Chapter 1673: Iron and Steel Complex
Everything in Alaska, Japan obeys China's orders, and what Japan has is nothing in the face of China's miracle, and may not be applied in Japan itself, but Alaska is a completely new place, and if you build here, you can rely on new experience. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Japan has heard before that the Chinese are the best in the world in terms of labor capacity, whether it is production efficiency or the use of labor, in Alaska, everything is guided by China, almost relying on China, building a basic industry, looking closely, it is actually better than Japan's construction, not only more reasonable, but also more efficient.
In the past eight years, China's industrial layout has been formed, and the experience of building a city and a system in a short period of time is undoubtedly displayed here, and some experiences that can only be understood but not spoken have been used in Alaska, and China has reservations about Japan and has opened up, after all, for China, as long as Japan goes to the Americas and immigrates a certain amount, the contradictions between Japan and the United States are irreconcilable.
Americans can ignore Canada, Canada is a member of the British Commonwealth, in World War I, Britain was still the most powerful country in the world, had to give face, just like that, the United States is also in all aspects, restricting the development of Canada, Canada has developed to the present, even Australia is inferior, this is the reason, the natural conditions are only a small part, the key lies in the United States, the United States does not want to appear next to itself, a superpower.
Japan is different, Japan is a great power, its position in the world, above Canada, once Japan has a firm foothold in the Americas, the United States will have an eternal enemy, just like France, Russia and Germany in Europe, the geopolitical relationship makes them fight with each other endlessly, but Britain is isolated overseas, taking advantage of the contradictions between them and weakening them all the time.
If Japan is too weak and is driven into the sea by the United States all at once, this is not in line with China's interests, spending so much energy, not to send Japan to the end, and even to a certain extent, if Japan can win the United States, or even destroy the United States, it is in line with China's wishes, after all, what China lacks the most is time, even if Japan destroys the United States, it will take at least ten years to digest and absorb the Americas, this period of time is China's best development opportunity, and in the same state, China has reservations about Japan. Definitely faster than Japan.
China's support has given Japan a huge impetus, starting from infrastructure construction, especially cement and bricks, after the infrastructure construction of such things can be self-built, the construction speed has increased rapidly, after all, no matter how cheap things are, if they are completely by sea, they will come from thousands of miles away, and they will really occupy a lot of capacity, and the cost is huge, which is necessary in the initial stage, but in the long run, it needs to be self-produced.
Japan's arrival in Alaska has also brought great changes to Alaska, which was only a sparsely populated area with only a few precious metals developed in a barren land, rich but lacking popularity.
But now, it has signs of modernization, all kinds of minerals have been explored, and reclaimed by many Japanese, Alaska in addition to the basic construction industry, has a basic production capacity, especially now, the second batch of steel projects, successfully put into production, China for Alaska is preparing a 6.5 million tons of steel complex, but after the construction of this steel complex, his output has exceeded the original Japanese steel production several times, once this is completed, Japan will become, China, the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom are the world's fifth-largest steel-producing countries, and at a time when steel represented war potential and strength, this indicator fascinated the Japanese emperor and the top of the government.
Japan has developed for decades since the Meiji Restoration, but after all, it is a backward country, and at the beginning, it only relied on labor and light industry to earn a meager income, that is, with the support of Britain, it was able to exist in the forest of the world, and had the ability to produce warships and basic weapons.
On the eve of World War I, Japan's steel output was difficult to exceed 1 million tons, compared to the old China, much stronger, after all, there was only one Hanyang Iron Works in the old China, with an annual output of 80,000 tons of iron and 40,000 tons of steel, because of the loss of operation, has stopped much better, on this point, Japan's pursuit of heavy industry has been progressing, but unfortunately heavy industry can not be effective overnight, must be a long-term investment, but also need a lot of technology.
But times are changing, China already has the basis for large-scale production of steel, after eating some things from the Williams Laboratory, China's steel complex, gradually to bigger and stronger, 5 million tons, 10 million tons, and even on the eve of World War I, climbed to 100 million, China has been accustomed to more than 5 million tons of large steel base, casually taken out, is 6.5 million tons, but Japan has never thought of it.
