Chapter 1265 The heavy blow of industrial civilization (first update, please subscribe)
Made in Nanyang!
The XTR100 mining truck is a giant!
The shock to these Koreans is unimaginable, let alone them. Three years ago, when Foton Motor Company launched this mining truck, the whole world was shocked.
After all, the largest mining truck at that time was only 50 tons. Due to the limitations of high-power hydraulic torque converters and other equipment, it has been difficult to increase the size of mechanically driven mining trucks.
Therefore, Foton Motor Company turned its attention to electric transmission. Foton engineers are no strangers to electric transmission. After all, some German engineers once participated in the development of the "Ferdinand" tank, which used an electric transmission device. .
After determining the direction, the company began research and development in this area in 2015. It took three years to successfully develop the XTR60 electric dump truck. It uses a diesel engine-electric multi-wheel drive and is driven by a diesel engine. The electricity generated by the generator is sent to the hub motors on the wheels each year to drive the vehicle.
The XTR60 electric dump truck is equipped with a 580-horsepower diesel engine. This is the world's first electric wheel prototype. And in the second half of 2054, mass production of electric wheel dump trucks began. Subsequently, the company further improved the structure of the electric wheel and integrated the motor, transmission system and braking system. In this way, it can be repaired on the car or completely replaced. This design set off a revolution in mining trucks.
Electric wheel mining trucks are taking advantage of the trend. In 1959, after the launch of the XTR100 mining truck, it immediately attracted the attention of countries around the world. Almost all of them occupied the mining truck market above 100 tons and were quickly eliminated. The 30-ton "small mine carts" that have appeared in mines in various countries - overnight, the once Big Mac has become a "gadget". It has to be, this is the change brought about by technological progress.
And until now, the XTR100 mining truck manufactured by Nanyang is the only 100-ton mining truck in the world. Although European and American companies are also developing similar products, they have not yet been put into the market. At the same time, Foton is designing and manufacturing larger electric-wheel mining vehicles.
This kind of mine cart that looks like a small building has an unimaginable impact on Park Zhengxiong and others. As they stare at these mine carts passing by in front of their eyes, staring at the giant wheels that are several people high, they only feel When humans were small, they had already arrived at the mine.
Although they had not even gotten out of the car, Park Zhengxiong and his party once again suffered a critical blow from the Industrial Crusoe - in a huge open-pit mine, a giant one looked like Optimus Prime. The steel monster appeared before their eyes.
"This, what is this..."
Park Zhengxiong looked at this machine in amazement - its wheel bucket was rotating, and a large amount of coal was stripped out and lined up in rows The giant minecart is there loaded with coal.
“Bucket excavator!”
Chen Shuhai said in a proud tone:
“This is a large wheel bucket excavator with a production capacity of 10X104m. It is also made in Nanyang. It is particularly suitable for efficient mining operations in large open-pit mines...”< br>
Nanyang’s wheel bucket excavator technology is directly inherited from Germany. Germany launched the track-type wheel bucket excavator as early as 1916. Around 1919, the two manufactured the first crawler wheel bucket excavator. This was followed by the launch of the first bucket excavator for open pit mining.
Germany's bucket excavator technology is definitely the most advanced in the world, although the design and manufacturing of bucket excavators in Nanyang started relatively late. However, those German engineers brought German technology to Nanyang. In view of the shortage of labor in Nanyang and basically open-pit coal mines, wheel excavators have become the focus of development of mining equipment.
Large-scale bucket excavators were finally launched in 1955. It was precisely because of this large-output and high-efficiency excavator that Nanyang's coal output quickly exceeded 200 million tons. This ensures Nanyang’s energy supply.
This kind of giant weighing thousands of tons is like a land cruiser. When people see it, the impact of mechanical power is unimaginable. Park Zhengxiong and others are like primitive people seeing modern industrial civilization. Same thing - I was scared to the point of pissing myself.
They were all shocked and grinning from ear to ear, especially when they learned that the annual output of this open-pit coal mine exceeded 10 million tons, everyone was immediately silent - because the coal output of the entire South Korea is also Just over 5 million tons.
Is this the power of modern industry?
Finally, a group of them came to this giant machine. Standing in front of it, people finally felt the insignificance of human beings. Park Zhengxiong and others looked up at the machine that was like a hill. It was really difficult for them to Imagine how it is made.
What is even more unimaginable is that Nanyang can actually manufacture such complex industrial machines!
"Currently, our mine is undergoing new planning. Mr. President, look, after it completes the soil stripping, there will be a new mining area. According to the plan, the output of this mine will exceed 20 million tons!"
Perhaps, this is a heavy blow to industrial civilization!
Sentimental to the power of industrial machines, Park Zhengxiong has not forgotten the reason for coming here. It is not just to visit the largest coal mine in Asia. He also has a mission - to come here to visit Korean workers.
There are tens of thousands of Korean laborers working in mines in Nanyang. They do the most arduous and difficult work that Nanyang people do not do.
Four years ago, through negotiations between the two countries, Nanyang began to hire workers in South Korea. A notice was posted at the door of Seoul's Labor Bureau recruiting 3,000 miners and nurses. The requirements for miners were men under 35 years old, in good health, and with a high school diploma. However, there were about 46,000 people signing up for the miners alone on that day, and a large number of them were college graduates. Some of them were afraid that their weak hands would not pass the inspection during face-to-face interviews, so they took a piece of briquettes and put it in their hands and rubbed it constantly before going to the interview.
