At the beginning of the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, most of the progressive young people with patriotic enthusiasm were ambitious, and Hu Zongnan everyone knew that he was a general with relatively high achievements in the Huangpu Phase I, he was the first to become a division commander and the first to become a military commander in the Whampoa Phase I, the first to become the commander of the group army and the first graduate to be hung up with the rank of general.
However, it was such a trainee who was the fastest promoted among the Huangpu students, and at the beginning of the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, he was almost turned away! Why? Hu Zongnan was a native of Zhenhai, Zhejiang, and he and Chiang Kai-shek were also fellow countrymen, which was also an important reason why Hu Zongnan was greatly trusted by Chiang Kai-shek later. Before applying for the Huangpu Military Academy, Hu Zongnan worked as a teacher in the middle school in the county town, and after six years of being a teacher, he failed to compete for the principal of the primary school, and his parents arranged a marriage for him made him very angry, so he left home to do business in Shanghai, but the business was not smooth and he still owed a lot of debts, helplessly he resolutely went to Guangdong to apply for the Huangpu Military Academy, with his own experience as a teacher, Hu Zongnan successfully passed the huangpu military school admissions examination.
However, Hu Zongnan's height is less than one meter six, his height, in the crowd is obviously shorter than others, such a small man is not suitable for being a soldier, nor does it meet the strict enrollment regulations of the Whampoa Military Academy! At this time, Hu Zongnan had fallen into despair, after six years as a primary school teacher, he was forced by his parents to arrange marriages, and he was in debt for business, and now he applied for the Whampoa Military Academy but was eliminated because of his height, and he squatted in the corner and cried loudly in despair! After a while, suddenly Hu Zongnan stood up violently and said, "Why don't you let me participate in the National Revolution?" Revolution is the duty of every young man! What's wrong with being short? Napoleon's height is not high, and he is also galloping on the battlefield! The prime minister of the school, Mr. Sun Yat-sen, is only 1.68 meters tall, and the school party representative, Mr. Liao Zhongkai, is even shorter! How can the National Revolution judge people by their appearance?"
The examiner was stunned to see this, but Hu Zongnan's voice grew louder and louder, and he shouted: "The reason why Dr. Sun Yat-sen's propositions have not been realized is because you people have made many enthusiastic young people unable to serve the country!" Such a big movement in the examination room alarmed Liao Zhongkai, who was in another room. After Liao Zhongkai knew, he wrote a note specially approving Hu Zongnan to take the next exam, but Liao Zhongkai must not have imagined that this small candidate would become a famous general of the National Name Party in the future, a general with three stars on his shoulders!