Chapter 269 Crossing mountains and ridges
January 3, 2028.
Just just passed New Year's Day, the cold wave had just subsided, and in the clear sky of southern Jiangxi, an airship headed south along the Ganjiang River.
The Airport New District near Xihua Township.
At the construction site, it suddenly became dark.
"Huh?" Lao Zhou, a construction worker who was strapping steel bars, subconsciously raised his head, and then he was stunned: "...what?"
"Airship!" Lao Huang, a worker next door who was also strapping steel bars, stood up and stretched out his stiff waist and legs: "Huh...this thing is really big."
After the eyes of a group of construction workers.
The airship No. 3001 slowly docked nearby and unloaded 2,700 tons of steel bars in an open space.
The manager of the engineering company who contracted the construction site, looking at so many steel bars, finally knew that half a month ago, Hailufeng Company asked them to report the amount of steel bars, and then asked them to pull the goods they ordered to Hukou County.
"Manager Zhang, pull 2,700 tons of steel bars at one time. How much does Hailufeng Company collect us?" Another management of the engineering project department asked curiously:
Zhang Hongchang glanced at the transportation charge invoice of the mobile phone: "257,580."
"257,580? This fee..." The management estimated in his mind: "It's almost the same. If it's transported by the river, it's more than 200,000 yuan, but this speed is much faster than transporting by the river."
"Of course, if the ship is in the river, it needs to pass several locks to go upstream. The airship flies directly in the sky. And the airship has another advantage, that is, it can go directly to the construction site without pulling it from the dock." Zhang Hongchang looked at so many steel bars, which was almost enough for them to use for several months.
In fact, he was wrong.
Although the airship can fly directly to the construction site, it is because the area of this construction site is very large, and the goods are pure steel bars and no other groceries.
If it is an ordinary grocery container, it must be unloaded in a special airport and then transferred to the user by the car.
In fact, the Blue Whale Airship Company currently produces four Blue Whale Type 1 airships, three of which are engaged in ordinary container transportation, while the fourth is used for special transportation, specializing in transportation services for large items.
Similar to the blades of giant wind turbines, they nowadays are often hundreds of meters long. If the offshore wind power project is better, it can be transported by a transport ship. However, if it is an onshore wind power project, or the factory is in an inland area, the transportation process will be very troublesome.
Not only is the transportation cost very high, but also requires escort trucks, tankers, and safety officers. Transportation must be applied for one month in advance, and the route needs to be surveyed and planned in advance.
If you find the special transportation department of Blue Whale Airship Company, the cost can be saved by about half.
Of course, if you transport a large item alone, it is actually not cost-effective. Generally, you can collect 200 tons of goods at one time and carry them in centralized air transport. The overall cost can be saved by about 65%.
So after Blue Whale Airship Company launched special transportation services, it was immediately contracted by the Power Construction Group.
The Power Construction Group, which is building a Medog Hydropower Station, needs to transport large equipment to MT County, but the bearing capacity of the Medog Highway is limited, especially the existence of tunnels, which limits the passage of many equipment and parts.
I didn't expect that the Blue Whale Airship Company's airship payload was so large. They cooperated with Blue Whale Airship Company to try to directly cross the Hengduan Mountains from the western Yunnan region and successfully transport a set of large equipment to the construction site, and then they were out of control.
These days, the Blue Whale No. 1004 airship is stationed in western Yunnan, constantly transporting large equipment and materials to the Mede Dehydration Power Station.
Compared with road transportation that crosses mountains and ridges, after airship transportation, the transportation cost has dropped by nearly 80%, and the transportation efficiency is also very high.
The airship No. 1004 can fly once a day. If there is no cargo to pull when you come back, the Power Construction Group can save another vacant fee for the return trip.
The Power Construction Group has built several storage centers dedicated to concentrated steel bars, cement and equipment in the southwest region, and then continuously transported these raw materials with the help of airships.
Not only does the Medes-Duo Hydropower Station require this special transportation, airships can also be used in other hydropower stations and infrastructure projects in the mountains on the edge of the snowy plateau.
Therefore, several airships currently being built by Blue Whale Airship Company are all intended to be used for special transportation. Because the airport supporting facilities are not perfect, it can actually be slower.
Special transportation does not require an airport, because this kind of transportation often requires direct arrival at the destination and there is no way to load and unload at the airport.
Although the airship cannot be fully loaded during the process of crossing the Hengduan Mountains and can only transport about 150 tons at most, it is very powerful to transport 150 tons at one time for the Hengduan Mountains and snowy plateaus, which are already difficult to transport.
What's more, Blue Whale Airship Company is already building Blue Whale Type 2 with a payload of 500 tons, and has trial-run Blue Whale Type 3 with a payload of 2,700 tons.
Therefore, the Power Construction Group is no longer worried about the transportation of equipment and raw materials.
Other companies that were one step slower are also urging Blue Whale Airship Company to build airships as soon as possible. Many domestic companies need this type of transportation method that can be not limited by road size.
It is not only necessary for large hydropower station construction companies, but also for mining enterprises that mine minerals in remote areas, large equipment for special factories, wind power projects, large bridge construction, etc., all need this kind of transport airship.
So even though there are not many airships built, the Blue Whale Airship Company has received more than 300 special transportation orders.
These special transportation orders alone are worth more than one billion yuan.
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After removing the steel bars from Blue Whale No. 3001, it flew towards the watershed between Ganjiang and Beijiang, namely Dayuling.
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Dayu County.
The county town is also under construction because there is a special hub airport here.
In fact, the nearby Dayuling Hub Station is under planning and construction, which is also the last water transport hub station in the Guangdong-Jiangxi Canal.
Because this hub station has not been completed, the Neine River transport ship can only stop near Dayu County and cannot go directly to the upper reaches of the Beijiang River system in the Pearl River system.
But today this situation will be broken.
The experimental ship No. 1 pulled 2390 tons of steel bars to the Dayu County Airport Construction site two days ago. After unloading the steel bars, the experimental ship No. 1 installed a specially fixed container and waited quietly for the airship to arrive.
After the airship arrived.
Experimental Ship 1 went upstream again and drove the ship to a location very close to the watershed. Here you can already see the construction site of Dayuling Hub Station not far away, which is working overtime.
Amid the shocked eyes of the construction workers at Dayuling Hub Station
Blue Whale 3001 tied up the experimental ship No. 1 and slowly lifted it up with a weight of 2,750 tons.
When the height was safe enough to cross Dayu Ridge, the airship flew effortlessly. Half an hour later, the airship lowered the experimental ship No. 1 in a calm and open water above the Beijiang River. "Have the ship flew over?" The pilot and owner of the ship was stunned and stared at the scene in front of him.
"Brother, what's flying over?" Another young man walked over from behind, and then he was also stunned, and his expression was out of control and exclaimed, "Damn! The airship ship came from the north of Dayu Ridge?"
Amid the shocked eyes of the two brothers.
Experimental Ship 1 pulled 73 containers and slowly drove past their ship.
After taking a look at the draft of the experimental ship No. 1, the two brothers knew that the ship was transported with full load.
(This chapter ends)