Peng Dehuai and his party came to the Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant located in the northwest of Taiyuan City. The place has been completely renovated. After half a year of construction and renovation, coupled with the good foundation, Taiyuan Iron and Steel has now become the most important steel production base in the hands of the Red Party.
.Of course, the security level here is also extremely high, and some people who are under key surveillance have no way of coming here.
When we came here, we could see a brown-black smoke filling the sky. Wei Lihuang said excitedly, "This is the power of industry.
Yan Xishan looked at the strange-looking hat in his hand and asked, "What is this? A helmet?"
Peng Dehuai looked at Ren Chi, and Ren Chi said, "This is a helmet. You can see there is space reserved inside to slow down the impact. The exterior is smooth and has a certain degree of elasticity. The main reason is that people often work at high altitudes here. If something falls from it,
A hat can protect your head. You see, this hat is divided into colors. The colors are different for each of our types of work. The red ones are technicians, the white ones are safety supervisors, the blue ones are electricians, and the yellow ones are
The construction workers, ours are in burgundy color, are external visitors, so that they can quickly find the corresponding staff when something happens."
Yan Xishan nodded and sighed, "I've heard of this, but we don't even have the helmets for the army, let alone the workers, hey..." Fu Zuoyi took the lead and put on his hat and knocked it with his hand.
Knock said, "I think this is similar to the German helmet. It can also be used in the army!"
Peng Dehuai didn't like Yan Xishan, but he always had a good impression of Fu Zuoyi. This was also a sign that he was too tough. He smiled at Fu Zuoyi and said, "This can't be used by the army. The enemy can see such a bright color from a long distance, and
, the workers here are more valuable than our soldiers, they are the foundation of our Chinese industry!"
The group continued to walk forward, and Ren Chi introduced as they walked, "We now have five major steel plants in Shanxi alone: Luliangshan Iron and Steel Plant, Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant, Changzhi Iron and Steel Plant, Houma Iron and Steel Plant and Yangquan Iron and Steel Plant. Among them, Luliangshan Iron and Steel Plant
The steel plant and Taiyuan Steel Plant have already started to produce steel. Changzhi and Houma will start to produce steel in the spring of 2040, and Houma will start to produce steel in April. This is mainly because these two places have no foundation at all and everything is starting from scratch.
It's because of the needs of the war that everyone worked overtime, otherwise it would never have been so fast. Come on, this is the blast furnace. Chairman Yan should be familiar with it. It's the original one, and this one is new."
Yan Xishan raised his head, looked at the familiar blast furnace and the unfamiliar new blast furnace, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion. It was this blast furnace that supported him in the Central Plains War and dominated Jinsui for thirty-eight years. Today, it has become the source of strength for the Red Party. He
After comparing it, I found that the original blast furnace was like a child compared with the new blast furnace, and there was more than one new blast furnace. I couldn't help but ask, "How high is this new blast furnace? I think it is more than ten meters?"
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Ren Chi said in comparison, "The original blast furnaces over there are also in use. All our original damage was restored by the Japanese. The output of those blast furnaces is only more than 10,000 tons.
The three new blast furnaces here are of the same standard, with a height of 17 meters and a capacity of 200 cubic meters. One such blast furnace can produce nearly 400 tons of iron a day. It can produce more than 100,000 tons of iron a year.
The furnace is 300,000 tons. This is much more advanced than the blast furnace in Yan'an, and the efficiency ratio is three times that of that one!"
What Ren Chi didn't know was that this blast furnace was brought directly from later generations by Jiang Cheng, and it was naturally much better than the steel plant equipment shipped from the United States.
Ren Chi continued, "The blast furnace is divided into three parts. The bottom of the furnace is where the molten iron is received, which is called the furnace. The part above the furnace is called the furnace belly, and the section above the furnace furnace is called the furnace body. The furnace body has six openings.
There is an arch, and the internal furnace path is divided into two levels that run up and down. The scraps and coke used for ironmaking are transported to the top of the furnace through the inclined ladder next to it. We work 24 hours a day, and the furnace body will be loaded with coke, ore in layers.
Limestone and coke are ignited at the bottom of the furnace and then burned violently by hot air, causing the ore to melt and produce molten iron. Several tapholes take turns to discharge iron, and the released molten iron flows into the molten iron tank and is then transported to the steelmaking plant.
For steelmaking, you can also cast iron nearby."
Boss Peng asked, "Does that mean this one specializes in iron smelting? Where is the steel smelting company?"
Ren Chi pointed to the right and said, "Go over there. There is steelmaking over there. This steelmaking is called a converter. It is different from the blast furnace. The converter is specially used for steelmaking. Its steelmaking method is called oxygen blowing steelmaking. First add
Scrap steel, then pour the molten iron into it, and add an appropriate amount of slag-making materials, such as quicklime, etc. After adding the materials, insert the oxygen lance into the furnace from the top of the furnace and blow in oxygen, so that it can directly oxidize with the high-temperature molten iron to remove impurities.
