(...That "door god" incident made me understand with all my heart how dangerous and despicable my enemy was, but it was also during that crisis that I recognized countless truly hard-core brothers, including Brother Jingguo... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance - Cao Xiaomin")

Chongqing is full of festive morning during the Chinese New Year. The firecrackers spread on the ground turn the entire city into a red face that wakes up after a night of excitement and a smile.

There is no feeling of war. The legendary Japanese planes that came to Chongqing to bomb have never appeared. The Japanese army that had already blocked the gate of Wuhan have been driven back to East China. All this is just because General Cao Xiaomin, who was born in grassroots, was posted on the doors of every household in Chongqing during the Chinese New Year, and without exception, it is a portrait of Cao Xiaomin!

Chiang Kai-shek got up early in the morning for a walk. He had already returned to the office while the people who were having fun every night were still sleeping.

"Jianfeng's appearance with a gun on his back reminds people of the style of the commission's seat being hung with grenades and charging..." Zhang Qun handed the newspaper in his hand to Chiang Kai-shek and said, "In a blink of an eye, how many years have passed? Now I'm even breathless when I walk..."

Chiang Kai-shek took the newspaper and read it, "You, you don't even go for a walk with me... Be careful of your health, don't always huddle at the desk... Hi, Jingguo is on the front line again..."

Chiang Kai-shek was very happy about the Central News Agency's hype that Chiang Ching-kuo went to the battlefield in the past few days, but now he felt that it was over: Chiang Ching-kuo was hyped by the newspaper and seemed to have participated in every battle, from the beginning of the naked army charge to the end of the tank and the end of the battle!

Of course, Chiang Kai-shek knew the inside story of the "hunting" in which Chiang Ching-kuo killed the Japanese soldiers. He was also very grateful to Cao Xiaomin for the gilding process arranged by Chiang Ching-kuo. After all, a head of state who had killed the enemy with his own hands would be more likely to win the support of the military.

But gold is gold, and gilding is gold. If the prince is not real gold, it will be removed after being plated... But there is a piece of real gold next to the prince!

Cao Xiaomin is indeed training Chiang Ching-kuo sincerely, which did not disappoint Chiang Kai-shek's expectations; he was still trying his best to improve Chiang Ching-kuo's prestige in the army. This made Chiang Kai-shek feel very happy... But no matter how to improve Chiang Ching-kuo's prestige in the army, can he expect Cao Xiaomin to be his own fault? No! Now even every household in Chongqing is pasting the portrait of Cao Xiaomin during the New Year to be a door god for peace!

Alas! Chiang Kai-shek sighed and did not show the pleasure of seeing the contents of the newspaper. On the contrary, he frowned in Zhang Qun's gaze, and entered his office and took out a top-secret document from his drawer and read it...

"...The army in northern Jiangsu knew that there was General Cao but not the chairman. When General Cao resigned as commander of the Jiangnan War Zone, a soldier was drunk and threatened that if the central government wanted to learn from Qin Hui and kill Yue Fei to deal with General Cao, he would rebel..." Chiang Kai-shek recited a passage and hit his fists several times in a row: "Mr. Liehou, Marquis Liehou... If you are a traitor or a treacherous person, you will not be so embarrassed when I attack you!"

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and it was Chen Lifu who arrived.

Chiang Kai-shek was still held by the top secret documents in the drawer, but Chen Lifu handed over a stack of door gods. It was full of portraits of Cao Xiaomin.

Hi! Another turbid air surged in my heart. Chiang Kai-shek felt a little swirling on his head. At this time, Chen Lifu spoke: "These things have been found out, and they were all printed in secret printing secretly set up by some opposite camps. It was only after arresting more than a dozen people to question it to prove this point; they said that the first batch was shipped from their rear, and several versions were printed and shipped to the whole country. They were very smart, and they bought and sold themselves to let the vendors see that this kind of door god is easy to sell. Many people made this kind of door god..."

Chiang Kai-shek was shocked: This... So that's it! Yes, if no one infuriates this trend of worshipping Cao, how could it be so exciting!?... But if Cao Xiaomin himself did not have such prestige, could he be able to stir up this trend?

"There is another thing... Someone in the army is spreading some remarks from the Central Committee of Chongcao Yuan, and it is also the one who is doing it on the other side..." Chen Lifu said: "But the Military Control Commission may investigate this matter more in detail..."

"Well, I understand, the spring breeze will come in a while..." Chiang Kai-shek nodded and asked Chen Lifu to go out, feeling in a mess.

I don’t know if I can help Cao Xiaomin, but Chen Lifu has tried his best. The people are ignorant and they like to make excuses, but who knows that every family is trying to send this person to death? Cao Xiaomin has many allies in politics. When they discovered this phenomenon, many people felt inappropriate. They were all trying their best to eliminate these effects, but soon they discovered that this phenomenon was driven by one hand, and it had already begun when Cao Xiaomin went south to Guangzhou!

