During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in the last century, Hubei Province was definitely a red holy land, and Xiaogan was definitely the absolute leader among them. Today we are talking about a general who came out of there, his name is Liu Zhen, an outstanding general of our party, from his participation in the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in 1931 to his participation in the revolution in 1932, he was successively appointed to important positions such as company instructor, regiment commander, brigade commander, and commander of military sub-districts.
During the Liberation War, he served as the commander of the Second Column of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, the deputy commander of the Fourteenth Corps of the Fourth Field Army and the commander of the Thirty-ninth Army. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the commander of the air force of the Central and Southern Military Region and the Northeast Military Region, and the commander of the air force of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army.
In 1955, at the age of 40, he was awarded the rank of general. He was the youngest founding father.
Behind every hero there is unknown bitterness and hardship, and of course our 40-year-old young admiral is no exception. Liu Shang was born into a poor family that could not be poor, and the family had been farmers for generations. The whole family had worked hard for a year to produce grain, and under the exploitation of the local overlords, there was very little left, and their own food and clothing were in question. Living under this oppression for a long time is naturally deeply bitter to the landlords and bureaucrats of the old society. Therefore, when he was 15 years old, when our party organization formed a peasant association in Hubei, he resolutely joined the local Red Guards, because he felt that only the Red Army was fighting for the poor.
Later, during the Long March of the Red Army, he was in the ranks led by Wu Huanxian and Xu Haidong, the Red 25th Army, which was initially weak in strength, and then the only unit that was expanding, established the only politically stable base area, the Eyu-Shaanxi base area; later, after the Central Red Army came to northern Shaanxi, their troops also contributed 7,000 oceans to solve the urgent needs of the Red Army at that time.
In early May 1934, when Commander Xu Haidong commanded the Red 25th Army against the county seat of Luotian in western Anhui Province, he obtained hundreds of weapons as booty, as well as 7,000 yuan in French tender. This was the most difficult period for the Red 25th Army, and all of a sudden, when it received such a "huge sum of money", the whole army was smiling.
At the summary meeting, everyone was elated and praised the battle well fought, properly commanded, and how to lead well. A deputy squad leader interrupted their interest and raised an objection: "I don't think this battle is very well fought, at least not a total victory." "As you can imagine, the scene is still relatively cold.
Commander Xu was also quite surprised to ask him about his opinion, and the deputy squad leader said: "We mainly have problems with the use of tactics, and when we attack the enemy's hill, we did not protect ourselves well, causing heavy casualties; when retreating, we did not make careful arrangements, and the formation was scattered, resulting in losses to the troops; at the end, when we went into the warehouse to transport the spoils of war, if we could transport more goods half an hour earlier, we could transport more..." Commander Xu looked down and thought about it, then raised his head, and said happily: "Your words have different unique views from your own, which are very valuable and very courageous." Your deputy squad leader is very tactical, and I don't think it's a problem for you to be a company commander instructor! ”
This bold deputy squad leader was our protagonist, General Liu, who was later promoted to instructor of the 1st Company of the 1st Battalion, 224th Regiment of the 75th Division, and in the same year, he was promoted to political commissar. He was only 19 years old.
Later, after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Third Division of the New Fourth Army, that is, the army of General Liu, marched into the northeast, and in 1946 he and Wu Faxian, who was the previous superior, became partners. The two have worked together for many years, know each other's roots, and have a tacit understanding of their work, plus General Liu has great respect for him, the troops get along well, and the combat team is also very tough.
At that time, among the twelve columns in the four fields, Lin Shuai valued their teams the most, and as long as there were important combat tasks, Lin Shuai's first thought must be the second column. In the well-known three major battles, Siye participated in two, and the Siye clan from the Songhua River in the northeast, all the way south, to Hainan Island, with outstanding achievements and outstanding military achievements, of which General Liu's team was the most important backbone.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, General Liu served as the commander of the air force of the Northeast Military Region, and concurrently served as the commander of the volunteer army and the air force; in the early days of the Communist Party of our country, it was the jiangshan that was beaten down by small soldiers and rifles, and perhaps our Chinese was bold, and the newborn calves were not afraid of tigers. Fighting against the world's most powerful US Air Force, our fighters are not afraid at all, not afraid, in the case of the enemy is strong and weak, the equipment is not as good as the opponent, can still give the US army a heavy setback, even the first F-86 aircraft at that time was also shot down, everyone was shocked, do not dare to believe the fact.
Mr. Fan, then chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, publicly commented: "China has squeezed into one of the world's air force powers in almost a day." "We should be proud of China!"
Comrade Liu Zhen has been a soldier all his life and has made outstanding military achievements. Although he has never said goodbye to us, the revolutionary spirit and noble character he believed in continue to be continued in his descendants. It is said that the tiger father has no dogs, and his three sons have all enlisted in the army and sacrificed their strength for our motherland. His eldest son, Liu Weidong, was a lieutenant general, and his youngest son, Liu Weiping, was a major general, but only his second son changed careers halfway through. A family of three generals, really sighed to themselves.
Admiral Liu is a real gun, that is really a general who fought out, his spirit of selfless dedication, strong and courageous, just and upright, not telling lies, is always worthy of our study and remembrance. His record will go down in history forever. At the age of 40, he became the youngest of the 57 generals of the time. For him, the military merit medal is his greatest affirmation, and it is the proof that he embodies the value of life!