In 1942, a group of Japanese troops sneaked into the Eighth Route Army's southern Hebei base area to carry out the so-called "special operation". The task of the cavalry squad at that time was to escort General Liu Zhijian to his subordinate military sub-district to convey an important instruction, and everyone originally thought that this operation would be easy and could be completed easily, but no one expected to bump into the Japanese army on the way.
After discovering the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army took the lead in attacking, and the Eighth Route Army immediately responded and quickly entered the small village, hoping to use the complex terrain of the village to get rid of the Japanese army and escape. But who expected that the Japanese army had been chasing after them and biting the Eighth Route Army. Seeing this, the cavalry squad leader stopped retreating and took the initiative to lead his troops to attack the enemy, intending to drag the Japanese army and let Liu Zhijian leave first. The Japanese army quickly saw through our intentions and immediately concentrated their fire on Liu Zhijian, who was soon shot in the leg and fell off his horse, never to escape.
After a fierce battle, all the soldiers of the cavalry squad were killed, and Liu Zhijian felt that he would definitely not be able to escape this catastrophe, so he destroyed all the confidential documents he carried with him to avoid revealing important military information, and then picked up the bayonet and prepared to make a final fight. But the Japanese army was too cunning to give Liu Zhijian a chance to fight back at all, and directly rushed up and arrested him and brought him back to a nearby stronghold for interrogation.
Liu Zhijian was the director of the Political Department of the Southern Hebei Military Region at that time, and he was a standard brigade-level cadre, and once his identity was exposed, he would inevitably cause serious trouble, so when he faced the enemy's interrogation, he used a false name and a false identity, and he lied that he was a deputy regiment commander and intended to "cooperate" with the Japanese. The Japanese army was overjoyed when they heard the news and planned to send Liu Zhijian to the Japanese army headquarters in the county town for further interrogation. When the headquarters of the Southern Hebei Military Region learned that General Liu had been captured, it immediately organized manpower to rescue him.
One afternoon, more than 100 Japanese soldiers escorted Liu Zhijian out of the stronghold and rushed to the county seat. In the end, the Japanese army was completely wiped out, Liu Zhijian was successfully rescued, and was sent to the rear hospital to recuperate, and after he recovered, the party organization arranged for him to take up a temporary post at the headquarters of the 129th Division. In 1943, he was ordered to go to Yan'an to participate in the "Seventh National Congress".
During the Liberation War, Liu Zhijian continued to be active in the southern Hebei region, and in late 1948, he was transferred to Zhongye as the political commissar of the column, and the following year he was promoted to deputy political commissar of the Corps for his merits. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he worked in units directly under the Military Commission, and received the rank of lieutenant general, and at the end of the 50s he was transferred to the General Department of Political Affairs to hold important positions. After the turmoil broke out, Liu Zhijian was suddenly pushed to the cusp, and some ill-intentioned people slandered him for antagonizing the masses, and even intended to "oppose the party", which made General Liu very aggrieved, he went to Ye Shuai to complain, but Ye Shuai asked him to be patient for the time being, not to fight against the torrent of the times for the sake of temporary pleasure.
In 1967, when someone wanted to criticize Mr. Chen, Liu Zhijian naturally tried his best to stop it, but he was hated by Kang Sheng, who slandered him as the "vanguard of the anti-party black command" and tried his best to incite ** to attack him. Soon after, a large number of people who were bewitched by erroneous remarks began to issue a request to the Central Military Commission, demanding that Liu Zhijian be severely punished. Ye Shuai suggested that he go outside to hide for a while and wait until the rumors passed before showing up, but he was unwilling to flinch, and resolutely stood up to face this political turmoil.
Soon, accusations against General Liu followed, and some people brought out the fact that he had been captured that year, and thus determined that he was a "traitor", and three months later, he was dismissed from public office, transferred to a small alley for guarding, and lived a life of loss of freedom for more than four years. It was not until 1971 that he finally regained his freedom under the mediation of General Xu Shiyou, and the following year, he returned to the Military Commission for temporary duty. In 1975, under the arrangement of Deng Gong, he went to the Kunming Military Region as a political commissar, and when he was leaving, Deng Gong specially talked to him once, telling him to see and listen more after going to the southwest, resolutely implement the instructions of the first party, strengthen the leadership of the party organization over the army, and absolutely not let the turmoil continue to spread in the army.
In 1980, after the end of the turmoil, the old case of Comrade Liu Zhijian was re-examined, and he was rehabilitated and his reputation restored. In 1982, he left the Kunming Military Region and transferred to work at the Military and Political College, where he officially retired three years later. In his later years, he settled in a small courtyard in Xishan, and after being busy for most of his life, he finally became idle, and he began to regain some of his previous hobbies and live a leisurely life. In 2006, this outstanding communist fighter completed a glorious life at the age of 95.
Liu Zhijian was the highest-ranking cadre in the Eighth Route Army who had been captured by the enemy, but after he fell into the hands of the enemy, he always adhered to the bottom line and integrity, refused to betray the party organization and revolutionary comrades, and finally managed to escape from danger with his witty mind and return to the embrace of the red camp. In the following decades, he conscientiously contributed to the cause of national liberation and the building of the people's political power