As a famous military strategist, founding father, and one of the ten marshals, Marshal Liu Bocheng has fought on the battlefield for decades and has experienced countless big and big battles in his life. After the founding of New China, he has led troops to fight as a commander many times to liberate the frontiers. His military talents are only a handful at home and abroad.
In June 1950, the Korean War broke out, and the war once spread to the side of the Yalu River, seriously threatening the lives and property of our people. In order to ensure the integrity of our territory and the safety of our people, Chairman Mao decided to send troops to war after careful consideration. The soldiers of were the first to decide the commander of the commander of the four major field troops. After Chairman Mao read all the commanders of the four field troops, he decided to use General Peng Dehuai as the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army. This time, Liu Bocheng, who was able to decent military talents, was only 58 years old, but was not within the scope of consideration.
Liu Bocheng, whose original name is Liu Mingzhao, was born in Kaixian County, Sichuan in December 1892. His family conditions were quite superior when he was born. He entered a private school at the age of 5 and began to receive new education at the age of 12. Until he died of illness at the age of 15, his father died of illness and his family was in trouble. Liu Bocheng, who had no money to pay tuition, was forced to drop out of school and go home to farm, and his life was getting more and more difficult.
1911, after the outbreak of 1 Revolution, 19-year-old Liu Bocheng embarked on the road to joining the army and became a member of the democratic revolution led by Sun Yat-sen. The following year, he was admitted to Chongqing General School to study military courses, and after graduation, he was assigned to the 5th Division of the Sichuan Army. In 1926, he joined the Communist Party with the introduction of Wu Yuzhang and others.
Liu Bocheng is good at using troops and accurately judges the enemy situation. He can always win surprises on the battlefield. He always rushes to the front line of the war regardless of his personal safety. His level of bravery is quite famous in the army.
In July 1927, Liu Bocheng secretly came to Nanchang and led the Nanchang Uprising with Zhou Enlai and Zhu De. Although it ended in failure, Liu Bocheng's performance in this uprising was highly praised by Zhou Enlai and others. At the end of the same year, he was sent to the Soviet Union to study military affairs and returned to China after three years of study.
January 1935 During the Long March period, Liu Bocheng used his military talents to command the team to break through Wujiang , and outsmart Zunyi , and get rid of the enemy's main force , allowing our army, who was mostly damaged and exhausted, to get a short rest.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping led the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army to fight against the Japanese army on Taihang Mountain. With the perfect cooperation between Liu and Deng, they repelled the enemy's attacks again and again. attacked Yangmingbao at night and set up an ambush Qigan Village . Liu Bocheng commanded the team to severely damage the main force of the Japanese army many times, and even Chiang Kai-shek highly praised his military command capabilities.
Shortly after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek launched the civil war . Liu Bocheng once again showed his talents and led his troops to win a series of battles such as Longhai and northern Henan in Huaxian, annihilated hundreds of thousands of enemies, and greatly defeated the spirit of the Kuomintang army. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, whenever someone asked about his combat experience, he would say, "My experience is taught by bullets!"
After the founding of New China, in order to further liberate the whole country, in November 1949, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping were ordered to lead troops into the southwestern part of our country. This time, he adopted the long-distance roundabout siege to cut off the enemy's retreat path and then annihilate them one by one. It took only half a year to liberate many provinces and cities in the southwestern part of our country.
1950 After the outbreak of the Korean War, Chairman Mao resolutely decided to send troops to North Korea to reinforce. When was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army, the chairman searched all the good generals of the entire army, but the military genius Liu Bocheng was not included in the scope of consideration. Not only did he not have him among the candidates for commander-in-chief, but he was not even on the list of expeditions. Many people were very puzzled about this. Could it be that Liu Bocheng's ability is not enough? In fact, the Chairman did not put Liu Bocheng within consideration, so he had his own reasons.
Liu Bocheng's life was once nicknamed the "God of Military" of the Second Field Army . He experienced hundreds of battles of all sizes and big and small battles, suffered 9 serious injuries, and had more than a dozen minor injuries. As he grew older, the sequelae of these old injuries on his body became more and more obvious. Every time it was cold, it would cause biting pain. The Korean battlefield is located in the north and the climate is cold. Liu Bocheng came here to command the battle and his old injuries would inevitably occur. In addition, he was nearly 60 years old and had a long journey. Judging from his physical condition at that time, it was no longer suitable.
At that time, in addition to suffering from pain, Liu Bocheng was also in poor mental state. years of war command work has caused Liu Bocheng to always be sober and vigilant. After the founding of New China, he did not dare to relax at all. After a long time, you will inevitably feel too stressed mentally. The great man felt that what Liu Bocheng needed more at this time was to rest and relax.
In Chairman Mao’s view, there is a place that needs Liu Bocheng’s “command” more than the Korean battlefield. At that time, it was the establishment period of Military Academy . Looking at the entire army, only Liu Bocheng was the most suitable to serve as the principal. You should know that when Liu Bocheng was young, he went to the Soviet Union to have relevant learning experience, and he had many years of fighting and had quite a lot of practical experience. Therefore, he is the position of dean. has a long way to go to cultivate military talents and promote military development. The importance of this matter is no less than that of fighting in North Korea.
To sum up, Liu Bocheng was not within the scope of consideration of the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army, because he was responsible for heavy responsibilities at that time and was not due to insufficient ability. Moreover, cultivating military talents to the Korean battlefield is also contributing to the cause of resisting U.S. aggressing Korea and aiding Korea.
