Traveling through 1937, I came to fight against the Kwantung Army

Yin Xinjun smiled and said,

"There is a power plant in the east of our county, but it doesn't burn oil, it burns coal!"

Su Fei asked hurriedly,

"How much power is that?"

"1 kilowatts! Enough for lighting the entire county, but it can be expanded later. The location and space have been reserved!"

Su Fei and Fang Hao looked at each other in disbelief.

"We have only seen electricity in parts of Shenyang, Changchun and Harbin along the way. We didn't expect that a county like yours would have electricity throughout the city!"

Yin Xinjun said,

"This time, I have planned three power plants. Old squad leader, to be honest, there is also an arsenal! After the Spring Festival, when the flowers bloom, we will start construction. It should be ready for production in winter. By then, we won't have to worry about weapons and ammunition for the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army!"

Fang Hao and Su Fei were both very upset.

"No wonder you need so many workers. How about we go down and take a look?"

Yin Xinjun smiled and said,

"Look how anxious you are. I wanted all my comrades to come over and meet me!"

Fang Hao said,

"Don't worry. We brought more than 50 political workers and local cadres with us this time. Please arrange accommodation for everyone first, and the three of us will go down and take a look!"

When Fang Hao came here, one of his most important tasks was to judge whether Mulan County could become the logistics supply base for the entire army!

He always believed that without investigation, he would have no right to speak! So he had to find out the situation here first before he could carry out the next step!

Upon hearing this, Yin Xinjun immediately called Li Zengxin over and arranged accommodation for everyone. There were still many empty houses in the headquarters compound, so they lived there temporarily!

He picked up the phone on the table and notified Sai Mulan and Tong Yu to lead the heads of the county construction bureau, county supply and marketing bureau, county power company and other relevant departments to come to the security headquarters and accompany the old squad leader to inspect.

Fang Hao listened to this and said unhappily,

"Don't make such a big fuss. I'm not an official. Just a small group of four or five comrades is enough. The others can do what they are supposed to do!"

Yin Xinjun hurriedly called again!

In the end, only one person came, the Director of the Construction Bureau Wang Shuigen, plus Yin Xinjun, accompanying Fang Hao, Su Fei, and Cheng Wei, a total of five people!

The group took a black car, followed by a truck and an armored vehicle, forming a small convoy!

The convoy first arrived at a power plant.

At the gate, Meng Wen, the manager of the power company, and Ding Hugang, the director of a power plant, were waiting at the gate with their men.

Although Yin Xinjun informed them over the phone not to come, no one dared to neglect the matter when they heard that the commander's old squad leader had arrived!

Meng Wen ran over in two steps and opened the car door attentively.

After Yin Xinjun's introduction,

Meng Wen stood at attention and saluted, then said loudly,

"Hello, Chief. Welcome to our inspection!"

Fang Hao didn't like it at first, but when he saw such a standard military posture, he was amazed.

Yin Xinjun introduced,

"Meng Wen used to be a platoon leader in the team. He was injured many times and is no longer able to fight. So we simply let him retire and become the manager of this power company. So, old squad leader, you brought so many cadres here, which can solve our urgent needs!"

In the power plant,

The huge cooling tower stood tall, and white steam continued to rise like a bunch of misty clouds. In the boiler room, the blazing fire jumped in the furnace, releasing huge heat energy. Coal was continuously transported in and thrown into the hot furnace, turning into ashes in an instant.

Following Meng Wen and Ding Hugang's explanation, Fang Hao and Su Fei kept nodding their heads, their eyes full of information.

"Two leaders, the capacity of this power plant will be expanded next year, adding a kilowatt unit!" Yin Xinjun introduced!

Fang Hao laughed and said,

"Did you snatch all this from the Japanese?"

"Of course, otherwise it would have been snatched away by the Russians!"

Su Fei said angrily,

"The Russians are so greedy. They have destroyed many factories in Northeast China and packed their goods onto trucks to take back to the Soviet Union. It is said that they have even started to dismantle the railway tracks!"

Led by Yin Xinjun, several people came to the bathhouse again. Fang Hao asked in confusion,

"What are we doing here? Are we going to take a shower?"

"Haha, that's right. You guys are all exhausted from the journey, so I'll ask them to prepare lunch!"

The power plant bathhouse is not open to the public. It is only open to employees and county military and political cadres. It has become an important place for the county to entertain guests.

Fang Hao thought about it and realized that he hadn't taken a shower for two months since leaving Yan'an. He nodded in agreement.

"Then let's continue our tour after dinner!"

The bathhouse has been cleared.

As soon as you enter, it's steaming hot.

There are male and female bathrooms and changing rooms.

Each bathroom is equipped with 16 shower heads!

Fang Hao, Su Fei, Cheng Wei and others took a shower and felt refreshed!

Walked into the locker room,

The two waiters actually brought a full set of new thermal underwear, cotton coats, and shoes!

Cheng Wei said,

"Our group has changed into these new clothes. They are very warm. Hurry and put them on!"

Yin Xinjun suddenly remembered something and asked,

"I sent you a message, inviting everyone to go to Tonghe to fight the bandits. Old Cheng, why didn't you reply?"

Cheng Wei apologized and said,

"I'm out now, but there's no problem suppressing the bandits. The higher-ups are already making arrangements for post-New Year operations!"

After having a quick meal in the power plant cafeteria, the convoy went to the building materials factory and the second power plant in Lidong Town!

When they got here, Fang Hao and the others were shocked to see the huge equipment they had never seen before. After all, there was also a power plant in Yan'an, and although it was small in scale, it was not uncommon.

But they had never seen the things here.

Yin Xinjun explained patiently,

"Old squad leader, Secretary Su, this is a building materials factory. They produce building materials for us. What exactly are they? For example, gravel, cement, lime, etc. These building materials can be used to build buildings, factories, roads, and bridges!

In our Mulan County, there are hundreds of infrastructure projects planned in 1946. It is impossible to purchase all the building materials from outside, and most of them must be produced by ourselves. My building materials factory is waiting for the workers to arrive!

Only when the building materials are produced can we build arsenals, garment factories, canning factories, etc., and even build a new city of Mulan!"

Su Fei said in shock,

"No wonder you want hundreds of thousands of workers. It's all true!"

He knew and understood Yin Xinjun, after all, they had worked together before!

Fang Hao sighed and suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

"Commander Yin, we will be responsible for solving the workers' problems. Just organize the production!"

Fang Hao felt that the first thing to do now was to hurry up and report. The matter of the Mulan County Industrial Base had been confirmed, and the second thing was to quickly organize the workers to take their positions!

"Go, go to your garrison headquarters. I want to send a telegram now!"