Autumn Harvest Uprising

The Autumn Harvest Uprising (Chinese秋收 起义, Pinyin Qiushou Qiyi ) refers to a series of armed surveys of the Chinese Civil War, in small towns in the area Changshas, Hunan Province, which the Bauer troops under the leadership of Mao Zedong and on the instructions of the Comintern after the break first united front between the Kuomintang (KMT ) and CCP were performed. Mao's goal was, after the suppression of the trade union and communist movement on April 12, 1927 in Shanghai by the KMT, the establishment of a Communist government in the form of a Chinese Soviets to bring from there other areas in China under its control. However, the establishment of a Hunan - Soviets could be prevented by the troops of the National Revolutionary Army.

The jointly with the armed workers of the coal mines of Pingxiang (Jiangxi ) conducted uprising was - among other things, with the support of the German military adviser Max Bauer - quickly put down by the armed forces of the Kuomintang. Mao retired with some of the survivors in the Jinggang Mountains, where he inspired his troops with those of Zhu De, Chen Yi and Zhou Enlai united, who had also withdrawn after the Nanchang Uprising here.

The uprising was the first armed uprising of the Communists and marked a major shift in its strategy. Mao and the founder of the Red Army Zhu De began an argument based on the rural population strategy to be developed that focused on guerrilla tactics and so paved the way for the Long March of 1934. According to the Autumn Harvest Uprising, many miners were in the Red Army.

Memorial in Wenjiashi (Hunan )

The site of the pool of troops in Wenjiashi during the Autumn Harvest Uprising (Chinese秋收 起义 文 家 市 会师 旧址- Qiushou Qiyi wenjia shi Huishi Jiuzhi ), about 50 kilometers south-east of Liuyang, Hunan Province, since 1961 is on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (1-14).