Canteen System Assistance Notes

The blast furnace at Balu is a small blast furnace, and the order of slag discharge is before iron discharge. The operator needs to open the baffle of the slag outlet to release the slag floating on the molten iron in the furnace, release the slag into the slag channel, and flow into the slag flushing pool to be cooled by water; or flow into the slag tank car and be dumped into a designated area.

After the slag discharge is completed, the molten iron will flow out from the iron mouth on the other side and go to the iron casting machine or torpedo tank car, and eventually become cast iron ingots or raw materials for steel smelting.

The alarm rang. Du Youlin, wearing a heat-insulating suit and blackened glasses, stared at the young workers operating the mill. Elsewhere, several experienced ironworkers were monitoring the slag pit, the taphole, and other areas. Braving the intense heat, a young worker pushed a protective steel cart to the taphole. He braked the cart, then extended a long steel bar through the operating opening in the steel protective wall and opened the slag hole's cover.

"Good! Accurate movements and fast speed!"

The old master on the side encouraged, and violent smoke rose. Hot iron slag emerged from the water-cooled slag outlet, flowed into the slag channel made of cast iron, and finally flowed into the slag flushing pool.

Du Youlin knew that these slags would eventually become raw materials for cement plants, or roadbed fillers favored by construction teams, further boosting the construction of the entire industrial zone, even the border areas, and this big family.

But the next moment, he saw an orange-white light coming out from the hot slag.

That is a light that does not belong to the slag.

Translucent!!

“Iron is revealed in the slag mouth!!!”

Du Youlin shouted loudly, his voice distorted by fear.

Chapter 97: Iron Leakage Accident in No. 1 Blast Furnace

What is the inside of a blast furnace like?

Apart from the famous liquid nitrogen quick-freezing experiment, it is almost impossible to accurately understand what is going on inside this huge furnace filled with gas and molten iron.

Therefore, all steel mills have a set of formulas and records based on experience.

The data is recorded to estimate the situation inside the furnace, one of which is the amount of molten iron produced in the furnace.

This is crucial for determining when the blast furnace releases the molten iron and pours out the slag. Molten iron is heavier and sinks to the bottom of the furnace, while the slag is lighter and cooler, floating above. Furthermore, while the Eighth Route Army's blast furnaces are relatively large domestically, they are still considered miniature blast furnaces globally. They cannot directly utilize the "iron-slag joint outlet" design of larger blast furnaces. Instead, the slag is released before the molten iron is released, and the molten iron is poured out last.

Therefore, once the molten iron output is estimated incorrectly, boiling hot molten iron will flow out of the slag outlet at a higher position.

Du Youlin was practically terrified, his feet feeling pinned to the ground, unable to move. A similar situation had occurred at the Jinyang Iron and Steel Plant before, and he knew that next, the scalding molten iron would burst through the slag outlet, scorching the steel water-cooling jacket. Then, the circulating cooling water in the jacket would come into contact with the liquid iron at over 1,500 degrees Celsius, causing a massive explosion.

Of course, an "explosion" of this magnitude wouldn't destroy the blast furnace, but the molten iron would simply mow down everyone in front of the slag outlet like a machine gun in the army.

What to do now?

How to do?

what to do!

Du Youlin forced himself to come to his senses. He was the most experienced foreman on the scene, the foreman of the furnace workers! Now, the slag hole was about to leak iron. The most urgent task was to block the slag hole, then prepare a dry slag pit and release the slag carrying molten iron into the emergency dry slag pit!

But who will block the hole? Let those young workers who have just started? This is an extremely dangerous job!

Du Youlin took a step forward, shoved the young worker aside, and ran towards the operator at the furnace. The accompanying veteran was dragging the stunned young worker along as they scrambled towards the shelter. The Eighth Route Army factory had prepared state-of-the-art safety equipment, including a slurry-firing iron-mouth cannon, a carbon monoxide alarm to monitor the slag gas, and silver thermal protective clothing. However, the slag sealing machine, used to prevent the slag-mouth from tapping, had only recently arrived and had not yet been fully installed, so it couldn't be put into use immediately.

In the current situation, we can only resort to the old method: someone has to rush over and block the slag hole with a long slag rake!

With heavy breathing, Du Youlin felt his whole body was burning hot. Even through the inky window and insulated suit, he felt that the small slag was like the shining eyes of King Yama - although no one knew what King Yama looked like, it did not prevent him from feeling the call of death.

