During the exam, Song Xilian was sitting side by side with Chen Geng, and the two quickly started a conversation. In the spring of 1924, the Whampoa Military Academy was officially prepared, and Chen Geng and Song Xilian were admitted to the Whampoa School, and the entire school

Guangzhou Army Martial Arts School recruited students in Changsha at the end of 1923. Chen Geng, a revolutionary young man from Hunan, was spotted by the Communist Party organization and recommended him to register for the exam. During the

exam, Song Xilian was sitting side by side with Chen Geng to take the exam, and the two quickly started a conversation.

In the spring of 1924, the Whampoa Military Academy was officially prepared, and Chen Geng and Song Xilian were both admitted to the Whampoa School, and the entire school was also incorporated into Whampoa. Chen was included in the third team of Huangpu, and Song was included in the first team.

Chen Geng serves as the captain and is an active member of the military academy. There was a rumor at that time: "Jiang Xianyun's pen, He Zhonghan's mouth, 's mouth, is not as good as Chen Geng's legs." The three of them called Huangpu’s three heroes, which made Chiang Kai-shek proud, but their factional struggle also gave the principal a headache.

Jiang Xianyun and Chen Geng led left-wing students to form the "Youth Military Federation", and He Zhonghan and others organized the " Sun Yat-senism Society ", and confronted tit-for-tat. Chen Geng recalled that at that time they cursed each other's reactionaries as soon as they met, and it was common for them to do it. Once, Chiang Kai-shek invited Huangpu students to dinner, and the two groups of students started to play with tableware at the banquet.

The reason why Chen Geng's legs are famous in Huangpu is that he is smart and agile, and can achieve success in reconnaissance and siege. Seeing that Chen Geng was brave in fighting, Chiang Kai-shek ordered him to lead the company to the headquarters to serve as a guard mission. After the conquering of Huizhou , the Eastern Expedition Army moved forward separately. The Third Division where Chiang Kai-shek's General Command was located was surrounded by the main force of Chen Jiongming's troops and collapsed across the board. Seeing that the General Command was about to be captured, Chiang Kai-shek was about to kill himself, Chen Geng hurriedly took off his gun, carried Chiang Kai-shek with a gun bullet and ran to the river to cover Chiang Kai-shek across the river to a safe area. "Shenxing Taibao" Chen Geng walked 160 miles to send a letter of help. In order to avoid being suspected on the road, he fisted naked, took only a wooden crutch, wore straw sandals and rushed to the road without sleep, climbed over a mountain, and finally delivered the letter to the first division Zhou Enlai the afternoon of the next day, lifting Chiang Kai-shek's siege. It is said that during the Yan'an rectification campaign, Kang Sheng said that if Chen Geng had not saved Chiang Kai-shek, he would not have had to fight so many battles. Chen Geng retorted: "When he died, he would become a revolutionary martyr, just like Liao Zhongkai ?"

This time, "stand up and protect the master", which greatly increased Chen Geng's weight in Chiang Kai-shek's heart. Chen Geng was transferred to Chiang Kai-shek as a staff officer, and could enter and exit Chiang Kai-shek's residence at will, and became the top celebrity around Chiang for a while.

" Zhongshan Ship Incident " occurred in March 1926, and the breakdown of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party became increasingly public. A few months later, Chiang Kai-shek announced at the conference that all students of this school cross-party must declare which party they want to leave. As Chiang Kai-shek's favorite student, Chen Geng's choice attracted great attention. Many people came to persuade him to escape from the Communist Party. Chen Geng did not hesitate to disclose his Communist Party membership and withdrew from the Kuomintang.

In February 1927, after Chen Geng returned to China, he went to the headquarters of the Northern Expedition Army in Nanchang to meet Chiang Kai-shek. Jiang talked about the good situation of the Northern Expedition Army and expressed his hope that Chen Geng would stay by his side and not run around. Chen Geng said that he would do some private matters. Chiang Kai-shek did not force him to send him a sum of money and a "special pass" with a silk cover. He could come to see Chiang at any time with this street sign. Chen Geng will never use this pass. Soon, the "April 12" coup broke out, and Chen Geng contacted and organized the "Whampoa Military Academy Students' Committee to Discuss Chiang", issued a declaration to discuss Chiang, and cut off his robe and break the righteousness with Chiang Kai-shek.

After participating in Nanchang Uprising , Chen Geng joined the CPC Central Committee's Special Section, lurking in Shanghai and Tianjin, becoming a spy war backbone in the white terror. In March 1933, Chen Geng was betrayed by a traitor. Chiang Kai-shek sent a special message saying that Chen Geng could not be punished, and appropriate preferential treatment should be given so that he could repent and redeem it in the future. Huangpu classmates came one after another to persuade them to surrender, all wearing bright military uniforms, implying that Chen Geng's "abandoning the dark and turning to the light" had a bright future.

for more than a month of coercion and temptation, and Chen Geng had no intention of bowing his head, so Chiang Kai-shek had to come out in person. Chen Geng still didn't buy it.

is now difficult to ride a tiger, and I will not let go of it and cannot explain it to the public opinion; if I don’t kill and release it, I will not be willing to give up and be too embarrassed.After putting Chen Geng under house arrest for nearly two months, Chiang Kai-shek turned a blind eye and allowed Chen Geng to be "rescued" by his comrades and fled.

This time, letting the tiger return to the mountain made Chiang Kai-shek understand what endless troubles mean. Until he went to Taiwan, he also called Chen Geng a bad sheep and lamented that five Hu Zongnan could not compare to one Chen Geng. In 1936, Chen Geng and Hu Zongnan led their troops to fight for a day and night. Chen Geng annihilated an enemy brigade and captured 500 enemies. In 1946, Chen Geng defeated Hu Zongnan's elite troops, known as the "No. 1 Brigade in the World". In 1947, in the Battle of Pacifying Han in western Henan, he captured his classmate Li Tiejun; in 1948, in the Battle of Liberating Luoyang, he captured his junior brother in the fifth stage of Huangpu and Qiu Xingxiang; in the Battle of Huaihai, he captured his classmate Huang Wei and killed his third stage student Xiong Shouchun.

02, Lin Biao, the Twelve Disciples: The most annoying student

1924, 17-year-old Lin Biao fell in love with a girl for the first time in his life. He was weak since childhood and couldn't help but feel weak. At that time, there was still yellow ringworm on his head. The girl thought his image was too bad and refused his courtship. Lin Biao, who suffered a broken heart, was determined to cut off his love and make a great achievement. Just at this time, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued Notice No. 62, requiring all localities to quickly select party and league members to Guangzhou and apply for the fourth Whampoa Military Academy. Under the influence of his cousin Lin Yunan, Lin Biao had just joined the Communist Party of China. He really wanted to go to the military academy to experience it. With the introduction letter written by Lin Yunan to Huangpu instructor Xiao Chunu and Yun Daiying, this thin Hubei boy went south alone. Lin Biao's physique determines that he cannot become a good student in the military academy, and physical training is very fatal to him. According to military academy practice, every day at dawn, all students have to line up and run around the island for about fifteen kilometers. Once, the education director Deng Yan visited the school. The student performed hard and ran faster than usual. As a result, a student fell to the ground and helped him up and asked Lin Biao. He reported that he ran too fast and couldn't bear it. Deng Yanda had no choice but to order him to walk quickly instead of force.

Perhaps it was because of the poor health that Lin Biao had introverted and indifferent in his personality. He was not active in the tense struggles in the school. Unlike student cadres such as Chen Geng, who performed outstandingly in politics early and won the attention of the leaders of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Nie Rongzhen served as secretary of the Political Department in Huangpu. In his memoirs, he wrote: "I first met Lin Biao at the Whampoa Military Academy during the Great Revolution. He was a student of the fourth class at that time, and he was relatively mediocre in his studies and was not politically active." The principal naturally would not care about such a dull middle-aged student, and he might not even have any impression of the name Lin Biao at all. Chiang Kai-shek noticed that Lin Biao had already been in February 1933. During the anti-encirclement and suppression, Lin Biao commanded the battles of Huangpi and Caotaigang, annihilated three enemy divisions, and captured more than 25,000 people. Lin Biao was only 26 years old that year and made a big splash. Chiang Kai-shek felt deeply ashamed. In his letter to the commander-in-chief of the Central Army, Chen Cheng, , , he said: "This setback is extremely miserable and it is the only hidden pain in his life." He called Lin Biao a "devil of war" and offered a reward of 100,000 yuan to capture his head.

