PS: I wrote the wrong thing in the previous chapter. The current Siam king should be Zheng Guang, Zheng Guang, and Zheng Bao, who is Rama VI, have eaten the cake. I'm sorry, you despise me-_-b, please vote by the way...

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Beijing-Shanghai Line.

Of course, the Beijing-Shanghai Line on this plane does not refer to the railway from Beijing to Shanghai. The railway has been renamed the "Yan-Shanghai Line". The current Beijing-Shanghai Line refers to the railway from Hanjing to Shanghai. This railway is more than 1,250 kilometers long and passes through Xinyang, Huangchuan, Hefei, Nanjing, and Wuxi. It is an important trunk railway connecting the capital to the East China region.

"Woo..." With a long whistle, a luxury patent from Hanjing was speeding towards Shanghai. Today, China will hold a ship reading stairs in Shanghai. This special train is specially prepared for "international friends" who come to participate in the celebration. This special train will send them directly to the Shanghai port, and then board the gift boat to the sea to participate in the ship reading stairs.

The front of the special train is a Triumph-3 locomotive. The Triumph series locomotive is currently the main passenger transport force of China Railway. 70% of passenger trains use Triumph-3 locomotives. The Triumph-3 is the latest model in this series. Its appearance is very close to the streamlined front of later generations, and it is completely different from the current mainstream locomotives.

Although Triumph's appearance is sci-fi and surreal, the streamlined chimney with fairing at the front and rear of the car still deeply betrays its essence, which shows that it is not a tall electric locomotive. Of course, it is not an ordinary steam locomotive, nor is it a diesel locomotive that has just been released.

The appearance is nothing, the biggest difference is its power. The Triumph series is a high-power steam turbine locomotive, not the world's mainstream reciprocating steam locomotive. Currently, there is only one in China in the world that uses steam turbines as the train power, which is a unique type of locomotive. The Triumph-3 locomotive can reach 240 kilometers per hour. Of course, this is just a test speed. In fact, it cannot run so fast. After all, this is not a high-speed rail in later generations.

Depending on the route of travel, its actual operating speed is usually between 80-150 kilometers per hour. Even so, its speed is much faster than the mainstream trains of other powerful powers. As a key national trunk line, the Beijing-Shanghai Line is first-class in terms of quality and other conditions. This trip is a special train, and its operating speed can of course reach the highest speed, with a speed of 150 kilometers per hour. It only takes 10 hours from Hanjing to Shanghai.

This speed is nothing in later generations, and high-speed trains are faster than it, but in this era there are very amazing data. You should know that the current train speed of the great powers is generally only 40-60 kilometers, the slowest one is less than 30 kilometers, and the fastest one is only 80 kilometers.

However, this speed is difficult to achieve by traditional reciprocating steam locomotives. Only steam turbines can maintain high speed for a long time. Other powerful countries are not unaware of the benefits of steam turbines, nor do they do not have this design and manufacturing capabilities. Even if they did not expect that they would always be able to see how good they used in China. The Triumph-1 locomotive was built in 1909 and had not been officially established during mass production. Before World War I, China's steam turbine locomotives had already run around the country and had already begun to gradually eliminate the reciprocating steam locomotives on the main line.

But they still use traditional reciprocating steam locomotives. It’s not that they don’t want to play with steam turbines, but that they really have no choice. Because the current steam turbines are still very large and their gauge is too narrow, and the train’s limit space is insufficient, so they can’t install the current steam turbine at all. Unless they can create a steam turbine with a diameter of less than 3 meters, they will have no possibility of changing the power even if they want to change the power.

But China is different. The railway gauge uses 2.5 meters of ultra-wide rails, with a limit of more than six meters. It is more than enough to install a steam turbine on the front of the car, so of course it can be used casually. Therefore, European and American powers could only watch it. Even if they want to copy this kind of thing, they cannot copy it unless the gauge is changed.

This is also why in the history of the original space-time, steam turbine locomotives did not appear until after World War II, but at that time, railway locomotives had begun to be internal combustion engine and electrified. Steam turbine locomotives that were born at the wrong time could only be a flash in the pan and disappeared into the long river of history.

"Dad, this kind of train in China is great, as wide as a hotel, with air conditioning in the carriage, a bathtub and a sauna, which is so comfortable. Our Russian train is too narrow to accommodate these things at all. Since I took the Chinese train, I have not been used to the narrow carriage. It is still a Chinese train that is comfortable..." Tsar Alexei II lay on the soft sofa and said to his father Nier with a comfortable face.

Although he is a Tsar, he is only 16 years old now and is still an expired Masao. He is very curious. He is very interested in the various high-end equipment on this luxury patent. After getting on the car, he never stopped and kept pulling the waiter to explain to him.

But Ni Er seemed to be worried and didn't say anything. He looked at the busy farmland outside the window and said to his son: "Alexey, have you seen outside?"

