Low 456 Chapter Talks (5)

It was late at night, and Zhou Tiecheng was still writing the desk in the living room, and he wrote everything he saw and heard in Chahar.

"To the Party Central Committee and Comrade Gu Yue, what I have seen and heard in Chahar in recent times is very different from that in the area ruled by the Congress Party. Since our party's forces in Chahar are very weak, and Chahar's counter-reconnaissance forces are very strong, we don't know much about them. From my visits and surveys in the past few days, it can be seen that the ranks of the working class here are very large, at least in the millions, but the Duchahar government has co-opted the past with high welfare and minimum wage guarantees, and the stable life and welfare of the workers have made their support for the government very high, and it will be more difficult for us to carry out our work here than ever before......

After writing a paragraph, Zhou Tiecheng put down the pen and stretched, walked on the balcony for a while before returning to his desk and sat down to continue to pick up the pen: "As for General Su Tong, the chairman of the Chahar government, it seems to me that it is a mystery, and our organization has also checked his situation, but found that his information before 1935 was blank. And his talent is extraordinary, judging from the several books he wrote, it is not an exaggeration to call him a scholar of both China and the West. ”

In this book, he emphatically pointed out that only by attaching importance to education, improving the quality of its people, being good at learning from the experience of other countries, arousing the enthusiasm of the people, striving to promote economic development, and constantly improving the people's living standards, can China truly realize the dream of building a strong country. I think this point is very reasonable, and his program for the Ba'ath Party is also very interesting, because the Ba'ath Party points out that it represents the requirements for the development of China's advanced productive forces, the direction of progress of the advanced culture, and the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people. I think this is similar to the purpose of our Party......"

When Zhou Tiecheng put down the pen and looked at the stack of manuscript paper on the table and stretched his waist, he found that the sky was already bright, and it turned out that he had been writing all night unconsciously.

There was a knock at the door of "Tuk Tuk", and Zhou Tiecheng saw that it was the guard Xiao Zhang who walked in with a hot water bottle. He looked at the manuscript paper on the table and the tired Zhou Tiecheng and said distressedly: "Chief, you haven't slept all night. Don't forget that we will visit their industrial area at noon! ”

Zhou Tiecheng smiled, "Oh, Xiao Zhang, you see that I have forgotten the time when I write." I'll sleep for now, and you'll call me again at noon, and we'll go visit their industrial area together. ”

At noon, accompanied by Su Tong, Zhou Tiecheng and others visited several factories in the industrial zone. The first thing they visited was a large car factory, "which is our third car manufacturing plant and one of our largest manufacturing plants, which specializes in the production of all kinds of heavy-duty trucks and trucks. The vehicles produced are mainly for the use of the troops, and it is also the main manufacturer of our military vehicles; when it was first put into production, it could only produce 1.5 tons of small trucks, but after a large-scale expansion on the original basis, it now produces two main trucks, 2.5 tons and 5 tons, of which the maximum production is a 5-ton truck. ”

Li Shuyi, the director of the third automobile factory, briefly introduced the situation of the factory to Zhou Tiecheng on the side, Zhou Tiecheng was stunned by the scene here when they entered the factory, it turned out that the factory he saw when he studied in France in his early years was nothing more than that, the scale of the factory building and supporting factories was beyond their expectations, and it took half an hour from the car entering the factory to the factory to arrive at the plant to be visited. "We pursue a centralized factory system, in order to expand the scale of production, improve efficiency, we set up all factories in this generation, so that the efficiency of our production will be greatly enhanced. But it also increased the risk, and if the Japanese planes came to bomb us, it would be easy to kill us. ”

Wang Qiang asked puzzledly, "Then why not disperse them, at least this risk is smaller, as the saying goes, don't put your eggs in one basket, what a pity if such a good factory is destroyed!" Su Tong smiled, "Those engineers also persuaded me to do the same at the beginning, and some experts said that it would take a year to build these factories at the earliest, but it would take less than an hour to destroy them." But in the end, I was dictatorial and decided to build the factory here. Because if I spread out all the factories, the efficiency of production will be unbearable. ”

Looking at the faint smile on Su Tong's face, Zhou Tiecheng knew that it was a sign of extreme self-confidence, which showed that he had absolute confidence in his Air Force's prevention and control system.

Looking at the confident smile on Su Tong's face and the playful smile on the face of Director Li next to him, Zhou Tiecheng's heart moved, the lord in front of him didn't seem to be an arrogant person, how could he make such an obvious mistake? Then he smiled and said, "General Su, you are too few friends, and you are still hiding it now." ”

After listening to Zhou Tiecheng's words, Su Tong laughed and said, "It is said that Mr. Zhou is very clever, and he really deserves his reputation." With Su Tong's explanation, Zhou Tiecheng and the four of them understood that the important production workshops of the factory here were originally built underground or in the mountains, and the current aviation bombshells could not be directly destroyed, and the defense work of the anti-aircraft artillery fire around here could also ensure the safety of the place, and there was an airport nearby stationed a flying regiment, the main task was to defend the industrial area from the threat from the air, if the factory still could not be saved, it would only be to blame our bad lives.

