In the early summer of 1934, the 224th Regiment of the Red Army encircled and suppressed the Kuomintang and won a complete victory, for which the Red Army organized a battle summary meeting. At the meeting, a young soldier made a statement that the battle was not completely won, and there were several fatal shortcomings, and while his comrades at the bottom were sweating for him, the commander let him directly promote him from the squad leader company to the third rank and become a company instructor. Who is this young man? What did he say again?
Born poor, his heart is toward revolution
The young warrior, Liu Zhen, was born in March 1915 to a peasant family in Xiaogan, Hubei Province, and in that dark era, peasants at the bottom of society had to endure the intensification of exploitation by the landlord class. Liu Zhen's family was poor, and growing up in this environment, he prematurely experienced the warmth and coldness of people's hearts in society.
When Liu Zhen was twelve, because the family had no money, he had to learn carpentry. At that time, there were successive uprisings in various places, and Liu Zhen was also deeply affected by it, and he wanted to join the revolution, but because he was too young, the organization temporarily did not accept it.
In the spring of 1930, the revolutionary movement on Xiaogan's side sprung up like mushrooms, and Liu Zhen, who had long been concerned about this, naturally would not let go of this great opportunity, so he joined the Red Guards at that time.
Before joining the Red Guards, Liu Zhen still knew less about the Communist Party, and then, because of the propaganda of the organization and some of his own active understanding, he gradually realized that only the Communist Party was a team that really fought for the people, and his yearning for the Red Army also began at that time.
During his time in the Red Guards, Liu Zhen learned a lot of things that he had not been exposed to before, laying a solid foundation for his later revolutionary career. During this period, Liu Zhen also used the principle of learning carpentry before and defeated some enemies, which also made Liu Zhen's reputation in the army increase.
In the autumn of 1931, Liu Zhen joined the Red Army and was assigned to a county guerrilla brigade in Hubei. During this period, Liu Zhen's performance in all aspects was very good, and he felt that those who could join the Communist Party were very good, and they were still a long way from being excellent, so they had to step up to narrow this distance.
In the brigade, Liu Zhen has a very famous feature, that is, running fast, which has many advantages for fighting. Because they are all fighting guerrilla warfare, in many cases, it is very important to bravely pursue the enemy, and it just so happens that Liu Zhen's running speed is one of the best in the guerrilla group, so it is said that after several battles, the captain was very impressed by this small team member who was willing to endure hardships, was not afraid of death, and ran fast.
In the spring of 1932, under the arrangement of his superiors, Liu Zhen came to the Fourth Brigade of the Special Agents of the Northeast Hubei Provincial Committee and became a soldier here. In August of the same year, Liu Zhen gloriously joined the Communist Party in Guangshan, Henan, and after that, Liu Zhen became more strict with himself and always reminded himself that as a party member and a soldier, all activities must be for the interests of the people.
In 1933, Liu Zhen's army was reorganized into a pistol regiment, which is what we said at the beginning of the pistol regiment. At this time, the revolutionary base area was transferred, and Liu Zhen and a small number of other non-commissioned officers stayed behind to garrison the base area. It was also during this period that Liu Zhen showed his talent in doing ideological work.
Ideological vanguard, war expert
In the base area, on the one hand, the soldiers also have to resist some foreign invasions, on the other hand, they are facing a serious shortage of materials, because it is difficult to get timely supplies of food and weapons and equipment in the garrisons, which will have a certain impact on the lives and psychology of the soldiers.
Although Liu Zhen was just an ordinary soldier, he was very concerned about the ideological trend of his comrades-in-arms around him, although he often fell into ideological difficulties, but when he thought of the original intention when he joined the party, he felt that the future was full of light. He would often tell other comrades in the army some stories he had heard from his former squad leaders, all related to the organization, and the stories told by Liu Zhen more or less stimulated the deep thoughts of the soldiers to a certain extent. In addition, Liu Zhen's previous performance in the army has been very good, and the soldiers are more willing to listen to him, under the guidance of Liu Zhen's patient thoughts, the psychological condition of the soldiers has generally improved.
In May 1934, the organization appointed Liu Zhen as an instructor for the first company of the first battalion of the 224th Regiment. At the end of the year, because of the defeat of the Red Army against encirclement and suppression, the situation of the war had been reversed, and in order to preserve the strength of the Red Army, it had to be strategically transferred.
During the Long March, Liu Zhen was mainly responsible for leading a company under his command to carry out various emergency battles. In a confrontation with the enemy, the company led by Liu Zhen forcibly occupied a hill under the fierce artillery attack of the enemy, successfully covered the main force, and completed the breakthrough. Under many counterattacks, the company commander of the company was unfortunately shot and killed, and the company commander was the main backbone of a company, and at this moment, the company lost its most important commander. Although Liu Zhen was heartbroken by the sacrifice of his comrades-in-arms, if he spent such precious time on heartache at this time, then the sacrifice of his comrades-in-arms would become completely meaningless.
Therefore, he did not hesitate to be in danger, and encouraged everyone to say: "Comrades, we are very sad that the company commander sacrificed, but let us not forget what the company commander sacrificed for, for the sake of the organization, for the safety of all of us, and we must fight this battle well, for everyone, and for the sake of the sacrificial company commander!" ”
At such a critical time, a seemingly inconspicuous sentence has played an important role in controlling the whole field. Under the acting command of Liu Zhen and the brave battle in which the soldiers of the company put life and death aside, the soldiers of the Red Army won the final victory with heavy casualties, the position was held, and the task was finally successfully completed.
