A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

A dozen or so workers lined up, gritting their teeth and desperately scraping at the whale skin with the kitchen knives that had just been delivered.

When one hand gets tired, switch to the other.

"It's open! It's open!"

After working for most of the day, one of the workers finally shouted excitedly.

Jiang Xia had been dozing off on Liu Hongjun's shoulder for a while, but the noise of the crowd woke him up. He wiped his mouth sheepishly and said, "Brother Jun, they've been working on this for so long, and they've only just managed to break the skin?"

"The progress is worrying!"

Liu Hongjun put down his binoculars: "Tsk, doesn't seem like it! In my experience, it's just a thin layer of skin. No, how should I put it?"

Thinking about it, Liu Hongjun raised his chapped palm, "It's like my skin is broken, but it's still a long way from getting to the flesh!"

Looking at the Red Army's chapped hands, Jiang Xia started rummaging around again and pulled out a small jar of badger oil.

"Take this and wipe it down. Didn't you use the heating pack?"

"Hehe, it's alright, guys! Didn't they say the comrades at the border really need heated packs? Let's save some money!" Liu Hongjun chuckled and scratched his head.

"What's the point of saving money? That stuff isn't worth anything!"

"It's quite valuable. The old company commander and the others said they don't have enough rust, so they've all gone to Shijingshan to look for it!"

Liu Hongjun smacked his lips, opened the jar, and began applying oil to his hands.

Well, if it were someone else, the Red Army would definitely enforce the "three major records," but Jiang Gong is one of our own brothers, so we don't care about those things.

"We're running out of rust? Why didn't anyone tell me?"

"No big deal. There's a huge pile of turtle iron in Shijingshan. We can easily knock a bunch off..."

When Jiang Xia heard that they were running out of ferric oxide and wanted to use the "iron oxide method" to produce a batch for later use, he immediately laughed when he pictured the old company commander and his men bending over, scraping rust off iron ingots.

Wow, the heating packs are so well-made they don't even have enough rust! Just how hard did the old company commander and his men work? But with that, they're probably so exhausted they just collapse and fall asleep every day.

PTSD and the like are probably not for them.

Good!

Jiang Xia stood up and looked at the still bustling "large-scale decomposition site".

"Tsk, aren't they stupid? They're working at a steel mill, yet they're using those little kitchen knives to cut things. Just grab some hydraulic steel, smash it a few times on the press, and you've got a big cleaver! So dumb!"

Ok?

Liu Hongjun looked back at Jiangxia, then raised his binoculars to watch the group of workers hacking away with kitchen knives. He closed his open mouth and nodded in deep agreement: "So stupid!"

"Let's go! Go back to sleep!"

"Oh! I'll go with you!"

Liu Hongjun stood up, thought for a moment, and shouted into the room, "Director! Engineer Jiang said you're an idiot! You can't even make a decent living by working at the steel mill! Can't you make a couple of big machetes?"

Uh!

The activity on the field stopped instantly. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over in astonishment.

A cold wind howled past, carrying withered branches and fallen leaves, following Jiang Xia's departing figure. At this moment, in everyone's eyes, Jiang Xia's originally somewhat slender body seemed to have become incredibly tall.

"If it weren't for Engineer Jiang's... insightful comment!"

"Hey, no wonder he's an engineer, his mind works so fast..."

Jiang Xia didn't turn his head, a slight smile unconsciously playing on his lips. He was secretly pleased: I love listening to this! Say more! No wonder those arrogant protagonists love to show off and then get their faces slapped. This feeling is even better than being lifted up by everyone just now!

"Pah! You little rascal, getting all cocky? Run five kilometers with me tomorrow!"

Uh... Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia instantly dropped his smug gait and started moving his legs quickly, disappearing from everyone's sight in no time.

"Leave me a piece of ambergris; I want to use it to attract foreign exchange!"

Old Wang also realized what was happening, clapped his hands, and said to everyone, "By the way, when we find something like a stone in the whale's intestines, take it out; that kid will need it!"

"Okay!" everyone responded in unison.

"Hey~ Engineer Jiang is so weak, let's leave Whale's second brother to him too!"

Old Wang stroked his chin and gave his coworker an approving look: "Great! But it's a bit too big, just leave enough space for his head..."

"Hey, you're so thoughtful. It's no wonder Xiao Jiang always thinks of you guys!" Yang Youning also laughed loudly.

Only Xu Damao's face fell instantly upon hearing the discussion.

"My... baby~"

"My~~!"

……

Just as Little Ahoge rushed back to catch up on his sleep.

Liu Haizhong, who was also working overtime at the factory, didn't use a punch press; instead, he went straight to a 500-ton free forging press. No one knows how he manipulated the molds, but with a few casual assemblies, he managed to create several 6-foot-long swords.

After the grinding machine was sharpened, it was directly transported to the site using a small steel cannon.

Three people in a group, wielding these six-foot-long swords, forcefully stabbed at the whale's belly. The scene was... wow, incredibly cruel.

"It's in!"

"Alright! Listen to my instructions. Those in front, move backwards; those behind, move forwards. If the blade feels like it's stuck on something, just drag it!"

Old Wang somehow got hold of two command flags and stood in front of the whale's belly, looking quite professional.

"Listen to the slogan! One, two, three, go!"

With a series of soft "plop, plop, plop" sounds, the thick fish skin was finally cut open. Everyone was overjoyed.

"Our workers are strong! No matter how thick the skin is, we can cut it open for you!"

He Yuzhu and Xu Damao were among them.

Because of their disturbance, Old Wang specially arranged for them to be placed near the whale's rear end.

After struggling to insert the broadsword, the two prepared to move forward as instructed. As they walked, He Yuzhu noticed the pressure on his hands increasing dramatically.

Turning his head, he saw that Xu Damao wasn't using any force at all; he was just staring at the whale and muttering words like "treasure."

"Xu Damao, you useless piece of trash, put in some effort! You want 'that stuff' so badly? Once you're done, I'll cut a piece for you!"

Uh, you want to ask why He Yuzhu suddenly became so kind?

He was probably scared by Lao Wang. After all, even if it was a slip of the hand, it was still unacceptable to swing a kitchen knife at a coworker.

"Five yuan! Plus a huge piece of whale meat!" Xu Damao snapped out of his daze and started haggling.

"Hey, you're getting all worked up now. At worst, I'll go back to sweeping the streets. It's just one 'Second Brother,' so hurry up and get to work! Can't you see the cold-faced Yama is looking this way?" He Yuzhu cursed under his breath while glancing at Old Wang's direction out of the corner of his eye.

Just think about what happened to Zhao Dezhu.

That old Wang is truly ruthless!

"it is good!"

With both of them exerting force, the rate at which the skin broke increased significantly. But just then, a hissing sound suddenly came from inside the whale's body.

"Whoosh!" A strong, fishy stench suddenly sprayed onto their faces as the crack widened. "Ugh~ It stinks like hell!"

The two closed their eyes; the smell was not only pungent, but it also stung their eyes!

"Hoo~~ho~~"

More and more gas emerged from the crack, and finally, like a balloon exploding, there was a soft "pop."

But as the sound was heard, a large number of unidentified objects gushed out of the whale's body.

The workers who were standing near the whale were instantly covered in dirt by this sudden "attack," and they stood there stunned, their faces full of fear.

He Yuzhu and Xu Damao were directly knocked to the ground by the impact and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Help! Glug glug! Help!"