As we all know, during the Nanchang Uprising, the rebel troops were mainly composed of the 20th Army led by He Long, the 11th Army led by Ye Ting, and some units of the 9th Army, of which Zhu Laozong was the deputy commander, with a total of more than 20,000 people. At that time, the 11th Army and the 20th Army each had three divisions, and the commanders of the three divisions also took different paths in the subsequent revolutionary course.
1. Ye Ting, commander of the 24th Division of the 11th Army
Ye Ting, a native of Huiyang, Guangdong, served as the commander of the second battalion of the Sun Yat-sen Presidential Guard Regiment. During the Northern Expedition, Ye Ting's ministers drove straight in, repeatedly built Qigong, and the department was called "Ye Ting Independent Regiment", Ye Ting also became a famous general of the Northern Expedition, and won the title of "Iron Army" for the Fourth Army.
After the failure of the Nanchang Uprising, Ye Ting went south to Guangdong and led the Guangzhou Uprising, after the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising, Ye Ting was forced into exile for 10 years, and when he returned, it was the eve of the outbreak of the War of Resistance.
General Ye Ting
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1937, ye Ting was the commander of the New Fourth Army by agreement between the Kuomintang and the Communists. During his tenure as commander of the New Fourth Army, Ye Ting, together with Chen Yi, Xiang Ying, and others, made important contributions to the development and growth of the New Fourth Army. In 1941, the Kuomintang authorities launched the "Anhui Southern Incident", and Ye Ting was detained during negotiations with him and imprisoned for 5 years and 2 months.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Ye Ting and others were released after being rescued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and on April 8, 1946, when Ye Ting was flying from Chongqing to Yan'an, he was unfortunately killed at the age of 50.
2. Zhou Shidi, commander of the 25th Division of the 11th Army
Zhou Shidi, a native of Qionghai, Hainan, was admitted to the Huangpu Phase I in 1924, and after graduation, he participated in the formation of Sun Yat-sen's Iron Armor Team of the Grand Marshal of the Founding Army and Navy, serving as deputy captain and captain, and then served as a battalion commander in the Ye Ting Independent Regiment. During the Nanchang Uprising in 1927, Zhou Shidi served as the commander of the 25th Division of the 11th Army, and after the defeat of the rebel army in Guangdong, Zhou Shidi traveled to many places, during which he was arrested and imprisoned, and was released under the rescue of Song Qingling.
Admiral Zhou Shidi
During the Red Army period, Zhou Shidi served as the chief of staff of the Red Fifteenth Army and the chief of staff of the Red Second Front. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhou Shidi successively served as chief of staff of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, chief of staff of the Jinsui Military Region, and principal of the 7th Branch of the Kang Da. During the Liberation War, he served as the commander and political commissar of the 18th Corps, and led the troops to liberate more than 40 counties in Sichuan.
After the founding of New China, Zhou Shidi successively served as deputy commander of the Southwest Military Region, commander of the Air Defense Force, deputy director of the Training Directorate, and director of the Department of Foreign Military Training. Zhou Shidi was awarded the rank of general in 1955, and Zhou Shidi died in Beijing in 1979 at the age of 79.
3. Cai Tingkai, commander of the 10th Division of the 11th Army
Cai Tingkai, a native of Luoding, Guangdong, joined the army very early, and in his early years he served as a soldier in Li Yaohan's Zhao's army and the Guangdong army. In 1927, Cai Tingkai's unit was placed under the command of Ye Ting, and during the Nanchang Uprising, Cai Tingkai served as the commander of the 10th Division of the 11th Army, after which Cai Tingkai led his troops to break away from the uprising.
After leaving the rebel ranks, Cai Tingkai had surrounded and suppressed the Red Army of the Qiongya Column, and the Battle of the Central Plains was a battle merit for Chiang Kai-shek, and chiang kai-shek was appointed as the commander of the 19th Route Army. In 1931, during the Songhu War of Resistance, Cai Tingkai led the 19th Route Army and the Fifth Army to fight a bloody battle with the Japanese in Shanghai, forcing the Japanese army to change commanders for four times.
