Previously, in order to support the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the Northeastern Bureau, the Central Committee established its own military industrial system. With Yang Zhen's request for help, it could be said that even the best talents were brought out, and the Eighteenth Group Army, including the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, was included. Except for the New Fourth Army, which was too far away, all the cadres from the other base areas who were college graduates in science and engineering were transferred to work in the Northeast.
Although there are not many, these experts and professors who worked out how to do it did solve some urgent needs before they arrived in Northeast China. Many problems were solved by them. For example, the problem of applicability of purchasing steel for making anti-aircraft guns was solved by the current incumbent. The Minister of Heavy Industry resolved it.
Whether it is anti-aircraft guns or recoilless rifles, they are all made of special alloy steel, but the steel used in various artillery is not all the same. The proportion of rare elements in the steel used, especially the nickel-chromium alloy, is determined according to The requirements and rate of fire are very different.
For example, the steel used for small-caliber anti-aircraft guns must be made of steel with a relatively high nickel-chromium ratio because of its high rate of fire. If ordinary gun steel is used, the wear and tear of the barrel will be increased, and the barrel may even be prone to explosion. Phenomenon, but there is no such need to load a shell and fire a recoilless rifle or mortar.
The arrival of this expert helped the Anti-League solve the problem of selecting steel materials for manufacturing different equipment. When the Anti-League purchased special steel for manufacturing its own weapons and equipment, it no longer had to take advantage of the enemy and buy special alloy steel at a high price. Steel is used to manufacture equipment that does not originally require this kind of steel.
As for the designer Yang Zhen, you can ask him to bring out the original design sketches and structural drawings, but if you ask him to explain what kind of steel is used and what is the proportion of alloy in the steel, he can only stare and stretch out his hands. I can tell you confidently that he doesn’t know either. If he knew everything, what would you, Xiong Dazhen, the Minister of Military Industry, want to do?
When Anti-Lian is producing steel for general-purpose machine guns, this senior metallurgical expert selected one of the types of alloy steel that Anti-Lian can import according to the performance parameters provided by Yang Zhen, comparing them one by one, and selected a more suitable one at a reasonable price. It can only be considered a mid-range Soviet-made nickel-chromium alloy steel.
And argued hard, the Soviets lowered the export price of steel. Not all special alloy steel was exported at the price of the highest-grade gun steel. This alone saved the Anti-Japanese Alliance the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of taels of gold every year. cost.
You must know that the Soviet Union is quite skilled. The special alloy steel they exported for making guns was one-third more expensive than what the Americans provided. Even the United States has begun to sell some of the special steel used to make guns, and the price is still lower. As for the Soviet Union, the Soviets still refused to lower prices.
And they charged expensive transit fees for the American steel prices, forcing the Anti-Japanese Alliance to import only their special alloy steel. After arriving, this guy argued hard and set the price of the special steel for machine guns with the price of gun steel. The difference is that the settlement is no longer based on a unified price, and the quantity of special steel required for each machine gun is carefully calculated to strictly control waste.
This enabled the Anti-Japanese Alliance to save a lot of costs in military production. The cost of machine guns was also 30% cheaper than originally estimated. The steel used to manufacture three machine guns can now be used to manufacture five, and the reduction in production costs has also increased. By increasing production, the steel saved can also be used in the production of other light weapons, such as 12mm anti-aircraft machine guns.
This group of extremely rare industrial experts in the customs forces made considerable contributions to the military production of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and saved a lot of precious resources. However, they were established in several major departments established by the Northeast Bureau and the Northeast People's Government to develop industry. Finally, due to the lack of relevant management talents.
And Yang Zhen, the second secretary, firmly opposed the situation of laymen leading experts, so this group of people were transferred from the front line due to business relationships, and gradually transferred to leadership work. Except for part of the work, they no longer participated in the front line. research and development work.
Although this solves the abnormal situation of laymen leading experts, new problems have arisen. Students have become superiors, and teachers have become the ones being led. Coupled with China's tradition of respecting teachers and respecting morality, many problems cannot be managed. It’s hard to explain, but the Minister of Heavy Industry was often lectured by one of his teachers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Peking University.
This old gentleman who was assigned to the Ministry of Light Industry as a consultant for the infrastructure construction of a machinery factory encountered any difficult problems. Instead of going to their minister to solve them, he would instead go to his student. If the student did not solve it, or It's because the processing was a little slow, and he would just blow his beard and stare.
Yang Zhen sympathized with the plight of his old senior, and finally, through the Political Department of the Military Region, transferred the old gentleman to the Military Region's Polytechnic University in Jiamusi as a lecturer. This was the only way to solve the problem that his senior brother was now a supervisor. The fate of being scolded by the teacher all day long.
Yang Zhen also has a headache about the problems of these intellectuals, but Yang Zhen does not want to engage in any mass movement like the reform of intellectuals in later generations, so at present, it is better to take some cold treatment methods towards certain matters of these people. In a word It means using its strengths and tolerating its weaknesses.
