Chapter 459: Dupu Railway Expansion

The affairs of the Far East have come to an end for the time being, but the tension in the Far East will not be less, because the procrastination of the Russian withdrawal has made the British Empire see through the essence at a glance, so how to make wool next is something that the gentlemen of the British Empire need to consider.

However, to deal with Maozi, Italy is at most beating the side drum on the side, and more needs the British, who are eager to block the woolly bear from all over the world, and the book that is anxious to jump for Russia's occupation of the Northeast.

Therefore, Italy's rapid development of the country is the first priority, and everything else needs to have its own strength. And as one of the representatives of the strength of a country, steel is the main proof. In view of the lack of coal and iron ore in Italy, coal and iron ore from Kosovo and Libya are very important.

Especially at a time when Italy's industry is developing rapidly, the mineral resources of the two places are even more indispensable.

Among them, Kosovo, as Italy's main mineral area, needs to contribute to Italy's industrial construction.

In recent years, with the deepening of industrialization, Italy's dependence on Kosovo's minerals has increased.

Because Kosovo's minerals are urgently needed by Italy, and there is no substitute for them. For example, in the case of the largest coal mine mined in Kosovo each year, more than 11 million tons of coal are currently mined in Kosovo every year. Kosovo's three coal mines are currently operating at full capacity, providing coal resources for Italy.

In addition, Kosovo has gold, silver, copper, aluminum, zinc, chromium, asphalt, lead-zinc and cadmium minerals, which together provide 13 million tons of minerals to the country every year.

Such a huge amount of materials need to be transported, and Kosovo does not have navigable river transportation, and basically relies on the capital (Durs) Pu (Pristina) railway transportation, so the transportation pressure is very high. Every 12-20 minutes, a heavy transport train departs for Durres. If you add passenger trains, the transportation volume of 5-6 times per hour makes the carrying capacity of the Dupu Railway exceed the limit. In order to ensure the movement of many trains and increase the number of night trains, Dupu Railway has also creatively adopted the initiative of electric lights along the line.

And such a luxurious approach is to ensure the transportation of goods.

Of course, this kind of high-strength driving has a very large loss of rails. In the eight years since the Dupu Railway was in operation, the rails have been changed twice.

So last year, the construction of the double line of the Dupu railway began. Tens of thousands of road construction workers built a bridge and dug holes next to the Dupu Railway to build Line 2.

"Your Excellency, this is the largest tunnel of the Dupu Railway, the Domils Mountain Tunnel, the total length of the tunnel is 3,281 meters, at the exit of the tunnel is the Gertu Bridge, which is the second bridge of the Dupu Railway, the bridge is 882 meters long, with arch design, we use a new reinforced concrete design, the maximum bearing capacity of the bridge can make the train with a total weight of 4,000 tons pass safely."

In the Kuks-Lecheni section, which is located in the most difficult construction of the Dupu railway, Kabore, as a high-ranking Albanian official, looked at the busy construction workers and listened to the person in charge of the construction of the section talking about the situation in front of him.

It is a difficult place to build, at the highest point in the Albanian mountains, and the winding railway is laid in the valleys and river valleys. The manpower and building materials required are comparable to those of the Swiss railways that cross the Alps.

As far as Kabore could see, the railway was located between two mountains, the two railway lines stretching straight to the side of the mountain, and the steel rails stretched out from the mouth of the two tunnels to the distant mountain, and it was obvious that it was another tunnel. On both sides of the railway, the landslide slopes made of cement and stones show the hardships of the construction of this railway.

"Mr. Elebik, you road builders have worked hard, and sacrificed a lot for this railway, which is vital to the kingdom!"

Looking at Kabore in such a scene, he couldn't help but admire.

And he's right, these road builders have sacrificed a lot. In this era, there are far less large-scale equipment than in later generations, and many times it needs to be promoted by means of manual excavation. So far, 19 people have been killed and 37 seriously injured in order to build the Dupu Complex Line, and even more for those minor injuries.

At that time, a total of 59 people died in the construction of the Dupu Railway, and more than 200 people were seriously injured.

Even if there are enough materials such as explosives, detonators, etc., the losses are just as much. At present, 120 tons of explosives have been used in the construction of the Dupu Railway, and it can be said that materials that can basically use explosive detonators and other materials to help the means of excavation can be seen.

Of course, in addition, the amount of reinforced concrete is a lot, and it can be said that this railway is forced to be piled up by various materials.

"If there's anything you need, you can tell me, and if I can do it, I can help you as much as I can."

Kabore opened his mouth to the person in charge and gave a promise.

"There is nothing else, that is, can you send us more living materials. Everyone is tired of a day, and it is best to drink a few drinks. ”

"No problem, I'll ask the government to send a batch of wine when I go back."

Kabore understood the needs of the road builders and immediately agreed to send a batch of wine.

"Thank you, High Official, for your generosity."

"You're welcome, this is what I'm supposed to do."

The only thing lacking in such a harmonious scene is the lack of reporters to capture it.

But for Kabore, who has just been transferred from Puglia, it doesn't matter. This time, Albania withdrew from the governorate and established a province, and he was able to seize the post of high-ranking official, and of course he had the ambition to do something.

And ensuring the completion of the double line of the Dupu Railway on time is the first priority, and his senior official definitely needs to come and have a look.

It should be noted here that at present Italy has removed its governorship from the post of governor in Libya and Albania and has been converted into a province. This kind of provincial institution is also somewhat different from the current regional structure in Italy. That is, the regions of Italy are autonomous units with autonomous powers and functions, enjoying legislative power, financial autonomy, etc. The provinces established this time are subordinate agencies of the central government, and their legislation and finances are not independent.

In order to speed up the unification of Italy, Cavour and Karl's grandfather, Emmanuel II, gave local governments a certain amount of power.

And this time, the overseas colonies were directly changed to provinces, also in preparation for the centralization of power. Carlo has long wanted to take back these rights of local governments, but in view of the fact that this kind of collection of power will cause local turmoil, so he has not taken action, and this time he took the opportunity to reorganize the former colonial institutions, so he directly changed them to institutions directly under the central government, which is also to prepare for the recovery of the rights of local governments.

Of course, Carlo and the Roman government also knew that this kind of thing could not be smooth sailing, but since Carlo had not reformed until now, he must have been fully prepared. Now it's up to anyone who dares to jump out against it, Carlo doesn't mind killing a monkey for everyone to see. In one sentence to describe Carlo's mood now, that is, the organizers, co-organizers, and football cards are all my people, what do you garbage do to fight with me.