The peaks of the Jinggang Mountains, green hills surrounded by a beautiful mountain village. This is the hometown of the founding general Liu Ziyun - Xitang Village, Huaizhong Township, Yongxin County, Jiangxi Province.In 1927, the revolutionary fire burned to the Jinggang Mountains, the handsome young man Liu Ziyun resolutely picked up the pike to participate in the Red Army. Since then, he has participated in the major battles and fierce battles such as the Anti-Siege in the Central Soviet Area, the Battle of Yanmen Pass, the Battle of Liao-Shen, the Battle of Ping-Jin, and the Battle of Xiangxi against bandits. After the founding of New China, he was the first soldier to walk through Tiananmen Square as a parade leader in the National Day parades from 1952 to 1956. 1955, he was awarded the rank of Major General and won the Second Class Order of the Eighty-first Order of Merit, the Second Class Order of the Independence of Freedom and the First Class Order of Liberation.
In the battle against "encirclement"
In October 1930, the Kuomintang mobilized an army of 100,000 to launch the first "encirclement" of the Central Soviet Region centered on Jinggang Mountain.
In the process of breaking the enemy's "encirclement", Liu Ziyun, who joined the army soon after, served as a correspondent of the teaching battalion of the Third Army of the First Corps of the First Frontier Army, delivering intelligence to the commander of the army, Huang Gongliu, and the political commissar, Cai Huiwen. in December, the Red Army took the initiative to make a strategic retreat to the central part of the base area. The Red Army withdrew from Ji'an and crossed the Gan River. on the 21st, the Red Army moved to Huangpi, Xiaobu, and Mataian areas north of Ningdu to hide and wait for an opportunity. on the 28th, the exhausted Kuomintang 18th Division advanced to Longgang in the Donggu area and occupied the town and the mountains to the south. The Third Red Army, led by General Huang Gongliu, arrived at the outskirts of Longgang in the darkness of the day and entered the position under cover.In the early morning of the 30th, the battle was first fought on the hill south of Longgang. In the face of the Kuomintang army's counterattack, the Red Army launched a charge, with the loud and clear military trumpet, Liu Ziyun and the soldiers like a tiger pressed down the mountain. The Kuomintang army was forced to the river, crowded on the small wooden bridge to escape, were killed and drowned countless. This is the first time Liu Ziyun participated in such a fierce battle, bullets brushed past, the sound of artillery earth-shaking, he rifle rushed forward, not the slightest fear. The battle lasted until 4:00 p.m., when the Red Army launched a general attack and engaged in fierce physical combat with the Kuomintang army. By the end of the battle, the Red Army had annihilated nearly 10,000 enemies, captured more than 9,000 weapons, captured Zhang Huizan, the division commander, and broke the first "encirclement" of the Kuomintang. Liu Ziyun, who joined the army for only 100 days, was baptized by the fire and promoted to the third company commander of the Red Army's Special Affairs Regiment.
In late March 1931, Chiang Kai-shek organized a 200,000-strong army, divided into four groups, and adopted the "steady and steady, step by step" method of warfare, launching the second "encirclement" of the Central Soviet Union. The Red Army, with only 30,000 men, decided to rely on the favorable terrain and the people of the Soviet Union to overcome the enemy. From late April to mid-May, army commander Huang Gongliu led the Red Army to force the enemy to live, Liu Ziyun and the Red Army soldiers endured hunger, high temperature and mosquito bites, hidden in the dense forests of Donggu for more than 20 days, and kept the Kuomintang army out of the fortifications. The Red Army took advantage of the movement of the Kuomintang Army, firstly eliminated the 28th division of the Kuomintang Army in Zhongdong, and then, under the leadership of the General Front Committee of the Red First Front Army, swept more than 700 miles from west to east in half a month, and won five victories in five battles, annihilating 30,000 enemies and seizing more than 20,000 guns. Liu Ziyun followed the Third Red Army from Zhongdong in Donggu County to Ganzhu in Guangchang County, liberating a vast area in eastern Gan and western Fujian, and expanding the Central Soviet Area. After the baptism of fire of the second anti-encirclement campaign, Liu Ziyun was promoted to be the commander of the third platoon of the 19th regiment of the 7th division of the Red Army.
