the world is at stake

However, every time there is a bombing, Taiwan's air force and navy will retaliate frantically, but the retaliation is getting weaker and weaker, and the Liberty Ship fleet near the southeast coast can reach its intended destination safely.

Under such careful arrangements, the first batch of free ships arrived at their respective destinations.For the sake of confidentiality and safety, they choose relatively remote docks when they dock.The port is under martial law, and any unrelated persons are prohibited from approaching.

Two of the Liberty ships arrived in Shanghai but did not go to the Bund Pier. Instead, they went up the Yangtze River to Nanjing, where they unloaded two sets of 30-kilowatt coal-fired power generating units.

In 49, the national power generation installed capacity was only 185 million kilowatts.The Kuomintang bombed the Shanghai Yangshupu Power Plant, destroying nearly one-third of the country's power generation capacity at one go.

The power generation steam turbine that was bombed was made in Switzerland.Due to the coastal blockade, the Turkish Communist Party had to transport it to Europe by rail for repair, which was time-consuming and laborious.

But even so, it must be repaired, because it cannot be made in China, and there is no substitute.

Although the coal-fired generator set shipped by the 'Shengguang' team is second-hand from the United States, it is in good condition.The carrying capacity of the two free ships is nearly [-] tons, and the equipment for power generation, transformation, transmission, and distribution is very complete.

As long as these two sets of units are in good order, the domestic power generation capacity can be increased by 30.00% at one time.In order to take good care of these two sets of units, Minister Chen of the Ministry of Fuel Industry personally led a team to escort them.

"Coal-fired boilers, high-voltage electric pumps, turbo-generators, and main transformers." In the warehouse by the pier, Minister Chen happily counted them, "These equipments are complete, as long as they are assembled, they become a power plant. "

New China is really too poor. Only a very small number of large cities in the country have electricity supply, and it is intermittent.The voltage used by residents cannot be guaranteed at all, and the light bulbs are all rare things.

With the power supply, we can use electric equipment to develop production.

In agriculture, water pumps can be driven to irrigate, so that more land can be planted with food; in industry, machine tools can be driven to produce urgently needed products; in mining, excavators and conveyor belts can be driven, so that production efficiency can be increased by hundreds and thousands of times.

Electricity is used in schools, hospitals, and governments, which can double the efficiency of social operations.Just setting up an electric horn at the head of the village can bring outside knowledge and information to the village and break down ideological barriers.

Xiao Jinlang, as the 'consignor' of this batch of goods, also came to Nanjing from the imperial capital.Seeing the majestic [-]-ton Liberty Ship docking at the pier, he was delighted and sighed, "Minister Chen, you must hurry up to train and expand personnel."

Minister Chen grinned, "Sure, we plan to transfer a group of model workers from the cadres and the army for intensive study, and build a coal-fired power plant in Shanghai and the imperial capital."

Xiao Jinlang grinned and reminded: "I'm afraid one batch is not enough. Because there will be ten ocean-going fleets departing from the United States every month, and the second fleet is already on its way.

Throughout this year, there will be at least ten coal-fired generating units of more than 30 kilowatts arriving.In other words, you can plan twelve medium-sized power plants, and you need to recruit tens of thousands of workers who understand power technology. "

Twelve seats?

Minister Chen was very happy at first, and had already made the construction of two large coal-fired power plants the focus of his work in the next two years.Then he knew that Zhou Qingfeng was not just picking up junk in the United States, he was simply robbing.

"How can you get twelve sets of 30-kilowatt coal-fired generating sets?" Minister Chen felt that this kind of equipment was worth a thousand dollars, and it was very great to be able to buy one set.

But Xiao Jinlang and his group bought twelve sets in one go, and they were all complete sets of electrical equipment.This ability is too powerful, and it is completely sending twelve Shiquan Dabu pills to New China.

Old Xiao sighed, probably guessing what Zhou Qingfeng did - that wicked boy definitely ransacked the war preparation stockpiles made by the Americans during World War II.