Replacing air with pure oxygen can overcome the shortcomings of the steel becoming brittle due to the influence of nitrogen in the air and the heat taken away when the nitrogen is discharged. After removing most of the sulfur and phosphorus, when the composition and temperature of the molten steel meet the requirements,
That is, stop blowing, raise the lance, and then the steel can be tapped."
Yan Xishan had been involved in industry for a period of time, so it was somewhat understandable. Peng Dehuai, Fu Zuoyi, Yang Aiyuan and others were completely confused and completely confused. They just thought this must be very powerful.
Yan Xishan asked, "I know that this oxygen does not come from easily! And why does this converter need to add scrap steel first?"
Ren Chi smiled and said, "The reason for adding scrap steel is firstly for recycling, and secondly for cooling. As for oxygen, it is indeed precious, especially what we need is pure oxygen. So we also have a factory to manufacture oxygen, but the cost is high and the profit is also high.
, this converter is a 5-ton converter, which can produce 5 tons of steel at a time. It can have forty or fifty furnaces a day, at least two hundred tons a day! If the production exceeds that, as long as the raw materials are sufficient, it can produce more than 70,000 tons of steel a year."
Everyone gasped, what is the concept of 70,000 tons of steel? At that time, the Hanyang Iron and Steel Plant only produced 40,000 tons of crude steel per year, and this furnace was close to the production capacity of two Hanyangs.
Yan Xishan nodded quickly and said, "It's worth it! It's so worth it! This is a treasure, you must keep it secret!!"
Ren Chi nodded and said, "Of course. In order to prevent destruction by spies, anyone who uses the converter must undergo political review for three generations, and they will not leave the factory until the end of the war."
Mr. Peng frowned and said, "This won't work. The political review is right. Isn't it too hard to leave the factory? They still have wives and children. How can they let others be widowed?"
Ren Chi scratched his head and said, "I didn't make it clear. They live in the family area of the factory. Their wives and children are also there. We have more than 2,000 workers in the whole factory, and nearly 10,000 people including their families, but they can live there."
The only people who enter the family area are the converter workers and other important technicians. This family area is closed and has all kinds of public facilities, including health centers, kindergartens, schools, cinemas, libraries, and small parks. It is better than in Taiyuan City.
If you don’t believe me, just ask and see where they want to live.”
Yan Xishan said to Mr. Peng, "I know this. It happened. I was the one who signed the establishment of this family area."
Liang Huazhi asked, "The output of Taiyuan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. alone is hundreds of thousands of tons of steel production. How much should we have in Shanxi as a whole?"
Ren Chi said, "I calculated based on the situation of the steel plant in the border area. I never expected that the performance of these new equipment would be so good and the output would be so high. The first thing that troubles us now is the lack of raw materials. The figures just reported to me are all
This is theoretical data. Major mining areas are looking for ways to increase production capacity. Second, it is still in the construction period. Of our three blast furnaces, only one has been built. The other two will probably not be completed until the end of the year. The largest one in the design
The blast furnace has not yet started construction. Thirdly, there is a shortage of workers. Most of the workers are novices and they still need time to accumulate. But in general, it is much better than imagined.
By the end of this year, including the border areas, the production capacity of our major steel plants will reach 400,000 tons of iron and 130,000 tons of steel, of which more than 50,000 tons of high-quality steel can be used to make weapons.
This is steel, and the chemical plant on the other side is the same, but I know what the leaders want to know most is the arsenal."
Fu Zuoyi asked, "I want to know what Japan's production is?"
Peng Dehuai opened his mouth and said, "Japan's steel production last year was 6.5 million tons. This is still local. North Korea they occupy has 100,000 tons, and the three northeastern provinces are around 600,000 tons! In addition, I also know the steel production of the Chongqing government.
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"How much is it?" Fu Zuoyi asked quickly.
Peng Dehuai sighed, "Iron...forty thousand tons, steel 900 tons! By the way, until now, most of the equipment used by Japan to attack us is produced in Northeast China, and Japan's local production is taking care of their navy!"
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Liang Huazhi, who was behind Yan Xishan, asked in disbelief, "Is this true?"
Ren Chi nodded and said, "This is true. They publish Japanese data every year. We have a long way to go."
After the comparison, even Liang Huazhi does not have much hope for the Chongqing government. If there is no foreign aid, if the Red and White parties start a war now, I am afraid that the White party will lose more and win less.
In modern warfare, steel represents everything!
Yan Xishan sighed and said, "Let's go see the arsenal."
