At the end of July 1967, the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Army was about to be held. The army was full of vitality, and the preparations for major military regions were basically coming to an end. However, at this moment, someone suddenly suggested: "In my opinion, it

At the end of July 1967, the 40th anniversary of the founding of the army was about to be held. The army was full of vitality, and the preparations for major military regions were basically coming to an end. However, at this moment, someone suddenly suggested: "In my opinion, it would be better to change Army Day to September 9."

After Yang Chengwu passed this to Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao, who was almost never angry, rarely got angry, lost his temper: " Who said? It's just a nonsense, you must never do this! "

Army Day was set on August 1 to commemorate Nanchang Uprising . This was already well-known at the time. So why did anyone propose to change the time to September 9, and why did Chairman Mao get so angry?

Why is it proposed to modify the time

8-1 and September 9 are very important festivals for our country, one is the time of the Nanchang Uprising, and the other is the time of the Autumn Harvest Uprising .

The reason why some people proposed this is because the time of the Nanchang Uprising changed to Army Day. Many people once questioned this, and the most important reason is that some people believe that the Nanchang Uprising was a failed uprising.

As for this, Premier Zhou Enlai, one of the leaders of the Nanchang Uprising, once felt a little ashamed of this uprising.

When the Nanchang Uprising was rebelling, our party had just been established for 6 years, and the "April 12th Coup" also caused huge losses to our party. Therefore, in the Nanchang area, I could say that I had no connections or relationships, and even the people did not do much ideological work.

The reason why Premier Zhou and others chose Nanchang was that after opening up Nanchang's transportation, support and action would be more convenient; on the other hand, Nanchang's defense is relatively weak, so starting from Nanchang is the most appropriate strategy.

However, this uprising that had been prepared for a long time did not develop in the expected direction. Because it was the first time that an armed uprising was held, it lacked certain experience in intelligence and operations, which led to the troops being surrounded by the Kuomintang counterattack factions during the transfer process. As the way, the troops were severely reduced. The final outcome of this uprising was obviously not optimistic.

Compared with the Nanchang Uprising, when Chairman Mao led the Autumn Harvest Uprising, our party had some experience in armed uprisings, and the scale had basically taken shape. The most important thing is that the troops participating in this uprising were all peasant armed forces mobilized by Chairman Mao and others. Without the participation of other forces, it is a truly people-owned force.

So when it was confirmed that the Army Day, many people believed that the Autumn Harvest Uprising was much more important than the Nanchang Uprising, and it would be better to set September 9 of the Autumn Harvest Uprising as the Army Day.

Even later, Chairman Mao suggested that August 1 be designated as the Army Day, and some old comrades in the party seemed a little worried about this.

After the founding of New China, Chairman Mao was still trying to resist the opposition, which finally established the time of August 1, because compared with others, Chairman Mao knew more about the extraordinary significance of the Nanchang Uprising to our party.

The significance of the Nanchang Uprising

1927, as Chiang Kai-shek provoked the banner of anti-communism and launched a coup, our party began to prepare for a vigorous armed uprising. The purpose of this uprising was to resist the inhumane actions of the Kuomintang and let more people know the true face of the National Government.

htmlOn August 1, under the leadership of Zhou Enlai, He Long, Ye Ting and others, they officially launched an armed uprising. Since then, it has been positioned as the anniversary of the establishment of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

The Nanchang Uprising undoubtedly left a brilliant mark in the history of our country. This was the first shot of our party in armed resistance to the Kuomintang reactionaries, and it was also a very important battle to bring the Communist Party’s future development path on track.

At the beginning of the uprising, although the banner was the banner of the left side of the Kuomintang, in fact, this force was already an armed uprising force led by our party independently.

Therefore, the first thing is that this action ensures the Party’s leadership over the army.

The troops participating in this uprising were mainly " 20th Army of the National Revolutionary Army led by Comrade He Long, 11th Army of the National Revolutionary Army led by Ye Ting, and part of the 9th Army of the National Revolutionary Army led by Zhu De."

This army is essentially different from the troops of the Autumn Harvest Uprising. It has a full color of warlord troops in the old society. Therefore, before the Nanchang Uprising, our party did not have complete control of the army.

In the process of troops rectification, they created a new system, that is, to set up party representatives and political departments in each army, and they will carry out ideological education for soldiers to transform their soldiers, so that the army can show a new look.

In order to strengthen Russian leadership over the army, the central government has clearly put forward the principle that " The party's organization is the root of all organizations, and the party's role is higher than all ".

It is worth mentioning that the subsequent Red Army and Eighth Route Army both inherited this system to maintain the stable development of the army.

This plays a crucial role in the beginning of the formation of the army and the party's absolute leadership over the army.

This influence continued until after the uprising. Shortly after the uprising, the central government issued "Letter to All Officers and Soldiers" , urging all the soldiers: Most of our soldiers are from poor peasants. The revolution is not only to implement land reform, but also to solve the problems of farmers. This is also the problem we face ourselves. Since it is for our own problems, we should endure hardships and show a spirit of courage to contribute and sacrifice. These are inevitable on the road of revolution.

