... basis. Mao placed military commanders in the communes to supervise the militarization and mobilization of each commune. The communes (Mao hoped, though this never really materialized) would produce light weapons (rifles, machine guns, mortars) and to form militias out of every able bodied person. Mao would then have complete and total control over the society, and the population would be mobilized ... ...

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... . The refugees in the streets, especially those on the North ZhongShan avenue, Central avenue and nearby streets were taken to be their targets. They slaughtered the refugees with machines guns, rifles and hand guns. The NanJing massacre began. Large numbers of elderly, women and children and wounded soldiers fell with the gun shots, most of them died immediately, some of them ... ...

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