UGB #299 - Ambitious First Five-Year Plan
#299 - Ambitious First Five-Year Plan
By the end of 1944, the Northeast Campaign had entered its final stage. After repeated relocations, the Japanese Kwantung Army eventually retreated to Xing'an, but they could not escape their annihilation.
The 700,000-strong Kwantung Army and garrison forces were almost completely wiped out. Because the Japanese High Command had not issued any orders to surrender, the Japanese stubbornly refused to be taken prisoner by the Eighth Route Army.
It was just as well to send the Kwantung Army to the Yasukuni Shrine for a complete reunion.
As the final destruction of the Kwantung Army approached, the Japanese High Command was instead numb and indifferent.
No one even mentioned the farewell telegram of Kwantung Army Commander Yamada. Bad news came every two or three days, and they were already numb. They had exhausted all possible solutions. Air support could not cross the Korean Peninsula, and naval support could not leave the Yellow Sea. What other options did the Japanese have?
Surrender was impossible. Even if it meant total annihilation, they could not consider such a shameful act.
Of course, for the Dragon Clan, this was a historic moment. From all corners of the land, people couldn't contain their excitement upon hearing the news of the complete liberation of the Northeast, and the whole country celebrated in a frenzy!
All of these steel groups would use the new converter technology as the main method, with some open-hearth technology used in very large steel complexes. Outdated production capacity would be eliminated, and steel smelting technology would be elevated to the world's top level in one fell swoop. These thirteen metal smelting groups would support the current military's urgent need for ordinary steel and various special steels.
The plan was to build fifteen large power stations, including the expansion of the Fengman Hydropower Station (fully completed during the First Five-Year Plan, with a total installed capacity of 563,000 kilowatts, which the Japanese had not completed, and two additional 100,000-kilowatt units during the Second Five-Year Plan), the Sanmenxia Hydroelectric Project (total installed capacity of 820,000 kilowatts, with the first phase of 2 * 50MW and the second phase of 4 * 80MW completed during the First Five-Year Plan; the third phase of 4 * 100MW completed during the Second Five-Year Plan), the Haibowan Hydroelectric Project (total installed capacity of 360,000 kilowatts, with the first phase of 2 * 30MW and the second phase of 2 * 50MW completed during the First Five-Year Plan; the third phase of 2 * 100MW completed during the Second Five-Year Plan), as well as the Fushun Thermal Power Plant, Liaodong Thermal Power Plant, Taiyuan Thermal Power Plant, Jiangcheng Thermal Power Plant, Shimen Thermal Power Plant, Qilu Thermal Power Plant, Tianjin Thermal Power Plant, eastern Hebei Thermal Power Plant, Luan Thermal Power Plant, Yanjing Thermal Power Plant, Anyang Thermal Power Plant, and Jiuyuan Thermal Power Plant, all core backbone thermal power stations with an installed capacity of over 100,000 kilowatts. The first phase of the project would mainly use domestically produced 30,000-kilowatt thermal power generating units, supplemented by the introduction and absorption of the 100,000-kilowatt thermal power generating units from the "rogue eagle". The second phase of the project would shift to construction based on 100,000-kilowatt units. The Dawn Electric Power Research Institute would complete the research from 30,000-kilowatt units to 100,000-kilowatt units.
During the First Five-Year Plan, the installed capacity of backbone power plants would be completed at over 4 million kilowatts, an increase of at least double the 1.74 million kilowatts of generating capacity compared to the First Five-Year Plan in the main world. And this was only the backbone power plant part; small hydropower and local newly added thermal power plants were not included.
The plan was to build ten major machinery factories: Bingcheng Boiler Factory, Bingcheng Measuring Tool and Cutting Tool Factory, Fengjing Cable Factory, Bingcheng Instrument Factory, Bingcheng Turbine Factory, Qingcheng Tractor Factory, Tianjin Petrochemical Machinery Factory, Yanjing Power Equipment Factory, Jizhou Mining Machinery Factory, Bingcheng Electric Motor Factory, and Northern Heavy Machinery Factory (Tangshan).
The plan was to build five automobile groups. The first step was to expand on the basis of existing enterprises, including expanding the Border Region's Red Star Automobile Group, Jin Province's Taiyuan Heavy Industry, and Fengjing's Fengjing Vehicle into comprehensive vehicle factories with a scale of one million units. Two new enterprises, Yanjing Vehicle in Yanjing and Qilu Vehicle in Qilu Jizhou, would be built with an annual production capacity of 500,000 vehicles of various types. Efforts would be made to complete a monthly production capacity of over 1,000 tanks/armored vehicles, and the Dawn Tank Research Institute would improve the Dragon I tank and research a new generation of Dragon II tanks.
The plan was to build five pharmaceutical groups: Taiyuan Pharmaceutical, Yanjing Pharmaceutical, Qilu Pharmaceutical, Fengjing Pharmaceutical, and Northern Pharmaceutical. Each of them would be able to produce penicillin products, promoting the popularization of penicillin. Then, Ren Zhong would introduce several generic drugs from the main world to solve the medical supply of basic diseases.
The plan was to build three machine tool factories: the Border Region's Red Star Machine Tool, Jin Province's Taiyuan Machine Tool, and Fengjing's Fengjing Machine Tool. The annual output of machine tools from the three enterprises should reach more than 100,000 units. By the end of the First Five-Year Plan, efforts would be made to reach a scale of more than 100,000 units each, and the Dawn Machine Tool Research Institute would complete the research on CNC machine tools.
The plan is to construct three major petroleum and chemical industrial groups: Yanchang Petrochemical in the border region, Shengli Petrochemical in Qilu, and Dongfang Petrochemical in the Northeast (where oil hasn't been discovered yet). Each will have a production capacity of over one million tons.
