Nowadays, in order to facilitate and efficient management, the industrial department of the Military Industry Bureau has integrated and reorganized the administrative management level, adopted the three-level management system of Public Works Section-Industrial Zone-Factory, and divided it into four industrial zones-Yulin, Jingbian, and Ansai.
, Liushugou, carries out vertical management.
Yulin Industrial Zone is centered on Yulin Iron and Steel Plant, which mainly produces steel and ancillary products.
Jingbian Industrial Zone is centered on copper mines and copper smelting plants, and mainly produces brass and ancillary products.
Ansai Industrial Zone is centered on the cement factory and the explosives factory, which mainly produces cement and various types of explosives.
Liushugou Industrial Zone covers Yancheng and is mainly engaged in mechanical processing. It mainly produces mechanical parts, sulfuric acid and ancillary products, as well as engines and Red Star tractors.
In addition, highway construction projects are temporarily divided into the industrial sector system.
Yulin 50%, Jingbian 5%, Ansai 10%, Liushugou 25%, and highway construction projects 10%. The General Affairs Department took the lead in establishing a professional transportation team to maximize the utilization of transportation efficiency and achieve a substantial increase in production in each industrial zone.
goal.
As the detailed allocation plan for the industrial sector was released, the conference room immediately fell into silence, and everyone looked serious as they discussed and considered the allocation plan in detail.
"Yulin Industrial Zone has received 50% of the quota. Steel is undoubtedly the most important industrial raw material resource at the moment. Steel is needed in all aspects, especially military production and Red Star tractors. This is not a problem. The remaining quotas are also within a reasonable range. This allocation
The plan is very scientific." Li Qiang thought about it in his mind and quickly gave his opinion, holding a positive attitude towards the entire distribution plan.
Scientific and reasonable.
"Everyone can speak freely. Does the Public Works Department have any opinions?" After leaving everyone a few minutes to think, Chen Kang looked at his watch and then asked the Public Works Department.
Zhao Shushu looked serious and responded: "The Public Works Department completely obeys the allocation plan of the highest technology group and has no objections."
"Well, according to this distribution plan, the military industry department will make its own plans for the military industry." From the corner of his eye, Chen Kang saw Li Qiang gently nodding to him and understood what he meant. He waited for a moment and saw that the departments of the military industry bureau had no objections, so he made a decisive decision.
Decide.
"Comrades, Director Chen, I have to remind you that as the Red Star tractor is put into production, the natural rubber used to produce tires is a serious problem." At this time, Yu Hua spoke up and gave the base area that will soon face.
The big question: “This is a foreseeable crisis in important resources.”
Natural rubber!
This is a strategic resource that China cannot produce on its own. In normal times, it relies entirely on imports. However, with the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, natural rubber imports plummeted by more than 70% almost instantly due to war factors.
The reason is very simple. The Japanese purchase prices and purchasing volumes far exceed those of China. Rather than selling to China, Southeast Asian rubber merchants are more willing to follow the arrangements of their American masters and sell to Japan.
If strategic resources such as tungsten, chromium, molybdenum, manganese, and nickel can more or less find one or two stable acquisition channels, then natural rubber really does not have any stable channels and it all depends on luck.
When these words came out, everyone who was still looking forward to the coming good days was stunned and looked serious.
Chen Kang looked solemn when he heard this, knowing the seriousness of the situation, and turned to look at Lu Yuan: "Old Lu, how much rubber do we have in reserve?"
"About 70 tons. These rubbers were purchased through different channels. After the northern part of the country withdrew from the Pingjin area, we lost the source of rubber supply in the northern region. Now the international price of rubber has soared, and the Japanese are purchasing natural rubber.
, it is difficult for us to obtain a large amount of rubber resources." Lu Yuan said slowly, giving the reserve data like a treasure trove.
"Deputy leader Yu, if all 70 tons of natural rubber are used to produce tires, how many tires can be produced?" Chen Kang said seriously.
Yu Hua responded: "According to the specifications of the steel wire tires of the Red Star tractor, each ton of rubber can produce thirty steel wire tires, a total of 2,100, which can satisfy 350 Red Star tractors. Of course, this is theoretical data. In fact, it is impossible for us to use these precious tires.
All natural rubber is used in tire production. Taking into account the consumption of various sealing rings, oil pipes, transmission belts, hoses and other rubber products, the rubber available for tire production accounts for up to 70%."
The Red Star tractor uses two front tires and four rear tires. Each tractor consumes six steel wire tires. With the current rubber reserves in the base, it can only meet the needs of 250 tractors.
Yes, there are only 250 units.
Rubber has a wide range of uses, and various industrial sealing rings are indispensable.
To be honest, this amount of rubber reserves is almost unimaginable in foreign industrial countries.
Nowadays, solving the rubber supply problem has become a new round of urgent need.
After receiving this reply, the entire audience fell silent for a moment.
"For this problem, please share your opinions and how to solve it." Chen Kang frowned and thought about it. For a while, he couldn't think of a solution, so he could only brainstorm.
silence.
Still silent.
In fact, the Military Industry Bureau has tried almost all methods of purchasing rubber, including Xi'an and Taiyuan as close as possible, Pingjin, Shanghai and Guangzhou as far away as possible, and basically all major cities across the country.
Not to mention the expensive price, this thing really doesn’t exist.
"Well, why don't we try to plant rubber trees in the base area? Although I know that the north may not survive, but we can find a way. After all, a living person cannot die of urination." After a while, there was still no sound in the conference room.
Someone raised their hand and suggested a solution that was not a solution.
After hearing this method, the collective fell into silence again.
The corner of Chen Kang's mouth twitched slightly, and when he looked around, he saw that the speaker was Tang Ziqing.
Planting rubber trees in Yancheng?
How to plant?
"Comrade Tang Ziqing, your spirit is worthy of praise, but rubber trees are tropical crops and can only survive in the tropics. If you want to plant rubber trees, there are only two places in China that have a chance of success, one is Hai Province and the other is Yun Province."
Zhuang Qianding had a kind face and did not laugh at Lu Yuan. He slowly explained: "Even if we build a greenhouse for the saplings and successfully raise them, we will not be able to make them grow into useful people."
Rubber saplings can be cultivated in Yancheng, but they cannot grow up because the cold in winter is enough to kill the rubber saplings.
"Team Leader Zhuang, Deputy Team Leader Yu, I have learned about German synthetic rubber technology. Can we try to study this synthetic rubber technology?" Li Qiang fell into thinking. It is too difficult to obtain natural rubber, and it is even impossible to plant rubber trees.
, but when he was studying in the Soviet Union, he accidentally learned about the synthetic rubber technology studied by the Germans.
Germany also does not produce rubber. Their solution to rubber is to scientifically synthesize new rubber-like materials to meet their own needs.
"We have planned for artificial rubber, but it cannot be realized for the time being. I am good at machinery and industry, and Yu Hua is good at mathematics and machinery. We do not have the talents to tackle artificial rubber." Zhuang Qianding shook his head and replied.
Yu Hua remained silent. He could only say that he could do nothing about the rubber.
Synthetic rubber may seem ordinary in later generations, but in this era, it is an out-and-out cutting-edge material technology. It is not easy to conquer. His current knowledge base and material science foundation are not enough to create it alone.
Artificial rubber.
When it comes to synthetic rubber technology, Germany is unique and unrivaled in the world.
During World War I, Germany developed the world's first synthetic rubber with practical value, which was used in military automobile tires. After the war, the Germans continued to conduct in-depth research and soon developed a new generation of synthetic rubber. This new type of synthetic rubber
Its performance has reached the level of natural rubber and fully meets various stringent requirements.