In 1949, after two months of desperate fighting, the PLA finally won the Huaihai Campaign. After the battle, ** and *** held a special celebration banquet to celebrate.
However, something unexpected happened at the banquet. A deputy commander of the column was arranged to sit next to ***, he performed well in the Huaihai Campaign, and even successfully captured the commander of the Kuomintang 12th Corps, Huang Wei, with a remarkable record.
**At a celebration banquet, a joke was made to a general, but unexpectedly, this joke made the general furious, and even overturned the wine table.
After the general left, there was silence at the celebration banquet, everyone thought that *** would be very angry, but he smiled and said: "Let him go, we should eat and drink, this 'living Zhang Fei' is estimated to come to apologize in a while!" ”
So who is this general who dares to overturn the wine table in front of ***? What kind of joke would make him angry? It turned out that this general was Liu Changyi, born in Hong'an County, Hubei Province in 1914, and joined the revolution in 1929.
Liu Changyi: A brave soldier influenced by Xu Jishen and Chen Geng Liu Changyi, since 1930, has been fighting under the leadership of Xu Jishen, Chen Geng and others, and has been deeply influenced by them.
He once humorously said: "Although I have not entered the Whampoa Military Academy, I have a teacher from the Whampoa Military Academy, so in the end, I am the second pass of Whampoa**!" Under the influence of Xu Jishen and Chen Geng, he marched and fought decisively and bravely, with a tough and bold style.
Chang Yi always rushed to the forefront in battle, so he was wounded many times in battle. From August to October 1933, the Red Fourth Front Army held three offensive campaigns in succession, dealing a heavy blow to the Sichuan warlord Tian Songyao and others.
At that time, Liu Changyi served as the battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 36th Regiment of the 12th Division of the 4th Army of the Red Fourth Front Army. In the Battle of Xuanda, Liu Changyi was wounded twice in a row, the first time was on his right arm, it was just a simple flesh wound, just bandage it; The second was a shell wound.
At that time, Liu Changyi was holding a telescope to observe the enemy situation on the front line, but he didn't expect that at this time, an enemy shell was beside him**. After the smoke passed, the soldiers saw Liu Changyi, covered in blood, lying next to the trench, and everyone hurried to his side, only to see a piece of shrapnel piercing his jaw to his right cheek, and all his teeth were knocked out.
After more than 10 hours of all-out rescue, Liu Changyi is still unconscious. In order to fight for every ounce of life, the Red Army hospital urgently mobilized several fighters and quickly administered blood transfusions for him.
However, perhaps due to a mismatch in blood type or other reasons, Liu's body temperature suddenly rose above 39 degrees Celsius, and doctors were forced to interrupt the blood transfusion. Next, Liu Changyi's body began to show various symptoms, such as coma, high fever that does not go away, and facial swelling and deformation.
After learning of the situation, the leaders of the army, division, and regiment went to the hospital one after another to visit them. If it weren't for the doctor's introduction, it would be difficult for everyone to recognize that the person lying on the hospital bed was Liu Changyi.
A few days later, the hospital reported to his superiors that Liu Changyi had "died." Because the medical equipment in our military hospital was not advanced at that time, there were no stethoscopes, blood pressure monitors, not to mention electrocardiogram instruments, doctors could only rely on their hands to judge the life and death of the wounded.
Therefore, Liu Changyi's "death" was determined by the doctor by touching the pulse and heartbeat. When the troops learned the news of Liu Changyi's "death," they all felt incredulous, and the leaders of the army, division, and regiment, as well as all the soldiers of the second battalion, were deeply saddened by the loss of an excellent commander, and everyone shed tears of sadness.
The king of Yama refused to accept me, and let me come back and continue the war. In early January 1946, Liu Changyi led the 3rd Brigade of the column to march from Xixian County, Henan Province to Guangshan, preparing to annihilate the 199th Division of the Kuomintang.
