One weekend in 1953, Liu Bocheng rarely had time, so he said to the staff around him: "Today's rest, I will take everyone to visit the park." ”
Everyone is also very excited, because Liu Bocheng's usual work is full of arrangements, everyone is also following the daily axis rotation, there is no time to go out to play, this time Liu Bocheng suddenly proposed to go to the park, everyone is naturally very happy.
However, after arriving at the park, everyone regretted it. Why?
It turned out that after Liu Bocheng entered the park, he did not look east and west like everyone else, but walked quickly without squinting and striding meteors, as if the troops were marching, and quickly left everyone behind.
At that time, Liu Bocheng was already a 61-year-old man, and his health was not good, but when he walked, he could not catch up with even a strong young man.
Moreover, Liu Bocheng also likes to talk to people about problems when he walks, often asking everyone about some things in work and life, and as a result, after a circle, everyone is tired and breathless, physically tired, and the brain is more tired.
Since then, everyone has never dared to "visit the park" with Liu Bocheng.
In fact, for Liu Bocheng, walking and walking are his only leisure activities.
His old partner Deng Xiaoping once said: "If someone asks, does Comrade Bo Cheng have any shortcomings?" I think there is only one, and that is that he has no entertainment life other than work. He has no bad habits such as tobacco and alcohol, he can't play chess and ball, he only takes a walk and talks in his spare time, and he often criticizes himself for being too 'snobbish' for time. ”
During the Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, Liu Bocheng advocated that soldiers carry out sports and leisure activities, such as playing basketball, football, chess, cards, etc. He encouraged the soldiers to participate, but he himself never participated, and when he had time, he buried his head in reading, and the only leisure activity was walking.
Moreover, even if he is walking, Liu Bocheng does not forget to work, often talks about problems with the people around him, and many important military issues are thought up during walking.
During the revolutionary war years, Liu Bocheng's legs were seriously injured five times, for example, in a battle in 1923, Liu Bocheng's right leg was shot, hit the artery blood vessel, and was urgently treated in the hospital.
The doctor who treated Liu Bocheng was a Frenchman named Aik Yu, and after examining the injury, he regrettably said that if he wanted to save his life, he could only amputate his leg.
Liu Bocheng was already dying at that time, but when he heard the doctor say that he wanted to amputate his limb, he tried to open his eyes and said in a weak but firm voice: "Absolutely cannot amputate, I still have to go to the battlefield to fight." ”
Dr. Ikeyu had to retreat to the second place and adopt conservative treatment, and as to whether he could recover or not, he had to resign himself to fate.
After a while, Liu Bocheng's legs gradually improved, but he still couldn't walk, so Dr. Ikeyu gave him a pair of crutches and said, "Your injury is too serious, and you may have to use crutches in the future." ”
However, Liu Bocheng smiled and said, "I am a soldier, and I don't need crutches to fight on the battlefield." ”
Ike Yu shook his head and said, "According to scientific diagnosis, if your leg wants to return to normal, the chances are very small, and it is inseparable from crutches." ”
Liu Bocheng smiled again and said, "We Chinese soldiers don't believe in 'odds.'" ”
Finally, under Liu Bocheng's continuous exercise, his right leg completely recovered and continued to walk like a fly!
Until his old age, Liu Bocheng once walked in the courtyard, when his health was already very bad, it was inconvenient to walk, and his son Liu Tai was too late to want to help him, but he pushed away his son's hand and said: "I am now more than 80 years old, and I still want to be self-reliant and self-reliant, and you young people must be more self-reliant." ”
Liu Bocheng likes to walk, and Chen Yi, the boss of Chen Yi, has been taught once, and he is bitter afterwards.
It was in the summer of 1951, Liu Bocheng and Chen Yi were in Nanjing, and one day after dinner, the two went out for a walk together.
At that time, the weather was very hot, and Mr. Chen was wearing a shirt and holding a fan in his hand, fanning while walking, while Liu Bocheng was wearing a military uniform and meticulous.
At first, Liu Bocheng walked very quickly, as if there was a goal in front of him, turning a blind eye to the surrounding scenery, while Mr. Chen liked to watch the surrounding scenery, stop and go, encounter some tombstones, and stop and read.
Liu Bo admitted that he was not good at urging him to leave quickly, so he simply stopped and asked Mr. Chen to tell the story about the tombstone and kill time.
Suddenly, Mr. Chen asked, "I heard that there is Chiang Kai-shek's official residence here?" ”
Liu Bocheng said: "When the Whampoa Military Academy moved here, Chiang Kai-shek was the principal, and there should be. ”
Therefore, the two began to look for Chiang Kai-shek's official residence, Liu Bocheng had no scruples at this time, walking fast, And Mr. Chen followed behind and walked breathlessly, complaining: "Where is it, I can't find it!" ”
Liu Bocheng smiled: "We are afraid that we have become Song Gongming and mistakenly entered the Pantuo Road of Zhujiazhuang." ”
Moreover, on the way back, Liu Bocheng also made a request to Mr. Chen, saying: "Boss, come to us and be a political commissar." ”
Elder Chen waved his hands one after another, laughed, and said, "You old man, have hit me again, the commander of the East China Military Region." You call me political commissar, just to ask me for people, money, and houses! You want people, you want money, I can give it to you, how much you want, you want a house, I don't have it again! ”
To talk about these qualities of Liu Bocheng, his best partner Deng Xiaoping undoubtedly has the most right to speak, once wrote: "Loving the country, loving the people, and loving his own party is a fine quality that a Communist Party member must possess. In more than 30 years of revolutionary life, he has forgotten his personal life and death, honor and disgrace and health, has not stopped his work for a single day, he has often taken on the most arduous and dangerous work, and every time he has completed his tasks against all odds, he has worked for the cause of the liberation of the country and the people, he has simply forgotten everything, and in the whole process of revolution, he has established indelible merits. ”
(References: "Liu Bocheng Biography", "Mou Shuai Liu Bocheng", "Anecdotes of the Ten Marshals")