During the war, the United States spared no expense to maximize its industrial production capacity, not only building a lot of military equipment, but also a large number of industrial facilities.

But no one can attack the continental United States like they bombed Germany and Japan.These industrial facilities can no longer be used and can only be turned into combat stockpiles.

With Zhou Qingfeng's position, it is easy to get rid of these war ready stocks at a low price.It's just that there is not only a shortage of equipment in the country, but also a shortage of qualified workers.

Xiao Jinlang has reminded the Prime Minister to speed up the training of the industrial population, and if necessary, absorb highly educated Chinese from abroad to return to China, or send a group of people to study in the Soviet Union and East Germany, or even hire a group of technicians from the socialist camp personnel.

In short, don't be afraid of debts. Building industry first is more important than anything else.In the future, there is no need to pitifully get food from farmers to pay off debts. The value of industrial products is much higher than that of agricultural products.

In particular, the light and heavy industries in the Soviet Union were deformed, and some home appliances and textiles produced could be easily sold.For an agricultural country like China, it is too bad to pay off debts with grain.

Minister Guo didn't know Xiao Jinlang's thoughts behind it. He was only shocked by the twelve sets of coal-fired generating units he was about to face, and his mind was buzzing for a while.

"Twelve sets, how could there be twelve sets? How much does it cost?"

"It doesn't cost money, it's all a gift from us. Just use it for domestic use. Let the equipment benefit the people as soon as possible, which is the greatest reward for all our efforts.

We have not only acquired power generation equipment, but also a large ship repair yard, two iron and steel smelting and profile processing equipment with an annual output of 50 tons, two sets of mining equipment, and tens of thousands of vehicles and machine tools.

These things will be transported by sea this year and next.These industries can support at least 300 million industrial population, which will increase our national strength by three or four times or even more in five years. "

This sounds too miraculous, but the foundation of New China is too poor, with a little investment in industry, the initial growth is explosive.Minister Guo thought it was impossible, but with Zhou Qingfeng around, it was absolutely possible.

Now it is the United States, the Soviet Union, and East Germany. Several industrial countries are jointly 'serving' domestic construction.As long as you are brave enough, transcendental development is completely fine.

Minister Chen didn't have time to listen to what Xiao Jinlang said later, he was excited and eager to discuss with the staff, and wanted to overthrow all the previous power plant construction projects.

Officials from the Ministry of Fuel Industry believe that twelve sets of 30-kilowatt power generation equipment will arrive within this year.If the equipment arrives but no one uses it, this is a huge dereliction of duty by party members and cadres.

Setting up night schools for workers, building electrical technical secondary schools, mobilizing urban intellectuals, hiring foreign technicians, all kinds of local and foreign methods have emerged one after another, with more thoughtful and feasible ideas.

Xiao Jinlang couldn't help but want to express his contribution with a somewhat condescending attitude.Seeing Minister Guo's burst of enthusiasm for work, he stopped his vain self-show off.

It has been more than half a year since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and more than a dozen people from 'Shengguang' have penetrated into every aspect of this world.Xiao Jinlang even saw the strong organizational ability of the Tu Communist Party.

The Chairman said, "We are not only good at destroying an old world, we are also good at building a new world."

This sentence is absolutely correct, and the development of New China is the best proof of this.For example, the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway was not repaired by the Kuomintang for more than [-] years, but it was repaired two years after the Communist Party took power.

Without the group of 'Holy Light', this fact will not be changed.

"Oh, I'm ashamed. What right do I have to be proud of the old seniors?" Xiao Jinlang was also considered a high-ranking official, and at this moment he laughed at himself silently in his heart, "With them, it will naturally burst out with strong vitality and vitality." fighting spirit."

Chapter 53 A steady stream of 'broken'

The two sets of 30-kilowatt coal-fired generating units shipped to Nanjing, but the two Liberty Ships shipped to Tianjin are really full of tatters.

The cadres of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee happily ran to the port, opened the hoisted iron cabinets, one by one, and they were all astonished.

