General Liu Feng's military career is legendary. He participated in the Ningdu Uprising in 1931, and then served as a grain supervisor and civilian cadre in the people's army, and successively served as a brigade commander, division commander and other important positions. By the end of the Liberation War, Liu Feng was already the commander of the Second Field Division, and in 1955 he received the rank of major general.
Although his military rank was not high, he was later transferred to the People's Air Force and became one of the few generals who served in both the civilian and the army and the air force, and his future was bright. In addition, he was self-motivated, and was appointed political commissar shortly after he was transferred to the Wuhan Military Region in the early 60s, and it was rare for him to be promoted to a cadre at the level of a major general at that time, which shows his smooth development path. However, in the early seventies, Liu Feng made a major mistake that ruined his future.
In 1971, the situation was urgent, and the chairman inspected the major military regions, and arrived in the Wuhan Military Region in August. At that time, Zeng Siyu, the commander of the military region, was recuperating in Dalian due to illness, and the only main person in charge was Liu Feng. The chairman specially asked him for a serious and confidential long talk, which touched on the situation of the whole army and the whole country, and asked Liu Feng to maintain a correct stand in the Wuhan Military Region. Although Liu Feng held a prominent official position in the army, such a serious conversation was also the first time he had experienced it, and he deeply felt that the situation was grim.
Hoping that a reliable colleague would help him share the burden, he completely forgot the chairman's instruction that "the contents of the conversation must be kept strictly confidential" and leaked the contents of the chairman's conversation to Vice Admiral Li Zuopeng, political commissar of the Navy. As one of the "Four King Kongs", Li Zuopeng's situation at that time was very sensitive, and after learning this information, the consequences can be imagined. However, Liu Feng failed to perceive this sensitivity and made a serious mistake.
After September 1971, the whole army launched a thorough investigation of the leak incident, and finally found that the source of the information was actually from Wuhan. After review, the details of Liu Feng's leak to Li Zuopeng were confirmed. Subsequently, Liu Feng was removed from office and expelled from the party. Zeng Siyu and Liu Feng are in stark contrast in terms of political consciousness and behavior. Although Zeng Siyu was unable to attend the chairman's speech in person, after returning to his post, Liu Feng once again conveyed the content of the chairman's speech to him.
However, Zeng Siyu showed extraordinary political literacy, and he did not divulge the information revealed by Liu Feng to others. After a strict review by the organization, Zeng Siyu was confirmed to be tight-lipped, and the chairman also made a special speech praising him as a "good comrade". Therefore, the commander of the Wuhan Military Region was not implicated in this incident. However, Liu Feng's behavior exposed his immaturity.
According to Zeng Siyu's report, when Liu Feng revealed the chairman's intentions to him, he kept telling him, "The chairman asks for confidentiality, and you must not tell anyone else." It can be seen from this sentence that Liu Feng is not mature enough when dealing with related affairs. This kind of demand and way of talking is almost no different from that of ordinary comrades, and it is completely inconsistent with the level of a senior cadre, which is in sharp contrast to his partner Zeng Siyu.