Knowing that the entire Six-Year Plan was depending on them, the people began to overcome difficulties on their own. An accident caused three Kangson Steel Plant heating furnaces to suspend operations—but I only learned about it after the fact. The furnaces needed to cool before repair work could be done, but the workers refused to halt production any further. They vied with each other to fix the still-hot furnaces. Some became terribly burnt, but they just continued on as if nothing had happened. Soon the furnaces were repaired and production resumed. While many other nations boast of their
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