Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"Okay. Since everyone agrees, Comrade Xiuyang, I think we should call an enlarged meeting of the Politburo to finalize this matter."

"it is good."

Comrade Xiuyang nodded.

He still felt that it was too hasty to launch the atomic bomb.

Although the current fiscal revenue has improved significantly and there is a certain industrial foundation, it is still far from the point where we can launch a project like the atomic bomb.

Because according to the intelligence obtained from China, the Americans mobilized more than 20 people, gathered many of the world's top scientists, and finally spent more than billion US dollars to develop the atomic bomb.

Can China compare with the United States?

But since everyone agreed, there was no point in him objecting. The Chairman looked at Yang Quanwu and said, "Yang Quanwu."

Only when Yang Quanwu was still young and Chairman Mao called him "Zhao Zilong in the Army" did he call him by that name. Ever since Yang Quanwu had fought on the battlefield and the Chairman hadn't called him by that name for a long time, Yang Quanwu immediately stood up and said, "Chairman."

"Once the atomic bomb project is launched, it will be a battle."

"Chairman, I have never been vague about fighting. I assure all leaders and comrades here that our Ministry of Nuclear Industry, from top to bottom, will successfully develop the atomic bomb."

"it is good."

The Chairman likes Yang Quanwu’s spirit and energy.

Although Yang Quanwu caused trouble everywhere and was disliked by everyone, and some people even complained to the Chairman, the Chairman still liked Yang Quanwu. He liked Yang Quanwu's fearless character.

This internal meeting was an important meeting for China's atomic bomb project.

On July 1954, 7, the Central Committee convened an enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau to formally discuss the atomic bomb project. In addition to the members and alternate members of the Political Bureau, all members of the Military Commission were present.

After all, the atomic bomb project is a military project.

This time, Yang Quanwu and Qian Sanqiang made more preparations.

He gave a detailed briefing to the Politburo members and their alternates on the various preparatory work, indicating that China's atomic bomb project was now fully capable of moving on to the next step.

Because the decision had already been made in the previous internal meeting.

So soon at the enlarged meeting of the Politburo, most cadres supported Mao Zemin's guarantee that after the atomic bomb project was launched, the financial support would definitely be sustained and would definitely not affect other projects in the First Five-Year Plan.

Since it does not affect the First Five-Year Plan, there is no reason for anyone to oppose it.

As for the members of the Military Commission, there's no need to explain. Everyone was determined to hit only one target, and no one wanted to hear the Americans constantly threatening with the atomic bomb. So, of course, everyone supported the atomic bomb project.

The meeting formally approved the development of the atomic bomb.

The Chinese atomic bomb project was officially named "Project 723," using the time of the Politburo meeting as its code name. The Politburo established the Project 723 Committee, with the Ministry of Nuclear Industry as the leading committee for Project 723.

Minister of the Nuclear Industry, Yang Quanwu, was appointed Director of the Project 723 Committee, with Vice Ministers Zhao Lu, Han Wei, Liu Jie, and Qian Sanqiang serving as Deputy Directors, giving them full responsibility for China's atomic bomb program. The Politburo also seized this opportunity to request the Military Commission establish a Science and Technology Committee.

Mainly responsible for the atomic industry and aviation industry.

Because the central government believes that China is now qualified to start researching some high-end weapons.

Of course, the most significant development was Qian Xuesen's drafting of the "Long-Term Plan for Science and Technology Development from 1955 to 1965," which identified 57 key national scientific and technological tasks. Qian Xuesen himself served as head of the comprehensive scientific planning group. The central government attached great importance to Qian Xuesen's opinions, and even Wang Xi and the Premier met with him individually on several occasions. Precisely because of their deep trust in Qian Xuesen, the central government attached great importance to his long-term plan for science and technology.

This covers most of the military's high-tech projects.

Since we want to develop high-tech projects, the central government must establish a department to take the lead. That's why the Central Military Commission was asked to establish a Science and Technology Committee.

At the Politburo meeting, Yang Quanwu was appointed Director of the Science and Technology Committee, Zhao Lu was appointed Political Commissar, and Zhang Aiping, Qian Xuesen, and Qian Sanqiang were appointed Vice Directors of the Science and Technology Committee. Furthermore, to support the atomic bomb project, the Politburo requested that the Military Commission allocate three special engineering divisions and one public security division to the 723 Project Committee.

At this point, China's atomic bomb project was officially launched.

After the meeting, Yang Quanwu and Qian Sanqiang did not take a moment's rest and immediately rushed to the Soviet Union with their team.