The evening banquet, the mutton on it, Zhen Guanxi cutting it, and his son, now obedient and frightened by his sharp knife, were like layers of webs, entangling him, pulling at him, begging him. Just give up, run to the shelter, wait for the molten iron to burst, and then come out to clean up the mess: so what if the wind breaks, so what if the slag hole changes... so what if those young workers die? It's not your shift today, you have no responsibility!

However, Du Youlin did not stop and rushed towards the slag truck parked on the side.

Nai Qiu! Go to hell! So many people are counting on you! You stubborn bastard!

However, at this moment, a figure whizzed past, showing unusual agility. "Lao Du! Give me a hand!"

Damn it, it’s Lu Gangtie!

Lu Gangtie, who was in the duty room just now, rushed out like a magic trick, and overtook Du Youlin who was rushing towards the slag rake truck at an unimaginable speed. Then he pressed one end of the rake and raised the plugging plate at the other end: This plugging device installed on a two-wheeled vehicle uses the principle of leverage. The user needs to lift the plug with his own weight, and then push the entire slag rake truck to the front of the furnace to block the slag outlet.

Without time to think, Du Youlin grabbed one end of the slag truck, and Lu Gangtie roughly pushed forward, released the brake, and rushed towards the slag hole where iron was leaking. He was only wearing an insulated hood and heat-insulating gloves!

"It's aimed, it's aimed!"

With a thud, the slag rake firmly blocked the slag opening. Du Youlin immediately felt a powerful force: the naturally flowing slag and molten iron were extremely dense, and pure gravity gave them a force of over a hundred kilograms, attempting to dislodge the massive slag rake. To counteract this force, slag rake trucks have a brake that locks when the handle is released.

"withstand--!"

Bang, bang, bang, puff!

Golden iron flowers flew everywhere, but were firmly blocked by the slag rake. Only some debris overflowed from the edge and flew in all directions. Du Youlin instinctively shrank his body to avoid the molten iron debris that were like bullets; while Lu Gangtie in front of him stood firm like steel, letting the iron flowers fall on his mask, gloves and cotton coat, and he never took a step back until the entire eruption was over, the slag mouth was completely sealed, and no more molten iron came out.

-------one

The iron flowers cooled rapidly in the air and could no longer burn through the heat-resistant gloves covered with aluminum foil. However, when Lu Gangtie's cotton coat came into contact with the iron flowers, flames flew up. At first glance, he looked like he was standing in the flames.

Du Youlin was stunned. He had never imagined someone could be so selfless. His earlier courage had been a result of a lightning-fast mental struggle, but Lu Gangtie's unwavering response seemed almost instinctive. "Senior Engineer Lu! Du on duty!"

The other workers on duty rushed over, grabbed a fire extinguisher, put out the flames on Lu Gangtie's arm, cut open his cotton coat, exposing the burned skin, and rinsed it with cold water from a can. The only motor truck in the factory was rumbling towards them.

Du Youlin, having refused his coworker's first aid, watched in silence as Lu Gangtie, his eyes tightly shut and teeth clenched, was carried out on a stretcher and loaded onto a truck. The slag hole had been blocked, the danger averted, the worst-case scenario averted, and no casualties or loss of life—aside from Lu Gangtie, this should have been a cause for celebration and a sigh of relief. But Du Youlin felt no joy or relief.

He just wanted to know,

What do blast furnaces and steel mean to Lao Lu?

Chapter 98: Military Equipment (I) Hello, Lao Mo

(Considering that this pit has many new weapons and equipment that are different from the choices of the Eighth Route Army, the People's Liberation Army, and even the Volunteer Army in history, a special series will be opened to talk about the relevant settings and stories. This series will be continuously updated like the next few series)

The Mosin-Nagant rifle is an ancient design from the Tsarist era. This weapon, which spanned the 19th century, was still playing a strong role in the 1930s. Although the Soviet Union currently plans to modify all Soviet troops with improved versions of the SVT semi-automatic rifle, the Eighth Route Army knows that in the upcoming world war, the old and strong "Old Mo" will accompany the Red Army soldiers and become the main rifle in the fight against German fascism.

However, at this time, peace still existed between the Soviet Union and Germany, and the Soviet Army's equipment upgrade plan was progressing steadily. Therefore, in early 1938, after representatives of the Eighth Route Army traveled to the Soviet Union and paid a certain amount of foreign currency and supplies, the Soviet side readily transferred the Mosin-Nagant rifles that had long been stored in their inventory to the Eighth Route Army, along with some second-hand production equipment and "second-hand" volunteer technicians, allowing the Eighth Route Army to produce this rifle.

