In the end, under Yang Zhen's firm opposition, the central government accepted his suggestion. It agreed to relocate the entire Shijingshan Iron and Steel Works to Xuanhua, and based on the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Works, plus the Yangquan Iron Works that had been taken over, the Japanese were in Tangshan
Equipment has been delivered to the steel plant under construction.
Together with the fifteen small blast furnaces that the Japanese have just built in Xuanhua and have not yet been used, plus the Asaka Iron Works, Kubota Iron Works, Forging Co., Ltd. built by the Japanese in Peiping, and the Chunghwa Iron Works actually controlled by the Japanese.
All equipment, technical personnel, and workers from more than 30 Japanese-owned and Chinese-owned small steel plants in Tianjin were gathered in Xuanhua.
The Northeast Bureau will dispatch management and technical personnel and adopt a large-scale battle approach to complete the equipment installation of the Xuanhua Steel Plant in the shortest possible time. The Xuanhua Steel Plant will be fully operational by the end of four to five years to ensure the construction of the North China base area.
Steel required.
After all, Yang Zhen is right in saying that Peiping is still too close to Jinan and Xuzhou, which are still controlled by the Japanese army. Not to mention the new Japanese Type 100 bombers and Type 1 bombers, they are the old Type 96 and Type 97 twin-engines.
Bombers can easily reach Peiping from Xuzhou.
At the same time, the straight-line distance between Peiping and the Bohai Bay, where Tianjin is located, is also too close. At present, the Japanese army still maintains control of the Bohai Sea. According to the experience of all foreign invasions suffered by China in modern times, almost 90% came from maritime experience.
Placing such a large steel base in Peiping is indeed not a very appropriate thing from a military perspective.
In the end, after much consideration, the central government decided to move the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant, together with more than ten small steel plants established after Tianjin was occupied by the Japanese army, and all the equipment that the Japanese had transported to Tangshan, and all the equipment that had not yet been built in the steel plant, to be relocated to Tangshan.
Xuanhua. As for the Chinese-owned steel plants in Tianjin, forcibly confiscating them in the name of traitors will cause some economic turmoil.
Therefore, the central government decided to adopt a redemption method for these Chinese-owned steel plants. The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei squeezed out a sum of funds, and the Shandong Military Region obtained a sum of gold from Zhaoyuan. These small steel mills with small output and scale were
The factory was purchased and moved entirely to Xuanhua.
Although the steel mills in Tianjin are not large in scale, with annual output generally not exceeding 10,000 tons, they have a complete steel rolling system. Merging more than 30 small steel mills in Tianjin into the Xuanhua Steel Plant can form a
A complete industrial chain can also lay a good foundation for the future development and growth of the entire Xuangang Iron and Steel Group. The central government is determined to merge all the steel plants in Tianjin into it. This determination is not small.
At the same time, in order to ensure the water supply of the steel plant, the central government decided to use the Northeast Bureau to provide funds and technology to build a medium-sized reservoir in Xuanhua that integrates power generation, irrigation and water supply. The Northeast Bureau will be responsible for the water conservancy and power generation equipment and technical personnel. There is no way, the central government
Now we are really poor. We don’t have that much capital and we don’t have that many technical personnel.
Since Yang Zhen insists on placing the steel plant in Xuanhua, they can only do the auxiliary projects. When the industrial construction started in Northeast China, the central government allocated all the personnel it could mobilize to them. Now
If they don’t provide these technical personnel, who will?
Regarding the central government's decision, Yang Zhen, the commander-in-chief, and the chairman of the Northeastern government looked at each other and could only shake their heads and smile bitterly. The equipment for hydropower generation is readily available, and the Northeast Bureau still has a few medium-sized hydropower generating units.
. But where can they find this power transmission and transformation equipment? There must be enough power transmission and transformation equipment. These units have been used by the Northeast Bureau for a long time. How can they still be idle until now?
But now that the central government has made a decision, we can only do our best. However, in Yang Zhen's opinion, as long as you are determined, there will always be more solutions than difficulties. These things are not too difficult. As long as you are determined, there should still be solutions.
If it doesn't work, persuade the central government to change hydropower to thermal power.
But Yang Zhen didn't know why the central government would think of developing hydropower. In the Xuanhua area, which is not rich in water conservancy resources, the cost of developing hydropower is not very cost-effective. Not only does Xuanhua have coal mines locally, but the straight-line distance from Datong is also
It’s just over a hundred kilometers away. Based on resource distribution, thermal power is more appropriate.
The reservoir needs to be built, and building a steel plant must ensure sufficient water supply. However, while building the reservoir, it is not appropriate to solve the problem of energy consumption of the steel plant at the same time. Judging from the local water resources in Xuanhua, it is not very appropriate.
. It seems that on this issue, I should have a good talk with the chairman or vice chairman.
However, according to Yang Zhen's judgment, the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Works, or rather the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Works at the moment, is the basis. In addition, the equipment of twenty-five steel plants, large and small, in Tianjin, as well as the open-hearth furnaces transported by the Japanese to Tangshan
. Even if no new equipment is added, after the Xuanhua Steel Plant is completed, the output can reach 300,000 to 400,000 tons.
Of course, I am afraid that the output of steel will not be too much in the short term, and it should mainly be iron. First of all, although the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant is nominally a steel plant, all the equipment currently is still iron-making equipment. Even
The Japanese are taking over and resuming production of this steel plant that has not produced a single batch of molten iron since the construction began until the fall of Peking in the July 7th Incident. They are ordering equipment from China and increasing production capacity to a certain extent.
.
