Vault 32

Chapter 170 Building a Hydroelectric Generator

The wheel of time slowly and continuously rolled over, and the Soviets seemed to have acquiesced to the fact of failure. On the eve of the blizzard, Liszt ambushed and wiped out almost all the helicopters, and their land aviation regiment was almost lost. do.They lost the ability to deploy troops. Facing the complex mountainous area covered with heavy snow, they also chose to accumulate strength and wait for the spring of the coming year, as well as a larger troop build-up.

And within this week, the air forces from the Siberian Military Region and the Bering Strait Military Region have already used the Il-76 military transport plane to transport a large number of Soviet elites from various local troops. The calculation is based on the battalion The Soviet troops of the unit have also assembled on the Queen Charlotte Islands.Moreover, most of them are light infantry, light armored units suitable for mountain warfare, and a small number of armed helicopters, which are completely positioned according to mountain warfare.

But all of this is also unpredictable for Lister who is deep inside the cave base, because he has no communication channel with the outside world, and he doesn't know the assembled troops on the Queen Charlotte Islands at all.Of course, this is also relative to this. Even the size of Lister's own troops is still a mystery to those Soviets and Canadians.

In the current cave base, one week is enough time for this group of idle and energetic Marine Corps boys to basically complete all the necessary facilities inside.As the engineering tasks were arranged, small-scale blasting in full swing appeared deep into the huge Rocky Mountains.

However, their task is not complicated. After all, they had completed digging various caves and tunnels two months ago.And the current task is just to make the rough places as smooth as possible, and at the same time dig out the grooves for the lines in the tunnels and caves to connect the thick and long wires with the power storage boxes in the caves.

Gentle lights have also appeared in every corner of the cave, thick industrial lines have been built in the grooves, and the voltage regulators and sockets that have been shunted out have also connected large and small lamps.The lighting in the tunnel and the chandelier in the cave have also been installed by the group of boys. After the current is connected, a bright light is released, basically illuminating the originally dark space.

However, a soldier of the Marine Corps is still wielding a pickaxe, digging out the rock wall that was blasted with a detonator, and digging and expanding the surrounding caves to make the space bigger. .The No. 2000 karst cave, which originally covers an area of ​​more than [-] square meters, has been listed as the main task of expansion.

More than a dozen soldiers of the Marine Corps were standing behind Liszt, four or five meters above the top of the rock wall, and six evenly distributed chandeliers had already illuminated the 2000-square-meter cave space quite clearly.But Liszt frowned and looked at the existing underground river in front of him, and couldn't help asking in a deep voice: "Mr., are you really sure that this underground river is enough to support the operation of the generator set?"

This underground river, more than half a meter deep, used to be only a place for water intake in the cave base. Apart from the daily necessary water and the occasional bathing water, it has no other uses.But a Soviet expert who looked relatively young followed behind Liszt, nodded in his not fluent English: "Yes, although I am not a geologist, but according to the trend of the Rocky Mountains, and Regarding the distribution of the underground river, I am sure that there is an even bigger underground river below the underground river in this cave!"

The young Soviet expert also had affirmation in his tone, and when he looked at Lister, there was also a slight fear in his eyes.Liszt's ruthless appearance and his shooting regardless of anything directly shocked all the Soviet experts, especially the colleague who was still lying on the sleeping bag trembling and moaning in pain, which made them tremble in fear disturbed.

And he swallowed slowly, still looked at Liszt and nodded slightly: "Generally speaking, the 100-meter-long underground river in the upper cave should be the result of rising water level in the underground river in the lower cave. He walked forward a few steps slowly, bent over and touched the rock formations on the edge of the dark river with his hands, feeling the moisture on his hands, nodded and said: "That's right, the sunken rock wall is not smooth. It is caused by erosion caused by different water levels in different seasons."

"If this is the case, after the upper and lower layers of the underground river are opened up, can the hydroelectric generator set be installed?"

Liszt nodded slowly. Although he didn't understand geology, and he didn't know much about hydropower, the Soviet heavy weapon research expert in front of him obviously had research on these.He had also considered using the fast-flowing underground river to generate hydroelectric power before, but now this Soviet expert first mentioned it. Not to mention, from a professional point of view, it is more secure than his own idea. .

"Yes, we have to excavate the rock walls on both sides to make the area of ​​the underground river larger, and at the same time use lifting tools to destroy the interval rock layers under the underground river, and at the same time allow the water from the lower river to flow up."

With a blunt smile on his face, this relatively young Soviet expert nodded quickly, and at the same time put his hand in front of him, pointing to the underground river that was still rushing and rushing, and expressed to Liszt in blunt English: "We can choose a smaller hydroelectric generator set, which can not only protect the rock structure of the cave itself, but also facilitate installation." After a slight pause, he also nodded softly: "And a small hydroelectric generator, for logistics transportation It's also safer."

The Soviet expert's suggestion was quite scientific and reasonable, and Liszt nodded slowly, his eyes swept across the entire cave in front of him, and the rather turbulent dark river about half a meter away, also subconsciously glanced at the corner of the wall Several rectangular objects taller than a person.It was an exchanged industrial power storage box. With the completion of the ventilation, lighting, and communication systems, this expensive exchange item has almost become a consumable.

Slightly squinting, Liszt's retina also showed various generators among daily necessities, whether it was diesel or solar energy, they were listed one by one.But he still looked at the hydroelectric generator, especially the small domestic hydroelectric generator set, but the price of 500 credits for one set already made him quite excited.

(End of this chapter)