In February 1938, Lin Biao was shot by a friendly sentry and accidentally injured his spine, leaving behind a carbonaural disorder that he had never recovered for life. The conditions in Yan'an Hospital were poor, and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to send Lin Biao to the Soviet Union to recuperate. In October 1941, Lin Biao returned from the Soviet Union and passed by Xi'an. Chiang Kai-shek arranged for Hu Zongnan to receive him personally and sent Dai Li to Xi'an to be responsible for Lin Biao's safety. It is said that Chiang Kai-shek hinted that Dai Li would try to recruit Lin Biao into the national army during this reception, but Dai Li did not seem to accurately convey the Chairman's intentions, and there is no follow-up to this matter.

In August 1942, Chiang Kai-shek proposed to meet with Mao Zedong in Xi'an. Zhou Enlai acted cautiously and suggested that Lin Biao be allowed to attend the negotiations on behalf of Mao Zedong. According to the recollection of Ju Yiqiao, after arriving in Xi'an, Lin Biao followed Zhou Enlai to the door of Chiang Kai-shek's living room. When he saw Chiang, he stood attentively and saluted, saying, "Report to the principal, student Lin Biao is here!" Chiang Kai-shek replied to the salute and took his hand to let him sit. After Chiang Kai-shek and Zhou Enlai took their seats, Lin Biao was still standing next to Zhou Enlai very reservedly. Chiang Kai-shek gave up his seat again, and he said "Thank you, Principal" and then sat down.

In the autumn of 1945, Lin Biao, who had been ill for a long time, made a grand comeback and fought for the Northeast with the National Army. The "war devil" returned and was no longer respectful to the principal. It once again proved that middle-aged students should not be underestimated. In 1947, Lin Biao launched summer, autumn and winter offensives, annihilated more than 300,000 national troops. On the battlefield in the Northeast, he defeated famous generals under Chiang Kai-shek, such as Xiong Shihui, Chen Cheng, Fan Hanjie, Liao Yaoxiang and , and no one in the entire national army was the enemy. In November 1948, Lin Biao led his troops into the pass and commanded the Pingjin battle with Luo Ronghuan, Nie Rongzhen and others. In the end, he won a major victory in eliminating and reorganizing 520,000 enemy troops at the cost of 39,000 casualties. At this point, the North China region was basically liberated, and the main force of the Kuomintang army stationed in North China was basically lost.

At the military and political meeting before the Liaoshen decisive battle, Chiang Kai-shek sighed to his subordinates: "I want to praise him (Lin Biao). He is the best general in Huangpu because he defeated his seniors and instructors! I, as the principal, have dereliction of duty and have not cared enough for him in Huangpu, so he defected to the Communist Party! I am very concerned about everyone here, but it disappoints me very much. I am very sad!" Chiang Kai-shek asked Du Yuming : "Why can Lin Biao fight guerrillas and raise grain on the spot? Raise funds, but you can't do it? You are all Huangpu students, but you are in the first phase, and he is in the fourth phase, why can't the first phase beat the fourth phase?"

03. Chen Cheng, the Twelve Disciples: The most trusted student

Chiang Kai-shek had a catchphrase, "Zhongzheng cannot be practiced without words for a day." Zhong is himself, and this word refers to Chen Cheng. This sentence shows Chiang Kai-shek's trust and reliance on Chen Cheng. After Chen Cheng rose to Huangpu, he followed Chiang Kai-shek through life and death for more than 30 years without any regrets. In particular, he was loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, making him the most important and reliable confidant of Chiang Kai-shek. He was also one of the few people who could gain Chiang Kai-shek's trust during the years when the Kuomintang army retreated to Taiwan.

Chen Cheng was once hailed as a "temperamental figure" by American journalists, but his height (1.6 meters) is not really outstanding. When he applied for Baoding Military Academy , he was almost rejected because he was short.

After arriving at the Whampoa Military Academy, he decided to do something and wanted to show himself, but because of his short stature and poor appearance, he did not come into Chiang Kai-shek's sight at first. A chance opportunity changed Chen Cheng's fate. One night, Chiang Kai-shek checked the ward and saw a faint light in a room. He thought it was a student soldier who did not follow the schedule and was very angry. He immediately opened the door. He saw a man lighting a candle and reading a book with the help of the faint light. At first, Chiang Kai-shek thought it was a novel, but when he picked it up, he found it was the book "Three Principles of the People", and immediately turned anger into joy. Jiang looked at this person again. Although he was not good-looking, he had a kind of aura in his eyebrows. Jiang asked, "What's your name? Where are you from?" When this person saw that it was Principal Jiang, he immediately stood attentively and replied, "I am a student Chen Cheng, from Zhejiang." Then Chiang Kai-shek asked, "What is the Three Principle of the People advocated by Premier Sun?" "Do you remember the preaching preaching of the Prime Minister to the teachers and students of the school at the beginning of the school?" Chen Cheng then recited it one by one. After hearing this, Chiang Kai-shek nodded repeatedly and patted his shoulder: "Okay! OK! The poem says: The wind and rain are like darkness, and the roosters crow, you should work hard!" The next morning, after the morning exercise, Chiang Kai-shek announced: Promote Chen Cheng to the Major Artillery Captain to encouragement.

1925 New Year's Day, Whampoa Military Academy established Artillery Battalion . Chen Cheng was appointed as the company commander of the first company by Chiang Kai-shek. In February, he participated in the first eastern expedition of and attacked Chen Jiongming. In the Battle of Mianhu, Chen Cheng made up his country with three shots, laying the foundation for his future promotion and development in one fell swoop.

Mianhu Battle is one of the three most worthy battles in Chiang Kai-shek's life. This battle not only affected the victory or defeat of Chiang Kai-shek's first battle since presided over the Whampoa Military Academy; it was also directly related to whether he could obtain the supreme military command of the Kuomintang. The first training regiment of the Whampoa Military Academy was the main force. At that time, the 1st training regiment had only 1,000 people, and the enemy was as high as 10 times. The battle went from dawn to 4 pm, and nearly one-third of the officers and soldiers of the regiment suffered casualties. The 1st training regiment could still bear huge pressure, which made Chiang Kai-shek anxious.At this critical moment, Chen Cheng, whose right arm was injured, gritted his teeth and walked up to the turret, aimed the gun at the enemy's command post, fired three guns in a row, and all the shells bloomed in the enemy's base camp. These three artillery immediately boosted morale, and the artillery soldiers of the entire company were all cheered up. The enemy was scattered by artillery fire and fled everywhere. Finally, the Battle of Mianhu was won.

Later, Chen Cheng established the " Civil Engineering System " in the Kuomintang Army with the teacher-student relationship (because his starting troops were the 11th Division of the Kuomintang Army and the 18th Army . This unit was named after the "earth" was dismantled into "eleventh" and "wood" was dismantled into "eleventh" and the "eighteenth" was dismantled into "eleventh"). His troops had many fierce battles with the Japanese army during the War of Resistance Against Japan, which also made the name of the "civil and engineering" troops even louder. By the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, they had been regarded as one of the five main forces of the national army. The "Civil Engineering System" has successively produced four first-level generals, three chiefs of staff, two commanders-in-chief of the Navy, one commander-in-chief of the Air Force, one commander-in-chief of the Joint Logistics, more than 20 commanders, and hundreds of division commanders and regiment commanders.

Chiang Kai-shek always handed over the most important task to Chen Cheng at the most critical moment. What was that the reason that made him so trusted by Chiang? It is said that when Chiang Kai-shek promoted people, there were three unwritten regulations. One was to reuse soldiers from the Huangpu , because Chiang started his family with the Huangpu rank. The second is to reuse fellow villagers. The third is to reuse people who are very loyal to Chiang Kai-shek personally. Only Chen Cheng has both these three conditions. In addition to these three conditions, Chen Cheng also has another special relationship with Chiang Kai-shek. In December 1931, Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling personally acted as mediators and introduced Chiang Kai-shek's goddaughter and Soong Mei-ling's classmate Tan Xiang when she was studying in the United States to Chen Cheng. The combination of Chen and Tan made Chen and Jiang not only have a relationship between fellow townsmen and Huangpu, but also a relationship between father-in-law and son-in-law.

