"What are you happy about? I think the steel is out, I'm afraid it's still the kind of scrap iron that can't be put on the table, right? ”

Chen Tianmin was already on fire, and the big bear's words undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, almost rolling him on the ground without giving him anger, and he countered with a crooked nose and a slanted mouth.

"What scrap metal, that's good steel!"

Shi Mingyu glared at him and said: "Engineer Pan and those technicians have said that after the method you said has transformed the blast furnace, the first furnace has successfully produced good steel, and the second furnace has slightly transformed the process, and the quality of steel has been greatly improved, and now the steel, whether it is used to build fortresses or houses, there is no problem at all, and they also said that as long as they are given another month or two, even if it is refined into steel for the direct production of weapons, there is no problem at all......

"Can you produce steel that can make weapons? Did I hear me right? ”

Chen Tianmin exclaimed, the soldiers present here don't understand the meaning of this sentence very well, but Chen Tianmin is clear, there are not no arsenals in China now, but because the quality of steel cannot be improved, the output of all arsenals has not been high.

Take the most famous Hanyang Arsenal of all arsenals as an example, the domestic army is widely equipped with Hanyang-made, 79 rifles, all of which are manufactured by the Hanyang Arsenal, and its annual output is only more than 40,000 pieces!

The reason why the production is so low is that on the one hand, the war situation is changing too quickly, and the continuous relocation of the arsenal is caused, and the main reason is that the supply of high-quality steel exceeds the demand, and at the same time, the range and availability of the 79 rifle are slightly inferior to the Japanese army's 38 big covers, and it is also because of the quality of the steel, so that the guns are limited.

If Trojan County can mass-produce high-quality steel, it will definitely have a great impact on the domestic war situation!

Now the front-line troops are defeated again and again, which has a huge relationship with the low morale of the army and the insufficient military literacy of the soldiers, but at the same time, the inferior equipment is definitely a reason that cannot be ignored!

Not to mention the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army under the leadership of the Communist Party, as well as the world-famous Sichuan Army troops that are not loved by their fathers and mothers, let's just say that there are still a large number of soldiers in the current departments, and the guns used by the soldiers are old-fashioned Hanyang-made singles, and the lack of heavy artillery fire and machine guns is a common phenomenon.

If a large number of high-quality steel had been produced and guns had been assembled into the troops, it is conceivable that the situation of the Sino-Japanese War would have been rewritten in a very short time!

"You heard it right, the steel we refine is the steel that can be used to make guns!"

Shi Mingyu shouted at Chen Tianmin: "And it was our head of the regiment who came up with the idea and raised the temperature in the furnace to solve the refining difficulties that had been unsolvable before, and only then did we refine the good steel ......."

"It's not all my credit, I'm just a blind cat and a dead mouse!" Lu Yuan smiled modestly, but he couldn't hide that smug look.

"Don't be modest, Commander, we were all in front of us at the time, this is a fact!"

Wang Ma Pole Big Dog Bear yelled triumphantly at Chen Tianmin: "Don't be unconvinced, people have the ability to do it, not bragging, just like our head - I look at you, there is only the ability to brag about it......"

Everyone laughed, Chen Tianmin's face was bruised, and he didn't say a word for a long time, and the back of turning around and walking towards the fighter plane looked particularly desolate.

"Don't talk about it, let's go to the steel mill!"

Lu Yuan couldn't take care of Chen Tianmin's mood at the moment, and led everyone to go towards the steel mill quickly.

At the same time, the scene outside the cement plant of the steel plant was still in full swing, with workers busy and dust everywhere.

The only difference from the situation when Lu Yuan came to inspect the work before was that all the workers wore masks, and for this matter, Lei Ming and other people from the Eighth Route Army complained to the people in the mine, looking like they were in a lot of pain.

On the coal mine near the two factories, a group of dozens of people walked in through the sentry under the leadership of Han Xiaolei's thunder, and two of the blond and blue-eyed foreigners attracted the attention of many people, but it was obvious that they were surrounded by people in the center, and the man who was not tall but had an extraordinary bearing was the core member of everyone.

"Hello Chief!"

As soon as they saw this group, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army working in the coal mine and some people in the liberated areas hurriedly ran over to salute and say hello, and it was obvious that they all knew this group, especially this political commissar Deng who was not tall but had a brilliant record.

"Hello everyone!"

Political Commissar Deng greeted everyone with a smile and said, "It's all hard work, leave me alone, you continue to work, let's take a look at the ......"

"It's not hard, political commissar, you're hard!"

The soldiers of the Eighth Route and the people laughed and said, the number of people who were still so humble and admired for such a big official as Political Commissar Deng not only did not decrease, but gathered more and more.

"Compared with Yan'an, it is like another world, it is hard to imagine that behind the Japanese army, the Communists and the legendary commander Lu Yuan actually built such a large base here, and also built a factory, and it seems that it is quite large-scale......"

Snow and Agnes were writing quickly, and after a while, they stopped writing and asked, "Commander Lei, may I ask who led the construction of this coal mine, steel mill and cement factory, is it you communists or Captain Lu?" ”

"It's a partnership between our Eighth Route Army and the Sichuan Army Independent Regiment!" Lei Ming laughed dryly and said thickly, not even red.

"Okay, Captain Lei, we communists, we have to tell the truth!"

Political Commissar Deng smiled and said: "The coal mines and factories here are indeed operated by our Eighth Route Army and the head of the road, but most of the funds, as well as the technical personnel, are raised by the head of the road, and our Eighth Route Army mainly uses manpower as a shareholder, and at the same time protects the security of the surrounding area - you know, no matter how good the factory is, if it can't guarantee its safety, it is simply a gift to the Japanese army......"

This sentence is very level, not only did not shy away from the construction of the two factories in the middle of Lu Yuan and his independent regiment of the Sichuan Army, but also vaguely pointed out that the role played by the Eighth Route Army in it could not be replaced, without either of the two sides, these factories could not exist.

"Got it!"

Snow and Agnes nodded, and began to record quickly in their notebooks again.

Political Commissar Deng led everyone forward, while asking about the production situation of the mine, as well as the quality of coal, living conditions, etc., one by one, and especially praised everyone for wearing masks to work, and when he knew that it was Lu Yuan who specially proposed it, he gave a fierce thumbs up and said: "Commander Lu not only fights bravely and commands well, but also cares so much about the safety of ordinary people, this kind of soldier is really a well-deserved ......model."