This three-ton smelting equipment smelts molybdenum-chromium steel, specifically for making gun barrels."

The deputy commander said: "It is this alloy steel revolution that instantly widened the gap between China's military industry and foreign military industry.

Just like the artillery produced by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau of the former Qing Dynasty, which spent a lot of money to introduce military equipment, it was directly behind an era!

Comrades, technology is a powerful weapon to improve productivity. We are too far behind!"

At this time, Commander Fu looked at the equipment and wondered: "I see that some of the equipment was originally from the Baojin Mining Period of the Republic of China. How come the nameplates were changed to the Beiyang Period? I remember seeing it when I visited!"
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Kong Jie said with a smile: "Commander Fu, as the saying goes, see through but don't tell off. Except for alloy steel, this steel plant has been producing normally and the quality is pretty good. We deliberately changed the nameplate to say that the equipment is old and the quality is uneven. It's deceiving."

Human!"

Xu Guoan added: "Actually, we have reordered and replaced many of the equipment here, but the nameplates are still the same. The old equipment that cannot be used has been sealed and will be used as an industrial museum.

We have been producing here for some time, and we are combining the technical standards of the Soviet Union and the United States to establish our own standards. After all, other people’s things belong to others, and they must be absorbed and digested before they become our own.

This place is all established by our own steel industry workers and smelting experts. The foreign experts from the Allied Forces are not interested in the patchwork products here. They simply do not believe that we can independently produce steel and iron materials with qualified quality and stable technology.

You don’t pay any attention to this place, it’s just a good match for us to set off a smoke screen.”

Kong Jie smiled and said: "This is exactly the reason. If you don't behave backward, how can you make Western countries come to help willingly?"

Fu Yisheng:......

"The world says I am an old fox, Kong Jie, Kong Jie, I think you are more like that cunning fox!"

Everyone laughed.

……

After visiting one industrial production line after another, with Kong Jie’s introduction, the leaders were so happy that they couldn’t open their mouths from ear to ear.

The commander-in-chief who came from Yan'an even lamented: "At the beginning, our military production level was poor. Even the largest Huangyadong Arsenal could not even produce one gun and one cannon.

Today's conditions are getting better and better, and we are finally able to produce our own guns. We no longer have to be choked by others. Even if we have some guns and ammunition, we can only look at other people's eyes and ask for help!"<

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Who says it’s not!

Looking back on the bitter history of the Eighth Route Army fighting behind enemy lines over the years, it was in an environment behind enemy lines, isolated and helpless, and lacked a military industrial foundation.

"There are no guns, no cannons, the enemy made them for us!"

These words are exciting, but more importantly, they are sad and helpless.

As long as the Eighth Route Army has its own military production capacity and sufficient arsenal and military industry foundation, why bother to make huge sacrifices to seize equipment and supplies from the Japanese with difficulty?

These older generation of selfless revolutionary leaders.

I never frowned even when I fought bloody battles on the battlefield.

At this moment, as we visited along the way, many people had secretly red eyes and secretly wiped away tears.

Those were tears of excitement!

That is the gratification and joy of watching your motherland grow from weak to strong step by step!

At this time, Kong Jie, who was accompanying the leaders, suddenly and mysteriously asked Xu Guoan beside him: "Old Xu, are our core production and industrial zones fully vigilant?"

How could Xu Guoan not understand what Kong Jie meant, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the security is tight, especially the representatives from various countries and parties who are visiting our base area this time. They will never discover our secrets easily.

!"

"That's good!"

"Hey, leaders, please move over, I'll show you something special!"

Later, Kong Jie led a group of leaders to the secret core industrial production area of ​​a team.

The first one to visit was the penicillin processing plant at the First Team Pharmaceutical Production Base.

Kong Jie on the side said: "Compared with industrial powers such as Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, we are far behind in the production of aircraft, cannons, tanks and other military industries, as well as in the production of civilian products.
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But we are not without leading technologies and brands.

For example, what comrades have seen now is almost mass-produced penicillin, which is what we often call penicillin."

"For a long time, especially after the war broke out, penicillin has been hard to find on the battlefield. Everyone knows that this drug can save lives at critical times. However, due to low production volume, the supply has been in short supply."

"Even the powerful Western countries may not have thoroughly researched the production technology for mass production of penicillin, but we are now able to achieve mass production and can even supply the needs of our three armed forces!"

"This has already left Western countries far behind!"

A leader asked with concern: "Are all our troops issued with penicillin?"

Kong Jie said: "After the mass production technology of penicillin was discovered, we have been continuously producing it, and the corresponding drugs have been continuously distributed to various troops, especially the frontline combat troops, which are most prone to casualties, so a large amount of additional equipment is needed.

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Speaking of this, Kong Jie smiled and gave an example:

"The amount of penicillin our team has now is even more than the number of bandages our team had before!"

"Okay, okay!"

Even Doolittle and his team were completely unaware of the secret mass production of penicillin.

Kong Jie even used penicillin to do business with Western countries and bring money back from the West to reduce the trade deficit.

If we only buy Western products but don’t have our own products to sell, sooner or later all the real money in the country will be defrauded.

Then, Kong Jie took the leaders to continue the visit.

As for the next factory they entered, they had just entered it. When they saw the situation in the factory, many leaders couldn't help but blurt out:

"This is... a car processing plant???"

The leaders were stunned. China has been able to produce its own cars. This has been a dream for many years. During the golden decade of the Republic of China, producing national cars of Chinese brands has always been one of the slogans shouted.

But after all, it’s thunder but no rain.

In the end, not even a decent wheel could be produced.

While this is ridiculous, it is also sad and helpless.

Now, as for the Eighth Route Army, a team's secret factory can actually build and produce its own car brand?

Kong Jie explained with a smile: "In fact, it is not the kind of full-performance fuel vehicles produced by Western industrial powers.

In fact, we still have a long way to go before we can get there.

What you see now are some more simplified military mechanical vehicles that we are trying to produce, mainly to ensure the performance of its engine, as well as the mobility and load capacity of the overall vehicle.

To put it bluntly, in fact, being able to run and pull things mainly allows us to be more adaptable to the battle against the Japanese army.

As for other aspects of performance, as well as some precision accessories that require higher production technology, we do not have the ability to produce them yet.

But after all, they are vehicles independently produced by our Eighth Route Army!"

The leaders suddenly realized it, and then they couldn't help laughing. They felt that their thinking was too forward. They had to eat this meal one bite at a time, and they couldn't eat it and become a big fat man.

What if this team suddenly had the industrial capability to produce the most advanced mechanized vehicles?

That would be a bit unrealistic.

Finally, until all the leaders walked out of the core industrial area of ​​the first team, the sky was clear and the air was clear, feeling the gentle breeze, they all exclaimed happily.
Chapter completed!