The process of building an army

The Chinese People's Liberation Army was born in the Nanchang Uprising on August 1, 1927. From the autumn of 1927 to the spring of 1928, the Communist Party of China launched the Nanchang Uprising, Autumn Harvest Uprising, Guangzhou Uprising, Shonan Uprising and Jute Uprising.

The troops that survived the uprising in these areas were called the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army at the time. After May 1928, they were gradually renamed the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, or the "Red Army" for short.

The Anti-Japanese War broke out on July 7, 1937. On August 25, the main force of the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, referred to as the Eighth Route Army. On September 11, 1937, it was renamed the Eighteenth Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army. .

The activities of the Red Army guerrillas were concentrated in 14 regions in eight provinces, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Zhejiang, and Anhui. On October 2, 1937, they were reorganized into the National Revolutionary Army Army New Army. The Fourth Army was compiled, referred to as the New Fourth Army.

In 1946, when the Liberation War broke out, the various troops in the liberated areas were gradually renamed the People's Liberation Army from the Eighth Route Army, New Fourth Army, and Northeast Democratic Alliance Army, and were organized into five major field armies.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China issued the "Regulations on Unifying the Organization and Troop Numbers of the Army" on November 1, 1948, stating that: The People's Liberation Army is divided into field troops, local Three categories: troops and guerrilla troops.

The "Field Army" of the field force is currently divided into four, distinguished by geographical names, namely the Northwest Field Army (First Field Army) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the Central Plains Field Army (Second Field Army), the East China Field Army (Third Field Army), Northeast Field Army (Fourth Field Army)";

All infantry corps, corps, divisions, regiments, cavalry divisions, regiments, artillery divisions, regiments, etc., shall all be given the title of the Chinese People's Liberation Army;

Subsequently, the entire army underwent unified reorganization. Since then, the title of the Chinese People's Liberation Army has been used to this day.

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At the end of August 1927, under the command of Zhu De, He Long and others, the Nanchang Uprising troops occupied Ruijin in one fell swoop after an all-night attack, and achieved the first victory after the Nanchang Uprising. Victory in the siege. Ruijin, this small town in the mountainous area of ??southern Jiangxi, has been inextricably linked with the Chinese revolution ever since.

The Nanchang Uprising on August 1, 1927 shocked Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei. They immediately mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops from Jiangsu, Anhui, and Hubei to counterattack Nanchang. In view of the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, starting from August 3, the rebel army began to withdraw from Nanchang and advance southward.

However, more than 20 days after the rebels withdrew from Nanchang, they encountered no obstacles along the way and successfully passed through Linchuan, Yihuang, Guangchang, Ningdu and other places.

After the Nanchang Uprising broke out, Zhang Fakui, commander-in-chief of the Second Front Army of the National Revolutionary Army, held an emergency meeting. Ye Jianying, an underground member of the Communist Party of China who was then chief of staff of the Fourth Army of the Second Front Army, took advantage of the internal contradictions in the reactionary camp and suggested Zhang Fakui did not want to pursue the rebel troops and let them go south to fight against the Guangdong warlord Chen Jitang.

This plan plays into Zhang Fakui's heart. As a result, the insurrectionary troops were not pursued after they evacuated Nanchang, gained precious respite, and arrived at Ruijin City safely.

On the afternoon of August 25, 1927, under the command of Zhu De, He Long and others, the rebel army launched its first siege in Rentian Town, north of Ruijin.

Chen Shanghai told reporters that the main forces attacking Ruijin were the first and second divisions led by He Long, and the third division led by Zhou Yiqun served as a reserve. After a fierce battle all night, the five regiments of Qian Dajun, commander-in-chief of the right wing of the enemy's "Eighth Route Army for Pursuit of the Japanese Army" were defeated and fled towards Huichang.

On the morning of the 26th, the rebel army occupied Ruijin City. This was the first time the Nanchang Uprising troops captured the city. However, this victory also came at a heavy price: Ran Guoping, chief of staff of the Ninth Army of the uprising force, Yu Yuanxue, commander of the third regiment of the 1st Division of the 20th Army, died gloriously, and hundreds of officers and soldiers suffered casualties.

After Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei rebelled against the revolution in 1927, He Long, already the commander of the 20th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, resolutely gave up his high salary as a high-ranking official of the Kuomintang, ignored the threats and inducements from the reactionary camp, and led his troops to participate in the Nanchang Uprising. .

Before and after the uprising, he repeatedly expressed his desire to join the Communist Party of China to Zhou Yiqun, director of the Political Department of the 20th Army and a member of the Communist Party of China. Zhou Yiqun conveyed this request to Zhou Enlai, secretary of the enemy committee before the uprising.

On August 26, after the rebel army occupied Ruijin, Zhou Enlai presided over a meeting of the front committee and unanimously approved He Long's application for party membership.

Subsequently, at Ruijin Mianjiang Middle School, a party oath-taking ceremony for He Long, Guo Moruo and Peng Zemin was held.

On July 11, 1933, the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Union decided to designate August 1 as the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army. Since then, August 1 every year has become the Army Day of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army and later the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.

On August 1 of that year, the first "August 1st" commemoration event in history was held at the Red Army Square in Yeping, Ruijin, and in the evening of the same day, a Red Army military parade and procession were held at Zhumagang, south of Ruijin City.

Since then, August 1 has officially become the Army Day of the People’s Army. Therefore, it can be said that Nanchang is the place where the military flag is raised, and Ruijin is the place where the August 1st Army Day was born.

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