{{Short description|Left-wing, non-Communist Chinese army during the conflict with Japan}} {{no footnotes|date=March 2010}} thumb|Cai Tingkai as commander of the 19th Route Army '''19th Route Army''' ({{zh|s=十九路军|t=十九路軍|p=Shíjiǔ lù jūn}}) was an army in the Republic of China led by General Cai Tingkai. It gained a good reputation among the Chinese for fighting the Japanese in Shanghai in the January 28 Incident in 1932. In 1933–34, it was the main force in the Fuijan Rebellion, which opposed Chiang Kai-shek and unsuccessfully sought an alliance with the Chinese communists in the Jiangxi Soviet.
A Route Army was a type of military organization used in the Chinese Republic. It usually exercised command over two or more Corps or a large number of Divisions or Independent Brigades.
==Sources== *[https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=114 First Battle of Shanghai] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111003175148/http://www.luopan.com/t/en_US/510000L000172.html The Mausoleum of the 19th Route Army] *[https://litten.de/fulltext/fujian2.htm Did Chiang Kai-shek Trigger the Fujian Rebellion?] *[https://litten.de/fulltext/fujian1.htm The CCP and the Fujian Rebellion]
==See also== *Second Sino-Japanese War *Fujian People's Government
Category:Armies of the National Revolutionary Army Category:Conflicts in 1932 Shanghai 1932 Category:Military history of Shanghai Category:1932 in China Category:1933 in China Category:Military history of the Republic of China (1912–1949) Category:Military history of Fujian
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