After Chen Cheng's death, Jiang Zeng wrote an elephant couplet:

Luan Zhijie has reached the last moment of struggle, and it is worth celebrating this national sorrow. It is indeed a matter of

Revolutionary cause is still in the stage of completion together, and I have to endure my Yuanfu. Isn't it impossible to hang out with my twelve disciples? Dai Li, the twelve disciples. : The most practical student

Dai Li is one of the most legendary figures in modern Chinese history. "Boss", "King of Chinese Intelligence", "Gestapo of China", "Himler of China", "Cheng Kai-shek's Sword"?? These all kinds of nicknames, although they cannot describe the true face of this character, they also reflect a certain aspect of this mysterious character. Among Chiang Kai-shek's many Huangpu disciples, Dai Li may be a servant, searching for a large amount of information for Chiang and making great contributions. He can be regarded as Chiang's most "practical" student.

Dai Li entered the sixth session of the Whampoa Military Academy at the age of thirty. At that time, the struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party triggered by the Zhongshan ship incident was fermenting in Huangpu. At this time, Dai Li played the role of a "silent friend" in the debate between the two sides. But secretly, he was paying attention to the words and deeds of both parties, secretly collecting materials from each classmate, showing his talent as an agent . The information he collected quickly came in handy. During the "Purgatory of the Party" after April 12, he reported secretly to Hu Jingan, who was in charge of the Political Department and carried out the "Purgatory of the Party" task several times, exposing more than 20 Communist Party members and students. While "silence", Dai Li showed his sociable side. He had been familiar with him from the official to the soldier for more than half a month. He doesn't smoke, but he carries matches, paper cigarettes, etc. with him; he can drink alcohol, so he often invites people, including orchid beans, peanuts, , watermelon seeds, , etc. He made friends with teachers and students, and they all vary from person to person. Northerners love to drink strong alcohol, while Guangdong people love to smoke robber cigarettes. He made friends with each other based on their characteristics, which attracted everyone's favor.

Soon after, Dai Li was found to have enough pockets for buying gifts and food. Before graduation, he fled from Huangpu to join Hu Jingan, who was already working in intelligence with Jiang. He lied that because he sued the students in the purge, someone now took the opportunity to retaliate and requested protection. In this way, Dai Li got the opportunity to approach Chiang Kai-shek.

In July 1927, Jiang established a secret investigation team, and Dai Li was one of his members.Dai Li quickly showed his special talent here, but it was difficult to see Jiang directly with Dai's identity at that time, and he was unwilling to always pass it on by others. For this reason, he often waited at the door of the General Command of the National Revolutionary Army or the official residence of the Central Military Academy. When Chiang's car slowed down and arrived, Dai Xian stood at attention from a distance, saluted a military salute, then quickly stepped forward and handed over the materials with both hands. At first, Jiang did not pay attention to Dai's information, and often read it briefly and threw it aside. But over time, Chiang Kai-shek felt that Dai Li's spirit was really commendable, and he found that most of his intelligence was from first-hand information , so he gradually took it seriously and began to pay attention to Dai Li's intelligence talent.

Xi'an Incident in 1936 demonstrates Dai's absolute loyalty to Jiang. Before the incident, Dai Li repeatedly reported to Chiang that the morale of the Northwest Army was unstable, and Chiang still went. After Chiang was arrested, many of Chiang's confidants hid, but Dai risked his life to accompany Soong Mei-ling to Xi'an to save Chiang. In 1939, when Dai Li was appointed as the head of the guard group of the Kuomintang Central Training Corps, Chiang Kai-shek discovered that his disciples had not graduated from Huangpu, so he wrote a note to recognize Dai Li's official qualification for the sixth term of the Whampoa Military Academy.

Dai Li's research on Chiang Kai-shek's psychology and personality was meticulous and painstaking. When Chiang Kai-shek issued orders, he used "hand warrants" all the time, but he had always been very secretive about the work of spies and rarely issued "hand warrants", especially when it involved assassination and divisiveness, he was even more cautious and did not leave any clues to avoid giving people a handle. Based on this, Dai Li insisted on making oral reports to Chiang Kai-shek for any sensitive political topics, and he only used his brain to record certain instructions from Chiang Kai-shek and never recorded them. When returning to the Military Bureau, headquarters, Dai Li usually only talks about "responsibility" and does not explain any explanation. Chiang Kai-shek also secretly praised Dai Li's method.

Dai Li also took great pains to address Chiang Kai-shek. When he spoke to his peers, he called him an old man; when he called him a principal to the Whampoa soldiers; at a large ceremony at the commemorative conference, he respected Chiang Kai-shek as the leader; in front of his subordinates, he called Chiang Kai-shek a school seat or commission seat to show his respect for Chiang Kai-shek and the relationship between the two.

Chiang Kai-shek has a violent and rough personality and often scolds his subordinates, even hits others. But Chiang Kai-shek also has a principle: it is not that the confidant and the confidant will not beat him, but that the person who is beaten must be valued. When Chiang Kai-shek beat Dai Li, he often scolded him and then knelt down. When he was punished, he punched and kicked him up without any scruples. This shows how deep Chiang Kai-shek trusted Dai Li. Every time Dai Li was beaten, he had no complaints and was proud.

Dai Li is very in line with Chiang Kai-shek's employment standards - talents plus slaves. In 1946, Dai Li unfortunately died due to a plane crash. Jiang regretted the news and lamented in his eulogy: "Only the death of the king cannot be compensated."

05, Twelve disciples Hu Zongnan: The most valued student

Hu Zongnan is a grassroots student in Huangpu First class. He had no background but in less than five years he completed the transformation from a second lieutenant intern to a division commander. He has a close relationship with Chen Lifu and Dai Li, and both sides are attracted by the " Zhongtong " and " Military Control Commission ". After the Xi'an Incident, he almost immediately helped Dai Li go to save Chiang Kai-shek with his knife. He was the first commander of the Huangpu student in the Kuomintang army, the commander-in-chief of the First Corps, the commander-in-chief of the first army group, the commander-in-chief of the first theater commander, the first general, and the only person who obtained the third general star before leaving the mainland. Principal Jiang’s respect and trust in this student made many students far beyond the reach of them.

1924, Hu Zongnan went to Guangzhou and was admitted to the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy. When Hu Zongnan entered school, he was eliminated during physical examination and because his height was less than 1.6 meters. He was wise in a hurry and shouted, "If you are short, you can't join the army or revolution? Napoleon are shorter than me, and Mr. Sun Yat-sen is also short!" This noise alarmed Liao Zhongkai, the representative of the Whampoa Military Academy. With Liao's concession, Hu Zongnan was able to take the exam and was admitted.

11 On January 13, 1931, Hu Zongnan was promoted to Lieutenant General of the 1st Division, and began to establish his own military system and form the "Youth League Group" of the Huangpu Group. Hu Zongnan ranked first among Chiang Kai-shek's "Thirteen Taibaos" and claimed to be the "Prince" of the Huangpu system.

In July 1942, Hu Zongnan was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of the 8th War Zone and commander-in-chief of the 34th Army Group. He held real power in the 8th War Zone, stationed troops in the northwest, blocked and invaded the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, and was known as the "Northwest King". Hu Zongnan, who held heavy troops, established a powerful small faction within the Huangpu Clan-Hu Zongnan Clan.

Jiang also saw Hu Zongnan's value. Chen Lifu even wanted to promote the marriage between Hu Zongnan and Kong Lingjun (also known as Kong Lingwei ), so as to confirm his relationship with Kong Xiangxi and Hu Zongnan. This young lady not only had her father the then Minister of Finance Kong Xiangxi, but her godmother was Chiang Kai-shek's wife Soong Mei-ling. If you can marry Kong Er, it will be related to all four major families. This introduction is still quite tempting even for Hu Zongnan, the "Northwest King" who has dominated the country.

