Baoding Military Academy, Yunnan Daowutang, Huangpu Military Academy and called the three major military schools of the Republic of China, and too many military generals of the Republic of China have graduated from these three schools, such as Tang Shengzhi, He Jian, Bai Chongxi, Gu Zhutong, Ye Ting, Shangguan Yunxiang, Chen Cheng, and others who graduated from baoding military school, while Yunnan Daowutang has Long Yun, Lu Han, Zhu Laozong, Ye Shuai and others, and the students who graduated from the Huangpu Military Academy have also produced many famous generals, such as Hu Lian, Du Yuming, Wang Yaowu, Lin Zong, Xu Shuai and others.
And today Xiaobian will tell you about the Baoding Military Academy, a military school with famous generals, and the students who came out of this later became commanders of theaters, commanders of group armies, and other positions, which can be said to be like stars, but if "who" is selected to achieve the greatest achievements after graduating from school, it will definitely be Chen Cheng.
Chen Chengzi, a native of Qingtian County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, wanted to apply for a military school because of his poor grades, but at that time, baoding military school had standards for recruiting students, and the education level was at least a secondary school diploma. Chen Cheng, who wanted to study at the military academy, tried his best to get a fake diploma and apply for the Baoding Army Officer School, and the written test was successfully passed, but in the next interview process, he was rejected because of his short stature. In fact, Hu Zongnan in Chiang Kai-shek's clique was rejected because of his short stature, but it was lucky that he met Liao Zhongkai and was admitted out of the box, which led to the later famous King of the Northwest. Therefore, Liao Zhongkai is a nobleman of Hu Zongnan.
At this time, Chen Cheng also met his nobleman Du Zhiyuan, and it was precisely under his efforts to dredge up the chief examiner Wei Zonghan that Chen Cheng successfully became the eighth artillery section of the Baoding Military Academy, that is to say, Chen Cheng studied artillery professionally.
However, it did not take long to study in the school, and the Zhiwan War (Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui) broke out, so the military school was broken and suspended, and the cadets were sent home, and at this time Chen Cheng did not go home to reunite with his wife, but went south to Guangzhou to join the first division of the Cantonese Army as a soldier, began his military career, and joined the Kuomintang at the same time. Later, after the end of the Zhiwan War, the Baoding Military Academy resumed classes, so Chen Cheng returned to the military school to continue his studies and officially graduated in 1922.
In March 1923, Chen Cheng joined the revolution with Deng Yanda, and had a hasty meeting with Chiang Kai-shek in the Cantonese army and military camp, at that time neither of them knew anyone, Chen Cheng was also a small person, and Chiang Kai-shek was also the chief of staff of the Grand Marshal's Office, and did not have much power. The two met and became acquainted with each other during the military academy period.
We all know that Chiang Kai-shek was the first president of the Whampoa Military Academy, and when he was the president of the Whampoa Military Academy, he slowly cultivated his own forces, and when he found that there were materials that could be built in the military academy, he would recruit himself, which was later known as the general of the concubine family. It is precisely because of such conditions that Chen Cheng walked into Chiang Kai-shek's sight and learned that Chen Cheng was also his fellow countryman, so Chiang Kai-shek attached great importance to Chen Cheng, and it was from the Whampoa Military Academy that Chen Cheng began to be loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, and Chen Cheng also soared and rose step by step by virtue of his relationship with Chiang Kai-shek.
In the subsequent battles such as the Eastern Crusade and the Northern Expedition, Chen Cheng, relying on his military ability and Chiang Kai-shek's trust and weight, made many military achievements, and gradually became one of the important figures in Chiang Kai-shek's clique, including during the Central Plains War, Chen Cheng made meritorious contributions, so Song Meiling married her daughter Tan Xiang to Chen Cheng, who was the daughter of Tan Yanmin, the elder of the Kuomintang, which shows how much Chen Cheng was valued by Chen Cheng at that time, and it was also Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling who personally married.
By the time of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Cheng had slowly formed his own forces in the Chiang Kai-shek clique, because he had started with the Eleventh Division and made his fortune in the Eighteenth Army, so everyone also called them the Civil Engineering Department, and Chen Cheng was the head of this faction, and he also became the strongest small faction in the Chiang Family Dynasty, such as Hu Lian, Huang Wei, Luo Zhuoying, and Zhou Zhirou, all members of the Civil Engineering Department.
Moreover, Chen Cheng also served as one of the important decision-makers of the Command Headquarters during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and together with Bai Chongxi, He Yingqin, and Xu Yongchang at that time, he called and fought against the Four Giants. Moreover, among these four people, Chen Cheng was the most important to Chiang Kai-shek.
Although during the Liberation War, Chen Cheng made mistakes again and again in the military, but he was still used by Chiang Kai-shek, and he was also called the chairman of the small committee, (the big chairman of the committee, of course, Chiang Kai-shek), and this point was unmatched by all the students of the Baoding Military Academy, and later, Chen Cheng also sat in the position of vice president, which is probably the first person among the Baoding students.