When Liu Changyi led his subordinates to advance into the Balipan area, he encountered stubborn resistance from the Kuomintang army. In this fierce battle, Liu Changyi was heroically wounded, was shot five times, and fell into a coma.
In order to treat this brave general, Zheng Weisan, the leader of the Central Plains Military Region, and others specially sent Pan Shizheng, Minister of Health of the Military Region, to come in person. However, Liu's injuries were severe and required surgery.
However, due to the shortage of medicines at that time, especially anti-inflammatory drugs and surgical equipment, Pan Shizheng was in a difficult situation when dealing with Liu Changyi's injuries. At this moment, Liu Changyi woke up from his coma, and he motioned to the medical staff to take a pen and paper in a weak voice.
On the paper, he wrote down the three words "bold cutting" with difficulty, he knew that the medicine was scarce, and he also knew that the doctors were worried that he would not be able to bear the pain of the operation without anesthetic, so he wrote these three words to reassure the doctors.
Seeing Liu Changyi's firm will, Pan Shizheng and other medical staff were deeply moved. They decided to operate on Liu Changyi in the simplest and most risky way without *** and instruments.
The bullet was embedded in Liu Changyi's body, and the doctors had to remove it by "cutting and digging", which was undoubtedly a great pain. However, with his strong perseverance, Liu Changyi successfully survived the operation.
During the operation, large beads of sweat oozed from Liu Changyi's forehead, but he never let out a moan. His tenacity and courage touched everyone present.
Liu Changyi underwent two surgeries and successfully removed one bullet and one piece of shrapnel, but due to the harsh conditions and environment, all the bullets and shrapnel could not be removed, resulting in a persistent high fever, coma, and his life was in critical condition.
Although the organization was prepared for the worst and even prepared a coffin, at this critical moment, after learning of Liu Changyi's injury, the prime minister immediately instructed him to be sent to Beiping by plane
Liu Changyi was grateful, but due to physical reasons, he could only say briefly: "Thank you Vice Chairman Zhou for your concern!" However, considering that Peiping was still under Kuomintang rule at the time, he realized that this would cause problems for the organization, so he insisted that "even if he dies on the battlefield, he will not leave the army!" ”
After conveying Liu Changyi's meaning to ***, ** was deeply moved, but still instructed to purchase high-quality drugs and medical devices from Wuhan as soon as possible and rescue them on the spot.
Fortunately, after the medicine and equipment were bought, Pan Shizheng performed three more surgeries on Liu Changyi and successfully removed the bullets and shrapnel from his body. Under the care of ***, Liu Changyi created a miracle of resurrection.
Only a month later, Liu Changyi's health had improved, and his figure appeared again on the battlefield filled with gunpowder. In February 1947, Liu Changyi received a letter from Wang Shusheng, learning that the situation in northwest Hubei was becoming increasingly tense, and decided to let him and the main leaders go north in makeup, and the future action was decided by himself.
This means that Liu Changyi will be solely responsible. In order to get rid of the enemy forces in all directions, Liu Changyi decisively decided to return to Dabie Mountain by surprise, and organized the troops into the 1st and 2nd brigades, plus 3 directly subordinate companies and agency personnel, about 1,000 people.
In April 1947, Liu Changyi led the soldiers from Dangyang County, and after a night of rapid marching, they arrived at the ferry near Zhongxiang County on the evening of the 17th. The enemy believed that our troops did not dare to side the water, so although they controlled the ferry, the river defense was not tight.
Liu Changyi's troops took the opportunity to cross the Xiang River, fought as they went, and successively broke through the enemy's blockade and successfully advanced to Dabie Mountain. At the end of April, Liu Changyi led his soldiers to the area south of Lihuang County, Anhui Province, where they annihilated the 10th Hubei Provincial Security Regiment and seized an American-style radio station, two mortars, three heavy machine guns and other materials.
