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Chapter 308 The most difficult road to heaven in human history
Among the many super projects built by the country, the Sichuan-Tibet Railway cannot be bypassed no matter what.

For no other reason than the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is the greatest engineering miracle in human history.

The reason why the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has been difficult to develop for a long time is simply because of the complex terrain, harsh climate, and inconvenient transportation.

To this end, the country spared no expense and spent nearly 400 billion yuan, which took more than ten years.

Built the highest, longest and most difficult plateau railway in the world, the Sichuan-Tibet Railway.

The construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is not a simple task.

It faces multiple challenges such as extreme natural environment, complex geological conditions, severe ecological protection, and difficult technical problems.

Due to these complex problems, the Sichuan-Tibet Railway not only requires high construction costs, but also requires a breakthrough in traditional railway construction theories and methods.

It is precisely because of this that during the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, many of the world's best and firsts in the world were created.

"The Sichuan-Tibet Railway is a common passenger and freight railway connecting Sichuan Province and the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. The railway line is positioned as one of the main railway lines in southwest my country."

However, because there was no Sichuan-Tibet Railway before, Tibet’s mineral resources could not be effectively developed and utilized.

"I support it, and the Tibetan people must also be very supportive."

"Since the construction plan was proposed in 2008, it has benefited from the substantial improvement in people's living standards and the rapid development of the Internet over the past decade."

There is no railway in Tibet, which will inevitably lead to inconvenient communication between Tibet and the interior.

In this way, rich materials from the interior will be continuously transported to Tibet, which is definitely a great convenience for the Tibetan people.

"The climate and environment are so harsh, the geology is so complicated, and there are so few people, there is no need to repair it."

When he rushed to buy the world map, he focused on the map in China.

Ying Zheng: The construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is of great significance to future generations.

The Sichuan-Tibet Railway is not only of great significance to the reunification of the country, but also to the improvement of people's quality of life.

"The climate is a unique plateau climate, and ultraviolet rays are very strong."

"After the train opens, the time from Chengdu to Lhasa will be shortened to 13 hours."

“Tibet is located on a plateau and the terrain is rugged and steep.”

"With the rapid dissemination of information, the majority of netizens have also learned about the importance of Tibet to the country."

"Tibet is sparsely populated, and many people say there is no point in building railway lines, but that is not the case."

Once the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is opened, mineral reserves can be further explored and the wealth can be firmly grasped.

"Especially for people who yearn for freedom, Tibet is a place they have always wanted to go."

In this way, whenever you want to exploit Tibet’s mineral resources, you can exploit them at any time.

"Subject to inconvenient transportation, Tibet still looks like an uncut jade despite its rapid economic development."

Moreover, with the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, mineral resources from Tibet can also be transported to inland areas, benefiting the people in Tibet and inland areas.

After it is opened to traffic, the time from most inland cities to Lhasa will be greatly shortened.

If the Sichuan-Tibet line is not open to traffic, it will be difficult to build a nationwide railway network in later generations.

“The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the largest and highest plateau in the world and is known as the roof of the world.”

“As some sections of this once highly controversial Sichuan-Tibet Railway are gradually opened to traffic, there are more and more voices supporting it.”

"The simple customs, unique scenery, and mysterious religious culture in Tibet are active on major online platforms, deeply attracting netizens without exception."

Another significance of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is that more mineral resources can be mined.

The people there are poor in materials and have extremely poor quality of life.

Therefore, building the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is equivalent to making up for the shortcomings of China's railways and extending the reach of the railways to all parts of the country.

"The entire autonomous region covers an area of ​​about 123 million square kilometers, accounting for one-eighth of my country's total land area."

This has great hidden dangers for the unity of the country.

After all, before the opening of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, Tibet was isolated inland.

"After completion, the railway line will be more than 1800 kilometers long, and the entire project cost will be as high as 3722 billion."

"After the construction news of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway line was announced, there was a period of intense discussion on the Internet."

"Thanks to the development of the Internet, the unique beauty of Tibet has been discovered by thousands of people."

There are railway lines extending in all directions across the country, but there are very few railways in western regions like Tibet.

"Now it seems that those opposing voices have been gradually drowned out."

"It's great. This railway is of great significance!"

"It stands there quietly, attracting everyone to go and find out."

Mineral resources in various places are clearly marked on the world map, and he also discovered that Tibet is very rich in mineral resources.

