The Militia Research Of Wanxi Self-government

Wanxi region had extremely chaotic social order in the 1930s, all kinds of natural disasters and military disaster constantly, economic was on the verge of bankruptcy, at the local government lost authority. In this case, the people in Wanxi suppressed bandits and secured public order under the leadership of Peng Yuting. In this process, Peng Yuting and others ultimately relying on the militia forces reached the purpose, who won the recognition of the local population to some extent. In order to rule the region for a long time, Peng Yuting and others in the name of autonomy began to train a local militia and develop economic as the main content of the autonomy movement. Because these measures sometimes arrogated government power, so the struggle with the Kuomintang regime for local control continued. In order to succeed in the struggle,Wanxi government focused on the military aspects. During this period, they trained and constructed a large number of armed militia and military facilities, the move consumed limited local resources and increased the burden on the people, weakening the basis of autonomy from the internal to some extent; on the other hand, local people organized maximized economic and other construction, and increased its resistance to political interference in the strength of the Kuomintang, simultaneously built a foundation for the subsequent war.the anti-Japanese war brought the possibility of reconciliation to a certain extent between Wanxi local forces and the administration,the cause of Wanxi autonomy also temporarily reached peak. However, with the Kuomintang party, government, and military forces pouring into Wanxi region, breaking the closed state of Wanxi region, the State power eventually penetrating into the region, Wanxi region gradually lost its independence. Although the Wanxi militia showed heroic side, but eventually led to vitality. In the late war, due to the passing of Bie Tingfang, Wanxi militia leaders had plunged into the struggle for power, the majority of militia had corrupt discipline, the case of autonomous came to a halt, Wanxi local forces eventually had to attach the Kuomintang regime, and became their teibutary. the majority of people were incorporated into the Kuomintang army, and eventually destructed in the war of liberation.