Who is the fashionable "foreign commander" who eats western food and drives motorcycles?

The founding generals must have heard of them more or less. They are hardworking, simple and frugal. But people are different after all, and there is such a special one among the founding generals.

His name is "Commander Yang" Liu Zhen. According to his son Liu Weidong, his father Liu Zhen is very handsome. "In the northeast, my father is very imposing, wearing a watch and a suit, living in a white house and eating western food. He commanded the front line in the war and usually came back for meetings. Rest time, dancing, hunting, photography, anything. But what I like best is driving a motorcycle. "

Although the general Serina Liu was fashionable and generous, he was born in poverty when he was a child. Liu Zhen, formerly known as Liu You 'an, was born in Xiaogan, Gaomushan, Hubei. At the junction of Dabie Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, there is a village called Liujiazui. In a family with only seven plots of land, even if my father is busy farming every morning and evening, he often doesn't have enough to eat for a year.

Liu Zhen/Kloc-joined the revolution at the age of 0/5 and later became a member of the Red Army. Although Serina Liu was born in poverty, he had obvious requirements for his own clothes. Although the Red Army was poor at that time, he didn't wear rags. If his clothes are torn, he will be neatly dressed.

After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Liu Zhen was appointed as the league political commissar of the 344th Brigade and the 688th Brigade. On one occasion, he and general Xu went to Haidong, Taiyuan. After Liu Zhen arrived in Taiyuan, he bought a watch, a pen and a Japanese camera. When he came back, Xu Haidong scolded him. At that time, the Eighth Route Army was not rich. Now, it is not very useful for Liu Zhen to buy some things. Of course, he was scolded. Nevertheless, Liu Zhen was not depressed or refuted.

Since then, Serina Liu's life has become better and her taste has become higher. He was wearing a suit, jacket and homemade suspenders. His comrades were all surprised when they saw it. What a Serina Liu, what a "foreign commander". Since then, the name has spread, and Serina Liu has such a nickname. During his stay in Harbin, Liu Zhen was interested in all kinds of new things, such as motorcycles and cars.

Liu Zhen likes driving, but there are often many "traffic accidents". On one occasion, Serina Liu rode a motorcycle for an outing and suddenly met a pedestrian who jumped out of the roadside. The general turned quickly. Unexpectedly, he drove the car into the ditch. He was angry and left without a car.

When the Fourth Field Army was under the command of 1949, Liu Zhen was the commander of the 39th Army. At that time, he was ordered to go to South China and other places. According to his rank, he is equipped with a driver. However, Serina Liu hasn't driven a car yet. Surprised, he volunteered to go south with Wu Xinquan, Li Xuesong and the deputy commander. He had an accident while driving to Xuefeng Mountain in western Hunan. Xuefeng Mountain is above sea level1500m. The mountain road is rugged. It is difficult for novice drivers to drive such a road. General Serina Liu does not believe in evil, that is, he wants to drive by himself. When he was talking and laughing with his comrades-in-arms, the car suddenly stopped, and then the car began to reverse quickly. Scared everyone in the car to sweat, because there is a cliff behind. If this falls, there will be no ashes?

At this critical moment, the car suddenly hit a stone on the side of the road. This stone played an important role in stopping the car from reversing, so the car stopped. At this time, the generals in the car quickly came down, and everyone was overjoyed. Later, they made up a song: "Dedicated to Commander Liu Zhen, who drove his car back to the mountain with high technology. Not Brother Stone, all expenses are reimbursed under Baizhangya. ''

After the incident, Liu Zhen finally woke up and felt that he was not suitable to be a driver. Therefore, he never touched the steering wheel again.

In his later years, General Serina Liu was very cautious, wearing a suit, tie and small leather shoes, just like a returned overseas Chinese.