Among the ten founding generals, there is a navy commander who served for 30 years, because of his own excellence, his children are also very good, all of them are academic bullies, and his daughter-in-law is a household name. And this founding general is Xiao Jinguang.
Xiao Jinguang was born in a poor family, and it is said that the children of the poor have long been in charge, so Xiao Jinguang has been very sensible since he was a child, not only helping his parents to share the housework within their reach, but also studying very seriously. It was also his studiousness that attracted his father's attention, so his father overcame great financial difficulties to send him to school, which also became an opportunity to change Xiao Jinguang's fate.
After the outbreak of the May Fourth Movement, Xiao Jinguang, who had great ambitions, resolutely threw himself into the anti-imperialist movement, and he himself explored a way to save the country, which also became his lifelong belief. After returning from studying in the Soviet Union, Xiao Jinguang, full of confidence, joined the Ranks of the Red Army, and although he knew that it would be quite difficult to walk on this road, he had no hesitation. It was precisely because of his firm belief that he performed very well in the revolutionary war that followed, and after the founding of New China, he was also honored as one of the ten founding generals with outstanding merits.
Later, Xiao Jinguang also served as the first commander of the mainland navy, and he was single-handedly responsible for the preparation of the navy. Although the Navy was still a branch full of unknowns on the mainland at that time, under xiao Jinguang's efforts, the mainland's naval undertakings were still developing smoothly, and it can be said that the strength of the Chinese navy today is inseparable from Xiao Jinguang's credit. It is worth mentioning that Xiao Jinguang was originally very afraid of water, but in order to become a good commander of the navy, he overcame this defect with unimaginable perseverance of ordinary people, and even later learned to swim. It was also under his encouragement that the officers and men of the Continental Navy trained very hard and took him as an example.
Xiao Jinguang died on March 29, 1989, at the age of 86, the longest-lived general among the founding generals. Xiao Jinguang had a total of nine children in his lifetime, three of whom had become generals, and their academic qualifications were quite high, which can be said to be a family bully. Xiao Jinguang's other children have high achievements in the political or artistic circles, and one of them is a singer Li Guyi who is popular all over the country, and she is a household name. And Li Guyi's husband is not simple, he himself is a leader in the construction industry, but also played a huge role in the construction of new China!