No. 1 in the world. But high-quality steel still needs to be imported on a large scale. In the end, the quality of steel requires the systematic precipitation of industry and technology, and it is the foundation that needs to be laid little by little by a rigorous style.

It is normal for a specific formula of metallurgy to be tested hundreds or thousands of times. So some recipes are treated as top state secrets.

On the one hand, Meng Xiang provided special test facilities, and patiently looked forward to the success of ten years of grinding a sword. On the other hand, it is to directly import mature technologies such as Germany.

While some of the latest recipes were kept secret, some of the ingredient recipes were no longer top secret over time, and they were gotten their hands on amicable exchanges between the Vanguard and the Germans. There are also some copycat companies that directly take action. When the Germans saw the steel on the weapons of the copycat company, they felt that there was no need to keep it secret, and some of the high-end weapons of the copycat company were not sold easily, and the additional conditions also made the Germans reluctant to hand over some confidential formulas.

In addition, the metallurgical level of the Czech Republic, Belgium and other countries is also very high, and there are also novel harvests among the experts who have been scavenged.

What Meng Xiang is most satisfied with is that he has scavenged those talents from European countries such as the Czech Republic and Belgium. It is precisely with their participation that the talent base of the industry has been laid for the vanguard army.

Under such circumstances, the vanguard army has comprehensively absorbed many metallurgical formulas, perfected its metallurgical system, and has begun to complete all aspects.

The newly developed weapons of the vanguard army used the steel they had smelted themselves, instead of importing them.

"So one million tons is not our goal, we will be able to reach one million tons next year, and the five-year plan will probably be doubled," Zhou Bai said with some satisfaction.

"It is really with steel that there can be great industrial growth. And no, just the railroad!

If it weren't for the support of increased steel production, I am afraid that the consumption of rails alone would allow our new railways to lie down first. Li Shuchun also sighed on the side.

"That is, the construction and renovation of 5,000 kilometers of railways, if you rely on imports, you can't afford it financially." , He Siyuan also sighed on the side.

In the construction of railways in the vanguard army, the most used were 1 meter 60 kg rails. One kilometer is more than 100 tons of steel consumption, 1,000 kilometers is more than 100,000 tons, and this year's steel output is only 610,000 tons. Even if you want to build a railway, the amount of steel used is a big problem.

However, in the construction and renovation of the railway of the vanguard army, there is no shortage of steel rails.

Most of the railway renovations were made of specifications, from narrow gauges to 2-meter broad gauges. However, under the premise of fewer locomotives, in order not to affect transportation, this part has not changed much. Of the 5,000 kilometers of railways being built, more than 4,000 kilometers are on the scale of building new railways. This part of the track is not a problem either.

With the help of the Germans, the vanguard army built three railway production plants in Taiyuan, Baotou, Handan and other places, with an annual production capacity of 1,000 kilometers of rails. The remaining vacancies are mainly due to the discarded railroad tracks dismantled by the United States, which are actually not because they are wasted, but because the scale of 420,000 kilometers greatly exceeds the needs. In order to control the cost and increase profits, the Americans have reduced the scale. A lot of the rails are still very useful. The Vanguard acquired more than 20,000 kilometers of usable railroad tracks. This alone will support the construction of a new railway, and there will be allowances from time to time at the base.

In addition to the armored trains being dismantled and loaned as locomotives, some of the tracks that came with them were also diverted as civilian rails. Some other orbital weapons are also in similar measures, and nearly 1,000 kilometers of rails have been put together before and after.

If you really want to calculate the steel production of the vanguard army, the contribution of the base will be indispensable. Weapons, vehicles, and even all kinds of machine power are all made in the base, but this part of the steel consumption is not included in the 610,000 tons of steel production. Such a total consumption is comparable to a little bit and no worse than that of the Japanese. Even if the Japanese smashed a lot of steel into weapons and equipment, and even the steel used to make kitchen knives was scarce, it could not compare to the luxury of the vanguard army.

Only the tanks and armored vehicles that the vanguard army has been equipped with in 40 years a year, and more than 100,000 tons of steel cannot be assembled. Together with the consumption of various types of artillery and ammunition, it is another consumption of one or two hundred thousand tons. If you catch up with the big war, the consumption of tens of thousands of tons of shells is also normal. And that's not counting the other branches of the military. The navy only has two battleships, Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, which are 100,000 tons. The three aircraft carriers that are being equipped behind are again more than 100,000 tons.

Without steel, there is no national defense. This statement is not false at all.

"With this steel, I feel like my waist is stiffer!" , Fan Chong said with a smile on the side.

"Because steel is the last word!" , Meng Xiang smiled