Having said this, Yang Zhen knocked on the armrest of the sofa next to him and said: "In addition to maintaining the troops and restoring the economy in the base area, the current main financial resources of the military region are to first feed the current production capacity of the Ministry of Military Industry, and to provide In the future, the industrial layout will import necessary equipment and equipment. After adding, subtracting, and subtracting, your Ministry of Military Industry will still have plenty of time to build these factories."
"There is no need to put these industries related to our future development in an environment that is not completely safe just to rush for time. These factories must be re-located. In addition to convenient transportation lines, we must also consider to safety factors and issues related to the origin of raw materials.”
"For the aircraft, automobile, and tank production plants, I think the location selection should be based on the area between Jiamusi and Harbin. It is more appropriate. This area is surrounded by one of the main coal producing areas in the base area and is rich in Songhua River. water resources, and at the same time there are railway connections between them.”
"The convenience of transportation and the utilization rate of resources are even better than Sun Wu. Moreover, there is Xiaoxinan Mountains to the north and the Songhua River to the south, which can serve as natural barriers. The most important thing is that it is located in the hinterland of the base area, both in terms of safety and confidentiality. They are much stronger than Sun Wu. In fact, if Qiqihar is not too close to the Japanese 23rd Division stationed on the line from Hailar to Manchuria, the surrounding area of Qiqihar would be more suitable."
"So I think what you should do now is not to rush into production, but to use Jiangbei's experience to speed up the progress of the infrastructure project after re-selecting the site as much as possible while ensuring quality. We should seize the time to train workers and ensure that our own workers can participate when installing and debugging equipment. The skilled workers I hired from the United States at a high salary are not to replace you in production."
After the words fell, Yang Zhen looked at Xiong Dazhen who was thoughtful after hearing his words, but the topic changed and he said: "Old Xiong, but there is one thing I want to make clear to you first. These equipments Although it is not urgently needed by the troops at present, it does not mean that it will not be urgently needed by the troops in the future."
"I can only give you two years for the construction of the three major manufacturing plants of aircraft, tanks, and automobiles, including the production of corresponding engines and various spare parts, as well as other non-ferrous metals, petroleum refining, etc., and these two years are still It must include the safety and debugging of equipment, which means that within four to three years at the latest, I want to see tanks, cars and aircraft made of our own steel."
"And in the past two years, while the construction of all factories must be completed, you must always be prepared to expand the scale of these factories. Before returning to the Northeast, I have completed discussions with the Northeast Bureau and the Military Region, and now I am entrusting the General Secretary The commander and chief of staff communicated with the Americans and prepared to introduce equipment for the construction of a large-scale machinery manufacturing enterprise and optical instrument factory on a cash basis."
Hearing the time limit set by Yang Zhen for himself, Xiong Dazhen couldn't help but said: "No. 1, this is impossible. A single steel plant can't do it in less than two years from the beginning of the overall design to the completion of the most basic infrastructure. This It is still necessary to ensure the supply of steel bars and cement required for infrastructure construction.”
"And this infrastructure is only the main frame of the factory and the installation of main equipment. The remaining ancillary equipment, such as the respective power plants required by several large factories, dedicated railway lines, separate water supply systems, and various other supporting facilities, even though As long as the supply of equipment is guaranteed, it will not be completed within three to five years."
"The construction of a large factory requires only half a year to decide on the location. A large factory is not a large farm. The choice of terrain and geology requires a little bit of investigation, especially the geological conditions of the site selection area, which requires more rigor. consideration.”
"No. 1, during the construction of the factory, there are no other problems to be afraid of. The most worrying thing is the geological problems in the site selection. Nothing can be seen on the surface of geology, because none of us know the situation underground, but If you don't consider it carefully and choose a location with geological defects, it will be the most damaging to a large factory."
"If there are geological problems in the area where the site is selected, and large-scale foundation settlement occurs after the factory is built, a large factory will face devastating damage. Such losses, not to mention that we are almost completely destitute, Even for any country, it is difficult to afford it."
"You only give us two years to complete all the procedures from infrastructure to equipment installation, debugging, and production. This is almost impossible. This does not include things that will definitely happen during construction that we did not expect. In this situation, No. 1, we cannot encourage growth, let alone make rash advances, otherwise we are likely to suffer greater losses when the time comes."
