Chapter 402: Kazakh Steel Base
Although only 35 years old, Ho Chi Minh is probably the most influential person in all of Vietnam. **Free book TXT e-book download**
After failing to make Jiāo's famous Eight Demands to delegations at the Paris Peace Conference, Ho Chi Minh printed them in leaflets, distributed them widely, and mailed them back to Vietnam. Since then, Nguyen Aiguo's name has become a patriotic banner in Vietnam.
Yan Guanghui sent Ho Chi Minh into Vietnam, and the National Socialist Party and local armed resistance groups led by him also had this in mind.
And so far, it seems that Ho Chi Minh is doing a good job.
Since the expansion of influence in the Indochina Peninsula is one of the more important matters of the national social government in recent times, Yan Guang and Xu Shichang spent a lot of time discussing this issue.
Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, Yan Guang and Xu Shichang were talking and laughing on the rostrum.
It was at this time that the sky finally darkened.
"President, the time has come."
Leaning into Yan Guang's ear, Yue Chang said softly.
"Oh? Is the time up? ”
After looking at Tian Sè and looking at his watch, Yan Guang said suddenly.
At this time, the host was already standing in front of the microphone and saying something.
It didn't take long for a round of applause and cheers to sound under the stands, and at this time Yan Guang understood that it was time to play himself.
After receiving the speech handed over by Yue Chang, Yan Guang stood in front of the microphone and coughed lightly.
“……… Today..............."
According to the speech provided by officials of the presidential office, Yan Guang came to an extremely bland speech. Well, in fact, Yan Guang also wanted to improvise, just like Hitler to give a jī moving speech, but unfortunately he didn't have the ability, so in the end it was the only way.
Fortunately, in this era, actual performance is more important than empty words, so the reaction of the audience below was also very enthusiastic.
“……… That's it..."
After a few minutes of speech, Yan Guang pressed the button next to him.
At this time, it was already dark, but when Yan Guang pressed the button next to him, the building towering behind him was like a bright light, and the light it emitted illuminated the space around the building.
In particular, the dozens of searchlights at the top, middle and bottom of the building illuminate the surrounding space as bright as a white night―――――― these searchlights are necessary, because the Empire State Building in New York in another time and space in history was hit by planes, that is, on July 28, 1945, when a B25 bomber lost its way in the fog and hit the 79th floor in the north of the building at a speed of 320 kilometers per hour. After shaking a few times, the building did not fall, but the fire spread from the 79th floor to the 86th floor, killing 13 people and injuring 26 others. It took $1 million to restore the building.
And the following year, another plane brushed by the Empire State Building, and the tragic situation of "plane hitting the building" almost happened again.
As a result, searchlights are an almost essential piece of equipment for the Empire State Building, especially at night and in low-visibility environments.
Yan Guang knew the importance of the searchlight, but the guests who came to watch the ceremony did not understand this, and when the space around the building was all illuminated, the crowd around the building just let out an exclamation in unison.
By the next day, news of the inauguration of the Empire State Building had spread all over the world, and the front page of almost every newspaper was dominated by the tall image of the Empire State Building...
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Nearly 1,000 workers are huddled in a circle at a brand new factory in the Kazakh province of Kustanay.
"It's not close!"
"Be careful, don't let that guy break through !!" ..., looking at the two teams fighting on the basketball court, the workers in charge of watching were shouting there.
At this time, the team wearing the blue sè team uniform broke through, and a player who was almost two meters tall poured the ball directly into the basket.
After noticing this scene, the supporters of the blue sè team cheered, and correspondingly, the supporters of the red sè team were much lower in the atmosphere.
“……… Isn't it a little too idle..."
Looking at the warm atmosphere around the stadium, in a small three-story building not far away, a middle-aged man who looked like a factory leader leaned against the window, looking at the cheering and sighing workers around the stadium and said to his colleagues helplessly.
"I think so too, but there's no way around it," he said with a smile. So far, the equipment needed to start construction has not arrived, and what do you say the workers can do if they don't play on the court. You can't let them go to town to find the NV people like they did last time, right? They drank too much and made a fuss that almost demolished half of the town, have you forgotten that we brought them back from the barracks last time..."
My colleague said something more than half a month ago, at that time, the factory had just been completed, the newly completed dormitory and factory building were not yet available, and the equipment required by the factory had not arrived, so the factory leaders gave the workers in the factory two days off, let them go to the nearest town to relax, and let them work hard after the equipment arrived...
I have to say that the leaders of the factory are still relatively human, since the equipment has not yet arrived, and the factory cannot be completed, since the workers are stuffy in the factory, it is better to let them go out for two days off.
However, what they didn't expect was also what they regretted very much.
No one thought that the workers who were still very honest in the factory in the past would make such a big deal after drinking too much outside the factory.
