Chapter 3 02. Ma Wanshui——Always strive to be the first and always climb the peak

Ma Wanshui, a name that sounds unfamiliar to young people today.However, in the "People's Daily" between August 1950 and September 1960, it was included in the headlines of news reports at least 13 times. Ma Wanshui (1923-1961) This is the name of a miner.At the beginning of the founding of the Republic, when there was a lot of waste to be done, he used hammers and steel drills to rewrite the national mine excavation records more than a dozen times; the whole set of rapid excavation experience in metallurgical mines he explored was promoted to the whole country; he brought out A team named after him is still fighting across the country today...

At the beginning of the founding of New China, the Pangjiabao Mine of Longyan Iron Mine, which had been nationalized, was actively rebuilding and resuming production. The predecessor of Ma Wanshui's team, the "5th Team of Tunneling", was born.The newly born 5th group of tunneling has taken on the responsibility of "pioneering" in the entire mine, but because most of the workers are novices, after a month, the whole group has only advanced two steps in the tunnel. At this time, Ma Wanshui, who had carried coal in Mentougou Coal Mine for several years, was sent to be the team leader. Under his leadership, in June 1950, they set a national record for excavation of ferrous metal mines for the first time.Ma Wanshui was elected as the first batch of national labor models, and the group he led was named "Ma Wanshui Group".

When Ma Wanshui went to Beijing to participate in the first National Congress of Model Workers, Peasants and Soldiers, he was cordially received by Chairman Mao Zedong; Chairman Zhu De also invited him to his home and asked about him and the group in detail. "Ma Wanshui is a 'rough man'. He hasn't studied for two years, but he has created hundreds of mine rapid excavation experiences." Captain Ren)——Ma Ming, the former vice minister of the Ministry of Metallurgy, said that the rocks of Longyan Iron Mine were very complex at that time, including quartzite, siliceous slate, phylloshale and hematite ore with different hardness and softness.Faced with different ores, Ma Wanshui has to sum up his experience after each explosion; when encountering unfamiliar rocks, he always fires a few shots to test the properties of the rocks.Every innovation has led to continuous improvement of labor organization and greatly increased labor productivity. In this year, they created a new record of the only "one-time lane" national black metallurgical mine twice in a row. In 1958, they climbed four times Rapidly dig new peaks across the country.Ma Wanshui's continuous innovation allowed the team to set new records in mine excavation time and time again.

With the development of science and the continuous improvement of rock drilling equipment, the mine has successively added new equipment such as pneumatic supports, electric rock loaders, pneumatic rock loaders, and alloy steel drill bits.In order to improve the working conditions of workers, new methods such as wet rock drilling and mechanical ventilation are widely promoted in underground mines.This is a big improvement in roadway excavation, a big improvement.But the beginning also experienced some twists and turns.Especially when promoting wet rock drilling, because workers are used to drilling dry eyes and doing wet rock drilling, muddy water is sprayed on their faces and clothes if they are not careful; It's inconvenient, so some people find it troublesome and still secretly dry their eyes.When Ma Wanshui saw it, he was angry and anxious.On the one hand, he repeatedly did ideological work for the workers: "This is the concern of the party and the country for us, and we cannot risk our lives for convenience!" The workers have proficiently mastered the operating techniques of wet drilling and other new machines, which not only improves the work efficiency, but also reduces the labor intensity of the workers and protects the health of the workers.

By the end of 1960, Ma Wanshui's leg pain was very serious.The pain in his legs, he thought it was arthritis, his lover made him a pair of sheepskin pants to protect his legs, and he went down the well every day.The pain in his legs became worse and worse, so that he couldn't straighten his waist, and he had to hold on to it with a stick.When he had to accept the "order" to go to Beijing for medical treatment, the cancer was already at an advanced stage. "Lao Ma was hospitalized in Beijing in February 1961. At that time, Premier Zhou Enlai knew about it and arranged for him to be treated in Beijing Jishuitan Hospital. Since then, he has never returned to the mine." Zhang Shuyun is 11 years younger than Ma Wanshui , she accompanied Ma Wanshui through the last journey of her life.

On the morning of August 12, 1961, Comrade Ma Wanshui was at the last moment of his life, and it was very difficult to breathe. He called his old comrades to him and said word by word: "Go back and tell the comrades in the group that we must always strive to be advanced , keep the red flag handed over to us by the party..." A mine construction team named "Ma Wanshui" is still fighting across the country today. "Ma Wanshui is gone, but his spirit has been passed on." Ma Ming, the 12th captain of Ma Wanshui's engineering team and former vice minister of the Ministry of Metallurgy, said.According to reports, looking back at the development path that Ma Wanshui's construction team has traveled, people can clearly see the inheritance of Ma Wanshui's spirit.