"Hurry up, Air Force Regulations.
This is the last words of Liu Yalou, the founding general and commander of the Air Force, on his hospital bed, he was still concerned about the construction of the Air Force at the last moment of his life, but Liu Yalou had always wanted to make a name for himself on the battlefield, so why did he agree to form the Air Force?
On April 8, 1910, Liu Yalou was born in a poor family in Wuping County, Fujian, at that time, the social turmoil, the people's lives were bleak, and they raised a newborn at all, not to mention that Liu Yalou's mother died the day after giving birth to him.
But how difficult it is to raise a child, his own family has no land at all, and he does not have any skills, in order to make a living, not to be starved to death, as a father, he can only carry the child to the mountains to chop firewood, sell the firewood to the rich and noble families in the town, get a meager income a day, sometimes meet people with good hearts, and give more money because of the child on his back.
Although he has an income, the child still has no way to live by his side, he is a big man, I don't know what food can replace breast milk, he also learned from the old family to boil rice soup for the child, but the money is enough to buy rice, in the face of this situation, in order to let his son live, he had to pass the child to a friend, before the adoption, he named his son Liu Xingchang, hoping that his son will not starve in the future, and the days will be prosperous.
The child's adoptive father is called Liu Dexiang, his family is slightly wealthier, and both husband and wife are good people, although they also have their own biological sons, but they are not harsh to their adopted sons, of course, the adopted son must change his name and surname when he comes to his own family in order to be regarded as his own family, so under Liu Dexiang's arrangement, he named his adopted son Liu Zhendong.
In this way, Liu Zhendong grew up to the age of nine under the care of the family, and the family never regarded Liu Zhendong as an outsider, as long as his biological son has it, Liu Zhendong will have it, and even if his biological son does not have it, Liu Dexiang will also give it to this friend's son, his adopted son.
Liu Zhendong is very smart, at a very young age showed an amazing talent for learning Xi, as an adoptive father Liu Dexiang believes that this child will be able to become a big man in the future, and decided to send Liu Zhendong to study in a private school, while his son is at home with his parents to farm, perhaps it is this experience that makes Liu Zhendong more grateful to his adoptive parents after learning the truth in the future.
Liu Zhendong at school often asked certain questions that the teacher could not explain, and although the teacher was angry about this, he also had to admire Liu Zhendong's strong thinking ability.
Xi life in school allowed Liu Zhendong to gain more knowledge, and under the strong accumulation of knowledge, Liu Zhendong grew up rapidly, and in 1926, Liu Zhendong was admitted to the provincial middle school with excellent results.
Although Liu Zhendong was admitted to the provincial middle school, but he did not go to school, at that time his adoptive father Liu Dexiang had no ability to work, and the family's livelihood was maintained by his adoptive mother.
In the face of Liu Zhendong's decision, the family could only express their support.
Liu Zhendong, who returned to his hometown to teach, came into contact with advanced revolutionary knowledge during this time, which opened the door to a new world for him to study wholeheartedly.
After gaining an in-depth understanding of revolutionary knowledge, Liu Zhendong found that his previous 16 years had been in vain, and in order to better carry out the revolution, he actively participated in various revolutionary activities, and was even recommended as the leader of the YMCA at the end of the year, when Liu Zhendong was just 16 years old.
In August 1929, Liu Zhendong finally turned 20 years old, and he finally joined the Communist Party of China, this time joining the party is a new life for Liu Zhendong, in order to express his excitement, and in order to say goodbye to his past self, Liu Zhendong changed his name to "Liu Yalou", at this time, no one knows what earth-shattering things this young man called Liu Yalou will do in the future.
After joining the party, Liu Yalou resolutely gave up his profession as a teacher and joined the Red Army, because Liu Yalou had good discipline and excellent performance in the army, and in less than two months, Liu Yalou was appointed as the squad leader of the eighth detachment of the fourth column of the Red Army.
In the battle, Liu Yalou repeatedly made meritorious contributions, plus he had knowledge and culture, so he was promoted to the political commissar of the 35th Regiment of the 12th Division, and by the eve of the Long March, Liu Yalou had become the director of the Political Department of the Second Division of the First Army.
Under Liu Yalou's strict discipline, the Second Division was strictly disciplined, serious and neat, and not only that, but he also attached great importance to patriotic education, and focused on cultivating many patriotic young people in the Second Division.
Due to the failure of the fifth "anti-encirclement and suppression" operation, the CCP was forced to carry out the Long March.
The Long March was thrilling, and Liu Yalou was present in many desperate battles, he was not a recruit who only knew how to go into battle to kill the enemy, he was already a general who had experienced a hundred battles.
After the end of the Long March, due to Liu Yalou's outstanding performance during the Long March, he was appointed as the deputy commander of the second column of the anti-Japanese advance team.
On that day, ** specially called Liu Yalou to the cave and handed him a letter of appointment, which read: ".Comrade Liu Yalou was appointed head of the Training Department of the Red Army University.", Liu Yalou was difficult to accept when he saw this letter of appointment, and in the face of Liu Yalou's mentality, he could understand it.