Alexey looked out the window and said, "Oh, do you talk about those farmers? Many tractors and other machines, I have heard of, are called mechanized agriculture, also called industrial agriculture."

Ni Er shook his head and said, "No, didn't you notice it? Since leaving Hanjing, factories are everywhere along the way."

Alexey blushed. He was watching everywhere on the train at that time, so he had no time to care about the outside.

Ni Er sighed helplessly and said, "Let's talk about this farmland. Look at such a large farmland, how many people are working? This is what you just mentioned. It can save a large amount of population, and China now has 600 million people. If they promote mechanized agriculture nationwide, it means that China can transform a large number of farmers from the past into workers, so that China's national strength will grow terrifyingly..."

"Is there anything wrong with this? China is our friend. Friends are stronger and are also good for us, Russia..."

"Friends? Haha, there are no real friends between countries. Today is friends, and maybe tomorrow they will be enemies. Don't talk about friends, even relatives are unreliable..." Ni Er said this, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.

He thought of Britain and France who would never save their family. It would be fine if France was not, but George V of Britain was his cousin, so he would not save him. The two brothers Nier and Qiao Wu looked very similar, like twins. During several royal gatherings, they could not even distinguish the staff. The relationship between the two of them has been particularly good since their youth. It is precisely because of this that Qiao Wu's "betrayal" made him particularly disappointed.

Although Ni Er is not a qualified monarch, he has been a decades old man. After experiencing the great disaster of life and death, he now figured it out. The so-called "Ne Er's reputation is too bad, and he is worried that accepting him will arouse opposition from the people" is just an excuse for Britain to refuse to save him. The main reason for Britain to do this is that their Tsarist Russian royal family has 800 tons of gold and countless treasures in the British bank.

That's right, Britain just wanted to destroy this huge wealth. If Nicholas and his family were brought to the UK, they would definitely withdraw the huge sum of money for restoration or something. But if Nicholas and his family were caught by the cloth party, then wouldn't that money be Nicholas' own? This is not the first time Nicholass has done such a "failed family" thing, and he is very skillful.

As for those relatives of the Tsarist Russian royal family, or if the Red Russians come to ask for it, it doesn’t matter. Our British Empire Bank is the most confidential for depositors. If you are not the depositor himself, and you do not have the depositor’s authorization letter, password and related procedures, then we will never let you take out even a penny! Yes, our British Empire Bank is user-first, and it’s so safe!

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Just as the two Nigerians and his son were discussing how to get the money back from their cousin, two American guests were also discussing the railway matter.

Marshall walked out of the bathroom with a comfortable look on his face: "Haha, I really didn't expect that you can take a sauna on the train. Colby, do you want to try it..."

Secretary of State Colby was reading a newspaper. When he heard this, he shook his head and smiled: "Forget it, I don't like the stuffy environment very much. You just enjoy it yourself..."

Marshall went to the bedroom to change his clothes, sat down next to Colby, and said, "I think the Chinese are right now. This railway is better. As the article said, how can two horse butts be used as the standard for modern railways? This is neither reasonable nor scientific! According to my understanding, the Chinese standard wide rail transportation volume is 3 to 6 times that of other rails, and the construction cost is 1.3 to 2 times that of other rails. I received news that Russia and Germany are already working on changing the railway track, and they are also mainland countries."

Colby nodded: "That's true. Britain is an island country. They are surrounded by ports. Shipping can solve most of the transportation. Even if the railway is narrow, it is enough. United States of America is a mainland country like China. It has a vast territory. There are so many cities and factories in the inland. However, it is very troublesome to change the gauge. Unlike China, they used to have few railways, which is very convenient to change. Now our railways are nearly 400,000 kilometers, with more than twenty types of gauges. It is very troublesome to just unify them into one, let alone change them into ultra-wide railroads like China."

Marshall said confidently: "However, the domestic large conglomerates are very interested in such a large project. If it weren't for the war, they would have started to take action long ago. We could change a few trunk lines to this. Even if the local government cannot move too much for the time being, it would be fine in Africa, and there are not many railways there."

"Some idiots in China are really funny. They claim that wide rails and narrow rails do not have obvious capacity advantages. Indeed, there may be little difference in total weight, but is his railway only used to transport iron lumps? What should I do if I have light-load materials such as cotton, grain? Not to mention passenger transport, with a limit of 6 meters and a limit of 3 meters. Even fools know which one has a larger space..." Marshall said angrily.

Colby smiled and said, "Well, the main reason for this view is some railway operating companies. If the gauge is changed, trains, platforms, bridges, culverts and so on have to be changed. Since the current railway can also be used, of course they don't want to spend more money."

"These are non-nationals! Unifying the national gauge is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. Switching to a more scientific and reasonable gauge is the trend of historical development. The opposition of these guys cannot change the overall situation..." Marshall said proudly: "If our government does not need to come forward, those large consortiums will put pressure on them, and Congress will soon pass the new "Railway Law" and American standards, hahaha..."

