Last time we talked about the Red Twenty-fifth Army led by Xu Haidong, which gradually changed from an army with few people and weak weapons to a powerful army that was brave and good at war, and created a good record after another. There is a founding general in such a force, who is he?
Liu Zhen, formerly known as Liu You'an, was born into a peasant family in Hubei Province. He survives by farming, but he is often unable to eat under layers of exploitation. Under oppression, Liu Zhen joined the Red Guards and wanted to rely on the strength of all the peasants to fight against the exploiting class. Subsequently, Liu Zhen joined the Red Army, and he was very willing to endure hardships and had wisdom. He performed very well in the army, so he officially became a party member the following year. Because the battle situation required most of the Red Fourth Army to retreat to other places, Liu Zhen was placed in the battalion of the Red Twenty-fifth Army. Became the deputy squad leader of the pistol regiment.
After a battle, when everyone was happy that they had won the battle, he thought deeply and said a few points that should be paid attention to in the battle. His views were appreciated by General Xu and he felt that he was a rare talent. Later, his performance also confirmed General Xu's judgment. Liu Zhen performed very well in the subsequent battles, leading the team to victory many times, being promoted to the position of regimental political commissar, and later because he had to rearrange the team, he was transferred to Wu Faxian's troops.
After that, he led the army to the northeast and Wu Faxian was ordered to form the second column of the Northeast United Army, and the former leader became a partner. The two have worked together before, so the two are very tacit and the team they lead is also very united. There is no contradiction between each other, so the combat effectiveness is very strong. This second column is also the team that destroys the most enemies.
Later, after the founding of New China, Liu Zhen served as the commander of the Air Force in the northeast. Advanced aircraft in the face of recognized international strength of the U.S. Air Force. He was even more fearless, and in a state of strength and weakness, he shot down twenty-six American planes in three days, and injured eight of them, including the new models that the US military was proud of. Shocked the international community.
He was later awarded the rank of general at the founding ceremony, when he was only forty years old. Later, his son was also very prominent, he had three sons, the eldest son Liu Weidong was a lieutenant general, the third son was a major general, and the second son changed careers after becoming a soldier. It is also a door-to-door house, which is admirable.
General Liu died in Beijing in August 1992 at the age of seventy-eight. In 2007, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of liberation, the inauguration ceremony of the bronze statue of General Liu Zhen, one of the founders of china's great general and one of the founders of the Chinese Air Force, was held in the People's Park of Siyang County, Jiangsu Province, to commemorate the great contribution made by General Liu to us.