Career
Cai was in overall command of the 19th Route Army of the Republic of China"s National Revolutionary Army and other Chinese forces responsible for holding off the Imperial Japanese Army during the Shanghai War of 1932 on 28 January 1932. Later, in the Second Sino-Japanese War (World World War II), Cai offered to return to command and returned to command the 26th Army Group in the Battle of South Guangxi. He also traveled to the United States to gain support from Chinese Americans for the war effort.
During the final stages of the Chinese Civil War, Cai supported the Chinese Communists and was a signer of the "Proclamation of the Central People"s Government of the People"s Republic of China" of 1 October 1949.
Cai was originally interred at the Beijing Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery but, since 1997, his remains have been at the Memorial Mausoleum of the Martyrs of Nineteenth Route Army in the Battle Against Japanese Aggressors at North Shanghai. 1927 - 1930 General Officer Commanding 10th Division
1930 - 1933 General Officer Commanding 19th Route Army
1939 - 1940 Commander in Chief 16th Army Group
1940 - 1945 Commander in Chief 26th Army Group
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