The commander of the eight military regions involved in the transfer, he died at the earliest, and died in an accident
In December 1948, the whole army was reorganized, and the Central Plains Field Army at that time was reorganized into the Second Field Army, with three corps, plus a special forces column, and the uprising 58th Army, with a total strength of about 300,000 people. The commander of the field army was Marshal Liu Bochéng, known as Liu Shuai. Liu Shuai, who had a high knowledge of military theory, commanded many classic battles with fewer victories and more victories during the revolutionary war years, so he also won him the title of military god.
A native of Kai County, Sichuan Province (present-day Kaizhou District, Chongqing), Liu Shuai aspired to "save the people from fire and water" when he was a teenager. Because it was chaotic in China at that time, it was often bullied by the great powers, resulting in many parts of the vast country becoming colonies of the Western powers.
Liu Shuai
However, in 1911, when the storm of the Xinhai Revolution swept across the land of Shenzhou, Liu Shuai resolutely chose the road of joining the army. At that time, his friends and family members around him opposed him to joining the army, saying that it was too dangerous to fight as a soldier, and he replied: "The eldest husband should fight with swords to save the people from water and fire, and he would not care about his own wealth." So he became the first person in the town to cut off his braids and join the democratic revolutionary movement led by Sun Yat-sen.
After joining the Sichuan New Army, Liu Shuai was very brave in fighting the Qing soldiers, good at using his brain, and always achieved unexpected results on the battlefield. The leaders of the unit regard him as a good seedling, and if he has cultivated well, he will definitely be a general in the future. He was recommended to study at the chongqing government-run modern military academy. Liu Shuai, who received modern military education for the first time, benefited him a lot and learned a lot of things that he could not learn in the military book. Modern military knowledge needs to be learned, but Liu Shuai also studied ancient books and martial arts, such as Sun Tzu's Art of War, Wu Qibing's Book and other classic military books.
At the end of 1912, after graduation, Liu Shuai was assigned to the Xiong Kewu Department of the 5th Division of the Sichuan Army, during which he participated in the Patriotic War, as well as the battles between the Sichuan Army and the warlords of the Dian Army for territory, and the scuffles between the warlords of the Sichuan Army. In these battles, he felt helpless, they were killing each other for the sake of profit, regardless of the lives and deaths of the people. He is far from his belief in saving the people from water and fire.
Later, however, he became acquainted with Yang Mingong, Wu Yuzhang, and others, and began to accept Marxism. Knowing that this party was a party dominated by the people, which was very consistent with Liu Shuai's beliefs, he joined our party.
In August 1927, he participated in the Nanchang Uprising and served as the commander of the front-line chief of the general staff of the uprising, because everyone knew that he had a high knowledge of military theory. This position was none other than his, including later, throughout the period of land reform, Liu Shuai served as the chief of the general staff of the Red Army. Later, he was also sent to the Soviet Union, where he studied at the Frunze Military Academy, and after returning to China, he served as the chief of staff of the Red Army in the Ruijin Soviet Zone. Assisting Mao, Zhu crushed the enemy's anti-encirclement and suppression war.
However, in 1934, in the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, the Red Army suffered heavy losses due to the military adviser Li De's chaotic military command. At this time, Liu Shuai disregarded his personal safety and severely condemned Li De's military mistakes. As a result, he was dismissed from his post as chief of the General Staff and demoted to chief of staff of the Red 5Th Army. Although Liu Shuai was demoted, Dong Zhentang, the commander of the Red 5 Army, still respected him and regarded him as his superior.
Until after the Zunyi Conference, Liu Shuai was reinstated as chief of the general staff of the Red Army and commander of the column, commanding the advance troops of the Red Army to break through the Wujiang River, outwit Zunyi, cross the Chishui River, and enter Zunyi in the second, and other battles, each time completing very well, and was praised by Grandpa Mao as a dragon in the sky, who came to the Red Army to help liberate the poor people of the world.
It can be said that during the Red Army period, Liu Shuai always held the post of chief of the general staff. It was not until the time of the War of Resistance that he was transferred to the 129th Division as a division commander. Commanded the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army at the front line to fight against the Japanese. Such as the night attack on Yangmingbao, Shifu Qiqi Village, Changshengkou, Shentouling, Xiangtangpu, Southeast Jin against the "Nine Road Siege", Jinan anti-Eleventh Road "sweep", Zhengtai Yuliao in the Hundred Regiments War and other famous battles, these are Liu Shuai's masterpieces.
During the Liberation War, he served as the commander of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Field Army, successfully liberated a large area of the county seat of the Central Plains, crushed the attack of 500,000 nationalist troops of the Liu Zhi clique, and won a series of victories. Later, in preparation for a counteroffensive, Liu Shuai led his troops to leap into the Dabie Mountains and directly attacked the heart of the Nationalist army's rule, as if he had inserted a sharp knife in the heart of the enemy. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek asked Bai Chongxi's Gui army to surround and block the Nationalist army, and at the critical juncture when there was an obstacle to the enemy in the front and a pursuit of the troops in the rear, Liu Shuai put forward the loud slogan of "narrow roads meet the brave to win", which inspired countless soldiers to have the courage to kill the enemy, successfully shot the first shot for the counterattack, gained a firm foothold, and created a consolidated base area. After more than 10 months of arduous fighting, more than 300,000 enemy troops were annihilated, more than 100 county seats were liberated, the Liberated Areas of the Central Plains were opened up and expanded, and the Chen Xie Corps and Huaye formed a trend of mutual horns.
In May 1948, Liu was appointed commander of the Central Plains Field Army, and after winning the Battle of Huaihai, in December, the Central Plains Field Army was reorganized into the Second Field Army, and Liu Shuai still served as the commander. Soon after, the Battle of Crossing the River and the Liberation of the Great Southwest were launched, and heroic contributions were made to the victory of the War of Liberation. He was thus awarded the rank of field marshal, ranking fourth.
The commander of the Second Field Army, Liu Shuai, was a marshal, but in fact, the later achievements of "Deng Gong", who had been the political commissar of the army, were even greater than those of the commander. As we all know, Liu Shuai went out to engage in education at the founding of the Country and did not take on any important tasks. Deng Gong, on the other hand, is different, becoming the core figure of the second generation of leaders, and also the chief designer and pioneer of reform, opening up, and modernization. He has twice been named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year".