942 deployed to Songliao Oilfield

After sorting out the central work, Wei Hongjun left Beijing and came to the Northeast.

"Vice Premier Wei."

"Chief."

Wei Hongjun had been wanting to visit the Liaohe Oilfield since the beginning of the year. He was also discussing the development of the Songliao Oilfield with the Liaohe Oilfield team. However, work proved too busy. He first traveled to Guangdong to discuss issues related to the Sino-British joint venture, then dealt with matters related to the Hainan Reclamation Corps. After returning, he attended financial meetings and worked on the development of a free market for agricultural and sideline products. This delayed his visit for six months. It wasn't until August 1954 that Wei Hongjun finally arrived at the Liaohe Oilfield. Upon his arrival, many officials came forward to greet him. He was familiar with many of these Liaohe Oilfield officials.

In particular, many of the petroleum engineering troops in the Liaohe Oilfield were led by Wei Hongjun.

"How's your leg injury?"

"Fat."

Wei Hongjun hadn't seen many of them for a while, so he greeted them one by one.

They were also very excited.

Many of them had come to the Northeast before the military rank awards, so they were not there when Wei Hongjun went to the Wuhan Military Region to award military ranks. So it was really several years since we last saw each other.

Many of these division-level cadres were recruited by Wei Hongjun during the Anti-Japanese War and trained in the Military and Political Cadre School.

When they met, Wei Hongjun couldn't help but ask, "When were you transferred here?"

He is also a cadre that Wei Hongjun is very familiar with.

Wu Pingshan, formerly the political director of the 13th Brigade of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, served as deputy political commissar of the Northeast Detachment during the development of the Northeast Base Area. Wei Hongjun was surprised because he was one of the first to go to the Northeast to establish the Northeast Anti-Japanese Base Area. Later, he was assigned to the 40st Column of Yang Dezhi's Northeast Field Army and the 40th Corps of the Fourth Field Army. During the Battle of Peiping-Tianjin, he served as deputy political commissar and political director of the th Army. After crossing the river south, he became political commissar of the th Army and deputy political commissar of the Guangxi Provincial Military Region. Early last year, when Wei Hongjun was awarding ranks to cadres in the Wuhan Military Region, he personally presented him with the rank.

Wei Hongjun initially wanted to fight for Wu Pingshan.

After all, Wu Pingshan was the director of the Political Department of the 8th Brigade of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region at the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. He was also one of the first to follow Xia Houwen in establishing the Northeast Anti-Japanese Base Area, serving as the deputy political commissar of the Northeast Detachment. It can be said that he also made outstanding contributions to the development of the Northeast Base Area. The Northeast Detachment cadres who accompanied him to the Northeast received high military ranks due to their significant contributions to the development of the Northeast Base Area. Xia Houwen, the commander and political commissar of the Northeast Detachment, was promoted to general, and several other deputy commanders and deputy political commissars were promoted to lieutenant general, but Wu Pingshan was the only one to be promoted to major general.

Wei Hongjun wanted to discuss with Marshal Luo whether he could be promoted to Lieutenant General. However, Wu Pingshan's experience was too shallow, having only officially joined the 1938th Column in . Furthermore, his father had been a prominent traitor. Although he later turned the tables, this historical record was still unsavory. Marshal Nie persuaded Wei Hongjun.

Tell Wei Hongjun that Major General Wu Pingshan is better than Lieutenant General.

It's not good for him to stand out too much.

Wei Hongjun listened to Marshal Nie's advice, so Wu Pingshan was promoted to quasi-corps-level major general.

He was still in Guangxi at that time.

I didn't expect to end up at the Liaohe Oilfield. Lei Jiabin said, "The Military Commission began disarmament at the beginning of this year, and the 40th Division of the 119th Army was among them. In addition to the 119th Division, the Guangxi Provincial Military District also disbanded one division, for a total of two divisions. Together with the three divisions disbanded in Guangdong, the Guangzhou Military District disbanded a total of five divisions. These five divisions were transferred to the Northeast, with three becoming agricultural reclamation corps and two becoming forestry engineering units. Comrade Wu Pingshan was also transferred to the Liaohe Oilfield at that time."

"I approved the addition of two forestry engineers to the Liaohe Oilfield. However, I didn't see Comrade Wu Pingshan's transfer. I don't know when he was transferred to the Liaohe Oilfield."

Wei Hongjun was very confused.

Wei Hongjun couldn't have been unaware of the transfer of Wu Pingshan's rank. Although Wu Pingshan was a major general, his rank was that of lieutenant general. A cadre like him couldn't have been transferred to the oil system and the Liaohe Oilfield without Wei Hongjun's approval.