"Wow, what is this? It's a big tin can."

"It seems to be a reactor, probably something from a chemical plant."

"This is a centrifuge, and an evaporator. Look for the nameplate and see what's written on it?"

"There is a filter press, a storage tank, and a condenser. This is probably a second-hand product dismantled from that chemical factory. The machine is full of dust."

Tianjin can be regarded as the second largest industrial and commercial city in old China, second only to Shanghai.It has certain basic industries of chemical industry, textile, food processing and electronic technology.

Zhou Qingfeng poached east and west in the United States, and got a lot of things that he didn't know what he could do.Most of them are really scrap industrial equipment, thrown in the dump.

Generally, no matter how cheap second-hand goods are, you have to spend some money to buy them. These scrap products are really free. The 'Sacred Light' team hired some people to dig through the waste recycling stations in various industrial cities, regardless of good or bad, and shipped them all under the name of scrap iron.

Fifteen thousand tons of these "reported waste products" were transported by two free ships, and they were scattered and piled up in the dock warehouse.A lot of equipment is rusty, and I don't know how long it has been stacked in the open air.

"Great, these reactors belong to our chemical plant."

"What is this? A printing press? My God, this row is full of printing presses."

"There are crucible furnaces, bubble blowing machines and vacuum machines. These are the equipment that our light bulb factory urgently needs."

"Our flour mill needs to get a few mills. There are also these crushers. Hurry up and say hello to the cement factory and ask them to send someone."

"The dirty pile is the conveyor belt. God, it's a conveyor. That prodigal son ruined such a good equipment like this? Our coal mine lacks such things."

A group of people wandered around the warehouse on the pier like a treasure hunt.Some master masters couldn't hold back, and hurriedly ordered their apprentices to guard a certain piece of equipment quickly, and don't let others snatch it.

Some people come first and others are followed, and it is inevitable to quarrel.

The cadres of the municipal party committee hurried out of the town and demanded that the 'junk' be registered and recorded in detail, and the model and function of the equipment should be clarified in detail, and then distributed after reporting.

The two Liberty ships have been stopping at the pier to unload cargo day and night.At the beginning, there were still iron cabinets full of scrap products, followed by thousands of cars and trucks of different types, and finally tens of thousands of second-hand tires waiting to be retreaded.

Xiao Jinlang only paid attention to the two sets of generator sets shipped to Nanjing, and felt that the shabby ones that arrived in Tianjin were nothing to write home about.He was even embarrassed to go, feeling ashamed.

But even tens of thousands of second-hand tires are a huge fortune for China today.After all, tires are consumables. At present, domestic vehicles are expensive, but the frequency of use is high, and the demand for tires is huge.

Just how to distribute these tires caused many departments to quarrel, and each company felt that their work was extremely important, and wished to take all the tires away.

As for the scrapped equipment that was picked up, after half a month of registration, technicians from the imperial capital and Shanghai pieced together a caustic soda production line and a soda ash production line, two flour processing plants, and two cement plants.

Most of the remaining equipment and vehicles can still be repaired and replenished to mines, tanning, oil extraction, matches, textiles, lamps and other enterprises in various places in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and there is no waste at all.

In the end, there were two to three hundred tons of scrap iron, which were simply thrown into the steelmaking furnace and turned into molten iron to contribute to the construction of socialism—all materials are useful, and nothing is wasted.

Just a few ships of waste products are not enough to be transported to the mainland, and we try to turn waste into treasure as much as possible.Many enterprises and departments did not grab what they needed, either sighed or felt wronged.

But thinking that there will be a free ship coming next month, everyone is full of hope, and they are all gearing up for another "picking up the ocean" and making great development.

In addition to Nanjing and Tianjin, five Liberty ships arrived in Guangzhou and Qinzhou, carrying similar equipment.The sources are different, some are dismantling factories, some are moving inventory, and some are picking up waste products.

