceans, coupled with the relative narrowness, the narrowest point is only more than 50 kilometers, here is not the same as the rest of the Indochina Peninsula, there are not many people, in a barren scene, everywhere are weeds and woods, and even some swampy areas, wild animals to a lot, early arrival even in leisure time, but also hunting and tooth sacrifice. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, since Wang Rongmin set his sights here, especially from the top to the bottom of the support, now, there is a busy flow of people here, there must be brave men under the heavy reward, 30 million funds in place at one time, the central government and Yang Yuanzhao clear support signal, all this is like a booster, get the actual funds, and have the support of the central government, these designers will carry out faster, Wang Rongmin sent the information is quite detailed, some preliminary work has been done, such as a suitable environment, Basic hydrological and geographic data, the next step is to confirm this.

In the past, perhaps these competing design institutes would design their own independently, which would almost inevitably lead to waste, but it was normal that the same data, everyone tested one side, and finally selected only one solution, and the others were useless.

The Kra Canal plan is different, from Wang Rongmin, to the central government, there is an understanding, that is, to complete the construction of the canal at the fastest speed, in this case, these design companies, of course, will naturally understand this plan, before coming, there is the idea of cooperation, Wang Rongmin also took advantage of the trend to launch the joint, although the design cost of each will not be very high, but together, the design cost of the entire canal is more than the world practice, At least 2.5 times more, so that a total of 8 companies, each of which completes only one-eighth of the amount, can get 30% of the harvest, which is not as good as eating alone, but it is acceptable.

8 times the personnel, divided into different parts, with the help of the engineering corps, began a carpet search, the initial plan, of course, is the narrowest, but unfortunately there was vetoed, whether it is altitude, or construction, are not very suitable, integrated a variety of schemes, implemented to the basic design data, a dense, all over the data canal near Kra gradually formed.

In fact, for the design of the canal, the foundation is not difficult, to put it bluntly, this is just a canal that excavates through the east and west, as early as the Sui Dynasty, under the situation of backward technology and labor in China, you can dig the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which is much larger than this canal. However, according to the geological and hydrological conditions, as well as the altitude, it is not difficult to make the most correct choice, this is not difficult, the technology of the Suez Canal has been excavated almost a hundred years ago, and this is not difficult for China, which is good at large-scale construction.

8 chief designers, these designers who enjoy a considerable status at home and abroad, began to discuss the plan one by one, the focus of the discussion is divided into several aspects, the first difficulty of construction, the difficulty of construction represents the speed of construction, Southeast Asia is located in the tropics, the impact of typhoons and rainy seasons, it is necessary to consider, the Kara region, the highest mountain range is only more than 70 meters above sea level, but if it is excavated in the mountains, the current technical level, even if it is the most recent, will slow down the choice, On the contrary, there are several other places where there are natural things that can be used, and even blasting aids, the latter of which will greatly speed up the construction of the canal.

Time is very tight, this is different from other projects, the time limit for completion is not large, it is precisely because Yang Yuanzhao took into account the flu in 1918, the pace of the end of the war is also accelerating, the sooner the canal is connected, the sooner you can create value, timeliness is the first thing that needs to be seriously considered, and then the problem of transportation volume, the precedent of the Kiel Canal is in the front, China cannot do useless work like Germany, so it is guaranteed that in 20 years, or even 30 years, it will not be expanded, which has become the key.

These two are equally important, but in the selection, there is a sequence of order, there are enough experts, after the implementation of the basic data, and finally established, the tendency of the experts, more inclined to use the third phase of the project to complete, railways and highways have double and double lines, how can the canal not, first through a huge single line, can be used as a double line for 10,000-ton merchant ships, it is enough to use at present, and then it will come down, continue to run through the second phase of the project, instead of making adjustments on this canal, Such a canal that can be passed in opposite directions, it has become a single line, as long as the depth is enough, there is no problem with the passage of larger-scale merchant ships, after all, the tonnage of merchant ships doubled, does not mean that all the data are doubled, which not only saves time, but also achieves the effect, in the non-channel on the large-scale expansion project, will not affect the operation of the channel, in the middle, the canal capacity, will be gradually enlarged.

