"Please go another way for promotion and wealth. Don't enter this door if you are greedy for life and fear of death." Huangpu Military Academy is also well-known in China. From this school with a history of only six years, there have been many Chinese in the 20th century. Famous generals, they either made contributions in the battlefield, or made trouble in the political arena. Among them, in the Central Army of the Kuomintang, some generals from the Whampoa Military Academy were left to the right of the principal; among the Communist Party's ranks, five of the ten founding marshals graduated here. It can be seen how good the Whampoa Military Academy is.
Introduction to Whampoa Military Academy
The full name of Whampoa Military Academy is "Chinese Kuomintang Army Officer School", which was later renamed "Republic of China Army Officer School". From the beginning of school in June 1924 to the move to Nanjing in September 1930, the Whampoa Military Academy actually only had seven periods in total, and the establishment of the school was only a short period of more than six years, of which only four were graduated before the failure of the Great Revolution. Later, the fifth and sixth periods started before the failure of the Great Revolution, and the seventh period was before the failure of the Kuomintang-Communist cooperation.
It shows that the Whampoa Military Academy is the product of the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. It was built by Mr. Sun Yat-sen with the help of the Soviet Union. Therefore, the instructors, leaders, and students of the Whampoa Military Academy can be regarded as multi-party. There are both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The total number of students who graduated from the seventh period is only 12,887. After that, these students also became the mainstay of the KMT and the Communist Party. However, why does the Whampoa Military Academy have a name in history?
Whampoa Military Academy leadership
First of all, the leadership of the Whampoa Military Academy comes out in large numbers. The more famous ones are: President Jiang, Director Zhou, Li Jishen, Deng Yanda, Wang Bailing , Dai Jitao and others hold other official positions. The instructors are even more bullish, including He Yingqin , Chen Cheng, Nie Rongzhen, Zhang Zhizhong, Ye Jianying, Chen inheritance, Chen Guofu, serious, Jiang Dingwen, Qian Dajun, Yun Daiying, Zhang Guotao, Chen Yi, and others.Such luxurious leadership and instructors were among the best in the military academies at that time, and Baoding Military Academy and Yunnan Jiangwutang were not enough to see at all. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to teach good students. But, who are the celebrities of the students in Huangpu?
Whampoa Military Academy students
Whampoa Military Academy students, there are even more celebrities. Many senior generals from both sides of the KMT and the Communist Party were born in Whampoa.
1, the Huangpu student in the National Army
Among them, Chang Kaishen’s general in the Central Army is the Huangpu Alumni Association, and there is even a " Huangpu Department ". The principal started with the Whampoa system, and regarded the Whampoa system as the backbone of his maintenance of his dominance, and gave them care in various aspects such as duties, equipment, logistics, and operations. At the same time, the Whampoa Department also relied on the support of the principal to advance in the official career, so it was very loyal to the principal.
Therefore, the "Whampoa" among the senior generals of the Kuomintang can be regarded as stars like clouds. For example, in 1935 when the Kuomintang was carrying out the rectification of military ranks, among the first batch of first-level generals, He Yingqin was from Huangpu instructor; among the second-level generals, Liu Zhi, Gu Zhutong, and Jiang Dingwen were also from Huangpu instructor. Among the first batch of lieutenant generals , not counting the people from Huangpu instructors such as Chen Cheng, only the students of Huangpu include Hu Zongnan, Li Yannian, Li Moan, and Yu Jishi. Among the first major generals were Gui Yongqing, Huang Jie, Li Yutang, Huang Wei, Huo Kuizhang, Guan Linzheng, Song Xilian , Chen Qi, Liu Kan, Wang Jingjiu, Sun Yuanliang and many others. At that time, it was only ten years before these students graduated from Huangpu. There were already so many people who became major generals and lieutenant generals, and the speed of promotion had to be shocking.
2,Huangpu students in the Communist Army
Similarly, in the Communist Party, there are also a large number of senior generals from Huangpu. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a list of military strategists who made major contributions to the founding of the nation was announced. There are 36 people in the list, of which 14 graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, accounting for more than one-third. What is even more shocking is that among the top ten founding marshals of China awarded in 1955, there were five marshals from the Whampoa Military Academy, namely: Chen Yi, Xu Xiangqian, Nie Rongzhen, Ye Jianying, and Lin Biao; three generals, respectively. : Chen Geng, Luo Ruiqing, Xu Guangda.
