Nanchang Uprising

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For the Second Sino-Japanese War battle in 1939, see Battle of Nanchang.

The Nanchang Uprising (}; }) (August 1, 1927) was the first major Kuomintang-Communist engagement of the Chinese Civil War.

Communist forces in Nanchang rebelled under the leadership of He Long and Zhou Enlai attempting to seize control of the city after the end of the first Kuomintang-Communist alliance. Other important leaders are Zhu De, Ye Ting, Liu Bocheng.

Communist forces occupied Nanchang successfully and escaped from the siege of Kuomintang forces at August 5, withdrawing to the Jinggang Mountains of western Jiangxi. The day of August 1st is later regarded as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. It is regarded as the first gun against KMT.

Battle

The rebellion was first planned to take place during the night of July 30th. But due to complications with Zhang Guotao the rebellion was postponed.

On the morning of August 1st at exactly 2am, Zhou Enlai, He Long, Ye Ting, Zhu De, and Liu Bocheng lead their troops and attacked the city of Nanchang from different directions.

Four hours later, the Communist troops were able to take over the entire city of Nanchang. They were able to capture 5,000 guns, and around 1,000,000 bullets from the defenders of the city. Around noon the “中国国民党革命委员会“ was established.

Aftermath

Facing a counter attack from the Nationalists, the Communists decided to retreat towards the province of Guangdong, to try and take over the city of Guangzhou while spreading influence to the peasants and farms in that area. On August 3rd, the Communist troops pulled out of Nanchang.

Around the beginning of October, the Communist troops where in Chaozhou, Chaoshan area where they were defeated by the Nationalist troops. The Communists were separated and went in two general directions, one retreated to Shanwei, and the other went to Shonan and engaged the Nationalists in guerrilla warfare.

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