July of the same year, Chiang Kai-shek brought German, Japanese and British military advisers to Nanchang, and became the commander-in-chief of the "encirclement" army, deploying 300,000 troops to launch the third "encirclement". At this time, Liu Ziyun's Red Army's Seventh Division led by Division Commander Chen Bojun gathered in the area of Xinggu Laoyingpan. The Kuomintang army concentrated more than ten divisions of troops towards Futian area, the Red Army was attacked from three sides, Mao Zedong and Zhu De immediately ordered the main force of the Red Army to move towards Liantang direction by night. The Red Army broke through from the gap between the Kuomintang army to the east, captured Liantang on August 7, annihilating more than 1 brigade of the enemy, and then annihilated the enemy's Hao Mengling division in Liangcun, and then moved to Longgang to ensure that the main force annihilated more than 4 regiments of the enemy's Mao Bingwen division in Huangpi. After the battle of Huangpi, the Kuomintang army realized the main force of the Red Army and chased them to the east. The Red Army 30,000 men from the Kuomintang army on both sides of the Jianling Hill, but only 10 kilometers from the mountains cleverly jumped out of the encirclement, returned to Xingguo County, white stone, Fengbian area to regroup and recuperate. When the Kuomintang army found, the red army has been resting for half a month, the enemy army "fat drag thin, thin drag dead", had to retreat. early morning on September 7, the Kuomintang army is ready to escape from the direction of the old camp, the red third division like a tiger rushed to the foot of the mountain, blockade the enemy in the triangular area, and brother troops together with the enemy annihilated 1 brigade. Then, the Red Army pursued the attack and annihilated the enemy's Han Deqin and Jiang Dingwen divisions at Fangshiling on September 15th.
In the year from August 1930 to September 1931, Liu Ziyun took part in a series of major battles in the three anti-encirclement campaigns.
The Battle of Shui Kou in northern Guangdong
In March 1932, 18-year-old Liu Ziyun was transformed from a member of the ****ist Youth League to a ****ist Party member, and was sent to the first phase of the engineer brigade of the Military and Political School of the Central Red Army, and was assigned to serve as a commander of the engineer company of the Red Army Corps of the Red Army of the Fifth Corps after his graduation.
Early in July, the Red Army of the First Front concentrated its First, Third and Fifth Army Corps to meet the attack of the Yuebei Army on the Central Soviet Area in Nanking, Guangdong Province, which had invaded the Central Soviet Area. In the early morning of the 8th, the Fifth Army Regiment intercepted and defeated two regiments in the direction of Shuikou. On the next day, 8 regiments of Guangdong army reinforcements arrived at Shuikou battlefield, the enemy strength increased to 10 regiments, the Red Five Army Corps still carried out the attack according to the original plan, resulting in heavy casualties. Dong Zhentang, the commander of the Red Army Corps, led thousands of soldiers armed with swords to fight with the enemy in a white-knuckle battle, and repeatedly fought for the two stone arch bridges over the Zhen River. At the same time, the Red First Army Corps from Zhangzhou, Fujian, the Red Fifth Army Corps from Xunwu, Jiangxi, and the Red Third Army Corps from Nankang and Danyu, Guangdong, traveled around the clock to assemble in the Shuikou area of Nanxiong. At 11 a.m., Liu Ziyun, commander of the engineer company, and others were ordered to rush to the corps' command post, where Dong Zhentang pointed to the Zhen River on the map and ordered, "Your company must build a bridge near Daping village by 5 p.m. to ensure that the Third Army Corps will pass through quickly and engage in battle from my right flank."