Marshall is a staunch supporter of wide rails, but there is a group of brain-dead people in China who are very upset about what "wide rails may not necessarily carry more weight". Of course, this statement is actually no problem. For example, China's 2500mm rail has a load capacity of one-third more than 1435mm. Compared with the increased cost, there is indeed no obvious advantage.

However, these people have intentionally or unintentionally ignored the most important point, that is, the materials carried by railways are not limited to steel ingots, iron ore and other heavyweight dense goods, but most of them are various volume-based things, such as cotton, textiles, food, etc. If you transport these things, the load capacity is far less than that, and the cargo space is full. Not to mention passenger transport, as long as you don’t have water in your mind, you will not think that a 25*6*6 double-decker car is less than a 25*3*3 single-decker car.

Marshall felt that these people must have not graduated from elementary school and were taught by the math.

Also, the future upgrade potential is the current capacity of China's railways. At present, the load capacity of China's railways is far from reaching the top, and the "two horses' butts" have basically reached the top by the beginning of the 21st century. No matter how thick the railway tracks are, they cannot be strengthened. It is not that they cannot drag, but because it is too narrow and the center of gravity is unstable.

In fact, later, many mainland countries discovered the tricks of "two horses butts". Otherwise, why did Nazi Germany have to formulate a new standard of 3-meter gauge? In fact, not only Nazi Germany, but also the United States and the Soviet Union had similar plans. But at that time, most countries had unified their gauges, which was already difficult to return. If they had to change, the cost would be too high. Then it was World War II and the Cold War again, so everyone didn't have the energy to do it. It was more important than railways. Just narrow the railways, just use them.

But this era is not too late. According to the history of original time and space, if the "two horse butts" want to become the so-called "international quasi-track", it has to wait until 1937. The International Railway Association formulated 1435mm (4 feet 8? inches) as the standard track in 1937. This brain-thinking thing can become an international standard not because it is the most reasonable, it was just that the railway of this size was the most. Although there were dozens of gauges in the world at that time, the proportion at that time was not as high as it was.

At present, the gauge of each country is different, and the same country is not unified, and each railway company has its own standards. Even the UK itself has more than a dozen gauges in China. For example, the Atlantic Railway planned by the UK before the war is 2.14 meters (distance, 1600mm in Ireland, and 1372mm in Scotland. It is even more exaggerated that railways like the United States are basically private countries. All railway companies do their own things, ranging from 0.6 meters to 2.8 meters.

So if you change it now, it is still too late. However, according to the current development, it is hard to say who was the quasi-track at that time. At least now, all the countries of the People's Revolutionary Union use China's 2,500mm gauge. In addition, the Eurasian Railway and the China-Russia Trade Railway also use this gauge.

Of course, if you want to change the gauge now, the Americans are probably the most depressed. His railway has been built too many, 400,000 kilometers. However, this is one of the reasons why Wen Desi is promoting the benefits of wide track in the world now. Not only did he launch a propaganda machine himself, but he also let the vest companies such as Zen Star also promote it abroad.

Because the benefits of wide rails are real and have become the Chinese standard, they have now reached more than 100,000 kilometers, and they do show performance far exceeding narrow rails. Therefore, after field investigations, many foreign government officials and railway experts have become supporters of wide rails, and have strongly called for changing the rails and let the damn "two horses' butts" go aside. In the US propaganda, nationalist sentiment and sense of national honor have even been added.

Our great America has a clear destiny, the mainstay of the earth. Opium cows are considered birds, and they were beaten into dogs in one battle. Why should we use the standard of destruction for such a great country? Of course, our great beauty must use a better and larger gauge. The 2.5 meters of Chinese people are too small. If we want to do it, we can do it, we can do it, and if we are Americans, we can do it, we can do it, and if we don’t, we can do it, we can do it, we can do it, and we can’t do it, we can do it, and we can’t do it, but we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, but we can’t do it, but we can’t do it, but we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, but we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, but we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, but we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, but we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, but we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, but we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it, and we can’t do it!

The "broad-orbitist faction" that emerged in the past few years has become a climate in the United States and has a great impact. Vice President Marshall is the representative of it, and he is a firm supporter of broad-orbitism. In addition to these government officials, many large American consortiums led by Zen Star are also very interested in it. If the United States changes its gauges nationwide, what a big business would it be? Not to mention that there are three states in West Africa now. It would be really exciting to think about it. If it weren't for the war, they would have started to take action.

Who said that Wen is always fooling? This is really not fooling. Can things we use ourselves be called fooling? Mr. Wen just kindly reminds everyone so that we won’t be cheated by the British. As for how much money and time it will cost, this is another question. Compared to the benefits to the country, what is the point of spending some money? Besides, investing in railways is a huge profit growth point, and it can also create a large number of jobs. It is good for the government, consortium, and ordinary civilians. Where can I find such good things? Besides, Americans are not fools, so how can I fool them without benefits?
Chapter completed!