The Rise of the Great Powers in the War of Resistance

The next day, Zhang Yunfei went to Huanglongxia Industrial Zone.

Taking the only jeep in the regiment headquarters, accompanied by political commissar Fang Zheng, the jeep raised a cloud of dust and drove to Huanglongxia Industry.

The road leading to Huanglongxia Industry is still the gravel road, but the road has been widened. Due to the lack of cement in the base area, cement is not used in some non-important places.

However, with the construction of the cement factory in the base area, this situation will gradually be alleviated. Shanxi has no shortage of coal, stones are everywhere, and there is also a lot of clay. There is no shortage of raw materials needed to make cement. What is lacking is equipment and technology.

Fortunately, some of these Jews were technicians from a large cement factory in Germany, and the technical problem was solved. [

As for the equipment, Zhang Yunfei asked those mechanical engineers to work with the technicians from the cement factory to carry out research and development, and the arsenal was responsible for the manufacturing. The arsenal had ordinary lathes, drilling machines, milling machines and other general equipment.

The scale of the cement plant does not need to be very large at the beginning, and the equipment only needs to be small. After the technology matures and the industrial foundation is strong, it will not be too late to manufacture medium-sized or large-scale cement equipment.

For other factories to be built, Zhang Yunfei also has this requirement, such as machinery processing factories, steel factories, etc., start small first, and then gradually develop and grow.

In less than two hours, the jeep arrived at the entrance of Huanglongxia Industrial Zone. Compared with two months ago, this entrance has undergone obvious changes. A solid fortification has been built at the entrance.

On the hillsides on both sides of the entrance, several large bunkers were also built and trenches were dug. In broad daylight, many soldiers were stationed on them, and the number of people was estimated to be a company.

Seeing the tight defense of the industrial zone, Zhang Yunfei nodded in satisfaction. During the two months he was away, it seemed that the political commissar had put a lot of effort into the development of the industrial zone.

After passing the entrance checkpoint, less than a mile in, the field of vision suddenly becomes clear, and a huge valley appears in front of you. At the foot of the mountain on one side, there are several huge artificially dug caves. The machines inside roar, and there are busy people everywhere. silhouette.

In an open space at the foot of the mountain, more than a dozen one-story red brick and tile houses are neatly arranged. Without looking at these red brick and tile houses, Zhang Yunfei knows that this is the living quarters of the workers in the arsenal, including dormitories and canteens. wait.

In Huanglong Canyon, except for a dozen red brick and tile houses built in this small area, most of the area is still desolate and needs to be developed. Even if the scale of the arsenal is expanded ten times in the future, the area here will be enough.

It seems that choosing the location at the beginning, choosing here is a very wise choice.

On the way, I heard from the political commissar that the workers in the arsenal implement a six-day workweek. They go to work in the industrial zone on Monday morning and go home after get off work on Saturday afternoon. They must stay in the industrial zone from Monday to Saturday and cannot go out.

The workers worked 10 hours a day and were paid two to five oceans a month depending on the position.This is the job. When recruiting, many people tried their best to get in. In the end, after repeated screening, only more than 1000 reliable and clean people were recruited.

After listening to the political commissar's introduction, Zhang Yunfei was filled with emotion, it was all caused by the damn war "chaos", it can be seen how difficult it is for everyone to make a living.

In later generations, with such labor intensity, 10 hours a day, 6 days a week, and fully closed management, it would be strange to recruit so many talents.

When the car stopped at the gate of the arsenal, Xu Kaixian, the director and chief engineer of the arsenal, greeted him at the gate. Xu Kaixian was also very happy to see Zhang Yunfei. Two months ago, Zhang Yunfei was deeply impressed by a design drawing of an AK-47 This is for the old military.

Without too many pleasantries, Xu Kai first led Zhang Yunfei and the others to visit the various workshops of the arsenal. Several workshops were lined up at the foot of the mountain, and the entrance of the cave can accommodate a truck in and out.

The large workshop has a scale of two to three thousand square meters, and is reinforced with thick cement on all sides. It extends into the mountain to a depth of hundreds of meters, and the small workshop also has a scale of several hundred square meters.

Such a huge project was the result of more than two months of hard work by thousands of Eighth Route Army soldiers.

Walking into the workshop, although there was a smell of engine oil inside, the air was not as dirty as Chang Yunfei imagined, and it was still within the allowable range. [

In the workshop, busy workers are skillfully operating various equipment, and occasionally technicians can be seen guiding them.Several mechanical college students from Peking University who were rescued by Zhang Yunfei in Xin'an County a few months ago all took on important technical work. For example, Zhang Chu is already the technical director of a workshop.

In addition, under the introduction of Zhang Chu, several classmates of Zhang Chu came all the way to Huanglongxia Arsenal and devoted themselves to military production with enthusiasm.

After a few days, when those Jewish experts and technicians join in, the technical level of the entire arsenal will rise to a great level.

After watching for two or three hours, Zhang Yunfei carefully looked at every workshop in the arsenal. The impression given to Zhang Yunfei by the entire arsenal was that it was on the right track and the development situation was gratifying.

Before leaving, Zhang Yunfei introduced the situation of Thomas and other Jews to Xu Kaixian, and asked Xu Kaixian to work with Thomas and others to develop the small-caliber anti-aircraft guns that the troops urgently needed as soon as possible.

About ten kilometers away from the Huanglongxia Industrial Zone, there is a newly repaired dirt road to the north, which leads directly to the small iron mine that was just discovered more than a month ago.

Zhang Yunfei, seeing that it was still early, decided to go there to have a look.

Along the winding dirt road, the small jeep drove slowly at a speed of [-] to [-] kilometers per hour. After driving for less than [-] kilometers, it finally saw the small iron mine being mined.

The small iron mine is not big, but the grade of the ore is very high, the ore is not buried deep, and it can be mined in the open pit. At present, hundreds of people are mining it. The red iron ore looks very pleasing, and it is almost piled up into a hill.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yunfei felt that it was necessary to build a steel factory immediately. Some of these Jews were former steel smelting engineers, so they should build a steel factory as soon as possible.

First of all, it is possible to establish a small steel plant with an annual output of tens of thousands of tons of steel. The annual production of tens of thousands of tons of steel can definitely meet their own needs.

In fact, the production of iron and steel is divided into two parts. The first step is to smelt iron ore into pig iron. This step is not difficult. This level of technology existed in ancient China.

The second step is to further smelt the pig iron to remove harmful impurities in the pig iron and turn the pig iron into steel. This step requires professional knowledge and equipment. At present, there are mainly converter steelmaking and flat furnace steelmaking.

No matter which method is adopted, Zhang Yunfei is confident that a small iron and steel plant can be built soon and qualified steel can be smelted soon.

Fortunately, Shanxi is rich in coal resources, and now such a good iron ore has been discovered, which is like "inserting" two wings for Zhang Yunfei's industrial dream.

Driven by the three chariots of coal, steel, and technology, the base area will develop rapidly. In this regard, Zhang Yunfei is full of confidence.