Liu Ziyun led the engineer company on a hasty march to the designated position. Faced with a fast-moving river, the company, which had just been converted from infantry to engineers, had no standardized equipment and carried only a handful of axes, saws and ropes. Liu Ziyun utilized the little expertise he had learned in the engineer brigade of the Red Army School to command the company to take materials from the ground and build bridges. He took the lead and jumped into the turbulent river to find out the water conditions and determine the location of the bridge, then led the men in the rapids to drive piles and tie the bridge trusses, and it only took more than four hours to complete the erection of a simple and sturdy wooden bridge. Just after laying the last door plate, the advance troops of the Third Red Army Corps drove over. When Peng Dehuai, the leader of the Third Red Army Corps, learned that the commander of the engineer company guarding the bridge was Liu Ziyun, he happily praised, "You have worked hard, this bridge is well built!" The Third Red Army Corps successfully crossed the Zhen River, and Liu Ziyun again led the engineer company to tear down the wooden bridge, working until late at night. Afterwards, Liu Ziyun returned to the command post of the Fifth Red Army Corps to resume orders, and Dong Zhentang, the army chief, ordered the engineer company to join the general attack, and Liu Ziyun led the whole company to rush into the enemy line.
On the 10th, the First Red Army Corps arrived at the battlefield. Mao Zedong personally observed the enemy position, immediately deployed to the enemy to launch a general attack, Shui Kou of the enemy is not supported, retreated into Nanxiong, lasted three days and two nights of the battle ended. After the battle of Shukou, Liu Ziyun led the engineer company to follow the Red Army Corps to participate in the battle of Le'an and Yihuang, annihilating 3 brigades and capturing more than 5,000 people, with brilliant results. Afterwards, the company moved to Fujian Province between Jianning and Taining, and was tasked with maintaining the transportation security of the Soviet Union.
In the spring of 1976, Liu Ziyun traveled from Guangzhou to Nanxiong Shuikou Battlefield. In the peaceful and quiet scene, he thought of the fierce battle that took place 44 years ago, and was overwhelmed with emotion, and wrote a reminiscence article, "A Fierce Battle in the North of Guangdong Province--Remembrance of Shuikou". The Red Five Army Corps Engineer Company in the Battle of Shukou".
The Snowy Mountains and Grassland
In October 1934, the Red Army withdrew from the central base and embarked on a 10,000-mile journey. From the time of the withdrawal of the central base, the Fifth Army has been serving as the rearguard of the Red Army, escorting a large number of provisions, mules and horses, and slowly marching along the goat paths in the mountains along the Xianggui border. Liu Ziyun, who was the instructor of the political department of the Fifth Red Army Corps and the deputy leader of the communication team, suffered from malaria just after embarking on the Long March, and kept getting fever and chills. After walking to the mountainous area of Longsheng County in Guangxi, Liu Ziyun could not walk anymore. In view of the urgency of the military situation, the army chief Dong Zhentang left him a class, told him: "If you can not go to the west of Hunan and Ezhou for the time being, just stick to the border in Hunan and Guangxi guerrilla it." So, Liu Ziyun found a depression or a cave to lie down and rest when malaria attacked, and as soon as the fever subsided, he immediately chased after the troops. In this way, he clenched his teeth every day, followed closely, not only did not fall behind, but also give full play to the cohesive role of political work, on the way to shelter more than 100 fallen Red Army soldiers, leading them back together, praised by the legion department.
In 1935, Liu Ziyun was transferred to the Red Army University of the Red Army of the Fourth Front to study in the upper command section. Soon afterward, he was transferred by Liu Bocheng, the chief of general staff, to the Red Army General Command as an operations staff officer. When Liu Ziyun was transferred from the Red Army University to the first section of the Operations Bureau of the Red Army General Command as an operations staff, he met Pan Jiazhen, a female cadre of the Fourth Front Army who served as a special agent of the Defense Bureau of the Red Army Headquarters.
Pan Jiazhen is a shrewd, clever and capable "Sichuan girl", in the fall of 1934, she was transferred to the Red Army Women's Independent Regiment of the Red Army, the first company of the second regiment as a company commander, and led the female soldiers to fight bandits and carry the wounded. women's soldiers, who launched a more violent attack. During the battle, Pan Jiazhen was wounded in the leg, but still led the whole company to hold their position, and with the support of reinforcements beat the enemy down with a single blow. After the Fourth Red Army and the Central Red Army met in Maogong, Pan Jiazhen was transferred from the Women's Corps to the Defense Bureau of the Red Army Headquarters as a special commissioner.