This news soon spread in Dabie Mountain, and Guilinqi, secretary of the Western Anhui Working Committee of the Communist Party of China, quickly sent someone to get in touch with Liu Changyi, and then Guilinqi took the members of the Western Anhui guerrillas to rendezvous with Liu Changyi's troops.
In order to cooperate with the "key offensive" of the Kuomintang in the liberated areas, Liu Changyi and Guilinqi decided to mobilize mass armed forces to consolidate and develop the new base areas. Soon after, they led their soldiers to attack the enemy, and successively conquered Yuantan in Qianshan County, Shipai in Huaining County and other important Kuomintang strongholds.
Subsequently, they attacked outside the mountains and carried out mobile operations, fighting from the hidden mountains to Susong, thus changing the situation of the struggle in western Anhui.
The third column of Liu Deng's army and the People's Self-Defense Army of western Anhui joined forces and strengthened the revolutionary forces. After listening to the report, he affirmed Liu Changyi's decision to return to Dabie Mountain to develop arms and persist in fighting, and appointed him as the commander of the third column to assist in commanding operations.
In the second phase of the Huaihai Campaign, they decided to send the third column to attack Suxian, and transferred the brother column to cooperate with the operation, under the unified command of the first party, and Liu Changyi directly commanded the siege operation.
After careful preparation, Liu Changyi issued an order to attack, and finally our army completely annihilated the defenders of Su CountyMore than 20,000 people, seized a large number of *** once said: "Occupy Su County, cut off Xuzhou and Bengbu, this is an assumption I didn't dare to make at the beginning." ”
This fully proves Liu Changyi's outstanding ability.
In the Huaihai Battle at the end of November, the third column fought bravely in the Shuangduiji encirclement and annihilation battle, annihilating the 12th Corps of the Kuomintang in one fell swoop, and successfully captured the commander of the 12th Corps, Huang Wei.
After the war, Liu Changyi was awarded a reward by the organization for his military exploits and let him keep it as a memorial. At the celebration banquet of the Huaihai Campaign, ** said a joke to Liu Changyi, which made him a little angry for a while.
It's good to come back, come on, let's keep eating! ”
You must be confused by this content: What happened to Liu Changyi eating 500 catties of meat? In fact, he was there to care about his warriors. At that time, he led the soldiers to fight the double-pile siege and annihilation battle.
Because the three verticals are very large, Liu Changyi in order to let the soldiers be full and satisfied, he falsely reported the number of troops and asked the logistics for 500 catties of meat. When *** mentioned this in front of him, he mistakenly thought that *** was criticizing and laughing at him, so he couldn't control his emotions.
After the Huaihai Campaign, another incident happened to Liu Changyi. At that time, the Central Plains Field Army issued a notice saying that Liu Changyi connived at two cadres to take the train without buying tickets, and also beat the attendants.
Liu Changyi was recovering from his injuries in Kaifeng at the time, and he was very puzzled and angry when he saw this report, and immediately rode to Shangqiu, and took the person who issued the notice to *** and ***, and questioned him face to face.
Later, *** came out to relieve the siege and said: "This notice is wrong, wrong, and it will be revoked immediately!" Hearing this, Liu Changyi left angrily.
After Luo Huasheng was founded, Liu Changyi served as the deputy commander of the railway public security force, responsible for receiving and reorganizing more than 20,000 officers and soldiers from various field units, and establishing three divisions and two regiments of the railway public security force.
Under the leadership of him, Luo Huasheng and others, the troops took over the defense work in an all-round way, and the protection targets were as high as 100, among which the main guard points were bridges and tunnels were distributed on the railway lines in the north and south of the Guannai, making important contributions to the safety and smooth flow of railway traffic.
In May 1955, the Lushun Base of the People's Liberation Army Navy was formally established, with Luo Huasheng as the commander and Liu Changyi as the deputy commander. In September of the same year, Liu Changyi was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
In 1956, Luo Huasheng was transferred from the base, and Liu Changyi took over the post of commander.
