my scientific age

Chapter 211 Searching for mines!

The next day.

In the early morning, the sun rises in the east, removing the chill of the night, and the soft light like dawn is reflected in the distance.

Inside the Laojun Temple, the No. [-] Petroleum Exploration Team, who rested overnight, started today's work.

Yan Shuang led the technicians to measure the distance, determine the location, and find the reference well position 15 meters north of Laojun Temple. The soldiers were responsible for leveling the well site and building the derrick base with stones and wood. The whole process was almost entirely manpower , tools only have simple tools such as shovels.

"Mr. Yan Shuang, the drilling equipment we put in Yumen is being shipped in. How soon do you think we can start drilling?" Liang Daya asked Yan Shuang who was beside him with a dusty face as he stared at the bustling construction site.

The drilling equipment carried by the oil exploration team into the mountain this time is only part of it. Later, drilling equipment such as drill pipes and drawworks will be placed in Yumen. At first, the equipment and materials were first, and the personnel were divided into two.

Benefiting from the Xi'an Incident, the situation between the two sides is now relatively peaceful, allowing them to transport oil drilling equipment by road.

"Without construction machinery, according to the current progress, it will take about 30 days." Yan Shuang, who was directing the drilling and construction site, answered this question after pondering for a while.

"30 days..." Liang Daya whispered to himself.

"Don't think that 30 days is a long time. If we didn't know the specific location 15 meters north of Laojun Temple, it would take at least a year for the preliminary terrain survey." Yan Shuang said.

"More than a year?!" Liang Daya was shocked. He thought that 30 days was long enough, but he never expected that the preliminary terrain survey that Yan Shuang talked about would take more than a year.

One year and more, in other words, is equal to finding this position, it is possible for one year, it is possible for two years.

"Yes, all, we would like to thank the gentleman who told us the specific location, he saved us at least a year or two or so."

Yan Shuang sighed softly: "The Chinese geological community recognizes that Yumen has rich oil and gas reservoir resources, but it takes a long time to find and develop this oil and gas reservoir. Brother Zigan told me at the beginning that we need to find oil and gas in Yumen. Tibetan resources, around 1940."

Zi Gan, surnamed Sun, named Jianchu, a Chinese geologist, a petroleum engineering expert, refuted the theory of "China's poor oil", has the reputation of the father of Sinopec in history, and made an indelible contribution to Sinopec. The founder of no buckle.

The geological circle is very small. Yan Shuang, who graduated from Norman University in the United States, naturally knew Sun Jianchu. Not only that, but the two are also good friends.

In terms of level, Sun Jianchu is slightly higher than Yan Shuang.

"..."

When Liang Daya heard these words, he opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but found that with his poor knowledge and knowledge, he was completely unable to communicate with the big man in front of him.

Forget it, do your job.

……

"There is good news from the first oil exploration team. They have successfully arrived at Laojun Temple and are carrying out preliminary infrastructure construction and drilling exploration work according to the plan. The second group of teams has already set off with equipment and materials and is expected to arrive at Laojun Temple on the late [-]th. , no accident, the exploration results will be available within two months, but the development of Yumen Oilfield needs to be discussed in advance, Yumen is too far away from us, and Nanjing cannot be avoided.”

"With regard to the development of Yumen Oilfield, we should cooperate with both parties, with our side as the main force and Nanjing as a supplement, but we need to take highly confidential measures and not expose it, at least not in this year and next year."

"Makes sense, I agree."

"The development of Yumen Oilfield depends on the final result of the exploration team. The sooner the Yumen Oilfield is discovered, the better it will be for us. Please wait."

"Report, emergency call from the north!" At this moment, a correspondent came in a hurry, and after reporting the situation, he left quickly.

"what's the situation?"

"Our new comrade actually gave such a big welcome gift... It's not easy, it's really not easy."

"Can you smelt high-strength steel and high-quality alloy steel suitable for weapons and equipment?! God, doesn't it mean that with this electric arc furnace smelting technology, our technical level can already start making guns and mortars?"

"Let's not talk about making guns and guns immediately, rifling and seamless steel pipes have not yet been solved, at least, the most basic material problem that shackles the development of the military industry has been solved. This meeting ceremony is too heavy, and now even I want to personally Go to Peiping and meet this talented comrade."

