He entered the Whampoa Military Academy by cheating, but he did not expect to be the first military commander in the student army
As we all know, if you want to apply to military school, you can't be older than 20 years old. If you are older than this age, you cannot apply to the Military Academy. It is also required that boys need to be taller than 160 centimeters, while women are a little lower in height and the standard is above 158 centimeters. Others have strict requirements for weight, vision, physical health, and even psychological quality, but if a project is not qualified, it will be eliminated.
However, one general successfully entered the Whampoa Military Academy by cheating. He became the first graduate of this period to become an officer. I believe that many people know him, he is Hu Zongnan.
The Whampoa Military Academy was founded in 1924. At that time, there were no branch schools in the country. The school is located in Huangpu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. The school was named the Kuomintang Army Officer School of China and was renamed the Whampoa Officer School in 1929. This military school is also a landmark school in recent history, training many famous generals.
After the establishment of the military academy in 1924, admissions offices were set up throughout the country. After the preliminary examination, they can be sent to Guangzhou for re-examination. At that time, Hu Zongnan took the preliminary examination in Shanghai. Because Shanghai was under the control of the Beiyang government, they secretly recruited students. Due to the lax audit of the initial examination, Hu Zongnan easily passed the audit and was secretly sent to Guangdong.
However, Hu Zongnan's re-examination in Guangdong did not meet the two criteria. According to the registration regulations at that time, the age requirement was 18 years to 25 years old. At that time, Hu Zongnan was 29 years old when he applied for the examination. These conditions are simply not met. However, Hu Zongnan changed his age by cheating on the registration form.
Due to the confusion at the time, it was impossible to check his actual age, so he was lucky enough to get through this level. But during the physical examination, it got stuck again. The Whampoa Military Academy stipulates that candidates must be above 1.60 meters tall. Hu Zongnan is less than 1.6 meters and looks very thin. Therefore, he was rejected by the examiner on the spot: you are not suitable to be a soldier at all, so his qualifications are disqualified.
Hu Zongnan reluctantly rushed to the examiner and shouted: Why don't you let me join the revolutionary army? Revolution is the responsibility of every young man. Why did the National Revolution fail repeatedly? Is it because there are too few young people, what happened to short people? If you are short, can't you join the revolution? Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Mr. Liao Zhongkai were also short. How can you judge people by their appearance?
At that time, due to the large number of candidates, things were boiling over, and Liao Zhongkai, who was the party representative at the time, also worked at the Whampoa Military Academy. Hearing the loud noise outside, he walked out of the office and heard Hu Zongnan's generosity. Liao Zhongkai was conquered by Hu Zongnan's temperament and eloquence, giving him a special opportunity to take the exam. In this way, Hu Zongnan entered the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy.
However, no one expected that this person, who had cheated into entering the Whampoa Military Academy, showed great courage on the battlefield and won the favor of Chiang Kai-shek. Hu Zongnan was also the first Whampoa student to take up the post of military commander.