In the early morning of January 5, 1941, the New Fourth Army soldiers stationed in southern Anhui bid farewell to the people of Yunling, Jingxian who had been with them for three years, sang the song "Farewell, Southern Anhui for three years" loudly, and officially embarked on th

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The New Fourth Army was in danger

In the early morning of January 5, 1941, the New Fourth Army soldiers stationed in southern Anhui bid farewell to the people of Yunling, Jingxian who had been with them for three years, sang the song "Farewell, Southern Anhui for three years" loudly, and officially embarked on the journey toward north of the Yellow River.

Ye Ting, who was the commander of the New Fourth Army at that time, planned to detour the entire army through Maolin , Sanxi, Ningguo , Langxi and Liyang, Jiangsu, and then wait to cross the Yellow River to the north. The specific action plan is as follows:

The large troops of the New Fourth Army first crossed the Qingyi River from Zhangjiadu Ferry. After crossing the river, they were divided into three columns to attack: the 1st Column 3,000 people were on the left side, and they advanced to the Dakangwang area in the east of Maolin to assemble; the 2nd Column 4,000 people were on the middle side, and they advanced to the Fengcun area in the northeast of Maolin to assemble; the 3rd Column 2,000 people were on the right side, and they advanced to the village in the northwest of Maolin to assemble. After all the deployment was made, Ye Ting looked at the team that had finally developed, listening to the passionate singing of the officers and soldiers, sighed silently in his heart. The intuition of the soldiers told him that the New Fourth Army's expedition this time was probably in danger, and they embarked on a road that they knew was full of thorns but had to embark on.

At that time, Ye Ting, the commander of the New Fourth Army - was in the era of fighting against Japan and saving the country. However, what was waiting for the New Fourth Army ahead was probably not the achievements of killing enemies that were recorded in history, but probably the horrific killing of each other.

Just one and a half months ago, Ye Ting received a telegram from the Kuomintang Military Commission, ordering the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army stationed south of the Yellow River to travel north of the Yellow River within one month.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that this is actually the command of Chiang Kai-shek .

The commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army Zhu De and the commander of the New Fourth Army Ye Ting both saw the tricks of the Kuomintang authorities. At that time, the north of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army was the defense zone of the main Japanese troops, while the other three sides were the defense zone of the Kuomintang army. If they rashly cross the river, it would be equivalent to rushing head-on with the main Japanese army, and both wings and side and back would be exposed under the eyes of the national army. At that time, there would be Japanese army in front and national army in the back, and the situation would be extremely critical.

Little did not know that with the vigorous development of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, the Kuomintang reactionaries had long regarded them as thorns in their eyes and thorns in their flesh. At first they did not dare to openly provoke, until the Communist Party's armed forces grew stronger and threatened their territory and power, they finally took the risk.

In June 1940, the same family had a fight. At that time, the Kuomintang was afraid of the New Fourth Army, which was becoming increasingly prosperous, so it launched the Huangqiao Battle , and the New Fourth Army wiped out more than 11,000 people and 3,800 were captured. Since then, the strings of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army have begun to tense up.

Huangqiao Battle

Although the Huangqiao Battle ended with a crushing defeat in the national army, they would never give up. This time, I probably saw another opportunity. The Kuomintang army wanted to suddenly turn the guns when the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army fought with the Japanese, and use the Japanese "east wind" to eliminate the Communist Party's armed forces.

A good move to "borrow a knife and kill people"!

After seeing through Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy, Zhu De immediately sent a telegram to refute the absurd order and strongly condemned the various slander they imposed on the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army.

Although that is the case, Chiang Kai-shek was the supreme commander of the Chinese theater. If the Eighth Route Army affiliated to the Second War Zone and the New Fourth Army affiliated to the Third War Zone do not obey his orders, the Kuomintang authorities can use "disobedience and disrespect" as a legitimate reason to "strike" the Communist Party's armed forces, and even slander the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army as "rebels" and "reasonably annihilate them." In this way, they can even save the effort of concealment.