"The capacity of a single furnace reaches 6 kg, which can meet the needs of 60 mm mortars and barrels. The key to the entire electric arc furnace smelting technology lies in the manufacture of graphite crucibles and graphite rods. The raw materials are derived from natural graphite, asphalt, and quartz sand. Kezhao League has production. For us, making graphite crucibles and graphite rods is not a problem at all. If there are a thousand six-kilogram graphite crucibles produced at the same time, we can get six tons of high-strength steel every day. Damn, these All of them are good steels that can directly make gun barrels and barrels! The steel that the fellows made in the past can only be used as cold weapons, and cannot be used to make weapons at all.”

"Comrade Yu Hua's technical materials gave suggestions on the application of electric arc furnace metallurgical technology. In my opinion, according to this suggestion, this new metallurgical technology should be put into use immediately without delay. That's because we don't have the technology, and now we have the technology, we must do it!"

"Secondly, part of the staff will be taken out to prepare the electric arc furnace plant in the base to solve the procurement of steelmaking raw materials, mining and transportation of electric arc furnace raw materials, and realize the practical application of electric arc furnace metallurgical technology as soon as possible, so as to supply high-quality raw materials for the military industry."

"I agree, in addition, with the electric arc furnace technology, Yu's Seven Pagoda technology, and complete gunpowder technology, I think the time has come to establish a military production system based on light weapons such as grenades, rifles, mortars and ammunition. Success means that our army has the ability to independently supply weapons, and soldiers no longer have to rely on battlefield capture and external assistance to supply weapons and ammunition."

"I agree, who will be responsible for establishing the military production system?"

"It's not Chen Crippy."

"Okay, however, it is worth noting that this electric arc furnace smelting technology uses electric energy as the energy source. At present, the power supply in the base area is very tight. The sources are diesel generators and hand-cranked generators. The power consumption of the base area will increase, and the power supply and oil supply will become more and more tight. In the face of such a situation, we should take corresponding measures. First, purchase diesel generators from external sources and develop Yumen Oilfield as soon as possible. , obtain a second source of oil, and second, try to build small coal-based thermal power plants.”

"I agree."

"In view of the breakthrough improvement in the level of science and technology in the current base area, as well as the improvement of the external environment and the threat of the Japanese in the near future, I think we can seize this opportunity to carry out a large-scale production before the war, concentrate on major tasks, and realize the independent manufacture of weapons and equipment. , to enhance the comprehensive strength of the troops and base areas, if the high-yield wheat technology succeeds in the future, the food problem that plagues us will also be solved.”

"Okay, this pre-war mass production is very good, I agree, do you want to send this suggestion to No. [-]?"

"Okay, emergency number five."

……

The large-scale production plan before the war was finally established, relying on the 290 million silver dollars and gold unexpectedly obtained by the North, which is enough to support the operation of this plan.

With the launch of the pre-war large-scale production plan, the base area dispatched a geological exploration team composed of soldiers to the area under its jurisdiction to carry out preliminary exploration work and search for mineral resources to ensure the smooth operation of the entire plan.

Among them, graphite mines, quartz sand mines, coal mines, and pyrite mines are the most important.

The area bordering Ikezhao League and northern Shaanxi is the Ordoste large coalfield area in prosperous China.

The Ordos Coalfield, spanning Shaanxi, Gansu, Ning, and Suiyuan, is [-] kilometers wide from east to west and [-] kilometers long from north to south. Mining without underground mining.

In the remote and desolate valley, a team of more than ten people ushered in. As the No.18 military geological exploration team, they have left the base for two days.

This team, carrying crude exploration equipment, stopped in front of a barren mountain.

The four soldiers dismounted, carried iron picks to face the big mountain, each looked for four points, and after climbing up the hillside for more than ten meters, they raised the iron picks and fell fiercely, and slammed into the soil.

The soil was dug out, and the digging continued. After digging to a depth of more than one meter, in an instant, the black surface of the whole body radiated lustrous coal. Almost at the same time, traces of coal appeared at all four points, and the soldiers were happy. The color, the team commander and fighter continued to order to explore more points, but the mountain in front of him most likely belongs to a coal mine.

The coal mine resources closest to the base were successfully found.

However, for this exploration team, coal resources are only one of the goals of the exploration mission, and they are also looking for quartz sand deposits.

(End of this chapter)