Tianjin Port, railway loading and unloading area.
"Buzz!" Under the cover of night, the sound of the diesel engine operating at full power resounded all around. A large forklift carrying a three-ton wooden box drove into the loading and unloading area and was slowly placed in the hoisting area under the watchful eyes of the surrounding workers.
Immediately afterwards, the third gantry crane belonging to the loading and unloading area began the hoisting operation, slowly lifting the load-bearing steel rope wrapping the wooden box, and then moved over the freight train parked on the second railway. The gantry crane operator passed the semaphore of the workers below.
After receiving information feedback and constantly adjusting the position, the wooden box with rice written on it was finally placed firmly in the predetermined position on the train skin.
One wagon can only hold two wooden boxes.
After five hours of hoisting operations, the German-made mechanical processing equipment in Warehouse No. 18 is about to complete the loading operation. A total of 212 tons of goods can be hauled away at once thanks to a train.
"How long will it take to complete the loading?" Liu Wei watched the entire hoisting process, his eyes filled with anticipation and worry. He raised his hand to look at the time, and then asked Luo He, the on-site commanding officer next to him.
The expectation is because of the effect this batch of equipment will have on the base area, and the worry is time. It has been 51 hours since I received Mr. Zhang San’s letter, which is more than two full days.
"About 30 minutes." Luo He, with a haggard face and bloodshot eyes, raised the notebook in his hand, briefly calculated the time, opened his slightly cracked lips, and answered.
"It's 30 minutes. Fortunately, once loading is completed, the train will start immediately and never stop." Hearing this, Liu Wei nodded slightly and stared at the train containing the 'tinder' without making a sound to urge Luo He. He knew that this was already the last time.
Soon.
In order to transport this batch of equipment, the entire northern region was already in an overloaded state comparable to wartime. Members of the organization first spent a lot of money to urgently rent an extremely precious freight train from Peiping, and then bribed the port loading area management and officials to jump in the queue.
, after only 20 hours of queuing, the truck was successfully loaded into the port.
As the commander-in-chief of on-site loading, Luo He has not had any water for more than ten hours and has not slept for two days and two nights. You must know that he has just completed the procurement and transportation of materials and equipment for the oxygen top-blown converter project.
"Professor, I have a question." Luo He said.
Liu Wei nodded: "You say."
"How did the organization arrange this transportation route? The average weight of these things is more than three tons, and there are three big ones among them. One anvil alone weighs about 13 tons. If you transfer to Shimen via Beiping and change to the Zhengtai Railway, it may
There was a difficulty in unloading at Zhengding Station. The lifting equipment at Zhengding Station is weak and can only lift less than five tons." Luo He looked around, seeing no one else around, and then expressed his concerns: "Other machines
It’s okay to transport parts separately, but the anvil cannot be dismantled, and only major stations such as Taiyuan, Zhengzhou and Xi’an have lifting capabilities of more than 10 tons.”
too heavy.
This batch of equipment is really too heavy. Any piece of equipment is heavier than a 105mm howitzer, let alone three big guys - 1000kg air hammers.
The total weight of a single unit of this thing is as high as 21 tons!
Three units equals sixty-three tons.
Zhengding Station does not have the ability to lift the 13-ton air hammer anvil.
Hearing this, Liu Wei frowned slightly and fell into thinking: "I have considered this issue, but not carefully, and forgot about the situation at Zhengding Station... What you said makes sense, but if you take the Jinpu Railway and transfer to the Longhai Line, you will end up with no choice but to
Go to Xi'an, in that case, this batch of equipment will be exposed to the eyes of Nanjing, and they must be transported to the base area secretly. This is a death order from the superiors."
Transporting it secretly to the base area is a death order.
Regarding the transportation routes, there are two in total, one is the main route, and the other is the recently opened Pinghan-Zhengtai route, which enters the base area from Linfen.
