Who fired the first shot, the second shot, and the third shot in the Huanghuagang Uprising?

The description of Huanghuagang Uprising in middle school textbooks: Huang Xing fired three shots in a row, kicking off the Huanghuagang Uprising. Therefore, the first, second, and third shots of the Huanghuagang Uprising were all fired by Huang Xing.

At 5:30 pm on April 27, 1911, the Guangzhou Uprising broke out. Huang Xing led Lin Juemin, Fang Shengdong and other death squads of more than 100 people to attack the Governor's Yamen. The remaining three groups did not take action. After breaking into the Governor's Yamen, they found that Governor Zhang Mingqi had escaped, so they set fire to the Governor's Yamen. When the rebels withdrew, they were blocked by the patrol battalion. Many revolutionaries died. Huang Xing's two fingers on his right hand were broken off.

But he endured the severe pain and continued shooting with the second trigger of the broken finger. Seeing that the Qing army was gradually encircling, Huang Xing ordered three groups to break out of the encirclement, and he led the way to fight bravely, fighting and leaving. During the breakout, the team was scattered, leaving only Huang Xing. He changed his identity and fled to the lesbian comrade Xu Zonghan, who was a secret revolutionary organization in Henan, Guangzhou. She escorted him to Hong Kong for medical treatment. The Guangzhou Uprising failed.

The martyrs were later collected and 72 corpses were collected and buried together in Huanghuagang, known as the "Seventy-two Martyrs of Huanghuagang" in the world. Although this uprising failed again, it played a great revolutionary role in inspiring the country. Huang Xing was the commander-in-chief of the uprising. He was fearless and took the lead. He won a high reputation at home and among overseas Chinese living abroad.

Extended information:

Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing are the two highest heroes who established the Republic of China, and are often referred to as "Sun Huang". Most of the important revolutionary groups and revolutionary activities in the late Qing Dynasty were planned and organized by two people. In 1905, groups such as the Xingzhong Hui founded by Sun Yat-sen and the Huaxing Hui founded by Huang Xing merged to form the China Tongmenghui in Tokyo, Japan. At the founding meeting of the Tongmenghui, Huang Xing proposed: "Mr. Sun Yat-sen is publicly recommended as the prime minister of the association without going through election procedures." Sun Yat-sen was elected as the prime minister.

In 1907, Zhang Taiyan, Tao Chengzhang and others of the Guangfuhui demanded that Sun Yat-sen be removed from the post of prime minister on the grounds of the failure of the Chaozhou Uprising, and Huang Xing was appointed instead, but Huang Xing declined. Eventually the Liberation Society withdrew from the Chinese Tongmenghui. In the autumn of 1909, Tao Chengzhang and others drafted the "Crime of Sun Wen", once again attacked Sun Yat-sen and demanded the re-election of the Prime Minister of the Tongmenghui. Huang Xing strongly resisted. In his letter to Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing expressed his attitude that "although Tao and others are tough, I should resist them with my own strength."

During the several "defeat" turmoil before the Revolution of 1911, Huang Xing always firmly refused the temptation of fame and fortune with the belief that "it is not up to me to succeed." His selfless and tolerant attitude won the majority of the people. Respected by the elders of the Republic of China and even later generations.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Huanghuagang Uprising

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Huang Xing