On 94 years ago today, August 17, 1931 (the fourth day of the seventh lunar month), Deng Yanda was arrested.

Deng Yanda was arrested at No. 20, Yuyuan Square, Yuyuan Road, Shanghai. On the right is Deng Yanda

On the afternoon of August 17, 1931, Deng Yanda went to No. 20 Yuyuandang, Yuyuan Road, Shanghai to attend the graduation ceremony of the Jiangxi Uprising Cadre Training Class. Chen Jingzhai, head of the Shanghai City Cadre Committee of the Guoyuan Action Committee, betrayed and informed the case. Deng was unfortunately arrested. At the same time, 12 people including Luo Yiyi, Jin Xinguang, Deng Wen, Zhang Xiaoshan, Li Wenying, Huang Suqing, Huang Jingyao, Fang Ju, Zhang Chang, Zhu Fengqing, and Ren Shuxuan were arrested.

Later, Xu Shouxiang and Cheng Pu were arrested on Weihaiwei Road and Maigan Road. A total of 15 people were arrested on this day. Among them, Ren Shuxuan was under the age of 16 and was the son of the second landlord, which had nothing to do with the case. Xu Shouxiang was a chef, and Zhu Fengqing broke in with the wrong number, which had nothing to do with the case. In addition to the investigation team of the Songhu Police Command led by Deng Shunming, the Chinese and Western detectives of the General Patrol Office of the Public Concession participated in the manhunt.

At about 3 PM, Deng Yanda and 13 others were detained in a temporary cell only one foot square in the British patrol room of Jing'an Temple. At 9 AM on the 18th, the concession authorities took Deng Yanda and others to the First Court of the Second Branch of the Jiangsu High Court for trial. ()

The Provisional Action Committee of the China Kuomintang organized by Deng Yanda has been established for a year. Grassroots organizations are spread across 14 provinces and cities, and are preparing to launch an armed uprising in Jiangxi. He invited the "Whampoa Revolutionary Alumni Association" organized by progressive students of the Whampoa Military Academy to become a group that competed with the "Whampoa Alumni Association" organized by Chiang Kai-shek's direct line, posing a great military threat to the Nanjing government. Chiang Kai-shek was extremely jealous of Deng Yanda's revolutionary activities and offered a reward of 300,000 yuan for his capture. In addition to secretly ordering the investigation team of the Ministry to arrest Deng Yanda and his comrades, he also sent a letter to the Shanghai Second Special Economic Zone District District Court, requesting "arrest and cooperation." On the 15th, the Jiangsu Shanghai Special Economic Zone District Court issued an arrest warrant for "quick arrest" of Deng Yanda, Shen Weiyue and Ji Fang to "come to the court for trial."