Highways and Railroads
If a country was compared to a person, then the roads and railway networks were like blood vessels that transported nutrients to various parts of the body.
Without these " blood vessels " in the body, the human body would die. Without these " blood vessels " in the body of the country, the exchange of various materials would not be smooth. If the transportation was not developed enough, the materials would not be able to circulate. If the materials were not able to circulate, they would not be able to create wealth. Therefore, there was a saying,"If you want to get rich, you have to build roads first."”
This was enough to show the importance of roads and railroads to a country. In 1928, China only had more than 20,000 kilometers of railroads. As for roads, if the requirements were higher and cement roads were required, it could basically be said to be zero.
Nowadays, most of the roads in China were flattened and then sprinkled with some stones. This kind of road was basically completed. If it was in the 21st century, it wouldn't even be considered a rural road!
The world's first expressway was built in Germany in 1933 under the order of Adolf Hitler. The standards for the expressway varied from country to country. After all, the conditions of each country were different!
In the 21st century, most of China's highway construction began after the New Era. Basically, tens of thousands of kilometers of highway were built every year.
However, since the 1980s, after the false economic prosperity, the bald eagles had picked up a lot of wool. The economic development had fallen into a period of stagnation, so the construction of various aspects had also stagnated.
In Japan, due to the small size of the country and other reasons, the roads were very narrow. They were often two-lane roads, and the width was not even considered a second-class road in China. Moreover, there was a large population and a large number of vehicles.
However, because there were many cars and the road was relatively narrow, the chicken abided by the traffic rules. Because if you don't obey the traffic rules, the whole traffic will be a mess.
However, it was much worse in China. The road conditions were better, but there were more traffic jams. The main reason was that some drivers didn't follow the traffic rules and overtook others at will, or even went against the traffic rules.
The roads built between the villages were actually built according to the county-level roads of China in the 21st century. The width of the road was generally about six meters, which was enough for two cars to pass through. There was also a special parking space at every distance.
As for the roads between cities, this was the same standard as China in the 21st century. However, because the people who handled the matters were all supervised by clones, they were more strict.
Therefore, the quality of these roads was actually very good. Moreover, the bearing capacity of bridges and roads was not inferior to those built in the 21st century.
It was estimated that these roads could at least be used until the 21st century, and there was no need for comprehensive renovation in the middle.
The most important thing in the road construction process was the embankment. The lifespan of the road would also be extended. If the road base was average, it might even be built with inferior materials. Then Luji's lifespan would also be shortened accordingly. Sometimes, he would even scam others. That was why profiteers were hateful.
Originally, it was impossible to build a railway between villages, but after the village merging project was established, it was still impossible for every village to be connected to the railway. However, it also reduced some trouble. In some larger towns, it was possible to build a branch road. Because the towns were now in the plains, it was much easier to build roads, especially the construction of the railway.
This was because the construction of a railway was the most difficult. The requirements for the terrain were also relatively high. In places like China, where there were many mountains and plateaus, it was very troublesome to build a railway.
All kinds of terrains had land that was very difficult to use. This could be seen from the area of cultivated land in China.
A'san's land area was less than one-third of China's, but its roots were much larger than China's.
This had a lot to do with China's geographical distribution and population distribution. The Hu Huanyong Line was basically a dividing line between the east and west. The Chahar region was partially in the east and partially in the west. It wasn't considered good, but it wasn't bad either.
Most of the plains in China were in the east and north. As for the southeast, most of them were in the hills and mountains. The most troublesome thing was that the Jiangnan area was densely covered with water networks and rivers everywhere. Therefore, more bridges needed to be built, and the construction of the railway and highway was even more difficult.
However, that was something he would have to do in the future. The current Chahar region was relatively flat in terms of terrain, and there were few rivers. Although some places had already begun to become desertified, it was not as serious as in the 21st century.
The construction of the road was simpler than the railway. Although the quality of the road between these villages was higher, and it was a two-way two-lane road, the amount of work was still relatively large. Moreover, Ji Yun knew very little about these things, so after handing them over to the traffic department to manage, he did not ask too much.
However, the standard of the railway was more troublesome because there were dozens of gauge in the world, ranging from 1.4 to 5 meters to more than two meters. Most countries had different rules, but there were good and bad for this problem.
During the Second World War, the supplies that were shipped to the Soviet Union had to be changed to the railway after being transported to Poland. It was very troublesome and greatly reduced the efficiency of transportation, making the logistics of the German army even worse.
In this era, there were all kinds of orbital distances. In the end, China used the two bootlickers of the British Empire. However, in reality, a width of 1.435m might not be enough. After all, according to the actual situation, although wide gauge and narrow gauge were similar in the case of transporting heavy goods, if the goods transported were lighter and took up a larger volume, then wide gauge was more advantageous.
This advantage could also be extended to passenger trains. After consideration by a group of track experts, the 1.435-meter track was finally widened to 220 centimeters. Although the track would occupy a larger area, the actual transportation capacity of the track should be strengthened.
They also decided to use a heavy rail weighing 60 kilograms per meter. This way, the train could travel faster. As for the last problem, it should be the manufacture of wooden crossties. The manufacture of wooden crossties required a long time.
Therefore, in the end, they decided to use concrete sleepers, which were more elastic than wooden sleepers. It might be a little worse in terms of sex.
However, in terms of durability, reliability, and some hard standards, it was stronger than the sleepers made of wood. Most importantly, the production cost of concrete sleepers was low and the manufacturing speed was fast.
Therefore, roads and railroads were built between some important cities in the Chahar Special Region with some large machinery and a small amount of manpower.
It could be said that it was the power of machinery. If it was manual labor, it might take a long time. Moreover, manual labor might also cause some casualties, which was more troublesome.
Moreover, the population of the entire Chahar region was insufficient. Although they had been accepting refugees since June, the population growth rate had not been fast.
Moreover, population could be said to be a very important resource. The birth control of China was partly due to the increasing population pressure in the country. However, some conspiracy theories said that this was a deal between the government and foreign forces.
Ji Yun didn't care about these things and didn't want to care about them. He only knew that it was indeed inconvenient to discipline an only child, and the aging population brought great pressure to society.
Transportation was like the blood of a country. At present, other than education and military, the biggest work aspect was the transportation department.
Because Ji Yun had very strict requirements for them. He asked them to repair the railway between the cities and the roads between the villages in Chahar before August 1929.
And before March 1930, the railway from Zhang Jiakou to Bao Tou had to be completed. Therefore, the construction progress of the transportation department was very tight. If it weren't for the base, it would be impossible to complete the task with the current infrastructure of Huaxia Base.
However, because of the existence of the base, these roads could be trimmed before June 1929.
When the time comes, these roads will play a huge role in taking over MG's 1.6 million square kilometers of land in the north.
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