This Miss Kong Er is a famous character. She loves to dress up as a man, smokes cigars, plays pistols, drives racing, and is unrestrained. What's more serious is that Kong Er's sexual orientation has always been unclear. So later, he openly lived with women and went to the dance hall to hunt for beauty. She also learned to take concubines from men, and interviewed and drafted by her business recruitment staff. Her position name was: Life Secretary. It looks like an Wu Zetian style. Of course, these are all later stories. When Chen Lifu was a matchmaker, Miss Kong Er's potential was not so clear, otherwise she would not have agreed to a blind date. But her perverse words and deeds also reached Hu Zongnan's ears.

Chen Lifu of the "Central Administration" wants to introduce a partner to Hu Zongnan! This makes Dai Li, the leader of the Military Control Commission, feel uncomfortable. He rushed to Dai Li's house before the two officially went on a blind date. He tried his best to dissuade him: "Miss Kong Er, I think she was born in the wrong child in her previous life. She was obviously a male embryo, but she became a woman. Look at her thick eyebrows, big eyes, a wide nose and mouth, and she also loves women to dress up as a man, so it is difficult to tell whether the male or female is a bit feminine." It is said that Hu Zongnan disguised himself to visit Kong Er before the official blind date. Seeing that Kong Erguo was a monster that was difficult to distinguish between male and female, he was rude and arrogant, wearing a tie and smoking a cigar. With such a bad first impression at the bottom, Hu Zongnan's negative performance was not difficult to imagine when the two officially went on a blind date. On that day, Miss Kong Er, who specially wore a skirt and high heels for Hu Zongnan, returned home and couldn't help but curse: "It's him that Hu Zongnan became the emperor, and I, Kong, have no interest in him."

After the outbreak of the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Hu Zongnan led 400,000 elite national troops and fought with the 20,000 Communist troops in the northwest for more than two years. Apart from conquering an empty city, Yan'an, he found almost nothing. In April 1948, after a series of failures, Hu Zongnan gave up Yan'an. At this time, there was still a whole year before Nanjing was liberated. Throughout 1949, Hu Zongnan's group was repeatedly attacked and its troops were eliminated by the People's Liberation Army. On March 26, 1950, the People's Liberation Army approached Xichang Airport, and Hu Zongnan handed over the command of the remaining 60,000 troops to the Chief of Staff, and quietly fled to Taiwan. If such a thing as escaping in the last battle is placed on others, Principal Jiang will definitely order a shooting execution. However, when Taiwan’s “supervisory committee member” impeached Hu Zongnan in May, Chiang Kai-shek took the lead in leading a group of veterans to deal with Hu Zongnan, and finally landed safely in August of that year.

06: Twelve disciples Zhang Lingfu : The best student

Zhang Lingfu is a typical scholar and a tall, rich and handsome man in the Republic of China: he is 1.87 meters tall and is known as the most beautiful man in Huangpu. He has been studying in a private school since he was a child and has written very well. He is at ease in the History Department of Peking University or Huangpu Internship. On the battlefield, he won every battle and was brave and heroic. He also created his own military books during the war. The troops he led were called "China's First Terror Army" by the Japanese and were referred to as Chiang Kai-shek's " Imperial Guard " by his colleagues.

When Zhang Lingfu was admitted to the fourth session of Huangpu, the students in the first two sessions had already graduated, and the first two sessions were all crash courses in half a year. In contrast, the fourth period of course setting is much more meticulous. The fourth period of enlistment will be six months for the education period. After the promotion of an officer, you will study military academic for another year. Unfortunately, due to the urgent shortage of staff in the Northern Expedition , students from Huangpu Fourth Graduation Graduated early, and the school condensed the officer education courses for this period into eight months.

In February 1926, enlisted students underwent a screening examination. Qualified intra-school students are divided into infantry officer student regiment (first regiment) and reserve officer student regiment (second regiment). To put it bluntly, it’s the same as the school’s experimental class and the ordinary class. Zhang Lingfu was assigned to the Second Company of the Second Regiment at that time, while Lin Biao, another celebrity alumnus of the fourth phase of Huangpu, was assigned to the Third Company of the Second Regiment. The famous generals of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party did not enter the experimental class, which shows the focus of the Whampoa Military Academy's three-point military and seven-point political class. At that time, the left and right factions in Huangpu were fiercely competitive, and even a small group was established in the school. Zhang Lingfu, a passionate scholar who joined the army, did not get involved in this fierce debate on faith. The memory of participating in the student parade at Peking University made him deeply realize that military strength is much more reliable than verbal skills. He is familiar with the lecture notes of various military courses and is a well-deserved outstanding student. This also laid a solid foundation for his future fate of "the ever-victorious general".

When Zhang was working diligently, Principal Jiang was not idle either. Every week, he always takes time to have a heart-to-heart talk with some students he likes one-on-one and asks about his well-being. This trick worked especially for young students. Zhang Lingfu, who has been familiar with "Song of Righteousness" and "Manjianghong" since childhood, has made up his mind to live a life of Principal Jiang for the rest of his life.

This loyal student was unmatched in the desperate momentum of the War of Resistance Against Japan. He participated in almost all the major battles during the eight-year war of resistance. During the "August 13th" defense battle in Shanghai, Zhang Lingfu, as the regiment commander, jumped out of the trenches with more than 100 suicide squadrons to chase the enemy. He also repelled the enemy's charges seven times in this battle. Xuzhou Battle , Zhang Lingfu, who was the leader, was shot in the forehead and fell into a coma for six hours. Until his death, many shrapnel were still not removed. Nanchang Battle , Zhang Lingfu was shot several times with his right leg, and Chiang Kai-shek personally ordered Zhang Lingfu to be sent to Hong Kong for treatment. Unexpectedly, shortly after the operation, Zhang Lingfu saw in the newspaper that "soldiers should not go abroad for recuperation during wartime" and forced his return to the army with his sick legs, and he was nicknamed "lame-legged general". It is said that a foreign journalist once asked him whether he thought China could win the War of Resistance. He said "must be." But when the reporter asked, "What do you think you will do after victory?" Zhang Lingfu said lightly: "I was dead by that time."

After the outbreak of the Liberation War, Zhang Lingfu's 74th Division was invincible. Rushing around the liberated area of ​​northern Jiangsu. Zhang Lingfu even threatened that "if there are ten reorganized 74th divisions, , we can unify the whole of China!" However, the "ever-victorious general" who took Napoleon as his example for his life finally ushered in his own Waterloo. This most outstanding student in Huangpu is estimated to have reached the five main columns of the Communist Army in Menglianggu. How would the 150,000 army besieged him? It is also estimated that his troops of less than 30,000 can last up to three days. He had enough confidence in his excellence, but he did not expect that his excellence would become his death knell. At the beginning, he competed with Li Tianxia for the commander of 74 Army. Before the battle began, he dismissed Huang Baitao's dissuasion of Huang Baitao's . In addition, his years of military achievements inevitably attracted a lot of jealousy. The 74th Division's excellence and arrogance have long been famous, so how could he ask for their reinforcements? His persistence did not wait for the ending of "comfort inside and outside, and blooming in the center". None of the so-called "friendly troops" came to rescue with all their might. He just let Zhang Lingfu die on Menglianggu. According to Chen Danhuai, son of Chen Yi, recalled: "In three days, the fastest reinforcement force only walked ten kilometers." At the last moment of

, the chief of staff of the reorganized 74th Division even lowered his posture and shouted on the radio: "Please take the party and the country's sake, and for Mr. Zhong Lin, please help me." Zhong Lin is Zhang Lingfu's former name.After Meng Lianggu was killed and achieved success, Zhang Lingfu was named "the No. martyr of the Republic of China" by Chiang Kai-shek.

07: Du Yuming, the Twelve Disciples: The Most Obedient Student

Remember that there is such a scene in a movie that reflects the War of Liberation.