A total of 500 tons of goods arrived at the port, and Zhou Qingfeng spent less than US$[-] million purchasing and transporting the goods in the United States.But when they arrive in China, they can be worth at least [-] million U.S. dollars in the hands of the Turkish Communist Party.

The cadres from all over the country summarized the situation and passed it to the desk of the Prime Minister of the imperial capital.

It has been a year and a half since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the perennial wars have left the country in ruins, but the enthusiasm of the revolutionaries for construction is unprecedentedly high.The Chinese are finally in control of their own destiny, and even the Korean War cannot disrupt this process of opening up the world.

The 'Holy Light' team can also be a little proud, they have actually greatly accelerated the development of this process.

After the founding of New China, it sought a loan of 52 billion rubles from the Soviet Union for economic construction and the Korean War, roughly equivalent to 13 billion U.S. dollars at the time.

Among them, nearly 51 billion rubles were loaned before 20 years, and the purchase of arms accounted for less than half.Among the total loans, arms purchases accounted for 80.00%, because of the fierce fighting.

In order to repay the loan, China had to provide the Soviet Union with 'tungsten, antimony, lead, tin and rubber'.This was an extremely heavy burden for China at that time.

After the Korean War, China used its shortage of food and pork to pay off its debts.This is really not worth the candle.

Now... the penicillin provided by the 'Holy Light' team alone is worth nearly 4 million US dollars, plus all kinds of heavyweight intelligence about the United States, in exchange for Stalin's agreement to change the volunteer army's outfits a year in advance, and generously gave it to the two regiments 'Figure [-]'.

The early arrival of this bomber gave the Turkish Communist Party the ability to conduct air strikes on targets thousands of kilometers away, strategically suppressing Taiwan's small land.

Not only was Lao Jiang unable to attack the coast of the mainland unscrupulously, but he was greatly weakened by the bombing.The U.S. Seventh Fleet, which was blocked in the Taiwan Strait, could not stop the air bombing.

Picking up American and German weapons from Europe saves a lot of military expenditure.Just more than 300 'Black Panther' tanks are worth almost 2000 million US dollars, equivalent to [-] million rubles.

There are also military uniforms, firearms, artillery, ammunition, etc. The equipment picked up is no worse than Su Ji, but the price is only one-tenth of Su Ji.Most of them just pay for shipping.

In addition, victory on the battlefield is the most economical.

The greatly reduced casualties, more efficient logistics, and more deadly firepower have reduced war expenditure by more than half, and the money saved can be used for national economic construction.

At present, the results of the Volunteer Army are twice that of the original history, but the losses are only a quarter.The main reason is that non-combat casualties have dropped significantly. Modern warfare not only trains troops, but also preserves a large number of veterans.

Based on the information gathered by the Prime Minister, the current loan to the Soviet Union is only five or six billion rubles at most, and the remaining funds and technology can be obtained from East Germany.

The GDR has already tailored a suitable industrial development plan for the country. Xiao Jinlang has seen the specific content, which basically conforms to the domestic industrial layout after the reform.

Germany's steel and chemical industries are stronger than the Soviet Union.The Czech Republic, Hungary and other countries also have their own strengths.They basically took out the essence of their respective industries and sent tens of thousands of experts and technicians to the Chinese market to make money.

This is equivalent to an enhanced version of 'Project 156'.

The concern of the Ministry of Fuel Industry about the lack of qualified workers for power plant construction will also be alleviated to a certain extent by the assistance of the socialist camp.

Next, the 'Holy Light' team will arrange for Liberty to arrive in the mainland with nearly [-] tons of cargo every month.This is equivalent to adding [-] million US dollars of equipment and materials to the mainland each time, and it is a shot in the arm to greatly boost domestic morale and strength.

For example, the Soviet Union needs rubber and asks China to buy [-] tons for it every year.

It is very difficult to complete this task domestically, and was forced to import rubber through British companies in Tianjin and Guangzhou during the Korean War.

Now Zhou Qingfeng can get thousands of tons of waste tires every time he transports, and the rubber granules recovered from these tires alone can meet the needs of the Soviet Union.

