The next pressing deadline was for construction of the steel mill itself. To catch up, Fan Kuo-chang took advantage of the low local labor costs and adopted "human-wave tactics," hiring over 3,000 workers from the area.
「加人是最好的方法」，當地工資便宜，一個工人，日薪約只合新台幣一百元，范國璋於是決定採用「人海戰術」。