7月27日，周恩来在南昌召开了有朱德、刘伯承、恽代英、彭湃、叶挺、聂荣臻以及江西党组织负责人参加的重要会议，成立了以刘伯承为参谋团长，周恩来、叶挺、贺龙为委员的参谋团，下设起义军总指挥部，由贺龙任总指挥，叶挺任前敌总指挥。

At2:00onAugust1,ZhouEnlai,ZhuDe,HeLong,YeTing,LiuBochengandothercommandandthevariousrebelarmytotheKuomintangtroopsstationedinNanchangattack,aftermorethanfourhoursoffiercefighting,andannihilatedmorethan3,000peoplearound,andseizedmorethan5,000branchesaroundguns,bullets,about100thousandhair,gunsafewdoors,occupiedthecityofNanchang.

8月1日凌晨2时，周恩来、朱德、贺龙、叶挺、刘伯承等各指挥的各个起义军向驻守南昌的国民党军队发动进攻，经过四个多小时的激战，歼敌大概3000余人，缴获枪支大概5000余支，子弹大概100万余发，大炮数门，占领了南昌城。

Inthemorning,theKMTCentralCommitteewasheldinNanchang,theprovincialareasinparticulartheDepartmentofCityandoverseasonbehalfoftheparty'sjointmeetingadoptedthe"DeclarationoftheCentralCommittee",setupbytheSoongChingLing,ZhouEnlai,HeLong,YeTing,ZhuDeandother25peoplethecompositionoftheChineseKuomintangRevolutionaryCommittee,adoptedthe"Declarationof81Uprising"andotherdocuments,putforwardthe"Downwithimperialism,""Downwiththeoldandnewwarlords,""theimplementationoflandtothetiller"andotherslogansandplatformsoftherevolution.