"Does it make sense to spend so much money on building a railway in such a remote place?"

"The Sichuan-Tibet Railway is an east-west railway line, starting from Chengdu in the east to Lhasa in the west. It is the second railway line to climb the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau."

“Everywhere you can see, where your heart is, and where your body is going, but the journey is so far and winding.”

"Lack of precipitation, strong winds and other harsh factors are all important reasons for Tibet's backward transportation."

"The unique scenery and culture of Tibet attract a large number of tourists every year."

“But due to the inconvenience of transportation, many people are still deterred.”

"Tibet is not only rich in cultural tourism resources, but also rich in mineral resources and land resources."

"Currently, 101 mineral species have been identified, but due to imperfect transportation and other infrastructure, only 22 mineral species can be utilized."

"Due to its geographical environment, it is also extremely rich in water resources. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the birthplace of Asia's largest rivers."

"In addition to the Yellow River and Yangtze River in China, the birthplaces of rivers such as the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Mekong in India are all here. It is known as the faucet of China and even Southeast Asia."

"At the same time, it is also an important gateway to the southwest of our country, connecting the four directions."

"Internally it is connected to the four provinces of Xinjiang, Sichuan, Qinghai and Yunnan."

"Externally, it borders India, Myanmar and other countries."

"Furthermore, the Sino-Indian border is only more than 400 kilometers away from New Delhi, the capital of India, which has a great deterrent effect on India, making it afraid to act rashly."

"The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is like a watchtower, guarding the southeast gate."

"Tibet is extremely important to us."

"Because economic development is restricted by transportation inconveniences and infrastructure is not perfect, the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway line is urgent."

"Compared with the topography of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the terrain of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway has a greater difference."

"The geographical environment is more difficult and dangerous, and the climate environment is also more severe."

"The difficulties encountered during the construction of a sky road leading to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are unprecedented."

Zhuge Liang: Building a railway from Chengdu to Tibet is a hundred times more difficult than climbing to the sky.

To this day, he still finds it incredible that later generations built the Sichuan-Tibet Railway.

He has been working in Chengdu for many years and knows best what kind of place Tibet is.

It was precisely because of this that he understood how incredibly difficult the Sichuan-Tibet Railway was.

The extremely complex terrain from Chengdu to Lhasa makes it extremely difficult to build such a railway.

According to his understanding, he wants to build a Sichuan-Tibet Railway.

Not only does it need to pass through the western edge of the Sichuan Basin, but it also needs to run through the entire Hengduan Mountains.

In addition, it is necessary to cross seven more rivers and eight snow-capped mountains to reach Lhasa, the final destination of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway.

The first test that needs to be faced in the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is the huge terrain height difference along the line.

When exiting the Western Sichuan Canyon and Western Sichuan Plateau and entering the Hengduan Mountains, the altitude climbs from more than 600 meters to more than 2700 meters.

It was unbelievable to him just thinking about building a railway under such a huge gap.

The terrain problem is the biggest problem facing the Sichuan-Tibet Railway. He can't imagine how future generations can overcome this problem.

Although he had no way of knowing, he could guess that future generations must have overcome difficulties and obstacles one after another.

Although the development of later generations is very prosperous, with all kinds of magical tools.

But he knew that even so, it would definitely be extremely difficult to successfully build the Sichuan-Tibet Railway.

Moreover, Tibet not only has terrain problems, the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway will inevitably face more difficult challenges.

Due to the high altitude of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the low temperatures all year round, there is permafrost in some areas where the line passes.

As a result, if you want to build the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, you will definitely face the danger of the road surface collapsing at any time.

But even under such difficult conditions, future generations were able to build the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, which he admired immensely.

"The history of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway can be traced back to the late Qing Dynasty, when great powers opened the door to China by launching wars."

“The UK, which was the first to bear the brunt, tried to use the unequal Treaty of Lhasa to usurp the right to use and own the Tibetan railway.”

"At the beginning of the 20th century, the country was weak, and the Qing government decided to build a simple railway between Sichuan and Tibet that could meet the needs of daily military marches." "In the early years of the Republic of China, Britain controlled the colonial India and was eyeing the Tibet region."

"Mr. Sun Yat-sen believed that the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway was related to the survival of the country, and once again brought the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway back to people's attention."

"In the late Republic of China, the Sichuan-Tibet Railway proposal became history as Chiang Kai-shek retreated."

