1950, Liu Zhong, commander of Xikang Military Region who participated in the revolution for more than 20 years, was ready to set foot on his native land-Shanghang, Fujian.

Since Liu Zhong joined the revolution with Zhu Maohong Army in April 1929, he has not contacted his mother for more than 20 years. As the saying goes: parents are here, don't travel far. Although my mother has no culture, she knows a truth: a good man should aim at all directions, and joining the army is the best way to serve the country and realize his ideal. With the support of his mother, Liu Zhongcai resolutely embarked on the road of joining the army. In his military career of more than 20 years, he never forgot his mother's entrustment before he left.

Now, I have changed from a humble mason to a commander of Xikang Military Region with outstanding military achievements, and I can finally return to China to serve my old mother.

In those days when there was no news, my mother lived on the streets begging for a living.

However, after so many years without news of his mother, Liu Zhong was deeply concerned about his mother. So before he set foot in Shanghang, Fujian, he sent his own guards back to his hometown in advance to look for and take care of his mother. The guards attached great importance to the tasks assigned to them by the chief, and he came to Shanghang, Fujian with enough related condolences.

However, Liu Zhong's guards inquired about the local villagers in many ways, and there was no news of Liu Zhong's old mother. He once suspected that the boss's mother was no longer alive. To the guard's surprise, there was no news of the sheikh's mother, or even other family members. The guards have a bad feeling.

The guards dare not conceal such a big news. When he continued to ask questions, he decided to tell the director. Liu Zhong was anxious when he learned that his hometown had no mother. Worried about the safety of his old mother, he can't work with peace of mind. Therefore, Liu Zhong made a leave report to his superiors and decided to go back to his hometown to find his old mother.

Liu Zhong rushed back to Shanghang, Fujian, and asked the guards about the specific situation. In his old home, he didn't find his old mother and other family members. Liu Zhong's tears welled up at that time. The guards around him comforted him and told Liu Zhong not to give up hope.

So they continued to look for their old mother in their hometown. Liu Zhong and the guards are busy in the streets of Shanghang every day. They asked their fellow villagers for news many times. Finally, many good things happen. In the process of inquiring about the news, Liu Zhong found an old woman begging along the street in an inconspicuous corner. The reason why this old woman can attract Liu Zhong's attention is that Liu Zhong can always find her in this corner every time he asks for information. In the spirit of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, Liu Zhong came to the old woman.

I saw the old woman unkempt, and the long hair in front blocked her face, so that Liu Zhong couldn't recognize her appearance for a while. Seeing someone asking herself, the old woman was afraid. After all, the person in front of her is obviously a big official.

Knowing that some people were often bullied by warlords in the past, Liu Zhong had the patience to say to the old woman, "I am not the same as a big official in the past. We are people who specialize in serving the poor. Don't be afraid. " I want to ask you something. "Hearing Liu Zhong say this, the old woman slowly put down her inner guard.

In the process of communication, Liu Zhong found that the old lady knew her life very well. When he looked carefully, it turned out that the old woman was the old mother she had not seen for 20 years. Liu Zhong was heartbroken for a moment, leaving tears of pain in his eyes. He hugged his old mother tightly and said, "Son is unfilial, son is unfilial!" " "

The old mother insisted on returning to the countryside.

Finding his old mother is the end of Liu Zhong's greatest wish. He swore to his old mother, "I must personally serve my mother all my life." Seeing that her son has undergone earth-shaking changes, mother Lin showed a gratified smile.

In order to take care of his mother conveniently, Liu Zhong took his mother to his side. Although he is very busy at work, he takes time out to accompany his mother every day. He spends three meals a day with his mother Lin before going to bed.

Seeing his mother's vicissitudes and thinking of her suffering for so many years, Liu Zhong was very unhappy. In order to make up for not being filial to my mother for so many years. He gave his mother all the money he usually saved.

