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Chapter 182 Splitting the Himalayas

Get back to the point.

Regardless of whether China will go to war with A San on a large scale, the construction of the "Hua Ni Railway" is of strategic significance. This major event should be done sooner rather than later.

"Yeah, right." Professor Wang Zhi nodded again, "Before the construction of this railway, I had the honor to participate in the study of the topography of the Himalayas, mainly to evaluate the stability of geology and the possibility of earthquakes."

It should be normal for experts and professors in geophysics to study the Himalayas?

It’s not just normal, it’s simply too normal. Li Erdan and Wang Lin were not surprised.

"What did you find?" Li Erdan asked.

"The Huani Railway is an extension of the branch line of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, Laji Railway, and extends to Jilong County, Myanmar County on the border of Huani. This section of the Himalayas is very stable and there should be no major earthquake. However, our research found that a large-scale earthquake in Kashmir in the western section of the Himalayas has matured. In the near future, a major earthquake of no less than magnitude 9 will occur, endangering the lives of millions of people, and may even threaten the railway we built in the eastern section of the mountains." Professor Wang Zhi said.

The Himalayas are formed by the expansion of the Indian Ocean plate and the Eurasian continent. Under the influence of the earth's rotation and revolution, the Indian Ocean plate is still advancing northward, squeezing the Himalayas to increase. It is not strange that earthquakes occurred in the Himalayas, because the geological faults here are severe and they are originally an active earthquake zone.

Many international teams are conducting research on the Himalayas earthquake zone. The research results coincide with Professor Wang Zhi's research results. That is, the Himalayas in Kashmir, located between Pakistan and Afghanistan, that is, the location of the butt of the Republic's territory, and there will be major earthquakes in the future.

In order to explain the problem more vividly, Professor Wang Zhi took out a high-definition geological map of the Himalayas and some other geological data.

"This is the Laji Railway Line, built on the Tianlu Road on the Tibetan Qing Plateau on the roof of the world. It is open to traffic in 1920." Professor Wang Zhi pointed to a railway on the map and said, "This line extends to the southwest, and builds a tunnel from a place with high geological stability on the west side of Mount Everest to open up the Himalayas and reach Jilong County, Shigatse City, bordering Nepal. This section of railway mileage accounts for four-fifths of the entire Huani Railway, with 540 kilometers.

The length of the railway line. Then extend the railway line from Jilong County to Kathmandu in Nepal. The entire railway was completed. If the Bhutanese country Sikkim is willing, we can extend the railway to the Bhutanese country Sikkim, Bangladesh, Ah Sanguo, etc. As Brother Wang said, this railway has strategic significance for maintaining the stability of southern Tibet and maintaining the territorial integrity of southern Tibet, and also has a great effect on the economic development of southern Tibet."

Brother Wang Lin looked at the map carefully and said, "Kashmir is nearly a thousand kilometers away from Mount Everest. Even if a major earthquake occurs there, it will be difficult to affect the Huani Railway we are going to build."

"That might be possible!" Professor Wang Zhi said, "There are many fault zones in the Himalayas and have a high geological activity. If a major earthquake occurs, it is not ruled out that it will affect the whole body."

"I would like to ask weakly, if a major earthquake occurs, can the Himalayas be split in half?" Li Erdan asked, with a shocking statement.

"Uh," Professor Wang Zhi was stunned, "This shouldn't be the case! No matter how big the earthquake is, the magnitude ten-magnitude earthquake will not have this effect."

"That's a pity." Li Erdan said, "If an earthquake can make a gap in the Himalayas, the warm and humid airflow of the Indian Ocean can reach my Tibetan Qing Plateau, change the climate in my southwest, and even turn the northwest into a fish and rice town in the south of the Yangtze River."

Professor Wang Zhi and Big Brother Wang Lin first looked at Li Erdan with a strange look, and then they both burst into laughter.

It is no longer a new thing to explode the Himalayas, lead the warm and humid airflow of the Indian Ocean to the north, and transform the climate of the southwest and northwest. It was proposed twenty years ago.

The person who made this suggestion was an industrialist named one of them. The first billionaire who became rich after the reform and opening up had the halo of "richest man" and the shadow of "first fraud". The industrialist made this suggestion, perhaps because he wanted to cheat a few dollars and spend money. Unexpectedly, when the problem was raised, it caused a lot of controversy in China. A large number of brick-makers and beasts discussed the feasibility of this suggestion.

The Indian Ocean plate and the Asia-European plate collided, forming the roof of the world ridge that stretched for thousands of kilometers and the Himalayas. Of course, the formation of the Kunlun Mountains is also related to the collision between these two plates.

To the south of the Himalayas, the Indian Ocean is warm and humid, with a warm and humid climate, all seasons like spring, and lush vegetation. To the north of the mountains, the climate is cold and dry, with snow all year round and sparse vegetation. We can even think that the dry Xinjiang Tarim Basin was caused by the Himalayas blocking the warm and humid airflow of the Indian Ocean to the north.

If the Himalayas did not lie across the border between the Asan Peninsula and my China-China border, my southwest and northwest would never be like this today.

The climate and environment in the southwest are quite good. Due to the complex landform and congestion of traffic, most areas still maintain a primitive ecological environment, either primitive jungles or snowy plateaus, with a wide variety of animals and plants, but the northwest is not possible. It is either the Gobi Desert or the desert. It is really uninhabited for thousands of miles and without compulsory fields!

In order to restore the ecological environment of the northwest, the Republic has made great efforts, such as Shenma's March 8th Shelterbelt Project, various return farmland to forests and forests, returning farmland to grass, clearing the Yellow River waterway, etc. However, the Republic's efforts have not achieved good results. The rate of land desertification in the northwest is still astonishing, with sandstorms rising year by year, and arable land still faces severe challenges of sustainable development.

Why is this like this?

Is there something wrong with the Republic's strategy to save the Northwest? Or is it that the efforts were not big enough? Or is it that people are destined to defeat heaven?
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