General Liu Zhidan, Mao Zedong: mass leader, national hero, Chiang Kai-shek: He was not well educated.

There is Zhidan County in Yan 'an, Shaanxi Province, formerly known as Baoan County. 1June, 936, it was renamed in memory of General Liu Zhidan, a "mass leader and national hero".

There is also a song about General Liu Zhidan in northern Shaanxi. The lyrics are as follows:

So what kind of person is Liu Zhidan? Let's approach the life of General Liu Zhidan.

1903101October 4th, Liu Zhidan was born in Jinding Town, Baoan County (now Zhidan County), Shaanxi Province.

1925, 22-year-old Liu Zhidan joined the China * * * Production Party. In the autumn of the same year, he was recommended by the organization to study in Huangpu Military Academy, and he was a fourth-phase student of Huangpu.

Liu Zhidan looks great and has outstanding military talents. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was the president of Whampoa Military Academy, and he was very appreciative of Liu Zhidan. When Chiang Kai-shek learned that Liu Zhidan was the man who established the Shensi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region in the later "suppression", he was very remorseful and said, "It's all my fault. The headmaster didn't educate him well." Chiang Kai-shek also issued a wanted order for him, but they tried many ways but failed to catch Liu Zhidan.

At that time, Zhou Enlai was still working in Whampoa Military Academy, and served as the director of the school's political department. So, Zhou Enlai used to be Liu Zhidan's teacher.

1928 1, Liu Zhidan was appointed as the chief of staff to join the uprising organization of the new 3rd Brigade of Shaanxi Army. In April of the same year, he participated in the Hua Wei Uprising and served as Chairman of the Military Committee of the Northwest Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants. He also put forward the famous "three colors" form of armed struggle strategy at the Hongshixia Conference.

193 1 After the September 18th Incident, Liu Zhidan organized the Northwest Anti-imperialist Allied Forces as Commander-in-Chief. 1932 moved to the Shaanxi-Gansu border region and established a revolutionary base there.

Because Liu Zhidan always thought that the revolutionary war in China was essentially a peasant war, and the masses were the foundation of the revolution. Therefore, wherever he goes, he always goes deep into the masses, cares about their lives and sufferings, and helps them solve practical difficulties, which is deeply loved by the broad masses of the people.

1June, 935, the Red First Army (Central Army) and the Red Fourth Army successfully joined forces in Sichuan. However, the good times did not last long. At that time, there were less than 30 thousand people left in the Red Army, while there were more than 80 thousand people in the Red Fourth Front Army, with a gap of one to four.

The huge gap in the number of people made Zhang, then chairman of the Red Fourth Army, grow wildly, testing the bottom line of central leaders such as Zhu De and Luo Fu again and again, trying to gain the upper hand in the merged Red Army. In the end, in order for the Red Fourth Army led by Zhang to continue northward to establish the Sichuan-Shaanxi-Gansu revolutionary base area, the central government decided to give him the post of general political commissar of the Red First Army. But Zhang is not satisfied with this. He believes that the main force of the Red Army now is the Red Fourth Front Army under his leadership. In this case, he should listen to him instead of Mao Zedong.

In the end, Zhang split the Red Army, led his troops south in June 5438+00, announced the establishment of another "Central Committee" in Zhuomu Tune, and expelled, Luopu and others from the Party.

It was also at this time that the Red 26th Army and the Red 25th Army successfully joined forces to form the No.115th Army of the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants, with Liu Zhidan as the deputy head and chief of staff. It was also at this time that Liu Zhidan was framed and imprisoned.

Although Liu Zhidan was framed in prison, he didn't betray the Red Army to escape. He firmly believes that his innocence will be returned.

Liu Zhidan was detained for a long time, until Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and other leaders of the CPC Central Committee arrived in northern Shaanxi. He was released and was appointed as the commander of the 28th Army of the Red Army.

1March 936, Liu Zhidan was ordered to March eastward. Under his command, the 28th Army quickly started fighting. After crossing the Yellow River from Shenmu, it won a great victory and successfully advanced into northwest Shanxi.

On April 3rd, 1936, the 28th Red Army hit the vicinity of Sanjiao Town, Zhongyang County.

Sanjiao Town is located at the junction of Zhongyang, Liulin and Lishi counties. The terrain is dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack. In order to ensure the capture of the city, Liu Zhidan personally went to the battlefield to direct operations.

At that time, Liu Zhidan led three regiments. After the battle began, a regiment quickly attacked the mountain from the southeast and successively captured several enemy bunkers. With a genial smile, the enemies in the south retreated to Beishan. Found this kind of situation, Liu Zhidan immediately ordered a regiment to move to Beishan, and launched an attack on the enemy in Beishan with the second regiment.

The fighting was fierce, and until noon the next day, the two sides were still in a stalemate. It was also at this point that Liu Zhidan realized that they had mistaken the number of enemy troops on the defensive. I thought there was only one battalion to defend, but now it's a regiment, two battalions and an artillery company.

The information was wrong and the number of people changed greatly, which made the plan made before attacking Sanjiao Town completely invalid. In order to better understand the enemy's situation and successfully lay down Sanjiao Town, Liu Zhidan decided to go to a regiment to arrange an attack plan.

As time went on, Liu Zhidan was worried that the enemy's reinforcements would come. Although he has arranged a new battle plan, he still holds a telescope to check the enemy's situation on the battlefield.

In order to better observe the enemy's situation, Liu Zhidan ventured to climb a hill only a few hundred meters away from the enemy. The hill is bare and there is nothing to hide, but it is completely within the enemy's line of fire at such a close distance. The guards guarding his safety tried many times to pull Liu Zhidan back to a safe distance, but Liu Zhidan waved him down.

The enemy's machine gun strafed over and almost hit Liu Zhidan many times, but he was still holding his glasses and calmly observing the enemy's deployment. Another burst of gunfire came. This time, Liu Zhidan was not so lucky. A bullet hit his left chest and he fell down at once.

Because the bullet hit Liu Zhidan's heart, Liu Zhidan died on the spot before receiving treatment. Liu Zhidan was only 33 years old.

Liu Zhidan's heroic sacrifice was a great loss to the Red Army.

1On April 24th, 936, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a memorial meeting in Wayaobao to pay tribute to General Liu Zhidan. Mao Zedong wrote an inscription: "mass leader and national hero".

In June of the same year, in memory of General Liu Zhidan, the central government decided to change Baoan County to Zhidan County.

Zhou Enlai wrote an inscription for him: "Up and down for five thousand years, heroes came forth in large numbers, and the people's hero was Liu Zhidan".

1996, Liu Zhidan was identified by the Central Military Commission as one of the 36 military strategists of the China People's Liberation Army.

General Liu Zhidan's life was short and brilliant. Although he died long ago, his spirit of dedication to the revolution and the people has always remained in people's hearts.

In the countless days and nights of the Red Army revolution, countless soldiers sacrificed their precious lives for the victory of the revolution. It is because of their existence that the revolution can win, the new China can be born, and we have a beautiful present.

Salute to General Liu Zhidan! Pay tribute to the revolutionary ancestors!