Zhou Tiecheng nodded, that's right! In order to survive in the brutal war environment, it is necessary to have superior means, otherwise the person in front of him will not be so relieved to concentrate the industrial area in one place.

"And what is your maximum annual production?" Wang Qiang on the side couldn't help but ask.

After hearing this question, Li Shuyi was stunned for a moment and looked up at Su Tong in front of him, and only replied after seeing Su Tong bowing slightly: "The current annual production capacity of our factory is about 40,000 trucks for the time being. However, this number is not fixed, it can only be determined according to the order placed by the army, and all this number will fluctuate with the order. ”

Wang Qiang couldn't help but roll his eyes secretly after hearing this, what is said is equivalent to not saying it, what is about 40,000 vehicles temporarily, and it is still floating up and down, isn't this fooling people? You're going to die if you give an accurate number!

When Li Shuyi answered the question, Zhou Tiecheng was also listening carefully, lest he miss a word, and finally when it came to the output, he was still surprised, although this number is not exact, but it also shows a rough idea from here. That is, Chahar is already far ahead of Asian countries in the truck manufacturing industry, and even the Japanese are not comparable to them. At that time, Japan's automobile manufacturing industry was also relatively backward, and the main producers of automobiles were Ford and General Motors, two automobile companies established by the United States in Japan, and the output of the two companies was only more than 20,000 vehicles in the early thirties, and only 40,000 in the late thirties.

Then Zhou Tiecheng and they looked at the factory's parts assembly line processing, all the processes of a part are completed on a production line, each worker is only responsible for the processing of one process, and each process must go through strict inspection, eliminate defective products. After several rigorous machining cycles, these parts become standard parts for the car and are delivered directly to the corresponding assembly shop. Finally, watching these assembled cars come down from the production line one by one, Zhou Tiecheng and the three people around him were full of curiosity and amazement.

Su Tong explained in detail on the side: "This is assembly line production, the assembly line originated in 1913 from the Ford Motor Company in the United States, and his biggest advantage is that he can subdivide each process. For example, a part generally has more than a dozen or twenty processes, and we can maximize production efficiency by subdividing these processes into each person. For example, there are 20 workers in this group, if each of them makes a part alone, each person can make up to one part a day, but if it is subdivided into processes, they can make hundreds, or even thousands of finished products a day, and the labor efficiency is greatly improved. ”

Wang Qiang: They feel like they are like Grandma Liu who has entered the Grand View Garden, and they don't say they see this kind of assembly operation on weekdays, and they don't even hear it.

"What an eye-opener, what an eye-opener!" Zhou Tiecheng praised from the bottom of his heart, "General Su was able to build such a large factory from scratch in Chahar, it is really amazing, amazing!" ”

Su Tong smiled faintly, and said in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that his buddy had ordered Niu Ben to directly build so many machine tools and production lines from the moon base, Chahar would be dreaming if he wanted to build such an industrial base in just three years.

Then they went to the aircraft factory and the tank factory, and saw the workers casting huge turrets out of boiling molten iron, which were then cut by the machines and installed on the tank grounds. Workers skillfully assemble the barrels, engines, and various parts inside. After going through one process after another, such a formidable murder weapon was completed.

"General Su, is this the 'Northwest Tiger' tank equipped with your army?" Looking at the mighty tank, Zhou Tiecheng couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and asked.

"Yes!" Su Tong nodded, "This 'Northwest Tiger' tank has the best performance in the world. We were able to go head-to-head with the Russians in Siberia, and they made a great contribution. ”

Speaking of this, Su Tong found that Wang Qiang and the others were slightly discolored, and couldn't help but smile and said: "We don't talk about doctrine today, only about the country, Minister Wang, you don't have to be so serious." ”

On the contrary, Zhou Tiecheng's face was as usual, "General Su is reasonable, we only brought our ears and eyes here today, we can only see and listen, but we can't speak!" But General Su, did you take us to see the artillery factory? ”

Su Tong snorted and laughed, "Mr. Zhou, you want to see all my family!" ”

Zhou Tiecheng also smiled: "No way, our ancestors have already said that good things are done in the end, you can't just let me see half of it when you invite me to visit, right?" ”

In the afternoon, Su Tong and his party came to the artillery factory, and as soon as they entered the door of the workshop, they heard a dull sound coming, and there was a faint feeling of vibration on their feet. After the group entered the workshop, they found that a tall hydraulic press was constantly beating the workbench, and under its hammering, a bright shell shell kept coming from the conveyor belt of the workbench. The workers next to them carefully check whether there are defective products or scrap products, and if there are any, they will be put aside and re-cast.

