MARSHAL LIU BOCHENG, 94, son of a traveling musician who rose to become chief of the general military staff, died Thursday. Liu joined the Communist Party in 1926, was involved in the abortive 1927… ...

Updated: 2006-10-10 06:43 Wang Ronghua joined the Red Army when she was 14, and five years later during the Long March, fell in love and married Red Army Chief of Staff Liu Bocheng. Li Xing reports.

Accordingly, this area became the Kuomintang's first target. In September 1945 Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping directed the famous Battle of Shangdang, in the changzhi area in southeastern Shanxi.

Liu Bocheng took command of part of the force and broke through the encirclement to build new base areas along the western reaches of the Huaihe River, while Deng Xiaoping and Li Xiannian, Deputy ...

Wang Ronghua joined the Red Army when she was 14, and five years later during the Long March, fell in love and married Red Army Chief of Staff Liu Bocheng.