Cai Tingkai
After the failure of the "Fujian Incident" in 1933, Cai Tingkai was forced to appear in the travels, and after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Cai Tingkai was appointed commander-in-chief of the 26th Group Army in 1939 and led his troops to participate in the Battle of Kunlun Pass.
During the Liberation War, Cai Tingkai participated in the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee, and after the founding of New China, Cai Tingkai successively served as vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, deputy director of the State Sports Commission, and vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
4. He Jinzhai, commander of the 1st Division of the 20th Army
He Jinzhai , a native of Sangzhi, Hunan, cousin of Marshal He Long, joined the revolutionary ranks led by He Long in 1919 at the age of 18. Since joining the army, He Jinzhai not only studied military skills assiduously, but he also learned cultural knowledge and was an excellent member of the army at that time.
He Jinzhai
In 1926, when He Longbu was organized as the first division of the Ninth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, He Jinzhai served as the commander of the division. After He Long's unit was expanded into the 20th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, He Jinzhai served as the commander of the first division of the army, at the age of 26, one of the youngest division commanders in the revolutionary army.
At the time of the Nanchang Uprising, He Jinzhai was the commander of the First Division of the 20th Army, and after the failure of the Nanchang Uprising, He Jinzhai came to Shanghai to look for a party organization, and later was sent to Hubei by the organization to continue the revolution. On September 8, 1928, in the battle of Shimen Nisha Town, in order to cover the breakthrough of He Long's troops, He Jinzhai personally led the guard battalion and pistol company to rush to kill, and died heroically, at the age of 27
5. Qin Guangyuan, commander of the 2nd Division of the 20th Army
Qin Guangyuan, a native of Zhenyuan County, Guizhou, studied in Guizhou Daowutang in his early years, and after graduation, he served in the Qian Army, and later after Qin Guangyuan's superior was dismissed by Wang Wenhua, Qin Guangyuan did not know where to go for a while, and after thinking about it again, at the invitation of He Long, he served in He Long's Ninth Brigade in Southern Sichuan, and then Qin Guangyuan followed He Long on his southern expedition to the north.
After He Long's unit was expanded into the 20th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, Qin Guangyuan served as the commander of the Second Division of the Army. During the Nanchang Uprising, Qin Guangyuan led the main force of the Second Division to fight fiercely with the enemy for more than three hours, annihilating one of the enemy's units, forcing the enemy to surrender, and the Second Division occupied the provincial government building and completed the task brilliantly.
After the failure of the Nanchang Uprising, Qin Guangyuan fell into a state of grief and anger and decided to make a comeback, during which he had been committed to the revolution, and more seriously, he was thrown into prison by Chiang Kai-shek. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Qin Guangyuan went to the White District to do the work of united front and military movement, and in 1940, Qin Guangyuan died suddenly and unfortunately, at the age of 50.
6. Zhou Yiqun, commander of the 3rd Division of the 20th Army
Zhou Yiqun, born in 1896 in Tongren, Guizhou, was admitted to the second phase of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924 and joined the Communist Party of China in the same year. During the Northern Expedition, he served as the director of the division and military political department in He Long's troops. During the Nanchang Uprising in 1927, Zhou Yiqun served as the commander of the Third Division of the 20th Army, and after the uprising, He Long was introduced to join the Communist Party of China.
Zhou Yiqun
After the defeat of the Nanchang Uprising, Zhou Yiqun and He Long returned to northwestErn Hunan to continue their armed struggle, participating in leading the Nianguan Rebellion and the Sangzhi Uprising in western Hubei. After that, Zhou Yiqun served as the political commissar of the Red Second Army, and under the leadership of him and He Long, he won the first and second victories in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" struggle, and was ambushed by the Kuomintang in 1931, unfortunately died heroically, at the age of 35.
brief summary:
Of the 6 division commanders of the Nanchang uprising, 5 died in the later revolutionary process, and only Zhou Shi was the first to see the victory of the revolution and was awarded the rank of general in 1955, which shows the cruelty of the revolution. Here we pay tribute to our ancestors.