In January 1979, the Military Commission held an enlarged meeting, and in addition to discussing the content of national defense construction, some senior generals also criticized Su Zhenhua, the political commissar of the Navy.
At the beginning, Deng Gong spoke, and then many generals such as Xiao Jinguang and ** were also helping to correct it, but Su Zhenhua did not admit his mistake, but said: I am a member of the Politburo, and I want to criticize me through **, I don't accept this way.
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Su Zhenhua has had in-depth cooperation with Deng Gong and Xiao Jinguang. In the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, he followed Liu Deng's army to participate in the hard battle of advancing into Dabie Mountain, and served as the political commissar of the 1st Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Field Army and the political commissar of the 5th Corps of the 2nd Field Army, and Deng Gong was his direct superior.
In 1973, when Deng Gong returned to Beijing and had not yet officially made a comeback, Su Zhenhua also went to visit with You Taizhong and others, which deeply moved Deng Gong. In addition, Su Zhenhua and Xiao Jinguang have worked together in the Navy for a long time, and after he was transferred to the Navy in 1954, the two have experienced many things together.
Su Zhenhua was hit, but Xiao Jinguang brought his letter of appeal to ***, which made him return to work in the navy leadership in 1972. However, Su Zhenhua and these two old people later had disagreements.
Once upon a time, Xiao Jinguang and Su Zhenhua firmly believed that military training should be the main thing within the navy, supplemented by political education, but they were attacked by Vice Admiral Li and others, and were finally forced to leave their posts for many years.
This incident had a profound impact on Su Zhenhua and made him more politically active. Only in July 1972, a few months after Su Zhenhua's comeback, he had a disagreement with Xiao Jinguang at the Fifth Enlarged Meeting of the Fourth Party Committee of the Navy.
Xiao Jinguang wrote in his memoirs that Su Zhenhua insisted on carrying out a pilot project of approving forests with big-character posters in the China Eastern Airlines organ, while he was opposed. As a result, he was criticized, and soon the entire navy was flooded with big-character posters, and Su Zhenhua expanded the propaganda of the movement in the navy.
After this meeting, Xiao Jinguang was forced to put on a hat and was forced to do a review, and after many large and small meetings, he finally admitted that he was "on the thief ship" in January 1973, and the matter was resolved.
However, this incident made Su Zhenhua the first secretary of the party committee of the navy and actually led the navy.
In 1974, Su Zhenhua paid tribute to Jiang on behalf of the Navy Party Committee, and twice wrote Jiang's handwritten letters. Jiang stressed that the navy should develop its own technology and equipment, so Su Zhenhua ordered the removal of the streamers on the hats of the navy soldiers and resolutely opposed it.
This practice had a significant impact at the time, and Xiao Jinguang objected to it, but Su Zhenhua did not accept it. However, after criticizing four people at the Politburo meeting in the same year, Su Zhenhua began to realize the seriousness of the problem and gradually distanced himself from them, not falling deeper.
A rare unanimity between Xiao and Su was in 1975, when Deng Gong was ordered to reorganize the army and solve a series of problems such as swelling, scattering, luxury, and laziness.
But when it came to "countering the right-leaning overturning case", the views of the two partners were completely opposite, Xiao Jinguang had found the factual basis for Su Zhenhua to discuss the overturning of the case, but Su Zhenhua, who was born in Erye, had doubts about the old political commissar.
At the enlarged meeting of the Military Commission in January 1979, Xiao Jinguang expressed dissatisfaction with Su Zhenhua's work. At the same time, Deng Gong and Su Zhenhua also had some differences in official affairs.
In Deng Gong's view, the visit in 1973 was a relief in the snow, but"Fight back against the right-leaning trend of overturning the case"But it fell into the well. After the Third Plenary Session of the 10th Central Committee in August 1977, Deng Gong officially made a comeback, but due to the excessive number of positions on his body, some work needed to be shared by other cadres.
Therefore, Deng Gong decided to let *** serve as the secretary general of the Military Commission, and Su Zhenhua was only a member of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission. This made Su Zhenhua feel uncomfortable. Later, about"Two whatevers"with"Criterion of Truth"The controversy is very large, and Su Zhenhua is more inclined to"Everything", he once said that we should treat President Hua like *** and follow his pace.
As his old leader, Deng Gong once criticized, hoping that he could change his thinking and conform to the development of the times, but it had no effect.
In March 1978, a serious accident occurred in a Navy ship, which caused heavy damage to the country, which shocked **. For this matter, Su Zhenhua, the political commissar in charge of ideological work, could not escape the blame, so Deng Gonghe severely criticized Su Zhenhua.
Su Zhenhua felt very aggrieved about this matter, and on April 12 of the same year, he talked about this matter when he communicated with Comrade Hua. Comrade Hua was about to visit the DPRK, and in order to boost the morale of the navy, he told Su Zhenhua that he wanted to visit the navy after returning to China.
After learning the news, Su Zhenhua was very happy and immediately summoned three deputy commanders of the navy and a chief of staff of the navy, saying that he would conduct a large-scale military exercise and dispatch 120 large and small ships and 80 aircraft.
The others felt very honored when they heard that the supreme leader was coming to inspect the troops, but Chief of Staff Yang Guoyu asked more about whether the matter had been reported to the General Staff HeadquartersSu Zhenhua said that the chairman of the Central Military Commission has already agreed, so there is no need to report or apply again.
People immediately sensed that something was wrong, after all, such a large-scale military movement required the approval of the General Staff and a clear set of procedures, and acting privately would give people the feeling of being unjustifiable.
At Yang Guoyu's insistence, Su Zhenhua was asked to report to his superiors. After receiving the news, the first reaction of the secretary general of the Central Military Commission was that this was very inappropriate; after all, China has just improved relations with the United States and Japan, and the sudden large-scale operation in the coastal areas will certainly arouse the vigilance of the United States and Japan.
Moreover, the location of the parade was chosen in Lushun, which was very close to the Soviet Union, and in the case of tense Sino-Soviet relations, it was easy for the other side to misunderstand. Based on these considerations, it is considered better not to have a military parade.
However, he was the secretary general of the Central Military Commission, Comrade Hua was the chairman of the Central Military Commission, and it was inconvenient for him to oppose things that his direct leaders agreed to, and finally reported the matter to Deng Gong. After hearing this, Deng Gong felt that this idea made sense, and quickly stopped the operation of the navy.
This incident dealt a great blow to Su Zhenhua, and later "Practice is the Only Criterion for Testing Truth" was released, and a big discussion was launched across the country, but the navy was not very cooperative.
Someone mentioned this matter at the party committee, but Su Zhenhua said: "You don't look at the current situation, you haven't expressed your position yet, and you will make mistakes if you don't do it." ”
In early January 1979, Deng Gong, Xu Shuai, Xiao Jinguang, ** and others criticized Su Zhenhua because of their ideological differences. However, Su Zhenhua refused to accept criticism, believing that criticism should be carried out through **.
Xu Shuai, who presided over the meeting, reminded Su Zhenhua to consider the nature of the matter. Although Su Zhenhua died of a heart attack the following month, he will always be his favorite general in the heart of Deng Gong, and the criticism is also for the sake of the better and more comprehensive development of his old subordinates, and there is no personal grudge.
Therefore, Su Zhenhua's memorial service was of a particularly high standard, Comrade Hua presided over the memorial service, Deng Gong read the eulogy, and Tiananmen Square, Xinhua Gate, and ** all lowered the flag at half-mast to mourn, which is a high recognition of Su Zhenhua's historical contributions.
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