Shortly after Pan Jiazhen and Liu Ziyun met and fell in love, in early July 1936, the Red Army's Second and Fourth Plane Armies set out from Ganzi to begin the Grassland March after a short period of time to raise food and clothing. For Liu Ziyun and Pan Jiazhen, this was the third time they crossed the grassland. In Aba, the Red Army headquarters gave Liu Ziyun an infantry battalion, more than 500 sick and wounded, 1,000 sheep and 500 yaks. Liu Ziyun led the infantry battalion to set up a military station by the Gequ River, where they stayed for three days, repelled many attacks and ensured that there was no loss of the sick and wounded, as well as cattle and sheep. After the arrival of the Second Red Army, Liu Ziyun handed over the cattle and sheep to them, and then led the Second Red Army as a guide to march from Aba to Baosha.
In October 1936, when the Second and Fourth Red Armies crossed the Tianlan Highway and met with the First Red Army in the city of Huining in Longxi, Liu Ziyun and Pan Jiazhen, who had formed a deep bond of love during the grass march, became revolutionary partners. From then on, they were together, the same sweet **** bitter, together through the stormy life for decades.
Spilling blood at Yanmen Pass
After the outbreak of the July 7 Incident in 1937, the two parties reached a united front against Japan at a time of national crisis. in August, the Second Red Army was reorganized into the National Revolutionary Army's Eighth Route Army (NRA) 12O Division, and Liu Ziyun was appointed chief of staff of the Division's 358th Brigade, the 716th Regiment. on Sept. 2, Liu Ziyun and his entire division were led by Commander-in-Chief Zhu De and Division Commander He Long, and were arrested at Zhuangli Township in Fuping County, Shaanxi Province. , held a grand and solemn anti-Japanese pledge meeting in Zhuangli Town, Fuping County, Shaanxi Province. The next day, the 76th Regiment, as the forward guard of the 12O Division, set off from the garrison, crossed the Yellow River eastward through Zhichuan Town, Hancheng County, and entered the anti-Japanese front line, advancing into the northern section of the Tongpu Railway in the area of Ningwu, Shenchi, and Shuo County, mobilizing the masses, and carrying out guerrilla warfare.In October, when the Battle of Xinkou was in full swing, the Japanese army transported additional troops and ammunition from Datong to the front line of Xinkou through Yanmen Pass every day, which was an important transportation line for the Japanese army. He Bingyan, the commander of the 76th Regiment, Liao Hansheng, the political commissar, and Liu Ziyun, the chief of staff, formulated a plan of action and led the regiment's direct team and the third battalion to Yanmen Pass, and after three days of hasty marching, they arrived at Laowo Village, southwest of Yanmen Pass. Liu Ziyun sent personnel to the vicinity of the highway for reconnaissance, mapping out the terrain around Yanmen Pass and the regularity of Japanese car traffic.
"Nine plugs in the world, Yanmen is the first." YANMENGGUAN, is an important pass on the Great Wall, October 16, Liu Ziyun received intelligence: Datong Japanese army assembled more than 300 cars, loaded with weapons and ammunition, is about to drive southward through YANMENGGUAN to Xinkou front. 17 dawn, He Bingyan, Liao Hansheng and Liu Ziyun to the black stone ditch to survey the terrain, and found the ideal ambush location. They immediately formulated a combat program, and strive to eliminate all the enemy in the black stone ditch. l8, the troops along the rugged trail inserted into the black stone ditch, into the ambush position, all ready, just waiting for the Japanese brigade car over the mountains. In order to prevent mistakes, Liu Ziyun took staff officers to each company position to check once. In the afternoon, the Japanese north and south caravan into the black stone ditch one after another, is side by side staggered, Liu Ziyun gave the order, rifles, machine guns shoot, only to see the two cars collide with each other, ammunition car explosion fire, black stone ditch was stirred up heaven and earth at once. Japanese troops were attacked, one by one from the car to jump down, some have not jumped out of the car to give their lives, our troops took advantage of the situation to rush down the mountain. Suddenly, Liu Ziyun, who was directing the battle, was hit by a bullet, his body fell backward, and blood came out from his left chest. At this time, Japanese reinforcements occupied favorable terrain. In order to minimize unnecessary casualties, the troops were ready to withdraw from the battle immediately. The guards wanted to help Liu Ziyun withdraw from the battlefield, but Liu Ziyun waved his hand and said, "Come back to me after dark." With that, he took two gulps of water, rolled down the