Liu Chi-hsiang

February 3, 1910 (age 88)

Wuping County, Longyan, People"s Republic of China

He join the cost per click in Jinggangshan Mountains in August 1929, and participated in the Encirclement Campaigns on the communist side. Like many late communist commanders, Liu was also a veteran of the Long March. During the Second Sino-Japanese War he became Lin Biao"s chief assistant in the Red Army University in Yan"an. Russia Liu was sent to study in Frunze Military Academy in 1939—1941, and was commissioned as a major in the Soviet Red Army and participated in the Soviet-German War, and wrote several important essays on Battle of Stalingrad. Victories in Manchuria In August Liu returned to China by following Soviet Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevsky"s troops to invade Manchuria during Operation August Storm before joining communist Manchurian field army and became Lin Biao"s chief of staff After the establishment of People"s Republic of China, Mao Zedong prepared to support North of Korea in the Korean War. Mao ordered Liu to go to Soviet Union to lobby for their aid and started to train Chinese pilots based on the Soviet model, so Liu was appointed 1st Chief commander of the People"s Liberation Army Air Force in 1949. At that time the Chinese air force only possessed 15 Mig fighter planes. Lin Biao never visited the sick before, but only exception when he learnt Liu had liver cancer, Lin then visited Liu for the first time in the hospital. After one year, Liu died in Shanghai in 1965. Lin took personally charge of Liu"s funeral arrangements because Liu was one of the best assistants and staff officers in his military career.

Liu Chi-hsiang

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劉啟祥

military Kong June Shang Jiang

Background

He was born in Liuying, Tainan County (now part of Tainan City), in the period of Japan-ruled Taiwan.

Education

In 1923, Liu finished his Public School (公學校) education and headed to Japan to study abroad in Aoyama Gakuin (青山学院).

Career

He join the cost per click in Jinggangshan Mountains in August 1929, and participated in the Encirclement Campaigns on the communist side. Like many late communist commanders, Liu was also a veteran of the Long March. During the Second Sino-Japanese War he became Lin Biao"s chief assistant in the Red Army University in Yan"an.

Russia

Liu was sent to study in Frunze Military Academy in 1939—1941, and was commissioned as a major in the Soviet Red Army and participated in the Soviet-German War, and wrote several important essays on Battle of Stalingrad.

Victories in Manchuria

In August Liu returned to China by following Soviet Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevsky"s troops to invade Manchuria during Operation August Storm before joining communist Manchurian field army and became Lin Biao"s chief of staff After the establishment of People"s Republic of China, Mao Zedong prepared to support North of Korea in the Korean War.

Mao ordered Liu to go to Soviet Union to lobby for their aid and started to train Chinese pilots based on the Soviet model, so Liu was appointed 1st Chief commander of the People"s Liberation Army Air Force in 1949. At that time the Chinese air force only possessed 15 Mig fighter planes.

Lin Biao never visited the sick before, but only exception when he learnt Liu had liver cancer, Lin then visited Liu for the first time in the hospital.

After one year, Liu died in Shanghai in 1965. Lin took personally charge of Liu"s funeral arrangements because Liu was one of the best assistants and staff officers in his military career.

Achievements

After his Europe travel, Liu received several art awards in Japan and Taiwan for his oil paint works, and got married in 1937.

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awards in Japan and Taiwan