Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty Seven Textile Factory Women
Various yarn mills and woolen mills must have a large number of floating tiny fibers in the production process. Working in such a space for a long time is not good for the lungs!
Sunlight shone in through the open wooden window, and floating objects in the air could be seen. A loud sneeze sounded, and Yang Mingzhi shook his nose angrily.
"Sir, do you have a cold?" Shabanov asked with concern.
"No! It's just that the working environment here is a bit bad. Why didn't you ensure the ventilation here?"
Shabanov didn't know how to explain this problem. The wooden house was designed with only a few windows. Even if they were all opened, it still wouldn't be able to meet the commander's needs?
In theory, such a factory should have exhaust fans and air conditioning in summer. These requirements were too avant-garde. Yang Mingzhi had to give up after thinking about it. Where can there be electricity in Novgomel?
The light in the longhouse basically comes from those windows, and the lighting is pretty good. At least the spinners can work normally.
They were not disturbed by their own sneezing, and each of them continued to work meticulously.
The shape of the traditional spinning machine in Russia is completely different from that in China, but the principle is similar. A large ball of fluffy wool is finally pulled into a thread as much as possible. The thin thread is then twisted into standard wool.
Being a quality inspector is not Yang Mingzhi's job. He has developed many good habits in that position. Although he is not a textile worker, his judgment on childish wool threads is still good.
"There are one hundred and twenty workers here, and they are all the most powerful female textile workers I have selected." Shabanov pointed to several women and asked them to stand up.
After being introduced by him, Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but feel happy: "We also have workers from the state-owned cotton and wool textile factory here, who fled because they refused to cooperate with the Nazis. That's why we have so many skilled workers here!"
This smile was inappropriate, and one of them, Svetlana, explained her reason with an expressionless face.
She fled from Pinsk. She was originally a female textile worker in the Pinsk Woolen Mill. She became a war refugee and had long been separated from her family. She was walking southeast with her young son, because it was obvious that the Pripet Swamp area was
It was safe. Her original plan was to continue fleeing inland, but because the war situation developed so fast, it was no longer appropriate to continue eastward, so she settled down immediately.
This woman is not an exception. The women in this room who can efficiently operate the manual spinning machine must have their own colorful stories, and they are basically professionals.
Everyone has their own tragedy. One person sobbed and told his story, which quickly aroused everyone's resonance, and the work gradually stopped.
Because this is the deputy division commander, a man who has led a series of battles to victory.
Yang Mingzhi did not listen to their complaints, "I am not an idol for middle-aged and elderly women, and this is not the venue for a gathering to remember bitterness and sweetness. I am only interested in young ones."
He coughed twice and the room became quiet.
"Don't be excited anymore. You should seize the time to produce and take risks for the people. Our soldiers are in urgent need of all kinds of daily necessities, and so are you and the majority of the people. Today we are producing in large quantities, and soon our people will become rich and strong in the face of adversity.
Only when logistics is done well can we fight without worries."
They don't fully understand some big principles, but in short, they will carry out the orders as required.
One hundred and twenty people work in a workshop mode, which can be regarded as a labor-intensive production mode. Wool spinning still relies on pure manual work, and many factories in the Soviet Union have realized mechanized spinning. For the Soviet Union, which was still a light industry twenty years ago,
This country, which was in a state of disarray and had a decent heavy industry, relied on the planned economic model and the Stalinist model to develop and achieve very good results by the 1940s.
However, the war ended all this.
A series of demographers in the Soviet Union confidently believed that with the population growth rate in early 1939, the population would exceed 200 million by 1945. Because of the war, the Soviet Union launched a war of aggression that could be said to expand its territory in an instant.
Twenty million people were killed. As a result, World War II broke out. After the war, the net population loss was close to 40 million people.
How many people died in the Soviet Union in this war? The most exaggerated statement is that 43 million people died. There are different opinions on this issue. Khrushchev, an IBMer, said it was 27 million.
From Yang Mingzhi's point of view, the huge population of the country hit by the war had a gap, and the Nazis were killing people everywhere in Belarus to create a no-man's land. The entire Soviet Union had to lose 40 million to be reliable. For example, these female workers and their husbands
Almost all of them have become soldiers. Now there is no news from their husbands, and they are all left as widows here.
The finished wool is wrapped around the spindle and is being replaced in another room. At least three hundred people are gathered here!
Yang Mingzhi was shocked to see that these female workers were knitting sweaters entirely with one hand. When one piece of work was completed, they immediately started the next one.
Seeing that the commander was interested, Shabanov hurriedly said: "Sir, would you like to meet the two people who knit sweaters for our snipers?"
"I want to meet them! Of course I want to meet them! I really want to know them and how to knit a sweater in three days!"
With Shabanov leading the way, Yang Mingzhi followed the pace and took a look at the work of the workers.
When he arrived, he thought he was a man in military uniform. Many women glanced at him. This unique face said everything. The Gold Star Medal on his chest was the highest honor.
Russians often have an instinctive awe for noble people. Most of these women are peasant women, and they are busy with their hands with their heads raised.
Yang Mingzhi also noticed a little bit about their techniques. The method of knitting sweaters was not much different from traditional Chinese ones. However, he still saw some clues and would have to talk to Shabanov later.
At this time, the two people he wanted to meet finally appeared in front of him. Just as Yang Mingzhi had estimated, their figures were no different from other middle-aged Slavic women, a little fat, at least they looked fat.
Shabanov introduced: "These two, one is named Damara and the other is named Bavla. They are the best among these workers."
Russian women's names are not as easy to remember as Chinese ones, so Yang Mingzhi didn't remember them well after listening to them. He still ordered them to continue working to prove his strength.
As Shabanov said, the wooden needles were very flexible in their hands. Only in this way could they weave quickly. Judging from their fingers wrapped in cloth, they were either pricked by the wooden needles or worn out.
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What makes female workers work so hard is really to imitate the "coal-digger maniac" Stakhanov? Their class consciousness is really that high? Yang Mingzhi doesn't believe this. Instead of talking about doctrine, living in a "war island"
It's very difficult to get down. The two of them work far more efficiently than others. In addition to their natural high efficiency, it also lies in their pursuit of basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation.
Yang Mingzhi thought of this most critical issue: people must have enough to eat first.
He asked Shabanov: "Now tell me, what are the food rations for workers in this textile factory?"
"Work points are exchanged based on the production results, and then the work points are exchanged for potatoes as food. A piece of clothing must be woven within a week, and ten work points are obtained, which can be exchanged for five kilograms of potatoes or twenty kilograms of fresh fish."
After his introduction, the work points of spinners are similar.
The consumption of potato stocks has been greatly alleviated by the expansion of the fishing industry, but eating only fish still cannot obtain enough energy. These things are not enough for these women's body types. If things go on like this, their pre-war fat reserves will be like hibernation.
Bears are consumed unknowingly. For weight loss, starvation is a means, but for high-intensity physical labor, the danger of hypoglycemia and fainting is always present. (To be continued..) u