On this day, the Nanchang Uprising began. It was the first major KMT–Communist engagement of the Chinese Civil War, begun by the Chinese Communists to counter the Shanghai massacre of 1927 by the Kuomintang.

The KMT established a "Revolutionary Committee" at Nanchang to plant the spark that was expected to ignite a widespread peasant uprising. Deng Yanda, Song Qingling and Zhang Fakui (who later crushed the uprising) were among the political leaders.

Military forces in Nanchang under the leadership of He Long and Zhou Enlai rebelled in an attempt to seize control of the city after the end of the first Kuomintang-Communist alliance. Other important leaders in this event were Zhu De, Ye Ting, and Liu Bocheng.

Communist forces successfully occupied Nanchang and escaped from the siege of Kuomintang forces by 5 August, withdrawing to the Jinggang Mountains of western Jiangxi.

The rebellion was initially planned to take place during the night of July 30, but due to complications with Zhang Guotao it was postponed until the next day. On the morning of 1 August 1927, at exactly 2:00 a.m., Communist troops attacked the city of Nanchang from different directions. Four hours later they took the city, capturing 5,000 small arms and around 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition.

Facing a counterattack from the Nationalists, the Communists decided to retreat south towards the province of Guangdong. Once there they would try to take over the city of Guangzhou while spreading their influence to the peasants and farms in that area.

The 1st of August was later regarded as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army and the first action fought against the Kuomintang and the National Revolutionary Army. Today marks the 94th anniversary of the founding of the PLA. :mao-clap:

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When?

• (A) A crafty hexbear :hexbear-retro: goes to lunch not long after noon. As they leave they observe the exact placement of a clock’s hands. On their return they notice that the minute and hour hand have exchanged places. When do they return?

• (B) I go for a walk :dio-walk: , for more than 2 hours but less than 3. When I return the minute and hour hands have exchanged places. How much longer than 2 hours did the walk last?

• (3) A young hexbear :sicko-hexbear: begins to solve a problem at the time between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m when the clock’s hands are together. They finish when the minute hand is exactly opposite the hour hand. How many minutes does it take them to solve the problem, when do they finish it?

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