Besides, in his spare time, Liu Zhong also took his mother to various interesting places to see the world. Liu Zhong said to his mother many times: I hope she can stay with him and enjoy her old age. Lin's mother initially agreed with Liu Zhong. However, with the passage of time, Lin volunteered to ask his son to go back to his hometown.

At first, Liu Zhong was puzzled by his mother's request. He asked her the reason: is it because she didn't treat her well, or because she spent too little time with her mother? For these reasons, my mother always shakes her head.

After thinking for a moment, Liu Zhong understood the reason why his mother wanted to go home:

First, mother must be considerate and distressed. As her son, Liu Zhong, as the commander of Xikang Military Region, has to deal with a lot of military affairs every day. Every day, she has been as busy as a bee, and she has to take time out to take care of her old woman. Lin made this decision in order not to disturb his son and let him concentrate on his work.

Second, the older people are, the more difficult they are to give up their hometown. Mother must be reluctant to leave her hometown. After all, they are used to everything in their hometown and always feel that "the golden nest is not as good as their own kennel."

Thirdly, this is one of the most important reasons why my mother wants to go back to her hometown. Although I can get along with my son every day, I am very lonely inside. Here, mom doesn't have her own circle or old friends. Old people still like to chat with old people. After all, after living together for decades, many old people have had the same experience, the same feelings and the same topic. For the old people, only in this way can they socialize, appreciate each other, sing * * *, and have a sense of existence. The new environment in this city makes them feel out of place.

Knowing that his mother was worried about himself, Liu Zhong told her many times that this was his filial piety. Mother still hasn't agreed to his request. In the end, Liu Zhong, who couldn't beat his mother, had to send someone to escort her back to her hometown in Shanghang, Fujian. At the same time, she told the local villagers that she must help take care of her mother.

Despite this, Liu Zhong still doesn't trust his mother to live alone. He will write to his old mother regularly, and in addition, he will send her a sum of money regularly. After learning about this, the villagers are also willing to help look after the old lady and visit her every once in a while to help solve various minor problems.

The rise and fall of the country concerns every citizen; Everyone has a responsibility for the fate of his country.

1906, the founding lieutenant general Liu Zhong was born in Shanghang County, Longyan, Fujian. His original name was Liu Yongcan. In order to serve the motherland and express sincere loyalty to the motherland, Liu Yongcan changed his name to Liu Zhong.

In childhood, Liu Zhong suffered a lot. In his memoir "From West Fujian to West Beijing", he wrote: Every Lunar New Year, landlords will come to force debts to pay off debts and live a life of "the rich celebrate the New Year and the poor suffer". Being a bricklayer's apprentice, being beaten and scolded by the foreman is also common, and has been oppressed and humiliated. Every once in a while, when I go home, my mother always feels like a knife when she sees her skinny son, holding him in her arms and crying, saying, "Son, our family is so poor, we should let our son suffer like this." Mother believes that my son will have a bright future. "

Born in troubled times, the dark and decadent society made Liu Zhong assume the responsibility of the family prematurely. /kloc-when he was 0/2 years old, he studied with masons and earned money to subsidize his family. Social exploitation was very serious at that time. Young Liu Zhong is often beaten and scolded by his master, and all his hard-earned money is often deducted by his master.

In the dead of night, Liu Zhong was thinking: Why should the poor be bullied by nature? I want to control my own destiny. From 65438 to 0929, the peasant movement broke out in Caixi Township, Shanghang County, Fujian Province, which made Liu Zhong see the hope of dominating his own destiny.

When he got home, Liu Zhong told his mother what he thought. Although my mother has little culture, she has strong patriotic feelings like herself, and her mother firmly supports her to take part in the revolution. Subsequently, Liu Zhong became one of the leaders of the peasant armed uprising in Caixi Township.

