In 1948, the Battle of Huaihai was launched, which was the largest of the three major battles of the strategic decisive battle of the Liberation War, and in terms of the selection of the Kuomintang commander, the old Chiang hoped that Bai Chongxi would serve as the commander-in-chief, but Bai Chongxi believed that the Nationalist army was completely passive, so he resolutely resigned. In terms of the selection of the forward command structure, Lao Jiang also hoped that Du Yuming, deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuzhou Bandit General Headquarters and commander of the 2nd Corps, could command the battle, but Du Yuming was urgently transferred to the Northeast Bandit General Headquarters on October 15, 1948. Jiang had no trust in the candidates to send for a while, so he commanded the battle with Liu Zhi, commander-in-chief of the Xuzhou Bandit General Headquarters. From Bai Chongxi's refusal to command, to the People's Liberation Army launching the Huaihai Campaign, there were only 6 days.
When they learned that Lao Jiang had appointed Liu Zhi as the commander-in-chief of the crackdown, a negative mood was shrouded within the Nationalist army, and they were very pessimistic about this battle, because they had no confidence in Liu Zhi at all, they did not believe that he would be the opponent of our army's generals Su Zong and Liu Laozong, and the later results also confirmed that their pessimism was reasonable, but no one expected to lose so miserably.
The defeat at the Battle of Huaihai resulted in the military loss of Chiang Kai-shek's elite main force on the southern front, especially the backbone of the Yan forces, Huang Wei's 12th Corps and Qiu Qingquan's 2nd Corps, which also included the 5th and 18th Armies, known as the "five main forces". As a result, the backbone of Chiang Kai-shek's support for the war was lost. The north of the Huai River was completely liberated, most of Huainan was also controlled by the People's Liberation Army, and only an important city remained in the north of the Jiangsu Province, Anqing, under the control of the Nationalist Army, and the People's Liberation Army had reached the Yangtze River, and the next attack was directed at the core area of Chiang Kai-shek's rule, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai regions.
The failure of this battle brought such serious consequences, as the commander-in-chief of this battle, Liu Zhi could not escape the blame, so the veteran general immediately pulled him off the horse, and he changed from a high-ranking general to a civilian, such a gap is probably unacceptable to anyone. He also knew that he had made a major strategic mistake in this campaign, and he felt deeply guilty, so he did not see Old Jiang again, and his mood was very low every day, but in order to show that he was really loyal to the veteran, he decided to shave his beard clean and declare to the outside world that he would not destroy the enemy and resolutely not grow a beard.
In April 1948, Lee was elected Vice President of the Republic of China. After the three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai, and Pingjin, most of the elite main forces of the Kuomintang were annihilated, and the Kuomintang rule was facing the fate of collapse, and Chiang Kai-shek was forced to announce his resignation on January 21, 1949. On January 22, 1949, Li Zongren was inaugurated as acting president of the Republic of China. After he became acting president, He Yingqin, who had previously been snubbed by the old Chiang Kai-shek, returned to the forefront. And this person who was He Yingqin before Liu Zhi was once again entrusted with a heavy responsibility under the promotion of He Yingqin, this time as a "strategic adviser". However, when he had just re-experienced the feeling of being an official, the People's Liberation Army launched the Battle of Crossing the River, and this time the Nationalist army was really going to end, Liu Zhi quickly ran to Guangzhou and found Old Jiang again to show his loyalty, but Old Jiang was never a generous person, and he naturally could not forgive him easily, after all, the Battle of Huaihai was not a very small battle, but He Yingqin, who was difficult to protect himself, did not help him much.
Seeing that the nationalist army was about to be wiped out by our army, at this time, Liu Zhi, who was like a lone ghost, could only choose to take refuge on Hong Kong Island, and old Chiang dismissed him from his post as a strategic adviser on the grounds that he had stayed on Hong Kong Island for a long time.
