When people today mention the Nanchang Uprising, they all know its great significance, and they also know zhou Enlai, He Long, Ye Ting, Zhu De, and Liu Bocheng, these important leaders. But what many people don't know is that there was actually an important leader at that time, who led the team to flee at a critical time, causing heavy losses to the rebel troops.
However, human nature is complicated, and this "traitor" became a famous anti-Japanese general a few years later, a great hero who was enthusiastically praised by the whole country, and served as the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
This person' name is Cai Tingkai, a Guangdong Yunfu person.
In fact, Cai Tingkai was not a "traitor" in the strict sense, before the Nanchang Uprising, Cai Tingkai served as the commander of the Tenth Division of the National Revolutionary Army, not a Communist army, nor was he a Communist Party member himself. Because Ye Ting was a fellow countryman and a good friend, in order to strengthen the rebel team, he temporarily pulled Cai Tingkai's Tenth Division over.
Cai Tingkai did not agree at first, and did not arrive at the headquarters until the day before the uprising. Tan Pingshan, believing that Cai Tingkai had "an ambiguous attitude and a vague stance", suggested that he be detained, but Ye Ting tried to protect him and made him the commander-in-chief of the left wing.
However, it turned out that people without firm convictions could not start a business together, and on August 4, Cai Tingkai secretly fled with his troops.
It should be known that Cai Tingkai's Tenth Division was equivalent to a quarter of the entire rebel army, and his departure undoubtedly caused great losses to the rebel army, especially caused panic in the people, and eventually caused the rebel troops to fall apart.
It is precisely because of this escape that the Party Central Committee has been painfully determined and has begun to strengthen the Party's absolute leadership over the army, and it is necessary to set up party branches in the army at or above the company level.
However, after 5 years, Cai Tingkai has become a great hero praised by the whole country, and even Mao Zedong and Zhu De have praised him.
It was at the end of January 1932, the Japanese army provoked a battle in Shanghai, and it was the 19th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army stationed in Shanghai at that time, and Cai Tingkai, the commander of the 19th Route Army, together with the commander-in-chief Jiang Guangnai, launched a campaign against the Japanese invasion, that is, the "1.28" Songhu War of Resistance.
It should be said that in this War of Resistance, Cai Tingkai showed the qualities that a Chinese soldier should have, played a Chinese of prestige, and fought with the Japanese army for 33 days with weak troops, making the Japanese army change commanders for four times and shocking the Japanese government and the opposition.
In fact, before the war, Chiang Kai-shek did not want to clash with the Japanese army, and specially sent He Yingqin to Shanghai to inform Cai Tingkai to meet the unreasonable demand of the Japanese army to let the "19th Route Army retreat 15 kilometers". But Cai Tingkai replied: "Shanghai is Chinese territory, and the 19th Route Army is a Chinese army with the right to garrison Shanghai, which has nothing to do with Japanese imperialism." In case the Japanese army dared to attack, our army had the responsibility to defend the territory and decided to attack head-on! Mr. He is also Chinese, and should accept my opinion and report to Commander-in-Chief Chiang! ”
In the early morning of January 29, Cai Tingkai, together with Jiang Guangnai, commander-in-chief of the 19th Route Army, and Dai Ji, commander of the Songhu Garrison, jointly issued the "Nineteenth Route Army Electrifying japanese prisoners" to all walks of life throughout the country.
Limited Express. Title: The tyrannical sun occupies our three eastern provinces, the territory changes color, and the nation is dying. Recently, there have been murders and arson in Shanghai, ronin people everywhere, and the despicable and violent actions of the extreme world, all of which are everywhere. However, gunboats came one after another, and all the Marines landed on the shore, and at 12 o'clock on the night of the 28th, they openly invaded our defense line and provoked us. Guang Nai and others belong to the military, only know legitimate defense, defend the land, is their natural duty, the ground is inching, can not give up, in order to save the country and protect the seed, although sacrificed to one person and one bullet, never shrink back, in order to lose the personality of the Republic of China soldiers. This thing and this zhi, the quality of the heavens and the world, the spirit of the Yanhuang ancestors in the heavens, the actual form of relying on it.
Jiang Guangnai, commander-in-chief of the 19th Route Army, Cai Tingkai, commander of the 19th Army, and Dai Jijiao, commander of the Songhu Garrison. Yanzi print.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that in the Songhu War of Resistance, Du Yuesheng, a big man on the beach, also contributed a lot, organized dozens of rescue teams for the frontline soldiers, and took the lead in donating money and materials to support the frontline soldiers.
The Japanese army could not attack for a long time, and had contacted the person in charge of the French Concession, wanting to enter from the French Concession and attack the Chinese army back and forth. When Du Yuesheng learned of this, he immediately summoned the major media and publicly announced: "If the Japanese want to use the French Concession to fight Chinese, I Du Yuesheng is confident that I can destroy the French Concession in two hours!" ”
The people of the French Concession looked at it, who dared to provoke Boss Du? The Japanese army's request could only be rejected.
However, what makes people speechless is that until the beginning of the war, Chiang Kai-shek was still obstructing the 19th Route Army and did not want the war to expand. When Cai Tingkai requested reinforcements, Chiang Kai-shek unexpectedly sent a telegram to the various armies: "The 19th Army has 3 divisions and 16 regiments, and there is no need for reinforcements, so it can be supported." Officers and men of all armies who act freely without the orders of the Ministry of Military Affairs, even if they intend to be patriotic, are also punished by disobedience. ”
When Cai Tingkai learned about it, Yang Tian sighed: "Whose country is this?" ”
What makes people even more speechless is that Chiang Kai-shek not only stopped the salaries of the 19th Route Army, but also the money and materials donated by the people of the whole country to the 19th Route Army were also seized.
In 1937, when the "July 7 Incident" occurred, Cai Tingkai was in the Philippines, and after learning of the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance, he immediately set off to return to China and asked to lead troops to resist Japan.
However, Chiang Kai-shek had long had opinions about him, and although he was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the 16th Group Army and the commander-in-chief of the Guangdong-Guizhou Border Region, he was never given the opportunity to display his talents, leaving him full of enthusiasm but nowhere to vent, and finally he could only be disarmed and returned to the field.
In 1946, Cai Tingkai re-met Zhou Enlai in Nanjing, and after a long conversation, Cai Tingkai finally had a new understanding of the Communist Party and began to truly side with the Communist Party. At this time, 19 years have passed since the Nanchang Uprising of 1927.
In 1949, Cai Tingkai, as the chief representative of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, was invited to Beiping to attend the first session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
After the founding of New China, Cai Tingkai successively served as vice chairman of the National Defense Commission and vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and became a vice-state-level cadre of New China.
There is nothing more impermanent than this.
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