In 1957, the Chinese Party and Government Group headed by Chairman Mao and the Chinese Military Delegation headed by Peng Dehuai both came to the Soviet Union to participate in the meeting and visits to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the October Revolution.
Su Yu, who was the chief of the General Staff at the time, was a member of the military delegation.
This time, Su Yu came to the Soviet Union. In addition to work matters, he also wanted to solve a problem that had been hidden in his heart for 12 years.
Su Yu has a great reputation in our army and is known as the "God of War". So, what is the problem with ? It has been treasured in his heart for 12 years? Who is the person who can answer Su Yu’s question? What kind of answer did he give Su Yu? The matter of
will start from 1945.
1945 During the Seventh National Congress, Su Yu, who attended the meeting in the future, was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Seventh National Congress with a high vote. After the Minister of the Organization Department of the Central China Bureau who came to attend the meeting returned to the Central China Bureau, he conveyed Chairman Mao’s instructions.
He said: "Comrade Su Yu fought several major battles in Tianmu Mountain, and Chairman Mao gave him a high evaluation. Chairman Mao said that Comrade Su Yu could command 400,000 or 500,000 troops in the future."
Several years later, Chairman Mao's prophecy came true.
Speaking of the Tianmu Mountain Battle, one person who has to be mentioned is Su Yu, because he is the military chief. What is little known is that there is another person who has to be mentioned, but compared to Su Yu, his name is much smaller.
He was Han Zhenji, who was the chief of staff of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Military Region at the time. In fact, in 1957, when Su Yu visited the Soviet Union, the person who could answer his questions was Han Zhenji.
Han Zhenji, what is special about it?
Han Zhenji is from Gaoyi County, Hebei Province. He was born in 1905. The Han family is in the local area. Although it is not a wealthy family, it also has a certain amount of family wealth. It is precisely because of the family's wealth that Han Zhenji has no worries about food and clothing since he was a child. Fortunately, he is also an extremely hardworking and motivated person. Therefore, after he went to elementary school, he went to high school and elementary school until he was admitted to Zhili Type A Industrial School.
The Chinese warlords fought in the 1920s and the people's livelihood was withered. Although Han Zhenji felt that all the sufferings of the lower class were not very obvious, he knew that it was urgent for him to save the country and the people.
Just then, something happened, which gave Han Zhenji the direction and goal of hard work.
1919, as the victor of World War I, China did not gain the international status it deserved. When the news reached the country, students were angry, workers were angry, and every Chinese with self-esteem was angry.
In this way, a far-reaching student movement kicked off.
In history, we call this movement the "May Fourth Movement"
Han Zhenji was young at this time and was also passionate. Faced with such a situation, he was naturally full of righteous indignation and participated in this movement.
After this "baptism", Han Zhenji determined his direction of progress, that is, joining the army to serve the country. Later, he was admitted to the Baoding Army Military Academy. In the years since
, it is a bit regrettable that Han Zhenji has always served in the old army.
Perhaps Hebei is too far from Jiangxi. When Han Zhenji came to Jiangxi, it was already 1931. This year, he served as the staff officer of the Kuomintang 26th Route Army Headquarters.
There is a saying that goes, "Revolution, no matter how early or late."
At the end of 1931, Han Zhenji participated in the "Ningdu Uprising" led by Dong Zhentang, Zhao Bosheng and others, and then joined the Red Army.
This army was later adapted into the "Red Fifth Army". It is worth mentioning that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, only two founding lieutenant generals came out of Hebei. Coincidentally, both of them participated in the Ningdu Uprising, one of them was Han Zhenji and the other was Sun Yi.
. For Han Zhenji, just like a fish being put into the sea, he got not only physical satisfaction, but also spiritual happiness. After
, due to his outstanding ability, he served as battalion commander and deputy regiment commander.
During the Long March, Han Zhenji came to the Military Commission’s cadre regiment and became the assistant of the regiment commander Chen Geng, and served as the chief of staff.
Since joining the Red Army, Han Zhenji has always treated himself in accordance with the strictest requirements. It is precisely because of this that his outstanding staff abilities have been trained and improved in the war.
Han Zhenji has successively served as Chen Geng's chief of staff, Zuo Quan's chief of staff, Xu Haidong's chief of staff, Huang Kecheng's chief of staff, and Su Yu's chief of staff.
Look at these people who have been assisted by Han Zhenji. They are basically generals. If Zuo Quan does not sacrifice, it is very likely that they will have the rank of general or above.
