Driving to Qin'an County, Tianshui, Longnan, Jiang Li was dressed like an ordinary soldier in Gaojiamiao.
He had taken off his epaulettes and was among the crowded soldiers.
The same is true for the heads of other armies and important generals.
The special forces of the 15th Route Army are not officially organized, but the core generals know that this is the case.
This is also to prevent enemy snipers from penetrating into the northwest ground.
The northwest is vast and sparsely populated.
In addition, there are now many refugees coming and going.
It is impossible for the 15th Route Army to cover everything.
"We'll be there four or five miles ahead."
Zhao Yi said to Jiang Li on the horse's north.
"Well, I really can't wait.
People are iron, and food is steel.
If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry.
This steel is the food of industry.
With this thing, we can produce our own guns and cannons in the future."
Jiang Li nodded and said with high spirits.
In comparison, even if Jiang Wenhao's fourth mixed brigade was reduced to nothing, it was nothing.
With these steels, the arsenal and some small machinery processing plants could Can start smoothly.
Provide the first boost to the development of northwest industry.
Whether it is mechanical processing, military industry, or infrastructure construction, steel is indispensable.
Otherwise, countries during World War I and World War II would not list a country's steel production as one of the most important indicators of a country's comprehensive strength.
A wall was built around the steel plant, and the walls were heavily guarded.
In order to avoid accidents, Jiang Li specially transferred Zhao Yi's mixed brigade to Tianshui, Qin'an, and Qingshui counties.
The purpose is to protect the safety of steel plants.
At the same time, it also deterred the Shaanxi garrison division sent by Yang Hucheng.
It's the same as the entrance to the cement factory in Lanzhou.
There is a lot of traffic at the entrance of the steel factory.
Construction of cement roads has already started on half of the ground.
The future railway construction will include Tianshui in the plan.
However, railway construction is a long-term matter after all, and it is not yet expected.
For the time being, Jiang Li can only place his hope on the construction of highways.
Relatively speaking, highways need There is a lot of speed, and it can be used wherever it is built, unlike railways, which are restricted.
Among the convoys coming and going.
Some pull iron ore into the factory, and some pull the first batch of smelted steel out of the factory.
Although these convoys were somewhat surprised by the arrival of the army, there was no commotion yet.
Jiang Li nodded secretly.
It seemed that the military discipline of the mixed brigade was pretty good.
"I didn't expect that the commander would take time out of his busy schedule to come to such a remote place as Tianshui.
It is really an honor for everyone at Tianshui Iron and Steel Plant."
Yu Zhonggang greeted him from a distance.
Among the few people who approached, he was actually in charge of the arsenal.
Chen Jingguo, who works in production, is also there.
"Steel is the foundation of northwest industry.
Before new iron ores are found.
For mechanical processing and arsenal, we can only rely on the steel plant here in Tianshui.
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How can I not come and take a look at such an important matter when the steel plant is put into operation.
Chen Why did the factory director come to Tianshui?"
Jiang Li smiled and got off his horse.
He had seen the steel factory in his previous life, but it was a pity that he didn't understand steelmaking.
Otherwise, it would be good to improve the smelting level.
"From now on, the arsenal will point to the steel plant.
Besides, the mortar factory planned to be built in Tianshui and the artillery shell factory have been completed.
I have been running back and forth.
I don't want to watch the steel coming off the assembly line at the steel plant. , I always feel uneasy.
I didn’t expect that the commander would come to inspect the steel plant,” Chen Jingguo said with a smile.
"I'm more anxious than you are.
The Fourth Mixed Brigade was beaten to nothing by the Japanese in Shanghai.
The original ordnance has been used up.
To expand the army, the arsenal must produce something, otherwise this day will be a day.
It's getting worse than ever," Jiang Li said.
"We can't rush this.
The factory building is being repaired quickly, but the supply of raw materials cannot be increased for a while.
The bullet factory has now started production.
The steel bullets produced in the trial are not up to standard.