It is said that children come all the way to worry, let alone let their only son go to war. This sense of national responsibility doomed Lin to be a great woman. It is precisely because of the support of his mother Lin that General Liu Zhong can unswervingly fight for the revolution all his life and dedicate his youth and blood to the revolution and the motherland.

Xiangjiang bloody battle, Liu Zhong regretted it.

In the investigation memorial hall of Caixi Town, Mao Zedong, a bronze bust of General Liu Zhong stands up to now. Wang, deputy curator, recalled: "General Liu Zhong has made outstanding contributions all his life, and he will always be the pride of the people in his hometown!"

Subsequently, we followed the thinking of Deputy Director Wang and witnessed the impressive achievements of General Liu Zhong in the Red Army. Back in 1930, due to the failure of the previous four encirclement campaigns against the Red Army, Chiang Kai-shek learned from the failure and launched the fifth encirclement campaign against the Central Soviet Area. After Liu Zhong joined the Red Army, he made outstanding achievements in the battles of Longgang, Dongshao and Shuikou. At this time, he has become an outstanding commander in the Red Army.

In the face of the menacing Chiang Kai-shek, the CPC Central Committee immediately made a major decision on the strategic shift of the Red Army after the failure of the previous resistance. 1June, 934, Liu Zhong received an order to be transferred to the reconnaissance section chief of the First Corps Command. He felt a great responsibility and resolutely obeyed orders. During the Long March, Liu Zhong, as the vanguard, led reconnaissance troops into enemy-occupied areas, overcame all kinds of difficulties, explored the way forward, obtained all kinds of information in time and accurately, and guided the Central Red Army to break through the enemy blockade.

It is worth mentioning that in the Xiangjiang Campaign, Liu Zhong took the lead in going deep behind enemy lines and found that Quanzhou was not guarded by regular Kuomintang troops. He suggested that the vanguard troops of the Red Fifth Regiment quickly cross the river and seize the whole state, but when the Legion ordered to agree to seize the whole state, it was too late and the opportunity was lost. In the Xiangjiang campaign, whoever takes the whole state first will occupy a favorable position. Until his later years, he still lamented that he could not avoid the great sacrifice of the Red Army in the Xiangjiang Campaign.

Deng Xiaoping's escort hero.

According to Liu Zhong's daughter Liu You, her father Liu Zhong only became famous during the Red Army period. During the very difficult period in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, his father Liu Zhong still made great achievements on the battlefield, especially a battle, which won high praise from Deng Xiaoping and became a "escort hero" in his eyes.

That was 1942 after the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. At that time, my father served as the deputy political commissar of the 386th Brigade of 129 Division. In May, he was transferred to the commander of the Henan-Shaanxi Joint Defense Military Region, and was ordered to escort Deng Xiaoping's political commissar to Zhongtiaoshan to open up a base area.

On the evening of May 9, they just had a short meeting, ate something and went to sleep. When Liu Zhong's wife Wu Lanying got up at night, she found something moving on the surrounding mountains. When she looked carefully, she was surrounded by Japanese devils. Wu Lanying hurried to call Liu Zhong, who hurried to find Deng Xiaoping. Liu Zhong led his troops to cover Zhongtiaoshan for more than 20 days before breaking through the tight encirclement, and finally made Deng and other leaders escape safely. The political commissar of Deng Xiaoping smiled and said to Liu Zhong: "You have made great contributions to this escort!" Liu responded to the political commissar. It is my duty to protect the director's safety.

With the outbreak of the war of liberation, Liu Zhong, the father of Taiyue Military Region, was on the verge of death again. Throughout the war of liberation, my father made great contributions to Shangdang, Xia Wen, Tongpu, Linfen, Fushan, Southwest Shanxi, Xiaofen, Linfen, Jinzhong, Taiyuan, Chengdu and Xichang.

