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Chapter 68 The Brigade Commander Arrives (Subscription Request)

Yangcun.

In front of the two earthen blast furnaces of the Yangcun Iron and Steel Complex, there were fifty or sixty dark-skinned people standing.

These were the builders of the earthen blast furnace and the senior leaders of the independent regiment. Except for Zhang Dabiao who was on duty, all the cadres of the independent regiment at the company level and above were present.

After all, today is a big event for the independent regiment, and many cadres want to see the results of their hard work day and night for so many days, and whether they can produce molten iron.

Ren Zhong personally used dry firewood to ignite the coal, and stood not far from the blast furnace with Li Yunlong, quietly watching the red coal burning under the blast furnace. The soldiers next to him suddenly pulled the blower, pouring air into the furnace. As the flames surged, a cloud of smoke suddenly rose into the sky.

The first batch of iron ore has been broken into small pieces and placed into the blast furnace in accordance with the design requirements, waiting to be smelted to test the results of Li Yunlong and his team's work over the past few days.

Today we will know clearly whether molten iron can be produced and how much molten iron can be produced.

"Brother Ren, I'm a little unsure. With just this thing, a furnace made of a pile of soil and clay bricks, are you sure you can really produce molten iron?" When Li Yunlong saw the fire, he felt inexplicably empty in his heart and began to get nervous.

It was even more stressful than facing the Sakata Unit.

As a semi-illiterate man, what supported Li Yunlong to willingly build this irregular blast furnace that looked ugly on the outside was his unconditional trust in Ren Zhong.

After all, Ren Zhong has created many miracles. If today's earthen blast furnace can successfully produce molten iron, Li Yunlong is willing to respectfully call Ren Zhong a great master!

In his eyes, the scholars in the surrounding area were the incarnation of Wenquxing. Now Ren Zhong could even make iron out of stone. Isn't that even more powerful than Wenquxing!

"Old Li, stay calm, stay calm. It will take more than 4 hours to see the effect. Even if the iron output is a little low, as long as we keep burning, we will definitely succeed in smelting iron." Ren Zhong looked at Li Yunlong's expression, feeling a little amused.

But we can't control him.

After all, making iron from stone is completely unimaginable for these cadres and soldiers who are almost all illiterate.

In their simple hearts, only gods can do this.

"Everyone, don't worry. We will succeed today. You must believe in science." Ren Zhong saw that everyone looked heavy-hearted, so he turned around and said loudly, "Today you will witness a miracle. Next, you will follow me to learn to read and some scientific knowledge. Just like when we refined sulfuric acid before, today's iron smelting is all based on chemical laws. We mixed coke with the iron ore, and when the coke is ignited to melt the iron ore, the coke will produce a wonderful chemical reaction with the iron ore to reduce the iron inside. This is science. If we don't succeed today, it's not because science is not good, but because we haven't done a good job in some link. After checking and analyzing, we will definitely succeed if we do it again."

Ren Zhong didn't dare to guarantee the first furnace today 100%, after all, this was the first furnace of iron in his life, and God knew what kind of accidents would happen. But Ren Zhong never worried that he couldn't make this thing, after all, historical experience told him that this earthen blast furnace had blossomed all over this land.

Every technology book summary was written after success; no one dared to simply fabricate an untested earthen blast furnace.

Among these experiences, the unreliable one is that they did not consider energy consumption, environmental protection and the quality of molten iron. According to Ren Zhong's understanding, the crude iron smelted in this kind of earthen blast furnace is of little use and is basically impossible to make structural parts because its performance is too poor.

However, this crude iron is indeed useful for making crude things like grenades and mines.

In addition, he will need these semi-finished products for steelmaking next.

Ren Zhong's words made everyone look a little better, but not much changed. They stared at the molten iron outlet, wishing to see something flow out of there immediately.

"Commander! The brigade commander is here!" After an unknown amount of time, a soldier with sharp eyes saw a familiar figure walking quickly on the path leading to Yang Village along the stream. Behind him followed two soldiers, who were obviously extraordinary people.

Everyone turned their heads to look at the same time. Who else could this person be but the brigade commander?
"Oh, everyone is here. I was wondering why I couldn't find anyone in Yangcun. It turns out you all are here to see the new things." The brigade commander came over with a smile on his face. It was rare that he congratulated Li Yunlong without seeing him.

"Hello, Brigade Commander!" everyone said in unison.

"Hello everyone! Don't be nervous, I'm here to see what the first steel plant in our base is like," said the brigade commander with a smile.

"Brigade Commander, I didn't expect that you would have time to come." Li Yunlong said a little embarrassedly. In his mind, he really had no intention of calling the brigade commander to watch the ceremony.

"Why, you don't welcome me?" the brigade commander laughed.

"How could that be? I just didn't expect that you, the Brigade Commander, are so busy with things. I won't bother you with such a small matter." Li Yunlong said with a smile.

"Get lost, you never tell the truth," the brigade commander scolded with a smile, "you always hide your good stuff. Are you afraid that I will take this iron stove away? Don't you think about it, who can carry such a big thing away?"

"Hey, Brigade Commander, you've wronged Xiao Li. We're just not sure about the first batch, and we were afraid that we might mess it up and spoil your fun. If we do it well, we'll definitely find a chance to report to you." Li Yunlong spoke without blinking.

Ren Zhong couldn't help but twitch his eyelids when he saw this. It would be a waste if he didn't follow Lao Li back to the main plane to work as a salesperson with his ability to adapt to the changing circumstances.

"Come on, Li Yunlong," the brigade commander stepped forward and patted Li Yunlong on the shoulder. "Whether this succeeds or not, it will be a new starting point for the industrial development of our base area. I am here to be a pioneer and understand the actual situation. If there are any problems, we can solve them in advance. The division commanders and leaders of the headquarters will come to inspect later."

"This blast furnace is as important to our base as destroying an entire brigade of the Japanese. Li Yunlong, smelt the iron and I will commend you and the independent regiment!"

"Thank you for your concern, Brigade Commander. This is what we should do. Now that we have smelted the iron, can we lift the ban on the development of the independent regiment? Our independent regiment has been confined in Yangcun and cannot move. This ban makes it very difficult for us to develop." Seeing that the brigade commander was in a good mood, it was impossible for Li Yunlong not to take the opportunity to ask for a sky-high price.

"Stop talking nonsense. The top priority of your independent regiment right now is production, construction and training. I heard that Boss Ren has brought some new good things to you. I won't say much. I will ask the 771st Regiment, 772nd Regiment and the New 2st Regiment, which are directly under the brigade headquarters, to select two people each to come to your independent regiment. You have to bring a sniper seed from my training department." The brigade commander changed the subject.

I drank too much at a business dinner last night (manual dog head.jpg), so I delayed the update, brothers, please forgive me. I woke up this morning and started writing, the first update!
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