hill, and hid in the bushes. At the same time, the troops quickly withdrew from the battlefield. Liu Ziyun endured the intense pain of his wounds and lurked in the grass, witnessing the Japanese packing up the dead and wounded and damaged cars until dusk before withdrawing. Liu Ziyun crawled hard for a few meters before passing out. In the latter half of the night, the guards returned to the Black Stone Gully ambush battlefield with men, searched around, and finally found him, and a few people racked him for a hard march. The guards brought people to carry the blood loss of Liu Ziyun back to Laowo village site rescue. Japanese bullets only 1 centimeter short of his heart, He Long division commander learned of the news of Liu Ziyun wounded, instructed the Division Health Office must do everything possible to save him, due to the lack of medicines, Liu Ziyun's wounds can only be used to stop the bleeding of gauze bandage simple. The ambush, once cut off the Japanese from Datong to Xinkou road traffic. The Eighth Route Army following the "Pingxingguan Great Victory", "Yanmen Pass God might" once again in the anti-Japanese battlefield. Liu Ziyun was also the first regimental cadre of the 12O Division of the Eighth Route Army to be wounded on the battlefield.
In April 1939, Liu Ziyun was transferred to the chief of staff of the 715th regiment and took part in famous battles such as the Qi Hui, breaking the fourth and fifth Japanese siege of Jizhong one after another and consolidating and expanding the anti-Japanese base in Jizhong.
South to North
In November 1944, according to the development of the anti-Japanese war and the world anti-fascist war, the central government dispatched the 359th Brigade of the 1200 Division stationed in Yan'an to move south in batches to open up anti-Japanese bases behind enemy lines in southern China. On June 10th, Liu Ziyun led more than 4,000 men of the Second Southward Detachment of the 359th Brigade to bid farewell to Yan'an and set off for the anti-Japanese front. After crossing the Yellow River to the east, the detachment encountered the Japanese army in Aopo, Wenshui County, Shanxi Province, and then was intercepted by Japanese armored cars when passing through the Tongpu Railway, and opened the way to the south after a fierce battle.On August 15, the Japanese Emperor announced unconditional surrender. Has entered the central plains of the second detachment of the south received the central order: stop the south, ready to go north. late September, the second detachment of the south by the north of Henan Mengxian set off to the north, with the speed of a hundred miles a day through the great plains of Hebei, advancing into the Northeast, arrived in late October in Liaoning Province, Liaoyang area. The detachment, using the number of the 359th Brigade, was reorganized and expanded to more than 10,000 men, joining the Northeast Democratic Allied Army.
In mid-January 1946, in accordance with the instructions of the Central Committee, the troops went to the North Manchuria area, and the Songjiang fourth sub-district merged into the independent first brigade of the Jixi and Heihai Military Region, and launched a comprehensive clean-up of banditry in the North Manchuria area, with Liu Ziyun as the brigade's chief of staff. After months of purging, most of the bandits were wiped out, a few remnants of the defeated scurried into the mountains and dense forests. one day in late November, the independent first brigade of the second battalion of the 78th regiment in the mountains of Yilan County will be the leader of the bandits Xie Wendong captured on December 13, escorted to the evil of the county of Buli public trial. The public trial of Xie Wendong stirred up the whole city of Buri County.
In early April 1946, the North Manchuria Military Region instructed that the Soviet Red Army would withdraw from Harbin on April 28, and ordered the independent First Brigade of the Jihei Military Region to serve as the main force to seize the city.
April 8, the independent first brigade into the Harbin 10 kilometers east of the Huangshan mouth of the regional assembly; 13th approaching the three trees, occupy Taipingqiao, Daolotun, control of the airfield. That night, Liu Ziyun disguised as a leather goods merchants, quietly sneaked into the Harbin city reconnaissance, according to the reconnaissance of the situation into the occupation of Harbin's deployment, in the Soviet Army last train out of the city at the time of the independent first brigade immediately rushed from all sides of the city, occupation of predetermined objectives, Harbin will be rapidly liberated. The First Independent Brigade was stationed in Harbin for a week, and was ordered to restore the 359th Brigade's number on May 7, and went south to fight against the Nationalist army's massive attack.
