长期以来流行的说法，辛亥武昌首义第一枪，由湖北新军工程第八营革命党人熊秉坤打响。然详考史实，情形却并非如此。 工程第八营，是湖北新军最先成立的部队，装备较优。工程营的革命组织，始于雷振声在营内发展共进会。雷振声事泄离营之后，由正目（班长）熊秉坤任该营共进会 For a long time, the first shot of the Xinhai Wuchang capitalist operation was started by Xiong Bingkun, revolutionist of the Eighth Battalion of Hubei New Army Project. However, historical facts, but the situation is not the case. The eighth battalion of the project is the first unit established by the Hubei New Army, with superior equipment. The revolutionary organization of the engineering camp started with Lei Zhensheng’s co-development in the camp. Leizhen spill out of the camp, by the principal (monitor) Xiong Bingkun Ren camp to join