America's Road to Fame

Chapter 314 Post-disaster reconstruction
It took two days to inspect the entire island by helicopter, and unloaded most of the supplies on the supply ship to a place on the island with a suitable water depth and a place suitable for a temporary dock, establishing the first temporary dock on Atlanta. camp.

After the installation of diesel generators and communications equipment, the Atlanta Management Committee was finally able to start operating.

Now the management committee needs to face the imminent things, including port, electricity, network, water and shelter.

After the volcanic eruption, the entire Atlanta Island has been covered by rocks and turned into barren land. Therefore, to build on it, the first thing is to have a dock that can dock larger ships, because Atlanta is an island. All materials need to be transported from outside by ship.

Just like in the beginning, it took a lot of work to transport the current supplies from the supply ship, so the dock is needed first.

For this, the American soldiers who came with the supply ship gave an idea. Their navy developed the Improved Naval Barge System (INLS), which can build an artificial island at the fastest speed and connect it to the coast. The simple wharf can directly dock the ro-ro ship for loading and unloading.

Because under the conditions of modern warfare, the port is not only an important area, but also a place where the two sides fight desperately and fiercely exchange fire.And to carry out amphibious operations, there is no port.

The Improved Naval Barge System (INLS) was developed specifically to address this problem.The system consists of a series of powered and non-powered modules that can be used to build artificial islands or be connected to form a long, long barge.

The construction of the artificial island is very simple, that is, the modules of the improved naval barge system are hoisted from the ship into the sea, and then docked and fixed like building blocks. This artificial island extends from the shore to the sea, completely It can allow cargo ships to dock and can also withstand large cranes, thereby speeding up the loading and unloading of cargo.

Due to the importance of the Guam base, there is this barge system there. If Atlanta needs it, try to buy a set of this system from them and build a temporary simple dock here, and this system is very fast to use. It can be built in as little as two hours.

After hearing this, Chen William immediately asked Roger to contact the Guam base in the United States, expressing his hope to buy a set of this barge system and send it to Atlanta immediately to build a temporary simple dock.

After hearing the request from Atlanta, the Guam base agreed very readily. After all, this system is not complicated to say the least, but most of the time it is only the army that needs to store it.

The main reason is that they quoted 1000 million US dollars for this system. Although William Chen knew that this was absolutely inflated, there was no way around it. Time was the most important thing now, so the decision was made.

In this way, the problem of the port is solved for the time being. Of course, the suggestion of the dock is not a long-term solution, but a temporary emergency.Atlanta will definitely need to build a permanent large pier in the follow-up, but it will not be completed in a short time. First of all, the immediate problem must be solved.

The second issue is electricity. It is not an option to use diesel generators like this all the time, not to mention that there will be a large number of projects in the future that will require electricity.

Palu originally had a small power plant of more than [-] megawatts, but after the volcanic eruption, it has disappeared. As I said before, with the conditions of Atlanta Island, wind power and tidal power generation are unnecessary. The floating nuclear power plant we are talking about will not be built in a short time. The current power generation capacity of solar energy is far from enough, and the cost is also high, so they finally chose traditional fuel power generation. Natural gas power plants are a good choice, and natural gas It can also be imported from Russia, and the price is not high now.

As for the third network, Palu’s network was previously connected from Malus Island through submarine fiber optic cables, but after the volcanic eruption and earthquake, it has been disconnected, and now it is necessary to find a break and connect it again. Or lay another fiber optic cable directly from Malus Island.

The fiber optic cable on Malus Island is a submarine fiber optic cable from Australia to the United States. Chen William plans to connect another line from the Pacific fiber optic cable from the United States to Japan and Greater China in the future, so that there is a backup. It will not cause the entire country to be disconnected after a problem with a fiber optic cable.

The fourth item is drinking water. This has always been a problem for Atlanta. Since the Palu period, drinking water has to rely on imports. The main reason is that although Atlanta is in a tropical rainforest climate, The annual precipitation can reach 1500 mm, but because of the structure of the site, it is mainly composed of coral reefs, and the water storage capacity of the stratum is not strong, so it is completely impossible to store water. The only lake is a saline lake.

But it is different now. After the volcanic eruption, the entire island was covered by rocks, and after exploration, there were many depressions, so that after it rained, it could become a small lake to preserve fresh water.

And what is surprising is that they also discovered several hot springs, which also gave Atlanta a better tourist resource.

Chen William's plan is to judge whether the current fresh water storage can supply the entire island after several rainfalls. If it is still insufficient, then he is going to directly install a fresh water tank from Malus Island, which is rich in water resources. Pipelines come to Atlanta, and drinking water is imported directly from Malus Island through freshwater pipelines.

The last item is housing. Although there are some simple houses at present, they are mainly used as offices. Those who stay on the island still need to live in tents, but this is not a long-term solution. As mentioned earlier, Atlanta There is abundant rainfall, so once it rains, living in tents is too much of a pain. Most people, including Chen William and Erica, still have to be connected by boat and return to the Eclipse to rest at night.

Therefore, Chen William plans to continue to buy some simple houses first, first solve the problem of accommodation, and then start to build a batch of houses at the same time.

However, before these things, the top priority is to conduct systematic address detection of the entire New Atlanta Island, including the surrounding sea areas, so as to provide the most basic information for future construction and development.

Therefore, after this meeting, the Atlanta Management Committee officially began to issue an announcement, listing some projects and inviting global bids:
1. Hire a professional geological team to survey and map the entire Atlanta Island and surrounding waters, and collect geological composition and mineral data.

2. Construction of ports that can permanently dock at least 30-ton cargo ships.

3. The construction of the road around the island of Atlanta.

4. An airstrip, at least able to take off and land medium-sized passenger aircraft.

5. Submarine optical cable project.

6. A natural gas power station with a capacity of 50 megawatts.

7. Construction of a management committee building and a high-rise apartment.

The volcanic eruptions and earthquakes that occurred in Atlanta have attracted global attention. Under the continuous media reports, whether Atlanta has been greatly expanded due to volcanic eruptions in modern times, or the surrounding area The impact on the South Pacific region has become a very hot topic.

Many countries have successively indicated that they will participate in the rescue of the disaster-stricken areas here, and have introduced various assistance policies.

Against this background, the bidding by the Atlanta Management Committee has also attracted the attention of various countries and many companies. This kind of reconstruction project is not a small project, especially the port and the road around the island. And other infrastructure projects, there are many related companies actively conducting related consultations and intending to participate in the bidding.

The first thing to do is the overall survey and mapping of the new Atlanta Island. After that, the Atlanta Management Committee will also hire a professional organization to make an overall plan for the entire new island based on the results of the survey and mapping, and to delineate the future. A more scientific layout of functional areas in Atlanta.

All of these are the basis for the follow-up projects. With these plans, the location of those projects can be determined. Therefore, this matter will definitely be prioritized.

(End of this chapter)