3 After all the trade-offs and in order to take into account the overall situation of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zhu De promised to drive the troops stationed in southern Anhui to north of the Yellow River.

At the same time, he also repeatedly reminded Ye Ting: You must report the situation to the central government at any time.

From the moment more than 9,000 energetic New Fourth Army officers and soldiers left Yunling station, Ye Ting's heart was hanging. He knew very well that these more than 9,000 people, including himself, must be prepared to sacrifice.

is the current plan, so we can only take into account the overall situation.

The New Fourth Army in southern Anhui mobilized

Before the battle, when the New Fourth Army large troops marched to Zhangjiadu on the Qingyi River, the river suddenly surged sharply and the water flow was very turbulent. The pontoon bridge built by the soldiers with wooden boards and gasoline barrels "strike to the gloriously" after only more than 1,000 people passed through.

In desperation, many swim soldiers had to jump into the river and sacrifice themselves to build a "floating bridge" with their bodies, allowing the follow-up troops to quickly pass through the Qingyi River. The Qingyi River is biting cold in winter, but the warriors who are serving as pontoon bridges for their comrades in the river are not afraid and have been frozen in the river for several hours.

When 9,000 New Fourth Army troops arrived at Maolin, everyone was tired, hungry and sleepy, and they were already exhausted.

is only 20 kilometers from Yunling to Maolin, but the New Fourth Army soldiers arrived there at 15:00 p.m. on January 5.

The soldiers were wet all over. The first thing they did when they arrived in Maolin was to set up a fire and dry their clothes. Many soldiers fell asleep while they were drying. The commander Ye Ting, who felt sorry for the soldiers, gave an order: "The whole army rested on site for a day."

But what Ye Ting did not expect was that it was this day that made the New Fourth Army completely trapped in a premeditated net. Because, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Third War Zone of the Kuomintang Shangguan Yunxiang was leading the Kuomintang Army's 40th Division, the New 7th Division, the 52nd Division, the 62nd Division, the 79th Division, the 108th Division and the 144th Division, and the 7th Division, and rushed towards the New Fourth Army in all directions.

The horrifying Southern Anhui Incident

If the whole of China unites in the war of resistance and gunfire is unanimous to the outside world, the army of one of the Chinese political parties launches an attack on the army of another political party and wants to kill the other party, what a vicious incident is this? What a scandal this is? This is a ridiculous thing that has never happened in human history!

But such a thing happened just in the southern Anhui land in 1941.

The New Fourth Army in the march

.08 million national troops surrounded 9,000 New Fourth Army. Whether it is the size of the troops or weapons and equipment, the New Fourth Army was completely at a disadvantage.

It seems that Chiang Kai-shek planned to "implement" the " Ten Surroundings of " strategy in " Sun Tzu's Art of War ". Although Ye Ting had long expected that Chiang Kai-shek would use a trick, he did not expect that he would take such a ruthless move.

Not long ago, the 40th Division, the vanguard of the Kuomintang army, occupied Xingtan, the only way for the New Fourth Army. Ye Ting sent a telegram to his boss and commander of the Third War Zone, Gu Zhutong :

"The New Fourth Army's southern Anhui troops followed the order of Chief Gu, and all of them formulated routes to southern Jiangsu on the evening of the 4th, waiting for an opportunity to cross north, and asked the Kuomintang to order all friendly forces along the way to "recommend the high wind of giving way" to preserve the anti-Japanese forces."

This telegram has no effect, because almost at the same time, Chiang Kai-shek also sent a telegram to Gu Zhutong:

"Ye Ting and Xiang Ying did not abide by the orders, so they led the New Fourth Army's southern Anhui troops to take action on the evening of the 4th, attempting to seize southern Jiangsu and control the central government. In order to rectify the discipline and discipline, the troops will be suppressed and completely eliminated." The veteran 10 of the 10th tore off the mask of hypocrisy and finally started to take action!

