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Macmillan succeeded as Prime Minister, and he took over the mess.

On the same day, Eisenhower submitted a special message to Congress on the Middle East issue, asking Congress to immediately authorize him to use 2 million US dollars to provide economic and military assistance to several countries in the Middle East.

"The Middle East is of unparalleled importance to the free world based on its rich oil reserves, but also on the basis of factors such as global strategic transportation routes and the birthplace of global religions."

"The vacuum created in the Middle East must be filled by the United States before the Russians come in. The United Nations is not a completely reliable defender of freedom. The United States must use its own power to defend the countries of the Middle East that are friendly to the free world from communism. socialist armed aggression and control."

"In the context of rising national liberation movements in the Middle East and North Africa, in order to curb the influence of the Soviet Union on the Middle East, if a Middle Eastern country is invaded by another country in the future, the United States should immediately provide economic or military assistance to it."

In his State of the Union address, Eisenhower told the Senate: Not only do you have to approve the US$2 million this time, but if anything happens in the Middle East in the future, you will also use the fast track to approve money, send troops, or transport weapons.

Thus came the Eisenhower Doctrine, or the Dulles-Eisenhower Doctrine.

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With Britain and France withdrawing from Egypt and Israel's invading forces gradually withdrawing, Canadian Foreign Minister Lester Burroughs Pearson proposed at the United Nations General Assembly that the United Nations establish an emergency force to be stationed on the Egypt-Israel border.

This force is larger than the United Nations Armed Supervision Group on the Han River Plain, and it is more like an army. However, this force is not a United Nations army. Its mission is to supervise the withdrawal of the warring parties and maintain peace in high-risk war and conflict areas. , Help the people, and not participate in any active offensive military operations.

It turned out that it wasn't the reorganization of the United Nations Army... After Pearson's proposal was put forward, the officials of the United Nations breathed a sigh of relief.During the vote, the proposal of the peacekeeping force was approved by most countries, and the first batch of more than 100 peacekeeping troops was soon sent to Egypt.

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On January 1, all major newspapers published the same main article on the front page:

"Making Great Strides to Build Socialism The First Five-Year Plan Exceeded ahead of schedule"

The five-year construction took four years to complete.But if it is measured by the conservative plan of Soviet experts...it is not an exaggeration to finish ahead of schedule.

The State Planning Commission of the Soviet Union suggested that China's annual industrial output growth rate should be set at 15%, but the annual industrial growth rate in the first four years was above 20%, the highest was in 1954, with an increase of 22.6%.

The total agricultural output value is relatively slow. In 1954, due to frequent natural disasters, the growth rate of agricultural output value was not up to standard. However, in 1955, the retaliatory rebound increased by 9%. Generally speaking, agriculture is skimming at a low altitude.

In 1956, the growth rate of industrial output value was 21.2%, reaching 892 billion yuan.In the past two years, the industrial output value has exceeded the total agricultural output value, and now it is almost close to the ratio of 3:2.However, since the growth rate of agricultural output value was only 5.2%, the annual growth rate of total industrial and agricultural output value was 14%.

Steel output was 605 million tons. In the original historical line, the last year of the First Five-Year Plan—1957, China’s steel output was only 570 million tons.But it doesn't make much sense to compare it with the original history.Due to the sufficient supply of steel, construction progress in light industry, machinery manufacturing, transportation construction, and urban construction has all accelerated.

In 1956, electricity generation increased by 31%, oil production increased by 125%,

Oh, by the way, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, which was opened to traffic in 1957, was brought forward to October 1955.

In the past 1956, for the first time, China was able to manufacture its own tanks, cars, and jet fighters, and its self-designed advanced jet trainers were also mass-produced and equipped with the Air Force; China was able to manufacture 5-kilowatt steam turbines and generators; Manufacture high-power medium-speed diesel engines (although some key parts still need to be imported); assemble and build modern guided missile destroyers into the water.

Although the first five-year target has been reached ahead of schedule, there is still a lot to do in 1957.

The 1957-ton freighter will be successfully launched this year. If there are no accidents, the outfitting can be completed by the end of 1958 or early 1958, and the sea trial will be completed in [-].

Zhengzhou was to produce instant noodles and ham sausage for the first time in 1957.These two are the few civilian industrial foods that can be sold well in China. They not only increase the output value of agriculture/light industry, but also help to maximize the effect of grain and meat—both of which are antiseptic and can be stored for a long time. Flour and meat are made into instant noodles and ham sausages for sale, which can reduce the loss of food raw materials.

Baotou Gas Diffusion Plant, the introduction contract was signed in June 56, the assembly was completed in July-August 6, and it is expected to run for the first time in December 57.As supporting equipment, domestic self-built uranium hexafluoride production plants, hydrogen fluoride and hydrofluoric acid plants, etc. will also start production.

1957年也是1954年开工建设的包钢投产的日子，这意味着就算别的钢铁厂啥事不干，光包钢就能给年底的钢铁总产量增加75万吨，1958年3月再增加75万吨。

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1957 was also the year when the Second Five-Year Plan was roughly finalized.

Now Tang Hua's seat is facing the key project of the "Second Five-Year Plan", a huge bridge model.The meeting was attended by the Bridge Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Railways, the Yangtze River Shipping Administration, the Iron and Steel Bureau of the Ministry of Heavy Industry, the Bureau of Heavy Machinery, and the Shipbuilding Industry Bureau of the Ministry of Machinery Industry. Li Fuchun presided over the meeting.

As a person who has houses in both Beijing and Shanghai, and was banned by the chairman from flying, Tang Hua has been looking forward to this bridge for a long time——

Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge.

