Research On The Development Of The Security Forces In Anhui Province (1927～1945)

In 1927, China entered the era of the Kuomintang, after the establishment of the Nanjing national government facing social unrest and bandit ridden and Communist Party armed with multiple threats, maintaining internal stability become the primary task of the national government, Anhui as areas of Close to the capital the position is particularly important. The government of Anhui Province Implementation Security policy that from central government to reform the people’s Armed Forces and to build force belong to government of province or county,in addition the county government follow the policy of Shandong province to build Armed Police Force.With the Communist Party in the rapid development of Anhui Province, the Kuomintang regular troops didn’t, so the local security armed become an important means to suppress bandits and communist, of Anhui Province in 1931 the local security guards and police force are adapt to security corps of province by Anhui province. In addition, the government of Anhui province to build two security guards regiment and a security guard camp that directly under the province to suppress bandits and communist forces.so that the title of Security Team replaced the militia, the militia, and security guards and police team and other places security organization title become the title officially.For the security team administration is introduced into the army and became the local government paramilitary organization. Anhui security organization experience not only by the semi official gentry to the official directly by the government, and in the adaptation to the security team, also experienced the reform process by the under the county, under the District, and at last under the province. Finally, Anhui, each county’s security team all adapted for twelve security team of provincial governing.In 1934, after the defeat of the Communist Party of armed, security team’s function of suppression bandit and communism began to weaken and start reform to abolition the security team, the provincial government put the military armed reorganization to be the local police, but in 1937 broke out the Japanese War of aggression against China messed up the plan of abolition security team, Anhui security team reform police stagnation of full and implementation recovered security team, armed guards began to be a military role to assume resistance the Japanese aggression, and as a national regular army reserve military force, was deployed transformation for the regular army marched to the Anti Japanese front. Security team as the Kuomintang government force armed with military force, not only by government to apply to the bandits, the Communist Party, anti Japanese military, but also bear the eradication of opium, protection of water traffic, remove Gang forces, protection of commercial and other security related businesses. But reform from the out of date militia,the security team officers and soldiers keep traditional habits, quality under, lack of training, bully the kind and cowardly person and even the emergence of robbery and property of the people, raped women crime,.as a government for the anti Communist force, both before the war of resistance against Japan or in the war,the security team always have maintained a hostile attitude to the Communist Party, destruction the National United Anti Japanese War, extent obstruct the process of the war of resistance against Japanese aggression.