Liu Zhen, deputy commander of the Air Force, was awarded the rank of founding general when he was awarded the rank in 1955, and he was one of the youngest generals in the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Liu Zhen was a subordinate of General Xu Haidong and served as a soldier in the Red 25th Army led by Xu Haidong when he joined the army.
He fought bravely, charged ahead, and was quickly promoted, successively serving as the instructor of one battalion and one company of the 224th Regiment, the political commissar of the battalion, the political commissar of the regiment, and other positions, leading the troops to participate in many major wars, vicious battles and dangerous battles.
In November 1934, the Red 25th Army began the Long March in the name of the "Second Advance Team" of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army going north to resist Japan, and in September 1935, the Red 25th Army arrived at the revolutionary base area in northern Shaanxi, successfully completed the Long March, and reorganized with the victorious division of the Red Army led by Liu Zhidan and regrouped to form the Red Fifteenth Corps, with Xu Haidong as the commander of the Fifteenth Army, Cheng Zihua as the political commissar of the legion, and Liu Zhidan as the deputy commander of the regiment.
In October 1935, the Central Red Army also completed the Long March and came to northern Shaanxi, the Red 15th Army and the Central Red Army were merged into the First Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and Liu Zhen successively served as the political commissar of the Red 15th Army regiment and the political commissar of the division.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Liu Zhen served as the political commissar of the 688th Regiment of the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army.
In January 1941, the Kuomintang launched the "Anhui Southern Incident" that shocked China and foreign countries, and Liu Zhen's troops were ordered to be reorganized into the Tenth Brigade of the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army.
In September 1941, the 10th Brigade was ordered to be transferred to the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army and transferred to the Huaihai area of northern Jiangsu to implement the localization of the main force, and Liu Zhen served as the commander of the 10th Brigade and the commander of the Huai naval sub-district.
During the Liberation War, in November 1945, the Third Division of the New Fourth Army was ordered to march into the northeast, and Liu Zhen was appointed deputy commander of the Third Division.
At the end of November 1945, the troops of the Third Division were incorporated into the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army in Jinxi.
In June 1946, he was ordered to form the Second Column of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army with Wu Faxian as commander, and Wu Faxian served as political commissar.
In 1947, he led the second column to participate in the battles of Sanxia Jiangnan and Sibao Linjiang, and engaged in a tenacious tug-of-war with the Kuomintang army.
In May 1947, he led the second column to participate in the summer offensive launched by the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army, in September 1947, he commanded the troops to participate in the autumn offensive, and in the winter offensive operation that began in December, after five hours of fierce fighting, he conquered Zhangwu and completely annihilated more than 9,000 people from the 79th Division of the 49th Army of the Kuomintang defenders, which was commended by the CPC Central Committee and the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in October 1950, Liu Zhen was appointed commander of the Air Force of the Central and Southern Military Region.
After the outbreak of the Korean War, in November 1950, he was transferred to the Northeast Military Region Air Force Commander and Volunteer Air Force.
On September 25, 26, and 27, 1951, General Liu Zhen commanded the Fourth Air Division to fight the U.S. Air Force, shooting down 26 U.S. aircraft and injuring eight in three days, the first to shoot down the U.S. Air Force's most advanced F-86 aircraft.
In March 1954, Liu Zhen was appointed deputy commander of the Air Force of the people's liberation army of the Chinese and commander of the air force of the Northeast Military Region.
In September 1955, he was awarded the rank of General of the Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
After serving as deputy commander of the Air Force, he often went down to the troops to inspect and guide the work, and encouraged the pilots to step up training, train their excellent skills, and contribute to the construction of our army's air force.
Once, when he went to a certain army of the Air Force to inspect the work, when he got off the bus on the road to rest, he saw that there was a watermelon field next to the national highway, and the melon farmers put the watermelon on the aisle and sold it, and he instructed the guard squad leader to buy a few watermelons and eat watermelon with the entourage to quench their thirst.
At this time, a dozen hooligans came from the nearby city. They came to the national highway, ready to take the bus, saw a watermelon stall on the side of the road, so they came to pick up the melon farmer's watermelon, smashed it open and ate it, and ate the watermelon and prepared to leave.
At this time, the melon farmer stopped them and said to them: "Small business, you pay the melon money and then go!" ”
The hooligans said: "What, eating your melon is worthy of you, and what melon money to pay you, this generation is our territory, selling melons here has not yet charged you protection fees, first pay the protection fees." ”
The melon farmer said, "I sell melons on my field, and I don't need your protection, so you still pay for the melons, right?" ”
The rogue leader said: This melon farmer does not understand the rules, brothers, give him some color to see. ”
The hooligans rushed up, kicked the melon dragon's stall down, picked up the watermelon and threw it up, and the melon farmers stepped forward to block it, and they beat and scolded the melon farmers.
General Liu Zhen heard the noise, followed the prestige, and saw that the hooligans were bullying the melon farmers, so he said to the entourage: "Let's go with me to see." ”
When he reached the front, General Liu Zhen asked, "What's going on with you?" Why beat up melon farmers? ”
The rogue leader replied, "We are near here, this is our territory, these melon farmers are protected by us, give them protection fees, they don't give it, so give them some color to see." ”
The beaten melon farmers said: "They are talking nonsense, they eat watermelons without paying money, what protection fees do they want, I plant in my own land, set up stalls in my own land to sell melons, I don't need any protection, I don't know them, they eat my melons, they don't pay, when they ask for money, they smashed my melon stalls, and the watermelons fell to the ground." ”
The general listened angrily and said to the hooligans: "Immediately pay the melon money for eating melons, and compensate the masses for the loss of property, otherwise you will not be able to leave." ”
The goon said indifferently: "You don't care about things, this territory is ours, you are passing through the field, don't look for trouble!" Otherwise, I'll pack it up with you. ”
General Liu Zhen smiled coldly, "Then you come to compete." ”
The leader of the hooligans waved his hand, and the hooligans rushed forward.
The general said to the guards, "Don't beat these turtles yet." The guards had long been unable to hold back, and rushed forward to fight with these hooligans.
The usual training of the guards and fighters is how to capture the enemy, and when they fight, they will beat the hooligans to the nose and face, and lose the battle.
The guard squad leader went forward to knock down the rogue leader and arrested him to the general, who said: Immediately compensate the masses for their losses.
The leader of the hooligans was knocked unconscious, afraid of being beaten again, and quickly nodded his head and replied, "I compensate, I am willing to compensate." ”
He said that he had paid for the losses of the melon farmers.
General Liu Zhen instructed the head of the guard squad to notify the local police station to come and arrest people, and the public security cadres and policemen quickly arrived at the scene, and after the guard squad leader explained the situation to them, the chief took the hooligans away from the scene.
After the investigation of the police station, it was ascertained that these hooligans were local gangsters, who often caused trouble in this generation, charged protection fees to melon farmers, bullied and dominated the market, and ran amok, and the public security cadres and policemen severely punished and cracked down on them.