Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan dawowar mulkin Burtaniya, CPM ta ci gaba da tayar da kayar baya, a wannan karon a kan gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta Burtaniya, ta hanyar sabon reshenta na soja, Sojojin 'Yanci na Malayan Races (MRLA). Shugaban CPM Chin Peng ne ya ba Rashid damar jagorantar MRLA ta Malays-dominated 10th Regiment. A cikin 1947, yana ɗaya daga cikin wakilan CPM don halartar taron jam'iyyar kwaminisanci na majalisa a London. Wannan taron ya samu halartar jam'iyyun kwaminisanci a kasar mulkin mallaka don tattaunawa game da dabarun yaki da mulkin mallaka don 'yancin' yanci. Rikicin tawaye na CPM ya sa Birtaniya ta bayyana a
A watan Yulin 1948, Biritaniya ta kama shi a Sungai Manik, Perak. An saka shi a kurkuku na shekara 3 da rabi. A farkon 1952, ya yi nasarar 'yantar da kansa. Bayan haka a ƙarshen 1952, Rashid ya sadu da Abdullah CD a Pahang. Sannan a cikin 1953, tare da 10th Regiment, ya koma kan iyakar Malaysia-Thailand. An ji masa rauni a kafarsa a lokacin yaƙi da 'yan Burtaniya.