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The proposed Kara Canal is 102 kilometers long, 400 meters wide, with a water depth of 25 meters, and a two-way channel that runs across the Kara Isthmus in southern Indochina Province. Kara Isthmus is a narrow zone in southern Thailand. It connects to the Indochina Peninsula in the north and the Malay Peninsula in the south. The areas between 7 degrees and 10 degrees north latitude are about 400 kilometers south of the isthmus are all Chinese territory.

After this canal is built, ships do not have to cross the Strait of Malacca and detour through Malaysia and Singapore, but can directly enter the Gulf of Thailand in the Pacific from the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean. Once the Kara Isthmus Canal is opened, the voyage between the Pacific and the Indian Ocean will be shortened by at least about 1,200 kilometers, and large ships can save 2 to 5 days, and each voyage is expected to save nearly US$300,000. This is undoubtedly a great thing for countries that rely heavily on the Strait of Malacca.

If the canal is opened, a large number of merchant ships will leave the Strait of Malacca and take the "shortcuts", which will undoubtedly have an impact on the interests of Malaysia, Singapore and other countries that have always benefited from the Strait of Malacca. The Kra Canal was launched in such an atmosphere. Due to the huge canal project and high funds, the Kra Canal was not valued. Because in the past, the strategic significance of the Kra Canal was far less than that of the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal. For example, the Suez Canal bypassed the 30 million square kilometers of African continent, while the Kra Canal only bypassed the 130,000 square kilometers of Malay Peninsula. But now it is different.

"China is rising rapidly, accounting for a larger proportion of the world economy, and international trade is becoming more and more busy. So, first, Northeast Asia is very dependent on oil from the Middle East and Africa. The Kara Canal can shorten its voyage and save a lot of money; second, the Central Federation is now relying on the Strait of Malacca for transportation. Britain is holding this strategic throat. This demonstrates the strategic significance of the Kara Canal."

"China will definitely not allow anyone to strangle their throats. China needs to breathe freely!"

However, shortly after Zhao Gang's words came to an inconsistent voice from Singapore.

"Two months ago, the Chinese emperor began to hype

At that time, a special commentator wrote this sentence in the People's Daily: "Abandon the Strait of Malacca and abandon Singapore!" We all know who the special commentator was, but we can't say it.

Nowadays, "special commentator" said that one of the important reasons why China (in the past) has always been hesitant about this project is that it has "has a great impact on Singapore". Now China needs to "reconsider its interests in Southeast Asia". It is quite popular and no longer just a lip service.

It is natural for the country to talk about "interests" and nothing wrong. Western politicians talk more explicitly about interests. In Chinese language, they are profit-oriented. China has been taught by ancient philosophy for thousands of years. Even if it cannot be done "why do you have to be profit", at least they should first talk about righteousness and then talk about profit; the better one is to take profit from righteousness and not to abolish righteousness because of profit.

However, is the current hot issue of the Kra Canal from the perspective of "interest" or "emotion"? It is quite interesting.

The monthly magazine "Economics" pointed out that China has two "strategic risks" to rely on the Strait of Malacca: one is that the UK controls this throat waterway; the other is that the UK has built a naval base in the Andaman Nicobar Islands, which has heavily guarded the western entrance of the Strait.

The problem is: if the canal is really dug, will the "hegemon" of the United Kingdom, the world, sit still? Will he hand over control of the canal to China? If the west entrance of the Strait of Malacca is strangled by the British Navy, wouldn't the west entrance of the Kra Canal be even within the range of the British navy's cannon?

Therefore, the idea of ​​digging the Kara Canal from China is that there are more emotions than justifications.

The reason why China has won the friendship between many countries and people in the world in recent years is not that it can become a "hegemon", but that it does not abandon its righteousness because of profit, and is happy from the near and far away. It will not be a good thing for China or other countries if it has become a domineering person.

What's more, the Kara Canal is known as the "Asian Suez Canal". It only bypasses a small Malay Peninsula with an area of ​​more than 130,000 square kilometers. Compared with the Suez Canal on the African continent, which bypasses 30 million square kilometers, it is self-evident."

