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Everyone at the Whampoa Military Academy must have heard that many generals and leaders on the mainland are more or less inextricably linked to it. But you know what? Almost, the Whampoa Military Academy was about to be moved to Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek!
Background of the times
In 1949, with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) gaining momentum, the Kuomintang army faced an unprecedented crisis. Chiang Kai-shek tried to use Sichuan as a base for a protracted war with the PLA. Therefore, he had high hopes for the Whampoa Military Academy in Chengdu.
However, the situation did not turn out as he wished. On November 7, 1949, Chiang Kai-shek summoned all the officers and students of the Whampoa Military Academy to announce the decision to move the school, and although he did not specify where to move, it was understood that Taiwan was the only option.
The uprising that took place at the Whampoa Military Academy
But by that time, the students of the Whampoa Military Academy and some of the officers had lost confidence in the defeat of the Kuomintang and the policies of Chiang Kai-shek. Against this background, the three main officers of the military academy, Li Yongzhong, Xiao Pingbo, and Xiao Bupeng, began to make contact with the Communist Party's Southwest Working Group, and on September 8, 1949, a preliminary agreement was reached on the uprising.
The decision to revolt was not made lightly, but was an inevitable choice made under the influence of multiple factors, such as the development of the revolutionary situation, the deepening of the Communist Party's united front work, and the consciousness of the officials and students of Whampoa. Gu Yunpeng, as a student of the 23rd phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, recalled in "Before and After the Last Uprising of the Whampoa Military Academy": "The uprising of the 23rd phase of the Whampoa Military Academy was not accidental, it was the inevitable result of the above-mentioned comprehensive factors. ”
Whampoa Military Academy students are training to carry guns
On December 25, 1949, more than 3,000 students and faculty members of the Whampoa Military Academy officially declared an uprising in Pi County, an action that marked the final choice of the students of the Whampoa Military Academy to stand with the Communist Party, oppose the Kuomintang regime, and refuse to follow Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan.
After the uprising, the students and officers of the 23rd class of the Whampoa Military Academy joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and many of them later became important military and political leaders of New China, making important contributions to China's development and construction.
The historical significance of the Whampoa Military Academy
The establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy was decided by Sun Yat-sen after he realized the essential difference between the revolutionary army and the counterrevolutionary army and the importance of building a revolutionary army. The Communist Party of China has assigned a large number of outstanding Communist Party members to preside over political education and participate in military work, giving the Whampoa Military Academy a definite revolutionary color.
The history of the Whampoa Military Academy has been closely related to the active participation of the Communist Party of China from the very beginning. The Chinese communists have actively participated in the establishment of the Huangpu Military Academy since its inception, played an important role in the construction and development of the Huangpu Military Academy, and a large number of military officers and talented military personnel have emerged.
The revolutionary army cultivated by the Whampoa Military Academy "brought about the widespread dissemination of the idea of national revolution on an unprecedented scale throughout the country," and the Whampoa spirit of "patriotism and revolution" forged by it ran through all periods of the Chinese revolution. Today, Huangpu students at home and abroad and their relatives are still an important force in promoting the reunification of the motherland and striving to rejuvenate China.
Although Chiang Kai-shek, the principal, had a bad head, fortunately, the background color of the Whampoa Military Academy has not changed, and it is still so bright. Do you think so?