The chairman said to Liu Yalou:"You are indeed a good hand in fighting a war, and I recognize and believe that you will also win when you fight against the Japanese, and the matter of killing the enemy on the battlefield is important, but it is also important to train personnel for the army and develop education in the rear. ”
After the persuasion of the chairman, Liu Yalou devoted himself to the cause of education, and was appointed as the director of education of the university in January 1938.
In the spring of the following year, when it was a critical period of the Sino-Japanese war, Liu Yalou received another transfer order to send him to the Fulong Military Academy in the Soviet Union for further study.
Liu Yalou took the order to find *** and expressed his confusion to him, he said:"Chairman, now is the critical period of the Sino-Japanese War, I don't go to the battlefield, I'm always in the rear, why do you want me to go abroad, to the Soviet Union?”
** replied: ".It's a good thing to go to the Soviet Union, you go there and learn Xi military knowledge, and when you come back, you can always use it. ”
Under the comfort of the chairman, Liu Yalou left for the Soviet Union, but Liu Yalou in the Soviet Union also made a lot of jokes.
When Liu Yalou first arrived in the Soviet Union, due to the difference in diet and Xi habits, coupled with the lack of adaptation to water and soil, he suffered from acute appendicitis.
It's just that in that era of frequent wars, anesthesia became a scarce material, so, under normal circumstances, doctors will not use anesthesia for patients, but Liu Yalou is Chinese and a high-caliber student, so before his operation, the doctor asked him whether he used anesthesia out of humanitarianism.
But at that time, Liu Yalou had just come to the Soviet Union, and he could only understand some basic Russian, and he couldn't understand what the doctor said at all.
During the operation, Liu Yalou was sweating like rain, but he held on stubbornly, without shouting, an operation ended like this, Liu Yalou who got off the operating table was already in pain and could not stand.
When Liu Yalou learned that he was stabbed because he didn't understand Russian, he was discharged from the hospital and practiced Russian hard, and finally stopped being fooled.
This is just an episode of Liu Yalou's Xi in the Soviet Union, after returning to school, Liu Yalou quickly made up for the missed courses, because of his excellent academic Xi results, Liu Yalou was quickly appreciated by the school leaders, and also let him join the Soviet Red Army.
In the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, Liu Yalou deduced their offensive route according to the enemy's marching route, and immediately reported this discovery to the leadership, but the superior leaders did not care and did not attach importance to Liu Yalou's speculation.
In order to be able to keep Liu Yalou in the Soviet Union, the Soviet military put forward a proposal to invite Liu Yalou to become a Soviet citizen, but Liu Yalou resolutely refused.
Liu Yalou's refusal did not make the Soviet military give up, but allowed Liu Yalou to continue to command operations in the army, and also awarded him the rank of colonel.
Originally, Liu Yalou had graduated, and it stands to reason that he could return to China, but the Soviet Union really did not want to give up such talents, and has been delaying Liu Yalou's return time, during which Liu Yalou put forward his own suggestions for the Battle of Stalingrad, and the leaders of the Soviet Red Army adopted the opinions and directly changed the pattern of the war, so that the Red Army won the victory at a very small price.
In 1943, Liu Yalou met a woman named Zhai Yunying in the Soviet Union, the two fell in love at first sight, and soon entered the palace of marriage.
The domestic war was in the heat of the moment, Liu Yalou, who had already completed his studies, repeatedly asked the Soviet military to return to China, but was refused, until August 1945, when the Soviet Red Army entered the northeast to attack the Japanese Kwantung Army, Liu Yalou was able to return to China with the Soviet Red Army.
After returning to China, Liu Yalou was quickly entrusted with an important task and was appointed as the chief of staff of the Northeast Field Army.
After Liu Yalou took office, he actively participated in the two major battles of Liaoshen and Pingjin, and personally commanded the Tianjin Liberation War.
After the end of the Pingjin Campaign, the ** Military Commission reorganized the PLA at that time, in addition to merging and dismantling the troops, the Northeast Field Army was officially renamed the Fourth Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and Chief of Staff Liu Yalou was also appointed commander of the 14th Corps.
At that time, Liu Yalou was ecstatic after receiving the appointment, he finally had the opportunity to lead the troops to fight head-on with the Kuomintang army, and he was finally able to give full play to his excellent military talents, but just when he was about to lead the troops south, he suddenly received a notice from the Military Commission that the 14th Army Corps should be temporarily led by the deputy commander to go south, and he went to the *** residence to accept the new task.
After receiving the notice of the ** Military Commission, Liu Yalou was puzzled, now the most important moment for a soldier is to kill the enemy on the battlefield, that is, to witness the establishment of a new country, and this has been something that Liu Yalou has been looking forward to for more than ten years, and there is a new task at this time, which makes Liu Yalou puzzled.
But Liu Yalou still boarded the jeep and arrived all the way to the *** residence, just when he entered the *** office in a hurry, just about to salute, ** had already stepped forward, grabbed his hand, and said to him:"Liu Yalou, you fought really well, you are a general, you studied in the Soviet Union before, and now the Military Commission wants you to form an air force, how?”
