Liu Bocheng Commands Lushun Uprising

In September 1926, under the background of the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Northern Expedition successfully advanced to Wuhan. In order to cooperate with the upcoming Northern Expedition, the Sichuan local party organization of the Communist Party of China held an emergency meeting in Chongqing in mid-November, presided over by Yang Angong, Liu Bocheng, Zhu De, etc., and decided to use Shunqing as the base area to launch an uprising of Sichuan warlords and create Communists. The actual leadership of the revolutionary armed forces, and according to the situation, either marched into the Sichuan-Shaanxi border to support Wuhan, or north to join the Northwest National Revolutionary Army.

Soon, something unexpected happened. The movements of Yuan Pinwen, the brigade commander of the 4th mixed brigade in Luzhou, who participated in the uprising, and Chen Lanting, the brigade commander of the 10th mixed brigade, were discovered by the warlord Lai Xinhui, who sent his confidant Li Fuzhang to closely monitor them. On December 1, Yuan Pinwen declared an uprising, seized Li Fuzhang and disarmed Li Fuzhang's department, and occupied Luzhou.

The Shunqing Uprising was originally planned to be carried out on December 5, but because the plan was discovered by He Guanglie, the commander of the Fifth Division of the Sichuan Army, the Qin and Han Sanhe and Du Bogan revolted early in the afternoon of the 3rd. After a night of street fighting, they controlled Shunqing in the early morning of the 4th. Upon learning the news, the Chongqing Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China immediately sent Liu Bocheng to Hechuan on the 5th, and led another Huang Muyan who took part in the uprising to Shunqing as planned to support the uprising troops there. On the 10th, the Shunqing and Hechuan insurrectionary armies met in Shunqing Guoshan Park and elected Liu Bocheng as the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army in Sichuan.

The victory of the Luzhou, Shunqing and Hechuan uprisings made the Sichuan warlords feel panic. Deng Xihou and Lai Xinhui immediately organized the army to besiege Shunqing. According to the situation at that time, Liu Bocheng put forward the plan of giving up Shunqing and fighting in Shaanxi. However, some uprising generals insisted on sticking to it because their families were still in the city. In addition, Yang Angong's letter said that Luzhou troops had been ordered to assemble to Shunqing, so Liu Bocheng had to change the plan, fighting with the superior enemy while waiting for the arrival of Luzhou insurgents.

However, at this time, Chen Lanting and Pi Guangze in the Luzhou Rebellion were unwilling to meet in Shunqing, which caused the already weak Shunqing Rebellion to fall into isolation and helplessness. After three days of fierce fighting with the enemy, they were forced to retreat to Kaijiang in eastern Sichuan.

Liu Bocheng immediately rushed to Luzhou unified command uprising troops. As commander-in-chief, he "marched without sedan chair, camped without sleeping in bed", which moved the officers and soldiers of the uprising very much. In order to rectify the army, strictly enforce military discipline, and improve the political and military quality of soldiers, he quickly established the "Luna Army Joint Military and Political School" in Luzhou, personally served as the principal, selected Communist Party members and leftists to teach, and vigorously trained grassroots officials and revolutionary backbones. Liu Bocheng also joined forces with the Chongqing Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China to transfer a large number of political workers, including members of the Communist Party of China and Qiao Maocai, a third-phase student of Huangpu, to carry out work. With Communist Party members as the center, he set up political department directors or party representatives for each army and appointed political instructors (including Chen Yi) to each regiment to publicize and educate revolutionary ideas to the officers and soldiers of the uprising.

After Liu Xiang learned the news of the uprising, he immediately gathered the Sichuan and Guizhou warlords to jointly besiege Luzhou. At the same time of the military attack, Lai Xinhui also used political means to induce surrender, instigated Chen Lanting and Pi Guangze to defect, and attempted to arrest Liu Bocheng. Liu Bocheng was immediately transferred under the protection of Xu Jianshuang and Han Bocheng. On May 23, the uprising troops were forced to leave Luzhou at night and were surrounded by warlords on the way ".

The 167-day Lushun Uprising was an attempt by the Communist Party of China to master the armed forces and accumulated valuable experience for the Communist Party of China to independently lead the armed revolution.

August 10, 2017 Source: People's Political Consultative Conference