An ideological change from before the uprising to after the uprising is the best answer for the party to obtain comprehensive control of the army.

Secondly, during the march of the Nanchang Uprising troops, our party also formulated strict discipline, which was also a prototype of our army's march discipline later.

Because the excellent style of a team cannot be formed overnight, it requires long-term training, correction or even strict reward and punishment systems to regulate it. It has been said before that this force is a unit with a strong color in the old society and needs to spend more time to correct it.

Zhu De and Chen Yi At this time, they began to make drastic rectifications on the army and formulated strict disciplines to avoid the bad habits of the soldiers from the old army after entering the city.

Front Enemy Committee After the troops arrived at Fuzhou , they also carried out some rectification of the army, allowing more people to understand that the Nanchang Uprising has greater significance for history and the people.

Chen Yi has warned everyone more than once: "We are a team led by the Communist Party. We cannot survive without discipline. Only iron-like discipline is the basic guarantee for us to achieve victory in the revolution. "

While issuing the notice, they also rewarded and punished a group of soldiers to achieve better results of strict discipline.

Later, it was precisely because of such clear discipline that the Communist army won praise among the people. The Nanchang Uprising provided solid guarantees for the subsequent development of our party's army. In the process of cultivating and expanding the army, Zhu De and others also had more experience. For the development of the party, this experience is extremely valuable and is a valuable experience that no subsequent uprising can bring.

Again, as the first uprising movement to arm the rebellion against the Kuomintang reactionaries, it itself has very important leadership significance.

This uprising not only guaranteed the leadership of the army, but also pointed out the direction for the development of the army and the leadership of the party.

After the Sanheba battle, the news of the failure of Chaoshan's main force quickly spread throughout the army, so that the morale of the soldiers at that time was low, and even many people's thoughts began to shake, and they did something that violated the party's discipline.

Zhu De was naturally deeply saddened by the situation in the army. He once said to the soldiers who revolted: "Comrades, although we have failed temporarily, our revolution still needs to continue. If you want to continue the revolution, follow me. Those who don't want to go home. We don't force it."

Zhu De said: " China is now like the Russian revolution in 1905. It is in a darkness, but this darkness is only temporary. As long as the strength is preserved, the revolution will continue to move forward. "

With Zhu De's encouragement, the soldiers gradually regained their morale and embarked on the road of revolution again, although they did not know what they were about to face at this time.

Zhu De and Chen Yi took advantage of the Kuomintang's melee and relaxed their vigilance and focused on the company's rectification work.

First he re-registered and detached all the members of the working League, and then strengthened the proportion of party members and league members in grassroots companies, and trained a group of outstanding instructors to delegate them to various troops to provide ideological guidance for each unit.

In this way, the development of the troops will be more concentrated and will be more conducive to their command of transfer operations.

At this time, Zhu De reorganized the party's thoughts and determined the party's development direction, avoiding the troops rushing like headless flies after the failure of the uprising, retaining some strength for the army's subsequent development.

Finally, the Nanchang Uprising determined the Party’s development line, expanded the Party’s influence, and made more and more people begin to understand the Communist Party’s thoughts and lines, attracting more aspiring people to join our Party’s troops.

And most importantly, this armed uprising is the choice our party made at a critical moment to turn the crisis into an opportunity, thereby changing such a complex situation.

Therefore, the Nanchang Uprising is of great significance to both our party and our soldiers. Although the Autumn Harvest Uprising is organized by peasant armed forces, relatively speaking, the Nanchang Uprising is still more important to the development of our party.

Through this uprising, Chairman Mao saw the weaknesses our army faced in the development process, and was able to carry out all-round transformation after the Autumn Harvest Uprising. Since this uprising, he has made up his mind to make the establishment of the army the main goal of the team and learn from past experiences and lessons.

So after the founding of New China, Chairman Mao would make up his mind to change the anniversary of the Nanchang Uprising to the Army Day, so that more people can understand the more important significance of the Nanchang Uprising to the Communist Party and New China.

At that time, although many people were a little confused about Chairman Mao's decision, they still agreed to the decision despite Chairman Mao's opposition.

In the following decades, August 1 has been used as the Army Day. On this day, they will conduct military drills, and Chairman Mao will personally inspect the work of the troops to ensure the normal operation of the military.

He never expected that until 40 years later, someone would like to modify the Army Day to September 9. In Chairman Mao’s view, the time of the Nanchang Uprising is more worthy of people’s memory. This is the first shot fired by the Chinese people who have been through thousands of years of hard struggle at a critical moment in history, and it is also the best answer obtained by the Chinese people after the struggle.

That is why Chairman Mao rarely loses his temper, but this can also be seen that although Chairman Mao is in a high position, he still maintains full rationality when dealing with anything, this is true to the country, the people, and history.

Now the development of our country's military has achieved modern development, and the country has gradually become prosperous and strong. This is what Chairman Mao made the decision that year, which ensures that our country's development has gradually come on track and that the country's strength will be so strong.

Although there is still a long way to go in the future, under the guidance of Chairman Mao’s thoughts, China’s future will definitely be stronger.