General Xiao Jinguang was the first commander of the PLA Navy.
In his 60-year career, 30 years were spent fighting for the revolution and liberation30 years in the post of commander of the Navy.
In December 1949, Xiao Jinguang was appointed commander of the Navy and began the process of building the Navy step by step from scratch.
Commander Xiao's hard work and efforts are all in his eyes.
In the second half of 1950, the Qingdao base of the Navy was established. In the years that followed, New China had a fleet of many different types of ships, which we could never have imagined before.
Until 1957, the construction of Qingdao Military Port had been basically perfected, and it was a complete naval base.
All this is inseparable from the efforts of Commander Xiao Jinguang, naval officers and countless workers.
In order to show these achievements to the leaders and the broad masses of the peopleThe Navy decided to hold a grand naval parade on August 1, 1957.
On July 12, ** happened to come to Qingdao to attend the meeting, Xiao Jinguang made a special trip to meet him, reported to him the results of the current naval base, and said that a military parade would be held on August 1.
When talking about the progress of the navy, Xiao Jinguang became more and more excited, New China finally has its own navy ** team!
Listen, and laugh like a child:"Yes, yes, our navy is amazing!I'm going to see them!”
In fact, at this time, ** had something else in mind.
Commander Xiao worked at his post without sleep or food, so that the navy of New China could become stronger step by step
Before going to the reward, ** also want to go to see the parade.
But it's a pity that ** caught a cold because of the weather at that time and couldn't go to see the parade.
But after the parade, ** listened to the report on the parade, and nodded while listening, looking very happy.
On August 5, ** just caught a cold, and met with the officers of the Navy stationed in Qingdao at a stadium and took a group photo with them.
After the parade, Commander Xiao Jinguang returned to his busy work life. He didn't expect that ** would soon surprise him.
On this day, Xiao Jinguang was sitting at the table, carefully processing the documents, when he suddenly heard a call in a Hunan accent from outside the door:"Commander Xiao, I'm here for dinner!”
Xiao Jinguang raised his head and walked in with a smile.
Xiao Jinguang was surprised and delighted, you know,I almost never go to someone's house to eat!Usually, it is someone else who is invited to ***'s house for dinner.
This time, *** specially came to Xiao Jinguang's house to "rub rice", which is undoubtedly a recognition of his work!
Xiao Jinguang immediately stood up to greet ***, but he suddenly remembered an embarrassing thing:There was no ...... to prepare meals at home
Xiao Jinguang is busy with work, so he usually eats later, and he doesn't have his meal at this time.
And *** came so suddenly, it's not realistic to prepare a meal right away. What to do?
Anyway, let the chef start cooking. Xiao Jinguang asked the chef to cook some home-cooked food, and at this time, an entourage of *** walked in and said that they had prepared a meal for ***.
It turned out that the staff didn't know about this "rice rubbing action", so they prepared dishes for *** as usual.
More than ten minutes later, Xiao Jinguang's chef also served out a few home-cooked dishes.
Although they are all common dishes in farmers, this meal, ** and Xiao Jinguang are very happy.
** First encouraged Xiao Jinguang's work attitude, and highly affirmed the progress made by the navy, and then happily praised the good taste of dinner.
The meal was enjoyed by both the guests and the hosts. Xiao Jinguang felt that his work had been affirmed and was very happy.
After that, Xiao Jinguang continued to devote himself to work.
As the commander of the Navy, General Xiao Jinguang naturally loves the sea. He raised it in the troops"Love the ship, love the island, love the sea".I have personally practiced this slogan.
At the beginning, Xiao Jinguang didn't know anything about the ocean and the navy. Before his appointment as commander of the Navy, he fought almost always on land far from the sea. At that time, he even got seasick.
After taking office, Xiao Jinguang began to "Xi" related knowledge.
If at first this kind of Xi was still out of a sense of responsibility and mission, later Xiao Jinguang really fell in love with the ocean.
In the 30 years he served as the commander of the navy, Xiao Jinguang has gone through countless navy-related books, experienced countless battles in the sea, and his footprints have traveled all over the motherland.
In the heart of Commander Xiao Jinguang, there is a deep love for the motherland's thousands of miles of sea frontiers.
In his later years, Xiao Jinguang, who suffered from cataracts, would take out a magnifying glass and carefully read every detail of "Ten Thousand Miles of the Sea Frontier".
The Map of the Sea and Frontier is a long scroll of Chinese painting with the theme of China's maritime frontier, created by the well-known marine painter Li Haitao. Li Haitao is also the eldest son-in-law of General Xiao Jinguang.
After reading it, Xiao Jinguang pointed out a few small mistakes and put forward a little revision.
Later, he said: "Now there is a saying called 'sea land'. That's a good saying, the ocean is also part of our land. Our maritime territory is extremely vast, covering almost one-third of the land. You must paint this picture well and arouse people's awareness of the sea frontier!
General Xiao Jinguang, for the sake of our people's navy, has never forgotten to build the navy and protect the maritime land.
During his tenure as Commander of the Navy, he made outstanding contributions to the construction of the Navy through his painstaking efforts and many pioneering achievements.
When the Navy was first formed, ** ordered: this task was given to the Third Field Army.
For the candidate for the first commander of the New Chinese Navy, he thought about it for a long time, and the figures of various generals in the army kept flashing in his mind, and finally fixed on Xiao Jinguang.
Xiao Jinguang is cautious, upright, and a battle-hardened general, with strong organizational and command skills. With these qualities, ** immediately make a conclusion:Xiao Jinguang is the right person.
One day in October 1949, Xiao Jinguang, then the commander and political commissar of the 12th Corps of Siye, received a messageI want him to rush to see *** immediately, and there is something extremely important to announce.
After rushing to see ***, Xiao Jinguang heard the news that shocked him:It was decided that he would be the commander of the Navy.
At first, Xiao Jinguang was apprehensive about this new position, because everything in the navy was unfamiliar to him. He was worried that he wouldn't be able to do it well. But with the encouragement of ***, Xiao Jinguang still went to work.
Later, it turned out that **'s decision was not wrongSenior Admiral Xiao Jinguang is an excellent naval commander!