This is equivalent to saying that a great leap forward has been given to Japan all of a sudden, after knowing China's intentions, they are fully supportive of this matter, asking for money for money, asking people to give people, Alaska's iron ore is not as well-known as zinc, lead, gold, silver, and coal, but a total reserve of 800 million tons of iron ore is still possible, which is enough to support at least a few decades of consumption, and there are many other world-class resources, but at the moment of war, steel is the most important, which means that Japan has the basic foundation to fight.
Such generous support for Japan, not to say that China is not bad for money, it is very good to Japan, in fact, China's intentions have always been there, relying on the one hand, if Japan wants to persist in the Americas, the necessary steel is a must, steel is the foundation of everything, without steel, there are no weapons, no artillery, no bullets, no shells, China cannot always support Japan so much, Japan's harvest from Alaska, there will always be a day when it is spent, without a basic production capacity and industry, it is impossible to confront the United States.
On the other hand, China has also begun to reduce production capacity, Australia's occupation, especially the Theo side, the huge iron ore was discovered, to a certain extent, gradually replaced China's iron ore, China's iron ore is wide and thin, to a certain extent, the same steel consumption, the Australian iron ore is transported to production, are cheaper than mining itself, in this case, the steel plant, gradually to the coast, along the river these convenient transportation, can dock the place of the transfer, Baiyun Obo Iron and Steel Group, This carries the foundation of the entire Chinese steel industry, and single-handedly feeds the entire huge steel industry in China, the group has also begun to slowly fall behind, and the cost remains high, which is about to be eliminated in the current China, plus Baiyun Obo is too close to Baotou, after adjustment, in addition to a small part of the rare earth development is still continuing, the remaining steel mills began to shrink in size, From the annual output of more than 130 million tons in the extreme era, it has gradually been reduced to between 2 million and 3 million, and the scale has been reduced to the extreme, so that a balance can be sought between comprehensive utilization and cost.
This time to support Japan, Baiyun Obo Iron and Steel Group is the main force, the first phase of the project, Baotou dismantled about 300,000 tons of production capacity, more than 300 tons of flat road, has made perfect protection, the first phase of the project, 300,000 tons of steel project, has been on December 23, 1916, before the arrival of Christmas, completed the production, they produce steel, mainly ordinary rebar and carbon steel, the quality can only be used for civilian use, these are enough to make Alaska to a certain extent, There is no longer a need for more steel for construction.
After the establishment of the first phase of the project, the next speed was significantly accelerated, on January 12, 1917, the second phase of the project, 960,000 tons of steel project was also completed and put into operation, only 20 days later than before, but in terms of scale, it was 4 times faster than before, and more than 1 million tons of steel at once, so that Japan felt dazzled, they heard that it was a total of 6.5 million tons, but the project did not land, always worried, but now, it is really a million tons of production capacity, looking at the roaring steelmaking furnace, And the steel that keeps coming out, the Japanese really believe it.
China is really different, China is casually supporting Japan, is such a huge steel industry base, then China's own, Japan only then knows that the gap between itself and China, not only in military thinking and weaponry, is all-round, when steel is regarded as a country's industrial strength, in Japan for military steel, when the navy and the army are constantly swinging, China already has enough steel, want to lean in that direction, leaning in that direction.
Since the Meiji Restoration, how many years has it taken for Japan to form the steel industry, only a few months, in another section of the distant Pacific Ocean, doubled, which makes Japan very excited, after knowing the history of China's Baiyun Obo, it is to see this Alaska steel group as the hope of Japan's rise in the future, hoping that this will become the seed of the Japanese steel industry, branching out.
In addition to the increase in the total amount of steel, the most important thing is that among the 960,000 tons, 100,000 tons of which are steel projects, which can make cannons, make guns of steel, such high-end steel, Japan has hardly ever had, in the past, Japan's cannons, either imported, or imported artillery steel to process, Japan once tried every possible way to get these technologies, but whether it is Britain and the United States, or Germany and Italy, they all cherish their own brooms, they do not have this strength in their own research, they have been troubled, I didn't expect, Now that it has been completely solved, China has given them equipment for a fee, and trained them to produce advanced steel, with these, Japan's strength in steel and heavy industry has taken a big step forward. (To be continued.) )