Unexpectedly, he was even more miserable next, he had planned to stay on Hong Kong Island as an idle cloud wild crane, but he was extorted money by a group of old subordinates who wandered on Hong Kong Island, and it was not a little money, he felt an unprecedented crisis, this place should not stay for a long time, so he quickly rolled up and left, dragging his family to Nanyang, planning to find a quiet place to spend his life in peace.
Along the way, the family finally came to Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, but when passing through the customs, he was extorted by the customs inspectors because of his clothing, but at this time, Liu Zhi, who was nothing, had to swallow his anger and give up.
After a year of ups and downs, his property has been exhausted, and only a few possessions are left, and he thinks about how to use this money to settle down here and support his family. He first invested in a business, but he was not the material for business, and as a result, he lost without even his pants, and the family's life became extremely difficult.
But he was also lucky, there was a virtuous aunt, his third aunt actually took the initiative to find a job, no longer at home to take care of the superior, relying on his academic qualifications in Peking Normal University to find a job in teaching Chinese at an overseas Chinese school, they have a fixed income.
Liu Zhi had three women in his life. The eldest wife was an arranged marriage, married to their family when she was a teenager, but she loved money very much, and was a "tigress", Liu Zhi was very afraid of him; the second wife bought a handmaiden from Guangdong and gave birth to 6 children for Liu Zhi, but she has never been named.
He couldn't look at these two uncultured women in his heart, and naturally he couldn't compare with the wives of other high-ranking generals, nor could he take them out, so later he found a third aunt who was very talented.
The third aunt is too talented and can speak standard Mandarin, and he fell in love with the third aunt at first sight, and finally chased him with all his efforts. This third aunt was not only talented but also virtuous, able to get along with Liu Zhi, and did not abandon him when he was bullied by dogs in Pingyang, but always followed him.
As soon as the third aunt had a job, he became a soft eater, and this life lasted for 2 months, one day, the third aunt suddenly received a telegram from her family, asking her to hurry home and deal with urgent matters. But this time, the new job I just found may not be saved. So he had a stroke of genius and ran to recommend Liu Zhi to the principal, saying that he could also substitute for the class, after all, he was also a cultured person.
The headmaster agreed, and immediately asked him to come to work, and arranged for him Chinese and geography classes.
Although he is a soldier, he is not a person without ink, he has also attended private school for several years, and Chinese also has a good foundation, so it is not a problem to call Chinese, he is better at geography class, he used to be a tactical instructor in a military school in a military school, and looking at the map is a piece of cake.
After a few lessons, the students all praised him, and the principal found him so talented that he added a ruler lesson.
Later, the third aunt returned, he should have been laid off, but the principal felt that he was a talent, so he hired him as a formal teacher.
Just when they thought they were about to usher in a peaceful life in a foreign country, he revealed his identity just a year later.
One day, when Liu Zhi, who was idle and idle, looked through the newspaper, he found a conversation signed with his name, and after many inquiries, he learned that this fake himself was the nephew of his classmate, he was very angry, so he found a newspaper to issue a statement, so that he also disclosed his identity.
After the Battle of Huaihai, he evaporated, and rumors spread around, some saying that he was imprisoned in a cage and saying that he surrendered, but no one expected him to become a teacher on an island in Nanyang.
When Old Chiang Kai-shek learned of this news, he quickly ordered someone to contact him and ask him to return to Taiwan, lest he become a united front tool in China.
Liu Zhi, who had been wandering for 3 years, finally had a home to return, so he hurriedly packed his bags and once again left Indonesia with his family and returned to Taiwan.
As soon as he returned, he hurried to visit Old Jiang, and he did not expect that Old Jiang was still the dog bloody head that he scolded, but at this time, Old Jiang was already an old dragon clock, and he had already looked down on the past failures, and he chose to forgive for his loyalty. Later, he received a letter of appointment from the national policy consultant, although it was a vain post without power, but at this time, he did not care about the hardships and was satisfied.
Later, the third aunt died, he was heartbroken, and died in depression at the age of 80.