The Walking Dead: Rebuild

Chapter 117 The Era of Great Infrastructure Construction

August 8, late summer.

On the high ground 3 kilometers away from the Fort Benning base, a group of workers from the umbrella company are busy in full swing.

A large number of excavators and road rollers are digging straight ditches one after another according to the design drawings provided by construction engineers, compacting the soft soil on the highlands.

Plumbers and electricians worked together to bury all the high-voltage cables and line pipes that needed to be buried in the excavated tunnels.

Some construction workers responsible for laying concrete are filling huge pits with cement.

In the center of these tunnels are wind turbines that are 80 meters high.

Leon was wearing a high-tech black Guardian armor without a helmet. His tall figure of nearly two meters stood out among the crowd.

Next to him was a thin old white man in his 50s, wearing a simple suit and old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses, with his hair and beard neatly trimmed.

This old man’s name is Benjamin Trast. He is a senior electrical engineer who has been engaged in the electrical manufacturing industry for more than 30 years. Although he is not well-known in the industry, his professional skills are still worth it. commendable.

However, in the apocalypse, his professional abilities are of no use. Before joining the Umbrella Company, this old man had been wandering around the edges of relatively safe villages, making a living by catching fish, poaching birds' eggs, and digging vegetable roots. Had he not gotten mixed up in a small group of relatively kind-hearted survivors, it is estimated that with his body, he would not have been able to survive the disaster for three months.

However, now that Umbrella Company needs to establish its own power system, the little old man in the power engineering department suddenly became an important person from a marginal role in the engineering department.

Looking at the construction site in full swing, looking at the wind turbines that were nearly 70 meters high before the wind blades were installed, Leon thought about it for a while, and asked Benjamin:
"Mr. Benjamin, how many kilowatt-hours of electricity can such a wind turbine generate in a day?"

Although Benjamin maintained a serious expression on his face, he couldn't help but flatter the superior in his tone, and said:
"Mr. Custer, if such a wind engine works at full load 24 hours a day, it can produce about 38 degrees of electricity. However, in that case, it will cause a considerable burden on the machine itself and seriously reduce their power. service life.”

"Our advice is that working between 16 and 20 hours a day is the best option."

"Moreover, most of our wind turbines were dismantled and moved from other places and have been used for several years. If we continue to use them at full capacity, it is estimated that their lifespan will not last more than ten years."

Leon nodded and continued to ask thoughtfully:

"If we phased out those diesel generators altogether, how much power would it take to meet the power needs of the Fort Benning base?"

The old man knew that his big boss didn't like to hear those professional and cumbersome data, so he immediately calculated several times in his mind before replying:

"Mr. Custer, after our measurement and estimation, the current daily electricity consumption of our base is about 15 kilowatt hours. However, considering the future increase in population and the size of our base, a town of about 10 people , its power consumption is about 150 million kilowatt-hours."

"However, depending on the degree of industrialization, industrial electricity consumption is basically 3 to 8 times that of civilian electricity consumption. Therefore, in order to meet our electricity demand at this stage, I suggest that at least the production capacity should be kept at 50 kWh to 100 kWh. Between ten thousand degrees.”

Listening to the concise and concise explanation of old engineer Benjamin, Leon nodded clearly. He calculated that the full load of a wind turbine is 38 kilowatt-hours of electricity. If the machine is given an appropriate amount of rest time, the daily power production will be about 000 kWh. About 3 degrees, that is to say, more than 20 electric generators can meet the current power demand of the base.

He glanced at the scale of the construction on the construction site, thought about it, and asked:

“Can our wind power station be able to install 30 wind turbines?”

The old man shook his head in embarrassment and said:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Custer, wind turbines have relatively high requirements for space and location, and they need to be in an open place to work properly."

"This highland is the closest we have to a suitable location for a wind farm."

"However, the space here is limited, and only about 18 wind turbines can be installed. If the number increases, it will affect the power generation of other generators."

While explaining, the old man carefully observed the changes in Leon's expression. Seeing that the big boss didn't seem to be angry, he still added cautiously:

"I discussed for a long time with some electric engineering personnel, and agreed that we can build a solar power station on the basis of wind power generation. I saw that there are a large number of solar panels stored in our company warehouse. A collection of high quality new products from Atlanta.”

"Although solar power stations are not as efficient as wind power stations in terms of electricity production efficiency, they do not have high requirements for terrain, labor and technology, and are quite convenient to maintain."

"Building a solar power station can just make up for our shortfall in power generation."

After thinking about it for a while, Leon also agreed with the old man's idea, but soon he thought of a problem. Both the wind power station and the solar power station are built outside the base, and they are easy to be targeted by others. Just insurance.

He pondered for a few seconds and then ordered:

"I will divide a piece of land for you inside the base. After you complete the construction of the wind power station and solar power station, you will start building a thermal power station on that piece of land."

"It is usually on standby, but when the external power stations fail, this thermal power station must take over for them, and can provide the most basic power supply for the base."

Benjamin probably guessed the boss’s intention and complimented in a joking tone:

"No problem, boss. You should take a more comprehensive view. We will work overtime to get this done for you."

Leon also showed a business-friendly smile, accepted the old man's compliment, and praised him backhand. Under the leadership of this old engineer, he learned what a wind power station was.At noon, Miss Peggy drove a modified jeep over to pick him up for dinner. Leon politely invited Benjamin to have lunch with him. However, the old man had been involved in society for decades and was very discerning in his work. I postponed this invitation on the excuse of being busy.

