The Huangpu students were Chiang Kai-shek's most important military backer, and he also relied on this important military resource to gradually ascend to the peak of power, although he was ousted from power several times in the middle, but it did not take long to regain power. A big reason is that he has the support of the students of Huangpu behind him.
The students who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy in the Nationalist Army Group held important positions in various departments of the Group. Moreover, no matter how high Chiang Kai-shek's position was later, when they saw Chiang Kai-shek, they were all called principals. This title is not something that anyone can call, and the Generals of the Nationalist Army who can call Chiang Kai-shek the principal are all students who graduated from the Whampoa School. Some of these were Generals of Chiang Kai-shek's concubines.
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was very important to Huangpusheng, and in turn Huangpusheng was also loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, so during the Liberation War, few of the generals who surrendered and revolted were Huangpusheng. Looking at the entire history of the Liberation War, three students who graduated from the Huangpu Phase I period declared an uprising in the Liberation War. Let's take a look at who are these three?
The first is Zheng Dongguo, a famous general in the Nationalist army, and also a famous anti-Japanese general, during the War of Resistance. He participated in the Great Wall War of Resistance, the Great Victory of Taierzhuang, the Great Victory of Kunlun Pass, the Battle of Western Hubei, and so on. He also served as the commander of the New First Army of the Expeditionary Force, and even sun Liren, Liao Yaoxiang and other tough generals at that time were under his leadership. In the Burmese counter-offensive campaign, he was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force, commanded the New First Army, the New Sixth Army, and other units counterattacked, opened the Burma Road, and made great contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance.
Jeong Dong-kook
At the outbreak of the Liberation War, he was air-conditioned by Chiang Kai-shek to the northeast, serving as the deputy commander of the northeast security, commanding the troops to recover the northeast. However, after Chen Cheng took over the northeast, Zheng Dongguo was reappointed as the deputy director of the northeast xingyuan, which was actually equivalent to a pseudonym and did not have real power.
A good hand in the northeast was broken in Chen Cheng's hand. However, after the Liaoshen Campaign broke out, Zheng Dongguo held changchun and engaged in a long-term confrontation with Xiao Jinguang's army. When the Changchun defenders ran out of ammunition, Zeng Zesheng, the commander of the Sixty Army in the city, led his troops to revolt, leaving Zheng Dongguo in a desperate situation. However, as a first-term student of Huangpu and a beloved general of Chiang Kai-shek, he still insisted on stubborn resistance to the end. Finally, when there was no way out, he embarked on the road of insurrection.
Chen Mingren
The second is Chen Mingren, a native of Hunan who graduated from Huangpu I and was also a famous anti-Japanese hero and a beloved general of Chiang Kai-shek. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the bloody battle of Kunlun Pass and the Burmese Counteroffensive were promoted to the commander of the 71st Army for meritorious service. After the outbreak of the Liberation War, chen Mingren became famous in the Battle of Siping and repelled the siege of the Northeast Field Army. For this reason, he was praised by Chiang Kai-shek and awarded the Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun.
However, when the Chiang family dynasty was in turmoil, Chen Mingren and Cheng Zhi launched an uprising in Hunan, submitted to our party, and later participated in the Guangxi bandit campaign, and were awarded the rank of general in 1955 for their merits.
Hou Jingru (first on the left)
The third is Hou Jingru, who graduated from the Huangpu Phase I, and probably during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, as well as among the many Huangpu Phase I students, he was not very dazzling, or even a little ordinary. However, during the Liberation War, his influence was very large, deliberately releasing water in the Battle of Tashan, and had the opportunity to revolt in the Battle of Pingjin, but he voluntarily gave up this opportunity in order to make greater contributions. In the Battle of Fuzhou, many Nationalist troops rebelled against the uprising and made great contributions to the liberation of Fuzhou. Hou Jingru, although he was the commander of the Nationalist Corps. However, during the period of land reform, he joined the party and belonged to the "Invisible General", so after the founding of New China, his position was the highest of the above three, and he reached the rank of deputy state.