After Captain Yi concisely introduced the history of the Whampoa Military Academy, the host of the conference invited General Zhang Zhizhong, the director of education, to give a speech, mainly on the spirit of Whampoa......

General Zhang has the demeanor of a Confucian general, speaking without speed or slowness, and his voice is neither high nor low, but his eloquent words sometimes inspire and move everyone.

Students, our school motto is very simple, just four words: "dear and sincere", which was personally drafted by our President Jiang and submitted to the Prime Minister of the Founding Sun for approval. Its purpose is to create upright revolutionary soldiers who "stand up to the heavens and the earth" and "carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future", and carry forward the spirit of Whampoa.

Today, President Chiang is not in the capital, so I will explain this motto to you, which is also what President Chiang said before: "dear", that is, all revolutionary comrades can "love each other", "refinement" means "excellence", and "sincerity" means "sincerity".

In those years, because of the tight schedule, many of the original Guangzhou Whampoa Military Academy students did not complete the three-year course, and most of them shortened it to more than half a year and graduated in more than one year, and were sent to various units to enrich the officer corps.

The learning time is short, and naturally you can't learn any skills and knowledge, so the school is mainly based on ideological education, emphasizing the spirit of Huangpu, what is the spirit of Huangpu? To put it simply: dedicate oneself to the revolution, be loyal to the country, not afraid of death, and when charging, the officers take the lead.

There is a couplet on our campus: "Kill the enemy and stop, complete the revolution and turn back", which describes this spirit.

It is precisely because of this that a very large proportion of our Whampoa graduates died on the battlefield, basically 70 or 80 percent of them died on the battlefield. (Author's note: Even in the later War of Resistance, the sacrifice rate was more than 60 percent.) ）

That is to say, as long as you enter the gate of the Whampoa Military Academy, seven or eight out of ten, you will die on the battlefield in the future, and among the ten classmates, including yourself, you will generally leave two or three people down.

These classmates, when they are classmates, you take a few more looks; Because, in a few years, you are alive and they are dead, and you can't see them; Or, when you're dead, you won't be able to see them anymore.

General Zhang said excitedly, maybe some of his classmates have died on the battlefield, so he will be so excited. The general completely ignored the expressions of the students below, and said loudly and passionately to himself:

When you come here, I believe you have all seen the couplet at the gate of the Whampoa Military Academy, which reads: Please go elsewhere for promotion and wealth, and do not enter the gate if you are greedy for life and fear of death. The horizontal batch is: Revolutionaries are coming.

Our monk will tell you clearly that when you enter the Whampoa Military Academy, you must expect to die on the battlefield in a few years, so if you want to be promoted and make a fortune, and those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, don't come in, and go to another door.

It is precisely because of such a Huangpu spirit and the spirit of not being afraid of death and taking the lead that we Huangpu people can lead the tens of millions of soldiers behind us to defeat the powerful northern warlords and unify the whole country.

It is precisely because of this spirit of being put to death and then resurrected that the Whampoa Military Academy has made a resounding reputation throughout the country that shocked the enemy. to live!

The Prime Minister's will said that "the revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still have to work hard"; We were unfortunately born in this turbulent era, with years of war and national suffering.

But we are also fortunate to be born in this era, which gives us the opportunity to display our skills and talents to seek peace for the country and the people.

Now, we want to wipe out the imperialists who invaded our country and lay down a bright future, so that future generations can live in peace and happiness.

I hope you can concentrate on hard work here, study for three years, and after completing your studies, you will return to the troops and make meritorious contributions.

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In the interval of the conference, Sangou listened to a classmate named Cao Zeyuan on the side: The current graduates of the Whampoa Military Academy have a word circulating in the army: "Yellow robe plus body", that is, those who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy belong to the yellow robe plus body, and promotion in the army is the fastest; That's what I'm talking about.

The Huangpu graduates who stayed behind were naturally promoted very quickly, and there were many who were promoted to regiment commanders and division commanders a few years after graduation, and there were many with the rank of major general.