The "Mosin-Nagant" had already arrived in China. The Eighth Route Army's repair and manufacturing plant was quite familiar with this smokeless powder rifle known as the "Water-Link Rifle". The overall production process of the rifle was quite smooth. After 38 years of assembly with incoming materials, with the opening of the open hearth at the Huinong Iron Works in 39, the Eighth Route Army could finally start producing rifles from scratch.

However, at this time, the troops had a very interesting feedback:

Some rifles transferred by the Soviet army and some batches of products from the trial production in 38 had severe problems with the bolt opening, especially during winter training and combat. The bolt was easily frozen or stuck after continuous shooting, making it difficult for the shooter to pull the bolt smoothly, and even requiring the use of a hammer to open the bolt.

This was a serious quality problem. On the one hand, the Eighth Route Army raised the issue to the Soviet Union, and on the other hand, the Eighth Route Army organized the factory's quality inspectors to conduct an investigation and statistics. After statistics, it was found that almost all the problems occurred in "second-hand rifles" with serious wear and tear and "the early batches of M assembled with incoming materials." After a centralized analysis of the faulty rifles, the Eighth Route Army found that: the bolt parts of these rifles had many problems such as wear, insufficient processing accuracy, and surface burrs. The feedback from the Soviet Union also showed the same problem - most newly assembled rifles did not have such problems, but as the use time increased, Lao Mo began to gradually develop such problems.

In addition, a few sniper-type "Lao Mo" have never encountered similar problems.

At the same time, Liu Helian also shipped all the American-made Mosin-Nagants purchased from Remington to the border region. Unlike the Soviet imports, which primarily consisted of the TM1891/30", Remington's Mosin-Nagants were the older TM1891 and its corresponding "Dragoon and Cossack" models. These expensive walnut-clad Mosins were meticulously assembled, and despite their extended storage life, they rarely experienced the "kick-open" issue.

This situation further clarifies the cause of the problem.

Now that the problem has been identified, the newly established "Industry and Standardization Bureau" of the central government issued an improvement plan to the Mosin-Nagant factory. After referring to many historical imitation and improved models of the Mosin-Nagant, the Bureau of Industry and Standardization made the following series of improvements:

1. Before leaving the factory, a grinding process is added to the bolt link and a matching test is carried out.

2. The barrel of the commonly used rifle-type Lao Mo rifle will be adjusted to the length of the historical 1944 carbine to adapt to the situation in China where combat distances mainly occur within 1,000 meters and the opportunities for bayonet fighting have decreased with the increase in close combat firepower.

3. With reference to the sniper version of the Mosin-Nagant, the straight-pull bolt handle of the Mosin-Nagant was bent downward. At the same time, with reference to the Japanese rifle, a spliced ​​wooden stock was used to adapt to the situation where there are fewer qualified gun materials in the country and reduce the difficulty of production.

The production difficulty of the Mosin-Nagant itself is relatively low, and after the industrial strength of the Eighth Route Army gradually strengthened, the difficulties in producing this thing could be overcome - after all, in history, the Huangyadong Arsenal was able to produce the "Type 81 Cavalry Rifle" with railway steel simply by relying on a few lathes, drills and planers picked up by Zhou Gong near the Chencang Railway Station and a "human forging hammer" pulled by several strong men. Now the Eighth Route Army has complete materials, workers and equipment, and the attempt to produce the new Mosin-Nagant is very smooth.

But soon, a strange problem appeared in the rifles sent to the troops for trial - to some extent, this was not a problem: after some night battles, the soldiers reported that the muzzle flame of the shortened rifle was larger when firing, which would cause the soldiers to be temporarily blinded for the next few seconds, unable to see anything, and had to close their eyes and rest for a while before they would feel better.

How is this going?

After much research, the technicians at the arsenal finally discovered the cause. After the barrel was shortened, the newly produced nitrate powder from the border regions and the stacked lead primer worked perfectly together. While the combination was nearly perfect for the longer-barreled 1891/30 model, the shortened "Carbine" model prevented the ample bullet charge from burning completely within the barrel. While this had little effect during the day, at night, the resulting muzzle flame was enough to temporarily blind the shooter.

This wasn't strictly a problem with the gun, but rather with the ammunition. The solution was simple: simply load less propellant into the carbine-type cartridges. However, this would also alter the gun's trajectory, reducing its effective range, something the Eighth Route Army didn't want.

