After Zhao Yunxiang led the uprising, he was reorganized into the Soviet Military Region of the New Fourth Army to liberate the Fourth Army, with Zhao Yunxiang as the commander and Luo Ji (Ji Pengfei) as the political commissar of the army, with two divisions (the 11th Division and the 12th Division). Zhao Yunxiang's uprising was only194510/0/October 30th, Gao Shuxun uprising, which caused great shock in the army at that time, especially in the former Northwest Military Department. It has greatly improved the military prestige of our New Fourth Army and the morale of commanders and fighters. Due to Zhao Yunxiang's uprising, it led to:
1. The first shot was fired in the uprising of the former East China Army (more than 18,000 people).
2. Yancheng, which suffered from war, was peacefully liberated, the lives and property of Yancheng people were protected, and the public property and public facilities of the city were preserved.
3. Due to the peaceful liberation of Yancheng, the New Fourth Army successfully cleared the obstacles in the middle and northern Jiangsu and unified the liberated areas in the middle and northern Jiangsu.
4. The uprising troops were reorganized into the New Fourth Army, which made great contributions to the Soviet Union's neutrality of "seven wars and seven wins".
Among the officers and men in the uprising, many people took part, and some became senior cadres of our party and army.
In a word, the uprising led by General Zhao Yunxiang was the first uprising in Central China.