Who fired the first shot in the Wuchang Uprising?

At that time, the Eighth Battalion of the New Army Project had the largest number of revolutionaries. There was one official, who was equivalent to the squad leader, Xiong Bingkun. He was also the representative of the battalion’s Communist Party. He learned of the uprising plan. It was revealed that he had an appointment with other revolutionary soldiers in the camp and launched an attack at seven o'clock that night. Xiong Bingkun was later known as "Xiong Yiqiang" because it has always been authoritative that he fired the first shot of the Wuchang Uprising. However, in his own "Records of the Revolution of the Eighth Battalion of the Former Qing Engineers", he did not admit this. In his article, he recalled that on the day of the First Uprising in Wuchang, Tao Qisheng, the second platoon leader of the Eighth Battalion of the Qing Army Engineers, was inspecting the fifth shed. , was surprised to see the main figure of the shed, that is, the squad leader, Jin Guanglong with a gun in his hand, and wanted to seize his gun. Seeing that the situation was defeated, Jin shouted loudly. How long will it take if the comrades don't take action? One of the members, Cheng Dingguo, opened fire with a gun. Tao Dai died of his injuries at home. As a result, the crowd roared and bullets rained down. In other words, Cheng Dingguo fired the first shot.

Historical experts have verified that this article is Xiong Bingkun’s earliest recall of the Shou Uprising. It was written between August 1912 and August 1913. Xiong Bingkun also recorded in detail Cheng Dingguo’s victory in the Wuchang Uprising. After a shot passed by, he praised Cheng "This is the first shot of Shouyi". The reality is that the reputation of "Xiong Yigun" is getting louder and louder, and it has been recorded in the annals of history. This is probably because of Sun Yat-sen's words. Three years after the first uprising in Wuchang, Xiong Bingkun visited Tokyo, Japan. Sun Yat-sen introduced him to people and said, this is Wuchang. Comrade Xiong Bingkun fired the first shot in the uprising. Sun Yat-sen also said in his "Part One of the Founding Strategies of the People's Republic of China" that "Xiong Bingkun fired the first shot in the uprising." This is how the saying "Xiong Bingkun fired the first shot" gradually became widely circulated.

In fact, what Sun Yat-sen said about the first shot is more from the perspective of organizational leadership and is not completely equivalent to the concept of time. In this way, it is not wrong to say that Xiong Bingkun fired the first shot. I am afraid it is very It is difficult to say clearly who fired the first shot of the Wuchang Uprising. However, this shot announced the uprising of the military and civilians in Wuchang, the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the collapse of China's thousands-year autocratic imperial power, and the first uprising in Asia. The Democratic Republic of China and the establishment of the Republic of China.