The arsenal has hired several people from Germany.
The German technician has already passed through Shanghai.
When the German technician comes, he should be able to solve the problem of steel bullets.
There is nothing we can do for a while.
As for the artillery, we still have some original gun steel, and there are also some artillery components.
We can replenish some of them through subsequent production.
"Chen Jingguo shrugged.
The arsenal was not built.
He could get things done when he got up.
Jiang Li's requirements for the arsenal were much higher than before.
"Well, how many heavy cannons can be produced with the existing components?"
Jiang Li asked with interest.
"Before the Japanese attack on 918, the Marshal had imported several batches of gun steel materials from abroad.
However, it just happened to happen during the Central Plains War that the arsenal's production was occupied by other 75, slightly smaller caliber, mobile and flexible artillery, which was imported.
After coming to Gansu, Beizhi sorted out these components and used the existing materials to produce Beilu.
There are 59 Type 105 howitzers, 27 howitzers, and 17 cannons.
Thank you for the information provided by the book friend.
There are slight discrepancies in the data."
Chen Jingguo reported these data to Jiang Li carefully.
I was originally prepared.
I mentioned these things when I reported to Jiang Li in a few days.
Unexpectedly, I bumped into Jiang Li who came to inspect in Tianshui, so I mentioned it casually.
"Well, these artillery pieces should be assembled as soon as possible.
I need these big guys."
Jiang Li narrowed his eyes after hearing this.
According to the telegram sent by Jiang Wenhao, the reason why the Fourth Mixed Brigade was having such a difficult time in Shanghai was because of the Japanese army.
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Heavy artillery has the upper hand in artillery battles.
Whether it is suppressing the artillery regiment formed into four brigades or attacking infantry, it is a weapon for suppressing the army.
At this time, Jiang Li had to lament once again how rich the Northeastern family was.
Zhang Xueliang was also a lavish spender.
He bought so many semi-finished products but failed to produce them in time.
Fortunately, he snatched them from the Japanese.
It seems that there is a reason why the Kwantung Army in history could quickly rise to become a behemoth in the Japanese military system.
"By the way, when will the copper smelting factory here in Tianshui be able to produce copper materials?"
Jiang Li said looking at today's real owner Yu Zhonggang.
In addition to iron ores, some non-ferrous metal deposits have also been explored in Tianshui.
Among them is a medium-sized copper mine, which can be regarded as solving the problem of raw materials for wires, some machine tool parts, and electrical components.
Of course, the largest The head is still used as a bullet consumed in the war at this time.
"The mining of the copper mine is still recruiting some migrant workers on the spot in Tianshui, which has temporarily solved the labor problem.
The first batch of copper materials can be produced next month.
However, due to the relatively primitive mining methods, the output of ore has also increased for a while.
If it does not go up, the production of copper materials will be affected.
Unless a more convenient copper mine is found, it will be difficult to increase the production for the time being. " As Yu Zhonggang spoke, he glanced at Jiang Li slightly worriedly, fearing that Jiang Li would be angry, but this was indeed the difficulty he was encountering at the moment, and he had to talk about it.
Otherwise, I will only talk about the optimistic side.
When the time comes, the lack of production will be blamed on him.
How can he compete with Jiang Li?
"There is nothing we can do about it.
Let's start with the work at the steel plant for the time being.
Please give me a report on what equipment is needed for copper mining and how much it will cost.
I will think of a solution when I return to Lanzhou.
Try to squeeze out some funds to buy back the machinery.”
Jiang Li rubbed his forehead.
The funds he had on hand were comparable to those of any other province in the Republic of China, even for Nanjing.
However, Gansu's previous industrial base could be said to be completely blank, and its transportation infrastructure was not much better than a blank slate. .
It was built almost from scratch, with tens of millions of dollars invested in rebuilding the factory alone, as well as military expansion, pensions for fallen soldiers, etc.
The money in my hands was spent unknowingly
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