(... When I just received the telegram and learned the number of the troops given to me by the Chairman, I was still confused. It was the Chief of Staff who reminded me what it meant. In fact, we have been preparing to attack the New Fourth Army since then... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance-Cao Xiaomin")

Li Tianhao was the last senior commander of the southern battlefield in northern Jiangsu region to arrive in Taizhou, because he had been personally cutting off the rear: he found that the reason why Cao Xiaomin was able to win such a high prestige in the army was that he had always shared joys and sorrows with his brothers who fought on the front line. This time he stayed at the end, and he wanted every officer and soldier who were rescued by chance to see the first highest commander on the stretcher; because these living dead people who were trapped in the isolated island in the water for ten days and were carried down like skeletons, once they really came back to life, their status would be very high, just like the brothers who broke through Nanjing and forced to cross the Yangtze River to the north bank, they would definitely be deliberately promoted in the future.

When he just saw the city tower in Taizhou, he had already seen Cao Xiaomin looking through the hillside in the distance...[]

What kind of warriors are this? Cao Xiaomin doesn't use any acting skills. When he saw the brother who was finally carried back, his eyes suddenly turned red!

Almost every person on the stretcher looked like a human form. Although their brothers had changed into clean military uniforms and covered with ripped cotton coats, everyone was so weak that they could not help but tremble in the scorching sun. They could only turn their eyes on their faces that were so thin that they could see bones. They could turn their eyes a few times to prove that they were still alive. When they recognized Cao Xiaomin, the violent trembling and the sudden tears that oozed in their eyes proved that they were still awake, but no one could say a word!

Cao Xiaomin gently patted everyone on the stretcher, and took pictures like a touch. The process lasted for two hours; then, he discussed military affairs with Li Tianhao.

"The order has been sent. The 57th Army has been reorganized. I will serve as the acting commander; you will serve as the deputy commander. The 99th Division will be changed in three months. The number 120 Division will be restored before the 57th Army is reduced..." Before Cao Xiaomin finished a sentence, Li Tianhao looked at Cao Xiaomin in a daze and said in a daze: "The 120th Division... This..."

Cao and Li looked at each other for a long time, and Cao Xiaomin nodded: "This is the highest secret..."

Li Tianhao's reaction was completely within Cao Xiaomin's expectations, just like when he just received the secret order: the number of the 120th Division has been reduced and separated from the 57th Army, and since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, it has been a number for the 18th Group Army. Now the division commander is He Long!

What does it mean to ask the 99th Division to change the number of the 120th Division? The Kuomintang and the Communist Party have completely broken up!? So fast!?

When Cao Xiaomin first received the order, he immediately realized the mystery inside, and he wanted to send another telegram to ask Chiang Kai-shek, but in the end he held back and replied with one sentence: Follow everything! Cao Xiaomin now has learned when to express his opinions and when to absolutely obey; when to deal with the common people, he must take the toughest attitude to the right person. As for why or why it is at this time, don’t ask, Chiang Kai-shek always has his reasons!

Cao Xiaomin just vaguely remembered that he had the impression of the Southern Anhui Incident in the original time and space, but he didn't know what the result was. He just thought in his mind that it should have been the case.

The secret order was explained in just one sentence, mainly to make Li Tianhao mentally prepared. What is left is the imminent matter - the reorganization of the 57th Army. According to the plan, half of the main forces of the reorganized guerrilla corps were merged into the 111 Division. The division commander was injured in the contact war and sent to the rear for treatment and after investigation by the Military Commission, Huo Shouyi, who was definitely not a Communist or a pro-communist, returned. (Look at Baidu now, Huo Shouyi is written as if he was pro-communist, but in fact he surrendered when the troops were defeated and desperate...)

It can comfort the veterans of the 57th Army and also allowed the injured Miao Chengliu, Chang Enduo, Wan Yi and others to be moved to the rear to heal. But in fact, two of the four commanders of the 111 Division were Cao Xiaomin, and the Qinling Mountains and Manchu and Han were promoted. In this way, the 111 Division was basically controlled by Cao Xiaomin. Xie Zhong of the 112th Division was a master in charge of logistics, and the troops were actually Cao Xiaomin. Only Li Tianhao of the 120th Division was very close to Gui Jun, but he was also an old man from Cao Xiaomin.

The other half of the guerrilla corps under Cao Xiaomin's men will continue to fight in the name of the guerrilla corps in northern Jiangsu, which is Cao Xiaomin's absolute direct troops. As for some of the guerrilla corps under Han Deqin, they are still in the name of the Lusu guerrilla corps, which will be stripped of all the forces of the Lunan guerrilla corps originally belonging to the 51st Army Defense Zone from Yu Xuezhong.

