What kind of ship is the Zhongshan ship, and what exactly is the Zhongshan ship incident

The Zhongshan ship, formerly known as the "Yongfeng Ship", was a gunboat.

On March 18, 1926, Chiang Kai-shek, in order to exclude the first person and seize the military power of the Zhongshan ship, instructed Ouyang Ge to order Li Zhilong, the director of the Navy, to send the Zhongshan ship to Huangpu for use in the name of the Whampoa Military Academy's office in Guangdong Province. The next day, the Zhongshan ship sailed to Whampoa. Chiang Kai-shek, however, falsely accused the Zhongshan ship of entering Whampoa without authorization, which was a conspiracy to riot.

On the 20th, Chiang Kai-shek used this as an excuse to order the arrest of Li Zhilong. The Zhongshan ship was seized, Bao Zhao was relieved to besiege the provincial and Hong Kong committees, the workers' arms were confiscated, more than 40 leftist party representatives and political workers in the Second Division of the First Army were detained, and it was announced that the whole city of Guangzhou had also surrounded the residence of the Soviet advisory group, and expelled the Whampoa Military Academy and the National Revolutionary Army headed by ***. After the Zhongshan incident, the Zhongshan was controlled by the rightists.

On April 18, 1927, the reactionaries in Guangzhou drove the Zhongshan ship to Huangpu and hunted down more than 200 people and revolutionaries including Xiong Xiong, director of the Political Department of the Huangpu Military Academy. In June 1927, it was decided to establish the Admiralty. The Zhongshan was overhauled by the Jiangnan Shipyard and incorporated into the First Fleet of the Admiralty.

The Zhongshan Ship Incident was a political incident in which Chiang Kai-shek deliberately attacked and excluded the Communist Party of China in order to undermine the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and seize the leadership of the revolution.

On March 20, 1926, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized his troops to declare martial law and cut off communication inside and outside Guangzhou; Arrest Li Zhilong, detain the Zhongshan and other ships, surround the Provincial and Hong Kong Strike Committee, and confiscate the guns of his guards.

The Soviet advisory office that surrounded Dongshan in Guangzhou expelled the communists led by *** from the Whampoa Military Academy and the National Revolutionary Army. The Zhongshan Ship Incident was a political incident in which Chiang Kai-shek deliberately attacked and excluded the Communist Party of China in order to undermine the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and seize the leadership of the revolution.

There are two speculations about this incident. Some people believe that Chiang Zhongzheng deliberately transferred the Zhongshan ship and flatly denied it, so as to create an excuse to attack the Chinese Communist Party.

Some people also believe that Ouyang Ge, a member of the Sun Wenism Society who was close to the Xishan Conference faction, deliberately falsely transmitted Chiang Zhongzheng's instructions to Li Zhilong, and the two sides were divided between the Chinese Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party.

The Zhongshan incident is also known as the "32 incident." On March 18, 1926, Chiang Kai-shek, in order to exclude the Communists, seized the Zhongshan ship salvaged by the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army.

In the name of the Huangpu Military Academy's office in Guangdong Province, Ouyang Ge ordered Li Zhilong, the chief of the Navy and a member of the Communist Party, to dispatch Zhongshan ships to Huangpu for use. The next day, the Zhongshan ship sailed to Whampoa. Chiang Kai-shek, however, falsely accused the Zhongshan ship of entering Whampoa without authorization, which was a conspiracy by the Communist Party to riot.

On the 20th, Chiang Kai-shek used this as an excuse to order the arrest of Li Zhilong. The Zhongshan ship was seized, the provincial-Hong Kong strike committee was besieged, the workers' arms were confiscated, more than 40 leftist party representatives and political workers in the Second Division of the First Army were detained, martial law was declared in the whole city of Guangzhou, and the residence of the Soviet advisory group was also surrounded, and the Communist Party members headed by *** in the Whampoa Military Academy and the National Revolutionary Army were expelled. After the "Zhongshan Incident," the "Zhongshan" was controlled by the Kuomintang rightists.

On April 18, 1927, the reactionaries in Guangzhou sailed the "Zhongshan" ship to Huangpu and hunted down and killed more than 200 communists and revolutionaries, including Xiong Xiong, director of the Political Department of the Huangpu Military Academy. In June 1927, the Kuomintang decided to establish the Admiralty. The Zhongshan was overhauled by the Jiangnan Shipyard and incorporated into the First Fleet of the Admiralty.

In January 1934, the "Zhongshan" was ordered to cooperate with other Kuomintang troops to encircle and suppress the Fujian People's Revolution and the People's Revolutionary Army.

In 1937, China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out. On the eve of the Battle of Wuhan, the Zhongshan ship was ordered to sail from Yueyang, Hunan Province to patrol the Yangtze River, Wuchang, Jinkou, Chiji Mountain, and the main ship's guns were moved to the shore. On the afternoon of October 24, six Japanese bombers came in formation.

The officers and men of the Zhongshan ship met the enemy on the lonely ship of the captain Sa Shijun and were sunk. Twenty-five officers and men, including Captain Sa, were martyred, and many were missing. 23 survived.

The next day, Hankow was lost. Three days later, the three towns of Wuhan were lost.