"After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tibet was liberated."

"The Sichuan-Tibet Railway has been put back on the agenda and entered the early exploration stage."

"Through various aspects of exploration of the geographical and climatic environment, the overall construction difficulty of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is relatively low."

"After comprehensive consideration, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has become the first choice for the construction of railway lines into Tibet."

“The Qinghai-Tibet Railway was officially opened to traffic in July 2006, and so far it is the only railway that goes into Tibet.”

"With the continuous improvement of our country's comprehensive strength, there are currently four railways into Tibet currently planned or under construction."

"In addition to the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, there are also the Xinjiang-Tibet Railway from Xinjiang, the Yunnan-Tibet Railway from Yunnan, and the Gansu-Tibet Railway from Lanzhou, Gansu."

"After the Qinghai-Tibet Railway was successfully opened to traffic, the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway was put on the agenda."

"The 12th Five-Year Plan put forward new concepts for it, and it was listed as a key construction project during the 13th Five-Year Plan."

"According to the guiding ideology of project engineering that is easy first and then simplified, the Chengdu-Yahua Railway and the Lalin Railway, which are relatively less difficult, will be constructed first."

"The Yalin Railway will follow closely and will start construction in 2020."

"The Sichuan-Tibet Railway starts from Chengdu, crosses the first and second steps of the terrain, and has a total length of more than 1800 kilometers, reaching Lhasa."

Sun Yat-sen: The Sichuan-Tibet Railway is related to China’s national security and survival. Now that future generations can successfully build it, I have no regrets.

The construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway can be said to be a century-old dream of the Chinese nation. He is naturally happy that it can be realized in the hands of future generations.

Before the Qing government fell, the then Governor of Sichuan proposed building the Sichuan-Tibet Railway.

This is because for the Qing government, the Sichuan-Tibet Railway was by no means a simple railway, but a strategic railway related to the survival of the country.

The reason why I say this is because the British also want to build the Sichuan-Tibet Railway.

At that time, Britain had already controlled India, but it was still not satisfied and launched a war of aggression against Tibet soon after.

In order to firmly control Tibet, the British proposed the Sichuan-Tibet Railway.

For the British, the Sichuan-Tibet Railway was a railway that divided and divided China.

Through this railway, Britain could go directly from Tibet to Chengdu, and then invade the rich middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River until it invaded the entire China.

He realized at that time that once the British succeeded in building the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, all of Sichuan would be lost.

Once Sichuan is occupied by the British, the entire land of China will be in danger.

Fortunately, in the end, because the Sichuan-Tibet Railway was too difficult, the British had no choice but to give up.

The Sichuan-Tibet Railway is of great significance to the country's security, because if the central government wants to use troops in Tibet, it must dispatch troops and food from Sichuan.

History and facts have repeatedly proven that the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is a strategic military artery.

Although he knew the importance of building the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, it was never built for various reasons.

Originally, he had always had regrets, but now that future generations have successfully built it, he can finally let go of his worries.

"The construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is full of difficulties. It not only has to face construction problems such as large terrain differences, landslides, frozen soil, active crustal movements, and ecological and environmental protection."

"We also have to face various extreme plateau climates and rugged topography such as numerous hills, alpine climate, windy deserts, wind, frost, thunder and lightning."

"To deal with these difficult problems, hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent in the initial design and exploration phase of the project."

"According to reports, the estimated total investment in the Sichuan-Tibet Railway Project is more than 3722 billion yuan, of which land acquisition and demolition costs are nearly 67 billion yuan."

“When the Qinghai-Tibet Line was being built, it was called the Heavenly Road because it was too difficult.”

"The Sichuan-Tibet Railway is even better. It is the most difficult railway in the history of human construction so far."

"This railway line crosses 14 major rivers and 21 snow-capped mountains with an altitude of more than 4000 meters."

"The cumulative climbing height exceeds 14000 meters, and there are eight very large drops in the terrain along the way."

"The difficulty of the project during this period is indescribable. Engineers commented that this was a roller coaster built between mountains and canyons."

"So during the construction period, the entire line was divided into three major sections."

"They are the Chengya section from Chengdu to Ya'an, the Lalin section from Lhasa to Nyingchi, and the Yalin section between Ya'an and Nyingchi. They will be constructed in sections that are easy and then difficult."

