On this day, 66 years ago, on September 17, 1959 (August 15, 1959 in the lunar calendar), Peng Dehuai and Huang Kecheng were dismissed from office. On September 17, 1959, the President of the People's Republic of China issued an order: in accordance with the decision of the 9th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Second National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, Peng Dehuai was removed from the post of Minister of Defense and Huang Kecheng was removed from the post of Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army of China. From then on, Lin Biao presided over the work of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. Comments: Because he criticized the "Great Leap Forward" and "People's Communization" at the Lushan Conference, he was designated as an "Anti-Party Group".