Great Power Technology

After two days of hard work, Zhang Fu and a group of survey team members from the Tongtian River project arrived at Doka Village near the big bend of the Yarlung Zangbo River. Here, they will carry out the final equipment sorting, and then head north to climb Zi Dong Na Peak, then move northeast along the ridge, bypass Zhiba Longba, turn south from the Chamuna Ridge, and climb to Chidan Peak.

This is an extremely difficult and dangerous route, with a total distance of more than 30 kilometers and an average climbing altitude of more than 4,000 meters. There will be no supplies along the way. There are soft frozen soil and snow pockets everywhere, and even a small number of fissures left by glaciers. 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 high-precision topographic maps, and measure target data to demonstrate the feasibility of the plan.

After completing all this, they will continue to go north, pass the Chozhu Lungpa ridge, and reach Shewaka village. Only then can they get the first supply.

At the end of this section, the distance is close to 20 kilometers.

The 50-kilometer road may not sound very far. If it is on the plains, ordinary people who walk fast can even walk it in one day. However, under the conditions of high cold and snow-covered mountains on the plateau, 10 kilometers can be walked in one day. Kilometers are already the limit of the human body, not to mention the various equipment they carry.

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

At the Doka Village Party and Mass Service Station, Zhang Fu put down his heavy backpack, breathed a long sigh of relief, and then said to a team member named Li Rui:

"Hey, give me a cigarette. I can't do it anymore. I'm having high fever."

Li Rui glanced at him sideways and said angrily:

"Are you sick? You still smoke after high school, are you really not afraid of death?"

"You don't understand. I'm a psychopath. Just have a cigarette and it'll be fine - why are you so impatient? Didn't I finish the two packs of swimming in the past two days? Do you know how much that stuff costs? ? My old man couldn’t bear to smoke it, so I stole it all to honor you."

"Then you are really filial to me."

Although Li Rui's words were unforgiving, his hands were still very honest. He took out two packages of Fuchun Shanju from his backpack and threw them in front of Zhang Fu, and then warned:

"You really need to stop smoking. You have to prepare to go up the mountain tomorrow morning. Our altitude is only 1,600 and it will rise to 4,000 in a few hours. If you really get altitude sickness, it will kill you."

In the previous two days of getting along, it only took a few hours at most for Zhang Fu and Li Rui, a wealthy second-generation pair, to get to know each other. Compared to the rest of the team, they had more in common.

Of course, this does not mean that they have a bad relationship with other team members. On the contrary, because of their all-round way of dealing with things, the dozen or so people in the entire survey team have a good impression of them. Some even bluntly said that they broke their own There is a consistent stereotype about the second generation of rich people.

What do ordinary people think of the rich second generation?

Li Rui's family is in the financial industry, and his contacts are also in the upper class. He may not understand it yet, but Zhang Fu's family started their business through hard work and interacted with all kinds of people, so he knows it very well.

Ignorant, sensual, and dissipated.

It is undeniable that I could indeed use these words to describe myself in the past - isn't that what a dandy was like in the peaceful and prosperous times? But Zhang Fu asked himself that he had never done anything disgusting or bad. Most of his energy was spent on mountain climbing and exploring activities several times a year.

The only time I got caught up in gossipy news was because of green tea.

Therefore, in fact, in many cases, he does not recognize his identity as a rich second generation - he feels that he is just a rich loser with a big grudge.

Zhang Fu opened a pack of cigarettes and spread them around the other team members who were smoking. The other non-smokers in the team hid aside when he saw this. He did not pretend to ask everyone to go outside to smoke, because he knew that, In the arduous task that is about to begin, the most important thing is to tolerate and support each other. Since the captain has not spoken, I will just stay calm.

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

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

Qinghao nodded and replied:

"I have reported it to my superiors. They will transfer a batch from Ganden Township and arrive tonight. But now there is a problem. The weight of our equipment is almost saturated. If we want to bring more fuel, it will either be overweight or it will be necessary. Consider discarding other equipment.”

Hearing his words, other members of the team frowned. After a moment, Zhang Fu said:

"How about throwing away the high-power flashlight? There's no point in thinking about it."

"No, there are wolves on the mountain this season. Don't throw flashlights at anything. Otherwise, if we encounter a pack of wolves, we will have to burn the tent to make fire."

