Liu Yalou

Liu Yalou

Liu Yalou (April 8, 1910 - May 7, 1965), male, native place: Xiangyang Village, Xiangdian Township, Wuping County, Fujian Province, member of the Communist Party of China, graduated from the Anti Japanese Red Army University and fulongzhi military college.

In his revolutionary career, Liu Yalou took part in the battle of Wenjia City, the second attack on Changsha, the battle of Ji'an, the successive counter "encirclement and suppression" in the Central Soviet Area, breaking through the four blockades, crossing Wujiang River, attacking Zunyi, crossing Chishui, seizing Luding Bridge, Zhiluo town campaign, the eastern expedition campaign, the Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, three trips to Jiangnan, four guarantees to Linjiang, Liaoshen campaign, Pingjin campaign, and anti American aid Chao et al. He has successively served as monitor, platoon leader, company commander, battalion commander, political commissar of detachment, political commissar of regiment, political commissar of division, division commander, deputy commander of column, director of Training Department of Anti Japanese military and Political University, chief of education, chief of staff of Northeast Democratic United Army, chief of staff of Northeast Field Army, chief of staff of northeast military region, commander of four field corps, etc. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he served successively as commander of the air force, Vice Minister of national defense, etc., which played an important role in strengthening the normalization of the air force in an all-round way, making the air force an important well-trained national defense force with considerable scale. He was awarded the rank of general in 1955. He died of illness in Shanghai on May 7, 1965 at the age of 55.

Life of the characters

Early experience

On April 8, 1910, Liu Yalou was born into a poor peasant family in Xiangyang Village, Xiangdian Township, Wuping County, Fujian Province. Original name of Liu Yalou

Liu Xingchang

Liu kefang, his father, and Cao Xiuzi, his mother, live under the moon and have no land. Liu kefang goes up to the mountain to cut firewood and sell it. Liu Xingchang was born in a dilapidated mud wood structure of the right wing of the upper hall. After giving birth to Liu Xingchang, Cao was bedridden and died the next day. Unable to support him, his father adopted him to his friend Liu Dexiang, who was nursed by Liang Yudi

Liu Zhendong

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In 1919, when Liu Dexiang saw that Liu Zhendong was gifted and intelligent, he would rather aggrieve his children not to go to school than save money and clothing, and sent Liu Zhendong to a private school.

In 1920, Liu Zhendong went to Chongde primary school.

Domestic revolution

In 1924, Liu Zhendong entered Xiangdian primary school.

In 1926, Liu Zhendong was admitted to the seventh middle school of Changting province. Soon after leaving school, he returned to his hometown and taught in Chongde primary school. Under the guidance of headmaster Liu Kemo, he accepted the idea of progress and began to engage in revolutionary activities. He contacted 48 hot-blooded youths to set up the "iron blood group" and was elected as the leader of the peasant organization "big Youth Association".

In the middle of August 1929, Liu Zhendong, introduced by Zhang Dixin and Li Guang, joined the Communist Party of China, became a member of the Communist Party of China, and changed his name

Liu Yalou

It means that we will always engage in the revolution with the party and make progress. In September, he joined the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army and served as the monitor and platoon leader of the guerrillas in Western Fujian. Because of his bravery and meticulousness, he accomplished the task excellently and got the reputation of "spirit soldier". In December, he joined the camp school of the Fourth Red Army.

Since 1930, Liu Yalou has served as company commander, battalion commander and political commissar of the 12th Red Army, and political commissar of the 8th detachment of the 3rd column of the 4th Army. He has participated in the battles of Wenjia City, Changsha and Ji'an for the second time. Later, he served as political commissar of the 35th regiment of the 12th division, political commissar of the 11th division, director and political commissar of the Political Department of the 2nd division of the 1st Red Army Corps, and participated in all the counter "encirclement and suppression" campaigns in the Central Soviet area. In March and battle, we should pay attention to the exemplary vanguard role of Communist Party members, and pay attention to the mass discipline and patriotism education of officers and soldiers.

In October 1934, Liu Yalou, along with the main force of the first front army of the Red Army in the Long March, worked as an avant-garde with Chen Guang, the division commander, and led the division. He repeatedly undertook urgent, difficult and dangerous tasks, such as breaking through the four blockades, crossing the Wujiang River, attacking Zunyi, crossing Chishui, and seizing Luding Bridge.

In June 1935, after the first and fourth front armies of the red army joined forces in MaoGong (now Xiaojin), Sichuan Province, Liu Yalou was appointed division commander of the first division of the Red Army No.1 corps and deputy commander of the second column of the advance team of the Red Army going north to resist Japan (also known as Shaanxi Gansu detachment). After arriving in Northern Shaanxi, he served as the commander of the 2nd division of the 1st Red Army Corps, and participated in Zhiluo town and the eastern expedition.

In June 1936, Liu Yalou entered the Anti Japanese Red Army University and became the director of the Training Department of the Anti Japanese military and political university after graduation.

Counter-Japanese War

In January 1938 (the 27th year of the Republic of China), Liu Yalou served as the director of education of the Anti Japanese university, assisting Lin Biao, Liu Bocheng and Luo Ruiqing in organizing teaching work.

In 1939 (the 28th year of the Republic of China), Liu Yalou went to the Soviet Union to study in volongzhi military academy. With amazing perseverance, he studied Russian hard and soon conquered the language barrier.