Swearing to survive with Montenegro***
In September 1948, the Northeast Field Army launched the Liao-Shen Battle, a strategic duel with the Kuomintang army in the northeast battlefield.
After the liberation of Jinzhou, Liao Yaoxiang's regiment continued to attack and move forward, trying to reoccupy Jinzhou. on October 21, the 10th Column was ordered to set up troops on a 25-kilometer line of defense in Montenegro and Dahushan, blocking the Liao Yaoxiang regiment. This is a strategic place from Shenyang to Jinzhou. At about 9:00 a.m., the Kuomintang army spearhead to our troops Jianshanzi outpost guard position launched an attack, Montenegro blockade started. The Northeast Field Army issued an order to "block, pull back and cut off" Liao Yaoxiang's regiment: the 10th Column will make sure that the enemy's corpses are strewn all over the front of the position and will not be able to advance, and as long as you hold out for three days, the enemy will be completely annihilated.
The twenty-eighth division immediately held a meeting of cadres above the battalion, Liu Ziyun was the twenty-eighth division deputy division commander and chief of staff, he and the division commander He Qingji, political commissar Yan Fusheng, deputy division commander Yan Deming, director of the political department Li Datong, together with the development of combat programs, issued the slogan "Swear to live and die with Montenegro***", and then went down to the positions, organizing the construction of fortifications. Then they went down to each position, organized the construction of fortifications, checked the preparations for the blockade, and asked to overcome all difficulties and bloodshed and sacrifice, resolutely complete the task, and never let the enemy take a step forward.
At 6 a.m. on the morning of the 24th, the Kuomintang Army, under the cover of fire from five artillery regiments and more than 10 planes bombing in turn, launched a fierce attack on the entire line of positions of the 10th Column with the strength of five divisions, with the main direction being the 101st Heights defended by the 2nd Battalion of the 84th Regiment of the 28th Division. After a day of fierce fighting, the Kuomintang army was repulsed in many raids. Liu Ziyun and the division commander, political commissar judgment enemy forces will be 25th full attack on 101 high ground, so the defense deployment was adjusted, requiring each firm detachment overnight repair fortifications, ready to fight again, and set up a division forward command post, to strengthen the 101 high ground combat command. At the same time, Liao Yaoxiang, commander of the Ninth Corps of the Kuomintang, gave Li Tao, commander of the new Sixth Army, one of the five main forces of the National Army, a deadly order: make sure to break through the defense line on the 25th and occupy Montenegro.
On the 25th, the battle was extremely fierce. The enemy and I repeatedly fought for the 101 high ground more than 30 times. Our position was eventually lost due to the exhaustion of bullets.
Liu Ziyun, braving heavy shelling in the traffic trench, found Division Commander He Qingjie and exchanged information about the battle: the loss of the 101st Plateau would bring about a crisis in the entire defense line east of Montenegro, and it was necessary to actively organize a counterattack. Liu Ziyun personally assumed command and drew some battalions and companies from each regiment plus two companies from the column reinforcements to counterattack on 101 Heights.
Liu Ziyun was organizing the troops, found that the enemy to consolidate the 101 high ground from the Hanjia Wubing sent reinforcements, immediately instructed the division mountain artillery battalion to intercept fire, the enemy reinforcements bombed to flee in all directions, and then used artillery fire to form a blockade line, blocking the path of the enemy's reinforcements.
At about 18:00, the counterattack began. Liu Ziyun gathered five companies of troops to launch a fierce attack on the 101st plateau. Enemy troops in my artillery attack and counterattack troops stormed, casualties are serious, can not withstand, abandoned armor retreat. Our commanders and fighters exchanged the 101st plateau with blood, and the casualties of the 82nd Regiment alone amounted to more than 500 men. By 23:00, all the heights east of Montenegro City were recovered.
The Battle of Montenegro, as a typical example of our army's defense operations, has gone down in history. This cruel, fierce, magnificent battle, to the battle-hardened Liu Ziyun and every participant in the battle to leave a lifelong unforgettable impression.
