In the fifties of the last century, relations between China and the USSR remained calm, even a bit like a honeymoon period between husband and wife. The two countries had close contacts, and China needed the help of the Soviet Union, which in turn needed China's resources. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Soviet Union provided assistance to China in 156 projects, laying a solid foundation for the social construction of New China. In fact, for 25 years before that, China and the Soviet Union had never broken their relationship.
As early as 1942, before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Soviet Union began to fund, contribute, and produce guns in China to help Sun Yat-sen establish the Whampoa Military Academy, which cost a lot of money to establish. Soon after the establishment of the school, the Soviet Union sent military instructors, who were also the first Soviet experts at that time. At that time, there were as many as thirty Soviet specialists at the Whampoa Military Academy.
Since these experts did not know much about China's national conditions, they were mainly responsible for military teaching, imparting the latest Soviet military theories and techniques at that time. The curriculum is divided into two categories, disciplines and technical subjects, the former is military theory and the latter is professional skills. Due to the military emergency faced by the country at that time, the original three-year graduation program was shortened to one and a half years, but the teaching focus was still fully emphasized.
Half a year later, the Soviet Union formulated a military education plan, arranged the teaching schedule of various subjects, and rewrote the training courses for five major subjects, such as weapons, city building, and communications. The uniqueness of the Whampoa Military Academy lies not only in the fact that it received the guidance and participation of relevant personnel of the Soviet Union when it was founded, but also in the fact that it learned from the Soviet Union's construction experience and realized the subjectivity of the education method. The military academy allowed the propaganda of China's current Three People's Principles and Soviet Marxism, and skillfully fused the two.
However, at the beginning of the establishment of the military academy, ** was its weakness. At that time, although warlords in the vicinity of Guangdong expressed their willingness to accept Sun Yat-sen's leadership, they did not support the establishment of military schools. So, on the first day of school, the school had only thirty guns, which were funded by the USSR. Subsequently, military schools successively acquired more quantities and types of firearms. It can be said that the smooth formation of the Whampoa Military Academy could not have been achieved without the help of the Soviet Union.
In the end, the military academy produced a large number of military talents to meet the needs of the war. In the later period, many cadets became Chiang Kai-shek's cronies or key members of the Communist Party. From this point of view, it can be said that the support of the USSR was a bargain that did not lose money, because China became the gateway to the USSR and helped it through the difficulties.