"Once you succeed, ten thousand bones will wither", this old saying is not groundless, but a conclusion reached after countless real-life cases. History has repeatedly proven that becoming a general is not an easy task and requires many hardships. For an ordinary person, his life has to go through ups and downs, ups and downs. For a general, life is full of thorns and dangers. Only by surviving many difficulties can we achieve fame;Otherwise, the ending is bound to be very different. Liu Zhuanlian, the founding lieutenant general, is the most powerful and beloved general, and has been received twice and won many awards.
However, the general's life is full of ups and downs. His most difficult moment came in 1947 in a battle, where he was nearly executed. Liu Zhuanlian was born in Chaling County, Hunan, and his family was poor and experienced hardships when he was a teenager. His childhood was not happy, his father died when he was 12 years old, his mother remarried, and he became a child who had no one to care for. During this period, Liu Zhuanlian's grief had nowhere to tell, and in order to survive, he had to endure the torments of life. Fortunately, the pain didn't last long. When the Revolution swept through Hunan, Liu Zhuanlian realized that the opportunity had come to change his fate.
He resolutely devoted himself to the peasant movement, joined the guerrillas, and later joined the Communist Party, officially embarking on the revolutionary road of seeking welfare for the poor people of the world. Liu Zhuanlian was an ordinary Red Army soldier from the Hunan and Jiangxi Soviet Regions, who gradually stood out through tempering and unremitting efforts on the battlefield, and successively served as company commander, battalion commander, and regiment commander. The leader of his team attached great importance to him, so that at the age of 24 he had become the commander of the main division of the Red Sixth Army. During the Anti-Japanese War, Liu Zhuanlian not only participated in many battles against the Japanese invaders, but also actively participated in the "large-scale production movement" to reclaim Nanniwan.
However, during this period, Liu Zhuanlian suffered unfair treatment. His wife was harassed by the leadership at the front, and then accused of seducing party cadres, and eventually dismissed. Although Liu Zhuanlian was indignant at such treatment, he did not immediately refute it, but chose to report the matter to the ** Military Commission. Under the attention of the ** Military Commission, his punishment was revoked, so that Liu Zhuanlian was finally treated fairly. During the "Great Production Movement", Liu Zhuanlian led the team to carry out land reclamation work and fought against the Kuomintang army.
Under his leadership, the team has achieved remarkable results, which has attracted special attention. ** Personally met with Liu Zhuanlian and praised the team he led for being both good at fighting and good at production. The encouragement had a positive impact on the soldiers, and at the same time, it also deeply shocked Liu Zhuanlian and made him more devoted to the revolutionary cause. Subsequently, when the Liberation War broke out, Liu Zhuanlian led his troops to the Northeast as the brigade commander of the 359 Brigade, and later the team was reorganized into the First Division of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army, and Liu Zhuanlian continued to serve as the division commander, and his revolutionary career entered a new stage.
In 1947, he commanded the Northeast Army to launch three "Lower Jiangnan" campaigns, and after the first two successful Lower Jiangnan Campaigns, it was decided to conduct a third one. In the first two battles, Liu Zhuanlian led his troops to perform well, but in the third Xiajiangnan Campaign, there were mistakes, which led to the famous "Battle of Weizigou". According to the order, Liu Zhuanlian led his troops to prepare to cross the Songhua River and go to the Dehui area to prepare to block the enemy troops who reinforced the mountain tun. However, on the way to the Dehui area, Liu Zhuanlian received an order from a new superior, asking him to immediately turn around and march westward and assemble at the designated place the next day.
While waiting for the arrival of the remaining troops, Liu Zhuanlian received a new order from the Eastern General Headquarters, ordering him to lead his troops to the Nong'an area to strike at the enemy who had reinforced the mountain. Liu Zhuanlian led the troops on a rapid march, and together with the deputy political commissar, he led a force of only one battalion. In the face of an enemy with a whole division, they could not wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops, because this would miss out on the fighters. As a result, Liu Zhuanlian had to bravely block the enemy. However, due to the disparity in strength between the enemy and the enemy, the battle undoubtedly ended in defeat.
This time, the "victory", which was already close at hand, slipped away at the last moment, ** was very angry about it, and shouted in the headquarters: "The division commander should be shot." Liu Zhuanlian felt very aggrieved after hearing this, but he chose to remain silent. Of course, in the end, Liu Zhuanlian was not shot, but demoted to deputy division commander. However, he approached the demotion with a "shame followed by courage" attitude, treating it as a disgrace. In the following battles, he led his troops to participate in many southern and northern battles, and made many achievements.
This shows that there was no problem with his command ability, and that the failure at that time was indeed due to the lack of troops. Therefore, Liu Zhuanlian continued to be respected by his superiors. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as the commander of the 41st Army, the deputy director of the Senior Infantry School, and the commander of the garrison area of the brigade university. During the special period, he suffered unfair treatment, but he survived and lived until 1992, at the age of 80.