"You also know the situation in the Northeast. Even if there is no abnormal weather in a year, the time available for infrastructure construction is less than six months. So many factories are all opened at once, let alone the technical personnel on hand. Even the number of construction workers is insufficient.”
"Furthermore, factory construction does not mean finding a piece of flat land to build it. It also requires a lot of time to complete the design of the factory area and various production and ancillary facilities. It is only the excavation and laying of heating and water supply pipelines, and detailed drawings are required. Otherwise, we will need less than half a year."
"No. 1, even if the quantity and quality of cement, steel bars, and other required construction materials are guaranteed on time, according to our current situation, if we do not try to use the original completed infrastructure of the Japanese army, we will not be able to It is impossible to build so many factories at once within two years."
"No. 1, I hope you will consider it carefully. Although we cannot say that we strive for stability in our industrialization construction, we cannot make rash advances. It is a century-old plan and quality is the basis. We cannot just look at the progress without paying attention to the quality. Attention, our decisions must not only conform to our current situation, but also conform to scientific laws."
Regarding Xiong Dazhen's reaction, Yang Zhen did not feel any surprise. Xiong Dazhen's fierce request to complete the construction and put into operation of several large-scale factories in two years under the condition of re-selection of sites. Yang Zhen was even less angry when he objected.
Moreover, Yang Zhen understands that what Xiong Dazhen said is correct. The construction of large-scale factories cannot be completed overnight, nor is it an extremely complicated process from the design of the entire factory to the site selection. In particular, site selection requires more than just Consider transportation, raw material supply, water and electricity and other aspects, as well as local geological conditions.
But for this matter, Yang Zhen seemed confident and said: "Old Xiong, when we purchased the American steel plant, the bankrupt steel plant in the United States transferred all its information to us, including Including all the design drawings they had when they first built the factory.”
"In other words, your factory design can basically be eliminated. In this way, we can save half a year to a year. As for the site selection and exploration, this issue is a relatively tricky matter. But don’t you already have certain sites for steel, metallurgy and petroleum refining?”
"Now only the aircraft, car and tank production plants have not yet been resolved. In this way, we seized a large amount of geological survey data conducted by the Japanese Kwantung Army in Harbin in order to develop the resources of Northern Manchuria. All of them will be transferred to you. Find them here I think what you want is not difficult."
"No matter what the Japanese are like, whether they are humans or animals, there is one thing that we Chinese people should admire and learn from. That is the level of detail in their work and their professionalism are far beyond what we can compare with. With this detailed information, you can save a lot of geological survey time."
"Old Xiong, although the underground resources in the Northeast are extremely rich, the actual geological structure is not complicated, and the North Manchuria region is not located on any geological fault zone. As long as our factories are not located in coal mining areas and Above the oil mining areas, there is no problem."
"Factories that produce cars, tanks and aircraft are different from steelmaking, non-ferrous metal smelting and petrochemical industries. The geological requirements for factory building construction are not too high. Of course, we cannot act hastily, but we do not need to be too nervous. , compared to the northwest and southwest, the geological structure in the northeast is much better."
"And Lao Xiong, when we choose the sites for these factories, we should try to be as close as possible to the periphery of the city and not in the ravines. The basic geological structure of these cities is still quite good. Although the site is located near the city, it is not It’s too conducive to confidentiality and air defense.”
"But on the one hand, these cities have a certain talent base, and they are also conducive to workers' study and life. On the other hand, the construction of these factories can alleviate the current employment pressure in the cities. The most fundamental thing is that no matter how old these cities are, they , but one thing is that there is absolutely no geological problem, otherwise these cities would have had problems a long time ago, and our ancestors were not that stupid."
"By looking for places around cities, we can save a lot of time in geological survey, and we can also effectively use the advantages of these towns themselves. Although it is wartime and we are facing the pressure of air defense, there is no need for us to move all the factories. Since everything is built in a ravine, is it possible to choose a shallow mountainous area near the town?"
"In this way, we can save the two links of survey and design. By omitting these two links, we can save almost a whole year. For the remaining two years, we can use it as long as the climate permits. Next, we will go all out to carry out infrastructure construction, including the installation of heating equipment. In winter, when infrastructure construction cannot be carried out, we will carry out equipment installation and debugging."
"We can even install equipment in a simple wooden shed first, and then build infrastructure around the installed equipment. There is plenty of wood in the Northeast, and it is not a waste if we do this. I have already discussed this matter with you.