207:, commander-in-chief of the 33rd Group Army and commander-in-chief of the Right-wing Corps of the Fifth Theater, was killed in action, and on June 12 the Japanese army occupied Yichang. The Gongxian Arsenal was ordered to relocate to Chongqing. Due to the occupation of Yichang by the Japanese army, the Gongxian Arsenal could not be completely removed. In 1948, some of the factories remaining in Chenxi were ordered to move to Dongjiayuan, Zhuzhou, Hunan to prepare for the construction of a new factory. With the second civil war military defeat, on May 19, 1949, more than 2,000 employees moved to the Hainan Yulin plant. In March 1950, the Yulin factory moved to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and merged into the 60th arsenal.
187:, assisted by military engineers from Germany, Denmark and other countries; manufacturing machines were ordered from a military factory in Connecticut, and a 10-km long and 20-meter deep "air-raid shelter" was built to protect personnel. In 1919 (the eighth year of the Republic of China), it was officially put into production and became one of the four largest arsenals in China at that time. Later, with the death of Yuan Shikai, the Gongxian Arsenal became the focus of competition among the warlords.
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