During the Battle of Jinan , when Du Yuming received a call from Chiang Kai-shek from Nanjing, he stood attentively and answered repeatedly: "Yes! Yes! Follow the principal's instructions." The staff officer on the side reminded him: "At this time, rescue Jinan is not enough to relieve near-thirst for Wang Yaowu, but for our troops, it is a pocket formation of the Communist army." He also said: "If the telephone line between the front line and Nanjing is broken, the national army can win the battle." Du Yuming said seriously and helplessly: "The principal's order must be listened to."

Du Yuming is probably the most obedient student of Principal Jiang. Because of obedience, he brought the main force of the national army into a desperate situation twice.

In the early spring of 1924, Du Yuming, who was under 20 years old, came to Beijing to apply for Peking University . I accidentally saw an advertisement for enrollment in the Whampoa Military Academy in the magazine "New Youth" and resolutely chose to apply for the Whampoa Military Academy. During his time at school, Du Yuming was never careless about learning. He devoted himself to the demonstration and simulation of military courses such as infantry, artillery, and engineers set up by the military academy. Du Yuming also participated in the battle to combat the Guangzhou reactionary merchant regiment. This was his first time experiencing a real battle on the battlefield.

Du Yuming's military career afterwards was quite smooth. In November 1939, he was appointed commander of the 5th Army and led his troops to participate in the southern Guangxi Battle , commanding the Kunlun Pass in southern Guangxi to fight against Japan, severely damaging the 5th Japanese Division, known as the "Steel Army". In March 1942, Du Yuming was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the 1st Route of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and the commander of the 5th Army, and led his troops to participate in the Yunnan-Burma battle against Japan. Expeditionary Force entered Myanmar to fight, but suffered failure. American Stilwell fled to India and ordered all troops to retreat to Wen Zha to enter India. Chiang Kai-shek ordered his troops to move forward and retreat to Myitkyina and Pangma. Two completely opposite orders put Du Yuming in a painful choice. When the Expeditionary Force set off, Du Yuming personally asked Chiang Kai-shek about his own question of "being under the command of General Stilwell General ": "What should we do if Stilwell's order does not conform to your decision?" Chiang Kai-shek said: "You call me for instructions before talking." Du was determined to follow Chiang Kai-shek's order and retreat to the border. This is Huangpu student. Sun Liren, who was not Huangpu student at that time, led the new 38th Division of to retreat westward to India, and later formed the army stationed in India. The Fifth Army crossed Wild Man Mountain back home, and suffered a great loss. When entering the mountain, all the heavy weapons of the entire army were blown up. Not only that, the wild man was rarely visited and had difficulty in maintaining supplies. In the mountains and ridges, the soldiers of the Fifth Army encountered swarms of mosquitoes and lees. The officers and soldiers along the way died one after another, and their bodies were wild and tragic.

After Du Yuming's remnants of the Fifth Army returned to China, he repeatedly reviewed Chiang Kai-shek and said, "The student commander is incompetent, please punish the principal." But because of his obedience, Chiang Kai-shek not only did not punish him, but instead promoted Du to commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army and commander-in-chief of Kunming's defensive defense. If you are obedient, you don’t have to take responsibility. This is Chiang Kai-shek’s “commitment” to Du Yuming.

In June 1948, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Du Yuming as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuzhou "Suppression Chief" and commander of the Second Corps. Shortly after taking office, Du was ordered by Chiang Kai-shek to command the Second, Sixteenth and Thirteenth Corps to reinforce Jinan. Du Yuming knew that the People's Liberation Army was "surrounding the points and attacking aid", but he did not dare to disobey the "principal's hand order". On the way, he learned that Jinan had fallen and Wang Yaowu was captured, and Du Cai hurriedly ordered the troops to stop advancing.

During the Huaihai Battle, Huang Baitao's Corps was annihilated. At that time, Du Yuming's troops fought with the People's Liberation Army several times, but were not good, and their morale was low, and they had lost the ability to win the field battle with the People's Liberation Army. Du Yuming proposed to Chiang Kai-shek the combat principle of "If you fight, you won't leave, and if you walk, you won't fight." That is, if you fight a decisive battle with the People's Liberation Army, you will fight in Xuzhou. If you want to give up Xuzhou and retreat strategically, then leave quickly and do not engage in battle with the Communist army. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek agreed.Unexpectedly, when Du Yuming's corps retreated towards Yongcheng as planned, he suddenly received a handwritten letter from Chiang Kai-shek, asking Du to stop advancing towards Yongcheng, turn to the mouth of Suxikou, and advance forward, and work with Bengbu to advance northward to Li Yannian's corps to lift the siege of Huang Wei's corps. Du felt that Jiang's order would lead to the annihilation of the entire army, and he did not dare to ignore the principal's words. As a result, he was surrounded by the People's Liberation Army.

When the People's Liberation Army launched a full-scale attack on the Kuomintang army besieged in Chenguanzhuang, Du Yuming was completely disappointed and said sadly: "It's probably too late to do it today. It's against the orders and cannot be the whole division. What's the face of seeing the old man!" When the entire army was defeated, Du Yuming sent Jiang the last telegram, saying: "The troops are in chaos and cannot last until tomorrow. They can only break through the siege that night." In the end, this obedient student became a prisoner of the Communist Party.

08, The Twelve Disciples Zheng Dongguo: The most rebellious student

He uses his troops steady and boldness, and is good at night attacks. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he was the commander of the army, and fought in the Great Wall, up and down the Yangtze River, and in the foreign lands of India and Burma. He was a famous anti-Japanese general who was terrifying the battlefield. From the Eastern Expedition, the Northern Expedition, and the War of Resistance, he had outstanding military achievements and gradually became a general that Chiang Kai-shek relied on. But in the civil war, he became a defeated general, ignored Chiang Kai-shek's three orders, and became Chiang Kai-shek's "most thorny" student, and surrendered. He is Zheng Dongguo of the first phase of Huangpu.

Zheng Dongguo is a student of the first phase of Huangpu, but when he entered Huangpu, he impersonated him, which is probably unique in the history of the Huangpu Military Academy. On the first phase of Huangpu admission list, there were two students named Huang Ao. Coincidentally, both of them were organized in the second team. When they were on the training and named, they both responded with each other. However, these two Huang Ao are different from true or false, one is the real Huang Ao and the other is Zheng Dongguo.

It turned out that Zheng Dongguo, who was determined to join the army, had already missed the application for the military academy when he rushed from Hunan to Guangdong. However, his fellow villager Huang Ao was worried that he would not pass the exam in one time and signed up twice. Unexpectedly, he became a top spot on the list for the first time, so he was left with a quota and was waiting for it. He suggested that Zheng Dongguo take the exam by taking the exam by taking the exam by taking the name. Zheng Dongguo had no choice but to apply for Huangpu in the name of Huang Ao. As a result, a few days later, the names of the two Huang Ao appeared on the admission list at the same time. Fortunately, this embarrassment did not last long. He explained the situation to the school and understood it without prosecution. His name was changed back to Zhengdongguo.

Although Zheng Dongguo is not a Communist Party member, because his fellow townsmen and friends Huang Ao and Wang Erzhuo were all Communist Party members, during his time at the Whampoa Military Academy, he was always close to the Communist Party in terms of thought, which made Chiang Kai-shek distrust and refused to use him at the beginning of his graduation. It was not until 1930 that Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army attacked Chiang Kai-shek at night, and the Central Army caught off guard and retreated across the board. Zheng Dongguo, who was the regiment commander at the time, risked his life to defend his position and made contributions. He was later promoted to brigade commander and gradually gained Chiang's trust. After that, he rose all the way. He was one of the first Kuomintang generals to participate in the Anti-Japanese War. He has participated in the Battle of Gubeikou of the Great Wall, the Battle of Baoding of Pinghan Road, the Battle of Taierzhuang, the Battle of Xuzhou, and the Battle of Kunlun Pass. In the spring of 1943, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Zheng Dongguo as the commander of the New 1st Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and participated in the battle to recapture Myitkyina, a key land in northern Myanmar. In September 1944, he was promoted to the deputy commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in India, becoming one of the most trusted generals of a generation of anti-Japanese generals and Chiang.

