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"Comrade Zhu, what time is it?"

Yu Hua stared intently at the electroslag test furnace that looked like a work of art, nodded slightly, expressed approval and satisfaction with his work, and asked softly.

Zhu Rui, who had bloodshot eyes and had been fighting with Yu Hua for more than ten hours, immediately realized something when he heard these words. He took a deep breath, raised his watch, and replied in a serious voice: "2 o'clock in the morning."

It’s 2 o’clock in the morning, it’s the 28th…

Let the news of the successful development of electroslag remelting technology comfort the Chinese heroes who sacrificed on the front line, regardless of camp, male or female.

Yu Hua thought silently in his mind, and the memory of all the anti-Japanese soldiers in Ruyuekou who died for their country came to mind, as well as the Dongfang Songhu battlefield. He slowly said: "Comrade Zhu, please draft a written document to inform the bureau that the electroslag test furnace has been assembled. It is expected to take 2 hours. Then the first smelting test was carried out.”

"Yes!" Zhu Rui perked up after hearing this and immediately replied.

As soon as the words fell, the whole person left immediately.

Seeing Zhu Rui's leaving figure, the surrounding soldiers and workers seemed to have known something. They all became quiet and turned their bright eyes towards Yu Hua.

Silent and speechless, everything is in silence.

As the builders of the electroslag remelting test furnace project, although they cannot know the full contents due to confidentiality regulations, these soldiers and workers still understand the importance and significance of this project.

They are doing a great thing, something that is beneficial to the revolution and China.

However, this is not the time to celebrate yet.

"Now, I announce that the electroslag remelting test furnace has officially completed its final assembly. The engineering team has quickly evacuated. All test personnel of the electroslag furnace and each production unit will conduct the last safety inspection before the first smelting test!" Yu Hua stood in the middle of the factory. Looking around, I felt the gazes of the workers and soldiers. Their faces were calm and steady, and their posture was as towering as a mountain. With their chests raised, as the chief engineer, he announced that the final assembly of the test furnace was successful, and issued the order in accordance with the established standard procedures. Order.

The old rule, safety inspection before testing.

This is a necessary procedure for all internal research projects of the Military Industry Bureau and cannot be exceeded.

As the order was issued, the entire team began to operate. The various production units and project test personnel who were already on standby entered the corresponding positions as quickly as possible and conducted meticulous safety inspections in accordance with regulations to confirm that the corresponding equipment was normal. Then report the situation back to Yu Hua.

These test personnel are different from before, divided into two parts. One part is still from the Red Army soldiers. They receive professional training according to the operation tutorial written by Yu Hua, learn theoretical knowledge and simulated operations, and finally pass the professional skills assessment and have certain professional knowledge in Chengdu. and operating skills to put machine parts to use.

The other part comes from a group of high-quality talents who have recently arrived in Yancheng. Among them are students from Tsinghua University invited by Professor Zhuang, students from National Zhejiang University and other outstanding talents in science and engineering. These people themselves have extremely solid professional knowledge and voluntarily joined the test team. , plays a 'pillar' role in the project.

The gold content of the entire test team, or the electroslag furnace production team, is several times higher than the previous oxygen blowing furnace test team, which can ensure the normal operation of the first smelting test.

Time passed, and Yu Hua sat in the middle, constantly receiving feedback one after another.

The grid is ready.

The transformer is ready.

The cooling water supply unit is ready.

The main body of the electroslag furnace is ready.

The crystallizer is ready.

The bottom tank is ready.The console is ready.

One by one, the production posts have completed safety inspections and entered the standby state. Here, high-quality steel ingots with a single weight of about 2 tons, smelted in an oxygen blowing furnace, arrived at the factory. This is the consumable electrode of the electroslag test furnace, and then the whole process is completed. The steel ingot is hoisted to the top of the column and fixed through an electrode chuck device with a vise-like structure.

The first smelting test of the electroslag furnace is ready!
The electroslag test furnace project is running at a high speed. The Military Industry Bureau, which received the written notice, is also operating at a high speed. As the top person in charge of the Military Industry Bureau, Li Qiang is giving orders and constantly issuing instructions one after another to handle them according to the plan and fully cooperate with the power plant. The first smelting test of the slag furnace, and then the large cave dwelling was urgently needed to apply for the highest level of protection.

For this senior intellectual who had studied in the Soviet Union, Li Qiang deeply understood the importance and strategic significance of electroslag remelting technology.

This is the key to unlocking the industrial system in the base area.

This is the cornerstone for China to build its industrial base.
This is cutting-edge technology that the Western powers must fight for even if a war breaks out.

In terms of value, even if a figure of hundreds of millions of silver dollars is offered, it cannot be measured.

Oxygen blowing furnace + electroslag remelting, no country can refuse this combination of cutting-edge metallurgical technologies, absolutely not!

Electroslag remelting must be successful, but it must also be kept secret. Not even a word is allowed to be leaked out.

The base area and organization cannot afford the consequences of this technology leaking out for the time being.

Not long after, the headquarters security regiment stationed near the big cave dwellings assembled and entered combat mode. Taking advantage of the darkness, they quickly drove to the outer area of ​​Liushugou Industrial Zone, blocking the internal and external roads, so that the guarding intensity of Liushugou reached 'one post for five steps, ten posts for ten. To the extent of "step by step".

September 27, [-], [-]:[-] in the morning.

The bright moon hangs in the night sky, surrounded by stars.

In Liushugou Industrial Zone, the brightly lit scene disappeared and was replaced by darkness. The factory that used to be busy was now in a state of silence.

All factories have been shut down to release precious power resources for the electroslag furnace project.

For today, for this moment, Liushugou Industrial Zone upgraded the internal power grid half a month ago and installed various transformers to ensure that all diesel generators can supply power to the steel plant at the same time.

At this moment, the outside world is still calm, and no one knows that in the backward and impoverished northwest of China, a major event that will go down in history is brewing.

In the steel factory, incandescent lamps are hung at the top of the factory area, emitting bright and dazzling light, illuminating the factory area below.

In front of the electroslag test furnace, a group of people stood quietly, staring straight ahead.

Except for Professor Zhuang and Lin Wan who were sent to Yulin on a business trip, all senior personnel of the Military Industry Bureau who have access to the electroslag project are in place.

Professor Zhuang didn't come. He was in the machinery manufacturing factory, waiting for the good news from Yu Hua and the world's first furnace of electroslag steel.

The test site was silent and solemn.

Everyone's eyes were on Yu Hua who was at the control console.

Time: 28:3 am on September 59th.

"The equipment is powered on and the first smelting test of the electroslag remelting test furnace begins!" Yu Hua looked at the clock hanging in front of him. As the second hand returned to zero, the time pointed to 4 o'clock. He stared at the main body of the test furnace in front of him and looked to his side. The operator gives the order.