Leon didn't force himself. After getting into the little beauty's car, Peggy kissed him sweetly on the lips a few times and took this macho man home.

Since becoming pregnant, Leon no longer asked Peggy to follow the combat troops, but let his younger brother Sherman take over the work of his sister, leading the students of the armed machinery team to clean up those large corpses.

As for the little beauty Peggy, she selected a dozen smart and talented students among the young people and launched a new armed machinery training class within the base.

This also resulted in Peggy having more free time to study her favorite home cooking skills. Every time it was meal time, as long as Leon was still near the base, the little beauty would drive over to pick him up in person, most of the time. Everyone will call Amy, and the three of them will happily share the food together.

But recently, Leon has become a little afraid of seeing little Amy. Since the company has entered the era of large-scale infrastructure construction, there are currently more than a dozen functional facilities under construction, and nearly 1000 staff are under construction in various places. people.

With so many government affairs and demands, personnel allocation, and material mobilization, the government affairs team within the company is operating at full capacity.

Little Amy also seemed to have discovered that the big boss always liked to be lazy and slippery, so she began to supervise Leon's work more strictly.

During this period of time, Leon couldn't even spare time to play a game, and kept running around various construction sites and facilities.

A steel processing plant, a steelmaking plant, a food processing plant, a mechanical maintenance center, a building material processing plant, a car gas station, and a comprehensive parts processing plant.

Not only these industrial basic facilities, but also considering that ordinary bullets and artillery shells can only be stored for more than ten years in an unopened state, but once opened, the storage time will be shortened to about one year.

Lyon must establish a complete military production system within the next few years, from mining to preparing gunpowder, from metal smelting to making precision warhead clips.

Not only that, if they want to manufacture more advanced weapons and equipment, they must have more sophisticated smelting factories and processing machine tools. There is a huge difference in the quality of alloys required for ordinary weapons and precision weapons.

However, these are only the primary tasks of heavy industrialized factories. When time continues to pass, the materials left over from peacetime are exhausted or reach the end of their useful life.

People need clothing, cooking seasonings, chemical supplies, candies, alcoholic beverages, and various light industrial products. To restore the production of these daily necessities, it will take an unimaginable amount of manpower and material resources.

However, in the current period, they can continue to enjoy the blessings of the old era for more than 10 years. Basically, many of the materials collected cannot be consumed even through extravagance and waste.

But as a leader who has a long-term vision and acts cautiously, Lyon must lay the foundation and make preparations for development in the next 10, 20 or even 50 years long ago.

After having a full meal and exercising with his two wives for a while, he started his busy work again.

What I want to see in the afternoon is a newly built vacuum compression food processing plant located inside the base.

This was also Leon's whim. He thought, since there are so many existing foods that cannot be used up even if they rot into dregs, why not collect them and reprocess them into vacuum compression similar to military rations? Where's the food?

These vacuum-compressed foods can be easily stored for decades if some preservatives are added and sealed and stored in a suitable place.

If you just think about it, the food in Georgia is enough for 1 million people for several years. After their compression vacuum processing, it can be enough for 000 people for hundreds of years.

Of course, this is just a random conjecture. The real situation is definitely more complicated and difficult than this. However, being able to store a batch of emergency food that will not rot for decades will be a lifesaver in the event of a food shortage or other accidents in the future. method.

Moreover, this is not a very technical technology. Lyon mobilized more than a dozen technicians to work in this area, and found the production methods of various countries' military rations in the library, and then began to prepare for this factory. construction.

It does not require them to surpass the military ration manufacturing technology of decades ago. As long as they can learn how to make vacuum-compressed food that will not rot for decades, they will have made a great contribution to mankind.

Picking and choosing, encouraging and tempting, I was busy until dusk, after I was taken home by Peggy again for dinner.

Leon sneaked out again and came to a director's office at the Mephala Research Center.

During this time, because he needed to use the professional research equipment of the Atlanta Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Mephala returned to the Atlanta base with several researchers escorted by the Sting Team.

That base has always been under the strict control of the Umbrella Company. In addition to a team of about 30 permanent elite troops stationed for defense, there is also a group of researchers staying behind in the underground base, carrying out various tasks. Research.

Pushing open the door of the office, Leon looked up and saw Hathaway, a tall and slender figure with long chestnut hair, who seemed to be a literary beauty with great details.

She was holding a thick book, sitting on a leather office chair, frowning, concentrating on reading, sometimes biting her fingertips, and thinking quietly about the problem.

With a smirk on his lips, Lyon locked the door, used his extraordinary skills to sneak up behind Hathaway, closed the curtains, and hugged her. Amidst the girl's exclamations, Blocked her voice.

The girl's originally panic-stricken eyes immediately turned into anger after touching the man's deep green eyes, and then quickly filled with hazy charm.

The door of the office has been locked for more than two hours. When other researchers wanted to ask for advice, the newly appointed research director of Hathaway found that there were always some weird voices coming from the locked door. movement.

That's what most of the researchers, who are single, can only hear on paid channels, and it makes both men and women excited.

　Brothers, the Chinese New Year is over, and I will resume the amount of updates I had in the past every day.I hope everyone will support me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)