Before the August First Uprising, the party was able to control the military forces within the Second Front Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the circumstances of their participation in the uprising.

Release time:

2018-05-09

During the era of the Wuhan government, the National Revolutionary Army forces that the Party could control were based on the Second Front Army. This army had a total of over 80,000 people, with more than 20,000 directly under the Party's control, and XXX people participating in the August 1st Uprising. Listed below:

1. The system under the Second Front Army:

Commander-in-Chief Zhang Fakui

Advisor Tro (Soviet nationality)

Chief of Staff Xie Yingbai

Secretary-General Gao Yuhan

Director of the Political Department Guo Moruo

(National Government) Guard Regiment Commander Lu Deming

Artillery Battalion: First Battalion Commander Luo XX

Second Battalion Commander Wang XX

Gendarmerie Battalion: First Battalion Commander Li XX

Second Battalion Commander Liao XX

Commander of the Fourth Army Huang Qixiang

Director of the Political Department Liao Qianwu

Commander of the Twelfth Division Miao Peinan

Commander of the Twenty-First Division Fu Shuangying (reorganized from the Fengtian Army)

Commander of the Twenty-Fifth Division Li Hanhun

Commander of the Eleventh Army Zhu Huiru

Director of the Political Department Xu Minghong

Commander of the Tenth Division Cai Tingkai

Commander of the Twenty-Fourth Division Ye Ting

Commander of the Twenty-Sixth Division Xu Zhirui

Commander of the Twentieth Army He Long

Director of the Political Department Zhou Yiqun

Commander of the First Division He Jinzai

Commander of the Second Division Qin Guangyuan

Commander of the Third Division Zhou Yiqun (originally reorganized from the training regiment)

2. The military forces that the Party could control and the situation of participation in the uprising:

1. The entire army of He Long's Twentieth Army. (Participated in the "August 1" Nanchang Uprising)

2. The entire division of Ye Ting's Twenty-Fourth Division. (Participated in the "August 1" Nanchang Uprising)

3. In the Tenth Division of the Eleventh Army led by Cai Tingkai, two out of three regimental commanders are Communist Party members (the commander of the 30th Regiment Fan Xin, the commander of the 29th Regiment Peng Ming), and four out of nine battalion commanders are Communist Party members. (Participated in the "August 1" Nanchang Uprising)

4. In the Twenty-Sixth Division of the Eleventh Army led by Xu Zhirui, the commander of the 77th Regiment Xu Jishen is a Communist Party member, and there are three battalion commanders and six company commanders who are Communist Party members. (Did not arrive in time for the uprising)

5. In the Twelfth Division of the Fourth Army led by Miao Peinan, the entire 34th Regiment Zhao XX (Communist Party member) and the entire 35th Regiment Liang Bingshu (Communist Party member).

6. In the Twenty-Fifth Division of the Fourth Army led by Li Hanhun, the entire 73rd Regiment Zhou Shidi, the heavy machine gun company of the 74th Regiment, and three battalions of the 75th Regiment. (Arrived after the uprising) The entire guard regiment directly under the command of the headquarters Lu Deming. The entire Second Artillery Battalion and the entire First Gendarmerie Battalion (did not arrive in time for the Nanchang Uprising, later joined the autumn harvest uprising forces led by Comrade Mao Zedong in Hunan from western Jiangxi). As for the political staff in various armies, divisions, and regiments, most of them are Communist Party members.

Based on the collection of articles from "Modern Historical Materials" and "Liberation Army Literature"

The military forces that the Party could control in the Second Front Army of the National Revolutionary Army before the "August 1" Uprising and their participation in the uprising.

Compiled by the Historical Development Group of the Nanchang Municipal People's Committee Office "Materials on the August 1 Nanchang Uprising"