In 1958, the Soviet Union demanded military cooperation with China in order to expand its influence in East Asia. However, *** noticed that the Soviet Union had evil intentions, and the so-called "cooperation" of the Soviet Union was actually a "overlord clause", which was clearly aimed at controlling China!** Angry at this, he immediately rejected the unreasonable demands of the Soviet Union, which angered Khrushchev, and Hirsch immediately began to "attack" China from all sides, and it was from this time that China and the Soviet Union gradually parted ways.
Changes in Sino-Soviet relations had a direct impact on domestic ideology, and the "pro-Soviet" line began to be criticized, and "pro-Soviet" comrades were accused of making "dogmatic" mistakes, such as Liu Shuai, who introduced the Soviet teaching system when he founded the Military Academy and would regularly invite Soviet teachers to come to Nanjing to give classes. Later, with the bad relations between China and the Soviet Union, he naturally began to be targeted and constantly criticized.
Later, ** also asked Liu Shuai to do a review. Although Liu Shuai was seriously ill at that time, he still rushed from Nanjing to Beijing, made a review in public, and took the initiative to resign from all positions, willing to retreat to the second line. It is worth mentioning that when Liu Shuai was criticized, only two people stood up to speak for Liu Shuai, one of them was Yang Yong, he was the main general of Erye, and he has always respected Liu Shuai, he said that Liu Shuai's "imitation of the Soviet Union" is also to implement the opinions of ***, at that time Liu Shuai invited Soviet teachers to Nanjing to take classes, ** is also supportive, how can Liu Shuai be responsible for something now?
The second is Deng Gong, Deng Gong and Liu Shuai are "hardcore partners", the two worked together during the War of Resistance and Liberation, won a series of battles one after another, and finally ushered in the victory of the revolution. In 1958, some people claimed that Liu Shuai was "not worthy of the name" and did not participate in military command during the War of Resistance and Liberation, and was completely "empty frame". When Deng Gong heard this, he immediately stood up and spoke for Liu Shuai, saying that Liu Shuai was an excellent commander and fighter, and without Liu Shuai's strategy, Nakano would not have been able to achieve such brilliant results.
Seeing this, many people may think it is strange that Liu Shuai's partner and old subordinates have hundreds of people, but in the end, there are only two people who complain about him. The reason why this situation occurs is mainly due to the following 3 reasons: 1. There are many veterans of the former Nakano who have also been implicated in this turmoil, and they are all being criticized, and they can still speak for Liu Shuai?2. Some of the former Nakano veterans are on a mission in the field, and they don't know anything about Liu Shuai's situation 3. Some comrades who want to speak for Liu Shuai are lowly and lowly and no one cares at all, even if they stand in line for Liu Shuai, it has no effect at all.
It is worth mentioning that shortly after Liu Shuai was criticized, Su Yu was also criticized for "individualism" mistakes, during which although some people complained for Su Yu, they failed to change Su Yu's situation, Su was forced to review 8 times, and the psychological pressure was much greater than Liu Shuai's. However, similar to Liu Shuai, Su Yu also quickly faded out of the front line after being criticized, and was never reused again.
During the turbulent period, Liu Shuai was sick in bed and did not participate in any sports, so he was not affected again, and his life was relatively peaceful in the 10 years from 1966 to 1976. In late September 1976, Ye Shuai was ready to "move" against the cabal, and specially sent someone to ask Liu Shuai's opinion, and Liu Shuai said that he firmly supported Ye Shuai and ***
After the turmoil ended, with the consent of ***, Liu Shuai was elected as the vice chairman of the Military Commission and concurrently served as the National People's Congress, but at this time Liu Shuai's physical condition was already very poor, even if he had the heart to come back, his energy was not allowed, so in fact he was only in name, and he did not participate in the relevant decision-making of the Military Commission and the National People's Congress. In 1980, Liu Shuai announced his resignation from all positions and fully transferred to a recuperation life, at that time he was blind in both eyes, his legs also lost the ability to walk, and he could only rest in bed all day.
In order to relieve loneliness and loneliness, Liu Shuai would ask his secretary to read the newspaper to him every day, and listen to the radio at other times to learn about the major events at home and abroad. In 1986, Liu Shuai's body reached its limit, and before he died, he called his children, confessed his last words, and then left this world with dignity. It is worth mentioning that in 1986, a number of political leaders passed away, which made Deng Gong, ** and others sad, but in addition to grief, they were also thinking about a question: If the old comrades are gone, can the new comrades shoulder their responsibilities and continue to lead the Chinese people forward?
In the second half of that year, Deng Gong and the first people held a brief meeting, during which Deng Gong proposed to promote the youth of the cadre team as soon as possible, cultivate the best people, China must not follow the old road of the Soviet Union!** Agreed, and then began to survey the entire cadre contingent in the name of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, looking for worthy of training. By the end of the 80s, a new batch of ** people had been trained, and Deng Gong and others consciously completed their historical mission, so they announced their retirement and handed over the country to young people to take care of.