HCB Chapter 172 Site Selection for Power Plant Construction
Chapter 172 Site Selection for Power Plant Construction
After the battle, the soldiers began to clean up the battlefield on the road.
"Comrades, clean up the battlefield quickly and we will gather at the power plant."
The second company commander shouted loudly as he walked on the battlefield.
At this time, the third company commander came over with his men.
"Captain of the Second Company, your Second Company did a great job in this battle. Especially the charge at the end made my blood boil,............."
After hearing what the third company commander said, the second company commander smiled and said.
"Hahaha, it's just a small scene, not worth mentioning."
"You three players played really well this time, ..."
After 5 minutes.
The platoon leader trotted up to the second company commander.
"Report to the company commander, the battlefield has been completely cleaned up.
In this battle, we killed a total of 213 Japanese soldiers. One comrade was injured by a bullet in the arm, but his life is not in danger. "
"Yes, order the troops to return to the power plant now."
The second and third company commanders led the blocking team back to the power plant.
.......
Inside the power plant, Gundam heard the gunfire outside stop and knew the battle was over.
He found the monk in the workshop.
"Monk, the battle outside is over. Order the soldiers to move the equipment faster.
We evacuated the power plant in half an hour."
"Yes, Commander."
The soldiers of the first company did not stop their actions even though they were exhausted. They all knew that only by moving all the equipment as quickly as possible could they buy time for the other two companies.
Thanks to the efforts of the soldiers, all the equipment in the power plant was moved cleanly.
Nothing useful was left for the Japanese, and 30 trucks were filled to the brim.
Finally, Gundam ordered the monk to install a bomb in the power plant. He wanted to completely destroy this thermal power plant.
The convoy soon after leaving the power plant.
“Boom…, boom…”
A series of deafening explosions sounded in the power plant.
The power plant's power generation workshop collapsed in the violent explosion and turned into ruins.
The Heyuan Power Plant was completely destroyed and there is no possibility of reconstruction.
Gaoda led the team back to Lijiazhuang, and he was in a very happy mood.
Next, the independent column will have its own power plant, and the arsenal will no longer have to worry about electricity and can work hard to expand its production capacity.
The return trip was several times slower than the outbound trip.
All the trucks were loaded with equipment, and the special forces battalion soldiers had to move forward on foot.
Until late afternoon.
Gao Da then brought the special forces battalion back to Lijiazhuang.
After returning to the headquarters, Gaoda immediately asked Li Dazhuang to notify Li Dakang.
The equipment for the power plant has been retrieved, but the site selection for the power plant is a very troublesome issue.
Power plants are not like other factories that can be moved at will. Once built, they are difficult to move.
There is another very important factor, coal mines.
Power plants must be built near coal mines, which can greatly reduce the time of coal transportation.
Thermal power plants require large amounts of coal.
However, the independent column did not have so much transportation capacity, so it could only build the power plant near the coal mine.
It didn't take long.
Li Dakang, who received the news, came to the command center.
"Commander, what are your instructions for calling me here?"
Gundam looked at Li Dakang in front of him and spoke.
"Minister Dakang, I brought back a set of power generation equipment from the Heyuan County Power Plant.
I came to you to ask if there is any coal mine near the arsenal, even a small one.
Thermal power plants require large amounts of coal to generate electricity.”
After hearing what Gaoda said, Li Dakang fell into deep thought.
He really didn't know whether there was a coal mine near the arsenal. After all, in this era, coal was not of much use to them.
Except in winter, when villagers would dig coal from a small coal mine near Lijiazhuang for heating, no one would dig coal at other times.
"Commander, I don't know whether there is coal near the arsenal, but I know there is someone who can definitely find it." Li Dakang replied.
Gundam asked hurriedly: "Tell me quickly, who knows?"
"Commander, there is an old man in our village named Li Ergui. His family has been miners for generations. He is very good at finding coal mines. People from all over the country often ask him to look for mines...."
After hearing this, Gundam was overjoyed.
"Minister Dakang, I'll leave the task of finding a coal mine near the arsenal to you.
We must find a coal mine as soon as possible, and we need to build a thermal power plant so that the arsenal can continue to expand its production capacity."
Li Dakang immediately agreed: "No problem, Commander. Tomorrow I will take Li Ergui to look for coal mines near the arsenal."
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The next morning.
Li Dakang prepared to look for Li Ergui early in the morning.
At this time, Li Ergui was arguing with his wife at home.
"Li Ergui, you bastard, you just sit at home every day, you don't go out to farm, you don't go out to make money,
My family is barely making ends meet. It’s really unlucky to marry you…”
After hearing what the old woman said, Li Ergui retorted.
"Old woman, there are wars everywhere now. No one from the surrounding area is coming to me to look for mines. It's not winter yet. Who are you going to let me mine and sell them to?"
"Mines, mines, mines, all you know all day long is mines.
If there is no coal mine, can't you go out and find some work for yourself? It's better to go out and farm than to sit at home."
"Look at the head of other families, and then look at yourself,......"
Li Dakang walked to the gate of Li Ergui's yard and shouted loudly: "Uncle Ergui, are you home?"
Two people who were arguing in the room heard someone shouting outside.
"Yes, I'll be right out to open the door."
Li Ergui hurriedly walked out of the room. He didn't want to listen to the old woman's nagging anymore.
After opening the door, Li Ergui saw Li Dakang standing outside.
"Da Kang, why is it you?"
"Uncle Ergui, let's go in and talk."
Li Ergui brought Li Dakang into the yard. When Li Ergui's wife Yang Dahua saw that the visitor was Li Dakang, she said enthusiastically: "Dakang, you are here. Please take a seat. I will make you some tea."
"Okay, thank you, auntie."
The two of them sat in the yard, and Li Dakang went straight to the point.
"Uncle Ergui, I came to you today because I have an important matter for you to help me with."
"Oh, you Eighth Route Army have something else you want me to help you with? Tell me." Li Ergui asked curiously.
"Uncle Ergui, this is what happened.
Our independent column is planning to build a thermal power plant near Yelang Mountain, and we need to find a coal mine near Yelang Mountain. This is exactly what Uncle Ergui is good at, so I found you. "