In the early morning of September 13, 1971, the 913 Incident broke out. Shortly after the September 13 incident, Li Zuopeng, then the first political commissar of the Navy and one of the "Four King Kongs" of President Lin, was isolated for examination and dismissed from relevant duties. It is worth mentioning that Li Zuopeng entered the Navy with the support of President Lin, and at first he only served as deputy commander of the Navy. However, in the late 1960s, Li Zuopeng seized power in the navy with the support of Mr. Lin, at which time he joined forces with Zhang Xiuchuan and others to openly seize power from the navy commander Xiao Jinguang, and in 1967, Xiao Jinguang was temporarily relieved of the command of the navy.
In 1971, the September 13 Incident occurred, Li Zuopeng was isolated and examined, and the commander of the Navy, Xiao Jinguang, also returned to command the Navy, after which he continued to lead the Navy to modernization and did a lot of work for the development of the Navy. So, what is the story of Xiao Jinguang? How did he live in his later years?
During the revolutionary period, our party did not have its own navy, and soon after the founding of New China, Chairman Mao found Xiao Jinguang and asked him to form a naval organ and serve as the commander of the navy after the establishment of the navy in the future. Xiao Jinguang refused at first, in Xiao Jinguang's view, he was a "dry duck", how could he command the navy? But Chairman Mao believed Inc. Jinguang and named him commander to form the new China's naval forces.
After serving as the commander of the navy, Xiao Jinguang quickly put forward a systematic naval construction plan, participated in the formation of a number of naval schools, such as the Naval Aviation School, the Naval Artillery School, etc. At the same time, Xiao Jinguang also put forward the policy of building a navy in view of the actual situation of new China, that is, to form a naval force that is "modern and full of offensive and defensive forces, coastal and light maritime combat forces".
Under the above policy, Xiao Jinguang formed coastal defense forces such as the North Sea Fleet, the East China Sea Fleet, and the South China Sea Fleet, and at the same time solved the problem of naval weapons and equipment, and did a lot of basic work for the formation of the new China Navy. When he was awarded the rank in 1955, Xiao Jinguang was awarded the rank of grand general for his contributions to the revolutionary period and his special contribution to the navy, becoming the founding general.
However, in 1962, Under the arrangement of President Lin, Li Zuopeng entered the Navy and took up the post of deputy commander of the Navy, after which he colluded with Zhang Xiuchuan, deputy political commissar of the Navy, and others, and began to engage in factional struggles within the Navy, making the naval system a miasma.
As commander of the Navy, Xiao Jinguang put the overall situation first, and in order to maintain unity, he adopted a patient attitude toward Li Zuopeng and others, but Li Zuopeng and others intensified their efforts and wrote the Navy's "Basic Summary of three years," framing Xiao Jinguang's work as having problems. At the same time, with the support of President Lin, Li Zuopeng openly seized power from Xiao Jinguang, who was then the commander of the Navy, and in 1967, Xiao Jinguang was temporarily relieved of the command of the Navy.
Fast forward to 1971, when the September 13 incident broke out. After the September 13 incident, Li Zuopeng, one of the "Four King Kongs" of President Lin, was isolated for review, and Xiao Jinguang also returned after Li Zuopeng was isolated and examined, regaining command of the navy. Chairman Mao was extremely relieved that Xiao Jinguang was the commander of the Navy, and he once said: "Xiao Jinguang is a lifelong commander of the Navy." He was there, and the commander of the Navy was not easy. ”
After this, Xiao Jinguang continued to be reused, and in 1979, Xiao Jinguang was appointed as the vice chairman of the National People's Congress and became a vice-state-level cadre. At this time, Xiao Jinguang was 76 years old, an old man who had entered his old age, and he also felt that his body was not as good as before, and the next year, Xiao Jinguang took the initiative to resign as the commander of the Navy.
Considering Xiao Jinguang's age and physical health, the organization agreed to his resignation request. However, after resigning, Xiao Jinguang still provided suggestions for the modernization of the motherland's navy, and he continued to serve as a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Committee. In his later years, Xiao Jinguang lived mainly in Beijing and died of illness in 1989 at the age of 86.