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Excerpt from "Mr. Chen Panling Memorial Collection" (陳泮嶺先生紀念集) , page 28
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一四 脫了一層皮
這幾年，蓄足了我的精力，正是最充沛的時候，準備迎接一項最艱苦最危險的工作。
民國十九年討逆戰事中，我奉命中央命，任豫省西路特務總隊長，領導河南全省同志，配合在前線的軍事計劃，於敵後作策反活動。在討逆戰事近一年當中，不眠不休的工作，冒著生命的危險，嘗受無比的艱苦，拼將熱血報效國家，至戰爭結束，曾獲中央嘉奬，我在任務和責任上獲得鬆弛，據床大睡三日，方始恢復一年的風塵侵蝕，但全身卻脫了一層皮，可見當時所受任務，是經如何的艱苦方始達成。
14. Peeling Off a Layer of Skin
These years filled me with energy, and when I was filled, I was ready for the hardest and most dangerous work.
In the 19th year of the Republic [~1930], I was appointed by the Central Government to be the chief special agent officer of the West Road in Henan Province. I was to lead the comrades in Henan Province, coordinate with the military plan on the front line, and take counter-insurgency activities behind the enemy lines. During nearly one year of fighting against the enemy, I worked tirelessly, risked my life, endured untold hardships, and devoted myself to serve the country. By the end of the war, I was praised by the Central Government and was able to [finally] relax my duties and responsibilities. I slept in a bed for three days, and began to wash a year’s worth of dust that was accumulated. However, it peeled off a layer of skin, and I could then clearly see how hard it had been to accomplish the tasks [of the previous year].
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