It's just that even if these workers are added to the number of workers trained by the Anti-Japanese League, they are still quite insufficient to meet the huge needs of a war. After all, in Japanese factories, the real skilled workers are still mainly Japanese. The Chinese are not
No, but whether it is the aircraft factory or the tank overhaul factory set up by the Japanese in Fengtian, there are not many so-called Manchu skilled workers.
Most of the so-called Manchu workers do some manual work. The number of real skilled workers is not very large. Even after accepting workers from southern Manchuria, the two factories have finally completed production. However, because of the number of workers, the
It seems insufficient, and the production capacity is also very limited. The real mass production will not occur until the first two batches of workers who went to the Soviet Union for labor export return.
Compared with the overall situation of the production of military technical equipment such as aircraft, progress is relatively slow. In other industrial construction, the progress has obviously accelerated a lot after the arrival of these South Manchu workers. There is no way to think of a way to solve the problem of hundreds of thousands of people.
The resettlement, food, clothing, housing and transportation of these people are really about to bankrupt the tight finances of the Northeast People's Government.
The key is that leaving so many people idle for a long time will not only put extremely heavy pressure on the Northeast's finances, but will also be detrimental to the stability of these workers and their families. In addition to the miners and laborers, more than 20,000 people from 18 to 20 were mobilized.
Young men as young as three years old were added to the army. How to resettle the remaining hundreds of thousands of people has become the top priority of the Northeast People's Government.
Originally, the number of workers was not enough, so they had to find ways to hire Americans with high salaries to train them. But now that there are so many more workers, people are somewhat caught off guard. Speed up the pace of placement, stabilize the mood of the workers, and seize the time to recruit a group of people who are already under construction.
It has become an inevitable choice to put the tail-end factories into operation and reduce part of the investment to reduce financial pressure.
The Northeast Heavy Industry Department used the special steel equipment and workers dismantled from Fengtian and Fushun to merge with the special steel factory originally built by the Japanese in Fularji. At the same time, because it was dismantled too harshly by the Japanese, it has been
The Tonghua Steel Plant has been unable to resume production. All equipment that can still be used after repairs has been integrated into this special steel plant.
When repairing the equipment of the Tonghua Steel Plant that was damaged before the Japanese retreated, the parts Li Mingrui snatched back from southern Manchuria played a key role. Without these parts, it would be impossible to repair the equipment. Fortunately, the Qiqihar Steel Plant was taken over by the Qiqihar Steel Plant.
Since then, we have been preparing for expansion. Although there is no equipment, the power and pipelines have been expanding.
This was originally done so that workers trained for the steel plant could undergo internships starting from the basics, allowing them to learn and practice at the same time. It also allowed them to repair some of the infrastructure first and prepare for future expansion. The result was really the same as what Yang Zhen had originally done.
To put it bluntly, most of these infrastructures that have been built are now in good use.
The Qiqihar Special Steel Plant is always expanding and has completed infrastructure facilities. The equipment dismantled from the Nanman Industrial Base was installed and put into production in a short time. The raw steel produced by the No. 1 Steelmaking Plant, which has already been put into trial production, is used.
, smelting gun steel that is urgently needed by the military industry.
This also made the chairman who was troubled by the conflict between Soviet experts and American experts and the urgent need for resettlement of a large number of workers from South Manchuria breathed a sigh of relief. Although the number of workers solved only accounted for a small part of the total,
But always a good beginning, right?
Moreover, the successful expansion of the Qiqihar Special Steel Plant can be regarded as a good example of resolving disputes between American and Soviet experts involved in the construction of the base area. At least with this example, the Northeast Bureau and the Northeast Government have provided a good example for industrial construction.
It was difficult to choose between the two plans of the United States and the Soviet Union.
The American experts who came with the second-hand steel plant to participate in the construction were invited by Yang Zhen to not only participate in the construction of the first 500,000-ton steel plant in Northeast China. They were also invited to participate in and preside over the expansion of the Qiqihar Special Steel Plant.
, the construction work of Northeast No. 1 Heavy Machinery Factory.
However, after arriving, this group of American experts had a fierce conflict with the Soviet experts invited by the Northeast People's Government due to different concepts. The Soviet experts demanded that the construction be completed in the shortest possible time in accordance with the Soviet construction methods, striving to complete the construction as quickly as possible.
Complete production in the shortest possible time.
However, American experts seem to be more focused on the long-term development of this special steel plant, and consider issues that are much more comprehensive than those experts trained by the Soviet Union's highly specialized universities. Over a long period of time, experts from the two countries came up with two sets of problems because of their different views.
, and the drawings, which are also completely different in design, are just a slap in the face. It almost missed the construction period of Beiman, which was very short, and it was even more precious.
After several attempts at mediation failed and a unified opinion could not be reached, the distressed Minister of Heavy Industry could only find Yang Zhen and ask him to think of a solution. After asking the Minister of Heavy Industry who graduated from Tsinghua University about the true identity of
After thinking about it, Yang Zhen simply asked American experts to take charge of the expansion of the special steel plant and the construction of the heavy machinery plant.
Soviet experts were invited to Jiamusi, and the planned second special steel plant, the second heavy machinery plant, and the first machine tool plant were built ahead of schedule. In order to boost the fighting spirit of experts in these two areas, Yang Zhen not only gave the United States and the Soviet Union
The experts offered high salaries and encouraged them openly and covertly to compete with each other.
