Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

The meeting was chaired by Political Commissar Qin. Its main purpose was to summarize the developments of the week and conduct detailed discussions on related issues.

The first is the more important project at present, the steel plant with a monthly output of 5,000 tons. This was the first one that Kong Hao exchanged for. All the equipment has been delivered to the arsenal, and even the site has basically been selected.

"Political Commissar, Chief Advisor, as the saying goes: before troops move, food and fodder must go first."

"Most of our factories in the Arsenal need steel. Our new steel plant will be able to increase production capacity several times at once. Then everyone will no longer be fighting for a small quota every day like they are now."

When everyone heard about such a good thing, they started talking excitedly, and some even took the lead in applauding.

However, Lao Gu, the head of the steel plant, took the opportunity to play the victim: "Comrades, this is a steel plant with an annual output of 60,000 tons. This is an achievement that China has never had before. Now because there are not enough technicians, the factory cannot be successfully built in the first place. This will be the biggest loss for the arsenal."

After hearing this, Political Commissar Qin understood and immediately said:

"Lao Gu, if you are short of people, that's no problem at all. I will transfer 200 people from the garrison to you right now. I guarantee that all of them are strong young men, some of them have a lot of strength, and they will do whatever you ask them to do and will absolutely obey your orders and follow your instructions."

After hearing this, Lao Gu rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "What's the use of those soldiers who just learned to read? There are already enough strong laborers."

"What our steel mill lacks most now is high-level intellectuals, especially college students who understand mechanics. It's OK if they are high school graduates, but at the very least they have to be junior high school graduates. If they have a lower education level, it will be difficult for them to be of any use."

"I've thought about it. Everyone here must support our steel mill with one college graduate. If not, five high school graduates will do. As for junior high school graduates, the more the better."

The others were all experienced people, so there would be no problem in asking them to give verbal support. However, as for transferring their own precious children away, that was definitely not an option, so everyone spoke out against it and told about their own difficulties.

It’s just that every factory has its own tasks, and there is not even a spare person. Anyway, there are no people if you need them, and they won’t give you lives even if you want them. If you have the ability, go and train it yourself.

However, facing the criticism from everyone, Lao Gu was not worried at all. He just looked at Kong Hao and said in a resentful voice:

"Chief Advisor, please say something. You have always said that the steel plant is the eldest son of the Arsenal. Now that it is in trouble, we should all give the big brother a hand."

When others saw this, they secretly cursed Lao Gu for being a rogue because he couldn't win the argument. Facing Factory Director Ren and Political Commissar Qin, everyone could still shirk responsibility.

But they are all students taught by Kong Hao. Even now, Kong Hao still provides factory management training to everyone every week, and even the factory director and political commissar participate.

China has always respected teachers and education since ancient times. What's more, the arsenal can reach its current scale only because of the machinery and equipment seized from the Japanese devils by the special forces led by Kong Hao. His words are more effective than anyone else's.

"Comrades, the reason why China cannot compete with the Japanese in the steel industry is that we must open up our minds and put the overall situation first."

"Okay, I won't say much. I have a list here. Everyone on it will report to the steel plant tomorrow. They can return to their respective units after the steel plant is back on track."

"By the way, Lao Gu, ten college students will be coming to the headquarters in a few days. Their majors are all related to mechanics. They will all be sent to the steel plant first."

"However, the relevant talent reserves must also be followed up, and enough professional talents should be trained in their spare time. Only in this way can we avoid being as busy and confused as we are now when expanding production capacity in the future."

As Secretary Xiaowen read out the list, many people showed distressed expressions on their faces, but Lao Gu had a broad smile on his face.

Finally, he patted his chest and promised to produce the first batch of qualified steel within a month.

When the others heard this, they smiled with satisfaction. As long as there was enough steel, everyone's production capacity could definitely be doubled.

However, everyone soon realized that this idea was good, but they would face the same dilemma as the steel mills, lack of talent.

The scale of the arsenal expanded too quickly, and there were never enough talents. Even if the headquarters and various bases continued to supply large numbers of high-quality talents to the arsenal, it was far from enough.

The only solution for now is to increase the scale of night schools, requiring everyone to study after get off work at night, and to open more vocational and technical schools to cultivate professional talents.

Next, the person in charge of the secret base reported on some problems encountered in his work.

"We tested the latest equipment for a while and found that the precision of the parts produced was extremely high. One old craftsman even produced a part with a precision of 0.1 mm, which shocked everyone at the time."

Everyone present was in the industrial field, and they were extremely sensitive to this kind of data. When they heard that we could actually process parts with such high precision, they were all very proud of it.

However, Kong Hao was not surprised at all. He just said with a hint of meaning:

"In fact, the comprehensive performance of these devices I brought back is more exaggerated than you can imagine."

"The reason why we measured 0.1 mm is because the minimum scale of our measuring instrument is only 0.1 mm, not because the processing accuracy limit of our machinery and equipment is that much."

"These two sets of equipment are the most advanced industrial machines from abroad, and they were brought back at a huge cost."

"The so-called industrial mother machine is something that can produce machinery and equipment. Our general machinery and equipment can only produce products with an accuracy of 1-2 millimeters. This kind of precision is barely acceptable as an industrial product, but if it is used to imitate machinery and equipment, the equipment produced will be more troublesome."

"If you use parts with a precision of 1 mm to assemble a machine, then the parts produced by this machine can only have a precision of 3-5 mm or more. This kind of industrial product is completely defective."

It was the first time for everyone present to hear of such a high-end thing. To be honest, in the past, it was a blessing to be able to get a lathe that was more than 30 years old. Only the most experienced masters had the opportunity to use it, and most others had to use hand-made weapons and equipment.

This kind of top foreign industrial mother machine can open the threshold for a country's industrialization. If we don't have it, we will be controlled by others for the rest of our lives.

When thinking of the beautiful future, most of the people present showed longing looks on their faces. Everything will be fine.

At this time, a loud voice suddenly shouted: "Are industrial hens the same as the old hens we raise? They lay eggs, the eggs hatch, and the hens lay eggs again."

After hearing this, everyone was stunned. Such a noble thing was said so rudely, giving people the feeling of a pig trying to steal cabbage.

However, Kong Hao smiled and agreed: "Although the words are a bit rough, it is true. In the future, we will use these industrial mother machines as the basis to produce our own industrial equipment."

"Of course, at the beginning, we can only produce some simple machine tools. It will take some time before we can produce a complete set of equipment."

"Our future is bright, everyone please work hard with me."