Liu Changyi advocated taking a road suited to China's national conditions and opposed copying the Soviet Union's naval experience and tactics.
Liu Changyi, dressed in gray, is not only a brave general, but also a straightforward person. In November 1959, he became commander of the Qingdao base, and in August of the following year, he became commander of the North Sea Fleet.
In November 1963, he was promoted to deputy commander of the Jinan Military Region. However, his bluntness can also be uncomfortable at times. In 1975, ** met Liu Changyi in Beijing, and he said to Liu Changyi at that time: "You are a general, but sometimes you can only do it brutally." ”
Hearing this, Liu Changyi felt a little unhappy, thinking that he was not only able to do brute force, but also had times to use his brains. Therefore, he did not even say hello and turned to leave.
However, ** soon realized his mistake and said to Liu Changyi: "I'm not worried about you!" You're always going straight like this, what should you do if someone catches your pigtails? ”
Hearing this, Liu Changyi stopped, turned around and hugged *** and smiled.
In 1978, Xu Shiyou's son participated in the Sino-Vietnamese border self-defense counterattack and served as a commander. In order to be able to better command the battle, Xu Shiyou recalled his comrades-in-arms and finally settled on a familiar face: Liu Changyi.
Liu Changyi is Xu Shiyou's old comrade-in-arms, who was once born and died with him. Xu Shiyou asked the secretary about Liu Changyi's situation and learned that he was already half-resting and might be about to retire.
Xu Shiyou realized that if Liu Changyi was not allowed to participate in this battle, there would be no chance in the future. So, Xu Shiyou decided to ask Liu Changyi to serve as deputy commander. Although Xu Shiyou named Liu Changyi as the deputy commander, he also had worries in his heart.
After all, Liu Changyi is already old, and he doesn't know if he can still be as brave and good at fighting as before. However, when Liu Changyi was invited to Guangzhou, although he looked a little old, his eyes were still bright and full of energy.
This made Xu Shiyou's worries alleviate a lot. After Chen Liangshun of the Military Region Management Office arranged for Liu Changyi, he immediately reported to Xu Shiyou: "Commander Xu, Commander Liu has arrived. ”
After Xu Shiyou heard the news, he decided to invite Liu Changyi to dinner in the evening to express his respect for his old comrades-in-arms. He told Chen Liangshun: "I'll be the east in the evening, invite Liu Changyi, you can prepare more wine!" ”
Xu Shiyou and Liu Changyi drank Moutai together, full of pride. Xu Shiyou showed his respect and appreciation for his old comrades-in-arms in the way of cup after cup. At the wine table, they recalled the past nine deaths, and Liu Changyi said with pride: "There is no one who dare not drink, only those who dare not drink." ”
After this drink, Xu Shiyou was very satisfied with Liu Changyi's performance, and he decided to make Liu Changyi the deputy commander. The reason why Xu Shiyou chose Liu Changyi was not only because of his outstanding ability, but also because of the spirit of sacrificing his life against the enemy on the battlefield.
Xu Shiyou said: "It is not difficult to learn to fight, but what is difficult is to be able to sacrifice your life against the enemy." This sentence fully expresses his appreciation and recognition of Liu Changyi. Liu Changyi's heroic spirit and outstanding ability have made him a real "hero".
On March 16, 1978, Liu Changyi's family successfully evacuated our soldiers, while Liu Changyi stayed behind to take charge of the defense of Guangxi. He and his staff traveled across the border in jeeps for nearly 50 days, visiting dozens of possible defense points.
Liu Changyi carefully examined and demonstrated every point, and did not make a decision until it was confirmed that it was correct. He personally attended the scene and learned in detail about the layout of each regiment, the setting of outposts and other specific matters.
This long-distance journey of thousands of kilometers has successfully completed the task of defending the thousand-mile border. On November 1, 1999, Liu Changyi passed away at the age of 86.