In addition, Zhou Qingfeng is seeking large-scale chemical equipment from the Jews. Dutch Shell and French Total can both be equipment suppliers.

These capitalist countries are really willing to do business secretly in order to make money.When the factory is completed, in the future, you can make a small fortune just by selling rubber to the Soviet Union.

In addition, Xiao Jinlang also proposed to use East German loans to upgrade domestic mining, metal processing and machinery manufacturing capabilities.After all, selling raw materials is not as good as selling industrial products, even primary industrial products are several times more expensive than raw materials.

Of all these things, the Prime Minister is most impressed by the fact that the group of 'Holy Light' never seeks anything in return.Provide a large amount of military equipment, industrial supplies and equipment, but do not ask for a penny.

Xiao Jinlang's biggest request so far is that he hopes that one day he can invite the chairman, the prime minister, and the commander-in-chief to attend a wedding and serve as witnesses for a couple of young people.

At that time, it is hoped that the chairman will stand in the middle, the two newcomers will stand next to each other, and the prime minister and commander-in-chief will be on the outermost side to take a wedding photo - such a simple request, the three giants readily agreed.

The gain brought by 'Holy Light' is like a non-stop huge investment, which greatly stimulates the recovery and development of the domestic economy.The ten free ships currently in place alone can greatly improve domestic coastal freight and reduce logistics costs.

After reading the report, the Prime Minister was extremely satisfied.He took out another file sent by Xiao Jinlang, opened it and took a look, "Witnesses, Zhou Qingfeng and Qin Qing."

There are photos of two newcomers in the file, one is tall and handsome, the other is handsome and generous, it can be called a match made in heaven.It's just that both of them are currently abroad and have not yet returned.

"Hey, it's this boy Zhou who caused chaos in New York. He secretly ordered the Kong and Song families to be tied up, and Song Meiling was arrested. He demanded a ransom from Lao Jiang."

If it was normal, the prime minister would definitely be dumbfounded, at least he would give a very serious evaluation.But Zhou Qingfeng is a person without party affiliation, so naturally he cannot be required by the party member regulations.

"This kid recently brought Dachen Island into harm's way. Hu Zongnan was kicked out of the mountains by the central government in northern Shaanxi, and he died indirectly at his hands today.

Killing Hu Zongnan didn't count, this kid was able to hook up with the KMT's internal forces. On the surface, Dachen Island was in full swing, but last week, an oil tanker secretly arrived in Shanghai, bringing in [-] tons of aviation kerosene.

The 'Tu-4' that is now bombing Taiwan uses the kerosene sent by Taiwan.I don't know if Lao Jiang, who is often bombed, will die of anger knowing that there are so many insiders under his command? "

Chapter 54

The first batch of ten Liberty Ships, the last one arrived in Lushun.A thousand 'Willis' jeeps were carried on board, plus a great deal of industrial equipment and machine tools.

These vehicles and equipment were transported by rail to Shenyang Arsenal.

The Shenyang Arsenal was originally the Fengtian Machine Bureau established by the Qing Dynasty, and later Zhang Zuolin expanded it into the Fengtian Ordnance Factory.It was later occupied by the Japanese and became the Kwantung Army's field weapons factory, and it was renamed Fengtian Ordnance Institute not long after.

Waiting for Japan's defeat, the Soviets came and directly removed more than 400 relatively high-quality equipment from the factory.Waiting for the Kuomintang to take over, it became the 90th arsenal of the Ordnance Industry Administration.

It is such a factory full of disasters, and it has long been the best military enterprise in China. After liberation in 48, it just stabilized and became the Shenyang Arsenal.

When the Korean War broke out and the "Holy Light" team disrupted the situation, the Shenyang Arsenal brought back the equipment removed by the Soviet army and expanded the production capacity of guns and ammunition.

In fact, Maozi didn't need those Japanese-made equipment at all, and he couldn't figure out why they had to move away.