Hu Weidong knows that this is mainly due to the fact that many enterprises in the Central Plains Industrial Zone have reduced or even suspended production for a long time and on a large scale due to water shortage, and have made adjustments in order to increase the localization rate.

However, the sharp decline in the production of synthetic rubber still attracted the attention of Hu Weidong, and after understanding, it turned out that after China obtained the rich natural rubber resources of the Malay Peninsula, the domestic rubber price continued to plummet, and the comprehensive performance is not as good as the synthetic rubber of natural rubber, especially so, except for a few special rubbers such as oil-resistant nitrile rubber, the prices of other varieties have fallen below the cost, and the country has also stopped supporting the synthetic rubber industry because of the abundant supply of rubber, and it is no wonder that the industry is not shrinking

This reminds Hu Weidong of the fact that in later generations of history, China once had the extremely low cost of thermal power due to low coal prices and insufficient power demand, so that nuclear power plants had no momentum for development and were not taken seriously, and it was not until many years later that the power shortage began to develop vigorously again

However, the situation of synthetic rubber is still slightly better, after all, there is still a special rubber route to go, and rubber as a strategic material, synthetic rubber will definitely be the mainstream in the future, so even if the plantation production in Malay Province is high, the state will retain a small number of synthetic rubber factories as jishu reserves. So Hu Weidong didn't worry too much, but the private capital that entered the rubber industry before was not having a good time, but the market economy is so cruel.

Since the state allows part of the market economy to exist and allows those capitalists to continue to make money, they must bear all kinds of risks brought by the market at the same time, and even if they are willing to accept public-private partnerships, the government will not pay attention to them

For industrial development. Adequate investment is important. But the impetus brought about by scientific and technological progress cannot be ignored either. In 1942, China made great breakthroughs in many scientific and technological fields, but due to the general environment of World War II, the achievements were mainly concentrated in the military field.

Although the research results of the guidance jishu were exchanged with Germany, the two countries still chose different main directions of attack. German wire-guided torpedoes became famous in World War I. China's research is just making a breakthrough. But in stark contrast. China's missile Jishu is ahead of Germany, and the ballistic missile Jishu, which is most valued due to China's geographical disadvantage, has made rapid progress.

As early as when the Germans were still researching the V-2 missile, China relied on some ultra-modern jishu and material technology mastered by Hu Weidong to develop a short-range ballistic missile with a solid rocket engine with a range of about 600 kilometers in advance. However, due to the limitations of the industrial base, it encountered a bottleneck that was difficult to break through. In 1942, a major breakthrough was finally made, with the success of a medium-range ballistic missile with a range of more than 1,500 kilometers, which greatly boosted the confidence of researchers and even the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission.

But in this case, Dr. Goddard poured cold water on Hu Weidong, believing that with China's current industrial base, it can only manufacture ballistic missiles with a range of 3,000 kilometers at most, and then it will have to wait for the progress of materials and technology, and it is impossible to make a Shiyan long-range missile first, even regardless of the cost.

However, Hu Weidong is not depressed, for him, a traverser, China can create a medium-range missile in 1942, itself is already like a dream, and even if the rocket Jishu is temporarily stagnant, it can still continue to make progress in other aspects such as guidance Jishu, in addition, after the successful development of the nuclear bomb, how to use the rocket as a vehicle, also needs to carry out special research. Moreover, Hu Weidong, who has witnessed countless miracles since the crossing, believes that with the high enthusiasm of the current Chinese scientific and technological personnel who are eager to divide themselves into two or three people to work, and the scientific research efficiency that he has greatly improved by pointing out the correct research direction in advance, it may not be impossible to make a major breakthrough in material technology in a relatively short period of time, paving the way for the further development of rocket Jishu.

Compared with the inertial guidance system used by the Germans, the "Starlight-Inertial Composite Guidance System" applied to China's ballistic missiles is undoubtedly more advanced, and the reason why this Jishu has been able to make such rapid progress is inseparable from the continuous progress of China's electronic computer Jishu. Compared to a year ago, the transistor computers produced in China have improved their performance several times, and their reliability has improved rapidly, while they are much smaller and the production cost has dropped to a fraction of what it was a year ago. In addition, Chinese scientists have also succeeded in making the first integrated circuit on Shijie in the laboratory, although it is still far from its practical application, but it is a very good start after all. From the very beginning of its appearance, the microelectronics industry has shown an incomparable speed of jishu upgrading, as long as it does not point to the wrong technology tree like the Soviet Union in history, the first-mover advantage is still very large

In addition to ballistic missiles, anti-ship missiles because of their special significance to China, a weak naval country, has also received considerable attention, although Taizu did not understand naval warfare, but still saw the huge development potential of this new weapon, under his personal care, all the scientific research personnel worked hard to overcome the various problems encountered in this project one by one, and carried out many test launches, I believe that it is not far from its finalized service.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that because there are still a large number of sturdy and durable armored warships in service on the Shijie, the anti-ship missiles developed by China are very different from the "small and exquisite" of the main models of later generations, and they are very large. But this is not entirely because Jishu conditions are backward, the need for difference is the most critical reason. (To be continued......)