In 1942 (31 years of the Republic of China), Liu Yalou graduated from the Soviet Red Army to practice, was awarded the rank of major, and participated in the Soviet Patriotic War.

In August 1945 (the 34th year of the Republic of China), Liu Yalou entered Northeast China with the Soviet Red Army to fight against the Japanese army.

War of Liberation

After February 1946 (the 35th year of the Republic of China), Liu Yalou became the chief of staff of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army and the principal of the aviation school of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army. Efforts should be made to strengthen the basic construction of the headquarters, organize staff training teams, translate the "Red Army Staff operational regulations", train and improve the professional ability of staff, and set up surveying and mapping schools to train specialized personnel for drawing military maps. At the same time, he participated in the organization and command of the campaigns of "three lower Jiangnan" and "four guarantees" and the offensive operations in summer, autumn and winter of 1947 in Northeast China.

In 1948 (the 37th year of the Republic of China), Liu Yalou served as the chief of staff of the Northeast Field Army and the Northeast military region, and a member of the Northeast Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. He assisted Lin Biao and Luo Ronghuan in organizing and implementing the Liaoshen campaign and the entry into GATT. In the Pingjin campaign, he served as the commander in chief of Tianjin front command. Before the war, many parties collected and analyzed the enemy's situation, personally went to the front line to choose the main attack direction, and according to the intention of the General Front Committee of the Pingjin front line, put forward the operational policy of "fighting between the East and the west, blocking the waist and cutting off, first from the south to the north, and breaking through each one".

In January 1949 (the 38th year of the Republic of China), Liu Yalou commanded five armies to launch an attack on Tianjin. After 29 hours of fierce fighting, he completely annihilated 130000 defenders and captured Chen Changjie, commander of the Kuomintang Tianjin garrison. In April, he served as commander of the 14th corps of the fourth field army and led the army to march into central and southern China.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China

In October 1949, Liu Yalou became the commander of the air force and was ordered to form the air force of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. In the initial stage of the air force, on the basis of the original aviation school, seven schools were established, including Harbin bomber school, Changchun bomber school, Jinzhou expelling school, Shenyang expelling school, Jinan expelling school, Beijing Nanyuan expelling school, Mudanjiang transport School (the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh aviation schools of the Chinese people's Liberation Army) He led the formulation of the policy of building the air force on the basis of the army, and quickly formed the air force. After the outbreak of the Korean War, he participated in the formation of the Chinese people's Volunteer Army Air Force to participate in the war of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea. After the end of the Korean War, he led the air force to shoulder the increasingly heavy task of territorial air defense. He has summarized and formulated the tactical principles of "one domain, multi-layer, four four systems" for the air force; put forward the flight training policy of "steady progress, complete the plan, improve quality and ensure safety"; presided over the compilation of the first batch of air force regulations, regulations, teaching materials, codes of conduct and training programs; and successively led the establishment of Air Force Academy, Air Force Engineering Academy, advanced technical college, aviation school and aviation preparation school The 29 academies, including the school, have played an important role in Comprehensively Strengthening the normalization construction of the air force, making the air force a well-trained and important national defense force of considerable scale.

In September 1959, Liu Yalou was first appointed Vice Minister of national defense and commander of the air force, and then elected member of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China.

In 1960, Liu Yalou concurrently served as deputy director of the science and Technology Commission for national defense and President of the Fifth Research Institute of the Ministry of national defense. He is a member of the first to third National Defense Commission and the Eighth CPC Central Committee.

In 1964, Liu Yalou was elected honorary president of the people's aviation Movement Association of China.

On May 7, 1965, Liu Yalou died of illness in Shanghai at the age of 55.

Main achievements

Long march

During the Long March, Liu Yalou served as political commissar of the second division of the first Red Army Corps and led his troops to pioneer the way for the Central Red Army. He broke through four blockades, crossed Wujiang River, outwitted Zunyi, flew Luding Bridge, crossed Dadu River, climbed snow mountain, crossed grassland, captured Lazikou, crossed Liupanshan and occupied Wuqi town.

Admonish Tianjin

In the Pingjin campaign, the Central Military Commission's original strategy was "to fight at both ends first and then in the middle.". On December 29, 1948, Liu Yalou personally went to Tanggu for field investigation. After listening to the opinions of the front-line commanders and fighters, he thought that it was not suitable to fight Tanggu and that it was better to capture Tianjin. After Lin Biao's approval, he drafted an urgent telegram overnight and sent it to the Central Military Commission in the name of Lin Biao and him, suggesting that instead of fighting Tanggu in the East, he should fight Tianjin in the middle. The Central Military Commission abandoned the plan to attack Tanggu and agreed to Liu Yalou's plan to concentrate five columns to capture Tianjin.

At the beginning of 1949, Liu Yalou commanded 340000 troops to capture Tianjin in 29 hours. All 130000 Kuomintang defenders were annihilated, and none of them escaped the net. The PLA seized 1163 guns, 5719 heavy and light machine guns, 52469 long and short guns, 879 cars, more than 6.4 million bullets and a large number of other combat materials, creating the most beautiful urban battle in the history of the PLA.

Creating the air force

On August 1, 1949, Liu Yalou visited Moscow for the first time on behalf of China and obtained the support and help of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union agreed to send more than 800 experts to help China build six aviation schools, including Harbin bomber school, Changchun bomber school, Jinzhou expelling school, Shenyang expelling school, Jinan expelling school and Beijing Nanyuan expelling school.

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