Chapter 758
: Island filling completed!
Chapter 758: Island filling completed! (4/4)
No one knew what kind of secret conversation took place between Dongya and Orb that night.
But He Ming, who was in the fleet, knew that as the night passed, signs of frequent movements began to appear near the base island.
One by one, the surface warships from East Asia and Orb were constantly disorganized and reorganized. During these maneuvers, the surface fleets of East Asia and Orb gradually merged into one, and began to deploy, mobilize, and conduct combat readiness patrols under a common headquarters and a unified action program.
He Ming and others who returned from East Asia happened to encounter the auspicious day when the base island reclamation project was completed.
After more than 20 days of day and night efforts by a fleet of dredgers, led by ten large Kunpeng-class dredgers, the base island for the construction of the rail elevator finally took shape.
One roller after another kept shuttling back and forth, and according to the instructions of the Engineering Mobilization Center, they continued to apply pressure to the soft and moist new ground under the tires, compacting it as quickly as possible so that the next step of engineering construction could be carried out.
Between these rollers, large trucks loaded with various construction materials shuttled back and forth, and under the command of the engineering mobilization center, these construction materials were delivered to where they were most needed.
He Ming looked around and saw that in the midst of this busy scene, there were no vehicles entering the southeast corner, but there were several excavators forming a circle around the pipe outlet of the No. 1 Kunpeng large dredging ship used to spray seabed sand and gravel.
There was a circle of people surrounding these excavators, and from a distance it seemed quite lively.
"Colonel. It looks like a ceremony is going on over there."
"ceremony?"
As soon as Salamantini heard Lacus Klein say this, she immediately became interested.
To be honest, it was the first time that Salamantini saw humans using their own hands and tools to fill a piece of land in the ocean.
Even though there was an uninhabited deserted island here before construction began, it is undeniable that the emergence of this land is enough to prove that human wisdom is enough to change this world.
"Let's go! Let's go and take a look!"
The Polaris was currently on guard duty in the nearby waters, and the Archangel had just left the deserted island and would need another one to two days to return to the base island.
After a while, before the two warships returned, He Ming realized that he, the commander-in-chief, didn't need to be busy with anything. So he decided to join in the fun.
Amidst the bustling crowd, Kira held his laptop and stared closely at the excavators surrounding the pipe opening, fearing that something might go wrong with the excavators at the critical moment, causing the entire ceremony to fail.
Rationally, Kira didn't understand what this so-called ritual was for.
But emotionally, Kira seemed to realize that the people around him, especially the workers from East Asia, attached great importance to today's ceremony. Some even asked their superiors for leave and came over to watch the ceremony.
"Haha! You don't understand. This is called a good omen!! A good omen!" After hearing Kira's doubts, Chief Engineer Wang laughed a few times, then pulled Kira out of the bridge of Kunpeng No. 1 and brought him to the ceremony site.
“Kira. Watch carefully. This is the first time in human history that a ceremony has been held to complete the filling of the base island for an orbital elevator.”
Chief Engineer Wang pointed to a place not far away, where there was a group of people carrying cameras and constantly taking pictures of the surrounding scenery.
"Come on! Maybe the photos they took will be hung in the museum. Oh, when the rail elevator here is built, a city will be born. Then the photos of you and me may be hung in the history museum of this city!"
Kira was a little confused after listening to Chief Engineer Wang's words.
Hang his picture in a history museum?
He just optimized the central program for the Kunpeng dredging ship.
"What are you talking about? Chief Engineer Wang, Kira." Just when Kira was feeling a little confused about whether his photo would be hung in the history museum, He Ming came over with Salamantini and Lacus Klein to say hello.
"Long time no see! He Zhong, oh, that's not right. I should call you Colonel He. Congratulations on your promotion! Colonel He."
Chief Engineer Wang noticed at a glance that He Ming's military rank had changed, and immediately changed his tone and congratulated him.
"Thank you!"
After He Ming thanked him, he looked around.
"The progress of the island reclamation project seems to be several days faster than expected!"
"This is all thanks to Kira! Colonel He, where did you find this gem of Kira? It's amazing."
As soon as Chief Engineer Wang opened his mouth, he praised Kira to the sky.
He Ming became interested while Kira gradually lowered his head.
Seeing this, He Ming raised his hand and patted Kira.
"Look up! Kira. This is something to be proud of! Thanks to your efforts, the island reclamation project was completed a few days earlier, which will reserve more redundant time for subsequent construction. This is a very remarkable thing!"
"But, but I don't feel like I did anything extraordinary!"
Kira scratched his head in annoyance.
"Chief Engineer Wang just said that my photo can be hung in a future history museum!"
"No. It's already amazing! Kira. This is a huge project that will last for decades or even hundreds of years. Any improvement or optimization that can shorten the construction time and progress of this project can be regarded as a contribution that can provide great help to the future of mankind."
"Kira, just think about it. If the construction of this orbital elevator can start one day earlier, it means that the solar power generation system can be put into full use one day earlier, supplying clean and unlimited energy to the world, and helping our fellow human beings who are suffering from energy and food crises to escape from suffering one day earlier. Isn't this something worthy of being recorded in history?"
After listening to He Ming's words, Kira seemed to understand something.
But as he is an introvert, it will take some time for him to change.
"Kira, listen to Colonel He and hold your head high! We all see your contribution! Tell me the truth, are you interested in working at our engineering academy?"
"Chief Engineer Wang! Stop!"
As soon as He Ming heard that Chief Engineer Wang wanted to poach people, he was the first to stand up and oppose it.
"Kira has already told me that his current mission is to fully assist in the construction of the orbital elevator and solar power generation system! Other than that, nothing else can be discussed!"
When Chief Engineer Wang heard this, he wanted to argue for a few words, but finally gave up helplessly.
no way!
He knew very well that according to the current action policies in East Asia, rail elevators and solar power generation systems would be the established national policies for the next few decades.
Kira Yamato, this extraordinary genius seems to be settling down here.
(End of this chapter)