Another highlight of this National Day military parade was the division consisting of cadres from military academies. Mao Zedong always attached importance to the enhancement of the army’s cultural construction. He once pointed out that an army without knowledge is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy. During the revolutionary wartime, battles broke out frequently and it was simply impossible to carry out large-scale activities for cultural construction. After the founding of the New China, the PLA made vigorous efforts to establish military academies to enhance the cultural level of officers and soldiers. The CPC Central Military Commission called on the soldiers and officers to eliminate illiteracy and enhance the cultural level of the entire army. In November 1949, the PLA Naval School was founded in Dalian.