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Chapter 354 Rubber Problem!

Nowadays, in order to facilitate and efficient management, the industrial department of the Military Industry Bureau has integrated and adapted the administrative management level, adopting a three-level management system of engineering department-industrial area-factory, and dividing it into four industrial areas-Yulin, Jingbian, Ansai, Willow Valley, for vertical management.

Yulin Industrial Zone takes Yulin Iron and Steel Works as the core, and mainly produces iron and steel and auxiliary products.

Jingbian Industrial Zone is centered on copper mines and copper smelters, and mainly produces brass and auxiliary products.

Ansai Industrial Zone is centered on the cement factory and the explosives factory, and mainly produces cement and various explosives.

Liushugou Industrial Zone covers Yancheng, and is mainly engaged in mechanical processing, mainly producing mechanical parts, sulfuric acid and auxiliary products, as well as engines and Hongxing tractors.

In addition, road construction projects are temporarily divided into the industrial sector system.

50% in Yulin, 5% in Jingbian, 10% in Ansai, 25% in Liushugou, and 10% in road construction projects. The general affairs department will lead the establishment of a professional transportation team to maximize the use of transportation efficiency and achieve a substantial increase in production in each industrial zone The goal.

Following the release of the detailed allocation plan for the industrial sector, the conference room immediately fell into silence, and everyone looked serious, discussing and deliberating carefully on the allocation plan.

"The Yulin Industrial Zone has obtained 50% of the quota. Steel is undoubtedly the most important industrial raw material resource. Steel is needed in all aspects, especially military production and Red Star tractors. This is no problem. The rest of the quota is 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, taking a positive attitude towards the entire distribution plan.

Scientific and reasonable.

"Everyone speak freely, do you have any opinions from the Public Works Division?" Chen Kang asked the Public Works Division after looking at his watch after leaving a few minutes for everyone to think about it.

Zhao Shu responded with a serious expression, "The Public Works Division completely obeys the allocation plan of the highest technology group, and there is no objection."

"Well, then, according to this allocation plan, the military industry will be planned by the Ordnance Engineering Department." Chen Kang glanced at Li Qiang and nodded slightly to himself, understood what he meant, waited for a while, and saw that the various departments of the Military Industry Bureau had no objections, so he made a decisive decision Decide.

"Comrades, Director Chen, there is one point I have to remind. With the Red Star tractor put into production, the natural rubber used to produce tires is a serious problem." The big problem: "This is a foreseeable and critical resource crisis."

natural rubber!

This is a strategic resource that China cannot produce by itself. In normal times, it relies entirely on imports. However, with the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the import of natural rubber plummeted by more than [-]% almost instantly due to the war factors.

The reason is simple. The purchase price and purchase volume of the Japanese far exceed that of the Chinese. Compared with selling to the Chinese, Southeast Asian rubber merchants are more willing to obey the arrangement of the American master to sell to Japan.

If strategic resources such as tungsten, chromium, molybdenum, manganese, nickel, etc. can more or less find one or two stable channels for obtaining them, then natural rubber really does not have any stable channels, it all depends on luck.

When these words came out, all the people who were still looking forward to the coming good days were all taken aback with serious faces.

Hearing this, Chen Kang's face was serious, knowing the seriousness of the situation, he turned to look at Lu Yuan: "Lao Lu, how much rubber do we have left?"

"About [-] tons. These rubbers were purchased through different channels. After the northern part withdrew from the Pingjin area, we lost the source of rubber supply in the northern region. Now the price of rubber in the world has risen sharply, and the Japanese are buying natural rubber on a large scale. , it is difficult for us to obtain a large amount of rubber resources." Lu Yuan said slowly as he gave the reserve data like a few treasures.

"Deputy Team Leader Yu, if all [-] 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 steel wire tire specifications of Hongxing tractors, 2100 steel wire tires can be produced per ton of rubber, a total of 350, which can satisfy 70 Hongxing tractors. Of course, this is theoretical data. In fact, we cannot put these precious All natural rubber is used in tire production, considering the consumption of rubber products such as various sealing rings, oil guide pipes, transmission belts, hoses, etc., the rubber available for tire production accounts for up to [-]%.”

Red Star tractors adopt the configuration of two front tires and four rear tires. Each tractor consumes six wire tires. With the current base rubber reserves, it can only meet the needs of 250 tractors.

Yes, only 250 of them.

Rubber has a wide range of uses, and all kinds of industrial sealing rings are essential.

Reasonably speaking, it is almost unimaginable for this amount of rubber reserves to be placed on those industrial countries abroad.

Nowadays, solving the rubber supply problem has become a new round of urgent needs.

Upon receiving this answer, the audience fell silent for an instant.

"For this problem, please share your own views and how to solve it." Chen Kang frowned, thinking in his mind, and couldn't think of a solution for a while, so he could only brainstorm.

silence.

Still silent.

In fact, the Military Industry Bureau has tried almost all methods of purchasing rubber. The nearby places are Xi'an and Taiyuan, and the far ones are Pingjin, Shanghai Stock Exchange and Guangzhou. They have basically searched all major cities in the country.

Not to mention the high price, there is really no such thing.

"Well, should we try to plant rubber trees in the base area? Although I know that the north may not survive, we can find a way. After all, the living can't be suffocated by urine." After a while, there was still no sound in the meeting room. Someone raised his hand and proposed a solution that was not a solution.

Hearing this approach, the group fell silent again.

The corner of Chen Kang's mouth twitched slightly, and when he looked around, he saw that the speaker was Tang Ziqing.

Plant rubber trees in Yancheng?

How should I plant it?
"Comrade Tang Ziqing, your spirit is commendable, but rubber trees are tropical crops and can only survive in the tropics. If you want to grow 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's face was kind, he didn't laugh at Lu Yuan, and explained slowly: "Even if we build a greenhouse for the saplings and successfully raise the seedlings, we can't make them grow up."

Yancheng can cultivate rubber saplings, but cannot make them grow up, because the winter cold is enough to kill rubber saplings.

"Group leader Zhuang, deputy group leader Yu, I have learned about the synthetic rubber technology in Germany, can we try to study this synthetic rubber technology?" Li Qiang was lost in thought. It is too difficult to obtain natural rubber, and it is impossible to plant rubber trees. , but he accidentally learned about the synthetic rubber technology researched by the Germans during his study in the Soviet Union.

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 about artificial rubber, but it can't be realized for the time being. I am good at machinery and industry, and Yu Hua is good at mathematics and machinery. We don't have talents in artificial rubber." Zhuang Qianding replied shaking his head.

Yu Hua remained silent, he could only say that he was powerless about the rubber matter.

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 overcome it. With his current knowledge reserve and material science foundation, it is not enough to single-handedly create artificial rubber.

In terms of synthetic rubber technology, Germany is unrivaled and invincible in the world.

In the First World War, Germany developed the world's first synthetic rubber with practical value, which was used in military car tires. After the war, the Germans continued to study in depth and soon developed a new generation of synthetic rubber. This new synthetic rubber Its performance has reached the level of natural rubber and fully meets various stringent requirements.

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