In the end, under Yang Zhen's resolute opposition, the central government accepted his proposal. ☆ →, it was agreed to relocate the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant to Xuanhua as a whole, and to use the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant as the basis, plus the Yangquan Iron and Steel Plant, which has been received at present, and the equipment that the Japanese have already transported to the steel mill under construction in Tangshan.

Together with the fifteen small blast furnaces that the Japanese transported to Xuanhua that had just been completed and had not yet been able to be used. In addition to the Asaka Iron Works, Kubota Iron Works, and Forging Co., Ltd., which were built by the Japanese in Beiping, the Chung Hwa Iron Works actually controlled by the Japanese. As well as all the equipment, technical personnel and all the workers of more than 30 Japanese-funded and Chinese-funded small iron and steel plants in Tianjin, concentrated in Xuanhua.

The Northeast Bureau dispatched management and technical personnel to adopt the method of large-scale battles and strive to complete the installation of equipment for the Xuanhua Iron and Steel Plant in the shortest possible time. By the end of four or five years, the Xuanhua Iron and Steel Plant will be put into full operation, so as to ensure the steel needed for the construction of the North China base area.

After all, Yang Zhen is right, Beiping is still too close to Jinan and Xuzhou, which are still in the hands of the Japanese army. Not to mention the Japanese army's new 100-type bombers, 1-type bombers, or the old-fashioned 96-type and 97-type twin-engine bombers, they can easily reach Beiping from Xuzhou.

At the same time, Beiping is also too close to the Bohai Bay where Tianjin is located. At present, the Japanese army still maintains sea supremacy in the Bohai Sea, and according to the fact that almost 90 percent of all foreign invasions suffered by China in modern times come from the experience of the sea. It is indeed not very appropriate to place such a large steel base in Beiping from a military point of view.

In the end, after some consideration, the central government decided to build the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant, along with more than a dozen small steel-making plants established after Tianjin was occupied by the Japanese army. As well as the Japanese transported to Tangshan, and all the equipment of the steel mill was relocated to Xuanhua as a whole. As for the Chinese-owned steel plant in Tianjin, the forcible confiscation in the name of traitors would cause some economic turmoil.

Therefore, the central government decided to adopt the method of redemption for these Chinese-funded iron and steel plants. Xuanhua, which was squeezed out by Jinchaji and a sum of gold obtained by the Shandong Military Region from Zhaoyuan, purchased these small steel mills with small output and small scale, and relocated them all together.

Although the steel mills in Tianjin are not large, with an annual output of no more than 10,000 tons, they have a complete steel rolling system. More than 30 small steel mills in Tianjin will also be merged into Xuanhua Steel Mill to form a complete industrial chain. It can also lay a good foundation for the future development and growth of the entire Xuangang. The central government's determination to merge all the steel mills in Tianjin into it is not insignificant.

At the same time, in order to ensure the water supply of this steel plant, the central government decided to have the Northeast Bureau provide funds and technology to build a medium-sized reservoir in Xuanhua that will collect power generation, irrigation and water supply. Hydropower generation equipment and technical personnel shall be solved by the Northeast Bureau. There is no way, the central government is really poor and white now. That is, there is not so much money, and there are not so many technicians.

Since Yang Zhen insisted on putting this steel mill in Xuanhua, then in terms of auxiliary projects, they could only come out. When the Northeast kicked off the prelude to industrial construction, the central government allocated all the personnel who could be mobilized to them.

Regarding the decision of the Central Committee, Yang Zhen, the commander-in-chief, and the chairman of the Northeast Government, after the three of them glanced at each other, they could only shake their heads and smile bitterly. The equipment for hydropower generation is ready-made, and the Northeast Bureau still has several medium-sized hydropower generating units in its hands. But where do they go to find this power transmission and transformation equipment? To have enough power transmission and transformation equipment, these units have long been used by the Northeast Bureau, and can they still be idle until now?

But now that the central government has made a decision, it can only do its best. However, in Yang Zhen's opinion, as long as there is a heart, there will always be more ways than difficulties. These things are not too difficult to get, as long as you make up your mind, there should still be a way. It really can't be done, and the central government is persuaded to change hydropower to thermal power.

It's just that Yang Zhen doesn't know, why did the central government think of engaging in hydropower? In the Xuanhua area, where water resources are not abundant, the cost of hydropower is not very cost-effective. Xuanhua not only has a local coal mine, but also a straight-line distance from Datong is only more than 100 kilometers. According to the distribution of resources, it is more appropriate to engage in thermal power.

Reservoirs need to be built, and the construction of steel mills must ensure an adequate supply of water. However, while building a reservoir, it is not very appropriate to solve the problem of energy consumption of steel mills at the same time, from the perspective of Xuanhua's local water resources. It seems that I should have a good discussion with the Chair or the Vice-Chair on this issue.

However, according to Yang Zhen's judgment, Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant, not Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant, should be said to be based on Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant. In addition, the equipment of 25 steel mills in Tianjin, large and small, and the few open-hearth furnaces that the Japanese transported to Tangshan. Even if new equipment is not added, the output of this Xuanhua steel plant will reach 300,000 to 400,000 tons when it is completed.

Of course, I am afraid that the output of steel will not be too much in a short period of time, and it should be mainly iron-based. First of all, Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant, although it is nominally a steel plant, but all the equipment at present is still iron-making equipment. Even if the Japanese took over, the steel plant, which had not produced a single furnace of molten iron for decades from the beginning of construction to the fall of Beiping after the July 7 Incident, resumed production, and ordered equipment from China to increase production capacity at a certain time.