**'s words surprised the unprepared Liu Yalou, and hurriedly refused:"Chairman, this is not good, my main direction of attack in the Soviet Union is the army, and the affairs of the air force have not been Xi!
However, Liu Yalou's refusal did not make *** give up, he said bluntly"The Army and Air Force, it's all about the establishment, everything is clear, you are known as Liu Daring, and there are still things you are afraid of?."
Liu Yalou looked at the chairman's appearance and already understood that he couldn't shirk this task, so he thought for a moment and said:"Since the chairman and the military commission trust, I can only learn and do by doing, and learn by doing. ”
**After seeing Liu Yalou's agreement, the two had an in-depth exchange of views on the formation of the air force, and Liu Yalou did not leave until it was late.
In fact, the Military Commission has been thinking about the appointment of air force commanders for a long time, and during the War of Liberation, if you want to become the commander of the air force, you must meet three conditions:
First, they should be familiar with the Air Force structure and the basic operations of pilots.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Northeast Field Army had captured a large number of Japanese pilots, under the influence of our party, many Japanese pilots and instructors took the initiative to teach our army flight knowledge, and our army established an air force school in the northeast, at the same time, trained a group of outstanding pilots, from the establishment of the school to the training of pilots, the process was handled by Liu Yalou.
Second, he has experience studying in the Soviet Union and has a close relationship with the Soviet Union.
At that time, the Communist Party mainly relied on the support and help of the Soviet Union, and if the Communist Party wanted to have its own air force, it must have the technical support of the Soviet Union, and even the Communist Party needed to buy planes from the Soviet Union, so as the commander of the Air Force, he needed to deal with the Soviet Union for a long time, and the commander must also have certain contacts with the Soviet Union, otherwise it would be difficult to buy aircraft in the future.
Third, they have combat experience in commanding corps.
As a commander of the Air Force, he will command thousands of troops and horses in the future, which is the key to determining the victory of a war, and his combat experience in the corps proves that he can reasonably distribute the soldiers under him, ensure the integrity of the team, and ensure the victory of the war.
Among the various leaders in the People's Liberation Army, only Liu Yalou can meet the above three points, so he has made up his mind that Liu Yalou must form an air force.
After Liu Yalou took over the task of forming the Air Force, the ** Military Commission issued a privilege to Liu Yalou."In the process of forming the Air Force, the commanders of the major field armies must let all the cadres selected by Liu Yalou and must not be blocked. ”
Under the order of the Central Military Commission, Liu Yalou began to select the main leaders of various departments of the Air Force throughout the army, and after he finished the selection, all the selected personnel went to serve in the air force departments, and in the development of the Air Force for more than 10 years, it was proved that Liu Yalou had a fierce vision at that time, and the selected people really became the mainstay of the Chinese Air Force.
The leaders of the main departments of the Air Force have confirmed, but what about the soldiers from **?
In order to form the Air Force as soon as possible, Liu Yalou agreed with the Military Commission that the candidates for the Air Force would be drawn from the whole army, and the soldiers with good physical fitness in the army could recommend or self-recommend to sign up, and then the Air Force Department would screen and persuade those soldiers who did not meet their physical fitness to return, leaving the best soldiers for the Air Force.
In addition to this, the most important thing is airplanes and fighters.
According to China's national strength at that time, there was no way to manufacture high-precision products such as airplanes, fighters, and bombers, so it could only be purchased from the Soviet Union.
At that time, it was a secret visit to the Soviet Union, in order to be able to purchase the corresponding aircraft and fighters from the Soviet Union, it was decided to send Liu Yalou and other members of the Air Force Command to the Soviet Union to communicate and cooperate directly with the Soviet Union.
During Liu Yalou's visit to the Soviet Union, it happened to be the end of the Chinese Liberation War, when the Kuomintang army carried out a crazy attack on the communist army under the order of Chiang Kai-shek, therefore, Liu Yalou and other planes are also very likely to be attacked"You're the commander of the Air Force, and you can't get on the plane and faint!”
Faced with the other party's "ridicule", Liu Yalou could only laugh at it.
With the establishment of New China, the construction of China's air force has finally been completed, and New China finally has its own air force, and Liu Yalou has also relied on his outstanding military talent to build many air force military academies throughout China.
In 1955, Liu Yalou was awarded the rank of general.
After getting a few days later, Liu Yalou has been contributing to the development of the Chinese Air Force, even if he is already suffering from cancer, he has to work with illness, and he wants to use the last period of his life to do more for the Air Force.
On May 7, 1965, Liu Yalou died of illness in Shanghai.
The development of New China is inseparable from those veteran comrades who have made outstanding contributions to the Chinese revolution, and who have spent their lives practicing the oath under the banner of the party.
Liu Yalou gave up the victory or defeat on the battlefield, and instead devoted himself to the cultivation of military personnel in the rear, after the war was about to be won, he plunged headlong into the construction of the air force, even before his death was still concerned about whether the air force regulations were issued, his life is singable and weeping, is admirable, and his spirit is immortal.