Not wanting to talk too much about this matter, Yang Zhen changed the subject, thought for a while and said to Li Yanping: "Old Li, Lao Guo and I can't get away from dealing with the Soviets and Americans at the moment. At least until the end of this battle, I can only bear the pressure on the commander-in-chief and you for the time being."
"I also know that the Americans are difficult to deal with, and the Soviets are even more difficult to deal with. There are also British people who are harboring evil intentions and stirring up trouble behind the scenes. These foreign devils are a group of troublesome hedgehogs. They will attack anything that is beneficial to them, especially the eyelids of the Soviet Union. He is not too tolerant and too greedy."
"Lao Guo and I really can't spare the energy or time to sit down and negotiate with them now, so the burden can only be shouldered by you first, but whether we are dealing with the Americans, the Soviets, or the British The starting point must be that we can suffer some small losses, but we must not let them take too much advantage."
"Especially the Soviets. Now we have to put ourselves on an equal footing to negotiate with them. We cannot lower our status first and become second-class citizens in this game. Then we are negotiating , we will always be in a passive position. If we don’t care about the small losses we suffer today, then one day others will take further measures.”
"Some aspects are subject to the current situation of our actual communication lines. We can make some concessions, but we must grasp our bottom line and cannot blindly condone the Soviets. When it is time to be tough, we must be tough to the end, and we must not take a step back. , because behind us is a cliff."
"If some things are not completely resolved, the Soviets will unscrupulously seize the materials we obtain in the future. The Americans will calculate the materials to aid us together with the Soviet side. This in itself can easily turn into a bad debt. If If we don’t pay more attention to certain matters and adopt a tough attitude towards certain things, we will gain nothing from this feast.”
"As for the British, they can ask for supplies and equipment, but they must not spit out the matter of sending troops to Southeast Asia and taking over their defense. It is a muddy pond. If you step into it, you will never be able to get out, no matter what. No matter what they say, we absolutely cannot agree to this matter, let alone moving Americans, even if I move here, I cannot agree."
"But I feel that the UK will not give up so simply. They must have their back-ups. When persuading us has no results, they will definitely put their ideas on the Americans and win over them. Let's start, and this time Pearson talked to me, he has revealed some attitudes of Americans."
"Americans and British people always wear the same pants. They will definitely communicate with each other regarding our assistance and contact. Otherwise, the British Prime Minister will never be so generous, so we must be more careful and beware. The Americans used the fact that we needed their assistance to set a trap for us."
"As for the Americans, Pearson said he was returning to China to report on his work, but I always feel that he just came back from the United States not long ago. I am afraid that this time he is not returning to the United States, or the reason for returning to the United States is definitely not as simple as what he said. As for Americans, we absolutely cannot take it lightly."
"If the Soviets are a greedy bear and the British are a poisonous snake that hides deeply, then the Americans are a cunning wolf. Americans are definitely not as careless as they appear on the surface, let alone as they appear on the surface. Although easy to deal with, the Americans are actually more difficult to deal with than the Soviets, because they hide their true intentions very well, and they are much more patient than the Soviets."
"Although the Americans are providing equipment and supplies now, once they feel that we are of no use to them, they will throw us away like a broken car, so I say that the Soviets They are greedy, the British are ruthless, and the Americans are extremely realistic."
"When we are negotiating with them, we must be prepared with both hands. We must not lack anything we need, and we must not bow to the principles we must adhere to. As for the United States and Britain's request that we send troops to Southeast Asia, there is only one answer, and that is It will be more beneficial to the whole situation if we stay in the Northeast."
"This negotiation with the Soviet Union is based on what we have studied before. We must get back as much of this batch of aviation gasoline and fuel as possible, as well as the cotton, industrial equipment, and military raw materials. We must also get a lot of them. All the items must be returned, and as for the other items, we can temporarily transfer them to the Soviet Union."
"If it really doesn't work, the four C-46 transport planes can be temporarily abandoned when necessary, but this issue must be our final bottom line. It cannot be easily leaked until it is absolutely necessary. And the Soviet recoilless cannon The requirements for rocket launchers should be discussed separately from this matter as much as possible."
"As for the terms of exchange, just follow what Lao Guo said. If necessary, can we add more money? As long as it can solve our most urgent problem of skilled workers, we can let some things go first. You can go back to these things Let’s discuss it with the commander-in-chief sometime.”
"But the two matters must be discussed separately. The first thing to do is to deal with the batch of materials seized by them in Vladivostok. As for the exchange of recoilless rifles and rocket launchers for other things, I think we can let it go first. If the Soviet side wants to talk about it second If there are two things, let’s solve the first thing first and be tougher in attitude. We can’t make ourselves feel guilty first.”
"Also, I have decided that after this battle, the entire army will be refitted. All the 57 recoilless rifles and the Type 1 rocket launchers we are currently equipped will be replaced by the 82 recoilless rifles and the new Type 2 rocket launchers. As for us The weapons that have been reinstalled can be used as inventory to bargain with the Soviets, which is also a good choice." This book was first published on 17K Novel Network, and you can read the original content first!