Liu Huaqing

Liu Huaqing

Liu Huaqing (October 1, 1916 - January 14, 2011) was born in Huang'an, Hubei Province, and was originally from Dawu, Hubei Province. He joined the Communist Party of China in October 1935 and joined the Red Army of workers and peasants in 1931. A senior general of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. He once served as commander of the PLA Navy, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and vice chairman of the CMC. He is a member of the 12th and 14th CPC Central Committee, member of the Political Bureau and Standing Committee of the 14th CPC Central Committee. He was elected to the Advisory Committee of the CPC Central Committee in 1985 and 1987.

He was awarded the rank of major general in September 1955 and the rank of general in September 1988. He was awarded the second grade of 81 medal, the second grade of independent freedom medal and the first grade of Liberation Medal. Liu Huaqing has made indelible contributions to the modernization of the Chinese Navy, known as China's "father of modern navy" and "father of Chinese aircraft carrier".

At 6:00 on January 14, 2011, Liu Huaqing died in Beijing at the age of 95.

Biography of characters

Liu Huaqing was born on October 1, 1916 in a poor peasant family in liujiayuanzi village, Huaqiao Township, Ercheng District, Huang'an county (now Hongan county), Hubei Province. He entered a private school at the age of 8 and studied in a new village school at the age of 10.

After the jute uprising in 1927, the peasant government of Huang'an county and the Eastern Hubei army of the workers' and peasants' revolutionary army were established successively. He became a small red traffic man and the head of the children's team of the village.

In October 1929, he joined the Communist Youth League of China and took part in the revolutionary work. He served as the Secretary of the Village Youth League branch. In October 1935, he became a member of the Communist Party of China.

He joined the Red Army of workers and peasants in 1931. In 1932, he served as section chief of the guerrilla general command in Eastern Hubei. In 1934, he served as section chief of the Political Department of the 25th army. He took part in all the anti "encirclement and suppression" campaigns in the Hubei Henan Anhui Soviet Area and took part in the long march. Later, he served as the section chief of the Political Department of the 15th corps and the section chief of the headquarters of the 31st army.

After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, he served as secretary director of the headquarters of the 129th division of the Eighth Route Army and chief of the propaganda section of the political department. After 1941, he served as director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the Southern Hebei military region and the Hebei Shandong Henan military region, and vice political commissar of the Sixth Army.

After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, he served as a political member of the 6th brigade of the second column of the Shanxi Hebei Shandong Henan military region. In January 1949, he served as director of the Political Department of the 11th army of the second field army. Later, he served as deputy director of the Political Department of the military and Political University of the second field army, director of the Political Department of the military and Political University of the Southwest Military Region, deputy political commissar of the tenth army, vice president and deputy political commissar of the first naval academy, etc.

From July 1954 to 1958, he studied in the Soviet Union's voroshlov Naval Academy. He has successively served as deputy commander of the Navy's North Sea fleet and commander of Lushun base, President of the Seventh Research Institute of the Ministry of national defense, deputy director of the Sixth Ministry of machinery industry, deputy director of the national defense science and Technology Commission, deputy chief of staff of the Navy, deputy director of the national defense science and Technology Commission, assistant to the chief of general staff, deputy chief of general staff, commander of the Navy, member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Secretary General of the Central Military Commission, and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission.

In 1955, he was awarded the rank of major general. He was awarded the second level 81 medal, the second level independent freedom medal and the first level Liberation Medal. He was awarded the rank of general in September 1988.

Member of the 12th CPC Central Committee. He was elected to the Advisory Committee of the CPC Central Committee in 1985 and 1987, and was elected to the Standing Committee of the 14th Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in 1992.

In 1997, he retired from the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairman of the Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee.

In March 1998, at the first session of the Ninth National People's Congress, he retired as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission.

He died in Beijing at 6:00 on January 14, 2011 at the age of 95.

In January 24, 2011, comrade Liu Huaqing's remains were cremated at the Revolutionary Cemetery in Babaoshan, Beijing; Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Xi Jinping, and so on sent to Babaoshan for farewell; the general office of the CPC Central Committee, the general office of the National People's Congress, the general office of the State Council, the general office of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, the general office of the Central Military Commission, the central and state organs. Leaders of relevant departments, the four headquarters of the people's Liberation Army, major units stationed in Beijing and the armed police force, as well as Liu Huaqing's friends and representatives from his hometown also went to see him off.

His works include Memoirs of Liu Huaqing and selected military works of Liu Huaqing.

