On this day 40 years ago, on August 12, 1985 (June 26, 1985 lunar calendar), Xiao Hua passed away. On August 12, 1985, Xiao Hua passed away. Xiao Hua, a native of Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province. He joined the Communist Youth League of China in 1928 and became a member of the Communist Party of China in 1929. During the Long March, he served as the organization director of the Red First Army and the political commissar of the Second Division. Assisted Liu Bocheng in forming an alliance with the leader of the Yi people, Xiao Yedan, so that the Red Army could pass through this minority area smoothly. During the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Liberation, he made important contributions to the liberation of the Chinese nation and the establishment of New China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as a political commissar of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force, director of the General Political Department, deputy secretary of the Central Supervisory Commission, secretary of the People's Liberation Army Supervisory Commission, and member and deputy secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. He made significant contributions to the modernization of national defense, especially the construction of political work in the military. In 1983, he was elected vice chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was a member of the Eighth, Eleventh and Twelfth Central Committees of the Communist Party of China, and a deputy to the Fifth National People's Congress. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of general. Comrade Xiao Hua left behind a lot of writings. The "Long March Group Song" he wrote enthusiastically praised the glorious