Great Power Technology.

Chapter 467 The night before the start of the survey

After two days of exhausting boats and cars, Zhang Fu and a group of survey team members from the Tongtianhe project arrived at Duoka Village near the big bend of the Yarlung Zangbo River. Here, they will carry out the final arrangement of equipment, and then head north to climb Zidongna Then go northeast along the ridge, bypass Zhiba Longba, turn south from the Chamuna ridge, and climb Chidan Peak.

This is an extremely difficult and dangerous route, the whole journey is more than 30 kilometers, and the average climbing altitude is more than 4000 meters. If you are not careful, you will fall into it.

After climbing Chidan Mountain, they will conduct a comprehensive survey of the local soil and rock formations, draw a high-precision topographic map, and measure the target data to demonstrate the feasibility of the plan.

After finishing all this, they will continue to go north, passing through the Choch Lompa Ridge, and reaching the village of Shewaka. Only then can they get their first supplies.

After this section of the road, it is close to 20 kilometers.

The 50-kilometer road does not sound too far away. If it is on the plain, ordinary people who walk fast can even complete it in one day. Kilometers is already the limit of the human body, not to mention that they are also carrying various equipment.

Therefore, they arranged this short 50-kilometer journey according to a 10-day schedule.

In the party-mass service station of Doka Village, Zhang Fu put down his heavy backpack, let out a long sigh of relief, and then said to a team member named Li Rui:

"Hey, give me a cigarette, it's too bad, it's too high."

Li Rui squinted at him, and said angrily:

"Are you sick? Gao Fan still smokes, isn't he afraid of death?"

"You don't understand, I'm mentally rebellious, just have a cigarette --- why are you moaning, didn't you finish my two packs of swimming in the past two days? Do you know how much that thing costs? ? My old man is reluctant to smoke, let me steal it all to honor you."

"Then you are really filial to me."

Although Li Rui's mouth was unforgiving, his hands were still very honest. He took out two packs of Fuchun Shanju from his backpack and threw them in front of Zhang Fu, and then told:
"You should really smoke less. We will be preparing to go up the mountain tomorrow morning. Now our altitude is only 4000, and we will rise to [-] in a few hours. If there is a high reaction, it will kill people."

In the previous two days of getting along, Zhang Fu and Li Rui, the rich second generation, only spent a few hours at most from acquaintance to acquaintance. Compared with other people in the team, the two of them have more common language.

Of course, this does not mean that they have a bad relationship with other team members. On the contrary, because of their slick way of handling things, the entire survey team has a good impression of both of them, and some even bluntly said that they broke their own Consistent stereotypes about the rich second generation.

What do ordinary people think of the rich second generation?

Li Rui's family is in the financial industry, and the circle they come into contact with is relatively high-level. He may not understand it, but Zhang Fu's family started from scratch, and they have contacts with all kinds of people, so he knows it very well.

He is ignorant, sensual, and a luxury.
It is undeniable that I could indeed use these words to describe myself in the past——isn’t that what the dandy in the peaceful and prosperous age is like?But Zhang Fu asked himself that he hadn't done any disgusting bad things, and most of his energy was consumed in several mountaineering and expedition activities every year.

The only time I got caught in the gossip was when I was overwhelmed by green tea.

So, in fact, in many cases, he doesn't recognize his identity as a rich second generation --- he thinks that he is just a rich mud leg and a big grievance.

Zhang Fu unpacked a pack of cigarettes and spread them around for the other smoking team members. Seeing this, the non-smokers in the team hid to the side. He didn't say hypocritically that he wanted everyone to smoke outside, because he knew that, In the difficult task that is about to start, the most important thing is to tolerate each other and support each other. Since the captain didn't say anything, then I should just stay obediently.

He took a deep breath, and then asked the captain Qing Hao who was smoking beside him:

"Do we have any new equipment coming over? I checked the equipment before, and the emergency fuel preparation is too little. I calculated that it is basically enough for 64 hours. If there is a snowstorm on the mountain, the heat source will last too short. very dangerous."

Qing Hao nodded and replied:
"I have informed my superiors that they will transfer a batch from Ganden Township, and they will arrive tonight. But now there is a problem. Our equipment is almost saturated. If we want to bring more fuel, we will either be overweight or have to Consider throwing away other equipment."

Hearing his words, other members of the team frowned, and after a while, Zhang Fu said:
"Why don't you just throw away the high-power flashlight? It's useless for me to think about it."

"No, there are wolves on the mountain this season. You can't throw flashlights at anything. Otherwise, if we encounter wolves, we can only burn tents to make fire."

The person who was talking was Li Fang, the security guard of the survey team. Like the other security guards, he was an active soldier. If we say that he had simple plateau mountaineering experience, he might not be better than Zhang Fu, a field expert. But when it comes to security work , no one can question their opinion.

