In March 1948, after the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army ended its three-month-long winter offensive, the Kuomintang army was compressed in Changchun, Shenyang, Jinzhou and other isolated areas that could not be connected with each other.
By August, the strength of the entire Northeast Democratic Alliance Army had reached 1.03 million, from 110,000 at the time of leaving the customs, and it took three years to grow nearly 10 times the number, which shows that the ability of the leaders in the Northeast is very strong.
On August 14, in order to facilitate command, the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army was officially renamed the "Northeast Field Army", and at the same time, the headquarters of the field army was also readjusted, ** as the commander, ** as the political commissar, Liu Yalou as the chief of staff, and Tan Zheng as the director of the political department.
These four people were the four giants of Dongye at that time, and when they were later awarded, the commander **, the political commissar *** were awarded the rank of marshal, and the director of the Political Department Tan Zheng was awarded the rank of general, why did Liu Yalou, the chief of staff, have the rank of general?
As we all know, the award of titles in 1955 was not only based on military merits, but also included qualifications and representatives.
Liu Yalou was rated as a general, relative to his military exploits, it is indeed low, but relative to his qualifications, it is not low, the basic criteria for the evaluation are divided into three stages, namely the period of the agrarian revolution, the period of the Anti-Japanese War, and the period of the War of Liberation, these three periods also correspond to three medals, the August 1 Medal, the Medal of Independence and Freedom, and the Liberation Medal.
In 1929, 19-year-old Liu Yalou joined the Red Army, after joining the army, because he was intelligent and strategic, so he was promoted quickly, and on the eve of the Long March, he had been promoted to the political commissar of the main division of the Red First Army.
After the start of the Long March, Liu Yalou served as the political commissar of the Second Division of the Red First Army, and the division commander was Chen Guang.
During the Agrarian Revolution, Liu Yalou made great contributions, and according to the later award standards, he met the requirements for the rank of general.
After the Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, Liu Yalou entered the Red Army University to study, ** was the president at the time, during the school, ** had a close relationship with Liu Yalou, and later, the Red University was renamed Kang University, ** also proposed that Liu Yalou serve as the director of education of Kang University.
During the Soviet Union, although Liu Yalou also participated in the anti-fascist battle and won the rank of major in the Soviet Army, but in any case, Liu Yalou was absent from the domestic War of Resistance, which is naturally one of the important reasons affecting his military rank.
In 1945, Liu Yalou returned to China after twists and turns, and under the recommendation of his old boss, he came to the Northeast region. ”
You should know what the chief of staff is mainly responsible for, and the chief of staff is generally responsible for assisting the military commander of the unit in command.
That is to say, Liu Yalou's main task in the Northeast is to assist in the war, and for Liu Yalou, he is more trusted and relied on, in addition, Liu Yalou himself is also a more capable one, so the cooperation between the two in the Northeast battlefield can be described as seamless.
At that time, the signatures of the telegrams of other field army headquarters in the country were basically two people, such as Huaye Chen Su and Nakano Liu Deng, but when they arrived in Dongye, they became three people: Lin Luo Liu.
From this signature, it may not be difficult for us to see that ** also has some careful thoughts of his own, and he hopes that Liu Yalou will show his face more in front of the Military Commission.
After the establishment of the Northeast Field Army Command in August 1948, Liu Yalou was appointed chief of staff, and in September, the Liaoshen Campaign broke out, Liu Yalou completed his mission, assisted in the Jinzhou Campaign, Changchun Campaign, etc., the Liaoshen Campaign ended, and the entire Northeast was liberated, and Liu Yalou contributed to it.
In 1949, according to the instructions of the ** Military Commission, the Northeast Field Army was reorganized into the Fourth Field Army, and Liu Yalou left the post of chief of staff at this time and was appointed commander of the 14th Corps.
During his tenure as commander of the 14th Corps, Liu Yalou commanded the Battle of Tianjin, the pinnacle of his military career.
The order given by the Military Commission to Siye at that time was to conquer Tianjin within three days, and asked for 48 hours, Liu Yalou was full of confidence and proposed that 30 hours was enough to complete the task.
The commander of the Kuomintang in Tianjin was Chen Changjie, and in order to defend Tianjin, Chen Changjie sent people to clear the trees and houses within 1,000 meters in front of the outer positions, not only that, but he also laid 40,000 mines in the periphery of Tianjin, and built 380 huge pillboxes in the center of the main roads and alleys in the city, and built strong fire strongholds on some tall buildings, in addition, he grabbed 100,000 people and dug a 10-meter-wide and 4-deep strip around the city5 meters, 45 kilometers long moat.
As for Tianjin, Chen Changjie believed that no matter what, the PLA would not be able to capture it.
Before the war, Liu Yalou reconnoitred the terrain and learned from an old farmer that there was a sluice gate of the Alkali River near Machang, and because the Kuomintang army closed the sluice last year, the water of the Alkali River flowed into the moat through the South Canal, and then discharged into the sea from the moat to the east of the river.
Liu Yalou immediately figured it out, and he ordered: immediately send troops to open the sluice gate of the Alkali River, so that the water flow of the South Canal can turn back, and then reduce the water level of the moat.
The water was cut off, the moat became an ornament, Chen Changjie began to send people to negotiate with Liu Yalou, Liu Yalou knew that it was his strategy, and decided to plan it, during the negotiation, he inadvertently said that the People's Liberation Army was preparing to attack the direction of the city, Chen Changjie was like a treasure, and he transferred heavy troops to defend.
Later, the truth was completely different from what he thought, Liu Yalou commanded the Siye troops and conquered Tianjin in one fell swoop, which took only 29 hours.
After the Battle of Pingjin, Liu Yalou was about to wave his army south, but was suddenly shouted to Beijing by a paper order, and since then, Liu Yalou has left Siye and become the commander of the Air Force of New China.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, our army had a navy, an air force, and an armored corps, the commander of the navy was Xiao Jinguang, and the commander of the armored corps was Xu Guangda.
When the title was awarded in 1955, Xiao Jinguang and Xu Guangda were both generals, but Liu Yalou was the general, **At that time, he also wrote to *** Please consider the old man in Jinggangshan, needless to say, he made it clear that he was fighting for Liu Yalou to be a general.
Later, for a variety of reasons, Liu Yalou was finally awarded the rank of general.
Although Liu Yalou is the rank of general, but after his death, he enjoyed the state funeral treatment, from this aspect, Liu Yalou's treatment can be said to be advanced, so some people say: Liu Yalou is the rank of general, general's military exploits, and marshal treatment.