From Han Zhenji's experience, it is not difficult to see that Han Zhenji's ability is so strong.
In fact, Han Zhenji's ability is more than just a staff officer.
Han Zhenji is also an expert in leading military production.
During the Long March, Chairman Mao had heard that Han Zhenji had systematically learned military technology. Therefore, in 1941, Chairman Mao decided to make the best use of it. Later, Han Zhenji was appointed as the Minister of the Military Industry Department of the New Fourth Army.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Military Industry Department of the New Fourth Army was blank. For Han Zhenji, the appointment of his superiors this time was actually a test.
Facts have proved that Han Zhenji did not disappoint the party organization.
Han Zhenji took office as Minister of the Military Industry Department of the New Fourth Army, he worked together with other deputy ministers to build 7 decent arsenals in just one month. The successful establishment of these arsenals has provided a large number of grenades, mortar shells, landmines, etc. for the New Fourth Army.
When Han Zhenji led the military industry, in addition to letting the arsenal produce these conventional weapons and equipment, he also used the knowledge he had learned to to research weapons such as grenades, flat-fire curved-fire dual-purpose cannons, high-explosive explosives and other weapons.
These weapons and equipment have strengthened our army's combat effectiveness more than a little or two.
Later, due to the war situation, Han Zhenji left his post as Minister of Military Industry and came to the Second Division of the New Fourth Army, continued to return to his old office and served as Chief of Staff.
In 1945, Han Zhenji was ordered to come to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. Here, his life changed drastically again because here, he met someone.
This person is Su Yu.
Su Yu's joy, loss and doubts
1944, the overall situation of the War of Resistance Against Japan was decided, and the Party Central Committee decided to send Su Yu to the southeast coastal areas. While fighting against the Japanese invaders, it also strives to control the military important areas in the coastal areas.
After receiving the order, Su Yu immediately led his troops to cross the Yangtze River south and met with Wang Bicheng in Changxing, Zhejiang.
After coming to Jiangnan, the first question Su Yu considered was where to stay?
is located in Tianmu Mountain in Lin'an District, northwest of Hangzhou City, and seems to be a good choice.
Su Yu immediately dispatched a team to move closer to Tianmu Mountain.
The activities of the New Fourth Army aroused the vigilance of Gu Zhutong's troops of the Kuomintang.
Gu Zhutong ordered the troops to take close care of Su Yu. At the same time, under the instruction of Chiang Kai-shek, Gu Zhutong sent the 62nd Division and the "Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army" to encircle and suppress the New Fourth Army.
Su Yu immediately commanded the troops to fight back. After the first Tianmu Mountain Battle, our army won a great victory and wiped out more than 1,700 enemies.
Since it was still the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Su Yu also sent Gu Zhutong a "meaningful" letter: 月1月 leads his troops south to fight against Japan, and is short of weapons and ammunition. Thank you for your generous donation, selflessly sending 1,700 prisoners, 3 mortars, and 12 heavy machine guns........... to solve my urgent needs, it is really a timely help. We are very grateful......
Gu Zhutong was so angry that he saw the letter that he was angry. Then, he decided to send troops to "encircle and suppress" the New Fourth Army Su Yu's unit for the second time.
This time, Tao Guang, who served as the front line of the Kuomintang troops, increased his troops to 12 regiments, and divided into four groups.
Faced with the fierce enemy, Su Yu once again showed his superb military command ability. Regarding this battle, Su Yu's idea was very simple: "No matter how many ways he came, I will only fight one way."
After the second battle, our army defeated the enemy again, annihilated more than 1,700 enemies, and seized a large number of weapons, equipment and military supplies of .
The victory of our army in these two Tianmu Mountain Battles caused Chiang Kai-shek's panic.
Zhejiang is Chiang Kai-shek's hometown. He has always attached great importance to management in Zhejiang. At this time, Su Yu led his troops to Zhejiang and won several consecutive victories. For Chiang Kai-shek, it was like a knife in his heart.
Chiang Kai-shek immediately ordered: mobilizes 10 divisions to "encircle and suppress" Su Yu's troops.
The scale of the Tianmu Mountain battle, which is about to begin for the third time, far exceeds the previous two times, and Su Yu's pressure has also reached the maximum.
At this critical moment, Han Zhenji came.
