The Whampoa Military Academy was established when the Kuomintang and the Communist Party first cooperated, and the students in this school studied military and politics at the same time, and did not allow students to deviate from the subject, and it was even more a two-pronged approach to theory and practice. The students who studied at the Whampoa Military Academy showed excellent results during the period of anti-Japanese resistance. Among them, the famous generals Lin Biao, Xu Xiangqian, Chen Geng and other generals all studied at this school. So it's a military school worthy of the name. Sun Yat-sen founded this school to cultivate outstanding military talents to serve the country. The achievements of these people prove that Sun Yat-sen's purpose was achieved.
There are many talents in the Whampoa Military Academy, and these military talents, such as Hu Zongnan, Du Yuming, Chen Geng, Zuo Quan, and Xu Xiangqian, have all come out of the Huangpu. It is difficult to select the person among these people to choose the first. But apart from the innate ability to know them, the first person to attract attention should be General Liu Yongyao, the youngest enrolled in the Whampoa Military Academy.
1. Early study experience
Liu Yongyao was born in 1909 in an ordinary village in Hunan Province. His parents were very strict with him from an early age, and at the beginning they followed his father's enlightenment. When he was 6 years old, Liu Yongyao felt that if he taught at home, not to say that there was no atmosphere of learning, but also let Liu Yongyao have no small partners, it would have an impact on social and growth, and immediately sent Liu Yongyao to a famous local private school to study.
Liu Yongyao studied in the private school for only two years, where his talent was obviously greater than that of his peers, and the teacher here suggested that Liu Yongyao be sent to a larger school, which was conducive to his learning. So after that, Liu Yongyao entered the Xinxing Academy and began to study. In the following time, Liu Yongyao did not be lazy because of his intelligence, studied diligently every day, learned from each other, and made rapid progress.
After the social unrest, Liu Yongyao began to think about his future and learn what he could do for this turbulent country, so he abandoned Wen Congwu and decided to go to the Whampoa Military Academy to study military affairs. He was only 15 years old at the time, and his father was very supportive when he learned of his decision, but he was too young to go in and was afraid that not going in would hit Liu Yongyao's self-confidence. Unexpectedly, he was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy with excellent results that year, becoming the youngest student at that time.
2. Experiences during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
During his studies at the Whampoa Military Academy, Liu Yongyao ranked among the best in every time. The classmates and teachers who came into contact with him said that he was an innately intelligent person they had seen in the world. Liu Yongyao successfully graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy with outstanding results and then joined the National Revolutionary Army. At that time, he was facing the Japanese army's war of aggression against China, and this young child fought with the brutal Japanese invaders in the war and was injured many times. But he did not leave the battlefield and continued to fight after each wound was bandaged. His fighting spirit influenced his companions to fight bravely and fearlessly.
Because of his heroic performance in the battlefield, Liu Yongyao received countless honors. He was not complacent, and when he was not fighting on the battlefield, he would ask experienced veterans for advice on what he was not good at. This humble consultation, constantly improving his own Liu Yongyao was known and understood by the governor at that time. In order to cultivate his own good seedlings, Liu Yongyao was selected to study at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow.
After completing his studies at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, Liu Yongyao returned to the ranks of the National Revolutionary Army and was selected by Dai Kasa at that time to enter the military command work. Here Liu Yongyao did not fight at the forefront of the battlefield, but as a teacher, he carried out political propaganda and military education in the rear. Although the place and way of struggle are different, they all contribute to the progress and stability of the country. In 1945, Liu Yongyao was appointed lieutenant general by the Nationalist government, at the age of 36.
After the victory of China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the liberation of the whole country, the domestic situation underwent great changes, Liu Yongyao gave up his work and went to Taiwan, living in Taiwan away from the political circles, and the focus of his life was on education, not only as a professor in a university, but also left a lot of articles related to politics and military theory.
Third, the relationship between family figures
Liu Yongyao met his first wife, Wei Bihui, when she was studying abroad. They had two children in their lives: Liu Weiwen and Liu Weiwu. Later, because the two got together less and separated more, the two children lived with Wei Bihui. Liu Yongyao went to see his two sons before going to Taiwan, hoping that they would leave the mainland with him. For various reasons, Liu Yongyao finally left the mainland alone on the last flight. Because of the political factors at that time, the family was separated from the two sides of the strait.
In 1961, the youngest son, Liu Weiwu, finally had the opportunity to meet his mother, after which Liu Weiwu flew to Taiwan to meet his father, who had not been seen for 22 years. After that, Liu Weiwu lived with his father Liu Yongyao. As the granddaughter of Liu Yongyao, Liu Ruoying grew up with her grandfather Liu Yongyao because of her parents' divorce. Liu Yongyao herself has experienced all kinds of sufferings and understands that habitual children such as killing children cannot be spoiled, so she is very strict in the education of Liu Ruoying.
After he learned that Rene Liu wanted to develop her career in the entertainment industry, he told Rene Liu not to use her name to obtain resources outside. After Liu Ruoying's debut, she obeyed her grandfather's instructions and did not rely on her identity background at that time, but she was in the entertainment industry. When encountering unfair things and being bullied, Rene Liu supported her own piece of the sky through her own strength. She conquered the audience with her gentle and charming voice, especially a song "Later" that made her a household name.
Fourth, old age
But Liu Yongyao never returned to the mainland after going to Taiwan, and in his later years he always hoped to see the peaceful reunification of the two sides of the strait, and his patriotic heart did not change because he was in a foreign land. When his granddaughter, Rene Liu, came to visit him, he had to sing a "Whampoa Military Academy Song" to himself, which made him feel that he was still on the mainland, in his hometown. After The matter of Liu Ruoying going to the mainland to sing was confirmed, Liu Yongyao repeatedly instructed his granddaughter to publicize the peaceful reunification expected by the two sides of the strait when singing. Liu Yongyao died in 1998 at the age of 89, and until his death he hoped that he could see cross-strait reunification and the motherland prosper and strengthen.
5. Summary
Liu Yongyao is tenacious and hard-working in his studies, indomitable and indomitable in battle, and never defeated. When he was young, he served the motherland with full of enthusiasm and fearless spirit. Liu Yongyao changed his life path from the age of 15 to 89 years old, he received honor and applause in his life from the age of 15 to 89, and once fell to the altar of low-key behavior, but his mentality is always open-minded, trying to do his own things, hoping to contribute to the prosperity and strength of the country.
In China's most difficult years, although China will be oppressed by the Western powers on the outside, there will be imperialist civil war attrition on the inside. However, at that time, there were countless people with lofty ideals who threw themselves into the military and actively joined the battlefield to fight and struggle, so there were also many young generals at that time. Young Qiangze Guoqiang, now we must also start from children, they are our future.
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