by Li Guangrong
94 years ago, on August 1, 1927, the crisp shots cut through the tranquil night sky of the ancient city of Nanchang. The Nanchang Uprising fired the first shot of armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries, marking the beginning of the Chinese Communist Party's independent leadership of the revolutionary war, the creation of the People's Army, and the armed seizure of power.
Nanchang August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall
However, what is less known is that this armed uprising led by the Chinese Communist Party against the anti-communist policies of the Chinese Kuomintang was still fought by the Kuomintang. The banner used the designation of the National Revolutionary Army.
The oil painting "Nanchang Uprising" created by the famous painter Mo Pu in 1957 is a classic work that has been on a stamp. It can be seen from the picture that the painter did not paint the dazzling "blue sky and white sun" on the banner, nor did he paint the "sickle and axe", but only painted a bright red color, which seemed to be inconsistent with the actual situation. The painter may try to express a kind of regret in this way, and to some extent also express respect for historical facts.
Nanchang Uprising (oil painting) Mo Pu
On the sixth day after the Nanchang Uprising, the CPC Central Committee held an emergency meeting in Hankou, Hubei (the August 7th meeting confirmed the land revolution and the meeting), The general policy of armed resistance to the Kuomintang. But the meeting still believed that the Kuomintang flag selected by the forerunner of the Chinese revolution, Mr. Sun Yat-sen, was the special flag of the national liberation movement, and the Communist Party should not discard this flag now.
On August 20, 1927, Mao Zedong wrote a letter to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in the name of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.The letter stated, “During the Soviets of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers, we should no longer play the flag of the Kuomintang. We should play the flag of the Communist Party aloft in order to compete with Jiang, Tang, Feng, Yan (ie Chiang Kai-shek, Tang Shengzhi, Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan) and other warlords’ flags of the Kuomintang are opposite. The Kuomintang flag has become the flag of the warlords, and only the Communist flag is the flag of the people. I didn’t really feel that when I was in Hubei, I’ve come to Hunan for the past few days and saw Tang Shengzhi’s This is the case for the Provincial Party Headquarters, and the people treat it this way. It can be concluded that the Kuomintang’s flag really cannot be played, and if it is played again, it will fail again.” We should “resolutely set up the red flag immediately.”
In 1927, Mao Zedong was in Wuhan
. From this letter, it can be seen that the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China made a decision on the banner of the autumn harvest uprising . Serious and serious discussions, and formed a more consistent view-that is, the National Revolutionary Army will no longer be flagged, but the red flag should be flagged.
During the preparations for the uprising, Mao Zedong decided to abandon the designation of the National Revolutionary Army and form the first division of the First Army of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army. On the eve of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, 100 military flags with sickles and axes were rushed out. The main designer was He Changgong.
"Autumn harvest is sorrowful, and there is a riot." On September 9, 1927, the Hunan-Jiangxi border military flag fluttered, and the former enemy of the Communist Party of China, with Mao Zedong as the secretary of the Hunan Provincial Committee, was shaken. The autumn harvest uprising led by the committee broke out against the storm of the times. Mao Zedong, wearing a long gown and holding a pen, began to command the military and lead soldiers in wars. From then on, the commander-in-chief was born and gradually became a brilliant revolutionary, military strategist, and strategist who used revolutionary "two poles" to rewrite Chinese history.
"Xijiang Moon·Autumn Harvest Uprising" in the Gallery of Mao Zedong's Poetry and Calligraphy Art Stele Gallery in Changsha Museum
Flag, sickle and axe. "The Autumn Harvest Uprising played the banner of the Communist Party of China for the first time, further demonstrating the determination of the Communist Party of China to independently lead the revolutionary war. After the Autumn Harvest Uprising, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China officially decided to "change the flag" and abandon the banner of the "KMT Left".
He Changgong said later: "The flag of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army issued by the Autumn Harvest Uprising is fundamentally different from the flag of the National Revolutionary Army issued by the Nanchang Uprising. It marks the beginning of our party’s independent leadership of the armed struggle.
In 1937, Mao Zedong and some people who participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising took a group photo in Yan'an
History has proved that only the banner of the Communist Party of China is the only correct banner for the Autumn Harvest Uprising and marching towards Jinggang Mountain. The sickle and the axe have since become the glorious banner guiding the Chinese People’s Revolutionary War, the eternal beacon that lights up in the hearts of the Party and the People’s Army, and the invincible sword of Mao Zedong’s leader, commander, and enduring battle!
Autumn Harvest Uprising (oil painting) He Kongde et al.
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