Chapter 70 69. Mengtai——Mengtai Warehouse Steel Great Wall

Meng Tai (1898-1967), male, Han nationality, was born in Fengrun County, Hebei Province, and a member of the Communist Party of China.During his lifetime, he was the deputy director of the ironworks of Anshan Iron and Steel Company and the vice chairman of the labor union. In 1948, Anshan Iron and Steel was severely damaged before the Kuomintang government withdrew.In order to quickly resume production, Meng Tai led the workers to search for equipment day and night. Under his leadership, Anshan Iron and Steel set off a vigorous equipment donation campaign.At the same time, he established the well-known "Mengtai Warehouse", sorted and sorted the collected equipment in a timely manner, so that the piping materials of the three blast furnaces that Anshan Iron and Steel restored at the earliest did not cost the country a penny, which helped Anshan Iron and Steel recover in a relatively short period of time. Production has made a huge contribution.He has the courage to overcome technical difficulties.When the Soviet government stopped supplying large-scale rolls to my country, causing Anshan Iron and Steel to face the threat of production suspension, he organized more than 500 technical activists to carry out a one-stop inter-factory cooperation joint technical research from ironmaking, steelmaking to steel casting, Successively solved more than a dozen technical problems, and finally succeeded in making large-scale rolls, which filled the gap in the history of metallurgy in my country, and was known as "a triumphant song of self-reliance written for Anshan Iron and Steel".He designed and manufactured the successful double-layer circulating water to increase the life of the cooling hot blast stove combustion cylinder by 100 times.During the "Cultural Revolution", facing the severely damaged production of Anshan Iron and Steel, he withstood all kinds of pressure to save the production order of Anshan Iron and Steel from various impacts.During his eight years as the deputy director of Anshan Iron and Steel Plant, he was called "a cadre whose body is never separated from labor and whose heart is never separated from the masses" by the workers. In 1967, he died of illness due to overwork.He was a representative of the first, second and third National People's Congress, and was awarded honorary titles such as National Model Worker.

"Guardian of the blast furnace" and labor hero, this is the most vivid image left by Meng Tai to the world.When the invaders burned the flames of war to the Yalu River and dispatched planes to bombard them indiscriminately, he stood up and guarded day and night regardless of personal safety, vowing to live and die with the blast furnace.New China's first steel base witnessed the stalwart image of new Chinese workers. Love furnace like life, love factory like home.During the days when the blast furnaces were repaired, he often didn't go home. Before and after the ignition of the first three blast furnaces, he simply lived in the ironworks, carrying a large pipe wrench and working day and night.

Meng Tai's research spirit and hard work spirit are equally famous.The famous "Mengtai working method" is a set of working rules and operating techniques that he has explored in the blast furnace work practice for many years. After the start of the "First Five-Year Plan", he led the workers to carry out technical transformation of the production process and equipment as a master, made the tuyere of the blast furnace by himself, and cleverly made the "bridge-shaped catch".In addition to realizing more than 60 major technological innovations by itself, it also organized and led a large number of labor models, technical experts and skilled craftsmen to carry out large-scale technological innovation, technical cooperation and technical research activities, and played an important role in the transformation and construction of Anshan Iron and Steel. .

Speaking of Meng Tai's research spirit, his daughter Meng Qingzhen has a vivid memory. In 1953, Meng Tai was the first to sign up for the literacy class organized by the Anshan City Federation of Trade Unions. He was the oldest student in the class and was often the first student to walk into the classroom.He has put in several times the efforts of other students, and his daughter often laughs at him, "he is obsessed again." "Come on, father Kao Kao." Seeing his daughter approaching, Meng Tai confidently stuffs the literacy textbook into Meng Qingzhen's hand.Meng Qingzhen was moved by her father's spirit. On the one hand, she studied hard by herself, and on the other hand, she took the initiative to be his father's "little tutor".Inspired by her classmates' literacy cards, she added many small patterns to her father's literacy textbooks, such as butterflies, sickles, ships, and blast furnaces...With the help of her daughter, Meng Tai's learning efficiency is even higher. Six months later, he happily received his graduation certificate, and through his own efforts, he was awarded an outstanding student award.

As a representative of the people, Meng Tai has to do a lot of social work in addition to his job in the factory.Often at home, someone will come to see you at any time, including workers, farmers, government officials, and housewives, reporting the situation, asking for help, and even complaining... No matter who comes, and no matter why, Meng Ty was always welcoming, a good listener, and always there to help when he could.All his life, he has been so diligent and uncomplaining. With his words and deeds, he has touched every body and mind around him, the society, and the country he loves.