The north is still frozen for thousands of miles, but the south is already full of flowers. Although the weather is still very cold, the houses of each household have long been filled with the breath of spring. Almost every household will use large vases to insert peach blossoms, bells, silver willows and other woody flowers, and then add splendid flowers such as peony and colorful birds to accompany them. The New Year oranges will also be golden on a coffee table, even the military and political organs are no exception. Because of the successive victory in Daya Bay, Guangzhou was able to avoid the disaster of being looted by war in this New Year. People who had been suppressed by panic were released. This year was an unexpected year when everyone spent money very generously. Guangzhou, which lacked the Japanese bombing, seemed very lively.

"The flowers streets in Guangzhou were in the flower streets that were lively, but unfortunately you didn't see them on the front line. My sisters and I asked the guards to protect our casual clothes and went for three trips..." He Yan was excitedly telling Cao Xiaomin how she celebrated the New Year in Guangzhou. From learning about oil corners at Chen Jitang's home (a fried food that must be cooked, eaten, and greeted New Year's greetings in Guangzhou) to visiting the flower market, and going to "sell laziness" on New Year's Eve (a outdoor activity symbolizing the diligent and fastest night in the second year).

At that time, I had already come back, the day before, but I had to have a social party, and then I went to various nearby cities where wounded soldiers were arranged to comfort the army... Alas! I didn't have a dinner together! Cao Xiaomin smiled softly, and his smile was actually full of apology: I thought about national economy and people's livelihood all day long, but I never accompanied my wife well. If his wife was not a spy identity, what was the difference between an ordinary little girl? But she never complained, and didn't even look like that...

These days he began to abandon all official duties to accompany her, which made her feel very uncomfortable. She kept asking for trouble, afraid that he would feel bored - because of the war, two people who could no longer be described as familiar are a little uncomfortable with getting along!

He didn't say anything except for a casually tuned atmosphere. He just was an audience member. He had experienced so much that he understood all this, and he just felt that it was painful for her.

"We will go farther tomorrow, don't just climb Baiyun Mountain, tomorrow we will go to Qingyuan..." Cao Xiaomin said to He Yan gently: "Go to Qingyuan, just go to play not to check the military equipment (many military industries and warehouses in Guangdong at this time, Chen Ce's main force in Guangdong Navy is in Qingyuan.), I heard that the scenery of Feixia Cave and Zangxia Cave over there are very good, and the river freshness of Beijiang is very delicious..."

"General Cao has been a little abnormal these days, and it seems that he doesn't care about anything... Although he used to trust us very much, and basically everyone is responsible for everything, I think it's a bit strange, especially his smile, which is a bit sweet and unnatural..." Cai Tingkai said while playing with the teacup: "I think General Cao is deliberately inaction..."

"Oh, even your Gao Lao Cai can see it. Will the one above not be able to see it?" Chen Jitang said softly: "Cao Liehou is smarter than I thought. When I first met in Chongqing, I thought he was just an unsafe gun, but later I realized that he was very sensitive to many crises... Maybe he was trained from the battlefield, and he would have a natural sense of smell when encountering danger. But this crisis was too great... It was not that he was accidentally, but that was the overall situation..."

"You mean..." Cai Tingkai was a little nervous: "You mean you can't tolerate him anymore? This Japanese man is holding a knife high..."

"No matter how high the sword the Japanese raised, it would not be able to cut off some people's necks, but if Cao Liehou raised the sword..." Chen Jitang shook his head: "Don't think that the master's achievements are so great that this sentence is only suitable for the battle. In fact, as a minister of a person, he can only be trapped in such a crisis, even if the enemy has not been eliminated; because what is really terrible is not the enemies on the irreconcilable battlefield, but the allies in his trenches..."

"Then how can we help him?" Cai Tingkai's friendship with Cao Xiaomin was not simply a kind of knowing or reward. He truly respected this little brother who is good at fighting and fair and dared to take responsibility.

"Don't help him, the more people help him, the faster he dies..." Chen Jitang held the teacup in front of his nose and sniffed it carefully but did not drink it. After a while, he put it down and said: "If there is a test, such as if it is not conducive to Cao Liehou, you'd better just stick it over like a fence-bearing tree, maybe that's to help him..."

Maybe no one can help him, but maybe there is! Jiang Ching-kuo returned to the Administrative Office and asked his subordinates to bring a basin of hot water in, so he closed the door and thought hard. The blood bubbles on his feet were so scalded by the hot water, but he didn't seem to be willing to do so. In the past few days, Cao Xiaomin has been accompanying He Yan to taste the tenderness every day. He almost walked through all the military camps and hospitals with both feet, and even some less famous anti-Japanese war supporters in Guangzhou received them personally.

Is this trick useful? Chiang Ching-kuo repeatedly thought, maybe not, but he had to try it anyway; Chiang Ching-kuo finally closed his eyes and pulled out his red-red feet from the hot water in pain...

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