On October 1, 2019, the 70th anniversary of the National Day, a battle flag formation appeared for the first time. Hundreds of flag bearers guarded 100 battle flags and slowly passed through Tianmen Square for review.

On October 1, 2019, the 70th anniversary of the National Day, a battle flag formation appeared for the first time. A hundred flag bearers guarded 100 battle flags and slowly passed through Tianmen Square for review.

Behind every flag is an epic of iron and blood: "Ye Ting Troops", "Weixian Regiment", "Dong Cunrui Class", " Shenwei Missile Battalion ", each of the thunderous heroic troop numbers appeared in front of us.

Today, these battle flags are carefully folded and handed over to the Military Museum for collection!

Among the 120 military flags collected by Junbo, the one with the most sense of design is the battle flag of the "Weixian Regiment"!

iron Weixian !

The Battle of Weixian is a milestone and our army's first urban offensive on the battlefield in East China...

In March 1948, the civil war entered a critical stage. On the battlefield in Shandong, our army switched from defense to offense and gradually expanded the liberated area. However, due to the loss of popular support and the erosion of the grassroots, Chiang's army could only rely on railway lines for maneuvers, and the Jiaoji Line became their lifeline.

At that time, most areas in Shandong had been liberated. Only Jinan, Qingdao and other cities were still resisting. Weixian County in the middle of Shandong was the hub that maintained Jinan and Qingdao. If we wanted to liberate the entire Shandong, we must first capture Weixian!

Weixian is now Weifang City. It is a battleground for military strategists. Since the Han Dynasty, solid city walls have been built. The city walls are high and thick, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Lao Chiang Kai-shek's army took full advantage of its geographical advantages and set up three lines of defense outside the city, deploying a large number of landmines and other facilities; outside the city wall of Weixian, there was a 5-meter-wide moat like a jade belt, surrounded by a large number of The obstacle firepower point is known as Weixian County.

Such a complete defense system has caused our army to suffer a lot. In order to remove this nail, General Xu Shiyou prepared 54 regiments with nearly 120,000 people: 22 regiments were sent for reinforcements, 26 regiments were used to attack Weixian City, where 47,000 enemy troops were stationed, and 6 regiments were left as reserves.

As soon as the war started, our army was very frustrated. The Wei Line defense brought us a lot of trouble, and our army's attack was very slow.

After half a month of fighting, our army has basically eliminated the peripheral enemies. However, the loss of personnel and materials was huge, and the attacking 26th regiment was already quite exhausted. Our army is in difficulty, and the enemy is even more difficult. Our army has launched a critical battle against Weixian County!

The towering Weixian city wall became the wall of life for the harvesting warriors. Our army used fierce artillery fire and tunnel tactics to try to break through the city wall, but the enemy's reserves were quite large, and under the fierce bombardment of artillery, it was difficult for our army to advance.

The soldiers tied the explosive package to a wooden stick and prepared to send it to the city. The problem was that the Weixian city wall was 13 meters high and the wooden pillars could not reach this height. Moreover, when the explosive package was lifted up, it was likely to explode in the air. This kind of volley explosion Although it looks good, the effect is very poor. Several times failed.

Xu Shiyou suspended the attack and called on the entire army to use their brains to find ways to defeat the enemy... Many fantastic plans were released. Some were good ideas but difficult to operate, and some were feasible but required high technical skills. Being denied, Xu Shiyou was unable to find any strategy to deal with the enemy, and Xu Shiyou was so anxious that he could not sleep at night.

Finally, Xu Shiyou's eyes lit up with the suggestion of Song Wenwen, a squad leader of the 26th regiment. He suggested adding pulleys to the wooden sticks tied to the explosive packages, and using the speed of the pulleys to quickly push the explosive packages to the top of the city. This could efficiently and cost-effectively solve the problem of early explosion of explosive packages and low combat effectiveness.

Xu Shiyou greatly appreciated his plan and immediately organized experiments. After many drills, it has been shown that pulley explosives can indeed have a great destructive effect on towering city walls.

Our army resumed its offensive. Soldiers from the 8th Company of the 79th Regiment used pulley explosives to reach the top of the wall and detonate them. But the huge city wall withstood the loud noise. One explosion couldn't shake the city wall, so it would take a few more.

The soldiers, like an iron-clad King Kong, braved crazy artillery fire and detonated six explosive packets in succession. In the face of the huge explosion, the Weixian city wall, which had never been breached for hundreds of years, finally opened a large hole. The mouth!

1 squad leader Wang Yulai was the first to rush to the city wall. The whole class had a meal of chopping melons and vegetables, and seized an heavy machine gun and an .

Soldier Zhang Yide rushed to the city wall with a red flag. The flag read "Put the red flag of victory on the top of the city of Weixian." When our soldiers saw the red flag flying at the top of the city, their blood surged up and they attacked with all their strength.

Another soldier also rushed up from other breaches with a red flag. On the Weixian city wall, red flags were fluttering at two breaches, flying high to announce that the enemy's doom had come.

However, storming the city wall is only the beginning of the difficulties - we must hold on to the breakthrough point to make the battle when our army's follow-up troops pour in one after another more difficult!

The Weixian city wall was repeatedly thickened by the Japanese puppets and Chiang Kai-shek, and the defense system is extremely complete. If our army moves slowly and cannot break through quickly, the follow-up troops will not be able to follow up continuously, and the existing breakthrough is likely to be blocked by the enemy. Set fire stitches.

The loss will be terrible, and all the previous sacrifices and efforts will be in vain. This blow will be a disaster.

The battle for the city wall position is the winner of the Weixian attack!

The war has reached fever pitch. Whoever grits his teeth and holds on for the last 15 seconds will win.

fought all night, but our army still made no breakthrough.

On the contrary, the enemy took advantage of the disadvantages of our army's small breakthrough, few people on the city, and not much ammunition, and desperately unleashed firepower on our positions.

Under great pressure, Xu Shiyou ordered his troops to change the past practice of attacking the city at night. They must attack the city during the day at all costs until the city is broken.

Groups of warriors braved the enemy's side fire and rushed through the gaps in the city wall like a tide.

After climbing the city, we had to enter the city to fight, which was another hurdle. Since the city wall was more than 10 meters away from the ground, and our army’s wooden ladders were only seven or eight meters high, the soldiers first climbed the ladders to go down to the city. Due to the enemy’s interference, the ladders disappeared. We The warriors jumped directly from the city wall. Many people were injured, but no one flinched. After they woke up, they climbed up and continued to fight.

In this way, the fortress in Luzhong fell, and the connection between Qingdao and Jinan was completely severed.

The Battle of Weixian is a milestone. It is the first city offensive battle of our army on the East China battlefield. It is the first important victory achieved by the East China army after switching to a strategic counteroffensive.

The East China Theater decided to award the 79th Regiment of the 27th Division of the 9th Column that made a brilliant appearance this time the honorary title of "Weixian Regiment".

Since the Ninth Column was going to hold a celebration meeting, the leaders wanted to award the 79th Regiment the "Weixian Regiment" battle flag. Several soldiers worked hard for three days and three nights to draw the Weixian Regiment's battle flag on red silk with needle and thread.

From the Battle of Huaihai to the Battle of Changjin Lake, to customs duty, to major security work, the successors of the "Weixian Regiment", which has now been transformed into the armed police force, have shouldered new missions and tasks.