Zhu De, played a major role in rallying the military to Bolshevism. Zhu De had been a former mercenary and drug addict who had led the Chung Li Battalion of the Hong Kong Legion. Zhu had enjoyed an imperial life of leisure in India, with everything a man could want. His only flaw was that he read to much, and was soon inspired with a burning passion to save his Fatherland. He returned to China and convinced Sun Yatsen to found a military academy to train Chinese officers along German lines.