Of course, it is certainly impossible to say that half of the town was demolished, and this is just an exaggerated metaphor.
However, even if half of the town was not demolished, it seemed to everyone that it was almost the same.
At that time, there were almost 1,000 workers on vacation in the town, and nearly 1,000 people poured into a small town with a population of less than 10,000 people, and naturally a lot of trouble would happen. In addition, there are not many bars and x courtyards in the town, so it is naturally nothing to provide services to the residents of the town, but when the workers pour in all of a sudden, it will naturally become in short supply...
Naturally, the workers who went to the town for leave clashed with the townspeople.
This conflict almost touched the entire town, and in the face of the movement of more than 1,000 people, the dozens of police officers in the town were obviously uneven, so the signal for help was quickly sent.
About an hour later, just after the sāo movement had been going on for some time, the nearest garrison to the town arrived.
As the largest institution of violence, the military's methods are naturally not as "gentle" as the police, let alone facing a group of troublesome drunks. Therefore, in less than half an hour, the troublemakers and the townspeople were all suppressed and sent en masse to the nearest barracks.
Finally, when the factory leaders got the news and arrived, all they saw in the barracks was a bunch of obedient drunks who had been packed up...
This incident not only had a very bad impact, but also caused great shame to the local government.
If it weren't for the fact that the factory was also owned by the state, I'm afraid things wouldn't have been easy to get better.
In the end, after using a lot of means to bring the people back to the factory, this time the factory leaders did not dare to let them out. If it was usual, this might have caused dissatisfaction among the workers, but since he was just led out of the barracks by the leader, ......, "Let's play basketball honestly..."
So in the factory, more than a dozen basketball teams appeared at once.
The remaining events such as badminton and table tennis quickly became popular, and in fact, if the field was not large enough, I am afraid that there would have been a few football teams.
"But then again, who knew that these Slavs would make trouble when they drank too much..."
That's it...
There were probably dozens of people in the factory who were Slavs, the so-called Russians, of course, not so much now. And in that troublesome town, 98 percent of the more than 10,000 people were either Slavs or Tatars, and when they drank too much, everything went naturally...
Just when several leaders of the factory were looking helplessly at the workers on the field by the window, the hum of a car engine suddenly came.
"Is it finally here..."
Shaking his head, a middle-aged man who looked like a factory manager stood up and walked downstairs. And behind him, the rest of the people also followed one by one.
At the big mén of the factory, after being inspected by the ménwei, trucks have already driven into the factory.
"You're here..."
Looking at the people who got off the truck, the factory director greeted him with a jī face.
The visitor seemed to know what happened here not long ago, so he was not surprised by the factory director's expression.
"I'm sorry for the delay..."
As he spoke, the man looked at the factory director and said.
"There's a lot of stuff, can you arrange for someone to help unload it..."
"That's fine."
Saying that, the factory director gave a whistle.
When the team came in, the game on the field had stopped, and at this time, when the factory director's whistle was heard, a group of workers gathered around.
"Here, help them unload the equipment from the car."
Looking at the workers who gathered around, the factory director opened his mouth and ordered.
This group of workers still seems to be guilty about what happened not long ago, so they are obedient after hearing the words of the factory director.
When the workers began to unload the equipment from the car, the factory director walked up to the man.
"You're here, and if it's a few days late, I don't know what to do."
The person who came also smiled bitterly twice.
"You're all done here?"
"It's all over." As he spoke, the director pointed to the mine not far from the factory. "Just wait for you to bring the equipment here, and we can mine..."
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In the latest round of the five-year plan, which was determined in 23 years, the National Social Government decided to let China catch up with the United States in industry and other aspects in the shortest possible time.
At this time, after more than ten years of development, China's steel production has reached the level of nearly 20 million tons, which is almost equivalent to the United Kingdom and Germany combined, but it is not even half of the United States...
At present, in China, the State Social Government has established steel production bases in Liaoning, Beijing, Chongqing, Ma'anshan, Shanghai and Wuhan, but after more than ten years of growth, although the country's steel output has reached nearly 20 million tons, but this level seems to be about to reach the bottleneck...
Although due to the huge population and the large number of industrial and commercial developments, the output of nearly 20 million tons does not need to worry about overproduction at all. However, in the above-mentioned steel bases, the factories used to produce steel are already slightly crowded...
That's right, if you continue to develop like this, there is no problem with a growth of one or two million a year, but unless there is a big improvement in smelting technology, it is impossible to have a leapfrog development...
"If the factories in your base are already full, and you can only rely on technology to increase production, what will you do at this time?" ..., open a new base...
That's right, that's what Yan Guang and the others did.
"Since the original bases are saturated, it would be good to open a few new bases..."
That being said, the location of the base is not so easy to find...