After consulting with a central "expert," the Eighth Route Army's energy material factory began the process of improving rifle propellant. Given the border region's limited resources and limited R&D capabilities, they couldn't make significant changes to the formula. Instead, they considered the propellant's shape: by replacing the nozzle mechanism of the energy material forming machine and punching a hole in the center of the vermicelli-shaped nitro propellant, creating a "spaghetti" shape, they increased the reactive surface area of ​​the energy material, thereby increasing the combustion rate.

After more than half a year of research, this propellant was successfully finalized in 1939, successfully solving the problem of excessive muzzle flame. While maintaining the range and lethality of the bullet, it made the recoil of the gun smoother, laying a good foundation for the development of subsequent weapons.

only.......

Perhaps it was because of the strange code name for Italian macaroni that a restaurant called "Old Roman Onion Tube Pasta" later appeared in Fushi. Here, you can enjoy Yan Wei's authentic Italian dishes, from lasagna to macaroni, but they are always topped with lush green onions or peeled garlic cloves, which made the British and American staff who later arrived in Fushi feel uncomfortable.

In addition, there is a kind of pasta for sale that is mixed with Lao Gan Ma, a Chinese specialty, fermented black bean sauce. This pasta is shiny in color and has a strong aroma. It tastes spicy and strong, which makes people's appetites open. Many staff members stationed in China later brought this flavor of pasta back to their hometowns, which caused quite a sensation. However, some Italians angrily denounced it as "fake pasta."

According to folklore, this pasta was introduced to China by Roman merchants during the Han Dynasty. Later, Italian World War II historians even visited the area to taste and inspect it. After extensive research, they demonstrated that the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region produced as many as seven varieties of pasta, ranging from macaroni to goose-flap pasta, concluding that pasta was an indispensable combat capability for the Chinese army.

In the propaganda for preserved fruits, the Eighth Route Army was described as "a bandit leader who was extremely extravagant and greedy, and who specialized in plundering the local gentry and wise men in the territories he occupied for his own use. As a result, the noodles he ate were all made on Italian machines purchased at huge prices." As for the real situation, perhaps only God knows.

Chapter 99: Military Equipment (II) Light and Heavy Automatic

Automatic firepower was an important fire support for any army in World War II.

Aside from the Germans, who, due to historical reasons and technical specifications, chose to build their squad firepower around general-purpose machine guns, the squad firepower of major military powers was mostly built around light machine guns - the American Bar, the British Bren, the Soviet DP, and even the Japanese "Curvy Handgun" - after putting aside the mortar, the king of enemy destruction, a light machine gun that could perform stably, or even a higher-level heavy machine gun, could sometimes even kill more people than all the individual rifles in its organization combined.

Therefore, when I was discussing with Liu Helian about importing machinery and equipment and establishing our own military-industrial enterprises, the Central Committee clearly stated: Comrade Liu, this is the task assigned to you by the Party organization. We must be able to produce both light and heavy machine guns independently!

.Well. If we can't produce it ourselves, we can overhaul it ourselves - because we had been on the Long March and didn't have a stable base, the Central Committee didn't have too many expectations for what Liu Helian could do: Imagine, a military factory that can produce more than 50 light machine guns per month, 600 to 700 light machine guns per year, or 30 heavy machine guns per month, and a corresponding bullet factory. If it can be fully equipped to the previous Red Army and produce stably, Chiang Kai-shek would probably not have to ask for anything.

It’s just that it’s difficult to develop industry, but after having a certain industrial foundation, it’s really not that difficult to build a decent military factory.

Warlord Liu of Sichuan Province spent 430,000 silver dollars and hired 300 ordinary workers to produce 500 Qilali light machine guns per month. The Dagu Arsenal, which could produce rifles, modify the MP18 submachine gun design, and even produce 300 Czech-style light machine guns per month, had a workforce of just over 700 people. The Jinling Factory, the leader of the preserved fruit military industry, which could produce bullets, rifles, grenades, machine guns, mortars, and even artillery, had a total workforce of less than 4,000 people, spread across multiple branches.

Ultimately, the difficulty of establishing factories and developing industry in China stems from the country's pauperism. Once a decent industrial base, even comparable to Yan Laoxi's, is established, military production can be successfully established. As for the fact that steel mills went bankrupt during wartime, oil fields ran out of barrels, and arsenals were unable to obtain loans, these were clearly unique to the Republic of China and should not be copied and pasted to the Eighth Route Army. Furthermore, the current Eighth Route Army is no longer a "normal" Eighth Route Army.