Lei Jiabin said: "I was transferred to the Liaohe Oilfield in April this year."

"April?"

"Yes."

Wei Hongjun nodded.

In April, Wei Hongjun was involved in the Sino-British Joint Venture in Guangdong, and later dealt with the Hainan Reclamation Corps. Therefore, Wei Hongjun's work was handled by Deng Zhihui, Li Xuefeng, Zeng Shan, and others.

When Wei Hongjun is not around, all it needs is approval from the Ministry of Petroleum, the Fourth Office, and the Secretariat.

"What position does he hold in the Liaohe Oilfield?"

"Deputy Secretary of the Liaohe Oilfield Party Committee and Political Commissar of the General Command."

Wei Hongjun looked at Wu Pingshan and said, "How is it? Is working in the oil field different from working in the military?"

"Yes."

Wu Pingshan said, "The work environment is relatively poor, and there's a lot to do. Also, this is my first time working with oil, so I have a lot to learn."

"Study hard and adapt to oil work. I know your abilities. The oil fields are just another front for you."

"Yes."

After briefly discussing the current situation with everyone, Wei Hongjun began to inspect the construction of the Liaohe Oilfield. Lei Jiabin, the chief commander of the Liaohe Oilfield, and Huang Jiqing, the deputy commander-in-chief, accompanied Wei Hongjun and introduced the situation of the Liaohe Oilfield.

Wei Hongjun not only inspected the oil field and refinery, but also the surrounding power plants and house construction.

“The houses are still too simple.”

Wei Hongjun looked at the houses and spoke.

Lei Jiabin said, "My old leader, you don't know this. Don't be fooled by the fact that these mud houses look shabby. In fact, these houses are warm in winter and cool in summer, easy to build, and the easiest way to quickly solve our housing problem at this stage."

Although the central government allocated some funds for the construction of the Liaohe Oilfield, they were not enough.

Because the funds allocated by the central government, in addition to the salaries of Liaohe Oilfield staff, are the construction funds of Liaohe Oilfield. These funds cannot fully meet the needs of Liaohe Oilfield.

So some gaps needed to be filled on our own. Fortunately, both Lei Jiabin and the oil engineering troops under him were veterans of the military. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the slogan "Work hard and earn your keep" was uttered, and countless troops fought while simultaneously cultivating the land with hoes.

After Lei Jiabin came to Liaohe Oilfield, he began to build an oil base while building houses for everyone.

It is done in an orderly manner.

"Hmm. How do we solve the drinking water problem?"

"Wells. Wells are dug everywhere in this area. Don't worry, Commander. Although life here is difficult, we have all the necessary living facilities. We also have rivers here, and we are preparing to divert water."

"With so many people here, the sanitation must be good." "Yes."

"You have worked hard."

In three years, the Liaohe Oilfield had been initially successfully built, which made Wei Hongjun very satisfied.

"The Central Government's First Five-Year Plan required the Ministry of Petroleum to achieve a crude oil production of 300 million tons. Although the Karamay Oilfield has been extensively developed, the Karamay and Yumen Oilfields combined can only produce half of that. The remaining half needs to be produced by the Liaohe Oilfield. Can it be achieved?"

Wei Hongjun asked Lei Jiabin and Huang Jiqing.

Lei Jiabin patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry. Our Liaohe Oilfield Command has short-term and long-term plans. The short-term plan is the original plan before 1955.

Oil production reached 200 million tons, and by 1960 it would reach 500 million tons. And this wasn't just something I came up with; it was the result of consultations with numerous technical personnel. There was no problem completing the First Five-Year Plan.

"Comrade Huang Jiqing, is that so?"

Wei Hongjun turned around and asked Huang Jiqing.

It should be said that the discovery of the Songliao and Liaohe oil fields greatly enhanced Huang Jiqing's status in the fields of petroleum and geology. After all, it was Huang Jiqing who insisted on exploring the Songliao and Liaohe oil fields.

Huang Jiqing is not actually an expert in oil extraction and refining. He is a petroleum geologist.

But that's just how it is these days. So what if you're a petroleum geologist? The country needs you to take charge of oil field construction. Huang Jiqing had no complaints and participated in the oil field construction without hesitation.

Working with the troops to develop the Liaohe Oilfield.

Huang Jiqing smiled and nodded, saying, "General Lei is absolutely right. This is indeed the plan formulated by our Liaohe Oilfield Command."

"That's fine, that's fine."