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Qian's Responsibility of Defending the Country —— Mr. Qian's "Armed Forces of the Whole People"

May 1938, 10, after the fall of Jinmen Island, Xiamen Island also fell into the enemy. Japanese planes often invade our coastal towns for reconnaissance and bombing, and the coastal areas in southern Fujian are even more tense.

Qian, the deputy commander of the 80th Division (no longer the brigade commander, but the brigade commander of the 239th Division can be promoted as long as he lacks money, but the power of the brigade is still in Qian's hand), was deeply short of soldiers, and wanted to make use of local forces to organize a local armed force to assist in defense under his own control, so he set up the "Minnan Anti-Enemy Self-Defense Corps", with Qian as the commander in chief and Huang Kesheng (the former 49th Division commander) as the commander in chief.

The General Command of the Self-Defense Forces is located in Quanzhou. The General Command consists of Secretariat, Political Training Division, Quartermaster Division and Training Division. Later, the General Command of the Self-Defense Forces was reorganized, with military departments and military instructors in each county, the county magistrate as the commander-in-chief, the militia reserve in each township, the township head as the commander-in-chief, and the vice captain and inspector.

After the establishment of the Self-Defense Forces, Qian ordered ten counties in the fourth administrative region (lacking the Golden Gate), plus Yongtai and Fuqing * * * and twelve counties, to send two able-bodied men each, and the eldest son or only son was forbidden. Later, some people called this unit "eldest son training." In this way, local armed forces can be used to assist defense, without affecting the country's withdrawal, and funds do not have to reach out to it. The order also requires each insurance company to make two rifles with the factory, and each able-bodied man should carry two sets of gray uniforms, a gray military cap, a gray dry food bag, a belt, a gray satchel and a gray military blanket. Instruct the county heads, district heads, joint insurance directors and insurance directors to immediately raise supplies for six months, including salaries, food and various funds for officers and men, and send them to the headquarters. Once the personnel, equipment and food are ready, you can start training in stages. At the same time, women should also participate in military training, which is conducted by county military instructors. And hired a blacksmith to make 100 broadswords, which were distributed to towns to form broadsword teams. Qian Liang Dong also ordered all towns and villages to set up self-defense forces and implement "armed forces for the whole people."

After the order was issued, due to the tight time, it was not easy to buy all the rifles for a while and could not be prepared. Qian was in a hurry and decided to "duel", so he informed the director and director of the joint insurance institute in Jinjiang County (now Quanzhou City) to attend a meeting in Zhongshan Park. When reviewing militia weapons, Qian found that there were still many gun shortages in towns and villages. He wanted to take He Jianshun, director of the joint insurance institute in Minglun town, and scolded He on the spot, holding him down with a big knife. Xue Ying, deputy head of Jinjiang County Social Training Corps, knelt down on behalf of He and begged for mercy to ensure the completion of the task, so that he was spared. Liu Weichun, director of Shinan Fumigation United Insurance Company, was absent due to illness and was led by the vice captain. The town is also short of many guns. Qian Liang Dong asked Liu Weichun why he didn't come. The vice captain said, "Swing at home." Qian mistakenly thought it was "playing cards at home" and was furious. He sent someone to the Liu family, pulled Liu into a rickshaw and went straight to Zhongshan Park. He couldn't help but file a lawsuit and pulled out a short gun to kill Liu. This scared the daylights out of the people present and shocked the administrative cadres at all levels in more than a dozen counties. Without the insurance of two rifles, they rushed around to buy them. The price of each rifle was only fifty or sixty yuan, and then it soared to about 100 yuan. The man who bought the gun said, "I'd rather pay to die than die for others!" " This is how the Minnan Anti-Enemy Self-Defense Corps was organized.

In June, Qian ordered the sinking of four ships, namely Quanzhou, Hanjiang, Yongle and Fuquan, anchored in Shijing Port to prevent Japanese ships from entering Anhai Bay. In the same month, Wang Jixiang, the newly compiled 20th division commander, was transferred to the eightieth division commander, and Qian was promoted to Major General commander. The newly compiled 20 divisions were compiled by local troops in Fujian and Zhejiang. There are three regiments under the jurisdiction of Chen Yi, the director of the appeasement office in Fujian, who serve as the rear guard.