"This big guy is amazing!" Wang Qiang on the side couldn't help but marvel when he saw that the originally hard metal was easily pressed into shells like a ball of dough under the squeeze of that huge machine.

Su Tong explained: "This is a 5,000-ton hydraulic press, and we use it to make shells, barrels and many other things. ”

After a while, when they entered the shell assembly space, Wang Qiang watched the shells made by the workers there being sent away from the conveyor belt like flowing water, and his heart couldn't help but feel sour. Their soldiers don't even have enough rifles to have their hands, and the artillery company has to get the regiment commander's approval to fire a mortar shell.

Zhou Tiecheng's heart was also uncomfortable at this time, at this time he couldn't help but think of a passage written by Su Tong in the book "The Rise of a Great Power": War is about comprehensive national strength, fighting for their respective industrial levels, and fighting for steel, and finally the book used the sentence "steel is the country" to make a small summary, and now it makes sense.

After returning in the evening, Zhou Tiecheng remembered the situation of visiting Chahar during this time, and felt a lot, and he couldn't sleep in bed. He was shocked by the level of industry and agriculture displayed by Chahar, and Zhou Tiecheng believed that this was definitely only the tip of the iceberg of their strength, and there were many more things hidden by them in a fog.

Su Tong invited them to watch the military industrial zone and factory, firstly, to show their sincerity to themselves, and secondly, it was also the meaning of demonstration, they were not afraid of the leakage of strength, but to show their industrial strength openly, which is also a kind of self-confidence, and they did it very fairly, and they did not disdain to play with some small means. Because when the strength of one side is higher than that of the opponent to a certain extent, those small means and conspiracies have been reduced to a supporting role, and it doesn't matter whether they are used or not.

In the cave in northern Shaanxi, a group of people were circulating a stack of thick telegrams that had just been sent, and a tall middle-aged man led by him pressed the cigarette butt in his hand on the sole of his shoe and wiped it twice, extinguished it and then slowly asked: "This is the telegram that Comrade Tie Cheng just sent from Chahar, everyone has read it, now let's talk about their opinions!" Mr. Zhu, let's talk about it first! ”

An honest-looking old man who was named smiled faintly, "Chairman, judging from this telegram, I can only say that the future is terrifying." The fact that he was able to establish such a foundation in Chahar in just over three years shows that this man has extraordinary abilities, and for such a person, such a force that shows goodwill to us, we should also show our own goodwill. ”

At this time, a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar with glasses frowned, "But judging from Comrade Tie Cheng's telegram, the programs of these political parties have a tendency to follow the centrists, and their ideas are quite different from ours. Is it reassuring to work with someone like that? ”

Faced with the middle-aged man's question, someone next to him put forward a different opinion: "I don't think it's okay, it seems that this General Su pursues pragmatism." Why do we SWPs want to make a revolution, isn't it for the sake of giving the people a good life, as long as we can achieve our goals, is it really so important? ”

"Also, you see, Comrade Tie Cheng said in his telegram that Chahar's industry is now extremely developed, and the number of workers in Chahar is at least several million, but they have used more moderate methods to minimize the exploitation of the workers by the capitalists. For example, the adoption of minimum wage guarantees, pension insurance, the establishment of trade unions, unemployment benefits, the reduction or exemption of large taxes on peasants, and even the establishment of a special "Labor Law" to protect the interests of workers and peasants have been carried out by this hand. ”

Gu Yue lit another cigarette and said slowly, "I don't think it matters, we can allow different opinions to exist, and we are not engaged in a single word, why can't we tolerate different opinions?" I think that General Su has a sentence that speaks very well, seek common ground while reserving differences! Now we all have a common goal, that is, to make our voice heard at the National Convention in September, but the voice of our party alone is too small for people to hear, so what should we do? ”

Gu Yue said humorously: "Since a person's voice is too small for people to hear, then let's pull others to shout together." They can't hear one person's voice, so they should hear a group of people speaking together! ”

"Hahaha," the attendees laughed.

Mr. Zhu smiled and said: "What the chairman said is very reasonable, since Chairman Jiang looks down on us mud legs who come out of the ravines, then he should be able to hear the voice of General Su in Chahar!" ”

"Okay, let's call Comrade Tie Cheng and agree to sign that agreement."

After some agreement, Zhou Tiecheng of Chahar finally sent a telegram and agreed to the agreement that seemed to be fair.......