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It can be said that the significance of these large number of machine tools purchased this time for the northwest is not only the improvement of industrial production capacity, but also the upgrading of the entire industry. Even in the mechanical processing industry, it will gradually go to the front of Japan.

"Now that the machinery is relatively complete, the key is that the output of steel will keep up. If we didn't have those industrial steels, we wouldn't be able to make good enough things, so Baotou must not be able to make any sense. Tibetan Yi and Jiang Li emphasized.

"As long as the production capacity of the arsenal can keep up, the Japanese army will not be able to defeat Baotou." Jiang Li said affirmatively, and due to the previous focus on the automobile industry and a large amount of investment, after this industrial expansion, the automobile industry in the northwest will completely go ahead of Japan. After all, in the previous cooperation with the Germans, Northwest and Mercedes have reached a strategic cooperation. In addition, a large number of machines from Ford were introduced. Compared to Japan, the starting point is much higher. The automobile industry is very important for a country's heavy industry, and it plays a vital role for self-propelled guns, tanks, and transport vehicles on the battlefield.

In the process of automobile production standardization, the parts produced by several automobile factories are strictly unified with standards, which makes the automobile maintenance and logistics in the northwest simplified a lot.

Once these machines are operational, the Northwest will produce a staggering 50,000 vehicles of all types a year. This will include more than 7,000 transport trucks and an annual production of about 14,000 motorcycles. This production is not just a quantitative display, but also represents the automotive industry in the Northwest. The mechanical processing industry is advancing by leaps and bounds. The various types of machine tools added this time are also mainly used in automobile manufacturing. The relevant employment population will also promote the rapid growth of the industrial population in the northwest.

With a solid foundation in the automotive industry. In order to lay the foundation for the northwest in tanks, the superiority of self-propelled artillery can always overpower the Japanese army, otherwise, even if there is a cutting-edge tank such as the Tomahawk, the short-term advantage achieved on the battlefield will soon be surpassed by Japan. Only the huge industrial chain here, coupled with the lead achieved in tank design in the early stage, can always maintain the suppression of the Japanese armored forces. Not only in terms of quality, but also in quantity. Even if the steel output in the northwest is only a few hundred thousand tons. It was only one-tenth of the strength of the Japanese army, but the Japanese army had to release a large amount of steel on shipbuilding, and in fact it was not capable of building a mechanized force like Europe and the United States. At this time, the steel production in the Northwest was basically released from automobiles, machining, and munitions manufacturing.

"Well, as long as there is a sufficient supply of iron ore, the northwest has the ability to refine it into steel, and now the northwest has been able to make its own blast furnace and open hearth, coke oven is not a problem, the railway in the south has also been paved to Chengdu, although the mining conditions of several iron mines there are not as good as Baotou. In addition, pyrite is mainly used, and refining is also troublesome. But the problems are solvable. It is not impossible to supply iron ore at both ends, and the steel output in the northwest will exceed one million tons next year. Tibetan Shiyi said with an excited face, "At that time, the chariot factory will be able to produce at full capacity." ”

"It's not enough to let the tank factory produce at full capacity, and one million tons of steel."

Jiang Li shook his head, compared with the military industry, civilian, and commercial steel actually have to occupy the lion's share, in order to ensure that the industrial development of the northwest during the war will not be greatly affected, and even develop at a faster speed under the stimulation of the war. The enemy in the northwest is not only Japan, but in the future it will inevitably stand in opposition to the Soviet Union, the behemoth of the north, on the issue of reclaiming Outer Mongolia. Therefore, even in the war years, time is also extremely precious for the northwest, and even if the atomic bomb research is successful, a nuclear weapon can only maintain the absolute superiority of the region at most, and cannot fundamentally make up for the huge industrial gap between the two countries.

"As long as there is iron ore and time, as much steel as the commander wants at that time, it can be upgraded." Gao Zhihang also smiled when he heard this. No matter how sharp the air force is, it still has to be strong enough to grab the ground.

"Lao Zang, since you are so confident now, I will set a goal with you, within five years, to increase the steel output in the northwest to no less than five million tons." Jiang Li said in a condensed voice.

"Five million tons? At that time, even if you use weapons to pile up, you can collapse the Japanese army. Feng Zhanhai exclaimed.

"The Japanese army is not the ultimate enemy of the Republic of China, we will recover the Northeast sooner or later, and sooner or later. Outer Mongolia will be recovered sooner or later, and if we want to recover Outer Mongolia in the future, the Soviet Union will not watch it, so defeating the Japanese army is not our end. If we don't take advantage of the opportunity of Germany dragging the Soviet Union in the past few years to become strong as quickly as possible, even if we defeat Japan in the future, we will only have to keep our voices down. Do you think that if it weren't for the Japanese Kwantung Army, which threatened the security of the Russian Far East, Lao Maozi would be so enthusiastic? Jiang Li smiled coldly.

"That's right, before the old Mao wanted to sell their garbage-like four-engine bombers to our northwest, but unfortunately the commander made a decision, so that their idea was frustrated, and it was really a good calculation to use our money to replace their garbage equipment. If it weren't for the commander who designated the Soviet model and sent a commissioner to inspect it, we would have suffered a big loss this time, even so, there are some old goods in it that are shoddy, but this is no way, who let us have a request now. ”

Gao Zhihang nodded and said, even in wartime, the arms sold by the Soviet Union were very boring. Although those are also four-shot bombers, they are completely in the sky and one underground in the same way as the four-engine Kunpeng produced by the Northwest itself. Bao Peng's improved version can already fly to an altitude of 10,000 meters, and its range is close to 3,000 kilometers. And those goods in the Soviet Union can only fly to an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, and if there are not enough fighters to cover them on the battlefield, they can only deliver food.

"Who said no, among the equipment that the Soviet Union wanted to sell, the garbage-like goods were not just those bombers, the more than 100 heavy guns that we mentioned last time, damn it, they just wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, I really thought we couldn't produce heavy artillery. THOSE GOODS ARE REALLY FIGHTING, AND THE FIRING RANGE IS NOT AS FAR AS THE JAPANESE 75MM MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY, NOT TO MENTION THE 75MM MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY AND FIELD ARTILLERY THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN SERVICE. IT'S SO HEAVY THAT WHEN IT REALLY CAME TO THE BATTLEFIELD, THOSE BULKY 120MM BIG GUYS ENCOUNTERED JAPAN'S 38-TYPE 75MM MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY, AND THEY WERE ALSO SENT TO DEATH. These old hairy people are really poor and crazy, and they treat us as uninformed Kaizi. If you have revenge, you will not revenge a gentleman, and if you have the opportunity in the future, you must return it. The Soviet Union provided so many cheap planes, if it weren't for the commander's defense, we would really have to suffer a lot of losses. (To be continued.) )