The one who spoke was Li Fang, the security guard of the survey team. Like the other security personnel, he was an active soldier. If he had pure plateau mountaineering experience, he might not be better than Zhang Fu, a field expert, but when it came to safety and security work, , no one can question their opinion.

"What about losing two tents? Now the two-person tent can accommodate three people when squeezed together. The space occupied by one tent can hold six mountain gas tanks. The maintenance time of 12 gas tanks can be up to 48 hours. Plus our original The reserves are basically enough.”

"The tent cannot be reduced. It is very important to rest in a continuous hypoxic environment. The space for sleeping two people in a tent is very different from sleeping three people. If there is a situation where the rest is not good, it will not take 10 days, 3 The sky can almost kill you."

"It's not that exaggerated. When I climbed Mount Everest before, I went without sleep for 36 hours."

"That's you. You are one of the strongest people in our team. The other people's physical strength cannot reach this level. I suggest you be conservative and don't lose anything. Liu Chu and I can memorize more - —You too, let’s share the burden, it’s better to go slowly than not to be able to go.”

Hearing his words, Zhang Fu nodded thoughtfully and replied:

"Then let's 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 decided on a plan. Several people walked out of the room, explained clearly the precautions, and then dispersed to move around freely.

Zhang Fu and Li Rui followed Qing Hao, and the three of them walked to the river together. Looking at the wide river surface, Zhang Fu said with emotion:

"From this perspective, moving this area to the northwest is a bit of a fantasy."

"Look, looking to the west is Namjagbarwa Peak. It is surrounded by mountains. Let alone the northwest, the height difference from here to Palong Zangbo alone is nearly three thousand meters."

"Is there any water conservancy project in the world that can raise a river by three thousand 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. The technology is still developing. If Huawu Institute of Science and Technology develops nuclear fusion power generation , to solve the energy problem, we can build 3 to 4 stepped pumping stations in this area to pump water upward in stages."

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

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

In fact, they do not understand these technical details. In this survey team, their role is closer to that of professional consultants. They are responsible for professional technical guidance in wilderness survival and mountaineering, as well as the overall structure of the plan. Don't understand.

So taking advantage of the last moment before departure, Zhang Fu planned to chat with Qing Hao more - as his old man said, he always has to go further and 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 has a decreasing elevation. How come we have to build a pumping station when we come here? Isn't this the opposite of the overall strategy?"

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

"The one with decreasing elevation is another route. That route goes from Anbei Mountain to Jinzhu Zangbo, to Jinzhuqu, and then eastward along National Highway 219."

"That route was smooth in the early stage and did not require a large amount of engineering work. But after the Jinzhu Qu and Gongrigabu Qu merged, we had to find a way to cross Kongzanglong, pass through the Luoji Glacier and Yanong. Glacier and arrive at Anmucuo."

"The amount of work in this section is no joke. There are steep cliffs on both sides of the bank. Although the highest height difference is only 2,000 meters, the construction is extremely difficult - only one pumping station can reach the top. And the route needs to run through the river and still needs construction. 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 be built with dams. It can almost be said that the river water is forced to flow backwards. Think about the difficulty of this."

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

“In the end, whoever’s plan is more feasible and has higher overall returns will be used.”

"You have to know that our dozen or so survey teams represent a dozen routes, and this is just at the source. There are tens of thousands of kilometers of waterways behind, and more than a thousand teams. Think about how many plans there are. Version."

Zhang Fu nodded and said no more.

In fact, before coming here, he had already understood the background and details of the Tongtian River project from various channels. He also knew that this was a miraculous project with huge investment and would definitely be recorded in the history of human engineering after its completion. But at that time, he was shocked. , far inferior to Qing Hao’s simple words.

There are more than 1,000 survey teams and nearly 20,000 professional and non-professional surveyors.

The entire country's geological survey power has basically been drained.

The courage shown in this dazzled him.

At this time, the setting sun had gradually set, and the golden summit of Namjagbarwa Peak in the distance was shining brightly. Others in the team took out their mobile phones and opened the camera to take pictures. Zhang Fu subconsciously also opened the camera on his mobile phone, but after hesitating for a moment, he But I didn’t go to take pictures of that beautiful mountain peak.

Instead, he turned the camera around and captured the scene of the survey team members happily taking selfies by the river.