In 1937-1938, while negotiations with the Soviet Union were still ongoing, Liu Helian began to help the Eighth Route Army build the first machine gun factory through the northwest channel and his own hard work in freight. By using a combination of European and Soviet manufacturing equipment, the machine gun factory, named the 'Second Repair Shop of the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army', began to have the ability to produce Soviet-made DP and Maxim machine guns - of course, the factory's production capacity was very low at this time, with a monthly output of about 30 DPs and 50 Maxims.

During this period, the Second Repair Depot's primary mission was to recover the Red Army's diverse array of light and heavy machine guns: Hotchkiss, Chiral, Czech, and even the aging MGO and Maxim heavy machine guns. These multinational-brand weapons came from numerous warlords, from the Northeastern Army to the Sichuan Army, and were considered veteran comrades of the Red Army.

The factory's technicians repaired them, restored their functions, or attempted to re-chamber them so that they could be used with the bullets reloaded and produced by the First Repair Shop. Then, they equipped these things with the necessary accessories and attachments, such as the missing condensers, go-no-go gauges, and flame arresters. Finally, these miscellaneous machine guns were sorted and organized into categories before being sent to newly formed troops or military academies.

As for firearms that are truly beyond repair, they can only be remanufactured. However, this is a last resort, a major decision that requires a meeting of the factory Party Committee and the signature of the factory director.

Because the Maxim was a water-cooled machine gun, its manufacturing requirements were even lower than those of the DP. In addition, the country had a long period of experience in using it. With the help of Soviet consultants, the Second Repair Institute quickly completed the reproduction of the Soviet version of the Maxim, and orderly promoted the imitation of the DP machine gun.

Unlike the widely used Min-24, the Soviet Maxim used a wheeled mount, making it easier for soldiers to drag it across the frozen ground of the Soviet Union, or to push it during battle to keep up with the troops. The Second Repair Shop initially adopted the Soviet production manual with a completely copied attitude, and naturally introduced the wheeled mount as well. However, after the first batch of original machine guns were distributed to the troops,

The soldiers immediately gave negative reviews through the newly established feedback channel -

"This wheeled carriage is so big and heavy, it's always hard to use! I can't push it, and the horses can't pull it. The old sedan chairs could be carried by just two people, making them easy to move and everyone was used to them."

Forehead......

Compared to the Russian winters and vast plains, China clearly lacked the conditions suitable for pushing heavy machine guns, and couldn't keep up with the Eighth Route Army's agile and versatile fighting style. The Second Repair Depot then realized that the two wheels on this wheeled gun carriage seemed to be having trouble adapting to the local climate.

Fortunately, the production manual hadn't been completely frozen yet, allowing for revisions. The Second Repair Shop immediately began work on improving the gun: they first transplanted the Min-24's sedan-style mounting, retaining the widely acclaimed machine gun shield. They also referenced information and samples Liu Helian brought from the United States, including the M-type ultra-light tripod from the M1919A4 Browning machine gun, and refined the entire production process. The result was an "Eighth Route Army version" of the Maxim machine gun, weighing 20 kilograms for the barrel and 10 kilograms for the tripod, for a total weight of no more than 30 kilograms without cooling water.

The price of saving over 19 kilograms compared to the Min-24 was the loss of the Maxim's ability to engage targets beyond 1500 meters and its ability to conduct anti-aircraft fire without the use of a stand. When the Second Repair Station reported these issues to the troops in the second half of 38, explaining its advantages and disadvantages and inviting soldiers to test-drive the new machine gun, the feedback was unanimous: While the long-range straddle and anti-aircraft fire capabilities were unconcerned, the soldiers greatly appreciated the 19 kilogram weight reduction.

"Oh! This is good! This is light!"

It seems that the Eighth Route Army's pursuit of reducing the weight of machine guns seems to be somewhat innate.

Finally, amidst the flames of war in 1938, the improved Maxim and DP machine guns were rapidly finalized and successfully entered mass production in 39. The Second Repair and Construction Institute gradually increased its production capacity, arming more and more Eighth Route Army units. These two light and heavy machine guns became reliable automatic firepower in the hands of grassroots infantry units.