Life of the characters

Period of Agrarian Revolution

During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, since May 1930, Comrade Liu Huaqing served as secretary of the Huang'an Ercheng district Party committee and leader of the guerrilla squadron. In December of the same year, he joined the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army. He once served as the Secretary of the Youth Communist Youth League Committee of the headquarters of the beiannan military region, the Secretary of the Youth Communist Youth League Committee of the headquarters of the Hongan Central Military Region, the Secretary of the Northeast Hubei Road Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the political instructor and Secretary section chief of the transportation team of the Northeast Hubei guerrilla general command. In November 1934, he took part in the long march of the 25th Red Army. He successively served as the chief of the organization, propaganda, culture and printing section of the Political Department of the PLA, and printed the declaration of the second advance team of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army going north to resist Japan. He fought bravely and bravely. In the battle of Dushu Town, he was seriously injured in the leg. With firm belief, he insisted on marching with horsetail. In the struggle to establish the base areas of Hubei, Henan and Shaanxi, he was responsible for printing the soldier newspaper of the Political Department of the army, drafting documents, printing notices, etc., and effectively cooperated with the struggle against "encirclement and suppression". In September 1935, after the long march of the red 25 army arrived in Northern Shaanxi, he served as section chief of the enemy's Work Department of the Political Department of the red 15 army, section chief of the propaganda section of the Political Department of the red 78 division, deputy section chief of the combat section of the command of the red 31 army, and section chief of the major aircraft section of the Red Army's aid to the West. He took part in the third anti "encirclement and suppression" and the battles of Laoshan, Yulin bridge, Zhiluo Town, the eastern expedition, the western expedition, and shancastle in the Shaanxi Gansu base area. In the propaganda work, he, together with relevant comrades, adopted the popular score of "the agrarian revolution is completed" in Hubei, Henan and Anhui areas, and changed the three major disciplines and eight points of attention of the Red Army into songs, which have been sung to this day. During the western expedition, he was ordered to single horse to shout under the enemy's siege, preaching the Red Army's Anti Japanese proposition, successfully fighting for peace talks, avoiding casualties of the Red Army, and was praised by Comrade Peng Dehuai, commander of the western field army of the Red Army.

the period of Counter-Japanese War

During the Anti Japanese War, Comrade Liu Huaqing successively served as the leader and political commissar of the 386 brigade cadre brigade of the 129th division of the Eighth Route Army, and the Secretary director of the headquarters of the 129th division. He took part in the battles of Qigen village, changshengkou, shentouling and xiangtangpu, and was ordered to escort Comrade Deng Xiaoping from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to the 129th division. In August 1938, he was the chief of propaganda and education section of Political Department of 129 division. In the spring of 1939, he was Secretary of the general Party branch of the Party School of the northern Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. In September of the same year, he served as director of the Political Department of the supply department of 129 division. In 1940, during the hundred regiments war, he led the supply department to produce and transport military supplies day and night, which effectively guaranteed the front forces' operations. Since November of the same year, he has been the vice minister and Minister of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the Southern Hebei military region. During the hard years when the Japanese aggressors kept on ruthlessly "mopping up" and encircling, he has been fighting tenaciously with everyone. In 1944, he served as director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the plain military region. In June 1945, he took part in the political offensive against the county seat of the Hebei Henan puppet army.

During the war of Liberation

During the war of liberation, in November 1945, Comrade Liu Huaqing served as the political commissar of the 6th brigade of the 2nd column of the Shanxi Hebei Shandong Henan military region. He led his troops to participate in the Shangdang, Handan, Longhai Road, Dingtao, Juye, juancheng, Huaxian, Henan Anhui border campaign and the counter offensive in Northern Henan. In June 1947, he led the army into the Dabie Mountains with the field army of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan. In the battle of yangshanji, when the attack of the friendly and neighboring troops was frustrated and the battlefield situation was extremely critical, he observed calmly, judged the situation of the enemy, gave correct command and made bold suggestions. He led the troops to fight bravely and quickly broke through the enemy positions. The headquarters made a great achievement. In 1948, he led his troops to take part in the Huaihai Campaign, moved to Tongbai and Jianghan areas, pinned down the enemy Huang Wei and Zhang Gan corps, and cooperated with the main force of the field forces on the northern line. He used flexible and diverse combat styles, led the troops to cooperate with the neighboring forces to block the Huang Wei corps, and later was ordered to block the Li Yannian corps, contributing to the victory of the Huaihai Campaign. In the spring of 1949, he served as the director of the Political Department of the 11th army of the second field army and participated in the cross river campaign. Since June of the same year, he has served as deputy director and director of the Political Department of the military and Political University of the second field army and member of the Party committee of the University. He has trained a large number of excellent military and political cadres for the liberation and construction of the southwest.

The founding of the people's Republic of China

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Comrade Liu Huaqing successively served as secretary of the Party committee and director of the Political Department of the military and Political University of the Southwest Military Region, director of the Political Department of the second senior Infantry School, and vice political commissar and director of the Political Department of the 10th army of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. In May 1952, he served as deputy political commissar and Secretary of the Party committee of Dalian Naval School. In March 1953, he served as the vice president and vice political commissar of the first naval school, and presided over the daily work of the school. In August 1954, he went to the Soviet Union's Voroshilov naval academy to study, and systematically studied naval professional theory and advanced command. After returning to China in 1958, he successively served as the first deputy commander and chief of staff of the Lushun base of the Navy, the deputy commander of the North Sea fleet and the commander of the Lushun base. He organized the base troops to participate in the coastal defense campaign exercises of the brigade, presided over the compilation and revision of more than 40 Navy regulations, training programs and teaching materials, and proposed and established the base core combat forces. In August 1961, he was the president of the Seventh Research Institute of the Ministry of national defense. He led the staff of the academy to start from scratch and work hard to carry out independent research and design of new warships. After four years of efforts, the ship scientific research and design system has been initially formed.

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