A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Chapter 921 I'm determined to be this creditor!

"You...you let him go?"

"Yes! We want the whole set. Not only can we let him take all the notebooks from the submarine, but we also want the submarine repaired."

"It's as if this never happened..."

"What?!" The words had barely left his mouth when Zhao Gang, who was standing next to him, immediately exploded, slamming his hand on the table and standing up. "Let him go back? We went through so much trouble to catch him, and we just got the tapes and film. Letting him go back is like releasing a tiger back into the mountains! Once that old bastard gets back, he'll definitely report everything we did to Bald Eagle and Little Pig!"

Old Wang didn't say anything, but glanced at Zhao Gang. Zhao Gang's words caught in his throat. Although he was still baring his teeth, he obediently sat back down in his chair and muttered, "That's how it is... It's such a waste to put it back."

"Sit down and listen to what Xiao Jiang has to say." Old Wang's tone was calm as he turned to Jiang Xia, "Tell me, why did you let him go back?"

Jiang Xia smiled at Zhao Gang first: "Brother Zhao, that guy wouldn't dare..."

Then, looking at Old Wang, he asked a seemingly unrelated question: "Old Wang, do you remember the gold mine we discovered in the mountains of Southwest China a while ago?"

southwest?

Not at...

Oh……

Even the adorable little rascal is getting cunning...

Old Wang glanced at the soldiers cleaning up the mess, his eyes flickering slightly.

"I remember. It's of very high quality, a rich vein of minerals."

“Junichiro is a different kind of gold mine for us! Ordinary gold mines produce dead gold that is gone once it’s mined out. But Junichiro is different – ​​he is a ‘living gold mine’.”

Jiang Xia walked to the table and picked up the printed photos: "We did get the blueprints for the LD converter and CC continuous casting, and we know the size of the furnace, how to adjust the oxygen lance, and how to rotate the continuous casting machine."

These are the instruction manuals for the 'smelting equipment' and 'forming production line,' which are extremely valuable. However…”

"The most crucial point is something we haven't grasped yet!"

"That's the specific 'formula' needed for steelmaking!"

Before Jiang Xia could finish speaking, Zhao Gang suddenly stood up again, his eyes wide, and rolled up his sleeves, ready to rush out: "Good! I knew these little devils were hiding something!"

"Old Wang, let's not play the Qin King's single-plank bridge game this time! Let's try something different! Do you know how fishermen extract meat from sea snails?"

"Huh?" The turn of events was a bit too abrupt, and Jiang Xia shook his head blankly.

"To deal with those thick-shelled, tightly packed sea snails, scalding them with boiling water is too slow! Our method is to find a thin, long wire or fishing hook, and slowly, little by little, probe into the seam of the shell to find the most important fleshy column, and then twist and pull it sharply!"

No matter how well it hides, it has to come out obediently! Let's give them a taste of their own medicine!

As he spoke, Zhao Gang clenched his fist tightly, his hand as big as Jiang Xia's entire head.

"Hiss... That's too brutal," Jiang Xia quickly shook his head.

"how?"

“Brother Zhao, that’s not what I meant. Let me finish…” Jiang Xia tried to press Zhao Gang back into his seat.

"The truly 'living' formulas that can be adjusted at any time to adapt to different mineral sources and produce top-quality steel are often not written on any blueprints. They are hidden in the mind!"

"For example, if there is a high-strength low-alloy steel in the photo, how to control the exact amount of nickel, chromium, and boron to 0.002%, and how to fine-tune the alkalinity during slag formation according to the temperature of the molten steel, these are all experience-based tasks."

"What we have now is the 'skeleton,' but we still lack the 'flesh and blood' that give the steel its superior performance!"

……

Yes, don't forget it's still the 1960s, even though the little guy managed to create this LD+CC cross-level artifact with his bald eagle daddy.

However, the discipline of steelmaking has not yet developed to the stage of high automation and precise digital control of the entire process that we see in later generations.

Computerized process control is still in its infancy. Online monitoring sensors are both scarce and unreliable. A large number of process decisions and on-site adjustments still rely on the almost instinctive 'experience base' accumulated by engineers and experienced workers over the years.

In this era, the essence of the most advanced steel technology often lies in the perfect combination of "human brain" and "human hand," which is composed of parameters written in the operation record and the "feeling" hidden in the hands and eyes of the master craftsman.

To truly understand and replicate top-tier materials like the hull steel of the 'Early Tide', having only blueprints and equipment is far from enough; we must also find a way to acquire the experience of this "work".

At this point, Jiang Xia felt a bit stifled by the smell of chemicals and men's sweat in the dark room. He walked to the door and pushed it open.

Suddenly, the slightly salty yet incredibly refreshing sea breeze of early morning rushed in, invigorating him. Outside, the sky was already bright, the azure sea shimmered, several white seagulls cried out, tracing free arcs in the sky above the harbor, and the faint sounds of dockwork could be heard in the distance, full of life and vitality.

Jiang Xia gazed at the morning light, his mind racing. He felt his plan was somewhat like... well, somewhat like the most astute "shopkeeper" in an old-fashioned pawnshop.

He didn't want a one-time ransom; what he wanted was to hold the other party's "live collateral," thereby establishing a long-term, covert, and sustainable "technology redemption" relationship by seizing the other party's most fatal weakness.

If the other side wants to maintain its secrets and status, it must continue to "continue" by using the knowledge and intelligence we desperately need.

"Heh, I wonder if the older folks know about this 'good comrade' they speak of. Do they feel ashamed that their family is harboring such thoughts?"

Jiang Xia took out the photo of the two elderly people cooking last time, looked at it, and remained silent for a while.

"Hmph! If Kou can go, so can I!"

"Reputation? It's just a bit of dust. I've done my best and have no regrets!"

"Junichiro! I've got you covered!"

Yes, we've got him cornered!

The kid's judgment was based on one key piece of information: those written drawings came from Kobe Steel!

At that time, Kobe Steel held a pivotal position in the Japanese and even the global steel industry.

While not the largest steel producer by volume, Kobe Steel is renowned for its production technology of high-end specialty and complex steels. Especially in the fields of high-tensile steel, alloy structural steel, and various special steels designed for extreme environments, Kobe Steel's technological expertise and R&D capabilities are among the world's best.

Its technological achievements are not only applied to high-end civilian manufacturing, but also to the Japanese military industry, especially as one of the important suppliers of high-strength steel for ships.

Mastering Kobe Steel's core technologies is tantamount to controlling a major artery of Japan's high-end manufacturing and defense industries.

Jiang Xia's goal was clear: no matter what role Junichiro played at Kobe Steel, he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to gradually extract the most precious "knowledge gold" from that steel fortress!