super island tycoon

Chapter 81 Island-Building Artifact!

The Coast Guard, after all, is a paramilitary force.

In order to accommodate such an army, Jiang Cheng needs to build a decent military base for it.

This military base must not only have a port where ships are stationed, but also have military facilities such as training grounds, shooting ranges, barracks, and airports. Therefore, this requires a lot of space.

Jiang Cheng carefully browsed the military facilities section, and after he had a good idea of ​​what was about to be built, he walked out of the villa, drove Xiao Hei, and flew directly to the surrounding waters of Emerald Island.

That's right, the Coast Guard is a military force unique to Emerald Island, and Jiang Cheng doesn't want it to be overly exposed to the eyes of ordinary people.

Therefore, according to Jiang Cheng's inner plan, he needs a hidden island to place this military base.

Driving Xiao Hei, it didn't take long for Jiang Cheng to arrive near the outlying islands of Emerald Island.

The outlying islands in front of me are all emerald green, like pieces of emeralds. Although the farthest octopus island is covered by a large number of construction facilities at the moment, it still cannot conceal its beauty.

Looking at the beautiful islands in front of him, Jiang Cheng frowned slightly.

To be honest, according to his original idea, these islands were to be turned into tourist resorts one after another, and he really couldn't bear to destroy their original scenery.

However, a building like a military facility is destined to stay away from the sight of ordinary people, and he has been unable to find a more suitable place.

Just when Jiang Cheng felt troubled, a flash of light flashed in his mind, which made Jiang Cheng extremely excited.

Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng couldn't bear it anymore, and directly pressed the "Super Acceleration" button in front of him!
Immediately, a string of dark blue flames emitted from Xiao Hei's tail, and then leaped forward at an extremely fast speed.

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Two 10 minutes later.

Southwest of Emerald Island, about 60 nautical miles away from Octopus Island.

Jiang Cheng, who was driving Xiaohei, was slowly flying in mid-air.

At this time, Jiang Cheng was concentrating all his attention, scanning the sea ahead, as if he was searching for something.

As time passed, as Jiang Cheng kept changing his position, something strange finally appeared on the boundless blue sea in front of him.

I saw a trace of gray and black "land" in the all-blue hue.

Of course, this is not considered land, but a reef.

The so-called reef is a huge reef formed by the accumulation of calcium carbonate skeletons of a large number of reef-building corals and other organisms, that is, coral reefs!

The reef in front of me is oval in shape. Although the rocky part exposed above the sea is only a few hundred square meters, the part hidden below the sea is still very huge.

Jiang Cheng, who was sitting on the flying car, saw this most clearly.

In fact, in Jiang Cheng's view, this huge reef, if counted as part of the seabed, is far larger than Octopus Island, at least a few square kilometers.

However, since it is mostly hidden underwater, it loses a great deal of its value.

Jiang Cheng discovered this island a long time ago when he was surveying the surrounding waters of Emerald Island, but he gave it up because it had no practical value.

However, just for a moment, Jiang Cheng suddenly thought of a certain possibility!

And under the premise of this possibility, Jiang Cheng even felt that his opportunity to expand his territory and territorial waters had come!
Reclaim the sea and build an island!

The so-called reclamation is to turn the original sea areas and reefs into land through artificial technology!
This is an important development method for coastal countries or cities with tight land area!
On the parallel earth, Jiang Cheng knows that many countries and cities are using this method to create land or artificial islands.

Like the Netherlands, large-scale land reclamation has been started since very early on. Today, 20% of the Netherlands’ land is created by artificial reclamation!

However, as far as Jiang Cheng knows, on the current Blue Star, due to the wider land area, it seems that no country has taken the lead in starting this kind of land-building operation.

At the same time, the act of building land is not only a simple "filling of soil", but also requires a lot of mechanical manufacturing technology support, and requires a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources.

Therefore, its difficulty can be imagined.

And things like reclamation and island building are even more difficult!

After all, there is no such "magic island-building tool" as the cutter suction dredger in the world now!
The so-called cutter suction dredger is a special large-scale functional ship. It can use the rotating reamer to loosen the seabed soil, mix it with cement to form mud, and finally suck it into the pump body through the suction pipe, and discharge it The mud pipe is sent to the designated place.

It can be said that with this kind of island-making artifact, as long as you can find a shallow seawater area like a reef, you can create an island out of thin air!

On the earth, Huaguo has strong research and development capabilities in cutter suction dredgers. In just a few years, it has successively developed three kinds of cutter suction dredgers, namely Tianqi, Tianjing and Tiankun. The dredging and filling capacity of the mud ship is also linearly improved.

The newly developed Tiankun has a reamer power of 6600 kilowatts and can dredge 6000 cubic meters of mud per hour, which is extremely abnormal!
What is this concept?
This means that Tiankun can dig a volume as large as a one-meter-deep football field in one hour, that is to say, a small island can be built in one day!
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng couldn't help getting excited.

With this kind of island-making artifact, in this vast sea, as long as Jiang Cheng finds a reef that is only as big as a rock, he can turn it into an island in just one day!
This is nothing short of robbery!

You must know that the current situation in the entire world is that all coastal countries are using various methods to compete for islands in the sea, but they are powerless against those ultra-small islands and reefs.

Because these small islands and reefs cannot be stationed at all, and it is difficult to even approach them.

Under such a background, major countries are rushing to occupy those large islands one after another, and they have all selectively given up on these small islands and reefs.

And in this way, it is tantamount to leaving a chance for Jiang Cheng!
After all, there is no such powerful island-making artifact as the cutter suction dredger in the world at present.

Perhaps to others, these small islands and reefs are dispensable, but in Jiang Cheng's eyes, they are no different from large islands!

As long as Jiang Cheng can manufacture the cutter suction dredger first, all the small islands and reefs in the sea can fall into Jiang Cheng's hands obediently!
And in this way, Jiang Cheng's territory and territorial sea can be expanded without limit!
Then, the location of the construction of the military base will be settled!

(End of this chapter)