In addition, there are eight generals, namely: Zhou Shidi, Chen Mingren, Chen Qihan, Zhang Zongxun, Yang Zhicheng, Song Shilun, Chen Bojun, Guo Tianmin; there are nine generals, namely: Yan Kui Yao, Peng Mingzhi, Chang Qiankun, Tang Tianji, Zeng Zesheng, Ni Zhiliang, Guo Huaruo, Tan Xilin, Wang Yi; and eight major generals, namely: Yuan Yelie, Cao Guanghua, Li Yimin, Fang Zhong, Shui, Liao Yunzhou, Zhang Kai Jing and Zhou Wen are here. Among them, there are dozens of leaders at or above the ministerial level, and more than a dozen people who died heroically during the war, such as Zuo Quan, Liu Zhidan, and Lu Deming, were also from Huangpu.
Whampoa Military Academy has only a short history of six years, and the students only have seven periods. So many generals have been trained for China. It is no exaggeration to say that the history of China after 1930 is almost a turbulent drama performed by the teachers and students of Huangpu. It has to be said that it has achieved outstanding results, and it may not be inferior to the West Point Military Academy and Sanhet Military Academy in the West. However, the school system of the Whampoa Military Academy is only half a year, which is a short-term training. Why can it cultivate so many generals? What is the reason behind it?
The quality of teachers and students at Whampoa Military Academy is relatively high
As listed above, the leaders and instructors of Whampoa Military Academy are excellent talents, and there are many outstanding military talents graduated from professional schools, such as The famous Baoding Military Academy at that time, as well as the elite of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Academy.Without exception, these people have both sufficient theoretical knowledge and rich practical experience. The students taught by them are naturally not bad.
At the same time, the students of Huangpu Military Academy are also young talents. They are studying at the Whampoa Military Academy with the desire to serve the country with the above-mentioned "promotion and wealth, please go another way, greedy for life and fear of death but never enter this door". Because the conditions for applying for the Whampoa Military Academy are very strict, you first need to pass the initial exams in various provinces, and then enter the re-examinations in major regions, such as the re-examinations in major cities such as Shanghai and Chongqing. Finally, you can enter the final exam of the Whampoa Military Academy. The subjects tested include composition, mathematics, history, geography and other subjects, which are divided into two types: written and oral exams.
If you are taking the military's application path, you also need to go through layers of assessments. In this way, it is natural to ensure the excellent source of students. More importantly, more than one-third of the applicants are college graduates. This was definitely a high-educated person. After professional military training, they will naturally become excellent military talents over time.
Whampoa Military Academy was established in the war era and provided students with a natural training camp
In addition to the high quality of teachers and students, the Whampoa Military Academy was established in the war era and also provided students with a natural training camp. The purpose of the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy was that Dr. Sun Yat-sen cultivated military talents for the Northern Expedition, and Whampoa did fulfill this mission successfully. Just four months after its opening ceremony, the teachers and students of Whampoa joined the Guangzhou Industrial and Agricultural Corps and some of them The Span1span Northern Expedition Army , who returned to the division in Shaoguan, directly quelled the riots of the Guangzhou Commercial Group and began the prelude to the actual combat exercise.
Later, the teaching group was established in November 1924, which directly became one of the main forces of 's first expedition to . And paid a tragic price, the 385 soldiers of the entire battalion after the war only 110 people. And after the victory of the first Eastern Campaign,Huangpu teachers and students participated in the Diangui Army rebellion and the Second Eastern Expedition that put down Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan. Later, they also participated in the Northern Expedition, during which the total number of teachers and students in Huangpu reached 33,000, equivalent to the number of two armies.
The participation of Huangpu teachers and students greatly improved the military and political qualities of the Northern Expedition, including the victory of the Northern Expedition, which is inseparable from the efforts of Huangpu teachers and students. But this is also the result of the sacrifice of nearly 3,000 teachers and students in Huangpu, accounting for 12% of the total number of Whampoa fifth-term graduates. After the first civil war, the Eight-year War of Resistance, the War of Liberation, etc., China's long war years allowed Huangpu students to stand out and get the opportunity to exercise. This also explains why five of China's top ten founding marshals graduated here.
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