The August 1st Nanchang Uprising is of extraordinary significance in the history of our Party, and it is the first milestone in the history of our Army, which not only indicates that our Party has begun to independently guide the military struggle and has taken the first step in its infancy, but also the initial stage of the establishment of our Army.
The summary of the August 1st Nanchang Uprising in the textbook is: "The first shot of armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries was fired", so which general did this first shot come from?
From the records of historical archives, it can be concluded that the person who fired the first shot was a deputy division commander of our army, his name was Ou Baichuan, who is Ou Baichuan? He is a Guizhou Tongren people, there are reading poetry, learning is very commendable, and later he became a teacher in the local area, but in his eyes, the newly established Republic of China regime did not save this crisis-ridden country, the rise and fall of the world has a responsibility, Ou Baichuan decided to throw pen from Rong, with the gun in his hand to change the world, soon he joined the Qian army, all the way to the north and south, when participating in the Northern Expedition, fortunately joined He Long's command, in the war, he this battalion commander Xiao Brave, brave and strategic, soon stood out in the army, Become a warrior whom He Long relies heavily on.
When Chiang Kai-shek launched the April 12 counter-revolutionary coup, Ou Baichuan was stationed in Wuhan with He Long, and in July of the same year, Wang Jingwei in Wuhan also launched a counter-revolutionary coup that wantonly slaughtered Communists. However, in the process of preparing for the uprising, Ou Baichuan's troops encountered the Kuomintang troops in the streets, and since they had been exposed, if they had revolted in the early morning according to the original plan, then everything would be too late, so let's not stop and simply revolt in advance!
Ou Baichuan was the first to draw his gun and shoot at the enemy, and as the gunfire gradually intensified, the other troops also got the signal, and in this way, the Nanchang uprising was advanced by several hours, and the rebel army soon completely occupied the important city of Nanchang in Jiangxi and won a great victory. Subsequently, Ou Baichuan led his troops to take advantage of the victory and marched to various parts of Guangdong Province, fighting many victorious battles, but in the end, due to the outnumbered and lack of supplies, Ou Baichuan also contacted He Longhe at that time.
Ou Baichuan, who later lost contact, was invited by his compatriot Luo Qijiang to join Luo Qijiang's troops and served in the Kuomintang army from then on; however, in Cao Ying's heart in Han, he had always supported the Kuomintang civil war, repeatedly persuaded Luo Qijiang not to fight the Red Army, and all of them received the approval of Luo Qijiang, and Luo Qijiang's department basically did not exchange fire with the Red Army departments.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Ou Baichuan, who was concerned about the country, threw himself wholeheartedly into the War of Resistance, and his soldiers also bravely killed the enemy under his leadership. Later, Luo Qijiang died of illness, and Ou Baichuan took over Luo Qijiang's ministry, but the internal struggle for power and profit within the Kuomintang made Ou Baichuan sad and disappointed, and finally resigned and returned to his hometown, preparing to spend the rest of his life in his hometown.
However, he had a natural affinity for the Communist Party, and when the People's Liberation Army liberated his hometown of Guizhou, he actively cooperated with the Plapuer's various takeover work, and was later recommended as the vice chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Ethnic Affairs Committee, and was actually the second-in-command of Guizhou Province. Since then, he has begun to contribute his blood to the cause of New China, and has made indelible contributions to the construction of New China, especially the development of Guizhou Province.