"With the progress of the project, the Chengya section will be opened to traffic at the end of 2018, and the Lalin section will be opened to traffic in 2021."

"It is expected that the entire Sichuan-Tibet Railway line will be completed in 2026. This will be a very great project in the world."

"The Sichuan-Tibet Railway is my country's passenger and freight railway with a speed of up to 160 kilometers per hour."

"Just imagine, if we start from Chengdu and take the Qinghai-Tibet Line to Lhasa, it will take nearly 42 hours."

“It takes longer to drive on National Highway 318, about three days.”

"If the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is opened to traffic, it will only take 13 hours from Chengdu, which can be said to be a morning and evening journey."

"Looking forward to the completion of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway in 2026, it will be one of the greatest projects in the world."

Lu Ban: You can imagine how great those construction workers were when building the Sichuan-Tibet Railway.

Others were incredible at the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, but he deeply understood how difficult it was for those construction workers.

The construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway did not happen overnight, nor can it be measured by money. It was the crystallization of the wisdom of countless construction workers who spent many years of hard work.

It can be said that the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is a miracle of the world and the pride of the Chinese nation.

And he knew without thinking that behind these achievements were the hard work of the hard-working construction workers day and night.

During the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, various natural disasters such as wind, snow, mudslides, and landslides were inevitable.

And it is inevitable that many construction workers will be killed.

You must know that even if the monarch sends civilians to carry out large-scale construction projects, a large number of civilians will die in the process.

Needless to say, it is difficult to build the Sichuan-Tibet Railway. Naturally, many construction workers will sacrifice their lives.

But what pleased him was that the heroes who sacrificed their lives during the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway created an immortal legend.

"With the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in 2006, the situation of no railway in Tibet was broken."

"The successive openings of the Lhasa-Japan Railway and the Lhasa-Linzhou Railway cannot make up for the large-scale demand for railways in Tibet, and railway resources are unevenly distributed."

"The construction and opening of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway will greatly improve the current traffic conditions of the Tibet Railway."

"According to calculations, after the Sichuan-Tibet Railway line is opened."

"It will carry nearly half of the tourists entering and leaving Tibet and nearly half of the freight volume, which will greatly improve the transportation environment for people in snowy areas."

"Providing more convenient transportation services to people in snowy areas and promoting economic development and social stability in Tibet."

"Tibet is located on the border of my country and borders many countries. It is an important gateway to our country."

"The opening of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway will help connect us with neighboring countries."

"In the economic construction of foreign trade, the strategic status of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway has gradually improved. This railway closely connects Southeast Asia and Central Asia."

"The construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is a need to promote ethnic unity, maintain national unity, consolidate border stability, and promote Tibet's economic and social development."

"It shows how important this railway is to the country and its people."

"Once upon a time, when the construction opinions were first proposed, this Sichuan-Tibet Railway line was controversial."

"As time has proven, the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is extremely important to economic development, national unity, and national strategic deployment."

"It has been 2008 years since the idea was proposed in 16."

"Only the construction personnel who are deeply involved in this project know the hardships on the road. The difficulty of the project is the most difficult in the world."

“Crossing mountains and rivers, going through wind and snow, difficulties and dangers cannot stop the builders.”

"The Sichuan-Tibet Railway is expected to be completed and opened to traffic in 2026. The completion of this railway means that we have overcome another difficulty in the history of railway construction in the world, and is another step forward in my country's railway construction technology."

Li Shimin: The Sichuan-Tibet Railway is a lifeline connecting the inland and Tibet.

The construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is an extremely arduous and complex project.

The construction period is so long and the cost is so high, just thinking about it makes one’s scalp numb.

But as the Sichuan-Tibet Railway gradually takes shape, the benefits it brings far outweigh the costs.

After the opening of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, a lot of time can be saved from Chengdu to Lhasa.

It will not only strengthen exchanges between the two places, but also transport more materials and resources, driving economic growth in areas along the route.

The construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway will bring more sources of income to the areas along the line and can greatly improve the quality of life of the people.

At the same time, the Sichuan-Tibet Railway will also provide more high-quality resources and prosperity to the areas along the line.

Increase people's income, meet more needs of people, and enhance people's sense of happiness.

In general, this Sichuan-Tibet Railway running through the southwest region will bring more development opportunities and people’s livelihood benefits to Tibet and Sichuan.

(End of this chapter)