In the course of the revolution, some people followed the party all the way and finally ushered in a peaceful victory; some people had to slip away with their tails between their tails because they made wrong choices and were defeated one after another; some people once made outstanding revolutionary contributions, but they made great mistakes because they went astray and were finally sentenced.
The general I want to talk about today is Li Zuopeng, who made a big mistake after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but he made an important contribution in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and was even blinded by the enemy's poison gas bombs.
Li Zuopeng was a native of Jiangxi, born in an ordinary rural family, and his hometown was the place where the fire of revolution was most vigorous, so he was influenced by revolutionary ideas at a very young age, and at the age of sixteen he was determined to join the party, determined to support the party's cause, defend the country, and defeat the enemy.
When Li Zuopeng was a child, he studied in the township school for a period of time, and he was exposed to some advanced knowledge, which also broadened his horizons. In 1930, when the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army expanded its ranks in Ji'an, Jiangxi, Li Zuopeng immediately signed up and became a Red Army soldier.
Li Zuopeng conscientiously summed up his experience every time he carried out a task, and his personality was very calm, although he did not like to talk, he was always able to do a good job in a down-to-earth manner. Li Zuopeng is good at using his brain and often expresses his own unique opinions and opinions on some major issues. At the age of 18, Li Zuopeng officially became a party member, and soon after he was transferred to the Central Soviet Region as a staff officer of the Second Bureau of the Central Military Commission.
In order to cultivate young revolutionary cadres with experience and education, the party organization established the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. Li Zuopeng was the university's instructor and captain of the staff training team. Li Zuopeng was not just an ordinary instructor; in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Li Zuopeng was doing important staff and reconnaissance work, and although he did not have the opportunity to go to the front to confront the enemy head-on, in the turbulent years, he would encounter the enemy everywhere.
While at Liangshan, Li Zuopeng was attacked by the Japanese army, which had been annihilated by a brigade, but reinforcements soon arrived and counterattacked. Li Zuopeng immediately decided to reorganize the combat squad and cover the retreat of the personnel of the organs. However, the Japanese army dropped poison gas bombs, causing Li Zuopeng's eyes to be smoked and unable to open.
Later, Li Zuopeng received emergency treatment, and as a result, he did not expect that his right eye was close to blindness, and even if he went to Beijing for surgery, he still did not succeed, so Li Zuopeng picked a pair of sunglasses from the booty to cover his right eye, and finally gradually developed the habit of wearing sunglasses, rarely taking them off.
In 1955, Li Zuopeng was awarded the rank of lieutenant general and later became political commissar and deputy chief of the general staff of the Navy. But Li Zuopeng made a wrong decision, eventually went astray, was sentenced to 17 years in prison, and was dismissed from all positions.
At that time, Li Zuopeng was already very old, and the organization also remembered that he had made great contributions to the revolutionary cause, so Li Zuopeng was treated favorably. After a few months in prison, Li Zuopeng needed to go out for medical treatment because of physical reasons, so the organization arranged for him to live in Taiyuan and paid him a full amount of living expenses. In his later years, Li Zuopeng has been living in Taiyuan and living a quiet and quiet life.
In 2009, General Li Zuopeng died at the age of 95, and his family and local leaders jointly arranged the aftermath of General Li Zuopeng.