There is no doubt that Whampoa Military Academy is the most legendary and famous military academy in China in modern times. Especially Whampoa Military Academy, from the first to the sixth period, numerous influential figures who influenced Chinese history were born. What we usually understand as Whampoa Military Academy refers to Whampoa Military Academy in a narrow sense, that is, the first to sixth periods.

Whampoa Military Academy So, among the first six classes of Whampoa Military Academy, which has produced countless famous generals, which class of students is the most powerful?

A considerable number of senior generals in the armies of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party came from the Whampoa Military Academy. Some people even compared the Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang to the Civil War at the Whampoa Military Academy. This also shows the huge influence of the Whampoa Military Academy on both the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang.

Moreover, especially in the Kuomintang army, the teachers and students of Huangpu Military Academy formed the absolute backbone of Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army. It was precisely because of Huangpu students that President Chiang Kai-shek was able to stand out among the many senior KMT bosses and powerful factions, catch up from behind, and quickly become the supreme leader of the National Government at an incredible speed.

Whampoa Military Academy

Let’s first take a look at how many famous generals who were born in Huangpu students in the Central Army that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek fought for.

In April 1935, the Kuomintang began to reorganize the military ranks in the army. Among the first batch of 86 generals who were awarded the rank of lieutenant general, 4 were from Huangpu students, namely : Hu Zongnan, Li Yannian, Li Mo'an, Yu Jishi (supplementary narration), and there are more major generals, such as Gui Yongqing, Li Yutang, Huang Jie, Huang Wei, Guan Linzheng, Song Xilian, Liu Kan, Wang Jingjiu, Chen Qi, Sun Yuanliang, etc. And these people are all from Huangpu Phase I.

Huangpu Military Academy Graduation Certificate

One step is faster, each step is faster. Although the first batch of students in Huangpu is only one year earlier than the second batch, as the saying goes, the world and the earth work together in time. During the recruitment process, Huangpu first-year students also received opportunities that their later classmates could not imagine.

Obviously, after many rounds of screening, the first-term students from outstanding young people from all over the world have lived up to their trust. The first-term students from Huangpu quickly rose to become the backbone of various armies. In addition to the first batch of generals who were awarded the title in 1935, such as Du Yuming, Zheng Dongguo, Li Xianzhou, Yu Chengwan, etc., they were all the generals Chiang Kai-shek relied on most.

Photograph of the first phase of Huangpu

In the Communist Army, there are also many famous generals who came from Huangpu Military Academy, and their quality is higher. There are two marshals from Huangpu students alone, namely Lin Biao and Xu Xiangqian, three generals, namely Chen Geng, Luo Ruiqing, and Xu Guangda, and eight generals, namely Zhang Zongxun, Zhou Shidi, Chen Mingren, Chen Qihan, Yang Zhicheng, Song Shilun, Guo Tianmin, Chen Bojun.

Awarded in 1955

Among these founding generals, those born in the first batch of Huangpu still have a huge advantage. Marshal Xu Xiangqian, General Chen Geng, Chen Mingren, and General Zhou Shidi are all first batch of Huangpu generals. Born in period. Moreover, although Wang Erzhuo, Xuan Xiafu, Xu Jishen, Jiang Xianyun, Zuo Quan and other Communist Party members who were born in Huangpu first period died before the founding of the People's Republic of China, this did not affect their illustrious achievements in the slightest.

Marshal Xu Xiangqian

Obviously, whether in the Kuomintang or the Communist Party, the first batch of Huangpu students have the most famous generals, and their quality is better than that of other students. No less impressive. Naturally, the first batch of Huangpu students can also be called the most powerful batch of Huangpu students.

Of course, although Huangpu's first-term students are relatively good, it does not mean that they are not good in other periods. The famous players who emerged from other phases are also extremely dazzling, such as Zheng Jiemin and Qiu Qingquan in the second phase; Wang Yaowu, Dai Anlan, Fang Xianjue, and Huang Gonglue in the third phase; Lin Biao, Zhang Lingfu, Li Mi, Hu Lian, and Liu Zhidan in the fourth phase; Xu Guangda and Zhao Shangzhi in the fifth issue; Luo Ruiqing, Dai Li, Zhang Zongxun, Liao Yaoxiang and so on in the sixth issue. They are all anti-Japanese heroes with outstanding military exploits.