As we all know, from the september 18 incident in 1931 to the unconditional surrender in 1945, the Japanese have been carrying out colonialist aggression against our country for fourteen years, invading our territory and maiming our compatriots all the time. When the Japanese army attacked the northeast, Chiang Kai-shek, instead of ordering the troops to take the initiative to fight the Japanese army and strive to drive out the Japanese army at an early date, ordered Zhang Xueliang to withdraw all his troops to Guannei, pursued the policy of "non-resistance," and ceded all the vast land in the northeast to Japan, and tens of millions of people were trampled by the Japanese army. On the other hand, the occupation of the Northeast region did not satisfy Japan, because the ultimate goal of Japan's colonial expansion was to occupy all of China, and the Northeast did not satisfy the appetite of the Japanese. Thus, less than a few months after the occupation of the northeast, the Japanese army was eager to move, and began to plan a new combat operation, which pointed the spearhead at Shanghai, the most prosperous and famous city in China at that time.
Cai Tingkai, a native of Guangdong, was born into a very ordinary rural family. But unlike the other friends in his village, he had a dream of serving the country as a soldier since he was a child. Even if the conditions are difficult, he has never given up on this dream and has been working hard for this dream. When he was eighteen years old and became an adult, because his family was dissatisfied with him as a soldier, they were afraid that he would have some mistakes and did not want him to become a soldier. Forced to join the army without his family. Cai Tingkai went to the army, worked hard, worked hard, and always performed the duties of a soldier. In the army, he grew up from a young age, starting from a soldier, climbing upward step by step, and finally before the 128 Incident, he had become the commander of the Nineteenth Route Army. At the outbreak of the 128 Incident, he led the 19th Route Army to Shanghai and carried out the defense of Shanghai.
(This picture is Cai Tingkai)
On January 28, 1932, the Japanese army dispatched naval warships to launch a fierce shelling of our Shanghai area, and the Nineteenth Route Army stationed in Shanghai fought back, and the 128 Incident officially broke out. After the outbreak of the incident, the Japanese army followed the same trick they used during the Lugou Bridge Incident and wanted our army to retreat fifteen miles. But the commander of the army, Cai Tingkai, refused the Japanese request in words, because he clearly knew that this was just a trick of the Japanese, and the ultimate goal of the Japanese was to capture Shanghai. Today's demand for a fifteen-mile retreat, tomorrow may be a one hundred and fifty-mile retreat, the day after tomorrow to retreat fifteen hundred miles, so that Shanghai will inevitably fall, the northeast has been lost, and the Japanese can no longer easily get Shanghai. Therefore, his attitude was very clear, if he wanted to advance to Shanghai, he would definitely be resisted by the Nineteenth Route Army. At the same time, Cai Tingkai issued a telegram to the whole country that the Nineteenth Route Army would fight the invading Japanese troops until the last moment, and would not abandon Shanghai until a single soldier.
The Japanese saw that the trick of defeat was no longer useful, so they planned to capture Shanghai by force. The Japanese drove their warships to the vicinity of Shanghai land and carried out heavy shelling of the city. The Japanese Army, also under the cover of the Navy, launched an all-out attack on our positions. Because the Nineteenth Route Army had been stationed here for many days and was very familiar with the terrain of Shanghai, they were also at ease in defending. Coupled with the large number of reinforcements from Nanjing. As a result, the Japanese army attacked Shanghai for a full thirty-three days, and it was impossible to capture Shanghai. On the contrary, the Chinese army became more and more fierce, dealing a heavy blow to the invading Japanese army. Finally, after thirty-three days, the Japanese army found that the capture of Shanghai had become impossible, and chose to take the initiative to seek peace.
The Japanese invaded Shanghai this time in order to replicate their achievements in the northeast. Maybe in their eyes, the northeast is so easy to fight down, and Shanghai can also be. The Japanese, having taken advantage of this, did not launch a large-scale offensive against the Chinese forces until nineteen or thirty-seven. After this incident, Chiang Kai-shek awarded him the Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun in order to reward General Cai and promoted him to general of the army.
General Cai was also unanimously praised by public opinion at home and abroad, and even the commanders of the Red Army praised him very highly. In general, General Cai is not afraid of strong enemies and fights to the death for the country, which deserves the admiration of our future generations.