What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
The Whampoa Military Academy can be said to be the cradle of China's modern military talents, and many famous generals have come out of this place. Chen Geng is a person we are very familiar with, for him he came out of the Whampoa Military Academy. At that time, this military academy could be said to be the strongest military school in our country at that time, so the most desired thing for many patriotic generals was to study and train here.
However, this military academy also has certain requirements for the cultivation of talents, not only to pass a very strict written test to prove some of their command ability, but also to conduct some physical examinations and physical examinations to prove that the physical fitness of the new students is also very good to include this person. This requirement sometimes turns away many talents, for example, our protagonist today, Hu Zongnan, was rejected by the Whampoa Military Academy at the beginning.
Hu Zongnan was very difficult to enter the Whampoa Military Academy, and at the beginning he passed the exam at the Shanghai branch. Originally full of confidence, he came to the headquarters to prepare to enter the Whampoa Military Academy, but because he was too fat, the chief examiner at the time immediately refused to let him come to the Whampoa Military Academy after seeing such a figure. At that time, Hu Zongnan was less than one meter six meters tall, but he could weigh one hundred and sixty pounds. So the first time he was turned away by the Whampoa Military Academy.
But fortunately, there were nobles, at that time, Liao Zhongkai felt that this person's thinking was still very good after seeing his written test article, and after that he might be a person who contributed to the party and the state, so he specifically stopped Hu Zongnan, who was frustrated at that time, and showed his identity to him, and he said to prepare another written test, if this written test is passed, your figure is not a problem, I will directly let you enter the Whampoa Military Academy.
For Hu Zongnan, he must have deeply grasped this opportunity, and he also created an exception, that is, he did not pass the physical examination but the written test was particularly prominent when he came to the Whampoa Military Academy. After entering the Whampoa Military Academy, Hu Zongnan created five firsts. That is, he was the first commander of the Nationalist Army, the commander-in-chief of the first corps, the commander-in-chief of the first group army, the commander of the first theater, and the first person to receive three general stars, which can be said to have set a very good example for the students of the Whampoa Military Academy.
In the last time, Hu Zongnan held hundreds of thousands of heavy troops, and fought many battles with the Japanese, and achieved great results. Here we deeply admire Liao Zhongkai's ability to recognize people, if he had not opened the back door for Hu Zongnan, then we might have missed an excellent general in history.