Liu Bocheng, one of the ten marshals of the founding of the People's Republic of China, is known as the god of war in the people's army. It means that he can fight, is good at strategy, and has rich knowledge of military theory.
In fact, in the early days of Liu Shuai's military career, he showed outstanding military talent and perseverance.
This has to start from 1916, when Liu Shuai was still a member of the Sichuan army, in the Protectorate War, when he commanded the troops to attack Fengdu County, unfortunately his right eye was abrased by shrapnel, in order not to damage the cranial nerves, Liu Shuai refused to use anesthetics, endured the pain of the heart, and completed the operation. Such a firm will made the chief surgeon at that time praise again and again, incredible, and he is really the contemporary "god of war".
Of course, in addition to having a strong psychological quality, the most important thing for Comrade Bo Cheng's title of military god is his military ability.
After participating in the revolution, Liu Shuai experienced the Nanchang Uprising, served as the chief of the general staff of the rebel army, and fired the first shot of the armed revolution in Nanchang with Mr. He, Ye Ting, Zhou Gong and others, thus opening the prelude to the armed revolution.
At the end of 1927, under the arrangement of the organization, Comrade Bo Cheng went to the Soviet Union to study, and was admitted to the Frunze Military Academy with excellent results, which was the best military academy in the Soviet Union at that time, and was known as the world's four major military academies along with the United States Military Academy at West Point, the British Royal Military Academy, and the French Military Academy of Saint-Cyr.
It is enough to see that the servicemen who were able to enter the Frunze Military Academy in the USSR were the elite of that time.
After completing his studies, Comrade Bo Cheng returned to China to continue to devote himself to the revolutionary cause, and at first he was responsible for establishing a military training class to train military cadres for the revolutionary ranks. Later, he served as Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army and became the backbone of the defense of the Soviet zone against the reactionary military bloc. In particular, during the Long March, Comrade Bo Cheng assisted Chairman Mao in crossing Chishui four times and entering Zunyi for the second time, leading the Red Army to break through the enemy's blockade line.
Liu Shuai became the commander of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army during the Anti-Japanese War, leading the troops to advance to Taihang Mountain and participate in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to protect the family and defend the country. Although Liu Shuai at this time had not commanded 300,000 troops to fight like he did later during the Liberation War, he was the only general of the Eighth Route Army who was regarded as a military strategist by the Japanese during the Eight-Year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. This also once again shows that Liu Shuai has rich military theories and actual combat experience.
On the battlefield of liberation, Comrade Bo Cheng was also the main commander in this battle, and he won the first battle and captured three enemy generals. Crossing the Yellow River, advancing into the Dabie Mountains, establishing a base area, destroying a large number of enemy forces in the Central Plains, fighting a decisive battle against Huaihai, eliminating the 12th Corps, the most elite of Chiang's group, crossing the Yangtze River, liberating Jiangsu and Zhejiang, marching to the southwest, and eliminating the remnants of Chiang Kai-shek's entrenchment in the southwest. This series of contributions played a certain role in speeding up the founding of New China.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liu Shuai devoted himself to the cause of military education on the mainland and trained a large number of outstanding military and political cadres for the country and the army.
However, among the 57 founding generals, there is another famous general with revolutionary experience and military talent, which is very similar to the military god Liu Shuai. Therefore, he is also known as the little military god in the people's army.
The founding general is Liu Yalou.
The gods of the people's army are all surnamed Liu, and they are also the most outstanding military generals in the revolutionary war years. As everyone knows, Comrade Bo Cheng graduated from the Frunze Military Academy of the Soviet Union. In fact, Liu Yalou also studied at the Frunze Military Academy. This is the second similarity between the two generals.
During the years of the revolutionary war, Comrade Bocheng, the god of the army, was in charge of the post of staff officer of the General Staff, and later became the military commander in charge of his own affairs. And Liu Yalou's experience is the same as his, first serving as the political commissar of the Red Second Division, responsible for the important task of pioneering the Long March. During the Liberation War, Liu Yalou served as the chief of staff and assisted Mr. Lin in jointly liberating the Northeast. When the whole army was reorganized, Liu Yalou became the military commander in charge and served as the commander of the 14th Corps.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Comrade Bo Cheng, the god of the army, devoted himself to the cause of military education on the mainland and was responsible for training military cadres. After the founding of New China, Liu Yalou also devoted himself to the cause of military education, and was responsible for the formation of the People's Air Force, the establishment of the Air Force School, and the training of military cadres in the field of the Air Force, which played an important role in comprehensively strengthening the regularization of the Air Force.
It is precisely because of the revolutionary experience of General Liu Yalou that he is very similar to the military god Liu Shuai. Therefore, Liu Yalou is also known as the little military god in the people's army.
Whether it is a great army god or a small army god, one thing is certain. They were all the best military generals in the people's army during the revolutionary war years, and they also made indelible contributions to the founding of New China and the construction of national defense.