Chiang Kai-shek's move not only completely centralized the Fifty-Seventh Army, but also left Cao Xiaomin with an unstable aftertaste such as Huo Shouyi and Li Tianhao - Cao Xiaomin was a confidant he had never seen before! Chiang Kai-shek was able to hand over heavy troops to Cao Xiaomin under this situation, and at the same time divided the administrative power into half, which was also a great trust.

When Cao Xiaomin was considering the reorganization of the new troops, he was always thinking about how to completely stop the Communist Party's military power through this reorganization or even eliminated the Southern Anhui Incident, but he did not know that the situation at this time had changed drastically from the original time and space: because Li Mingyang and Li Changjiang did not return, Li Tianhao, who was stationed in Taizhou, and the New Fourth Army wanted to cross the river to northern Jiangsu. It was already a vague thing for Miao Chengliu, Chang Enduo, Wan Yi was injured and transferred, and Huo Shouyi's return changed the subsequent 57th Army into invisible... In fact, it is impossible for northern Jiangsu to become the situation in the original time and space where he was!

Although Li Tianhao's idea of ​​dominating one side has not yet been realized, he was promoted to half a level after all. A temporary division commander became the deputy commander and the direct troops also received a regular number, which is acceptable to him. Moreover, Cao Xiaomin had already told him that he would soon go to the rear to study and that the situation here requires him to coordinate. In other words, Li Tianhao could at least become the successor of the rule of northern Jiangsu if Cao Xiaomin continues to be promoted. Li Tianhao was still very satisfied with this. At the same time, he himself felt that Cao Xiaomin was selfless than himself and that he could not take charge of the side for a day. It was the most cost-effective to follow this boss.

Cao Xiaomin planned to focus on ideological construction in reorganization. After all, after several major battles, the combat quality of his officers and soldiers has been greatly improved, and it is not that difficult to lead new soldiers. However, the next "South Anhui Incident" may lead to a decisive attack on the New Fourth Army; this time, he took the initiative to attack the entire army and not be stumped by the idea of ​​launching a civil war, and it is necessary to vilify the Communist Party to the extreme in daily training. Of course, Li Tianhao has no objection to this. He is a Communist faction himself. After asking about the situation of the old subordinates of the 57th Army who are most likely to have pro-communist actions, Li Tianhao also knew it. He also believed that the Communist Party's forces could not penetrate into northern Jiangsu after the "big operation".

"Okay, brother, I'll be relieved when you come back. I was going to wash you up, but the military affairs were busy, so I left this to Lao Cai..." Cao Xiaomin said goodbye to Li Tianhao not long after entering the city, which made Li Tianhao stunned for a moment, but he was not the kind of pretentious person, and he hurriedly saluted Cao Xiaomin and said goodbye to him.

In fact, Cao Xiaomin said goodbye to Li Tianhao in public, in order to use the trick to lure the snake out of the hole, and was preparing to patrol the several locations He Yan reported to and kill the Communist agents who came to assassinate him!

Because there was a "sweeping operation" in the past, the Communist Party's power in northern Jiangsu is already very weak. The people who can bear the assassination of Cao Xiaomin this time must have come from other places. They are probably not from northern Jiangsu, which is easier to be exposed. Cao Xiaomin thinks this is a dangerous thing. After all, if these people can be successfully killed, the armed forces that the Communist Party can take in northern Jiangsu will be even more insignificant.

Cao Xiaomin was dispatched, and the person who assassinated him was dispatched earlier...

"It's strange. What do you think the three of them are here for? It's mysterious, and the captain doesn't explain it..." In a remote courtyard in the reed marsh, four rural farmers who looked dirt-like were busy sorting out their things while talking softly. The sacks of sacks in the house were all fake coins, and more of them could no longer be put down in the house were sea goods. Because the weather had improved and the scorching sun was in the sky, they took out all the sea goods to dry.

"Don't talk nonsense, not only do you see that there is something big..." The leader said softly: "Who did not see that it was a Manlisha sniper rifle that was modified and disassembled at any time?... Let's do our duty..."

This courtyard was originally an industry for smuggling wealthy families. It was originally built in a villa in a reed marsh for smuggling. When the Japanese came, the wealthy families, who had already had an amazing wealth, fled to the mainland and handed over to the left-behind family members to guard the family. The family under the supervision was actually an underground party member, and this place became a secret destination for the underground party of the Communist Party of China. Because the place is remote and large, it often becomes a place where the action team gathers. Now, it is not only arranged as the destination for the assassins, but also a storage point for counterfeit coins and sea goods.

The four were ordered to take charge before sunset. All the seafood was sung. The operation team members who were not allowed to go out without any emergency were bored and could only execute orders. However, they all saw from the specially modified guns of the three people brought by the captain that this operation was extraordinary. The reason why they were asked to do these unnecessary labor was to keep them honestly, not go anywhere, and not disclose anything to the outside world...

The four of them were working, but they didn't know that from the moment the three special players arrived, a pair of eyes staring at them viciously in the distance!
Chapter completed!