Bandit suppression in western Hunan
In November 1948, according to the general order of the whole army to unify the establishment and the number of troops, the 10th column of the Northeast Field Army was renamed as the 47th Army of the People's Liberation Army.
On December 20, Liu Ziyun was transferred to be the deputy chief of staff of the 47th Army. Liu Ziyun led his troops from Liao Shen southward into Guan Guan, and arrived at Beiping and Tianjin to take part in the Pingjin Battle. on April 21, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De issued the "Order to Advance to the Whole Nation", and the PLA marched to the south of the Yangtze River and the northwestern part of the country. At this time, Liu Ziyun was transferred to be the commander of the 14O Division of the Forty-seventh Army, and was ordered to lead his troops southward for the battle of crossing the river. In the 10-day battle of Yisha, Liu Ziyun led the troops to break through the enemy's 40-kilometer-deep defense line in 24 hours, defeated one division of the enemy's Second Army in the movement, captured a large number of munitions and supplies, and killed, wounded and captured thousands of the enemy, who were commended by the head of the army corps through the order.
In January 1950, the main force of the 47th Army was ordered to return to western Hunan to carry out the task of building a government to combat banditry. Liu Ziyun was transferred to be the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Western Hunan Military Region. After more than a year of continuous combat, in western Hunan *** eliminated 120,000 bandits, seized more than 9 firearms, liberated 22 counties, broke Chiang Kai-shek's plan to establish an "anti-*** guerrilla base" in western Hunan, and purged western Hunan of a hundred years of banditry. In January 1951, in order to commemorate the victory of bandits in western Hunan, the Administrative Office of western Hunan and the people of western Hunan built the "Memorial Pagoda for the Victory of Banditry in Western Hunan". The Xiangxi District Party Committee, Xiangxi Administrative Office and Xiangxi Military Command jointly presented the 47th Army with a banner reading "Elimination of a hundred years of banditry is a credit to the people of Xiangxi" and sent a letter to all the commanders: "Dear comrades of the People's Liberation Army, ...... your kindness is higher than the snowy peaks and higher than the water of the Yuanjiang River! Higher than the water of the Yuanjiang River is still long ......
Walking in front of the parade squad leader
January 15, 1951, in order to modernize national defense construction, training of senior commanders, the People's Liberation Army Military Academy was established in Nanjing. Mao Zedong gave a high evaluation: the establishment of the military academy "marks one of the great transformations in the history of the Chinese people's military construction". At the same time, the Central Military Commission put forward the slogan of "building a regularized and modernized national defense force".
During the five-year period from 1951 to 1956, the PLA Military Academy established 12 departments, covering not only the army, navy and air force, but also the military, history of war and politics, making it a comprehensive and supreme military academy.
At that time, most of the students at the military academy were cadres from all levels of the army, and many of them were already highly decorated. When the battle-hardened, valiant Liu Ziyun was ordered to come to Nanjing from the front line of the struggle against banditry and hegemony in western Hunan, to the military academy director and political commissar Liu Bocheng reported to the military academy, Liu Ziyun was integrated into the senior accelerated department of a class of study, at the same time, to give him a pair of burdens - senior department of the director of the training office. Liu Ziyun is both a trainee and a staff member, both as a trainee and as a developer and organizer of training plans, in addition to completing the learning tasks set out by the College, but also to preside over the development of the Advanced Department of training plans and implementation of the program. Because of his double duty, he works harder than other trainees, studying and working from 5 a.m. until 12 a.m. late at night every day.
After the founding of New China, a grand military parade was held in Tiananmen Square on every National Day. During the 10 years from 1950 to 1959, there was never a break.
After the establishment of the Military Academy in 1951, the National Day parade at the forefront of the squad will be the Military Academy. Since 1951, the senior department of a cadet (military, division level) to participate in the parade, followed by the basic department of the second phase of the cadets (mostly division cadres) "three over Tiananmen Square", followed by the basic department of the Department of the Department of the Department of Intelligence of the various cadets have been batches of the Beijing, until the 10th anniversary of the National Day Ceremony in 1959, the military academy has participated in the National Day parade for nine times by the head of the military and the general public.
