Seven hundred and thirtieth chapters: Tianchao becomes a thoroughfare
But this is just like the "big third-line construction" in history, which inevitably slows down the economic and industrial growth rates. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the data is not so good. According to Hu Weidong's estimate, this work
If it is to be basically completed, it will have to be at the end of 1943 at the earliest. By then, China will be able to fully engage in industry with peace of mind and no longer need to be dissatisfied because of the lessons of 1941.
Despite this, China's economic construction still made considerable achievements in 1942. In terms of agriculture, although the crucial Central Plains region experienced a large-scale reduction in production, due to the initial completion of farmland water conservancy infrastructure in more and more areas, this year
Nationally speaking, China's natural disasters were not particularly serious. Coupled with the continued increase in the production and wider application of chemical fertilizers, the country's total grain output in 1942 was still slightly higher than the previous year.
As a result, the difficulties in the Central Plains region were not so much a lack of food as a lack of transportation capacity. Therefore, the Chinese government has since paid more and more attention to transportation construction. In addition to the railways and trunk roads that were vigorously built with the government as the main investor, in order to fully mobilize private power
The "Road to Every Village" movement launched has also begun to be carried out in full swing across the country. The slogan "If you want to get rich, build roads first." has become a household name in a short period of time.
Compared with roads, the progress of China's bridge construction in 1942 was even more obvious to all. In this year, the first bridge connecting the north and the south finally appeared on the main stream of the Yangtze River - the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge. The Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge is 100 meters long. The main bridge is
railway
It is a double-layer steel-wood structure beam bridge for both highway and highway purposes. The upper layer is a highway bridge and the lower layer is a double-track railway bridge. The bridge body has eight piers and nine holes, each hole has a span of 128 meters. A giant ship of 10,000 tons can pass under the bridge. The eight piers
Except for the seventh pier, all others adopt "large pipe"
"Pillar drilling method" is a new construction method pioneered by our country's bridge workers. It embodies the ingenuity and exquisite craftsmanship of our country's bridge workers. Its life expectancy of more than 100 years and its capacity are enough to withstand the safe passage of multiple rows of medium-sized tanks.
solid
, which also shows that the reputation of the Chinese Engineering Corps is not for nothing. The world's major powers were also shocked to discover that unknowingly, a country that they thought was still very poor and backward actually had world-class engineering construction.
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After the completion of this bridge, it connected the three towns of Wuhan into one, which greatly promoted the development of Wuhan. From a national macro perspective, the completion of the bridge connected the Pinghan Line and the Guangdong-Han Line, making the north and south of the Yangtze River
Railway transportation has become smoother. Wuhan City, known as the "thoroughway of nine provinces", has thus become one of the most important railway hubs in the country. After the bridge was opened to traffic, the social and economic
The economic benefits are huge. The freight saved in the first few years alone exceeded the cost of the entire project. With the continuous development of the national economy, the throughput of the bridge will continue to increase, and the direct and indirect economic benefits are countless. It is no wonder that the great man
After hearing the good news that the bridge was open to traffic, I became so poetic that I wrote a famous line on the spot: "A bridge flies to the north and south, and a chasm becomes a road."
Although due to national defense and security considerations, the new Chinese government did not focus on coastal areas with superior conditions for industrialization in its first five-year plan. However, in order to strengthen coastal defense and due to the large number of shipbuilding orders placed by the Japanese government, the central government
The construction plan of "six major shipbuilding bases" and "ten major seaports" has been formulated. In addition to the original
In addition to Qingdao, Shanghai and Dalian (Lushun has been merged into Dalian in the new administrative division), Tianjin, Guangzhou and Singapore have also begun to vigorously expand ports and shipyards, but these three ports are not currently responsible for the construction of military ships.
(Although they all have naval bases), after all, the strength of the Chinese navy is still very limited, so it is necessary to be cautious.
In addition to the six shipbuilding bases, there are four cities that have been developed purely as seaports, namely Lianyungang, Saigon, Bangkok and Yangon. One of them is particularly worth mentioning in the "Second Eurasia" that has now been connected.
Lianyungang at the east end of the "Bridge". In order to make full use of overseas high-quality iron ore to develop the steel industry, Hu Weidong once proposed to build a large port in a relatively large coastal area.
A large port city will build a large-scale steel plant with the world's advanced level. Among the ten major ports, there is the Xuzhou Coal Mine not far to the west of Lianyungang, which can greatly save coke transportation capacity, and Xuzhou is also an important railway transportation hub and land transportation.
The convenience is not to mention. In addition, Lianyungang has a small population, so the pollution hazards caused by the steel plant are relatively light.
After comprehensively considering these factors, the central government finally decided to build Asia's largest steel enterprise in Lianyungang. The designed production capacity of the first phase of the project is 3 million tons of crude steel. When it is fully completed in more than ten years, it can exceed 15 million tons.
Although the production capacity is astonishing, since the grade of rich iron ore imported from overseas is much higher than that of domestic poor iron ore, the smelting is less difficult and the cost is low. Coupled with the convenient transportation and saved freight, the investment in Lianyungang Steel Plant is actually higher than the current investment.
The Panzhihua Steel Plant under construction is even lower
Some, although the latter's designed production capacity is only a quarter of it (of course, Panzhihua Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. also has to undertake the smelting tasks of rare metals such as vanadium and titanium, so it cannot be regarded as a pure steel plant. Similarly, there is Baotou Iron and Steel Plant.
.), so it will not bring much burden to the central finance.
After the completion of the first phase of the project, it is expected to account for 30% of the country's total steel production at that time. Although it is not low, it will not cause excessive dependence. Even if Japan loses Australia, or even Indonesia's iron ore causes it to be completely cut off from overseas.
The source of iron ore, China’s industrial system remains
Can operate normally (temporarily switching to domestic iron ore can produce at least 13% of the output. If other steel companies try to increase production, although there will still be losses, they can be reduced to a level that China can bear.), yes
It is said to achieve a balance between economy and safety.[
Although air transport is far less significant to the economy than sea transport and land transport due to higher costs, airports are of great significance to national defense, and no matter how good the airplane is, it will not work without an airport. Therefore, in the first five-year plan, the central government provided
All provinces and cities across the country have issued orders requiring each province to build at least one
It is a large regular airport that can meet the take-off and landing needs of -3 passenger aircraft. These airports are usually used for civilian purposes. Once war breaks out, they can be immediately converted to military use. Each airport can accommodate at least two to three hundred fighter jets and light bombers. For the current only
For the Chinese Air Force, which has several thousand aircraft, this is completely sufficient.