Due to the increasingly frequent exchanges between the Yangtze River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Industrial Zone, the ferry capacity of the railway ferry at Xiaguan Pukou under the Ministry of Railways has become saturated. Passenger carriages often wait overtime, and passengers complain a lot.It's time to build the Yangtze River Bridge.

"Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge is now determined to be designed as a double-deck, two-lane road and railway bridge, consisting of a main bridge, a bridgehead and an approach bridge."

"The total length of the bridge depends on the site selection. The Bridge Engineering Bureau has conducted site surveys for 10 months, and now it has found three sites that are more suitable for the construction of the bridge: one is near the upper reaches of Yanziji, the other is near Shangyuanmen, The third is the pagoda bridge 1.4 kilometers downstream of the railway ferry."

After the comrades from the Bridge Engineering Bureau introduced the site selection, Teng Daiyuan said the consideration of the Ministry of Railways:

"Judging from the three current locations, it is more appropriate to build the Yangtze River Bridge at Baota Bridge. The width of this section of the river is relatively small, although it is not the smallest, but the slope of the terrain on both sides of the bank is relatively large, and the foundation of the river is solid. In addition, the distance from here to the present Some railway ferries are not far away, which means that the Jinpu Railway and the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway are relatively close here and the connecting line has been repaired.”

"The steel used in the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge is a bit complicated." Teng Daiyuan shook the documents in his hands, "This is the simplest version of the documents. One steel is listed on one page, but the one in my hand is as thick as this." Comrades from the Iron and Steel Bureau come to talk about the situation on your side.”

Tang Hua: "Let me first say that the Iron and Steel Bureau may be able to solve most of the steel products this time, but it does not rule out that a small part of key materials still have to be imported."

In October 1955, after the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge opened to traffic, the construction of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was put on the agenda.

From September 55 to March 9 was the draft project survey, followed by 56 months of site selection and exploration. During this period, the backbone of the construction team for the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was repairing other bridges, but the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge started construction. After the construction, the backbone and expert team including Comrade Xilin will be regrouped.

The Iron and Steel Bureau received the steel demand document for the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge two weeks ago. After Tang Hua finished speaking, he introduced one by one which steel materials could be made in China, what performance they could achieve, and how much they cost.

"...The overall supply situation is like this. From the weight of the steel used, I estimate that 80% to 90% can be made domestically. Of course, the part of the steel that needs to be imported is more expensive. From the perspective of the total price, it should be domestically produced. Steel can account for 70-80%.”

Li Fuchun: "The State Planning Commission and the Finance and Economics Commission are going to invest 2.7 to 3 million yuan for this bridge, and at the same time, they can also use some foreign exchange to buy foreign materials, but as the same sentence, try to import as little foreign materials as possible."

"The location of the bridge has not been determined before, but now it is determined. After we go back, we will carry out the preliminary design and cost calculation of the project," said the director of the Bridge Engineering Bureau. "Then, another issue needs to be resolved at this meeting. Height, 24 meters or 26 meters."

Cheng Wang: "From the perspective of our shipbuilding industry bureau, 26 meters. In addition, I should also be able to vote for the 26-meter plan on behalf of Commander Xiao of the Navy."

Yangtze River Shipping Administration: "After the Yangtze River Estuary was dredged once in 1954, the average water depth has increased. Now seagoing ships with a draft of 6 meters can directly enter the Yangtze River Estuary. The Shipping Bureau will also have the second and third phases of dredging projects. The depth of the water will only become wider and wider. The higher the bridge, the easier it is for ships to enter Nanjing, Anqing, Jiujiang, and Wuhan.”

Teng Daiyuan: "This is a dilemma. If the bridge is two meters high, the bearing capacity of the piers will increase, and the piers will need to be made thicker, which will significantly increase the cost of the entire project."

Cheng Wang: "Sea ships can also put their masts down to cross the bridge. As you know about warships, there are many radar antennas on the masts, which cannot be easily put down. The current main force of our navy, the six American destroyers, can only put the masts down the most. When the tip is lowered a little bit, the clear height of 6 meters is just stuck, and it cannot enter the Yangtze River. The same is true for the Type 24 destroyer under construction."

Tang Hua felt that he didn't need to come out to argue...

In the previous historical line, when the construction of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge started in 1960, there were no shadows of the Type 051 destroyer, and there were no captured 6 American-made destroyers.

Now there are not only 3 tall Keelings and 3 Fletchers, but they are all deployed in the East China Sea Fleet. The 56-ton freighter has been launched, and the Type 24 destroyer has also been launched. Wuchang Shipyard is not only assembling and building submarines, but also Build special ships.It is very difficult to pass the [-]-meter plan of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge.After all, this era cannot ignore the opinion of the navy.

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"That's the end of today's discussion. The entire construction project will take 4 to 5 years, no later than December 1962 at the latest. After all, this is a key project for the Second Five-Year Plan. If it exceeds this time, our Second Five-Year Plan will remain Unfinished tail."

Li Fuchun concluded.

"...After discussion, we generally agree with the 26-meter net height plan. We will make a final decision after the Prime Minister returns. The Nanjing Bridge Construction Engineering Bureau will be formally established in March this year."

26 meters is enough.

In fact, the clear height of 24 meters is sufficient on this historical line before 2015 (when the Yangtze River Channel decided to dig to 12.5 meters).Warships hardly need to go up the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, while sea-going ships can choose to lay down their masts.The height of the ship building reaches 24 meters, which is a sea-going ship with a large tonnage.

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In February 1957, there was another incident abroad that caused considerable repercussions in China.