The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 924 South Foothills
This plateau base is also where the "Wudiao" helicopter transports supplies.

The soldiers moved all the supplies out of the warehouse, and every soldier had a happy smile on his face.

With this batch of supplies, their lives will be much better in the future.

Liu Tao looked at the faces of the young soldiers and couldn't help but stand in awe.

There is a company of soldiers stationed here, most of them are new recruits who have been in the army for less than a year, and some veterans have been here for ten years!
The vast snowy area is a forbidden zone for life.

However, on this plateau at an altitude of 5200 meters, the border guards stationed here are "looking up at the moon, stepping on the mountains and rivers, looking at the snow, and shouldering the mission" day after day. One batch of border guards guards every inch of the motherland with loyalty and fearlessness, letting the five-star red flag fly high.

Although there is no war now, they are always ready for battle day after day. Once the gunfire sounds, they will immediately rush to the battlefield and fight back against the enemy.

These soldiers conduct patrols and regular training every day.

The conditions are much better now than before, but they are still very difficult.

He is obviously a very young boy, but his face looks weathered.

Liu Tao did not stay here for long. Two hours later, after having a meal with the soldiers, Liu Tao and his leaders left in Liu Tao's special helicopter. The helicopter flew to the southern foothills of the Himalayas.

In people's memory, Zang Province has always been a desolate place with a cold climate, lack of oxygen and sparse vegetation.

However, there is a little-known rich land in the southern part of Tibet. It is located on the southern foot of the Himalayas. It has unique and beautiful scenery and is known as the Jiangnan of Tibet.

It covers an area of ​​about 14.5 square kilometers and has a population of about 100 million. The terrain here is complex and the altitude difference is large. The highest altitude in the north is more than 5000 meters, and the lowest altitude in the south is only more than 100 meters. In this special environment, many high mountain canyon landforms and numerous glacial lakes have been formed. The water system here is crisscrossed, and more than ten rivers such as the Yarlung Zangbo River, the Kamen River, and the Xibaxiaqu River converge here, and the hydropower resources are extremely rich.

Due to the influence of the southwest monsoon from the Indian Ocean, the climate here is subtropical and tropical monsoon climate. The climate here is pleasant, the land is fertile, and the rainfall is abundant. The average annual rainfall exceeds 9000 mm, making it one of the regions with the highest rainfall in the world. The forest coverage rate is as high as over 90%, which is suitable for growing subtropical crops such as sugarcane, bananas and mangoes.

There are many kinds of wild protected animals living here, such as Bengal tigers, Asian elephants, brown bears, macaques, etc. The ecological environment of this area is comparable to that of Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province, and therefore it is known as the "Jiangnan of Tibet Province".

Before this, the traffic conditions here were very bad, and there had been no solution to the difficult traffic conditions here.

But now, it’s different.

After several years of hard work, the Lide Railway is finally about to be fully connected.

The Li-De Railway starts from Dali, Yunnan Province, and goes west through Myanmar, spanning the entire southern foothills from east to west. It is 800 kilometers long and has a designed speed of 180 kilometers per hour. The entire Li-De Railway is connected to the China-Myanmar Railway at Dali Station, so that through the railway network, goods and people can be transported to southern Tibet from anywhere in the country by rail.

In the future, this railway will be extended east-west to Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, and south to Bangladesh, opening another channel to the Indian Ocean.

Because the railway opening ceremony was held tomorrow, after arriving here, Liu Tao and the military leaders went to inspect the reservoir and hydropower station first.

Due to limited conditions, medium-sized reservoirs and hydropower stations are currently being built here to meet the region's water and electricity needs. Over the past few years, the construction of these medium-sized reservoirs and hydropower stations has enabled southern Tibet to have access to water and electricity, improving living conditions here.

After inspecting three reservoirs and hydropower stations, Liu Tao and his team arrived at a military camp where a battalion of troops was stationed.

Moreover, this is a mountain battalion, specially designed for mountain warfare.

The entire camp is located in a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, guarding a strategic location.

Compared with ten years ago, the conditions here have improved greatly, and the troops' meals include both meat and vegetables.

Adhering to the fine tradition of our army, the troops integrate with the people, which enables the troops to purchase supplies from the people. In addition, the troops have opened up some fields to ensure that there are fresh vegetables all year round and meat every day. The conditions here are much better than those in the military camps on the plateau.

Liu Tao had a sumptuous dinner here and stayed in the military camp that night.

Early the next morning, Liu Tao picked a large bunch of flowers and came to a place not far from the military camp. There was a martyrs' cemetery here, and each tombstone represented a martyr.

Every year, the new recruits who come to the military camp here will, under the leadership of the veterans, repaint the martyrs' tombstones and clean them carefully during the Qingming Festival.

Liu Tao came here with a solemn expression. Three hundred warriors who sacrificed their lives for the country were buried here.

Their stories were recorded but not made public, and few people knew how great their achievements were.

Each of these three hundred martyrs was posthumously awarded first-class merit.

In the top-secret files of Panshan Group, they are still listed as top secret A, waiting to be decrypted one day in the future, and their deeds will become widely known.

After the Lide Railway is opened, he will ask the Panshan Group’s armed forces department to organize the families of these martyrs to come and pay tribute to them.

The military leaders sighed softly as they watched Liu Tao pay tribute to the 300 martyrs.

Loyal bones are buried everywhere in the mountains, so why return them wrapped in horse leather?
The beautiful rivers and mountains of our motherland are built with the efforts and dedication of countless people and with the blood of countless people.

Half an hour later, Liu Tao and the military leaders left and arrived at Dejangzong by helicopter.

Dejangzong Railway Station was filled with joy at this time, with ribbons and red festive banners hanging.

The entire leadership team of Dejangzong County came, and each of them had an excited smile on their face.

With this railway, the entire Derangzong County has laid a foundation for take-off.

The connection with the motherland will be greatly strengthened!

At this time, at the train station, a train was already ready. The first train to depart from Dejangzong was none other than this year's veterans, who had received this honor.

All along the route, veterans would take the train back.

At the same time, in Dali, relevant leaders of Yunnan Province have also boarded the train.

In the command room of the train station, the connection between the two train stations appeared on the big screen, and then at 9 o'clock, with the order given, the train officially started.

According to the plan, the population here will increase from 100 million to 300 million in the next ten years, and will reach 600 million in the next twenty years.

If you want to develop, you cannot do without population.

The land here will be enough to feed 20 to 30 million people in the future.

After all, there are large plains here, the land is fertile, and there are abundant water resources, which are very suitable for development.

(End of this chapter)