During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there was a gun and ammunition repair factory (also known as "Changbei Arsenal") in the north of Changyi, which --- the "Bohai Corridor" to defend the red communication line from Jiaodong to the Bohai Sea, effectively ensuring the supply of military ammunition and making important contributions to the great victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
#Weifang Headlines #In 1943, after heroic revolutionary struggle, the party, government, military, and people of Changyi County passed through the most difficult period, and under the situation of victory in the international and domestic anti-aggression wars, the anti-Japanese situation in Changyi County entered a brand-new stage. With the continuous growth of the anti-Japanese armed forces, frequent battles and the expansion of the contingent, the consumption of ammunition needs to be replenished in a timely manner, and it is no longer enough to meet the actual needs by relying solely on the capture of the enemy and the transfer of superiors.
According to Gong Yugong's recollection, at that time, the weapons and equipment of the Independent Battalion in Changyi County were very poor, especially the lack of ammunition, each soldier averaged two grenades, and each gun had only 15 bullets, half of which were self-made (bought from Weixian County to cut the waste film into a powder, loaded into the shell shells collected, bought to make a base cannon to fire, and cast a warhead with copper coins), with a range of less than 100 meters. There were only 3 light machine guns in the battalion, and each light machine gun had about 200 or 300 rounds of ammunition.
In view of this situation, the Changyi County Party Committee decided to set up an arms factory on its own, repair weapons and manufacture ammunition. In June 1943, with the approval of the Qingdong Military Region, it was decided to set up a gun and ammunition repair factory in Xinzhaizi Village (now Xinxing Village, Qingxiang, Liuyan Town) in the Seventh District, which belonged to the direct leadership of the County Armed Forces Committee, with Chen Fangchang of Baita Village as the director of the factory, and hired local skilled craftsmen such as Zhai Yuanhua to guide the practice, and selected more than 10 comrades with ingenious minds from among the soldiers to participate in it. Due to the rudimentary equipment and poor conditions at that time, five people were relied upon to pull large bellows of iron to make grenades. In addition, the military and the people were also mobilized to collect waste shell casings, copper coins, etc. as raw materials for bomb making.
With the continuous need to rely on the anti-Japanese battlefield, from more than 10 people at the beginning to more than 70 people, the mother of He Fengchi, the secretary of the county party committee who has passed the age of Huajia, and the father of Luo Ping, deputy battalion commander, are also involved. Since then, the Qingdong Military Region has allocated and provided an iron furnace and three sets of mines, grenade molds and some maintenance tools as production equipment. Through the continuous study of the workers, from the beginning can only simply repair guns, and later by sending people to higher-level military factories to train and send technicians from the Bohai Naval Sub-district to guide and study, not only strengthen the production equipment, but also improve production efficiency and ability, and gradually can build grenades, mines, and modify rifle bullets and "Eighth Five-Year" shells. With the continuous expansion of the scale of the factory, it has increased from about 100 pieces per day to more than 180 pieces, which not only meets the armed needs of the county independent battalion, the armed engineering team, the squadrons of various districts and the grass-roots militia, but also hands over a part to the military sub-district, which effectively supports the brother troops.
At that time, there was also a song and ballad: "An arsenal was built next to the Weihe River." Old iron furnace, over-aged broken iron bed. More than ten people were initially built, and they should be opened in a hurry. First build grenades, then repair guns. The soil method is fast, and the repair of weapons and casting bullets is busy. The Changbei base area has a small Hanyang. With Little Hanyang, the troops were strongly equipped. The warriors praised in unison, and the enemy and hypocrites panicked. ”
Gong Yugong - a native of Penglai, Shandong, who longed for revolution when he was a student, participated in anti-Japanese propaganda activities after the Qiqi Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937. In February 1938, he joined the "Third Brigade of the Third Army of the Shandong People's Anti-Japanese Salvation Army" (later changed to "The Second Route Army of the Third Army of the Shandong People's Anti-Japanese Salvation Army"), and in September of the same year, he was appointed as the officer of the Organization Section of the Political Department of the Fifth Detachment of the Shandong People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Force of the Eighth Route Army, joined the Communist Party of China in October, and studied at the Luzhong Military and Political Cadre School in December. After graduation, he returned to Jiaodong five detachments. In May 1939, he was appointed as the instructor of the fifteen regimental companies of the five detachments, and then successively served as battalion instructor, deputy political commissar of the regiment, acting regimental commander, regimental commander, regimental political commissar, director of the military logistics department, deputy political commissar of the division, and political commissar of the logistics department of the air force of the Beijing Military Region. In 1955, he was awarded the Order of Independence and Freedom of the Third Class, the Order of Liberation, Second Class, and awarded the rank of Colonel.
