Not long after returning from the almost southernmost island of the motherland, Zhang Xingyang came to the grassland of the almost northernmost part of the motherland.

Compared with the sandy beach that is still shaded by coconut groves, the grassland is already a withered yellow.

However, between the vast world and the world, it can make people feel a burst of pride in their hearts.

As the saying goes: the vast world, great achievements, nothing more.

Zhang Xingyang came to the grassland this time, and the purpose of going to the island was almost the same, which was to select a site.

It's just that before that, it was to build a new generation of launch bases for low-orbit satellite communication systems.

And came to the grassland, for the purpose of the hypersonic wind tunnel site selection work.

The new generation of launch bases is more for commercial launches, so when it comes to planning, the level of secrecy is slightly lower.

There is even a follow-up consideration for the possibility of developing aerospace tourism at the Wenchang launch base.

And hypersonic wind tunnels, because they are more for military purposes, have higher requirements in all aspects, and the level of secrecy has reached the highest level!

"Isn't it a little inconvenient to build here?"

Qiao Yang, who was accompanying him, looked around.

Almost except for a few slightly rolling hills, it's just a patch of withered yellow meadows.

Not even a simple cement road!

A few of them came here by helicopter.

"There is a railway to Baotou a kilometer away, and we will set up another station there to transport all the equipment needed for construction!"

At this time, a very serious-looking soldier beside Qiao Yang spoke.

Because whether it is the construction of a hypersonic wind tunnel or the construction of various supporting projects, it requires the deployment of an extremely large number of manpower.

Therefore, the construction unit is also very special, and the current Ministry of Construction 11th Engineering Bureau, 13th Engineering Bureau, and 15th Engineering Bureau, three units are being constructed at the same time.

Their predecessors were all specialized departments used in various places to build military units.

Now there has been no restructuring, and it still has a strong military color.

The liaison they sent this time was a military man on active duty, and he was a colonel.

Although Senior Colonel Chu Xuan didn't know exactly what kind of project was going to be built here, judging from the hands of the people who were ready to be transferred, it was definitely a super large project!

Otherwise, there would not have been nearly 6,000 people to carry out the construction work of such a project!

The long-term atmosphere of secrecy in the army made Chu Xuan not have the heart to inquire about the purpose of the project, he only knew that the code name of this project was Project 0311!

"Even if there is a railway a kilometer away, there is still such a long distance here, are you still responsible for building the road?"

After learning that there was a railway not far away, Qiao Yang's mood improved a lot, but he still had some doubts.

"The instructions given to us from above are, what you lack, we will repair!"

Chu Xuan said categorically.

"Not to mention a kilometer of road, even if it's a hundred kilometers, we can build it!"

In fact, in Chu Xuan's heart, this highway is nothing.

Compared with the construction of the third line twenty or thirty years ago, when the survival base of several kilometers was opened up in the mountains, these construction works can only be regarded as pediatrics!

Qiao Yang was relieved when he heard Chu Xuan's assurance.

However, he still has a lot of confusion about choosing a location in such a place where birds can almost be regarded as not pooping:

"Brother Xingyang, why would you want to build in such a place?"

Although Qiao Yang can be regarded as a natural asset in terms of aerodynamics, he still doesn't know much about related supporting issues.

In his opinion, the construction work in such a desolate place would require too much manpower and material resources.

It's better to choose a slightly bustling place.

"Is there anything bad about this?"

Zhang Xingyang looked at the few white clouds floating in the sky in the distance, and replied slowly.

"Ugh"

Qiao Yang didn't know what good things could be in this place that seemed to have nothing, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

"I know what I'm thinking, this place doesn't have any facilities, and the nearest settlements are hundreds of kilometers here."

Zhang Xingyang turned his head at this time, looked at Qiao Yang's somewhat dazed face, and said:

"But that's the beauty of this place!"

"Being far away from settlements means it's not so easy to get spies around."

"And I have specially checked this place, unless the enemy's satellite carries out orbit change operations, it is difficult to be detected!"

"You also know how much attention is paid to the secrecy of this project."

At this time, Qiao Yang somewhat understood what Zhang Xingyang meant.

But if it's just from the point of view of secrecy, wouldn't it seem better to put the whole project deep in the mountains?

Qiao Yang's eyes betrayed his inner thoughts.

After Zhang Xingyang smiled, he walked forward and motioned for Qiao Yang to keep up with his pace.

At the same time, the entourage who wanted to keep up, as well as the people from the construction unit, were blocked, because they could not know about the next conversation between the two people.

"You should know that wind tunnels consume a lot of electricity during operation, right?"

After walking a little further away to make sure the others couldn't hear the conversation between the two, Zhang Xingyang said by kicking the turf on the ground.

"Of course, isn't it very inconvenient to build here?"

"Even if you send electricity from the nearest power station, there will be a lot of losses, right?"

Looking at Zhang Xingyang with a smile on his face, Qiao Yang seemed to think of something as he spoke, opened his mouth wide, and said after a while:

"We're not going to build a separate power station, are we?"

"That's an exaggeration, isn't it?"

Zhang Xingyang looked at the black soil under the turf, squatted down and poked it with his hand, and said:

"Do you know what is buried the most under this land?"

Qiaoyang's geography is not bad, and he still remembers the main distribution of domestic minerals.

After thinking about it, he replied:

"Coal?"

"So we're going to build a thermal power plant?"

Zhang Xingyang stood up at this time and rubbed the soil on his fingers: "That's right, what we are about to build is a 1,000-megawatt thermal power plant. ”

In fact, Zhang Xingyang considered whether to build a photovoltaic power station, but after inspecting the current domestic photovoltaic industry, he gave up this idea.

At this time, the state has not begun to vigorously subsidize the photovoltaic industry, and the entire industry has not yet developed and grown.

Zhang Xingyang looked at the distant sky, a falcon that seemed to be preparing to hunt, and said:

"The high-quality anthracite coal beneath this grassland will be used as fuel for power stations to power our hypersonic wind tunnels."

"Blow out our own hypersonic missiles!"

(End of chapter)