During the Nanchang Uprising, a leader named Cai Tingkai led 5,000 rebels to defect to Chiang Kai-shek. However, after the founding of New China, he was promoted to the rank of vice-state. Why? Cai Tingkai was a native of Luoding, Guangdong Province, born in a poor family on April 15, 1892, and later went to Yunnan to study in the Wutang, joined the League, and was loyal to Sun Yat-sen Cai Tingkai in battle very bravely and fiercely, and made great achievements. In the spring of 1927, Cai Tingkai was promoted to the commander of the 10th Division, and Ye Ting, who was also a compatriot and close friend, served as the commander of the 24th Division.
In April 1927, the 412 Incident broke out, and revolutionaries were persecuted. In July 1927, Zhou Gong, Ye Ting, He Long, Zhu De, Liu Bocheng and other leaders planned the Nanchang Uprising. In order to ensure the success of the uprising, Ye Ting invited Cai Tingkai's Tenth Division to join the uprising. Who knows that on August 4, Cai Tingkai led more than 5,000 people of the Tenth Division to leave the rebel forces and defect to Lao Jiang, and made many military achievements. In August 1932, Cai Tingkai was appointed commander-in-chief of the 19th Route Army, and under the assignment of Chiang Kai-shek, he fought against the Red Army. However, in the confrontation with the Red Army, the 19th Route Army was repeatedly defeated, and later reached a non-aggression agreement with the Red Army.
On January 28, 1932, the Japanese launched an attack on Shanghai Beach. At that time, the 19th Route Army was stationed in Shanghai, but old Chiang did not dare to fight the Japanese army, so he ordered Cai Tingkai to lead his troops to retreat thirty miles. However, Cai Tingkai resolutely said that he must fiercely resist the Japanese army. Subsequently, the 19th Army took the initiative to declare war on the 70,000 Japanese army, although the enemy army had many troops, advanced weapons, and sufficient ammunition, but under a month of bloody battle, the Japanese army still fought four changes of commander, so that the Japanese army killed and wounded tens of thousands of people, because the old Chiang refused to provide material support, the result was that the 19th Route Army was forced to defeat, Cai Tingkai completely broke with the old Chiang.
Two months after the Fujian Incident in 1933, the 19th Route Army was defeated, and Cai Tingkai had to take refuge abroad. After the anti-Japanese war was in full swing, Cai Tingkai immediately returned to China to request anti-Japanese resistance. He served as commander of the 16th Army group and the commander of the 26th army group. In 1946, Cai Tingkai and Zhou Gong met in Nanjing. After a long talk, Cai Tingkai suddenly realized, and then joined the camp of our party, after the founding of New China, Cai Tingkai served as vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and died of illness in April 1968.