The commander-in-chief of the Third War Zone - Gu Zhutong

Ye Ting's telegram was directly ignored by Gu Zhutong. Not only did he not give way to the New Fourth Army, he ordered Shangguan Yunxiang to block the New Fourth Army's approach. Undoubtedly, Lao Jiang’s order is more important to Gu Zhutong.

At dawn on November 6, when the 2nd Column of the New Fourth Army was advancing in Piling, the reconnaissance squad of the Third Regiment and the search company of the 40th Division of the Kuomintang collided head-on, and the two sides exchanged fire. So, while the Japanese were still raging on the land of China, the Kuomintang reactionaries turned their guns and pointed out that the Communist Party’s southern Anhui Incident broke out. As soon as the battle of

started, the New Fourth Army was at a disadvantage.

At the critical moment, the commander Ye Ting quickly drafted a telegram to the central government, and ordered Cao Danhui, deputy chief of the Third Section of the Staff Department and deputy chief of the Radio Corps, to issue a letter quickly, requesting instructions from Chairman Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu. At the same time, he also instructed Cao Danhui: "We must protect the radio station and always maintain contact with the central government."

Ye Ting said in the telegram:

"The enemy's order to capture us alive... It is better for our army to break through the siege, but the food and ammunition are not enough, so we cannot last long."

It seems that Ye Ting plans to bring these 9,000 people to fight the Kuomintang reactionaries to the end.

Ye Ting proposed a plan for deputy commander Xiang Ying and other generals: the troops can continue to march towards southern Jiangsu as originally planned and attack Xingtan, where the 40th Division of the Kuomintang was located. Ye Ting believes that as long as Xingtan is captured, you can directly attack Sanxi. If Sanxi is also captured, then the New Fourth Army can successfully escape the pursuit and encirclement of the National Army.

But soon Ye Ting found that this idea was unrealistic at all.

New Fourth Army Commander Ye Ting (left) and Deputy Commander Xiang Ying (right)

The Kuomintang army surrounded him with nearly ten times the strength. The New Fourth Army was full of gunfire, and 9,000 people were almost trapped in an airtight iron barrel formation. When attacking forward, the side and rear are weak. When strengthening the side and rear defense, the attack will be poor, and there will be difficulties everywhere and obstacles everywhere.

On the afternoon of November 7, when Ye Ting and Xiang Ying followed the New Fourth Army headquarters to the foot of Piling, the various units were in a hurry: the 1st Column on the left of

was attacked by the 118th Regiment of the 40th Division of the National Army in Kangqiaohe, causing heavy losses; after the 2nd Column on the Central Road occupied Piling, the process of attacking Xingtan was very difficult, and the National Army blocking troops were strong, and the comrades suffered heavy casualties; the 3rd Column on the Right met the 79th Division of the National Army less than 8 kilometers away from Xingtan, and the two sides were fighting fiercely, and the situation was not optimistic.

Chiang Kai-shek attacked the New Fourth Army, even more ruthless than the Japanese.

The battles of the New Fourth Army and the Third Route Columns were not smooth, and there was no hope of capturing Xingtan. At this time, Mao Zedong sent an urgent telegram to Ye Ting and Xiang Ying:

"It is not easy for you to stay in Maolin for a long time. As long as you explain the situation in the Ningguo area, you should advance eastward. It is more advantageous to highlight the encirclement line when the Kuomintang army has not been arranged. Until this time, the outside world did not know what happened in southern Anhui, and he did not know that Chiang Kai-shek actually attacked his own people when the Japanese invaders were at their most rampant.

Korean army during the Anti-Japanese War

3 Ye Ting knew that in the current situation, even if the central government protested to Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek would shirk responsibility, because the news media and social opinion were in the hands of the National Government. If this kind of thing happened to destroy one's own people, who would personally admit it? Therefore, the New Fourth Army must find a way to break through and tell compatriots across the country what is happening here. Only in this way can the ill-intentioned Chiang Kai-shek be unable to argue.

