At present, Harbin Engineering is regarded as a relatively common 985 university, but in the early years of the founding of New China, the predecessor of this university was an institution that could be compared with Tsinghua Peking University - the predecessor of Harbin Engineering was the famous Kazakhstan Military Industry.
The importance of military schools
In fact, as early as the era of the Red Army, the leaders of the Red Army had already realized the importance of military academies for army building. Therefore, in the era of red Ruijin, the Red Army created a special military academy. Of course, due to the difficult conditions at that time, the main branch of the Red Army was infantry, so many contents could only be limited to theory.
But even so, the military academy has always been founded. Even during the Long March of the Red Army, the military academies of the Red Army did not suspend classes. Moreover, the military academies of the Red Army also designed courses according to the objective conditions of the time and according to local conditions. A simple example is that the Red Army was often bombed by enemy aircraft during the Long March, so the Red Army's military academies set up special air defense courses to deal with how to deal with enemy air force attacks.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, many important officers of our army were also sent to the Soviet Union to study advanced military theory in the Soviet Union. All this actually shows that from the very beginning of its establishment, the Red Army attached great importance to the role of military academies.
Establishment of the Kazakh military industry
After the founding of New China, the conditions of our army have also become relatively better. At least from the perspective of the services, the army, navy and air force are complete. And the number of arms has also become more numerous: at the very least, our army has tank troops and anti-tank infantry. Therefore, the construction of military academies should also keep pace with the times.
It is in this context that the Kazakh military industry was built. The first president of the Kazakh military industry (who also served as the political commissar) was None other than General Chen Geng - appointing a major general to be the principal of the university, which also shows the importance our army attaches to this military academy.
In fact, the reason why General Chen Geng was appointed as the principal was not only because of the attention of the national team's Kazakh military industry, but also because Chen Geng was indeed the most suitable candidate.
First of all, from the perspective of birth history, Chen Geng graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy. In theory, the Whampoa Military Academy is not backward. At the same time, Chen Geng also participated in the war to resist the United States and aid Korea, the war to resist France and aid Vietnam, and other battles, in which Chen Geng fought with the Western powers such as the United States and France, so he also knew the situation of the other side relatively well. Therefore, appointing Chen Geng as the principal is also conducive to improving the vision of military cadets.
After Chen Geng became the principal of Kazakhstan's military industry, he also devoted all his energy to the construction of the military academy. Because Chen Geng knew that for our army, the importance of this military academy was actually no less than that of building a new army.
Second President and Political Commissar
In 1961, General Chen Geng died due to overwork. This means that the Kazakh military industry must appoint a new principal and a new political commissar to preside over all the work of the Kazakh military industry. In the end, after layers of consideration by the superiors, it was decided to appoint Liu Juying (with the rank of major general) to take over the work of The Principal of General Chen Geng and Xie Youfa (the rank of lieutenant general) to take over the post of political commissar.
Liu Juying is a native of Northeast China. Born in 1917. When Liu Juying was 20 years old, the northeast was occupied by the Japanese. At this time, Liu Juying had the consciousness of saving the dead and resisting Japan. During the famous 129 Movement, Liu Juying actively campaigned for anti-Japanese propaganda. After that, Liu Juying entered the work of our army and participated in the War of Resistance. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Liu Juying was mainly responsible for the command of the railway troops, which at that time had to be transported by rail for the supplies transported by our army to the peninsula. Therefore, Liu Juying's task is very important. However, he did a great job of this task.
Xie Youfa is the same age as Liu Juying. Xie Youfa was a native of Jiangxi, and the earliest base of the Red Army was also in Jiangxi. Therefore, Xie Youfa joined the Red Army early and personally experienced many anti-encirclement and suppression wars. During the Long March, Xie Youfa followed a large army from the south to northern Shaanxi. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Xie Youfa was responsible for political and ideological work. Therefore, it was appropriate for him to serve as the political commissar of the military academy.