The level of their salary is directly linked to their efficiency. Americans are naturally not happy about this, and the big brother of Soviet socialism is not blushing or breathless. Who said that socialism does not pay attention to monetary efficiency?
?There is nothing embarrassing about getting a salary that is twice as much as your domestic salary.
In fact, whether it was Yang Zhen or the Minister of Heavy Industry, in this dispute, it was the American plan that really favored the plan. The plan proposed by the Americans was obviously more comprehensive than the Soviet experts, and it took more into account these enterprises.
Long-term development. Not only taking into account the current plan to resume production of steel plants, but also leaving room for future expansion of production.
However, according to the American plan, the construction of power equipment and factory buildings will need to be significantly increased. In particular, power facilities such as electricity will need to be more than doubled. In this way, the small-scale special facility left by the Japanese will
Steel plants need to be re-planned in many aspects.
Just building the power plant and gas plant affiliated to the steel plant will require more than doubling the capacity. The gas supply must not only meet the needs of the factory area, but also the needs of the entire small town of Fularki. It will also provide space for future city expansion.
There is a certain amount of room for improvement. Moreover, American experts are firmly opposed to the construction method of the Soviet Union where everything in a factory is self-contained.
What the Americans mean is that with the development of the factory, the surrounding towns are bound to develop. All the ancillary facilities of the factory should not be built by the factory itself, but should be socialized. In this way, corresponding transportation lines need to be built, and
Power lines.
In other words, the American plan is completely based on the market economy in the eyes of Americans, and is a completely different plan from the Soviet model. In this way, although the investment in ancillary facilities can be greatly reduced, it is not even necessary to set up. But according to the American
According to this plan, the total investment in infrastructure construction is more than twice that of Soviet experts.
The Soviet experts' plan focused more on solving the problem of availability, and was a bit narrow in planning. It only considered current construction and resumption of production, and did not consider much future development issues. It was also formulated according to the Soviet model.
The planning scheme, the factory's self-proclaimed social system scheme, schools, hospitals and other ancillary facilities have invested heavily.
The most important thing is that according to their plan, it will be difficult to expand in the future, and the investment will be larger. The key is that if the production scale is expanded, the pressure on infrastructure will be great. In the case of Beiman, the available construction time is relatively short.
Next, this will undoubtedly delay time.
However, the two plans put forward by experts from the United States and the Soviet Union can be said to have their own advantages and disadvantages. The Soviets' enterprise equals the social plan. Although there is nothing obvious at the moment, the long-term burden will be quite heavy. But the Americans
The plan is also somewhat inappropriate.
Today's Fularki is still quite desolate. The local population base is limited, and facilities such as schools are even more limited. If we don't build staff dormitories, hospitals and schools, everything will be solved by society, and there will be no place to solve it. Don't say that.
In addition, with so many employees and family members added at once, there is no place to live.
If it is a one-time investment plan, the Soviet plan is more in line with the current situation. But in the long run, the American plan is more suitable. For the Northeast Heavy Industry Minister who does not intend to stop there, he really feels that
He attaches great importance to the American plan. But from what aspects he considers it, he is very hesitant when he actually makes a decision.
Moreover, the two people had to consider the source of the equipment after the infrastructure construction was completed according to the American plan, as well as the burden it would bring to the Northeast's finances. However, the long-term nature of the American plan was something the two people had to consider. In the end, after repeated consideration,
Yang Zhen decided to let the Soviets start anew and leave the expansion and restoration of this special steel plant to the Americans.
But Yang Zhen also put forward some suggestions for the American plan. The general plan is based on the American plan, but the staff dormitories must be built at the same time. However, when employees move in, they need to pay a certain room fee. It does not include the construction of a staff hospital and
Affiliated schools, but will transfer this part of the funds to local schools and hospitals in Fularki.
Yang Zhen's conciliatory decision obviously dissatisfied the chairman of the Northeast People's Government. The American plan, at least for now, requires twice as much investment as the Soviets. This is not only a matter of putting huge pressure on finances, but also
But the key is that according to the American plan, where can we find so much equipment to meet the expanded needs?
It’s not that he doesn’t understand the issue of taking a longer-term view. This steel plant cannot stop here and will still develop in the future. But from the current point of view, it is not a problem for you to complete the infrastructure, but where can you find the equipment after the expansion? Just sit back and wait.
A promise that Americans don’t know if they can keep?
Since the equipment problem cannot be solved for the time being, it is better to give up the expansion plan for the time being. Treat the headache for the time being, and wait until the foot hurts. The Northeast finance is currently in embarrassment, and it is really impossible to guarantee such a large expenditure in a short time.
Even if you can get the equipment, you really can't afford to buy it right now.
Also let the Soviets start over and re-plan a special steel factory, a heavy machinery factory, and a machine tool factory. Not to mention that the Northeast does not have the financial resources to build another one. Even if it does, how can you build so many?
Equipment? Although Yang Zhen patted his chest and promised that after the infrastructure construction of these factories was completed, he promised to get the equipment.
But the chairman was always dubious. It wasn't that he didn't believe in him. No matter who he was, he couldn't believe that one person could create such industrial equipment out of thin air without spending a penny. Isn't this right?