Chapter 347: Homo sapiens Speed
January 15th.
Nile River.
Kom Ombo is a large riverside city not far from the Aswan Dam.
Thousands of local residents stood on the top of the east building, looking at the ochre-colored desert to the east.
In the early morning sunlight, a huge monster was advancing slowly towards the city of Kom Ombo.
The visitor was none other than the canal-dredging vessel Giant Rhino No. 1. Thirteen days ago, Giant Rhino No. 1 had advanced all the way inland from Hongku Port, using a four-shift system to dig towards Kom Ombo day and night.
After 13 days of hard work, the 315-kilometer-long canal finally arrived near Kom Ombo.
Captain Lin Shengbin looked at the plan in his hand, compared the satellite positioning with the map, and quickly shouted: "Start turning around and turn 90 degrees to the south."
"receive."
In the cockpit, everyone was busy in an orderly manner.
The Rhinoceros 1 turned about 3.4 kilometers east of the city of Kom Ombo, preparing to dig a double canal line back to Hongku Port.
Right at this moment.
A 5,000-ton passenger ship also came to the corner from Hongku Port, and a specially made iron frame bridge slowly extended out and was placed on the relatively solid ground on the shore.
The Kom Ombo officials, who had received the notice long ago, had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as they saw the iron bridge extending over, they swarmed over.
The leader was a middle-aged man with a clean and simple mustache and a slicked-back hair, his eyes full of complexity and envy.
After a while, the passengers on the passenger ship also walked down the iron bridge carrying large and small bags.
The middle-aged man smiled reluctantly, "Welcome all guests from the Sapiens Company to Kom Ombo. I am Sabu, the person in charge here."
Hu Mingliang (Olang Huk), the manager sent by Coral Construction Group to set up a branch here, smiled and stretched out his hand: "Hello, I am Hu Mingliang, the branch manager of Coral Construction Group stationed in Aswan."
The two exchanged pleasantries for a while.
A total of 1,200 construction teams and management personnel were sent here.
They will be responsible for planning the interlacing of the Southern Canal and the Nile, as well as improving the infrastructure of the port of Kom Ombo.
"Mr. Sabu, our company needs to recruit about 3,000 temporary workers locally. Is there any wasteland near the city? Desert is also fine."
Sabu took out a local map and pointed to several areas: "These are all wastelands close to the city. On the east side, there is a Gobi desert."
Hu Mingliang looked at the location on the map, then picked up the telescope to observe the distance.
This is a Gobi desert with an area of 4.7 square kilometers. To be more precise, it is a rock weathering area. Apart from some stones and sand, there are not even a few weeds to be seen.
Hu Mingliang turned to the planning team leader and asked, "Beiyang, what is the location of this Gobi Desert?"
Kamijou Kitayo was also looking at the map, but he was checking the satellite topographic map provided by the company. This topographic map had an accuracy of 0.2 meters and had contour lines marked.
He looked at the location and altitude of the Gobi Desert: "The average altitude of the Gobi Desert area is about 72 meters. There is a low-lying salt marsh area on one side with an average altitude of 26 meters. We can consider deepening the salt marsh and turning it into an artificial lake."
"How much work does it take?" Hu Mingliang asked.
Kamijou Hokuyo calculated: "The area is 7.6 square kilometers. If we want to dig to 45 meters below sea level, we can send a giant rhino-type canal-digger over and it will be done in about 6 days."
Hearing this, Hu Mingliang shook his head helplessly: "There are only two giant rhino canal digging ships in Egypt. Haitian Agriculture has borrowed one, and the other is digging a double line for the canal and cannot be transferred for the time being."
"Where's the new ship?"
"The headquarters is urging the shipyard to build it. It is estimated that the next batch of five canal-opening vessels will be put into service, but they will not be in place until May."
Kamijou Hokuyo scratched his head and said, "This Gobi Desert is the best place. Other places are either wheat fields or cotton fields."
After thinking for a while, Hu Mingliang made the decision: "Then let's do it here! We will start with other construction first."
Sabu on the side reminded: "Manager Hu, there are no roads in this Gobi Desert, and there are no running water pipes around. Life may be very inconvenient."
Hu Mingliang waved his hand: "Don't worry, we will solve it ourselves."
Although he didn't know how the other party would solve the problem, Sabu also knew that it was best not to ask about such things casually. He continued to introduce the customs and culture around Kom Ombo.
The two sides chatted for more than half an hour, and finally Hu Mingliang sent the head of the human resources team to follow Sabu to the Kom Ombo city area to prepare for the job fair.
Hu Mingliang began to prepare for the construction of the Gobi Desert New District.
Some armored vehicles, pickup trucks and engineering equipment were unloaded from the passenger ship's cargo hold.
The first step is to build a temporary dock to facilitate the unloading of the next transport ship.
Although the canal currently has only a single line, with a width of 120 to 130 meters and lake areas formed in some low-lying areas, two-way transportation can be achieved as long as the scheduling of transportation tasks is properly adjusted and the lake areas are used as intersection areas.
The canal has an average depth of 20 to 45 meters, and transport ships with a deadweight tonnage of 50,000 tons can pass through it easily.
However, considering that the width of the canal is still insufficient at this time, the Hongku Port Management Company only allows transport ships of 10,000 tons or less to sail in the canal.
Some pillars were first built at the temporary pier to enhance the stability of the ground in the area to prevent the ground from being collapsed by sea water.
At the same time, a water purification vehicle is used to pump seawater from the canal and pass it through a biological nano-unidirectional osmosis layer to produce about 50 tons of pure water every day.
The generator truck provides electricity to the temporary camp, the water purification truck provides drinking water, and the satellite communication vehicle provides network services.
At noon that day.
A 10,000-ton bulk carrier arrived at the temporary dock.
The bulk carrier is equipped with self-unloading equipment, which can unload the transported engineering vehicles, mechanical equipment and raw materials onto the temporary dock.
Various modular equipment were quickly used to build a navigation lighthouse and shipping dispatch center on the temporary dock.
The various supporting facilities in the temporary dock area are increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In less than three days, with a steady supply of equipment and materials through transport ships that ran every eight hours, not only was the temporary dock built in an orderly manner, but a temporary employee town that could accommodate 3,000 people also appeared in the Gobi Desert New District.
Sabu, who had been paying close attention to this situation, was also very shocked at the construction speed of the Sapiens Company.
In fact , during these three days, the temporary port also supplied 2,000 tons of mixed flour and 200 tons of palm oil to Kom Ombo to alleviate the local food shortage.
It is also to win people's hearts and facilitate the subsequent job fair.
The emergence of this new canal means that materials transported from the Red Sea to the Aswan area no longer need to go through Cairo, reducing the transportation distance by nearly two-thirds.
Why did the Sapiens Company build a canal?
The purpose is to facilitate the transportation of bulk commodities.
The cost-effectiveness of railways in Egypt is too low, or in other words, the cost-effectiveness of railways in the entire Sahara Desert region is very low.
The main reason is the desert climate here, which easily destroys the railway. In addition, many areas are uninhabited, so the passenger value of the railway is not high and it can only be used to transport supplies such as minerals and food.
For example, in Egypt, the core economic area is the Nile Delta and the narrow Nile Valley Plain. There is no need to build railways in other areas.
But canals are different, they can revitalize coastal areas.
