The Baotou Iron and Steel Plant is located near the Baiyun Obo mining area, and the section between the mining area and the steel plant has been built with railroad tracks, and the iron ore collected from the mining area directly from the railroad tracks directly to the furnace workshop of the steel plant. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, Zhang Cheng and his entourage came to Baotou Iron and Steel to inspect in full swing, and Comrade Wang Heshou, director of Baotou Iron and Steel Plant, introduced to Zhang Cheng the iron ore mining and production of Baotou Iron and Steel: "At present, our Baotou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. has been completed and put into operation, and the whole plant includes six large factories such as pig iron plant, Beise hemp steel plant, Shigang steel plant, rail factory, iron goods factory, wrought iron factory, and more than ten small factories such as machine factory, iron casting factory, iron making factory, fish fillet hook and nail factory, etc. The rails between the mine and our mill are now paved with the rails we produce. ”

Zhang Cheng was satisfied after listening to the introduction, and then asked: "What is the current monthly steel output of Baotou Steel?" "In the era of the Republic of China, steel means the country, and Zhang Cheng cannot afford not to pay attention to the steel output of Baotou Steel.

Wang Heshou proudly replied: "At present, our monthly output of Baotou Steel is 1,500 tons of pig iron and 200 tons of steel, as long as we maintain this rate of development, our steel output of Baotou Steel will be more than all the steel mills of the Kuomintang government combined." ”

This kind of steel production is just sprinkled for Zhang Cheng, a traverser, and any rural iron mill in later generations has completely destroyed the steel output of Baotou Steel, but compared to the steel output of contemporary China, it is indeed second to none.

However, China is now engaged in an all-round national war with Japan, such steel production Zhang Cheng is undoubtedly dissatisfied, he knocked on some complacent Baotou Iron and Steel cadres and said: "We should not be compared with the backward Kuomintang authorities, but with our number one enemy Japan, it is now the end of 1937, as far as I know, Japan's steel output this year has exceeded 7 million tons, and our China's annual steel output is only 50,000 tons, and Japan is more than 100 times different, our Baotou Steel development is still a long way to go!" ”

After Wang Heshou and other Baotou Iron and Steel cadres heard the figures reported by Zhang Cheng on Japan's annual steel output, they quickly put away the smug look on their faces and said to Zhang Cheng: "Please rest assured, the chief, we must guard against arrogance and rashness, expand steel output by a thousand times, and catch up with the steel output of small Japan." ”

Zhang Cheng nodded and said, "Okay!" If you have confidence, it is not a dream to catch up with Japan with the huge iron ore reserves contained in the Baiyun mining area, and I believe you can do it. ”

Wang Heshou and the cadres of Baotou Iron and Steel excitedly assured Zhang Cheng: "Please rest assured, we Baotou Steel guarantee to complete the production tasks issued by the central government and catch up with rice in a timely manner!" ”

After finishing the inspection of Baotou Iron and Steel, Zhang Cheng and his entourage went all the way west to inspect the situation in the Hetao Plain. Since occupying the Hetao Plain, Zhang Cheng has organized more than 50,000 militias to enter the Hetao to cultivate the land, and named these militias the Production and Construction Corps.

After nearly a year of pioneering and construction by the Production and Construction Corps, 200,000 mu of cultivated land has now been developed in the Hetao Plain, and in addition to the favorable wind and rain in recent years, the summer harvest and autumn harvest of the Hetao Plain this year have ushered in a bumper harvest, and the Production and Construction Corps has harvested a total of more than 100,000 tons of grain, and the Hetao Plain has since become the largest granary of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest region.

In addition, after the 77 Incident, a large number of refugees from North China entered the Hetao Plain, and almost each of these refugees was given 10 acres of land, and after obtaining the land, these refugees officially lived and worked in peace and contentment in the Hetao, which made the population on the Hetao Plain usher in explosive growth, and in less than half a year, 150,000 refugees have been resettled on the Hetao Plain.

After half a month of inspection, Zhang Cheng found that the resettlement of refugees was progressing well, the land of the Hetao Plain was very fertile, and the refugees who settled here cherished the 10 acres of land they were allotted very much, and stayed in the fields almost every day to wait for their crops, and were full of hope for their future life.

There is no harm without contrast. These refugees had been devastated by the brutal and inhumane Japanese army in North China, but their life in the base area was like paradise, and they profoundly understood the truth that only by following the Workers' and Peasants' Party could they have a good life.

Seeing that everywhere was a hot and thriving scene, Zhang Cheng's heart was full of joy, the living standards of the people in the base area are getting better and better, the situation of people dying of starvation has been extinct in the base area, and now every household has surplus grain, and this year the people can live a peaceful and peaceful New Year again.

However, the people outside the base areas are still in dire straits, especially the people in the occupied areas, who are simply screaming that the heavens should not be allowed and that the earth is not working, and they are in agony every day.

Zhang Cheng can only do nothing about this, although the Eighth Route Army is much stronger than the same period in history, but the overall strength is still under the Japanese and Kuomintang governments, and there is no strength to liberate the whole of China overnight, for the suffering suffered by the people in the occupied areas and the Kuomintang areas, he can only keep in mind the suffering, silently accumulate strength, and wait for the day when it will break out.

However, Zhang Cheng knew that although the people in the base area lived very well, they were not necessarily safe, and when Zhang Cheng led the instructor to the anti-Japanese battlefield in November, Baotou suffered from the repeated aggression of the Chahar Dispatch Corps into the 1st Brigade and the 11th Brigade, and the puppet Mongolian army also created friction on the border of the base area from time to time.

Although the Japanese invasion was repelled by Zhou Weiguo, Zhang Cheng understood that the Japanese army would soon make a comeback, especially the Japanese Kwantung Army stationed in the northeast, and it was the sword of Damocles hanging over Zhang Cheng's head all the time, which was also the fundamental reason why Zhang Cheng lowered his voice and reached an aid agreement with the Soviet Union as soon as possible.

After the approval of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, Zhang Cheng decided to recruit 50,000 soldiers, expand the instructor into a powerful corps with more than 100,000 soldiers, and coupled with the Soviet aid equipment that Zhang Cheng flickered from Zyuganov, Zhang Cheng was confident that he would repel the Japanese army's sweep and encirclement of the base area early next year.

However, repelling the sweep of the Japanese army did not satisfy Zhang Cheng, and he wanted to completely annihilate the Japanese troops who had invaded the base area, so after the recruits were in place, Zhang Cheng also planned to launch a vigorous large-scale reorganization training among the instructors and instructors of the whole army, strengthen the tactical training of the troops, and hope to greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Moreover, the Soviet aid equipment required by Zhang Cheng includes heavy artillery, aircraft, tanks, and armored vehicles, all of which are brand-new heavy weapons, and a group of technical arms need to be trained to control them well, and training is the most important thing.