The improved Maxim, with its water-cooled machine gun's powerful sustained firing capability and the fully-equipped long ammunition belt, was able to fight the Type 92 machine gun on a 60:40 ratio; and the DP machine gun's 47-round large magazine could effectively suppress the "Crossed Handgun" machine gun that used rifle magazines, providing effective covering firepower for the troops accompanying the leap forward.

However, the Maxim, after all, was a water-cooled machine gun, and had begun to lag behind the times; the DP light machine gun also had its own minor flaws and inconsistencies. While the current combat situation had not yet exposed its weaknesses to an unacceptable degree, the young members of the Second Repair Depot were not satisfied with this. Drawing on their accumulated experience, they began to attempt to further modify and correct these flaws, aiming to produce a more advanced weapon that would be more popular with the soldiers.

And this is probably a story for the future.

Chapter 100 The Doctor and the Playboy

"He's fine."

At Huinong Hospital, a doctor in white opened the door and walked out. The workers gathered outside all stood up. "Don't worry, comrades, Old Lu is fine." "The doctor who examined him is a famous internationalist doctor with superb medical skills and exquisite craftsmanship." The doctor stepped aside and pointed to the people around him. "Doctor Bai, these are Lu Gangtie's co-workers." "Oh! My friends, please rest assured. I assure you, Comrade Lu will be fine."

The tall, burly doctor, dressed in a white robe, stood out among the crowd of white lab coats and blue scrubs. He removed his mask, revealing a freshly shaved, square jaw and a Western-looking face. "He has third-degree burns on his arms. Fortunately, the protective mask and gloves blocked most of the heat. Once the wound heals, the most he'll experience is a little stiffness in his left hand and a bit of a winter chill—no amputation, trust me."

After speaking in slightly stilted Chinese, the white doctor turned and instructed the doctors and nurses accompanying him, "Your conditions here are excellent. Let him rest in a clean room. Keep the wound open, administer sulfa drugs and rehydration fluids regularly, and make sure it doesn't get infected. And then—" he pretended to drink water with his head tilted back, "let him drink plenty of warm water!"

"Yes, no problem, Dr. Bethune."

This was Bethune, Henry Norman Bethune, an internationalist fighter. After a tiring day, he doffed his white robe and latex gloves and emerged from the "Huinong O2" in Huangbaizi, Huinong—now, of course, nominally serving as the Huinong base's hospital, logistics center, and Party school office. It was late, the day's workday was over. Though he had only been here a few days, he had already quickly integrated into the work.

It was Bethune's creed to provide all possible help to these people who were resisting tyranny and fighting for independence and liberation.

In March 1939, when he set foot on this ancient land of the Far East, Bethune headed straight for Fushe without looking back. Knowing that his esteemed Communist comrades lacked adequate medical equipment, he brought two full suitcases of surgical instruments with him when he landed on Wan Chai Island. He also instructed his fellow doctors to bring along a large amount of medicine and equipment: these would surely be of great use and must be delivered to those who could use them as soon as possible!

However, just as Chairman Mao was meeting with Bethune, an emergency patient was suddenly brought in from the hospital downstairs from the Fushe Canteen. The noise caught his attention. Upon learning that the patient was a soldier with a pneumothorax, he felt obliged to step forward.

"Comrade Chairman, I'm sorry, I'm a doctor, and curing illnesses and saving lives is my first mission!"

Then he left the Chairman behind and rushed into the hospital. After more than ten minutes, when the patient had completed initial emergency treatment and the emergency was over, Bethune said goodbye to the medical staff at the Central Hospital, who had been astonished by his superb thoracentesis skills, and returned to the place where he had met with the Chairman.

He reported to the Chairman with great joy: "Comrade Chairman, the conditions at Fushe Central Hospital are much better than I imagined. They have clean water, filtered air, and comprehensive equipment. They're on par with the best church hospitals I've ever seen!" "But I hope such medical conditions can be replicated in every area under our management, bringing precise and effective medical care to every citizen. Comrade Chairman, I want to visit more places where I'm needed!"

This was a pure and noble medical worker, a man who had transcended vulgar interests. For several months, he had traveled around the towns and villages of the border region, riding a modest horse, providing instruction and services to clinics, health stations, and even village medical centers, curing many patients and teaching them much.

When he arrived at Huinong, he happened to meet Lu Gangtie, whose arm had been burned. Because the burn was not too large and the emergency treatment was timely, the metallurgical expert's arm was safely saved. Bethune couldn't help laughing as he imagined the steel expert rushing back to work after recovering and cursing.

"After get off work, um, today - what should I do for fun?" He showed a thoughtful expression.