But this general who was already trusted by Chiang explained to Chiang Kai-shek what it means to "a general who is outside the king's order is not accepted." In March 1948, Zheng Dongguo was "ordered" to come to Changchun, surrounded by the People's Liberation Army. At this time, Changchun was surrounded by the People's Liberation Army on all sides and had become an isolated city in a completely sense. As time went by, the food shortage became more and more serious, and the airdrop Zheng Dongguo asked Chiang Kai-shek for was useless. As the situation developed, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Zheng Dongguo, who was alone in Changchun, to lead his troops to break through three times. On October 10, Chiang Kai-shek sent an airplane to drop a handwritten letter to Zheng Dongguo and others. The general idea is: the airborne food supply can no longer be continued, so the Changchun defenders ordered to break eastward immediately, and on the day of breaking through, they would send planes to cover it.Zheng Dongguo and others believed that officers and soldiers had been hungry for a long time and their legs were swollen and difficult to walk. Not only did they fail to break through, but they would be dead if they broke out. Finally, Zheng Dongguo replied to Chiang Kai-shek and stated the reasons why he could not break through. Then, Chiang Kai-shek sent a second telegram, urging Zheng to break through again. Zheng summoned Zeng Zesheng and others to discuss again and believed that even if he was expected to break through, he would be wiped out halfway. After discussion, Zheng Dongguo sent this intention to Chiang Kai-shek again.

On October 15, on the day the People's Liberation Army conquered Jinzhou, Chiang Kai-shek proposed another stern-worded order to strictly enforce Zheng Dongguo. Otherwise, "if it delays again, it will be punished by military law." Zheng had no choice but to divide the Changchun defenders into two columns, left and right columns: Zeng Zesheng's 60th army is on the left and Li Hong's new 7th army is on the right, and each operates in different directions.

But the transfer had not yet begun, and the military headquarters called and said that Zeng Zesheng's 60th Army had revolted. Zheng Dongguo and others' retreat plan suddenly became vague. In desperation, he decided to "realize" after writing a farewell letter to Chiang Kai-shek, but found that his gun had been hidden. Later, after being persuaded by his subordinates and the struggle of the Communist Party, Zheng decided to surrender. On the side of the Kuomintang, because Zheng said "repaying his life with death" in his reply to Chiang, the Kuomintang Central News Agency reported on October 23 that Zheng Dongguo had "been heroic and sacrificed his life for the country." Chiang Kai-shek called on senior party, government and military officials to learn the spirit of Zheng Dongguo's destruction and loyalty to the party and the country.

At this time, the surrendered Zheng Dongguo had arrived in the liberated area and was warmly welcomed in Harbin.

09, Huang Wei of the Twelve Disciples: The most dogmatic student

Huang Wei was born to be a scholar rather than a military general. After graduating from a normal school with excellent grades in his early years, he returned to his hometown in Jiangxi to work as a primary school teacher. Huang Wei could have spent a peaceful and elegant life in the school, but perhaps because the scholar was too angry, he offended the local gentry and had to resign. It happened to be the enrollment of the Whampoa Military Academy. Huang Wei's senior, Fang Zhimin, who was respected by him when he was in the normal school, encouraged him to apply together. The 20-year-old Huang Wei joined the army. However, Fang Zhimin did not go to Guangzhou to participate in the re-examination. He only told Huang Wei that he had other important things and left in a hurry. Fang Zhimin is already a Communist Party member and was appointed by the organization to Jiangxi, so he had to keep Huang Wei secret. After Huang Wei entered Huangpu, he collectively filled out the form and joined the Kuomintang. This separation is always separated by the end.

Chiang Kai-shek during the Huangpu period was full of energy and liked to talk about Confucianism such as loyal ministers and good generals. Huang Wei, who was both civil and military, and had a strong traditional temperament of a scholar, respected him very much. Huang Wei studied hard and did rigorously. He performed well in two Eastern Expeditions. During his time at school, he was taught by Chiang Kai-shek alone many times. After 1927, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were greatly diverted, and Huang Wei, who believed in the "orthodox idea" of the Three Principles of the People, naturally chose to follow Principal Jiang.

In the autumn of 1928, Chiang Kai-shek established the 11th Army Division and appointed Huang Wei as the commander of the division. In the same year, he went to the Army University to study. Later, he was sent to Germany to study, making Huang Wei one of the most orthodox military education in the national army. In 1938, Chiang Kai-shek handed over the 18th Army, one of the five main forces of the National Army, to Huang Wei. The 34-year-old Huang Wei became the commander and became an important figure in the "civil engineering system" led by Chen Cheng. On the way to Jiangxi, Chiang Kai-shek summoned Huang Wei and gave him a portrait photo of himself, which read "Pei my general to memorialize." Huang Wei's name is "官网", and Chiang Kai-shek wrote it as Pei Me, whether it was a typo or a deliberate change of name. Huang Wei understood that this was Chiang Kai-shek's intention to cultivate him, and since then he changed his name to cultivate me.

Huang Wei has never had much interest in fighting and has the nickname of "nerd" in the national army. After experiencing the fierce War of Resistance Against Japan, Huang Wei devoted himself to military education and prepared to establish a new military officer school in Wuhan, and personally served as the principal. In the autumn of 1948, in order to fight the People's Liberation Army, Chiang Kai-shek established the 12th Corps and appointed Huang Wei as the commander-in-chief. Huang Wei was reluctant, but he could not let Chiang Kai-shek down for many years. He said that he would go back to run my school after the battle. Chiang Kai-shek agreed to his request, but he soon became a prisoner. In his later years, he was interviewed by American journalists and talked about this experience. Huang Wei said: "He is my teacher, my principal, and my chief for many years. I can only listen to him."

In the Huaihai Battle, the last fight with Huang Wei was Chen Geng, an old classmate of Huangpu. In order to understand his nerdy personality, Chen Geng simply broke the military rules, gave up the occupied positions, and set up ambush on both wings. Huang Wei was indeed deceived and rushed into Chen Geng's encirclement. When he was captured, although Huang Wei changed into the captain's clothes, he still contained an omega watch and a parker pen in his pocket. It was seen by the People's Liberation Army soldiers that he was not an ordinary person.

In the War Criminal Management Office, Huang Wei was unique and often read "Song of Righteousness" aloud. He copied the "Lime Song" and treated Wen Tianxiang and Yu Qian as their own. At the study symposium, he refused to call Chiang Kai-shek the Jiang bandit according to the writing method in the materials, and refused to call him directly, and always called him "President Chiang" and "President Chiang". At the study meeting that denounced the corruption of the four major families, Huang Wei, who rarely spoke, slapped the counterattack of the old Huangpu classmate present, saying that Chiang Kai-shek lived a frugal life and did not touch alcohol. Several public conflicts angered the war criminals who were willing to make progress. Qiu Xingxiang mocked Huang Wei in public, saying that he didn't even want the name given by his father in order to get promoted and make money. What else do you want to talk about? Qiu Xingxiang refers to Huang Wei's past when he accepted Chiang Kai-shek's "name".

In 1959, Qiu Xingxiang, Yang Botao and others became the first batch of amnesty war criminals and were released. It is said that Huang Wei was originally on the list, but because he was not as good as his, he had to find another position in the civil engineering department, Qiu and Yang, who were not as good as him. During his long transformation career, Huang Wei was obsessed with developing "permanent motion machines". Although many scientific researchers told him that this was contrary to the common sense of physics, he still looked at materials and conducted experiments in the spirit of Yugong. The War Criminal Management Institute even specially transferred four technicians and several war criminals from science backgrounds, and formed a scientific research team with Huang Wei. Zhou Enlai specially approved funds for his research. . This doomed "scientific research" and the "small stomp" that Huang Wei took after falling ill in his later years was said to cost more than 200,000 yuan.

In 1975, the seventh and last national amnesty meeting of war criminals was held at the Fushun War Criminals Management Institute, and Huang Wei finally became famous on the list. The special treatments in the management institute have been moved by him for many years, but many of his inner principles have never been broken through. He never said a bad word from Chiang Kai-shek until his death. An American reporter asked him about Chiang Kai-shek's evaluation, and he said: "This man is a hero, but his set is outdated, so he failed. "

10, Qiu Qingquan, the Twelve Disciples: The most superstitious student

Qiu Qingquan, because he was desperate for his life in war, he was nicknamed "Qiu Crazy", and was one of the few generals among Chiang Kai-shek's students. Qiu Qingquan has two characteristics in his thoughts - orthodoxy and superstitiousness.