There are seven major iron ore mining areas in China, namely Anshan and Benxi in Liaoning, Qian'an in Hebei, Ma'anshan in Anhui, Shilu in Hainan, Panzhiā in Sichuan, and Baiyun Obo in Neiméng.
Among them, the construction of Anshan and Benxi has been several years, and the development momentum is very good, and it is sure that it will become the largest steel base in China within a few years.
The same is true for Ma'anshan in Anhui, while Qian'an in Hebei is Beijing's largest iron ore supply area (similar to the later Beijing, Tianjin, and Tang Iron and Steel Bases), while Hainan's Shilu is dedicated to Shanghai.
In the end, there were only two choices in front of Yan Guang...
One is the Panzhi of Sichuan, and the other is the ancient Baiyun Obo of Inner Méng.
Panzhiā is rich in iron ore reserves, but these iron ores are high-titanium vanadium titanomagnetite...
If it is a low-titanium vanadium titanomagnetite, it can barely be smelted according to the existing smelting technology and methods, but if it is a high-titanium vanadium titanomagnetite―――――― although since the establishment of the Qijiang Iron Works, local engineers have not given up the research on vanadium titanomagnetite, and have always hoped to overcome this world problem in the fastest time, so that the iron ore buried in Panzhiā can be utilized.
But it's a pity that although the engineers at the Panzhi base have been studying day after day for more than ten years, they seem to have a clue. But to overcome this problem, it is always like a layer of paper, no matter how you poke it, you can't break it...
So the plan to build a new industrial base in Panzhiā has been on hold, although everything has actually been planned, but in the end we have to wait for the news of the Panzhiā base...
At this point, the only thing left to have a slight hope is the white cloud Obo of Inner Méng.
When Yan Guang first came to this world in 1908, he had studied the possibility of opening a base in the ancient city. The reason why it was vetoed by Yan Guang was mainly because the location was too remote, and the other was that the population of Inner Méng was too small.
Now it seems that the second problem is obviously no problem, the only more troublesome is the first...
First of all, Beijing is at least 5 to 600 kilometers away from Baotou, and Baotou is also more than 100 kilometers away from Baiyun Obo. At present, the railway from Beijing to Inner Méng has only been built to Hohhot, and from Hohhot to Baiyun Obo, at least 300 kilometers of railway will be built...
Three hundred km, not very long ...
A year is enough...
Although the construction of the railway from Hohhot can be completed in a year, it is obviously impossible to use the resources of Baiyun Obo in a short period of time.
However, at this time, iron plants have been built near areas with slightly more iron ore reserves, and the remaining smaller iron ore mines are reserved for private enterprises, and there is not much value for upgrading...
"Can you look for it in the new territory?"
While Yan Guang and his entourage were pondering there, an official of the State Council suggested that this suggestion was like a corkscrew that opened the minds of Yan Guang and others.
That's right, since you can't find it in the original land, find it in the new territory.
However, despite the size of the newly occupied territory, it is not easy to find a suitable location on it.
For example, Iraq, Kuwait and the Caucasus are rich in oil, but Yan Guang doesn't remember what else is produced here besides oil...
In the end, Yan Guang set his sights on Kazakhstan.
In China's new territory, because the Kazakh main ethnic group is the relationship between the Tatars and the Kazakhs, coupled with the fact that the Kazakhs have been oppressed by the Russians in the past, the Kazakhs do not feel repulsed by foreign Chinese, so the whole of Central Asia, including Kazakhstan, has become the quietest area in the new Chinese territory. …,
At the same time, due to the vast area of Kazakhstan, there are also abundant resources in this land...
In later generations, Kazakhstan was rich in natural resources, and its uranium production now ranks first in the world. There are more than 90 kinds of proven mineral deposits. Coal, iron, copper, lead, and zinc are abundant. Tungsten reserves occupy the first place in the world, and chromium and phosphate rock occupy the second place. Reserves of copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum and phosphorus rank first in Asia. In addition, iron, coal, oil, and natural gas reserves are also abundant. There are 10 billion tons of proven oil reserves, 39.4 billion tons of coal and 11,700 trillion cubic meters of natural gas. 21.7 million hectares of forests and afforestation, 53 billion cubic meters of surface water resources.
Historically, the Soviet Union once had the world's largest steel production, and the five major steel bases in Ukraine, the Urals, Western Siberia, the Central Region and Kazakhstan were the pillars...
These five steel bases account for 94% of the total Soviet pig iron production, 88% of steel production and 90% of steel production.
Although Ukraine and Urals are old bases with a long history, many points and large scale, their pig iron, steel and steel production account for 71%, 67% and 66% of the country respectively, but this is only because the remaining three bases were still in the formation stage at that time.
It's a pity that the Soviet Union didn't have so much time, but Yan Guang has...