 Therefore, in the impending demilitarization after World War II, they were certainly to be—at best—disarmed and discharged, resulting in their power being reduced or even completely eliminated.Therefore, if they saw a chance to retain the power they saw slipping away from them they would seize the chance to grab at it, and if they could legitimize and ingratiate themselves to their former commander by helping him to fight the Communists, they were more than happy to do so.The Communist strategy was much simpler than that of the Nationalists because there was no huge division within the Communist ranks, as there were among the Nationalists.