For example, the current commander of the first division of the First Army, Hu Zhongnan, was born in the first phase of Huangpu in the thirteenth year of the Republic of China (1924), became a major general and brigade commander four years later (1928), and then became a lieutenant general and division commander three years later (1931).

Author's note: According to historical records, from the founding of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924 to 1949, 40 ** generals emerged in 26 years; There are more than 50 people who have served as commander-in-chief of the ** group army and commander of the corps.

Of the 10 marshals of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, five are from Huangpu; Among the 10 generals, 3 were born in Huangpu; Among the 57 generals, there are 8 teachers and students from Whampoa. In addition, in the Red Army, the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and the People's Liberation Army, there are also nearly 40 people holding leading posts at or above the regular army level.

It can be said that the Whampoa Military Academy has directly created China's modern military leadership and influenced the course of China's history over the past 100 years.

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Next, all the teachers and students of the three corps, under the leadership of Teng Jie, director of the Political Training Department, all stood up and collectively recited the will of the prime minister:

Yu devoted himself to the National Revolution for 40 years, with the aim of seeking freedom and equality in China. With 40 years of experience, I know that in order to achieve this goal, we must arouse the people and unite the peoples of the world who are waiting for us on an equal footing.

Now the revolution has not yet succeeded. All our comrades must continue to work hard in accordance with Yu's "Strategy for the Founding of the People's Republic of China," "Outline for the Founding of the People's Republic of China," "Three People's Principles," and the "Declaration of the First National Congress" in order to implement them. Recently, he advocated the convening of a national assembly and the abolition of unequal treaties, and it was particularly necessary to promote their realization in the shortest possible time. Yes!

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This prime minister's will, Sangou in middle school, often recited, the whole school teachers and students also often recited in various anniversaries, this military school in the national language test paper, there is also a silent will this will, so, everyone is very familiar with this.

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After reciting the Prime Minister's will, read the Prime Minister's precept together:

"The Three People's Doctrine, the sect of our party, to build the Republic of China, to enter Datong, to consult Erdos, to be the vanguard of the people, to be slack, to be obedient, to be diligent and courageous, to believe and be loyal, to be dedicated to one heart and one morality, and to implement it throughout."

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These, Sangou used to memorize it backwards when he was in middle school, and he could also sing, and the school often organized singing. Because the Prime Minister's precept was later adapted into the "Three People's Doctrine Song", everyone often sang it in various commemorative activities.

Later, it also became the so-called "party song", which Sangou did not know, and it also became the "national anthem" at that time, but at that time, these concepts were not very clear, and they only knew to sing.

The next link is the oath of entering the school, that is, the student convention, everyone also stands up, and all the students read aloud to the words on the blackboard:

I, as a student of the Army Military Academy, adhere to the honor creed of not lying, not cheating, and not stealing, nor do I condone others to violate it; Determined to become a military leader with both literature and martial arts; Possess the four major skills of leadership management, problem solving, language communication and continuous learning; Abide by the core values of country, responsibility, honor, sacrifice, unity, courage and self-confidence; Give full play to the school motto of "love and sincerity"; Determine the "I'm the best" perception; Implement the requirements of respecting teachers and being honest and pragmatic.

In the last link, under the leadership of an instructor named Guan Yizhi, they learned to sing the school song of the Whampoa Military Academy together:

The tide of anger is surging, the party flag is flying, this is the Whampoa of the revolution. We must carry out the doctrine, do not relax our discipline, and be prepared to be the vanguard of struggle.

Make a bloody road, guide the oppressed people, hand in hand, move forward, the road is not far, don't be surprised, love and sincerity, and continue to defend forever.

Carry forward the spirit of our school! Carry forward the spirit of our school!

Finally, under the leadership of the squadron leader, the squadrons marched out of the auditorium, sang the school song, shouted all the way, and returned to each classroom to continue the detachment meeting.

(End of chapter)