Wuchang Uprising Xinhai Revolution

the iron blood 18-star flag



paths of uprising

the literary society (文學社) , progressive association (共進會) revolutionary organizations involved in uprising began railway protection movement protest. in late summer, hubei new army units ordered neighboring sichuan quell railway protection movement, mass protest against qing government s seizure , handover of local railway development ventures foreign powers. banner officers duanfang, railroad superintendent, , zhao erfeng led new army against railway protection movement.

the new army units of hubei had been hubei army, had been trained qing official zhang zhidong. on september 24, literary society , progressive association convened conference in wuchang, along sixty representatives local new army units. during conference, established headquarters uprising. leaders of 2 organizations, jiang yiwu (蔣翊武) , sun wu (孫武), elected commander , chief of staff. initially, date of uprising october 6, 1911. postponed later date due insufficient preparations.

revolutionaries intent on overthrowing qing dynasty had built bombs, , on october 9, 1 accidentally exploded. sun yat-sen himself had no direct part in uprising , traveling in united states @ time in effort recruit more support among overseas chinese. qing viceroy of huguang, rui cheng (瑞澂), tried track down , arrest revolutionaries. squad leader xiong bingkun (熊秉坤) , others decided not delay uprising longer , launched revolt on october 10, 1911, @ 7 pm. revolt success; entire city of wuchang captured revolutionaries on morning of october 11. evening, established tactical headquarters , announced establishment of military government of hubei of republic of china . conference chose li yuanhong governor of temporary government. qing officers bannermen duanfang , zhao erfeng killed revolutionary forces.