Su Yu is quite familiar with Han Zhenji and believes that he is a man with strong staff ability. Therefore, before the third Tianmu Mountain Battle, Su Yu decided to transfer Han Zhenji to serve as Chief of Staff of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Region to assist him in commanding the battle.
At that time, the chief of staff of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Region was Liu Xiansheng, who participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising.
The enemy is in front of him, Liu Xiansheng sees the situation very clearly and immediately gives way to the virtuous.
Facts have proved that Han Zhenji did not disappoint Su Yu either.
When organizing and planning the third Tianmu Mountain Battle, Han Zhenji exerted his super military staff ability. Although the strength of the enemy and us was very different in this battle, the enemy eventually failed with our army's intentional luring the enemy into the depths.
After the end of the third Tianmu Mountain Battle, Su Yu's appreciation of Han Zhenji became much higher.
After this battle, Su Yu's command ability was also recognized by Chairman Mao, so Chairman Mao's evaluation of Su Yu at the beginning of the article.
However, shortly after the battle ended, Su Yu's mood suddenly became lost.
It turned out that Han Zhenji told him that he was resigning from the position of Chief of Staff of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Military Region.
Su Yu was very surprised and asked why, but Han Zhenji did not say it.
Han Zhenji only assisted him for 2 months.
Su Yu has always been confused about this matter.
In fact, Han Zhenji is not unwilling to work with Su Yu.
Su Yu is a well-known general in our army. From the bottom of his heart, he is also willing to work around Su Yu, but considering that the former Chief of Staff Liu Xiansheng is also a very outstanding comrade.
Therefore, Han Zhenji knew that he could not express his opinion that he was very happy to work under Su Yu's command, because this would inevitably affect Liu Xiansheng's future.
Therefore, when Han Zhenji went to the military headquarters to report his work, when Su Yu asked the military headquarters to appoint Han Zhenji as his chief of staff, Han Zhenji did not speak, so his superiors believed that Han Zhenji was unwilling, so he did not agree to Su Yu's request.
Just like that, Han Zhenji left Su Yu's side.
Han Zhenji's departure made Su Yu feel very disappointed and puzzled.
Later, with the development of the war, Su Yu's troops continued to expand, and Su Yu's position in our army was becoming more and more important. It is obvious that Han Zhenji's failure to express his opinion back then had a great impact on his life.
After leaving Su Yu, Han Zhenji came to the Northeast battlefield.
On the battlefield in the Northeast, Han Zhenji started his old business again, responsible for military production.
From October 1945 to May 1949, the Northeast military factory produced nearly 5 million grenades, 3.29 million shells of various caliber, and various supporting guns and artillery.
These weapons and equipment not only strongly supported the War of Liberation in the Northeast, but also supported the internal team of Guan.
Han Zhenji made a lot of contributions among them.
Su Yu's doubts were finally solved. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Han Zhenji considered the diplomatic cause that our country wanted to develop and needed a group of capable people to serve, so the Party Central Committee decided to choose from the army.
Han Zhenji became one of them. He came to the Soviet Union and served as the military officer of the Chinese Embassy in the Soviet Union.
In 1956, Marshal Nie Rongzhen came to the Soviet Union. At the rank of rank, Nie Rongzhen awarded the rank of Lieutenant General Han Zhenji on behalf of Premier Zhou Enlai, and on behalf of Chairman Mao, Han Zhenji's first-class August 1st Medal, the first-class Medal of Independence and Freedom, and the first-class Medal of Liberation. After the ceremony of
, many people were very happy, but Han Zhenji looked heavy.
Han Zhenji believed that he was awarded a first-level August 1st Medal, so he asked his superiors for not giving a first-level August 1st Medal, just give a second-level one.
The superior finally agreed.
In the Soviet embassy, Han Zhenji had a high level and a veteran qualification, but he never put on airs, paid attention to maintaining the prestige of the ambassador and tried his best to maintain the internal unity of the organization. His actions won the admiration of many comrades.
In 1957, Su Yu followed the Chinese delegation to the Soviet Union, met Han Zhenji in person, and asked him the questions that had been bothering him for 12 years.
Su Yu asked Han Zhenji: "Why did you leave at the beginning?"
Han Zhenji talked about the reason: "I won't take away anyone's merit."
Su Yu suddenly realized, and his appreciation of Han Zhenji in his eyes evolved into admiration.
In 1958, Han Zhenjifeng was transferred back to China. After that, he served as the first minister of the Ordnance Department of the General Logistics Department.