"How about losing two tents? Now the two-person tent can accommodate three people, the space occupied by one tent can hold six alpine gas tanks, and the duration of 12 gas tanks can last up to 48 hours. Reserves are basically sufficient.”

"The tent cannot be reduced. It is very important to rest in a continuous hypoxic environment. There is a huge difference in the space for sleeping two people and three people in a tent. If there is a bad rest, it will take less than 10 days. 3 The sky is almost dead."

".It's not that exaggerated. When I climbed Mount Everest before, I didn't sleep for 36 hours."

"That's you. You are one of the most physically fit people in our team. Others' physical strength can't reach this level. I suggest you be conservative and don't lose anything. Liu Chu and I can recite more—" —You too, let’s share it, it’s better to go slowly than not to go.”

Hearing his words, Zhang Fu nodded thoughtfully, and replied:

"Then follow this plan first. Brother Hao, what do you say?"

"I agree, what about the others?"

"agree."

After collecting everyone's opinions, the discussion on emergency fuel finally settled on a plan. Several people walked out of the house, and after explaining the precautions clearly, they dispersed for free activities.

Zhang Fu and Li Rui followed Qing Hao, and the three of them walked to the riverside together. Looking at the wide river, Zhang Fu said with emotion:
"From this point of view, it's a bit of a fantasy to move this road to the northwest."

"Look, to the west is Namjagbarwa Peak, surrounded by mountains, not to mention the northwest, from here to Palong Zangbo, the height difference is close to 3000 meters."

"Is there any water conservancy project in the world that can raise a river by 3000 meters? I don't think I've ever heard of it."

"The pumped storage power station on Changlong Mountain has a maximum water head of 800 meters. It should be the largest pumping station project we have ever built. Now the technology is still developing. If the Huawu Institute can produce nuclear fusion power generation , the energy problem is solved, we can build 3 to 4 stepped pumping stations in this area, and pump water up in stages."

"Even if there is no fusion power generation, the power transferred from the Brahmaputra Hydropower Station can fully support the operation of the pumping station. Technically speaking, there is no problem at all."

After listening to Qing Hao's explanation, Zhang Fu and Li Rui nodded thoughtfully.

In fact, they don't know much about these technical details. In this survey team, their role is closer to that of professional consultants, who are responsible for professional technical guidance on field survival and mountaineering. I don't understand.

So, taking advantage of the last time before departure, Zhang Fu planned to chat with Qinghao more——as his old man said, he always needs to go further, learn more about things he doesn't know, so that he can go further in the future .

"I heard before that the Tongtian River project is decreasing in elevation. How come we have to build a pumping station when we come here. Isn't this the opposite of the overall strategy?"

Hearing Zhang Fu's question, Qing Hao shook his head and replied:

"The decreasing elevation is another route. That route is from Anbei Mountain to Jinzhu Zangbo, to Jinzhuqu, and then along National Highway 219 to the east."

"The route was smooth in the early stage and did not require too much engineering, but after the confluence of Jinzhuqu and Gongrigabuqu, we had to find a way to cross Kongzanglong, Luoji Glacier and Yalong Glacier, reach Anmucuo."

"The amount of work in this section is not a joke. Both sides are full of steep cliffs. Although the maximum height difference is only 2000 meters, the construction is extremely difficult-only one pumping station can reach the top. Moreover, the route needs to run through the river and needs to be constructed. Lots of culverts."

"More importantly, the elevation of that section of the river itself is relatively high, and there are still many sections of the river that need to build dams, which can almost be said to make the river flow backwards. Think about the difficulty of this."

"So, we are now taking the route of Palong Zangbo—what is this called? Saturation is surveying."

"In the end, we will use the plan whose plan is more feasible and more profitable overall."

"You have to know that our batch of more than a dozen survey teams represents more than a dozen routes, and this is only at the source, with tens of thousands of kilometers of waterways behind, and more than 1000 teams. Think about how many versions of the plan there are. Bar."

Zhang Fu nodded and did not speak again.

In fact, before he came here, he had already learned about the background and details of the Tongtianhe project from various sources, and he also knew that this was a miracle project with a huge investment and that it would definitely be recorded in the history of human engineering after its completion. However, the shock he received at that time , far inferior to Qing Hao's simple words.

More than 1000 survey teams, nearly [-] professional or non-professional survey personnel.

The geological surveying power of the entire country has basically been drained.

The courage displayed in this made him dazzled.

At this time, the sunset had gradually set, and the golden summit of Nanga Bawa Peak in the distance was shining brightly. Others in the team took out their mobile phones and opened them to take pictures. Zhang Fu also turned on the camera of his mobile phone subconsciously. But I didn't take pictures of the beautiful mountain.

Instead, he turned the camera around and took a picture of the members of the survey team taking selfies by the river.

(End of this chapter)