Taiyuan Arsenal is not far from the steel plant. When he arrived at the arsenal, Yan Xishan clenched his fists and relaxed for a long time before walking in.
The first thing we visited was the small arms factory. At this time, the Eighth Route Army’s military equipment was divided into three types: Japanese equipment, German equipment, and Soviet equipment. Most of the main forces were German and Soviet equipment.
, and the guerrillas and non-main force units are equipped with Japanese equipment. Every once in a while, each unit will hand over weapons that are not of its own system and distribute them uniformly.
For future considerations, the Eighth Route Army has been internally trying to find ways to reduce the amount of German equipment. However, since Jiang Cheng continued to purchase equipment from Germany, the effect was very little. The Eighth Route Army could only happily and painfully use Three Kingdoms equipment to arm itself.
Originally, the original version of the Mosin-Nagant rifle used 7.62x54mm bullets, but considering that the SKS rifle used 7.62x39mm medium-power bullets, after two or three months of development, the Eighth Route Army Arsenal successfully transformed the Mosin-Nagant rifle.
The applicable bullet has changed to 7.62×39mm bullet.
Now that it has been transformed, it must be transformed to the end. Based on Liu Bocheng's suggestions, Liu Ding and Liu Fugui believed that the barrel and range should be appropriately shortened again. In order to meet the requirements of hand-to-hand combat, they lengthened the triangular bayonet and designed the bayonet cross-section into a double-wing shape.
, the exterior is smooth and not easy to collide with the blade; the folding mechanism of the bayonet is changed to a self-locking door buckle device, which automatically locks the bayonet when thrown out, which is agile and reliable. The front sight is changed to an adjustable type, which can adjust the aiming deviation. A safety device for the rifle is also added
.In terms of technology, consider simplifying the processing amount as much as possible, reducing parts, reducing the size of parts, reducing the weight of the entire gun, etc., to ensure that the rifle has superior performance, is lightweight and reliable.
Such a gun can no longer be called a Mosin-Nagant rifle. With a stroke of his pen, Mr. Zhu named the new gun the August 1 rifle. This made Jiang Cheng extremely embarrassed when he found out later. He could only secretly think, this August 1 rifle
It’s not that eighty-one.
Peng Dehuai nodded while looking at the barrel being continuously polished on the lathe and the rifle being finally assembled. He picked up a gun and handed it to Fu Zuoyi. Fu Zuoyi was already familiar with this gun. The new equipment his troops received was this kind of rifle. He
He pulled the bolt of the gun and gestured with the assassination movement. The bayonet was thrown out with a "swish" and was firmly attached to the muzzle of the gun. He even said: "No matter how many times I feel this gun is great!" and asked "This"
How much have we produced?”
Ren Chi said, "Our entire arsenal has been able to produce 5,400 rifles per month, 400 imitation Czech light machine guns, and 130 Mark core heavy machine guns. In addition, we have also successfully copied the ZB-37 heavy machine gun.
The production capacity of machine guns is tilting in this direction, but this kind of gun is relatively sophisticated and difficult to imitate. Up to now, the monthly production is 12. There are 100 mortars, and the combat defense gun has been successfully imitated, but the output is relatively low, only
The development of more than ten guns, mountain cannons and howitzers is also progressing very quickly, and we are looking for ways to industrialize them."
Yan Xishan looked at Peng Dehuai and said, "I couldn't believe you could do it at the time, but now I see that everything you said at the meeting was true. I just want to ask, how many do we have in this attack on Suiyuan?"
People? How many guns?”
Peng Dehuai thought for a while and said, "You are the Chairman of Shanxi Province and the Commander-in-Chief of the Second War Zone. You naturally have the right to know that for this attack on Suiyuan, we plan to dispatch 250,000 troops, of which about 100,000 are from the original Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
Among the equipment, there are 200 tanks, 100 aircraft, 100 mountain guns, 100 combat defense guns, 1,000 mortars. There are more than 5,000 light and heavy machine guns, it can be said that they are going all out."
Yan Xishan nodded and said, "If you really have such strength, it is indeed possible to capture Suiyuan! Then I am here to wish General Peng a successful victory!"
Peng Dehuai chuckled and said, "I'm not going this time. The ones going to Suiyuan are General He Long and Fu Zuoyi."
Fu Zuoyi was stunned and asked, "Should I go?"
Peng Dehuai smiled and said, "Why? Don't want to?"
Fu Zuoyi quickly said, "How is it possible? Yes, I am a hundred willing! Thank you General Peng!"
Peng Dehuai pointed to Yan Xishan and said, "Of course, this still requires the consent of the commander-in-chief of the second theater."
Yan Xishan laughed and said, "Of course I agree. Everything will be left to you. I'll just take care of my education and railways. I didn't expect that our industry has developed to such an extent. No wonder there is no shortage of railway tracks."