However, the main product is still iron-making, and steel production is not available for the time being. Even if we rely on the small blast furnaces that can make steel in Pingjin and Tang, the output of this steel is still very limited, at least in a short time. There are quite a few small blast furnaces in the Pingjin area, but the overall production capacity is quite limited. Therefore, in the case of the temporary inability to add large-scale equipment, steel production is still limited.

Considering that the iron ore in North Manchuria is limited, it is already very difficult to meet the current steel production in North Manchuria, and part of the iron ore needed needs to be provided from the North Korean Maosan Iron Mine, which was seized by the Anti-Japanese Union. Yang Zhen believes that some of the equipment of the North Korean Cheongjin Steelmaking Plant, which has been dismantled, can also be transported to Xuanhua.

It's just that Yang Zhen participated in this, and Shougang, which had been glorious for decades in later generations, was directly relocated to Xuanhua by him, and became a huge Xuangang Group more than ten years later. There is no need to reduce the pressure on Beijing's environment, reduce production capacity, and relocate as a whole. It also effectively alleviated the water shortage in Beijing decades later, and reduced the pressure on Hebei's water supply to Beijing.

Moreover, Yang Zhen proposed that steel production is not only satisfied with crude steel production. Instead, it proposes an eclectic and high-level industrial development model. When building the steel industry, it is not just a matter of increasing the output of crude steel. Industrial construction can be based on steel, but it is necessary to adopt the method of high and low industries going hand in hand.

Yang Zhen believes that in the next step of industrial construction, judging from the existing industrial base in the North China base area, the steps should be bigger. At the same time as the construction of Xuangang, a new steel production base will be established based on the existing industrial base of Tangshan. At present, it is mainly based on military steel and automobile steel, and in the future, high-grade ship steel should also be included in the plan.

Originally, Yang Zhen also thought that the steel mill could directly produce steel. But it wasn't until the steel plant in Beiman, built and put into operation, that he learned that steelmaking and timber were completely different things. What comes out of the steelmaking mill is crude steel, that is, billets. In order to make a variety of steel products that can be used, a variety of equipment and processes are required.

Therefore, Yang Zhen proposed to develop the equipment manufacturing industry with the original industrial base in North China. Compared with Beimanchu, which was really poor and white, and only had some light industries. Although the industrial base of North China is not as good as that of South Manchuria, it is much better than that of North Manchuria. Taiyuan and Tianjin, the two major industrial cities, still have quite a good industrial base.

It is based on Tianjin's current light textile, building materials, military industry, chemical industry, shipbuilding and shipbuilding, and Tangshan's machinery manufacturing, building materials and textile industry. In Tianjin and Tangshan, machinery industry manufacturing, building materials and light textile industrial bases were built respectively. As for the part where the required equipment is insufficient, it can be provided by the Northeast.

When the party, government, and military leaders of the various base areas attending the meeting as observers pointed out the need to carry out such large-scale industrial construction, where the technical personnel who are currently in dire short supply come from. The most important thing is where the necessary funds for such large-scale industrial construction come from in the current war period.

Yang Zhen directly proposed that all technical personnel could be provided by the Northeast Bureau. This year and next will be the peak period for students studying in the Soviet Union to return to China, which can fully meet the needs of the current construction in North China. The problem of funds can be found in a way, tighten the belt of the pants, and it should still be possible to squeeze out a part of the start-up capital.

When Yang Zhen said that the number of science and engineering students studying in the Soviet Union who have returned to China this year and next, as well as the number of talents cultivated by the Northeast Base Areas, the leaders of the major base areas were stunned. They looked at the youngest regional leader in front of them, and they couldn't understand how they did it.

It was not until 41 years that the environment in the Northeast began to change radically, and it took at least four years to train a college student. In other words, they have already planned and targeted the selection of international students before this. Under the circumstance that the battle situation is so tense and there are still a lot of variable factors in the future, they actually dare to send so many international students, which is not a big deal.

Looking at the stunned expressions of the leaders of the major regions present, Yang Zhen smiled and didn't say anything. The technical force needed to relocate a steel plant can still be taken out of the Beiman base area at present. If you can't get such a little technical strength, you will waste so much effort at the beginning.

You must know that supporting so many international students to go out to study is not a small burden. The Soviets have always been one yard to one yard, and everything has to be counted as money. The cause that I planted back then should now bear fruit. At that time, I tightened my belt, squeezed out funds from between my teeth, and selected a large number of international students to study in the Soviet Union, and now it is time to harvest.

In fact, for the industrial construction of North China held by the central government, Yang Zhen knows very well that there are not so many talents really needed. The reason is simple: there are only two regions where industry, especially heavy industry, can be built. One is along the Pinghan Road north of Shimen in Hebei Province, the other is north of Taiyuan and Chahar.

As for Shandong and the Lianghuai and northern Jiangsu regions controlled by the New Fourth Army, it is impossible to carry out any industrial construction at present. This also determines that there is not much that can be done at this industrial construction conference. Rather than carrying out large-scale industrial construction, it is more appropriate to draw up a more practical blueprint.

But at present, although the Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant will be relocated and a new Xuanhua Iron and Steel Plant will be built. It seems that there are a lot of talents needed, but that is under the premise that there is a shortage of industrial and engineering technical talents in the major base areas. But if you put it on a national scale, the overall demand is not much.

The Pingjin region, which has a good industrial base, especially Tianjin and Tangshan, the two most important industrial cities in North China, originally had a part of the talent pool. As long as it is fully utilized, at least for the time being, there is still a limit to the additional talent needed.