Peng Dehuai was ordered to break the Pingjiang uprising
In January 1928, the winter chill had not yet dissipated, Peng Dehuai hurried back to Pingjiang City, at that time, he was only the commander of the first regiment of the Fifth Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army, two secret telegrams from the division headquarters, but he and his comrades were pushed to a fork in the road of fate, a letter from Zhou Pan's adjutant Xiao Chen, informing him that the special committee of the Communist Party of Nanhuaan had been cracked, Huang Gongluo and others had been exposed, and Zhou Pan had ordered arrest; The other is an arrest warrant issued by Zhou Pan directly to the deputy division commander Li Zhongren, this sudden change is like throwing a boulder on the calm lake, stirring up a thousand waves
Peng Dehuai, who was well aware of the urgency of the situation, immediately convened an emergency meeting, at which everyone looked solemn and the air was filled with a tense atmosphere
"An uprising is imminent, and we can't hesitate any longer!"
In the face of the crisis, Peng Dehuai resolutely advocated an uprising, and he knew that once the identity of the Communist Party members was exposed, what awaited them would be a bloody massacre of the enemy, and instead of sitting and waiting for death, it was better to rise up and resist and defend the flame of revolution with blood and life
"What are they going to do?" Li Can asked worriedly
"Let them escape, and you can avoid them as a last resort!" Li Can suggested, his tone full of helplessness and worry
"The work of the 3rd Battalion has developed a lot recently, and the soldiers hate the Kuomintang and the reactionaries to the core, and their emotions are high, and they even complain about why the regiment commander did not come forward to lead everyone to kill these bastards!" Huang Chunyi said excitedly, "The second battalion is not monolithic, although the special battalion is difficult to manage, there are also a few activists who can be developed into the party, such as Li Jukui, the squad leader of the Ninth Company."
Huang Chunyi's analysis made everyone see the dawn of hope, Peng Dehuai clenched his fists tightly, and said in a firm tone: "The uprising is imperative and we can't hesitate anymore!" If you hesitate, you will fail! ”
His gaze swept over everyone present, and finally fell on Teng Daiyuan, the commissioner of the provincial party committee, who nodded in agreement
"We can launch an uprising in a way that makes a fuss, so that we can unite more officers and soldiers to participate," Peng Dehuai said, proposing a bold and practical plan
This plan was unanimously approved by everyone, and in that era of war and chaos, arrears of wages were the greatest grievance in the hearts of the soldiers, and it was undoubtedly the most effective way to take advantage of the soldiers' dissatisfaction with the arrears of wages to launch an uprising
Elaborate planning of the uprising and preparations are in full swing
Peng Dehuai knew very well that the uprising was not child's play, and that it must be carefully planned and carefully deployed in order to achieve the final victory, and he carefully analyzed the balance of forces between the enemy and us, and believed that the first battalion was the basic force of the uprising, the second battalion was mostly reliable, and the third battalion was reliable with only a few people, and Liu Jiren's third regiment was the most reactionary, but its combat effectiveness was weak, so there was nothing to worry about, and the second regiment might remain neutral
After determining the policy and strategy of the uprising, Peng Dehuai immediately began to make various preparations, and he sent Li Guang to Chiayi Town overnight to inform Huang Gongluo of the uprising at 1 o'clock in the afternoon of July 22, and sent someone to inform He Guozhong in Yueyang, asking him to immediately bring the school to Pingjiang
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the uprising, Peng Dehuai meticulously divided the various tasks: Teng Daiyuan was in charge of political work, contacted local party organizations, and prepared to establish a red regime; Deng Ping assisted in drafting slogans, slogans, leaflets, notices, etc. for the uprising; Peng Dehuai himself was responsible for leading his troops to eliminate the reactionary militias, the Qingxiang team, the police, and the county office, open the prison, and solve the division headquarters
On July 20, when all preparations were basically ready, Peng Dehuai summoned the party committee of the group, listened to the report on various tasks, and made a final confirmation of the specific details of the uprising
Unexpectedly, Huang Gongluo rebelled ahead of schedule
On the eve of the uprising, an accident happened suddenly, late at night on July 21, Peng Dehuai received a call from Liu Jiren, the head of the Third Regiment, in which Liu Jiren angrily accused Huang Gongluo of killing his nephew, the commander of the 11th Company, in the name of making trouble, and robbed the Chiayi Town Chamber of Commerce, leading his troops to flee to Nanshan
Huang Gonglue's early uprising completely disrupted Peng Dehuai's plan, and while appeasing Liu Jiren and stabilizing the situation, he urgently convened a meeting of Teng Daiyuan, Li Can, Huang Chunyi and others to discuss countermeasures
After a short discussion, Peng Dehuai immediately made a decision and decided to write a letter to the battalions, companies, and squad leaders of the 2nd and 3rd regiments in the name of the soldiers' committee, claiming that they would not be paid for five months, and that they would clear the townships and exterminate the peasants
In order to prevent the news from leaking, Peng Dehuai also sent people to cut the telephone line to Changsha and put a slogan "Long live the Communist Party" on the telephone pole
The Red Fifth Army of Tianyue Academy was born
At 10 o'clock in the morning of July 22, Peng Dehuai convened a meeting of officers according to the original plan, detained a group of reactionary officers, and then went to the large playground of the first battalion of Tianyue Academy outside the east gate to announce the uprising to all officers and soldiers
"We don't work for the warlords anymore, we revolt!" Peng Dehuai's voice resounded in the sky
The soldiers erupted in deafening cheers, knowing that from this moment they were no longer the instruments of the old warlords, but a real people's army, a contingent for the happiness of the toiling masses
The rebel troops quickly took control of important targets in Pingjiang City, opened the prison, released the imprisoned Communists and revolutionaries, opened warehouses to release grain, gave relief to the victims, put up slogans, and propagated revolutionary ideas
On July 24, the soldiers' committee elected Peng Dehuai as the commander of the Red Fifth Army, Deng Ping as the chief of staff, and Teng Daiyuan as the party representative
Lost the first battle and turned to Xiushui
The victory of the Pingjiang Uprising shocked the reactionary Kuomintang authorities, who immediately mobilized heavy troops in an attempt to strangle the Red Fifth Army in its cradle
In the face of the enemy's crazy attack, Peng Dehuai was calm and calm, commanding the Red Fifth Army to carry out a heroic and tenacious battle with the enemy, due to the slow movement of the Fourth Regiment led by Huang Gongluo, failed to arrive at the designated position in time, the Red Fifth Army was in a disadvantageous position in the battle, in order to preserve its strength, Peng Dehuai decided to lead his troops to withdraw from Pingjiang and transfer to Jiangxi Xiushui
Before leaving, Peng Dehuai specially came to the Miluo River, picked up a handful of river water, and drank it all, this river water witnessed Peng Dehuai's glorious journey from an old officer to a communist fighter, and also witnessed his firm determination to fight for the revolutionary cause all his life
"Even if I'm left Peng Dehuai alone, I have to go to the end after climbing the mountains and mountains!" Peng Dehuai looked at the surging river and secretly swore in his heart
Although the Pingjiang Uprising ultimately failed, it wrote a glorious page in the history of the Chinese revolution, firing the first shot of armed resistance against the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang in the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border region, igniting the spark of the Chinese revolution and accumulating valuable experience for the final victory of the Chinese revolution
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