In China's modern history, there was such a school, it was called the Whampoa Naval School, formerly known as the Whampoa Naval School, the Whampoa Naval School has trained many naval academies and shipbuilding and shipping industry celebrities for China, such as Tan Xueheng, Tang Tingguang, Chen Ce, etc., today we are going to talk about this one, also used to be a member of the Whampoa Naval School, his name is Deng Zhaoxiang, is the founding rear admiral, once served as the deputy commander of the Navy and other positions.
Let's take a look at Deng Zhaoxiang's life experience.
On April 1, 1903, Deng Zhaoxiang was born in a fairly prosperous family in Shuangmumian Village, Zhaoqing Town, Gaoyao County, Guangdong Province.
However, when Deng Zhaoxiang was eight years old, his father Deng Gang died, and the life of the Deng family, who had lost their financial resources, became difficult, and Deng Zhaoxiang faced the situation of dropping out of school.
During his school years, Deng Zhaoxiang learned about the heroic deeds of Deng Shichang who bravely killed the enemy and sacrificed his life for the country in the First Sino-Japanese War, so Deng Zhaoxiang also set up the dream of traveling in the blue ocean, I have to say that Deng Zhaoxiang was lucky, and his dream was soon realized.
In March 1914, Deng Zhaoxiang was admitted to the publicly-funded Guangzhou Whampoa Naval Academy and became the 16th cadet of the school.
After that, Deng Zhaoxiang studied at the Wusong Naval School, the Yantai Naval School, and the Nanjing Torpedo and Gun School.
In the summer of 1923, Deng Zhaoxiang, who graduated from the Nanjing Torpedo Gun School, entered the Protector Fleet that supported Sun Yat-sen for internship, and then served as a second lieutenant trainee on the cruiser "Haichen".
At the beginning of 1925, Deng Zhaoxiang, who had completed his naval internship, became a full-fledged naval officer in Qingdao and was appointed as a lieutenant and deputy gunners of the "Huajia" transport ship.
In 1929, the Nationalist Government selected some naval officers to study in the British Navy, Deng Zhaoxiang knew that this was a good opportunity to supplement his naval knowledge, and when he knew that the quota of naval officers was full, he decided to surrender himself to the British to study as a trainee, which shows Deng Zhaoxiang's determination to strengthen the army.
In January 1930, Deng Zhaoxiang embarked on a journey to England, and successively studied torpedoes, navigation, signals, guns and other majors at the Royal Naval College Greenwich and the British Navy Torpedo School.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the British Royal Navy donated a cruiser to the Chinese Navy, and Chiang Kai-shek named the ship "Chongqing" and appointed Deng Zhaoxiang as the captain of the "Chongqing".
On September 12, 1948, Lin Biao and Luo Ronghuan led the Northeast People's Liberation Army to attack, and the Liaoshen Campaign began, when the Kuomintang army was divided and surrounded by our army in the Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan areas, Chiang Kai-shek urgently transferred 11 divisions to storm Tashan to relieve the siege of Jinzhou, and at the same time, Chiang Kai-shek also ordered Deng Zhaoxiang to lead the "Chongqing" to the north and join the battle.
The "Chongqing" ship's guns were very powerful, and a single shell could blow up a platoon's defensive position, but Deng Zhaoxiang was disgusted with the civil war and was not allowed to approach the Tashan coast.
In January 1949, with the peaceful liberation of Beiping, the Kuomintang army has become the end of the crossbow, Chiang Kai-shek also announced in an uproar, in this case, Deng Zhaoxiang led his troops to hold the "Chongqing Ship Uprising" in Wusongkou, Shanghai, after 25 hours of sailing, "Chongqing" arrived safely in Yantai Port, Shandong.
After Deng Zhaoxiang went ashore, he said: "I am responsible for all the evil things in the past of the Chongqing. ”
The chief clasped Deng Zhaoxiang's hands tightly and said happily: "Warmly welcome all the officers and men of the Chongqing, who have returned to the embrace of the people. ”
On September 30, 1949, Chairman Mao met with more than 30 Kuomintang rebel generals, including Deng Zhaoxiang, at Huairen Hall in Zhongnanhai, and said:
"Now that you have come to the revolutionary road, it is very good. Keep going!"
In 1955, Deng Zhaoxiang was awarded the rank of rear admiral and successively served as deputy chief of staff and deputy commander of the Qingdao base of the navy, deputy commander of the North Sea Fleet, and deputy commander of the navy.
In June 1959, Deng Zhaoxiang's nephew Deng Ruzhang returned from Vietnam, at that time Deng Ruzhang had become a spy of the Kuomintang, and the purpose of returning to China was to rebel against Deng Zhaoxiang.
From 1983 to 1998, Deng Zhaoxiang was consecutively elected vice chairman of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and died in Beijing in August 1998 at the age of 95.