The plan is to establish three major aviation groups: Taiyuan Aviation in Jin, Yanjing Aviation in Yanjing, and Fengjing Aviation in Fengjing. Taiyuan Aviation and Fengjing Aviation will focus on fighter jets, while Yanjing Aviation will focus on transport aircraft. The C-54 production line, which has been acquired but not fully utilized, will be relocated to Yanjing to concentrate on the trial production of the C-54. Furthermore, based on this model, they will reverse engineer the DC-6 passenger plane. During the First Five-Year Plan, they aim to complete the production of 55-seat passenger planes. Building on this, and in cooperation with the Dawn Aviation Institute of the Dawn Research Institute, they will research the 100-seat DC-7 large passenger plane, striving to extract the last bit of value from propeller aircraft ahead of schedule during the Second Five-Year Plan.
A total of one hundred extra-large backbone enterprise groups will be established, covering the main industrial sectors of industrialization.
Each enterprise will be controlled by the local government, with management receiving 5% of the shares as a bonus equity incentive pool for technological innovation by the management and technical team. All will operate under an enterprise management model, with horizontal and vertical comparative assessments conducted annually based on multiple indicators such as sales revenue, profit margin, energy consumption per ton of steel, and steel category. The total amount of incentive equity for the year will be determined based on the ranking of the assessment results.
This completely breaks the lazy work style of guaranteed income regardless of performance. Leaders who consistently rank low in assessments and whose core indicators such as profit margin and energy consumption per ton of steel do not meet industry-leading levels will be held accountable and replaced.
One thousand local factories will be established, involving light industry, chemicals, clothing, and other areas related to people's livelihoods. This will mainly be achieved through public-private partnerships based on existing factories to strengthen the entire national industry.
The 'Ten Thousand' Plan is quite astonishing, involving many aspects.
The first aspect is to create ten thousand literacy training classes to achieve literacy for one hundred million compatriots, basically conducting a universal literacy campaign for the population over 12 years old in the existing base areas to achieve literacy for the vast majority of people.
The second aspect is to build ten thousand miles of railways, connecting all cities above the prefecture level in the north.
The third aspect is to build ten thousand kilometers of highways, achieving full highway access between counties.
The fourth aspect is to build ten thousand primary and secondary schools, achieving full coverage of primary and junior high school education.
The fifth aspect is to dredge ten thousand miles of waterways, fully utilizing the transportation capacity of waterways at this stage.
The sixth aspect is to train ten thousand senior technicians, greatly alleviating the current severe shortage of senior skilled workers.
The seventh aspect is to support ten thousand new private enterprises, solving the employment problem for a large number of people.
The eighth aspect is to create ten thousand high-yield demonstration farmlands, demonstrating and improving local farming technology levels, and completely solving the people's food and clothing problems.
The ninth aspect is to support ten thousand large-scale breeding households, improving the people's lives by addressing the lack of meat and food through breeding.
The tenth aspect is to support ten thousand supply and marketing cooperatives, facilitating the purchase of daily necessities for the people.
Undoubtedly, this 'Hundred, Thousand, Ten Thousand' Plan is extremely large, involving all aspects of social life.
It seems like a fantastic tale, extremely mysterious.
However, after sorting it out, it makes people see the possibility of its realization.
If this plan is implemented and completed, the entire north will enter a new era, completing the initial transformation. Perhaps after the implementation of three to five five-year plans, it will truly enter the industrial age.
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If there are no other interfering factors, and construction continues with the high enthusiasm of the entire population, there is nothing that cannot be accomplished. The Dragon Clan has always been known for creating miracles.
In this regard, Ren Zhong very cautiously eliminated the drawbacks of the 'iron rice bowl' that fostered laziness, and combined many factors that mobilized enthusiasm in industry and agriculture into the implementation process, such as equity dividends, agricultural demonstrations, and contract responsibility systems.
This avoids many pitfalls that foster laziness.
In the current environment that emphasizes multi-party cooperation, there are no major problems with this major plan. The nationalization of land is a must. The landlord class is already an obstacle of the times, so only nationalization can truly implement Sun Yat-sen's 'equalization of land ownership'.
Everything else is just a reflection in the water or the moon in the well!
Concentrate resources on establishing pillar industries and large enterprises, achieving government ownership and controlling shares, while also allowing management and private capital to participate in a portion, maintaining the vitality and effectiveness of the operation.
This is the first step, and there will be more measures to ensure that the interests of the enterprise cannot be seized by a small number of people.
Supervision is one part, effective transparency is another aspect. At the same time, measures such as competitive recruitment in personnel, bidding in material procurement, and uncompromising punishment and penalties for corrupt elements are all measures to avoid deterioration.
Of course, this inevitably adds constraints to the development of the enterprise, but these are necessary and cannot be let go.
The hundreds of pages of development plans, from technology to mineral addresses, and even the development rhythm, asset model, and management model of the production line, were explained clearly, but after being submitted, it still caused a great uproar.
Now everything is waiting to be rebuilt. Although it is said that this space-time has minimized the loss of the industrial base in the north, and has seized most of the core infrastructure in the northeast.
However, the local authorities are actually full of confusion about how to receive and develop these enterprises. With the current First Five-Year Plan, the entire development direction and operating mechanism are explained clearly.
Suddenly, it's like seeing the sun after the clouds have cleared, and there is a backbone for development.
If the First Five-Year Plan is implemented, just looking at the final result data, it can almost make people excited to explode!
Because people can already see the shadow of the great powers in this plan!
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