This is the news that the People's Daily published on July 28, 1975 on the infrastructure engineering corps. It feels very intimate to read this news again after 47 years.
Infrastructure Engineering Corps has made new contributions to my country's steel industry
[ Xinhua News Agency July 27, 1975] Under the guidance of Chairman Mao's important instructions on theoretical issues, the commanders and fighters of the People's Liberation Army Infrastructure Engineering Corps, who are responsible for the expansion and reconstruction projects of steel plants such as Anshan , Benxi , etc., have achieved the goal of more than half of the time and more than half of the year in the first half of this year, and handed over a number of key engineering projects into production, making new contributions to the development of the steel industry.
The Infrastructure Engineering Corps is a "combination of labor and military skills, capable of fighting, and mainly engaged in labor". It is responsible for the construction tasks of basic construction such as steel, coal, chemical industry, transportation, and hydrological geology. Since the beginning of this year, they have always put the study of the theory of proletarian dictatorship at the forefront of all work, and have used revolutionary theory to command construction, which has greatly accelerated the progress of the project. A party committee of a certain department, which is responsible for the construction of the key projects of Benxi Second Steel Plant, focuses on learning and promotes construction. In the first half of this year, more than 240 cadres were sent to the grassroots level to help the company hold various types of study classes, cultivate more than 2,000 theoretical backbones, and study continues to deepen, and construction good news is frequently reported.
The two construction projects they undertake are undertaking have been tested in advance. A certain officer and soldier who was responsible for the expansion project of Angang closely linked the construction reality in learning theory, repeatedly studied Chairman Mao’s teachings on “one grain, one steel, with these two things, everything is easy to handle”, and discussed in depth how quickly, good and cheaply to develop the steel industry, and the relationship with anti-repair and preventive repairs and consolidation of the proletariat’s dictatorship, further stimulated the revolutionary enthusiasm to contribute to early steel production and more steel production. Everyone competed for time, speed, overcome many difficulties, accelerated the construction progress, and completed the construction tasks in the first half of the year ahead of schedule, so that three of the six key projects were completed and put into production early.
Commanders and fighters of various troops pay more attention to the overall situation during construction, unite and cooperate, and carry forward the spirit of communism. A certain machinery and transportation team responsible for the infrastructure project of Benxi Second Steel Plant has completed the foundation excavation task ahead of schedule in order to create conditions for civil engineering units to dig quickly and run faster, thus winning time for civil engineering units to construct. When the 13th squadron of a certain unit was installed in the homogenizer furnace, they constructed with several units. In order to ensure the focus, they gave up thirteen days to facilitate the brother units.
Then, they arranged manpower reasonably, took back the delayed time, and completed the task ahead of schedule. Commanders and fighters of various troops have also achieved outstanding achievements in the technological revolution and technological innovation activities by learning theory, encouraging efforts, breaking superstitions, and emancipating the mind. In a certain unit responsible for the expansion project of Angang, 70% of the squadrons have established a "three-in-one" technical innovation team composed of soldiers, cadres and technical personnel, achieving more than 100 innovation projects, and manufacturing more than 50 kinds of equipment such as compressed air injectors, linked pipeline rust removal machine , large pipe bending machine , soil top bed, etc., which greatly reduces labor intensity and improves labor efficiency. Some innovative equipment has been officially produced in the factory after being approved by the state.
A 14th squadron of a certain unit was in the construction of the electric repair factory, and the "three-in-one" team carried out design innovation. In the review of the construction drawings, it put forward four rationalization suggestions and received support from the design department. This project alone saved more than 1,530 working days and more than 7,000 yuan in construction investment. Many units also actively train technical forces based on the construction tasks of the troops. Since this year, a certain unit has organized 14 technical training classes and trained 1,642 people. The troops' technical level and construction capabilities have been continuously improved.
