The Whampoa Military Academy is the cradle of famous Chinese modern generals. From the Whampoa Military Academy, many famous generals of the Communist Party and many famous generals of the Kuomintang have also come out. There is a general who was born in Whampoa, but he is also the nemesis of Whampoa, and there are really many famous Whampoa generals who have been defeated by him.
He is Chen Geng, a general who graduated from the first phase of Huangpu. Chen Geng is known as one of the "Three Heroes of Whampoa". At that time, he was a high-profile star in school. On the battlefield, Chen Geng can be said to be ruthless to his fellow brothers back then.
For example, Li Tiejun graduated from the first phase of Huangpu and became the commander of the Fifth Corps of the Kuomintang. Of course, Li Tiejun knew about Chen Geng, but he didn't take Chen Geng seriously. In December 1947, Chen Geng was in the west of Henan, and Li Tiejun I's reputation was ruined.
However, this guy was not caught, and later ran to the United States and lived past the age of 100. Then there is Qiu Xingxiang, who graduated from the fifth phase of Whampoa. Chen Geng's little junior brother has a nickname, "Little Chiang Kai-shek", Qiu Laohu in Chiang Kai-shek's eyes, it can be seen that he is very favored.
In 1948, in the Battle of Luoyang, Qiu Xingxiang was captured, and Chen Geng also went to visit this little junior brother. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Qiu Xingxiang was reformed and granted amnesty in 1959, and he lived until 1996. Speaking of amnesty, I have to say another high-achieving student of Whampoa, he is Huang Wei.
The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible. are all classmates of the first phase of Huangpu, Chen Geng knows Huang Wei too well. Seizing Huang Wei's weakness, Chen Geng lured the enemy deeper, and finally captured the old classmate alive. Although Huang Wei was a prisoner, he was also convinced.
He said that it is not wrong to lose at the hands of Chen Geng, Chen Geng is my classmate, and I can't compare to him in school. Huang Wei was later reformed and pardoned.
In contrast, another Huangpu celebrity, Xiong Shouchun, is tragic. Xiong Shouchun graduated from the third phase of Whampoa. In the Huaihai Campaign, Chen Geng fought for him to revolt, but was unsuccessful, and Xiong Shouchun was finally killed.
In addition to them, the famous Huangpu generals who were defeated by Chen Geng also included Liu Anqi, the commander of the Corps who graduated from the third phase of Huangpu, Shen Fazao, the commander of the Corps who graduated from the second phase of Huangpu, and Li Mi, who graduated from the fourth phase of Huangpu, and Yu Chengwan, who graduated from the first phase of Huangpu, and so on.