Here, I want to focus on my father's experience in Shangdang campaign. Before Shangdang Campaign broke out, his father Liu Zhong served as the brigade commander of 386 Brigade. Under the leadership of his father, this army has become the main force to fight hard and evil wars. After the Shangdang campaign broke out, our army was once suppressed by the enemy under the condition of serious shortage of weapons and ammunition, and was in danger of being annihilated at any time. In order to reverse this situation. My father was ordered by the crisis and invented the "one scoop of water" tactic. Led the troops to successfully conquer the eldest son city in ten minutes, and defeated the strong with the weak. Subsequently, the battles of Laoyeshan Dayuan and Taochuan chasing the enemy were successfully completed, which played an important role in the success of Chairman Mao's Chongqing negotiations.

Father in Liu's eyes

In the military career of more than 50 years, my father is not only a victorious general on the battlefield, but also has his own unique ideas and achievements in the construction and development of the national army.

My father once told me: 1950, he was ordered to report to China People's Liberation Army Nanjing Army University to participate in the preparation of the military academy. At that time, President Liu Bocheng came out to meet me as soon as he knew my father's arrival, and warmly shook my hand to welcome me. In the preparatory work of Nanjing Military Academy, I worked closely with Liu Bocheng and other comrades to overcome one difficulty after another, and finally made Nanjing Military Academy the cradle for our army to train leading cadres.

1953, my father cooperated with Marshal Liu Bocheng again. Under the leadership of Marshal Liu Bocheng, my father directly participated in the site selection, planning, design, construction, tree planting and greening, teaching guarantee, housekeeping and other work of the military academy. Under his guidance, the Ministry of Hospital Affairs carried out the work of planting trees and greening, production and construction. In the era of material shortage, it effectively ensures the smooth progress of college teaching tasks. ...

From 1950 to 10 and then to 1972, my father opened up another "battlefield" in the education of the people's army, continued to contribute to the party and the country, and continued to write about the glory of soldiers for the rest of his life.

In Liu Gang's eyes, the father is very strict with his children. He is a man who does not seek fame and fortune or merit. My father told himself that he and his mother had 1 1 children all their lives, and five of them died in the war. Their parents are very sad about their death. However, for the success of the revolution, your mother and I can only give up our family and protect everyone. So are you.

In order to better educate us and set an example for us, my father Liu Zhong taught us the revolutionary tradition in his spare time by writing memoirs, telling revolutionary stories and setting an example, and often warned us to cherish hard-won life.

The most sorry person in my life-mother Lin

My father often told us in his later years that in his life, the most sorry person was his mother-Lin. It was not easy for my mother to raise herself in that eventful autumn. In the face of filial piety and serving the country, her mother firmly supported her to realize her ideal of serving the country and joining the army.

During more than 20 years of military service, I almost lost contact with my mother. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, because of his father's various affairs in the army, he also dragged back to his hometown in Shanghang, Fujian Province to serve his mother. At this point, my father left tears of regret in his eyes.

Father Liu Zhong went on to say, "The most unforgettable scene in his life is to see his mother again in his hometown." At that time, my father, who came home in a golden suit, had been looking for his grandmother. They almost ran all over the streets of Shanghang county, and there was still no news of his grandmother. Many fellow villagers told his father that maybe your mother is gone.

At that time, my father was crazy and hardly slept to find grandma. Finally, I saw my grandmother in rags in an unattended corner. Seeing grandma like a beggar, his heart ached.

Later, in the conversation with my grandmother, my father learned about her hard life for more than 20 years. Since my father joined the army, under the cruel suppression of the Kuomintang, my grandmother began a wandering life, and the only hope for survival was my father.

Many things happened, and finally he was reunited with his father for more than 20 years in his grandmother's lifetime. Later, my father told me how to take care of my grandmother, but she insisted on going back to her hometown. Listening to the touching story of grandma and dad, as a daughter, she felt the same for a while.

As the saying goes: poverty leads to change. Parents will always be the sky in each of us. General Liu Zhong's filial piety to his mother deserves our study and praise!