However, the main product is still iron-making, and steel cannot be produced for the time being. Even if we rely on the small blast furnaces in Pingjin, Tianjin and Tangshan that can currently make steel, the output of this steel will still be very limited, at least in the short term.
There are many small blast furnaces, but the overall production capacity is quite limited. Therefore, without the ability to add large equipment for the time being, steel production is still limited.
Considering that the rich iron ore in North Manchuria is limited, it is already difficult to meet the current steel production in North Manchuria. Part of the required iron ore still needs to be provided from the Mushan Iron Mine in North Korea seized by the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Yang Zhen believes that it can be dismantled.
Yes, some equipment from North Korea's Chongjin Steelmaking Plant was also shipped to Xuanhua.
It was just Yang Zhen's involvement that Shougang, which had been glorious for decades in later generations, was directly moved to Xuanhua and became the huge Xuangang Group more than ten years later. There was no need to compress production capacity in order to reduce Beijing's environmental pressure.
It was also a complete relocation. It also effectively alleviated the water shortage that occurred in Beijing decades later and reduced the water supply pressure from Hebei on Beijing.
Moreover, in terms of steel production, Yang Zhen proposed that steel production is not just satisfied with the production of crude steel. Instead, he proposed an inclusive and high-level industrial development model. When building the steel industry, it cannot simply be satisfied with increasing the output of crude steel.
Industrial construction can take steel as the key link, but it must adopt an approach where high and low industries advance hand in hand.
Yang Zhen believes that in the next step of industrial construction, judging from the existing industrial base in the North China base, the steps should be bigger. While building Xuangang, we should rely on the existing industrial base in Tangshan to build a new
Steel production base. At present, it is mainly military steel and automobile steel. In the future, high-end shipbuilding steel will also be included in the plan.
Originally, Yang Zhen thought that steel plants could produce steel directly. However, it was not until the steel plant in Beiman was built and put into operation that he realized that steelmaking and rolling materials were completely different things. The steel plant came out of
It is crude steel, that is, steel billet. In order to be rolled into various usable steel materials, various equipment and processes are required.
Therefore, Yang Zhen proposed to use North China's original industrial base to develop equipment manufacturing. Compared with North Manchuria, which was really poor and had only some light industries. Although North China's industrial base is not as good as South Manchuria, it is worse than North Manchuria back then. Many. Taiyuan and Tianjin, these two major industrial cities, still have a pretty good industrial foundation.
Based on Tianjin's current light textile, building materials, military industry, chemical, shipbuilding and shipbuilding industries, and Tangshan's machinery manufacturing, building materials and light textile industries, we will build machinery industry manufacturing, building materials and light textile industry bases in Tianjin and Tangshan respectively. As for the required equipment
The shortfall can be provided by Northeast China.
When the leaders of the party, government and military in various base areas who attended the meeting raised the need to carry out such large-scale industrial construction and where the currently scarce technical personnel would come from. The most critical thing is to carry out such large-scale industrial construction during the current war.
Where will the required funds come from.
Yang Zhen directly proposed that all technical personnel can be provided by the Northeast Bureau. This year and next will be the peak period for students studying in the Soviet Union to return to China, which can fully meet the current needs of construction in North China. We can think of ways to solve the problem of funds. If we tighten our belts, it should still be
You can squeeze out part of the start-up capital.
When Yang Zhen told about the number of science and engineering students studying in Jiangsu this year and next, and the number of talents cultivated by the Northeast base areas, the leaders of the major base areas were stunned. They looked at the youngest regional leader in front of them, and they all
Don't understand how they did it.
The environment in the Northeast did not begin to undergo fundamental changes until 2001, but it takes at least four years to train a college student. In other words, they had already made plans and targeted students to select foreign students before this. In such a tense war situation,
In a situation where there are still a lot of changeable factors in the future, they dare to send so many international students. This is not a big deal.
Looking at the dumbfounded expressions of the leaders of the major districts present, Yang Zhen smiled and said nothing. The technical force required to relocate a steel plant can still be obtained in the Beiman base area. If it is not possible to obtain such a little technical force
Coming out was a waste of all the hard work I had put in.
You must know that supporting so many international students to study is not a small burden. The Soviets have always been one-size-fits-all, and everything has to be calculated on money. The causes they planted back then should bear fruit now.
Here it comes. Back then, we tightened our belts, squeezed out funds from between our teeth, and sent a large number of international students to study in the Soviet Union. Now it’s time to reap the rewards.
In fact, regarding the industrial construction in North China convened by the central government, Yang Zhen knew very well that there were not that many talents actually needed. The reason is very simple. At present, there are only two areas that can build industry, especially heavy industry. One is the area between Pingjin and Hebei Shimen.
Along Pinghan Road in the north, an area north of Taiyuan and Chahar.
As for Shandong and the Lianghuai and Northern Jiangsu areas controlled by the New Fourth Army, it is currently impossible to carry out any industrial construction. This also determines that this industrial construction meeting will not be able to do much. Rather than carrying out large-scale industrial construction,
It would be more appropriate to formulate a more practical blueprint.
But at the moment, although the Shijingshan Steel Plant is being relocated and the new Xuanhua Steel Plant is being built, it seems that there are a lot of talents needed, but that is based on the premise that the original industrial and engineering technical talents in major base areas are in short supply. But if it is placed
Nationwide, the overall demand is not much.
The Pingjin area with a good industrial foundation, especially Tianjin and Tangshan, the two most important industrial cities in North China, originally had a part of the talent pool. As long as it is fully utilized, at least in the current plan, the additional talent needed is still