Finally, the man said sourly: "Cultivated canals have been made up of corpses. In the high-temperature, humid and hot tropical jungle, how many lives do Chinese coolies have to spend to build this useless canal! 20 years, but 30,

The answer given by Zhao Gang was shocking. Under Zhao Gang's mobilization, 750,000 projects were formed and 750,000 projects were launched to the construction site of the Kra Canal. The construction was carried out in fifteen areas in groups of 50,000 people.

Engineers are professional arms in the military engineering support mission. Engineers are organized in the military branches of various countries. Army engineers are generally composed of engineers, boat bridges, and buildings.

Professional troops and teams such as maintenance, disguise, field water supply engineering, etc.

The construction and engineering support tasks of military projects in ancient wars were completed by the combat troops themselves and migrant workers. In the 17th century, the French army first formed a regular engineering corps. Later, Russia, Britain and the United States successively established engineering corps.

The earliest regular engineer soldiers in China were the engineering battalions in the New Army in the late Qing Dynasty. Cheng Bing was born in the early days of the founding of the army and was once known as the "pioneer of the way". After the founding of New China, the engineer soldiers developed into a technology-intensive technical army with comprehensive support capabilities, including engineering soldiers, boat bridges, camouflage, field water supply and engineering maintenance.

It not only needs to open roads and build bridges, but also use various advanced technologies to overcome and construct various artificial obstacles, including minefields, and also set up technically complex position projects. With the development of weapon systems, it is necessary to study and solve corresponding protective measures and implement engineering camouflage to deal with enemy visible light, infrared, radar and other reconnaissance methods. At present, the motorization of operations and mechanization of engineering operations have been basically achieved, further improving the ability to perform large-scale comprehensive combat engineering support tasks under modern conditions.

This time, this engineering corps gave the world a surprise. After a mechanical engineer corps quickly cleared the venue, simple buildings were built. Ten thousand dormitories with simple bathrooms, simple kitchens, and large rest rooms were built in one day. The problem of 50,000 people living in it was solved, and a permanent construction industry was built. A week later, even simple medium-sized sports venues were built. Here, four regular basketball games or twenty table tennis games could be held at the same time.

This miracle made the Singaporean journalist who came to watch the fun and frustrated. In his telegram to China, he wrote very much:

"Although we claim to be a British family, we have never reached the level of China. Hundreds of thousands of people moved mountains and reclaimed the sea under one order. Moreover, these huge projects were completed so easily that no one was surprised. This is the gap in national strength."

"It is not impossible to use Mount Tai to surpass the North Sea. This is just what the elite British family like us said. For a country like China, this kind of thing is not impossible, which sometimes makes it not possible. We underestimate the power of China, the giant, and now may be the time for us to pay the price for it!"

Later, the performance of the Chinese engineers surprised the whole world. On the construction site, Western reporters were dazzled. Several people fiddled with the abacus and issued instructions from time to time. As a result, they saw the vehicles entering the site in an orderly manner, then started working, and then appeared after they were filled. These shots were taken.

Then he was sent to spy agencies in various countries and analyzed into various data. The Germans saw that "the cooperation between Chinese engineers is so high that they are ahead of Germany for at least ten years. If China's average logistics level is the same, China's strength will be far higher than Germany, and its war potential is even three times that of Germany!"

What the British have obtained is that the quality of the Chinese has improved significantly. Among the 75 people, the literacy rate and high school graduation rate are higher than that of the British army. This shows that China has built a strong combat team with about 300 people in this team, which is vigilant. You must know that this number is equal to the combined total of France, Russia and Germany.

As a country with a huge territory, the UK recognizes China's strength and respects the rights of the Chinese in actual actions. However, such a huge number of elite soldiers still threatened the British. The Chinese could easily send 750,000 people without any implementation of the 300,000-kilometer railway plan. This is almost the overall combination of the British army! In other words, if China is willing, it can completely take over India and then dominate the Indian Ocean!

As mentioned before, India is the jewel in the crown of the British. Indian society has no history at all, at least it has no known history." Among these long colonial rule, Britain's rule over India lasted the longest, and the most cruel plundering. The British Empire plundered a large amount of resources and the blood and sweat of the Indian people from India, thus strengthening its prosperity. India became the most important colony of the British Empire and was not allowed to spy on it!

The British began to think about how to prevent this danger.
Chapter completed!