1922, 20-year-old Qiu Qingquan was admitted to Shanghai Department of Social Sciences. During his studies at Shanghai University, Qiu Qingquan was influenced by the Kuomintang veteran Yu Youren. He realized that the Kuomintang was orthodox, so he deliberately defected. For this reason, Qiu Qingquan also deliberately calculated a fortune, saying that his fortune was "to the south, and there were noble people to help him." Qiu Qingquan went south to Guangzhou and entered the Whampoa Military Academy. Before leaving, he wrote heroically in a letter to his father: "The hero has three feet of sword in his hand, and the hero has 100,000 soldiers in his chest."

Qiu Qingquan was admitted to the second phase of Huangpu, and was influenced by Chiang Kai-shek's teachings. Chiang during the Huangpu period Jieshi was in his prime and full of heroism, which made Qiu Qingquan feel even more that his "life" was in the national army, and Chiang Kai-shek was a "noble man".

Chiang Kai-shek always praised Zeng Guofan's skill in knowing people. Qiu Qingquan, who was ordinary in appearance and stunned, did not leave much impression on "Principal Jiang". However, the Communists extended an olive branch to Qiu Qingquan, who was from a poor family since childhood. However, Qiu Qingquan had "orthodox" thoughts and did not take the Communist Party seriously. He believed that only by following Chiang Kai-shek was orthodox and had a future. No sparks were created with the Communist Party.

In May 1927, Ninghan split, Qiu Qingquan was arrested and detained by the Communist Party in the military academy confinement room. After being imprisoned for more than ten days, Qiu Qingquan escaped and went to Nanjing to join "President Jiang". Perhaps because of such "captured" experience, Qiu Qingquan's career was not smooth. In May 1934, Qiu Qingquan was in operation and was sent to the Berlin Army University in Germany for further studies. In Germany, Qiu Qingquan was fortunate to study with famous German generals such as Guderian.

In May 1937, Qiu Qingquan returned to China after completing his studies and performed extraordinaryly in the Battle of Nanjing. Seeing the Japanese atrocities in Nanjing, he had a deep hatred for the Japanese army. As long as he confronted the Japanese army, he was so excited that he rushed like crazy and rushed. When the Japanese army heard the name of "Qiu Crazy".

In the 1940 Kunlun Pass Battle, Qiu Qingquan decisively attacked the Japanese army, occupied Liutang, and cut off the Japanese army's retreat, laying the foreshadowing for the Chinese army to achieve the great victory in Kunlun Pass. After the war, the National Government awarded Qiu Qingquan the fourth-class treasure trove medal and was transferred to the position of deputy commander of the 5th Army. Later, he made many military achievements in the counterattack in western Yunnan.

In the early stage of the civil war, Qiu Qingquan won the flag and defeated the People's Liberation Army many times. He once boasted: "The People's Liberation Army will not fight when it is fifth (the 5th Army)." When Qiu Qingquan was appointed as the commander of the Second Corps, he said to the principal: "I will fight with the Communist bandits to the death!" Unexpectedly, his words came true.

As the war gradually became unfavorable to the national army, Qiu Qingquan's superstitious habits became more and more serious. Before the Huaihai Battle, Qiu Qingquan was ordered to lead his troops to station in Shangqiu, Henan. At that time, Qiu Qingquan thought that "Shangqiu" and "Shangqiu" were homophones, and was very unhappy. He reported several times to his superiors and requested to evacuate Shangqiu. Later, Qiu Qingquan and Du Yuming were surrounded by the People's Liberation Army in Chenguanzhuang. Seeing that the situation was over and the road was at a loss, his superstition was devastated again. He insisted that the tree growing in the yard of Du Yuming's command formed the word "四" and repeatedly encouraged Du Yuming to cut off the tree, which made Du Yuming laugh and cry, so he had to cut off the tree.

On December 6, 1948, Du Yuming's group's 300,000 army was surrounded by the People's Liberation Army in Chenguanzhuang area. In Chenguanzhuang, Qiu Qingquan's troops suffered more casualties and became smaller in positions, while the PLA attacked more and more, and the more they fought, the more they became stronger in morale. Seeing that the army was extremely disintegrating and the wind of escape was very strong, many officers and soldiers ran to the opposite PLA positions to surrender. So he organized the "Officer Anti-Spy Team" and "Officer Supervision Team" to monitor each other and urged the officers and soldiers to fight to the death.

At the last moment, Qiu Qingquan began to drink to relieve his sorrows, and also invited actresses from the Peking Opera Troupe of the Corps to sing "Yutangchun" and "The Drunken Concubine". He said to people: "I am 46 years old this year. I have watched enough and played enough. I have enjoyed everything. Even if I die, it is worth it."

At 3 pm on January 6, 1949, the People's Liberation Army launched a general attack on Du Yuming's group. Li Mi's corps quickly collapsed across the board, and Qiu Qingquan's corps lost many positions. Faced with such a huge collapse that had been surging thousands of miles away, Qiu Qingquan was frightened and kept talking to himself in front of the map: "I'm really collapsed! I'm really collapsed!" When the battle situation reached its worst, he simply got drunk and slept in bed with his head covered with a quilt and ignored it. Li Hanping, chief of staff of the Corps, asked him for advice, but he was furious and shouted: "Let it collapse!" In the early morning of January 10, 1949, Qiu failed to break through in Chenguanzhuang and was shot dead.

11, Jiang Xianyun, the Twelve Disciples: The most popular student

He is the fastest promoted among Huangpu classmates. His life was full of legends. Mao Zedong personally recommended him to the party, and Zhou Enlai praised him as "a general." Chiang Kai-shek favored him very much and called him a wizard many times, so that he became the first graduate to stay in school by Chiang. He was a talented Whampoa Military Academy at that time and was known as the "No. 1 Person in Whampoa". Although he was a Communist Party member and firmly opposed Chiang's anti-communist policy, Chiang did not hold past grudges and showed kindness to him many times.

Among the first students of the Whampoa Military Academy, Jiang Xianyun ranked first in terms of entrance examinations and graduation examinations. Not only did he have good grades, but he also had excellent speech skills. Anyone who had heard his speech praised him as a natural revolutionary propagandist. In a speech, Chiang Kai-shek once publicly praised Jiang Xianyun for "He is the best revolutionary soldier in our Whampoa Military Academy! If all the classmates in our military academy were Jiang Xianyun, the revolution would definitely be successful!" Chiang Kai-shek also claimed that after he was successful in the future, only Jiang Xianyun could command these dragon and tiger soldiers in the Whampoa Military Academy.

In November 1924, after Jiang Xianyun graduated with the first place, he became the first student to stay in school by Chiang Kai-shek and was assigned to the Political Department with Zhou Enlai as the director as secretary.

Jiang Xianyun is not only good at talking about war on paper, but also has made many extraordinary achievements on the battlefield.

In October 1925, the National Revolutionary Army held its second Eastern Expedition, and Chiang Kai-shek personally served as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Expedition Army and the commander of the First Army, and Jiang Xianyun was appointed as the party representative of the 7th Regiment of the Third Division of the Eastern Expedition Army. When the troops were repeatedly frustrated and Huizhou City could not be captured for a long time, Jiang Xianyun organized suicide squads with members of the "Qingjun Association" as their backbone, and braved the guns and bullets and organized a forced climb to the city with a ladder. Jiang Xianyun led the way to fight with the stubborn enemy. During the battle, Jiang Xianyun was injured in many places and blood continued to flow, but he still insisted on commanding the battle until the Seventh Regiment first attacked Huizhou City. During the Battle of Huizhou, Chiang Kai-shek, who was commanding on the front line, witnessed the scene of Jiang Xianyun taking the lead and commanding troops to kill the enemy in blood. After the battle, Chiang Kai-shek stroked Jiang Xianyun's scarred body and said with emotion: "In the past, Zhao Zilong was full of courage; today, Jiang Xianyun was full of injuries!"