There is only one result, to ensure two extremely harsh conditions, but the cost of the canal will increase, the first phase of the project cost is as high as 130 million, the second phase of 150 million, because the amount of work will be the largest, and the third phase of the project is as high as 280 million, which does not take into account the pressure brought by future inflation. However, after the completion of the third phase, the canal will have a traffic capacity of up to 2 billion, which basically meets all the needs of the present and the future, and is a more suitable plan.

When this plan was put in Wang Rongmin's place, Wang Rongmin was very satisfied, this plan, in the initial canal, is larger than his previous plan, it can be said that under the condition of maintaining the density of ships, the annual traffic capacity will reach more than 50,000 tons of merchant ships, and in the future, when the second and third phases of the project are completed, this traffic capacity will be expanded to more than 200,000 ships.

Even after 100 years, a canal can not pass 200,000 ships in a year, in principle, after the first and second phase of the project, the third phase of the project will be opened depending on the situation, and even to a certain extent, the third phase will be delayed, and then for the expansion of the first and second phases, which is feasible, the specific analysis depends on the time, in the eyes of the designer, the first and second phases are enough to support 30 years, which is still the premise that the tonnage of merchant ships keeps rising.

After the designer came up with the final selected draft, he also put forward a suggestion, after the completion of the first phase of the project, when a large number of merchant ships arrive, to a certain extent, the pressure on the railway will be very large, Central and South Province must be prepared, after all, the scale of 50,000 merchant ships, the annual tonnage of merchant ships passing through the Kra Canal is as high as more than 700 million tons, even if one-third of them will be unloaded near Thailand Bend, That's more than 25,000 tons, which is an extreme figure, and if you add it from the northwest, it's even more, and Thailand must have a throughput and transportation capacity of 500 million tons, or even 1 billion tons.

Hearing this suggestion of the expert, Wang Rongmin is very glad that after he obtained the central funding, the first to strengthen is the port and railway, needless to say, the port itself is a good port, after a considerable degree of strengthening, after the Kra Canal through, to reach an average annual throughput of 500 million tons, this is no problem, in the early stage, has basically met the needs, the entire Gulf of Thailand, at least 4 ports of different sizes, The total throughput will be as high as 2.15 billion tons, which can not only meet the needs of oil and steel transportation, but also meet the logistics needs of the central and western regions, which is a comprehensive 20-year or even 40-year long-term assessment.

Several railways in Central South Province, the other three are expanding, and one has been added on the double line, which can not only ensure the passage and freight situation of Central South Province, but also enough to support the transportation situation of their connection with the mainland, the largest and most important railway in Central South Province in the future, is the central one, connecting Bangkok, Vientiane and Hanoi's railway, it is almost inevitable to expand, 4 lines at least, it is estimated that after the freight volume comes up, 5 is not impossible, mainly based on the annual throughput and material situation of the design.

After Wang Rongmin confirmed it, this plan was sent to the central government, and the special case was handled, because Yang Yuanzhao personally paid attention to it, this plan had long been in charge of the air force aviation, and after the plan was passed in Bangkok, the fastest plane of the air force carried out the task, and sent this thing directly to Baotou, and then stayed for a while, and after several ministries and commissions went around, it was approved.

Go are senior experts, there is certainly no problem with professionalism, Yang Yuanzhao and the ministry pay more attention to time and efficiency, after meeting these two conditions, the rest is no problem, the sooner it is settled, the better, in fact, in the design of these days, participated in the Kiel Canal expansion project and the middle line of the north-south water diversion project of the meritorious construction team, all 79,000 people of the Fifth Railway Engineering Bureau have set off by boat, 8,000 sets of various large machines, has also been loaded, their vanguard has arrived in Bangkok, And rushed to the Kra area at the same time.

The telegram informed the Bangkok side of the instructions, and then a simple groundbreaking ceremony, Wang Rongmin came to spare a circle, the largest and most important project in the history of Central and Southern Province, finally began, on the first day, 100 tons of explosives were used, the Kra area can be said to be the sound of explosives non-stop, countless earthworks were blown up, one by one waterways began to appear, and then it was deep excavation, transshipment, the project was rolled out in an orderly manner, which was called the miracle of carat speed in later generations, and was born, this canal that created a miracle, It is 127 kilometers long, but it only took a year to penetrate, which can be said to have shocked a bunch of foreigners. (To be continued.) )