If you choose the main route, transfer to the Longhai Railway via the Jinpu Railway, and transport it from Xi'an into the base area, within an hour, the information about this batch of equipment will be placed on Lao Jiang's desk. The final result will be that it will arouse the fear of the other party.
The second is to expose Mr. Zhang San.
No matter which outcome is allowed to happen.
"Professor, in this case, can we cut the anvil into several small pieces in Zhengding, transport it to the base, and then recast it." Luo He heard this, thought about it, and came up with a solution.
Liu Wei frowned slightly: "Will this damage the performance of the anvil?"
"I don't know, but this is the only solution." Luo He shook his head gently.
"Okay, I understand. I'm going to call my superiors immediately. Because the air hammer anvil is too heavy, it needs to be cut and transported in Zhengding. I'm asking for instructions." Liu Wei nodded and said to Comrade Teko standing next to him.
"Yes!" Young Comrade Teko responded, turned and left.
In an instant, a message was secretly sent to the base, and a decision was received from the superiors to approve the cutting.
After receiving this answer, Liu Wei and Luo He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Buzz!"
Thirty minutes later, as wooden boxes containing accessories such as spindles and cutting tools were loaded onto the train, a low and loud whistle sounded, and white steam overflowed.
The train, fully loaded with 212 tons of 'rice' and secretly protected by the organization members, slowly drove out of the Tianjin Port railway loading and unloading area, passed through Tanggu, and finally merged into the Pingjin Railway network, heading northwest to Beiping City, where the fierce fighting was taking place, and then southward.
Transport the fire to the base area.
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Time passes slowly and a new day comes.
At dawn, the sky is slightly bright, the water of Yanhe River is rushing endlessly, and the nameless mountains on both sides of the river bank exude a sense of majesty. Although they are not as majestic as Mount Tai, they still have a different kind of beauty.
Yancheng is located on the Loess Plateau and is surrounded by mountains.
"I don't know where he is. This is the most difficult time. I feel like my heart is scratching." Outside Yancheng, Chen Kang kept walking back and forth, looking longingly at the road in the distance. He wanted to remain calm as a director of the Military Industry Bureau should
literacy, but he found that he couldn't do it.
Calm, collected?
It's okay during a war, it's okay during a bloody battle, it's okay when you're studying at the Anti-Japanese University, but it really doesn't work at this time.
Chen Kang felt that his heart was extremely complicated, excited, excited, looking forward to, and eager. He could not wait to see Professor Yu Hua and Zhuang who made him think about it day and night. This obviously abnormal symptom started when he received the message from his boss.
The news continues to this day.
I look forward to it day and night, and I miss you every moment.
Unbearable.
It's really hard.
"It should be almost there. Don't worry. Be polite later and don't act like a teacher. Professor Zhuang is a great scientist. He is among the best among Tsinghua professors, not to mention Yu Hua." He was wearing a mask beside him.
The elegant soldier in glasses looked at Chen Kang's appearance and did not laugh at him. His mood was similar to Chen Kang's and he gave instructions again.
"How dare I show off as a teacher? In front of Professor Zhuang, I am just a student with particularly poor grades. I have already made arrangements with the bureau and the arsenal. If anyone makes Professor Zhuang unhappy, don't blame me for letting him."
It's not pleasant." Chen Kang nodded repeatedly and joked. Scientists of Professor Zhuang's level are hot treasures everywhere. It's extremely valuable for people to come to help. It's just a disease for him to put on the so-called teacher airs.
As for Yu Hua, I'm sorry, but to use the local dialect, this is just a piece of gold that won't be exchanged for anything.
The two of them stared at the road ahead, silently. Behind them stood the soldiers from the security squad belonging to the headquarters security group. These soldiers were the protection force for Professor Zhuang and his team during their stay in the base area. In case of emergency, they can mobilize any nearby soldiers at will.
A troop came to support.