's breakthrough plan to capture Xingtan was failed. Ye Ting summoned everyone to a meeting, hoping to discuss a breakthrough plan with few casualties and good results.

did not expect that the meeting lasted for 7 hours, and the New Fourth Army gradually lost the best opportunity to break through.

forced a scattered breakthrough in a desperate situation

This meeting, which was originally hoped by the New Fourth Army, delayed its precious fighter opportunity.

Shangguan Yunxiang's men were surrounded, like a hungry tiger, who wanted to swallow this mere 9,000 New Fourth Army in one bite.

Shangguan Yunxiang adopts the tactics of blocking front and chasing back, diversion layer by layer, and attacking from all sides, pressing forward step by step against the New Fourth Army. As time went by, more and more enemies surged up like a tide, and the New Fourth Army troops gradually fell into an outnumbered state. Even the military headquarters where Ye Ting was located was severely suppressed by the enemy's firepower. As the enemies gathered more and more, the New Fourth Army units were gradually unable to resist.

At this time, another news came to worsen: the three columns and the military headquarters of have completely lost contact!

New Fourth Army resisted the National Army on the roof

A layer of haze shrouded the land of southern Anhui.

At this time, Cao Danhui, deputy chief of the Third Section of the General Staff Department, received a telegram from Yan'an from the radio:

"All military command powers of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui are entirely under the responsibility of Commander Ye Ting. He should concentrate his troops highly and choose the enemy's weaknesses to resolutely organize breakthroughs. When suffering losses, try to save more cadres."

Ye Ting finished reading the telegram and said with emotion: "The Party is the Party." The Central Committee and Chairman Mao trust us. For the cause of our party and the liberation of the Chinese people, we must continue to fight resolutely. From me, to every soldier, cook , breeder... Even if the last man is left and one shot, they will fight the traitors to the end!"

Cao Danhui felt very worried when he heard these words. He didn't know whether the New Fourth Army could survive this catastrophe, nor did he know whether he would sacrifice himself on the southern Anhui land.

Under Ye Ting's order, all the New Fourth Army who can mobilize will participate in the battle. Whether it was a combatant or a non-combatant, whether it was a man or a woman or a veteran, all joined the fight against the Kuomintang reactionaries, and even the cooks rushed up with kitchen knives.

commander Ye Ting personally commanded the direct team of the New Fourth Army to fight with twenty-shot shell guns, but they were facing an enemy that was ten times more than their own! The entire southern Anhui land was filled with gunfire, and comrades died at every moment. Soon the enemy occupied most of the commanding heights within the battlefield, and the situation took a sharp turn.

Ye Ting (left)Hear bloody and mottled on the battlefield. After the main force of the New Fourth Army was trapped in the siege of 80,000 national army, a large number of corpses were left on the position, which made people feel heartbroken. Fu Qiutao, commander of the 1st Column of

, commanded the officers and soldiers to fight fiercely with the 52nd Division of the National Army. Most of the column suffered casualties. Fu Qiutao still led his army to break north, and finally led the soldiers to a bloody path and became the only commander of the New Fourth Army column to survive. Zhou Guisheng, commander of the 2nd Column of

, led the officers and soldiers to rush, while covering the main force of the New Fourth Army. As the commander of the column, Zhou Guisheng led the way and personally fought with the national army until he died of ammunition and food. He died heroically at the age of 35. After Zhang Zhengkun, the commander of the 3rd Column of

, led his troops to fight hard with the Kuomintang army, he was eventually captured due to injuries. Then the reactionaries put him in prison. In the end, he died heroically to cover his prisoner's escape.

This ridiculous killing caused the New Fourth Army's southern Anhui troops to lose almost all their main forces.