Because in many battles during the Long March, Liu Zhen commanded very well, and his superiors also considered Liu Zhen's ability to be outstanding, so they appointed him as the political commissar of the first battalion.
Although Liu Zhen's position is not low, he is still the same as before, and he has not put up the so-called shelf because of his promotion.
At that time, when crossing the snowy mountains, the weather was very cold, and there was a shortage of materials in the army, and it was common to lack food and clothing. Liu Zhen saw that some soldiers were shivering with cold without cotton clothes, so he gave his only torn cotton coat to a wounded soldier, and his comrades did not want to watch Liu Zhen get frozen, and all kinds of prevarications were unwilling to accept his clothes. But Liu Zhen said: "Look at you, you have been so badly injured for the revolution, what is wrong with wearing a piece of clothing, put it on quickly, and if you don't put it on again, you will be injured and injured!" ”。 After saying that, the head walked away without looking back.
At the beginning of 1936, the Eastern Expedition to cross the river began, because the preparations were going very smoothly, the time to cross the river was also a day before, on the evening of February 20, a sharp burst of gunfire broke the originally quiet two banks of the Yellow River in Jinshan, Shaanxi, and artillery fire appeared in the originally dark night sky, and the Red Army's Dongdu Campaign was launched.
At the time of the Liberation War, Liu Zhen was already the commander of the second column, and under his leadership, the overall combat capability of the second column was improved, especially in sports warfare and offensive battles, at this time, Liu Zhen's fame was already very large, and Lin Biao, the commander of the Northeast Field Military Region at that time, also attached great importance to Liu Zhen.
The smooth progress of this river crossing made a good start for the subsequent operations, and at the same time, Liu Zhen and the battalion he led were more recognized by everyone.
With the end of the Long March, the organization also arranged for these soldiers to study, Liu Zhen was already the political commissar of the 73rd Division at this time, and he also received orders from his superiors to go to the Red Army University for the first period of study.
On December 12, 1936, the Xi'an Incident had a certain impact on the existing layout of the Red Army, and Liu Zhen also ended his studies at the Red Army University, returned to the 15th Army, and continued to serve as the political commissar of the 75th Division.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Liu Zhen's 75th Division was reorganized into a regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and Liu Zhen continued to serve as the political commissar.
Honest personality, pros and cons
In December 1937, Liu Zhen led his subordinates to the Western Hebei Triangle region, southeastern Jin and other places, and fought in many places.
In 1938, the organization was forming independent regiments that needed some people who could command the operations to lead the team. It was at this time that the leaders at the higher level, taking into account Liu Zhen's outstanding combat ability over the years, wanted him to change from a political commissar to a commander who was mainly responsible for leading troops to fight.
Liu Zhen's revolutionary career has also undergone some changes as a result, and the ups and downs of his military career are not only related to his combat ability, but also inseparable from his personality characteristics.
As early as a previous battle between the Red Army and the Kuomintang, our side annihilated the enemy in one fell swoop, not only that, but also captured a large number of weapons and a large amount of ammunition from the enemy. The organization was satisfied with the results of this battle, so it held a special meeting to study and praise this battle. Because Liu Zhen was also a participant in this battle, he also participated in this meeting.
Who knows, at the meeting, Liu Zhen made a remark, which is what we mentioned at the beginning, Liu Zhen's speech that made everyone present sweat for him.
In Liu Zhen's view, in fact, this battle is not a big victory in the sense. He looked at everyone with puzzled expressions on their faces, and continued: "Because the situation was relatively tense at that time, but if we could think a little more about the strategic layout, the losses of the war could be reduced by more than half, and the coordination of fire cover and machine guns was not smooth enough, resulting in relatively large casualties in this regard." Another taboo is that when our army returns to the base, there is a chaotic situation in the team, which is likely to cause a sneak attack for the enemy, which is also a situation we want to avoid in the future. These are my views on our campaign, and if we could do what I just said, I believe the outcome would be much better. ”
After listening to Liu Zhen's speech, Xu Haidong, the military commander at that time, suddenly saw a bright eye, and he thought to himself that the military needed this kind of talent who dared to tell the truth. It was also Liu Zhen's words that made Xu Haidong remember this person, and then Liu Zhen was promoted from his original position to company instructor. After the actual battle later, it was proved that Xu Haidong's vision was not wrong, and Liu Zhen was indeed able to assume this position.
Liu Zhen's straight personality does play a positive role in many cases, but it has also brought some not-so-good influences to his career.
After the founding of New China, Liu Zhen participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and also played the role of a founder for the later development of the Air Force. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of general, becoming the youngest of the generals.
However, because of Liu Zhen's more upright personality, in some later job transfers, he lost the opportunity for promotion one after another. In the next ten years, the comrades who were equal to him were already above him. But these are also what our descendants think, in fact, how the career path develops depends on their own feelings, after all, they are brothers who were born and died together, and they have walked the most difficult road. Not only that, these heroes who have made great contributions to the new China, their stories deserve our deep memory, and their spirit is worthy of our continuous learning.
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