The soldiers wore grey-blue military uniforms that had been washed to a point of whitening, wore hats with red five-pointed stars, and carried Hanyang-made rifles on their backs. Their eyes were bright and they stood tall in military posture, showing a spiritual outlook unique to the Red Army.
On the meadow not far away, several military horses were immersed in eating the fresh green grass covered with dew at dawn. Their tails swung from time to time, exhaling hot air while chewing, and occasionally snorted, so happy.
The morning sun gradually rose, and a ray of dazzling sunlight passed through the ridge and illuminated the entire county.
At this time, the road ahead changed, and a correspondent was seen galloping over on a military horse.
Seeing this scene, Chen Kang and the elegant soldiers' eyes showed joy.
"Report to the leader, we have arrived at Ershilipu!" The correspondent quickly came to the crowd, got off his horse, and reported quickly.
Ershilipu is less than ten miles away from Yancheng, which means that they will be able to see people soon.
Chen Kang and others took a deep breath, adjusted their situation and made preparations.
On a bumpy dirt road.
"Through this journey, my biggest feeling about this land in northern Shaanxi is that a transportation system consisting of cement roads and tractors must be established as soon as possible. This is the foundation."
An American-made Dodge truck was swaying slowly forward. Sitting in a 360-degree open-top compartment, Zhuang Qianding looked at the mountains on both sides and kept taking notes in his hand. After finishing writing, he sighed to Yu Hua:
"The output of Yanchang Oilfield is low, but it should be no problem to meet the early demand for tractors. I really can't imagine how they can develop and move forward in this objective environment."
Continuous mountain peaks, winding and rugged dirt roads, barren land, and very poor transportation. From the perspective of industrial development, these factors are a nightmare for building factories.
If it were put in front of foreign businessmen, no matter what, they would not be able to invest in such a place unless...
Gold mines are produced here.
"If you want to develop industry, you must first build roads."
Yu Hua nodded in agreement, looked at the bare mountains around him, and said slowly: "Professor, I think that after the cement is produced, the asphalt waste from the Yanchang Refinery can be used to build an asphalt road from Matouguan to Yancheng to improve the base area.
Internal traffic conditions.”
A few hours ago, they passed through Yanchang County and visited the Yanchang Petroleum Plant, the base's "big foreign exchange player". The entire petroleum plant has a daily output of 200 liters and 300 liters of gasoline and diesel. This output can meet the initial demand for tractors.
In addition, the oil plant also has waste asphalt generated from oil refining over the years. The total amount is about five to six thousand tons. Although it is not much, there is no problem in paving 100 kilometers of asphalt pavement.
Due to the extreme scarcity of technical cadres and talents in the base area, the utilization of waste asphalt is basically zero.
As for why it is necessary to build the Matou Pass to Yancheng, it is very simple. Opposite the Matou Pass is Linfen, in order to prepare for Linfen's future industrial raw material supply chain.
If you want to be rich, you must first build roads. If you want to develop industry, you must also build roads.
"I support it." Zhuang Qianding nodded in agreement. The economic investment in using waste materials to build asphalt roads is basically zero, but the benefits are very obvious, greatly improving the traffic conditions between Yancheng and Yanchang.
This kind of plan with small investment and big return must be supported.
"Build an asphalt highway from Matou Pass to Yancheng..." Lin Wan, acting as an assistant, silently recorded Yu Hua's thoughts.
"Professor Zhuang, Mr. Yu, Yancheng is ahead." At this time, Yang Xiu, who was standing at the front of the open-top carriage, turned around and said to everyone.
After hearing these words, the three of them all stood up, leaned out of the car, and looked forward.
Thousands of rays of sunshine are like bright golden threads, projected into Yancheng ahead.
At this moment, Yancheng, located on the Loess Plateau, seemed to be covered with a golden coat.
Beautiful and holy.
Yu Hua's eyes were a little blurry, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of pilgrimage in his heart. This was his first time in Yancheng.