At the time of the Nanchang Uprising, He Long served as the commander-in-chief of the rebel army, and at that time there was a general under his command, named Ouyang Chuan, who was then the deputy commander of the First Division, and in the Nanchang Uprising, Ouyang Chuan played a very special role, and he led his troops to fire the first shot of the Nanchang Uprising.
Ouyang Chuan was born in a wealthy family in the Miao area of northeast Guizhou, because of the strong family foundation, Ouyang Chuan from an early age to read private schools, primary schools, middle schools, etc., in 1916, Ouyang Chuan returned to the village after graduating from middle school, became a teacher, because of Ouyang Chuan's good image in the local area, the local gentry escorted him to study politics and military.
Thus, Ouyang Chuan officially began his military career, in 1920, fellow Yan Bohai set up a guerrilla group in the northeast of Guizhou, he invited Ouyang Chuan to serve, not long, Ouyang Chuan served as the quartermaster general, after that, he has been in the Qian army has been the position of regimental commander, in 1926, the Qian army accepted the national government reorganization, Ouyang Chuan was transferred to the First Division of the Ninth Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
At that time, the commander of the First Division was He Long.
During the Northern Expedition, Ouyang Chuan was not afraid of death, the charge was in front, He Long left an excellent impression on him, when fighting with Wu Peifu in Hubei Gong'an County, the troops suffered heavy losses, Ouyang Chuan was anxious, personally led his troops to defeat the enemy army, He Long was very excited, after the war he undressed Ouyang Chuan, laughed and said: "Baichuan, with you, I will not retreat." ”
In 1927, after He Long was promoted to commander of the 20th Army, Ouyang Chuan was appointed deputy commander of the First Division.
Before the Nanchang uprising, Zhou Enlai, He Long, and others discussed the uprising at 4 a.m. on August 1, but on the night of July 31, a battalion commander in the army informed the enemy, and He Long immediately decided to revolt ahead of time.
At that time, Ouyang Chuan was ordered to surround and annihilate the instruction brigade of the enemy's Ninth Army stationed in Nanchang and the remaining troops of the Third Army, and the enemy received the news that our army was going to revolt and prepared to retreat.
In the process of the troops going south, Ouyang Chuan was captured in the Hailufeng area, and through his wit, he obtained a ticket from Shantou to Shanghai, after which Ouyang Chuan left the party organization, and in order to make a living, he had to serve in the Kuomintang Luo Qijiang Department.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Ouyang Chuan served as regimental commander and deputy division commander, and he participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Changsha.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Cheng, in order to win him over, recommended him to be a lieutenant general in the Kuomintang Ministry of National Defense, but Ouyang Chuan did not go to the post, but lived in seclusion and became a farmer.
In 1949, the defeat of the Kuomintang was a foregone conclusion, and Li Mi, a close confidant of Chiang Kai-shek, wanted Ouyang Chuan to organize troops to fight with the People's Liberation Army, but Ouyang Chuan directly refused.
In 1950, at the invitation of He Long, Ouyang Chuan came to Chongqing, and He Long seemed very happy, and he introduced Ouyang Chuan to everyone: "This is Comrade Ou Baichuan, the deputy commander of the First Division during the Nanchang Uprising, from Nanchang to Hailufeng, who is responsible for the command of the former enemy and opens the way in front. ”
Since then, Ouyang Chuan has successively served as vice chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and vice governor.
In 1970, he died of illness at the age of 76, and in history, Ouyang Chuan left his name in history as the first shot of the Nanchang Uprising.