The battle lasted for four days and four nights, and Ye Ting's military headquarters was broken up. Faced with such a vicious enemy, Ye Ting knew in his heart that his comrades had tried their best.

Ye Ting ordered everyone to break through in dispersed ways, and also instructed Cao Danhui that he must lead the team to break out, contact the Party Central Committee, and then make everything that happened in the past few days public so that the people of the whole country can see what Chiang Kai-shek really has!

General Cao Danhui

Cao Danhui had no time to protect the radio. He and several staff officers brought several grenades , and broke out to the north regardless of everything. On the way, they met the Kuomintang's search troops. They fought back with pistols, and even used grenades to make traps and bombarded several enemies.

After getting rid of the search troops, Cao Danhui rushed out desperately. The more he rushed forward, more and more soldiers of the New Fourth Army who were dispersed joined their breakthrough team. Everyone was covered in blood and dust, and their eyes were full of resentment.

After a while, they met the enemy again and were then dispersed by the enemy. Cao Danhui's physical strength was naturally not as strong as those soldiers who fought every day. The future is long, with pursuers behind, and it is also a difficult mountain road, so Cao Danhui quickly fell behind.

But Cao Danhui didn't care about this. At this moment, he had a strong desire to survive and ran out of the encirclement with his life.

Our country was being ravaged by the Japanese at that time, but the New Fourth Army soldiers who were full of passion for serving the country were chased and surrounded by the Chinese in southern Anhui. It was so heartbreaking.The more I think this way, the more Cao Danhui wants to contact the party organization and expose this shocking scandal of killing each other!

Three people helped Cao Danhui escape

Cao Danhui didn't know how long he had run, nor did he know whether he had broken out of the encirclement. Anyway, he was tired, hungry and thirsty, and his legs were light. Although he was not in a state of confusion, he was almost exhausted.

Arson captured by the New Fourth Army

Night fell, and just when he thought he had to go to the party organization alone, he suddenly saw a familiar figure in the small village at the foot of the mountain.

After a closer look, it turned out to be Gu Xueqing, the confidential secretary of the New Fourth Army Department!

The two met in this way in this situation, which is no less than a long time when they meet with nectar!

Cao Danhui excitedly hugged Gu Xueqing, who was as "messy" as him. The two made an appointment to go to Jiangbei to find the New Fourth Army's headquarters together. The most urgent task is to change into the clothes of ordinary people. The New Fourth Army uniforms on the two were too dangerous in the Kuomintang-controlled area.

They came to a farmer's home and explained the truth to the old farmer. They wanted to get two clothes to change, and they could pay.

When the old farmer saw that there were two New Fourth Army soldiers, he quickly pulled them into the house and made some food. After the two of them were greedy, the old farmer asked his son to take off his clothes and put them on. The old farmer happened to have two sons, and his figure was similar to Cao Danhui and Gu Xueqing.

two sons took off their tops and pants and handed them over to Cao Danhui and Gu Xueqing. Cao and Gu took out enough money to buy four sets of clothes, but after a while of shirking responsibility, the old man accepted it.

Cao Danhui said with emotion: "Master, we will never forget you!"

The New Fourth Army in the Southern Anhui Incident

The old peasants knew that the New Fourth Army was different from the Kuomintang soldiers and had never violated the people, and the people would help them.

After thanking the farmer's family, Cao Danhui and Gu Xueqing continued to rush forward, but they encountered another Kuomintang search force. The two got separated again, and Cao Danhui was alone again.

Cao Danhui came to a tributary of Qingyi River alone. When he was about to walk over, he found that the ferry and the other side were full of Kuomintang soldiers. What should he do?

Cao Danhui walked around but couldn't find Gu Xueqing, so he came to the 24-liter shop in Jingxian County. He saw a woman's food stall, so he went to buy some food.

What Cao Danhui did not expect was that the woman looked at her up and down repeatedly, and said in a low voice: "Hurry up, come with me in the house."

