[Party History Tiantian Xue] A large box, describing the Jin Ge iron horses more than 70 years ago

The New Fourth Army Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Region Memorial Hall has an exhibition of precious old objects. It is inconspicuous at first glance -a section of hollowed logs in the center of the center is mixed with the traces of the mottled and smoky and fiery. It is extremely unusual. It turned out that it was a national first -class cultural relic -the large -bodies of the new four -Army military factory during the Anti -Japanese War.

In the autumn of 1943, the 16th Brigade of the Sixth Division of the New Fourth Army set off from southern Jiangsu, based on the strategic policy of "developing the southeast and preparing counterattack" of the Party Central Committee, and advanced to Changxing (now Zhejiang Huzhou) to open a base for the Suzhe and Anhui Anti -Japanese Base. After that, the troops took the initiative to attack under extremely difficult conditions, insisted on the War of Resistance Against Japan, and achieved a victory in important battles such as Changxing and the Battle of Si'an. The Japanese and pseudo -forces in northern Zhejiang were severely hit, and the new four armed forces were consolidated in the bases in northern Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu.

In the meantime, because the Kuomintang authorities adhered to the anti -communist position and blocked the military expenses and material supply channels of the New Fourth Army from various aspects, the New Fourth Army was self -reliant, adopting the method of seizing front in front, self -run factories in the rear, and solving the supply of combat utensils such as bullets.

In order to adhere to the War of Resistance Against Japan, in 1944, the New Fourth Army Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Region set up a arsenal in Changxing. It not only armed forces, but also forces the power of the military and civilians in the base of the base. In the later period of the War of Resistance Against Japan and the beginning of the war, the victory of the war was a key role in the war. After the establishment of the arsenal, due to the limited conditions, there is no advanced facility and equipment as a technical support. It can only be horses to the ground. How to improve and maintain the temperature in the furnace to ensure the quality of smelting. Later, through many visits, the troops borrowed a large box for a pot of a pot shop in Huaikan Old Street as an important tool for the wind and iron casting pot of the New Fourth Army Military Factory.

New Fourth Army Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Region Arsenal Box

This large box is carved from the entire wooden wood. The inner bore is 2 meters long, 38 cm tall, and 50 cm wide. There is a tin -shaped push lever with a diameter of about 7 cm in the middle. Essence Due to the large wind turmoil, four strong men need to push the pull -pull operation at the same time. Under the action of strong wind, in a short period of time, the bamboo charcoal in the furnace can heat up and burn large iron blocks into iron water. For iron water, more than 30 grenades can be made after casting. At that time, the militia captain of Shijiu Village led eight villagers' shifts, and continued to pull the big box day and night, and made a good contribution to the sources of the arsenal to continuously create guns and ammunition.

In October 1945, the New Fourth Army's Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Region was ordered to withdraw north, and this large box was kept in the warehouse. In 1976, when the New Fourth Army's Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Region Cultural Relics Preservation Office was planned to build the History of the Revolutionary Struggle of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Army, this large box was collected through the local government. On November 2, 1955, the New Fourth Army Suzhe Zhejiang Military Region arsenal was identified as national first -class cultural relics by the expert group of the State Administration of Cultural Relics.

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