The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 461 Inspection of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway (asking for monthly tickets)
The starting point of "Southwest Associated University" is undoubtedly much higher than other universities.

For example, Pengcheng University could only recruit students from Guangdong Province at the beginning, and last year it could only recruit students from six provinces and cities.

However, "Southwest Associated University" directly recruits students from all over the country, not just from the mainland, but also from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong!

Like other domestic universities, Southwest Associated University offers free tuition and a monthly subsidy of 150 yuan. Students with outstanding academic performance can also apply for various scholarships.

The highest scholarship is as high as 5000 yuan!
5000 yuan, this is the amount that many people earn even after working for a year.

High standards, high starting point, abundant funding and strong faculty all make Southwest Associated University very special.

According to Liu Tao's discussion with several universities, Tsinghua University assisted Southwest Associated University in building electronics and architecture disciplines, Peking University assisted in building Chinese and foreign language disciplines, Renmin University assisted in building economics and law disciplines, Fudan University assisted in building mathematics and philosophy majors, and Beijing Institute of Technology assisted in building electromechanical and mechanical disciplines.
As many as ten famous domestic universities assisted in the construction of "Southwest Associated University", with each university supporting two disciplines, for a total of twenty disciplines.

In addition to the teaching staff, many of them are academic leaders in their disciplines.

For example, Yang Zhenning is a master of theoretical physics and has made considerable achievements in mathematics, physics, and philosophy. Southwest Associated University will establish a theoretical physics institute named after Yang Zhenning.

For example, Qian Xuesen's achievements in aerodynamics are beyond words. He obtained a master's degree in aeronautical engineering and a doctorate in aeronautics and mathematics. His research in aerodynamics, solid mechanics, rockets, missiles and other fields is world-leading.

For example, Shing-Tung Yau will serve as the director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences at Southwest Associated University. Although it is not a full-time position, he will regularly go to Southwest Associated University to teach and guide graduate students.

In the evening, Liu Tao left Tsinghua University.

There are so many things to do.

The next day was the second day of the Chinese New Year. Liu Tao took his children and accompanied his wife back to her parents' home.

Returning to one’s parents’ home on the second day of the Lunar New Year is a traditional custom.

Even though they lived not far from each other, both families had cars and were often together, Liu Tao still respected the customs.

Liu Tao originally planned to visit relatives and friends on the third day of the Lunar New Year, but due to a phone call, he had to change his schedule.

It was the leadership office that notified him to accompany the leadership to inspect the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway" and to express condolences to the workers on the front line.

Liu Tao quickly changed his clothes and went out.

The first stop of the inspection was Beijing West Railway Station.

The station is still under construction. It is also the starting station of the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway". It is located in the FT District of Beijing and is a special station of the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway". Once completed, it will be one of the largest modern railway passenger stations in the country.

Beijing West Railway Station is located near Lianhuachi East Road and West Third Ring Road in Beijing FT District, covering an area of ​​70 square meters and a total construction area of ​​96 square meters, including a station building of 70 square meters. The station has 14 platforms (26 platforms) and 28 tracks.

Among the stations along the entire "Beijing-Kowloon Railway", only Jingcheng West Station and Pengcheng Station are special stations, and their scales are the same.

The leaders expressed their condolences to the workers. Even though it was the Spring Festival, the workers only took one day off and celebrated the New Year on the construction site.

It can be said that these workers sacrificed themselves in order to build the 'Beijing-Kowloon Railway'!
Half an hour later at Beijing West Railway Station, they left on the Fuxing EMU. The second stop was Hengshui Station, which was a first-class station and an important transportation hub in Hebei Province. In another half a year, Hengshui Station could be completed. The railway stations along the entire Beijing-Kowloon Railway were divided into special-class stations, first-class stations, second-class stations, third-class stations, fourth-class stations, and fifth-class stations. This was divided according to importance. The more important the station, the larger the area it occupied. For example, first-class stations were important hubs in a province. The only special-class stations were Beijing West Railway Station and Pengcheng Station.

In order to build these modern stations, the Ministry of Railways and various provinces have invested a total of 400 billion RMB!

After visiting the workers, the Fuxing EMU continued to head south and arrived at Mulan Station in Zhongyuan Province, which is also the condition for the opening of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway. The total mileage of the railway is 718.3 kilometers.

Then they changed to off-road vehicles, all of which were produced by China Automobile Group. Half an hour later, they arrived in the wild, where a tunnel was being drilled.

Although this tunnel is quite long, it has not been completed yet because it was not constructed using a tunnel boring machine.

With a shield machine, working 21 hours a day, it can excavate 35 to meters forward; without a shield machine, it can only dig one meter a day at most, and even if it works hours a day, the maximum advance is three meters.

Moreover, bridge and tunnel construction are also the most dangerous!

Most construction casualties occur during bridge and tunnel construction.

A few days passed quickly, and on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Tao arrived at the Ministry of Railways.

This time he came to attend the construction deployment meeting of the Beijing-Shanghai Railway.

Although the construction drawings for the entire Beijing-Shanghai Railway have not been completed, it does not prevent the start of construction.

As the 'Beijing-Kowloon Railway' is gradually being completed, railway workers can be dispatched to build the 'Beijing-Shanghai Railway'.

After all, even if it is a double-track, the construction will not be so urgent and so many construction workers will not be needed. Other railway workers will gradually be transferred to the 'Beijing-Shanghai Railway'!
The biggest construction difficulty of the Beijing-Shanghai Railway is also the bridge and tunnel, of which there are 21 tunnels with a total length of 15.8 kilometers. It crosses many rivers of the four major water systems of Haihe River, Yellow River, Huaihe River and Yangtze River many times, including 16 V-level waterways. The Zhenjiang Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Bridge is a (90+180+90) meter continuous beam-arch composite structure with a maximum continuous span of 180 meters. The Jinan Yellow River Bridge is 5143.4 meters long, and the main bridge is a (113+3×168+113) meter four-line rigid beam flexible arch steel truss with a main span of 3×168 meters. The Jinling Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge across the Yangtze River is 9.273 kilometers long, with a main bridge of six lines and a design speed of 300 kilometers per hour. The main bridge is a six-span continuous steel truss arch with a main span of 2×336 meters.

According to the construction schedule, it would take three years to build the double track and prepare for full operation. Another three years would be needed to build the double track, and by 1992 the entire Beijing-Shanghai Railway would be completed.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Beijing-Shanghai Railway is also a century-level project.

Moreover, all seven major stations along the line are special-grade stations. It is precisely because of the higher standards that the investment in the Beijing-Shanghai Railway is much higher than at the beginning.

In terms of construction arrangements, the total construction period is first determined, and then it is broken down into specific sections based on the total construction period. The construction period is also clearly defined for important node projects such as bridges and tunnels.

This kind of large-scale project is just like marching to war. All the preliminary arrangements have to be made, and then the construction and completion are carried out according to the arrangements. Similarly, cement, sand, gravel, steel, etc. will be supplied according to the arranged construction period.

The steel for the entire "Beijing-Shanghai Railway" is mainly provided by three steel mills, one of which is Baosteel located in Shanghai.

The construction of a high-speed railway like this requires huge amounts of steel, cement, etc.

This can be seen from the construction of the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway".

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