Since then, the export of labor from South Korea has begun, and they can be seen in the mines and sewers of Southeast Asia.
In the coal mine auditorium, Park Zhengxiong saw the Korean workers in this coal mine. There were not only more than 300 workers here, but also a dozen Korean nurses.
Although they all washed up because of the arrival of the president, the male miners wore white shirts and trousers, and the female nurses wore hanbok.
After entering the auditorium, Park Zhengxiong cordially shook hands with the miners and nurses one by one. The president's wife walking behind greeted the nurses: "There is always news at home."
"Are you tired from working here?"
When Lu Yingxiu asked the third nurse and just said the word "hometown...", she originally wanted to ask "Where is my hometown?"
But the nurse immediately started crying. Her cry became a signal, and the nurses and miners began to cry. For a moment, the auditorium was filled with crying.
Park Zhengxiong, who had walked to the middle of the venue at that time, looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but take out a handkerchief to wipe his tears.
More than ten minutes later, Park Zhengxiong and his wife came to the podium. The mining band played the Korean national anthem, and Park Jung-woong led everyone in the chorus. However, when the chorus was sung, everyone could no longer sing, and the singing was finally drowned out by crying.
After the cry, Chen Shuhai, the company's mine manager, read a welcome speech. After expressing his welcome, he said in particular: "We can never forget this historical moment when the head of state of a country visits here." He also praised those who have worked here. A year of diligence and high discipline among Korean miners.
Then Park Zhengxiong began to speak. He took out the speech prepared by his secretary and said:
"I am really touched to see you in a foreign land thousands of miles away. Underground in a foreign country Labor, you have worked hard.”
At this time, sobbing came from everywhere again.
Listening to everyone’s cries, Park Zhengxiong put down his speech and began to speak impromptu:
"Miners! Nurses! I know you miss your family and hometown far away in your mother country, and it's very painful in your heart, but each of you must remember why you came to this distant foreign country, and for the honor of your motherland, you must work wholeheartedly. Even if we This generation cannot succeed, so we must lay the foundation for our descendants to be as prosperous as others."
Then Park Zhengxiong said emotionally:
"I feel ashamed to face you. , my heart is cut by a knife. I ask myself, what have I done as the president of South Korea... Please give me time, I will at least ensure that our descendants will never be sold abroad. "
The sobs became louder and louder, Park Zhengxiong couldn't speak a word, and finally cried out. The entire venue turned into a sea of tears. The speech of a president of a country at a mining site in Nanyang ended like this.
When leaving the venue, Park Zhengxiong shook hands with each miner and presented them with some Korean cigarettes, one box for each person. Park Zhengxiong and his party then inspected the miners' dormitories. Only then did he feel a little more comfortable. Although these dormitories did not have air conditioning, they were very clean. Four people could stay in one room, and there were separate bathrooms. From the environment, In terms of quality, it was far better than the environment where most Koreans lived. Moreover, when he learned that they could eat meat every day, his heavy heart was finally relieved a little.
But when he saw the scars all over the faces, arms and legs of many miners, Park Zhengxiong's heart became heavy again. The miner's representative said to Park Zhengxiong:
"I am as happy as meeting my parents to meet the president and his wife in a foreign country."
When Park Zhengxiong and his party were about to leave the coal mine, a group of After the miners finished their work, they returned to their dormitories. When they learned that the president and his entourage had arrived, they didn't even take a shower. They wore work clothes stained with coal dust and stretched out their hands to the president:
"President, let's shake hands!"
The miners stopped Park Zhengxiong's car. When he got out of the car and shook hands with the coal-dust-covered miners one by one, Park Zhengxiong felt heavy in his heart. After getting in the car, he shed tears again.
After returning to the hotel in Taiping that day, Park Zhengxiong called "Korea Daily" reporter Zheng Guangmo. He saw the president and his wife crying and their eyes were swollen. He comforted them and said:
"Please don't cry. There is a banquet tonight. Why?" Attend it.”
His comfort made Park Zhengxiong and his wife cry even more sadly. It took a while before he stopped crying.
“Our compatriots here are doing the heaviest and most tiring work that Nanyang people do not do. Those mining areas are all in the hinterland of the rainforest. Nanyang works for three days and rests for four days, but the Koreans You have to work there for many years, but even so, the salary is less than one-tenth of that of Nanyang people..."
Excited, Park Zhengxiong swore to the reporter:
"After finishing my scheduled tour to Southeast Asia, I never want to go abroad again until our people have enough to eat... No matter what, I want to let my people have enough to eat, and I will no longer have to sell my sons and daughters. Go to Nanyang and make money.”
Despite what he said, Park Zhengxiong knew that South Korea cannot do without the remittances from Nanyang - the average annual foreign exchange earnings of Korean workers in Nanyang reaches 50 million US dollars! For South Korea, this is an extremely valuable amount of foreign exchange.
Even if they sell their children and daughters, Koreans are still willing to come here. After all, you can make a lot of money here!
So, for Koreans, it is an extremely happy thing to have the opportunity to sell their children and go to Nanyang.
(End of this chapter)