Homo sapiens

The junction of Siam and Hongsawady.

In a low hill in the middle of the Henianthaon Mountains.

After continuous erosion and erosion, the mountains and rock formations here have been completely hollowed out, and a wide river channel is covered under a green umbrella.

Workers wearing exoskeletons are reinforcing the embankments on both sides under the cover of green umbrellas.

Wu Nan, who came here again for vacation, sat in an assault boat and inspected this artificial river with a width of 500 to 700 meters and a depth of 35 to 50 meters.

Wu Xiongshan, who is in charge of the management of the project, introduced it to Wu Nan: "Currently, the Ta Nien Ta Weng Shan Canal Hub project has entered the final stage. In fact, it is already open to navigation."

"The upgrading of the Chao Phraya River is almost complete. The locks and dams are ready for use, and the downstream river channel has been widened and deepened." Wu Nan put down the telescope.

Then he asked: "Where is the Dangweng River Dam?"

Wu Xiongshan replied: "The ship lock has been built, and the dam body has been almost completed through rapid pouring. The turbine has not been installed yet, but the previous temporary river channel has been blocked. It will be completed in the middle of next month, and the turbine will also be installed." Two will be installed and the remaining four turbines will have to wait until June.”

"So, wouldn't it be possible to open the canal in March?" Wu Nan asked in surprise.

"The water level is not good yet, and only ships of 10,000 tons can pass at most, and the company is still discussing whether to announce the canal in the near future." Wu Xiongshan reminded with some helplessness.

Wu Nan reacted immediately.

If it is just a medium-sized cargo ship with a few thousand tons of navigation, it will not attract too much attention.

The problem is that the initial navigation standard of the Dang Ong River-Chao Phraya Grand Canal is 30,000 tons, and it can be further improved to the 50,000 to 60,000 tons level in the later stage.

This will inevitably have a huge impact on the importance of the Strait of Malacca.

America and Star Island will never tolerate the emergence of this canal.

Sing Tao cannot tolerate the emergence of a canal because it threatens the main industry of its port services.

America's Changi base in the Strait of Malacca can block the maritime chokepoint between East Asia and West Asia. Once the canal is opened, Malacca's strategic position will decline.

America would not allow the canal to exist unless Honsawady and Siam were willing to hand over control of the canal.

This is like the canal in Central America. It is clear that a canal can be dug in the Republic of New Granada. Why doesn't America invest?

The reason is that the uniqueness of a certain canal makes it easier to set up a canal. Once there is an additional canal, uncertainty will increase. At the same time, America will need to add another garrison base, which will increase management costs.

Therefore, whether it is the New Granada Canal, the Kra Canal, or the Dang Ong-Mao Phraya Canal, they are all uncertain factors in the eyes of America.

Wu Nan knew that in the past year, the fierce confrontation between various forces and the Homo sapiens company in Siam had not stopped at all.

Obviously many forces do not want Siam to unite with Hongsawady and Luzon, and they are desperately trying to destroy the relationship between the three parties.

After all, if you look at the map, you will know the importance of Siam.

Once there is a problem with Siam among the three parties, Luzon and Hongsawady will be geographically separated, and communication can only rely on the Strait of Malacca.

This gives America the opportunity to take advantage of Luzon and Honsawati.

Wu Nan is basically certain that once the Dangwong-Chao Phraya Canal is announced, it will definitely cause an uproar.

"It looks like I'm going to have to wait a while before I see the canal officially open."

Wu Xiongshan smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, that day will not be too far away. We must believe in the power of the company."

After inspecting the canal junction in Thaung Thanh.

Wu Nan ended his "vacation" here.

January 9, 22.

The Kra Isthmus region of Siam.

Wu Nan took his entourage to near the mouth of the Kra River, where there is a submarine base and an air force airport.

However, he did not come to inspect the army. After all, he was not responsible for this aspect of work.

The purpose of Wunan's trip was to inspect the Kela Shipyard on the north side of the mouth of the Kela River.

In fact, the entire Kra Isthmus region has been completely transformed into a large rubber plantation, and the local population has been transferred to other areas through various channels.

Only direct descendants of the Homo Sapien Company remain here.

The Clark Shipyard is nominally a shipyard, but in fact it is a ship scrapping yard and ship repair shop. There is also a small steel plant here.

The raw materials for steel plants are scrap steel removed from abandoned ships and imported scrap steel.

In the picture on the TV station, Wu Nan came here to inspect the steel plant and shipyard. In fact, he came to inspect another secret project hidden in the steel warehouse of the steel plant.

Below the steel warehouse.

Wunan, led by Wamu, the deputy manager of the steel plant, took the elevator down to the underground space below.

The underground space is brightly lit.

Wamu pointed to the two tunnel entrances ahead: "Mr. Wunan, this is the northern entrance of the Kela Tunnel."

Approaching the tunnel, the height and width of the tunnel are large enough, and both tunnels have three lanes.

The third tunnel prepared for the train is also being dug.

Getting on the electric transport vehicle, they quickly passed through the 4.2-kilometer-long tunnel and arrived at the southern exit of the Kra River.

"This is the warehouse of a rubber processing factory." Wamu said, pointing to the ceiling above.

"How deep is the tunnel from the ground?"

"It's 58 meters."

Wunan asked another question: "How strong is the earthquake resistance?"

"It can withstand strong earthquakes of magnitude 8.5. In addition, we have reserved rapid repair pipes, which can quickly inject repair bacteria through small pipes."

"What about the river improvement project?"

Wamu quickly replied: "The river mouth is about 3.2 kilometers up, and the width of the river is 130 to 150 meters. In order to keep it secret in the early stage, the river was not widened, but deepened."

He continued: "For rivers with a width of more than 3.2 kilometers, I used rubber plantations as a reason, and then used green umbrellas as cover. I have opened up two rivers with a width of 240 to 300 meters."

Wu Nan glanced at the plan on the map: "How does the head office plan to handle the last 7 kilometers?"

"I don't know much about this. A geological survey team came over some time ago and drilled hundreds of exploration wells there, and then they went back." Wamu scratched his head and replied.

"Geological survey team?" Wunan narrowed his eyes slightly, then waved his hand: "I understand, you continue to improve this communication line."

Wamu nodded: "No problem. In fact, the road tunnel is now open to traffic, and the railway tunnel will probably be completed in July."

Wu Nan left the Kra Isthmus with great worries.

In fact, he had already guessed something, but this matter was a bit sensitive, and Wu Nan knew that the head office must have considered various possibilities.

Therefore, he simply wrote a report and did not ask about how to dig the last 7 kilometers of land of the Kra Canal.

The internal strength of the Homo sapiens company is constantly increasing, and with the creation of a large number of new materials, various projects are also reaping rewards.

at the same time.

The situation in the South Asian subcontinent has also entered a critical juncture.

Because Tianzhu mobilized three field divisions from the south, as well as a large number of inventory aircraft, finally arrived at the front line of the west entrance of the Siliguri Corridor.

The strong smell of gunpowder could be smelled even in Europe and the United States thousands of miles away.

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