Cao Danhui was shocked and thought to himself that this person could not be a Kuomintang spy. Did he already see that he was the New Fourth Army?

Before Cao Danhui could ask questions, the woman said, "Comrade, from here to , Jingxian , there are the 52nd Division's military police and plainclothes teams. Now they are blocked everywhere, and it is hard to move forward. You can go north from the rice fields behind my house, there is a small boat there!"

It turns out that this woman is an underground party! Cao Danhui was ecstatic, but the problem was that she was wearing ordinary people's clothes. How could she know that she was the New Fourth Army? How do you know that you are being surrounded?

Maybe this is the connection between the Communists!

New Fourth Army officers and soldiers took a photo

Cao Danhui asked the woman: "You... were you arranged by the organization?"

The woman did not speak and gave Cao Danhui some food: "Go away!"

Cao Danhui thanked the woman and walked northward. Sure enough, he saw a small boat, and the enemy did not have defense here, so he rowed the boat and crossed the river smoothly.

Cao Danhui has never forgotten Ye Ting's instructions to contact the Party Central Committee. The best way now is to find a radio station to contact Chen Yi from northern Jiangsu, and send a telegram there, and you need to master the confidential password and call method of communication. Cao Danhui is familiar with the password of

, but the call signing method is often changed. Maybe he will forget it in a few days, and then he will be completely unable to contact the Party Central Committee.

Cao Danhui was frightened when he thought about it carefully. While his memory was still there, he quickly wrote the call sign on his thigh with a pen.

First, everything goes well. Cao Danhui accidentally found the lost Gu Xueqing on the other side of the river. This kid survived the disaster. He actually secretly crossed the river under the layers of defense of the Kuomintang.

The two of them saw that they were about to arrive at the safe area, so they thought of taking a break first. When they saw a tea stall not far away, they ordered tea and asked for some food.

As a result, the tea stall's run hall suddenly came over and said, "You go quickly, the county magistrate of Jingxian is here with more than 20 people!"

Cao Danhui was puzzled: "What do you... mean?"

A group photo of the New Fourth Army cadres and comrades

"Oh, I can recognize that you are New Fourth Army comrades! Go quickly! It will be too late if you don't leave... Hurry! Hurry!" After hearing this, Cao Gu and the other two had to say "Thank you" to the elder brother of the run hall, and then sneak away from behind the tea stall. They immediately climbed to the top of the mountain and saw the Jingxian County Magistrate and more than 20 people break into the tea stall. They couldn't help but be grateful to the elder brother. Perhaps, he saw the righteousness of Cao and Gu, so he decided that they were the New Fourth Army!

It has to be said that the greatness of the power of the people cannot be shaken by any despicable trick.

"I have a communication call sign written on my leg!"

Cao Danhui and Gu Xueqing finally recovered their strength after eating, and finally arrived at the Yangtze River side one night.

It is worth mentioning that the two of them found several separated New Fourth Army cadres along the way, and everyone still had some weapons and ammunition. So everyone decided to gather their comrades who broke through the encirclement of southern Anhui and organize everyone to fight guerrillas on the south bank of the Yangtze River first. At the same time, we must contact Chen Yi's unit of the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu as soon as possible.

After all, these people are the sparks of revolution and cannot be trapped in southern Jiangsu. If Chen Yi from northern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu responded, it would be no big problem to break through the Yangtze River blockade line of the National Army.

"I have a communication call on my leg!" Cao Danhui slapped his thigh and stood up excitedly. After saying that, he showed everyone the message call signs recorded on his thighs, and the words on it had begun to blur.

everyone was so excited that they said they were saved now.

Chen Yi (right)

Next, Cao Danhui took the communication staff to search for parts and got a few old radios. After they disassembled and assembled them, a 5-watt radio station was completed.

