Among the 177 founding lieutenant generals of New China, Liu Zhong is a well-known "generation of famous generals" in the whole army at many historical critical moments, he can always be seen, he later became the right-hand man of the world, Liu Shuai is a famous military god of our army, Liu Zhong can become his right-hand man, which also shows that his ability is not ordinary.
In 1906, Liu Zhong was born in Shanghang County, Fujian Province, when he was a teenager, due to his family's poverty, he only studied for three years, and later due to the livelihood of the force, he had to become a mason, which was several years.
In 1928, when the Communist Party led the peasant movement in Shanghang County, Liu Zhong wanted to escape from this "most miserable and pitiful" life, so he participated in the revolutionary movement, and soon he officially joined the Communist Party of China.
After joining the army, Liu Zhong was very brave in every battle, and a few years later, he had been promoted to the political commissar of the regiment, and during the Long March in 1934, Liu Zhong was appointed as the chief of the reconnaissance section of the headquarters of the Red First Army.
The main task of the Reconnaissance Section is to provide the troops with a forward station and understand the enemy's situation.
After the start of the Long March, the Red First Army Corps, as the advance force of the Red Army, went all the way forward, and the reconnaissance section led by Liu Zhong was the advance force of the Red First Army Corps, and it has been in front to reconnoiter the safe and concealed advance route for the troops.
On November 27, under the intelligence of Liu Zhong's security, the Second Division of the Red First Army, under the leadership of division commander Chen Guang and political commissar Liu Yalou, broke through the enemy's blockade line Xiangjiang without encountering difficulties.
Liu Zhong immediately reported to the corps command, saying that the Red Fifth Regiment should be quickly sent to conquer Quanzhou, and he told the chief of staff of the Red Fifth Army to quickly take Quanzhou, and it was not too late to report afterwards, but the chief of staff always said that there must be an order from the corps to attack Quanzhou, so he missed the best opportunity, and later our army paid a heavy price when crossing the Xiangjiang River, 8The number of people from more than 60,000 has dropped sharply to more than 30,000.
Liu Zhong was very distressed, and he told Liu Yalou, the political commissar of the Red Second Division, that if Quanzhou was occupied, then when our army crossed the Xiangjiang River, it might be smoother and would not pay such a big price.
Since then, Liu Zhong and the people of the reconnaissance section have been serving as the advance force of the Red Army's Long March, completing various reconnaissance tasks, and the chief of the General Staff of the Red Army praised him, saying that he "made great contributions" in the Long March
During the Anti-Japanese War, Liu Zhong successively served as the captain of the third brigade of the Chinese Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, the president of the sixth branch, and the deputy political commissar of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division.
In 1945, Liu Zhong was promoted to commander of the 386th Brigade.
After the complete victory of the Anti-Japanese War, for the sake of peace, ** and *** and others went to Chongqing to negotiate with the Kuomintang, during which ** demanded that the troops in the liberated areas must give a crushing blow to the offensive of Chiang's army.
To this end, ** and others decided to launch the "Shangdang Campaign" to concentrate the three main columns of Taihang, Taiyue, and southern Hebei and local troopsMore than 10,000 people attacked the Kuomintang troops.
Liu Zhong, who was the commander of the 386 Brigade at the time, was entrusted with an important task as the front-line commander of the Shangdang Campaign, and he was ordered to command the troops to attack the county seat of the eldest son.
The eldest son city is in the west of Changzhi, 50 miles away from Changzhi, although the eldest son county is not big, but the fortifications are very strong, for our army, it is not an easy task to conquer the eldest son county.
Liu Zhong issued a combat order, the 772nd Regiment captured the North Pass of Changzi County, attracted and pinned down the enemy, and the 20th Regiment and 38th Regiment conquered Xiguan of Changzi County, and finally, launched a siege battle at the West Gate.
On September 13, the 772nd Regiment first exchanged fire with the enemy, because the enemy relied on excellent fortifications and buildings, our army failed to achieve any results in several attacks, and Zhou Xueyi, the regiment commander at the time, was furious: "Do we want to lose face under the city of the eldest son?" I'm going to knock it down anyway. ”
Liu Zhong knew the predicament of the 772nd regiment, put forward a combat proposal, the implementation of night fighting, the regiment commander Zhou Xueyi immediately organized a platoon, in the night of the sneak attack, the enemy did not expect this move, all had no choice but to surrender, when our army occupied the commanding heights, the enemy retreated to the city, and the eldest son of the county Xiguan, the 20th regiment has been conquered.
When the time came, Liu Zhong ordered a general attack on the county seat of Changzi, and on the night of September 18, our army launched an attack on the enemy in the city, and after a fierce battle, our army won a great victory, capturing more than 1,500 enemies and killing more than 500 people.
After the county seat of Changzi was conquered, Liu Zhong led his troops to approach the county seat of Changzhi, and at this time, the Kuomintang sent 20,000 troops to support.
After Liu and Deng discussed, they decided to design to annihilate the enemy's troops who came to support, and the superior ordered Liu Zhong not to go to Changzhi first, but to go to Laoyeling, control Laoyeling, and prepare to annihilate the enemy.
After fierce fighting, Liu Zhong led the 386th Brigade to occupy Lao Yeling on October 6.
Leaning on the binoculars, Liu Zhong saw that the enemy was no longer advancing towards Changzhi, but withdrawing north, Liu Zhong guessed that this was because the troops who came to support thought that they could not solve the difficulties of the besieged Kuomintang troops, so they decided to flee, and Liu Zhong told the news to his superiors.
On October 7, the higher authorities ordered Liu Zhong to lead his troops to rush ahead of the enemy and occupy the key junction where the enemy was to retreat.
On October 8, more than 20,000 enemies gathered together, and when they saw that the People's Liberation Army had blocked their way back, they went crazy and launched an attack on the position of the 20th Regiment.
In the face of an enemy dozens of times his own, Liu Zhong was not timid, and counterattacked the enemy with 20 regiments, and they held out for a whole day, and then other brother units of our army arrived and quickly attacked them.
In this battle, more than 20,000 enemy troops were almost completely annihilated by our army.
The enemy in Changzhi City saw that the situation was not good, and immediately ran away, and Liu Zhong was ordered to pursue the fleeing enemy, and later in the area of Taochuan, Liu Zhong led his troops and his brother troops to annihilate the enemy.
In this battle of Shangdang, our army annihilated the enemy 3More than 50,000 people, the victory of this battle, ** was very happy after learning about it, and it also had a significant impact on the Chongqing negotiations.
Liu Zhong is a fierce general who can fight well, so he has also won high praise from Liu and Deng.
During the Liberation War, Liu Zhong successively served as the commander of the 10th Brigade of the Fourth Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, the commander of the 15th Column of the North China Military Region, and the commander of the 62nd Army of the 18th Corps.
Liu Zhong led his troops to participate in the Taiyuan Campaign, the Fuyi Campaign, and the Liberation of the Great Southwest Campaign.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liu Zhong successively served as the commander of the Western Sichuan Military Region, the director of the Military Academy of the People's Liberation Army, and the vice president of the Military Academy
In 1955, Liu Zhong was awarded the Lieutenant General Colonel and won the Order of Eighty-One of the Second Class, the First Class Independent Freedom Medal, and the First Class Liberation Medal.
In 1979, Liu Zhong retired from his post as vice president of the Military and Political University, and since then, he has enjoyed his old age.
What few people know is that at the age of 77, Liu Zhong was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, and at the age of 79, he had a craniotomy due to cerebral hemorrhage.
In 2002, General Liu Zhong completed his legendary life at the age of 96.