He worked as a translator and later joined the Hidden Front as a founding lieutenant general, second only to The King of Secret Agents
The hidden front is a very important front in the history of our army, providing our army with a large amount of intelligence and a large number of capable people, the most famous of which is Li Kenong, who is known as the "king of secret agents."
In addition to Li Kenong, our army also has a special agent, his experience is even more legendary than the "King of Agents", he has carried out tasks across regions many times, no one can match, he is Liu Shaowen, the later founding lieutenant general, in the hidden front is only one level lower than Li Kenong.
When he was young, Liu Shaowen accepted revolutionary ideas, actively participated in the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggle in his hometown, joined the COMMUNIST Youth League, and later became a party member. In October 1925, he was selected to study at sun yat-sen university in Moscow.
He was fluent in Russian and served as an interpreter for the Soviet delegation after returning to China, and during the Zunyi Conference, Liu Shaowen served as secretary and recorded the contents of the meeting in detail.
After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance, the party organization asked him to join the hidden front and serve as secretary general in the Shanghai office of the Eighth Route Army. Although he was halfway out of the house, his secret agent work was getting better and better.
After the Outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, Liu Shaowen came to Shanghai, which had been bombed beyond recognition by the Japanese army and was in danger of life at any time. After the Japanese occupied Shanghai, Liu Shaowen did not leave, but lurked in Shanghai, collecting intelligence, organizing anti-Japanese forces, and helping patriots leave Shanghai.
In 1942, Liu Shaowen moved to Chongqing, which was the territory of the Kuomintang, but he successfully established a line of communication. Using this line of communication, Liu Shaowen safely sent underground personnel and patriots from the southwest to Yan'an.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1945, the Nationalist government moved back to Nanjing, liu Shaowen came to Shanghai again, established a new intelligence network, and successfully installed agents into important functional departments of the Kuomintang, but also faced danger at any time.
Zhao Ping was Liu Shaowen's secretary, and in 1947 the Kuomintang captured Zhao Ping, and his wife surrendered under severe torture, revealing Liu Shaowen's hiding place.
However, as a secret agent, Liu Shaowen's vigilance is very high, he perceives the danger, in the past he pretended to be a businessman, he quickly dressed up as a plumbing repairman. When the Kuomintang agent who came to arrest him asked him questions, he answered flawlessly, thus deceiving the agents.
After the liberation of the whole country in 1949, Liu Shaowen continued to stay in Shanghai, successively serving as the director of the Light Industry Division of the Shanghai Municipal Military Control Commission, the minister of the East China Textile Industry Department, and the acting minister of the four departments of the Central Military Commission.
In 1955, when he was awarded the title, Liu Shaowen became a founding lieutenant general, and was the second general in the hidden front after Li Kenong, which was a full affirmation of his ability.