Since the Military Academy was the first squad in the National Day parade, and the basic department was the main component of the squad, President Liu Bocheng gave the task of leading the parade to Liu Ziyun.
It should be said that Liu Ziyun's earliest participation in the parade was still on November 7, 1931, when he took part in the parade. At that time, in order to celebrate the establishment of the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet*** and the State, the Presidium of the First National Congress of the Chinese Soviet in Ruijin, Jiangxi Province, 6 kilometers outside the village of Ye Ping, according to the Chinese Soviet*** and the State of the "Founding Ceremony" procedures, the first parade was held. Liu Ziyun in his recollections of the manuscript "Liu Shuai school" wrote: "morning frost, to participate in the ceremony of the Red Army school students dressed in gray uniforms, tie belt and tie legs feet wearing straw shoes, shoes support a red tassel, in formation on the left side of the podium standing neatly, the sound of firecrackers gongs and drums sound slogans echoed through the sky, at this time, Mao Zedong, Zhu De and other leaders of the Chinese **** Producers Party and the Red Army review the Red Army representative troops." This was the first military parade in the history of our army, and in a certain sense represented the debut of the first new type of people's army that China had ever seen on the stage of history. Liu Ziyun was "the commander of the fourth class of the third brigade of the Red Army School, and felt honored to participate in this parade."
The requirements and training for parades after the founding of New China have become more stringent. In order to effectively meet the requirements, the parade command and the teaching team attaches great importance to the stages of the sub-practice and the final squad ensemble, especially for the flag bearer and each platoon leader more stringent requirements. Every year from April to August, Liu Ziyun led the parade cadets in the playground of the Military Academy to pull the front step, regardless of the wind and rain or the scorching sun, meticulous training. During the summer vacation, he led the cadets to Beijing, set up a tent in the Temple of Heaven Park in the pine forest, eat and live there, the daybreak will get up to practice the front step, according to the marching speed of 116 steps per minute to one point, step by step, everyone's legs are swollen, feet are also worn out. Parade officers and soldiers training enthusiasm is very high, hot summer heat, frost, snow and rain, stars and moonlight practice; bitter practice is not bitter, skillful practice is not tricky, strive for excellence, perseverance. Injury fatigue, no complaints, showing a tenacious will and care for the whole of the lofty spiritual realm and excellent style.
1951 National Day parade at the forefront of the squad by the military academy, Liu Ziyun and senior accelerated Department of the battle-hardened generals walked through Tiananmen Square. 1952 to 1954, the military academy parade squad led by Liu Ziyun. He became the first soldier in the parade to walk across Tiananmen Square. Behind him was the August 1 Army flag, followed in turn by the Military Academy and the formations of the military branches.
In September 1955, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) implemented a military rank system for the first time, and held rank and decoration ceremonies in Beijing and at the locations of the major military regions. Liu Ziyun was honored with the Second Class Eighty-first Medal, the Second Class Independence Freedom Medal and the First Class Liberation Medal. His First Class Liberation Medal was awarded at Huai Ren Tang in the South China Sea, and the other two Second Class Medals were awarded by Marshal Chen Yi after he returned to Nanjing in October. Three days after the conferral of the rank and decoration in Zhongnanhai was the National Day on October 1, Liu Ziyun, wearing the new style military dress, the golden Major General rank and the First Class Liberation Medal, led the 8-1 Army Flag and the Military Academy Squad, with a brand new military appearance, through the Tiananmen Square to receive the parade. As this is the first appearance of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) after the conferral of the rank, as the parade front rank, Major General Liu Ziyun was in the spotlight of Chinese and foreign news reporters.
A generation of famous general Liu Ziyun military life, reigning supreme, he for the cause of national liberation and the establishment of *** and the country poured all his heart and soul, his outstanding contribution to the people will always be in the history of *** and the country. April 9, 1992, General Liu Ziyun passed away in Guangzhou. In accordance with his wishes, Liu Ziyun's ashes back to his hometown, back to the red land where he once fought. The young man from the army to the soul returned to Jinggang, the people will always remember this **** and the country's general.