In July 1926, in order to capture Nanchang, the warlord Sun Chuanfang's nest, the Northern Expedition Army experienced the most difficult "three in and two out" battle. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek personally visited the Nanchang front to supervise the battle, but when Sun Chuanfang's army suddenly surrounded the battlefield command center, Chiang Kai-shek fell into a heavy siege and was in danger. At this time, Jiang Xianyun, who served as Jiang's secretary, was calm. He first resisted the enemy alone, and then instructed the guard regiment to cover the commander-in-chief to escape safely. Jiang Xianyun won the reputation of "Savior on the Line" in this battle. The commander-in-chief and secretary shared the safety and danger in the artillery fire, and depended on life and death, was also said to be a beautiful story in the Northern Expedition Army. Of course, Chiang Kai-shek admired such a brave and resourceful genius, and was also the target of his win over. However, as a Communist Party member, Jiang Xianyun has a firm revolutionary stance. As early as 1925, Jiang Xianyun led the establishment of the "Youth Military Federation" in Huangpu to fight resolutely with the right-wing Kuomintang. After the Zhongshan ship incident, he angrily withdrew from the Kuomintang. After the "April 12" coup, Jiang Xianyun decided to break up with Chiang Kai-shek. He established a committee to oppose Chiang in Wuhan and personally served as chairman, revealing that Chiang Kai-shek was "the leader of the feudal forces, and his revolution was a fake revolution and a counter-revolutionary." "If Chiang thieves are not eliminated, there will be no peace in the world." After the meeting, Jiang Xianyun also led 300,000 people in Wuhan to hold a massive demonstration.

In order to win over this beloved disciple, Chiang Kai-shek not only ignored past grudges, but also sent people to promulgate him many times to give him a high official and generous salary, but Jiang Xianyun was unmoved. But within the Communist Party, Jiang Xianyun's resume of the Northern Expedition to "savior on the front line" became the material for many people to attack him. Jiang Xianyun was sent to a special person to investigate, which put him in a very painful situation, so he chose to prove his innocence by experiencing his ambitions. On May 7, 1927, the National Revolutionary Army officially set out for war. Jiang Xianyun rushed to the Henan front line and led the first and third battalions to the front in the battle. He rode a white horse into the artillery front and took the lead in charge to attract enemy artillery fire to him. The first time, he injured his legs but did not fall off the line of fire; the second time, the artillery fire injured his horse and his men fell to the ground; the third time, the guns injured his chest, bleeding and he couldn't stop. He still shouted to chase the enemy. In this battle, Jiang Xian said "three servants and three rises", and finally died of his anger at the age of 25.

When Chiang Kai-shek learned that Jiang Xianyun was killed, he felt very regretful until he was interviewed by the American columnist Suzberg of the New York Times in Taipei on March 19, 1955, and said that this disciple was his "most proud disciple, a wizard."

12, He Zhonghan of the Twelve Disciples: The most frustrating student

He Zhonghan, born in Hunan, was a standard passionate young man and was active in various student movements. In 1920, at the age of 20, he joined the Communist Youth League of China, became one of the earliest members of the Communist Party of China, and met a large number of members of the Communist Party of China. According to this line, he should have developed into an old revolutionary of the Communist Party of China, but the conflict with Zhang Guotao made him expelled from the regiment in 1922.His personal investigation of Soviet society also made him suspicious of communism. Gradually, he gradually drifted away from the Communist Party and eventually became the most fanatical anti-communist element under Chiang Kai-shek.

1924, the helpless He Zhonghan applied for Huangpu under the guidance of Dong Biwu. His close contact with the Kuomintang enabled him to find new goals. He has excellent grades in various subjects and outstanding eloquence. He is famous for his "mouth" and is known as the three heroes together with Chen Geng and Jiang Xianyun. He is the only one of the three heroes who is pro-national and anti-communist.

1 In May 1926, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the dissolution of various student associations and the establishment of the "Huangpu Alumni Association", called promoting unity, but in fact, it was to suppress the "Youth Military Federation". The Huangpu Alumni Association was chaired by He Zhonghan, and the family dominated. He Zhonghan's ability to engage in politics was trusted by Chiang. He was not satisfied and wanted to lead troops, but throughout his life, Chiang Kai-shek did not give him military power. Perhaps it was because he did not have the ability to lead troops, or perhaps it was because he still did not trust him enough. He Zhonghan deliberately got very close to Hu Zongnan and Chen Cheng, forming the public opinion of the Huangpu Group that "the martial arts are Hu Zongnan and the literary arts are He Zhonghan" and expanding its influence, which made Chiang Kai-shek dissatisfied.

Since 1931, He Zhonghan has served as director of the Political Propaganda Department of the Kuomintang General Command of the Land, Navy and Air Force, director of the Military Education Department of the Training General Command, and director of the Political Training Department of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Region Bandit Suppression General Command. He also set up the "Xingzi Training Institute", selecting 130 people from senior political cadres to teach "Technology for Political Struggle against the Communist Party." In 1932, under the instruction of Chiang Kai-shek, He Zhonghan and others initiated the establishment of the Fuxing Society, the famous "Blue Clothes Society". Members imitated the Italian Black Shirt Army and the Nazi German Brown Shirt Army, both wearing blue shirts and yellow pants. Most of the core figures graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, emphasizing "one ideology, one political party, and one leader". He Zhonghan, together with Hu Zongnan, Kang Ze, Dai Li, Deng Wenyi, Zheng Jiemin and others, were called the "Thirteen Taishang Insurance" of the Fuxing Society. By 1936, He Zhonghan had already grasped the political training power of the entire Kuomintang and army and became the leader of the political training department. Mutual checks and balances have always been Chiang Kai-shek's way of employing people. He Zhonghan's power is getting bigger and bigger, especially the faction of Hunan cadres such as Deng Wenyi forming. Chiang Kai-shek then supported Kang Ze to form a "special force" that imitated the German SS, and used the southwest people to restrain the ambitions of Hunan people. How could He Zhonghan, who has always been smart, not understand Chiang Kai-shek's vigilance? He was secretly unhappy and waited for an opportunity to change the situation.

The Xi'an Incident broke out, and He Zhonghan became active and immediately stood on the side of He Yingqin, the leader of the "Punishment faction", and in the name of the Huangpu Alumni Association, he supported He Yingqin as the commander-in-chief of the land, sea and air, and advocated bombing Xi'an, "fight to the death and rescue the principal." He Zhonghan had his own little plan: if he rescued Chiang Kai-shek, he would be able to "master the king"; if Chiang Kai-shek died in the war, he could still be with him. Unexpectedly, the Xi'an Incident was resolved peacefully with efficiency that no one expected from all parties. Chiang Kai-shek returned to Nanjing and cursed He Zhonghan and Deng Wenyi: "I am not dead yet, you just want to change the party!" It is said that He Zhonghan was scolded and cried bitterly on the spot, and Chiang Kai-shek asked him to get out and cry.

intelligence was mistaken for intelligence. He Zhonghan's career declined in great prosperity. From then on, he held a false position until Taiwan. While in Taiwan, although he had no real power, there were rumors that he had a small Hunanese organization and wanted to carry out a separatist movement. He Zhonghan claimed that "I have words on my forehead. I am a believer of the Three Principles of the People, I am a member of the Kuomintang, and I am a student of the leader. I, He, have never left Taiwan, and have never written an article or remark that violates the central decision. Where did the movement come from?" Such loyalty is meticulous, and it cannot wash away the suspicion caused by the first half of my life.

In 1972, He Zhonghan died of bone cancer in Taipei. In September 1973, New York Times columnist Suzberg came to China and told Premier Zhou Enlai: "I once met a student from Huangpu in Taiwan named He Zhonghan. I heard that he is still one of the three masters of Huangpu?"

Zhou Enlai replied: "He is the leader of the Sun Yat-sen Society. Later, he trained a group of military spies in the Political Training Office. He ran to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek on the eve of liberation, but Chiang knew that he had ambitions and did not reuse him. When we established diplomatic relations between China and the United States, he died of depression."