Background
Mr. Tai was born in Chin-teh district, Anhwei, China in 1894.
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Chih Tai
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Chin Tai attended the Paoting Military College, graduating from the course of infantry tactics.
Career
Gen. Tai Chih joined Gen. Chen Ming-shu's Army in Kwangtung first as a squad commander, battalion commander and later Commander of the 4th Regiment of the 1st Division in 1916.
During the Northern Punitive Expedition in 1926, he was Commander of 30th Regiment of the 10th Division of the 4th Revolutionary Army and fought the famous battle of Ting-Sze-Chiao near Wuchang with the Northern Forces under Wu Pei-fu and was injured in action.
When Gen. Chen Ming-shu was promoted Commander of the 11th Revolutionary Army, he was appointed Commander of the 24th Division. Later he transferred to the command of 26th Division. Upon reorganization of the llth Army into the 3rd Division, he became vice-Commander of the Division.
Upon the outbreak of the Japanese hostilities in Shanghai in 28th of January in 1932, he advocated armed resistance against the Japanese attack and was in a large measure responsible for the valiant defence put up by the 19th Route Army. During the progress of the war, he and Generals Chiang Kuang-nai and Tsai Ting-kai jointly shouldered the responsibility of directing the operations in the field and narrowly escaped injuries.