As the radio station sounded, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and some even left tears. In these tears, there was the joy of a life-threatening death, and the bitterness of fighting bloody battles with the reactionaries for so many days. The sounds of

"Didi" have made everyone see hope in desperate situations. Cao Danhui was full of indignation and wanted to immediately turn everything that happened here into a righteous radio wave , cross the mountains and rivers, and confide in every compatriot in the country.

At the same time, Chen Yi's troops in northern Jiangsu were quite anxious these days. All the communication personnel of the military headquarters called the remnants of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui, but they did not expect to contact them on this day!

Chen Yi received Cao Danhui's righteous radio wave.

Not long after, Chen Yi sent a guerrilla team. They met successfully with Cao Danhui, Gu Xueqing and others, broke through the numerous sieges of the Kuomintang reactionaries, and finally got rid of danger.

It was with Cao Danhui, a small radio station that Chen Yi learned about Chiang Kai-shek's "encirclement and suppression" of the New Fourth Army's southern Anhui troops under the pretext of ordering the New Fourth Army to go north to fight against Japan, and also grasped the ironclad evidence that they fired at their compatriots regardless of everything and killed the Chinese Communist Party's anti-Japanese armed forces in the name of "quelling the rebellion".

40s military radio station

340s Southern Anhui Incident, the New Fourth Army fought bloody battles for 8 days and nights, and finally lost more than 7,000 soldiers and generals, with a very heavy price. The commander of the New Fourth Army, Ye Ting, was detained when negotiating with the Kuomintang army. He was detained in Shangrao , Enshi, Guilin, Chongqing and other places, and was imprisoned by the Kuomintang reactionaries for 5 years and 2 months.

Mao Zedong was furious when he learned the whole story and immediately instructed Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi to make the bad behavior of the Kuomintang's blatant besieging friendly forces during the War of Resistance against Japan, and vowed to seek justice for more than 7,000 New Fourth Army heroes!

news came out, and all walks of life in the country were in an uproar, and everyone was shocked. As the supreme commander of the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek issued an order to the New Fourth Army to go north to fight against Japan, and then set up an ambush in the middle to annihilate them. The evidence was conclusive and the evidence was as strong as a mountain. Social public opinion almost all turned to the CCP.

People from all walks of life and democratic parties across the country were full of sympathy and support for the situation of the Communist Party. Even left-wing people of the Kuomintang such as Soong Ching Ling and He Xiangning publicly held unfair attitudes for the Communist Party and organized protests in Hong Kong... The international community has harshly criticized the anti-communist actions of the Kuomintang diehard and expressed strong dissatisfaction.

It is worth mentioning that when Ye Ting brought 9,000 troops to fight the National Army, Chiang Kai-shek was preparing to create public opinion and blame the Communist Party for the Southern Anhui Incident. Once the "rebellion" of the New Fourth Army, he would even expand the impact of the incident and "swept out" the troops of Chen Yi of the New Fourth Army.

Such a wolfish ambition is really devastating!

Chen Yi

Fortunately, Comrade Cao Danhui's timely report did not allow Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy to succeed. If he hadn't told Chen Yi the truth with a 5-watt radio station, the people of the whole country would have been kept in the dark by Chiang Kai-shek's hypocrisy, and even Chen Yi's New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu was in danger of being completely wiped out.

When Chen Yi recalled this incident later, he sighed: "If it weren't for the secret code written by Section Chief Cao on his leg, the New Fourth Army might have been wiped out!"

The Communist Party's firm attitude made Chiang Kai-shek make a statement that "there will never be a military 'suppression of the Communist Party' in the future" and released the cadres and soldiers arrested in this incident. The anti-communist climax of the Kuomintang reactionaries was completely shattered.

Later, the New Fourth Army gradually grew and grew under the leadership of Chen Yi.

Facts have proved that any act of infighting in the name of the War of Resistance is extremely shameful. Chiang Kai-shek thought that with his 80,000 troops, he could completely "eliminate dissidents." Little do you know that justice is in the hearts of the people, and any despicable trick cannot escape the dawn of justice.

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