1947, in Yangjiagou, northern Shaanxi, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was urgently convening an important military meeting.
In the not-so spacious conference room, several leaders of the Party Central Committee, as well as Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, , Su Yu and others sat together to discuss whether to mobilize troops at this time to cross the south of Yangtze River ?
Chairman Mao stood in the middle of the room, holding a cigarette in his hand, and slowly said: "I have seen all your opinions. There is indeed difficulty in crossing the Yangtze River south at this time, but it is not completely feasible. What we need to do now is to end the civil war as soon as possible. The people can't suffer anymore!"
Hearing Chairman Mao's heartfelt words, everyone present expressed their understanding.
At this time, a thin figure stood up and said, "Chairman, haste is not enough to reach it! I still think that it is not the time to cross the Yangtze River south now!"
The person who spoke was Su Yu. You should know that this is the third time he suggested that Chairman Mao cancel his plan to cross the Yangtze River south.
In the face of Su Yu's rebuttal, Chairman Mao was a little angry. He threw away the cigarette butts, stared at Su Yu, and said: "If you don't want to lead troops south, I can change people at any time!"
The atmosphere suddenly subsided. Facing the chairman's harsh questioning, Su Yu still did not change his words and the meeting was forced to be stopped.
Who is Su Yu? Why dare he refute Chairman Mao’s resolution in person? Is the plan to cross the Yangtze River south this time implemented?
Don’t worry, please listen to me slowly.
abandoned his pen and joined the army, became famous in one battle
1925, Su Yu was admitted to the second normal school in Hunan Province through hard work, where he was exposed to the latest ideas and gloriously joined the Communist Youth League.
Faced with the great changes in the times and the harsh reality, the young Su Yu fell into deep thought. After some serious thought, he was determined to give up his comfortable life and resolutely chose to abandon his pen and join the army.
After the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup, Su Yu joined the 24th Division led by Ye Ting, and then followed the army to participate in the first armed uprising led by the Communist Party of China - Nanchang Uprising . This year, Su Yu had just turned 20 years old.
From then on, for Su Yu, the ambition to eradicate warlords set in his youth finally became a revolutionary action in reality, and his revolutionary journey officially began.
After the Nanchang Uprising, Su Yu participated in South Hunan Uprising , and then followed Zhu De and Chen Yi to Jinggangshan . During the arduous years of struggle of Red Army html, he withstanded thousands of tempers and finally grew into an excellent soldier.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Su Yu switched to southern Anhui and joined the battle ranks of the New Fourth Army. After the Southern Anhui Incident, he was appointed as the commander of the New Fourth Army in the face of danger, leading the military and civilians in Suzhong to continue to fight against Japan, and insisted on and consolidated the democratic base for anti-Japanese in Suzhong.
In late June 1946, on the eve of the outbreak of the Liberation War, the Kuomintang army was planning an attack on the Central Suzhou Liberated Area. In order to deal with Chiang Kai-shek's attack, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China ordered Su Yu to lead the main force of the Central China Field Army to advance westward.
After receiving the order, Su Yu carefully analyzed and called back to the headquarters and Chen Yi on the same day, suggesting that "fight one war first and then move westward in Suzhong."
The Central Suzhou area is a plain in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with endless views and no danger to defend. For the Central China field army, which is obviously at a disadvantage in its troops, this battle is extremely difficult.
Suzhong Battle has had seven battles since July 13.
Under Su Yu's command, it took a month and a half. Central China Field Army defeated 120,000 enemy troops with more than 30,000 troops, and won seven battles and seven victories in one go.
Seven battles, including attacks and defenses, field battles and attacks, long-distance raids, and waiting for work. Su Yu commanded the Central China Field Army to always hold the initiative in the battlefield, mobilize and eliminate the enemies in the movement.
Although the scale of the Soviet-China Battle is not very large, it was the first great victory after the outbreak of the War of Liberation, which is of great significance. After that, Chairman Mao called the heads of major strategic areas many times to specifically introduce the experience of the Soviet-China Battle.
This battle fully demonstrated Su Yu's military talent, and General Su Yu became famous in this battle.
insisted on his own opinion and strived to
At the end of 1947, facing the combat situation in the Northeast and North China War Zones, Chairman Mao had the idea of forming a South China Field Army.
After careful discussion by the leaders of the Central Military Commission, the combat plan was unanimously approved, and Su Yu was appointed as the commander of the South China Field Army, and began to carry out various formation work.
At that time, Su Yu was commanding the battle with Chen Yi in Shandong. After receiving the telegram from Military Commission , he decisively raised his objections.
After careful consideration, Su Yu sent a telegram to Chairman Mao, suggesting that the plan to cross the river be cancelled, and proposed three major reasons:
First, the south of the Yangtze River is the base camp of the Kuomintang, and it is too difficult to form a field army under the control of the enemy's heavy army.
2 is South China is the Yangtze River as a natural barrier. Once the southward crosses, the front line is too long. If the battle cannot be decided quickly, the supply of materials will be seriously insufficient.
Third, the current situation in North China is still unclear. At this time, the division of troops southward is very likely to affect the situation in North China.
Faced with Su Yu's suggestion, Chairman Mao also felt that it was not unreasonable, but he was too careful. Which battle is not difficult? No matter how many difficulties there are, just find a way to solve them.
So, Chairman Mao once again generated power and proposed to draw 100,000 troops from the North China Field Army and the Northwest Field Army to Su Yu, so that he must complete the task of crossing the Yangtze River south.
Su Yu, who received the telegram, knew in his heart that the central government had made up his mind to go south this time, but given the combat experience with the Kuomintang army in recent years, Su Yu was more aware of the current true level of the army of the two parties, and he firmly believed that his proposition was correct.
So, after discussing with Chen Yi, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, Su Yu sent a telegram to the central government again, still suggesting to cancel the plan.
This time, Chairman Mao did not call back again, but ordered the four people to rush back to the Party Central Committee and hold an emergency military meeting.
On January 7, 1948, this meeting revolved around whether to cross the river south.
No one expected that Su Yu, who attended the meeting for the first time, would dare to refute Chairman Mao’s military resolution in person, and the atmosphere of the meeting suddenly became tense.
Premier Zhou quickly stood up to smooth things over and announced a temporary recession of ten minutes.
Ten minutes, Chairman Mao returned to the conference room, looked at Su Yu, and asked calmly: "Do you still have to stick to your opinion?"
Su Yu looked at Chairman Mao and insisted: "Yes, Chairman! Now is not the time to go south..."
Chairman Mao waved his hand, interrupted him, and asked: "Then follow your beating Law, when will we go south? Will all the main forces of the Kuomintang withdraw to the south of the Yangtze River? Wouldn't it be even more difficult then?"
When he heard the Chairman's question, Su Yu suddenly felt energetic. He said loudly: "Chairman, why don't we eliminate them all in the North China field?"
As soon as this was said, let alone Chairman Mao, everyone here was surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, they felt that this method was very feasible.
Chairman Mao finally couldn't hold back and laughed: "Good you Su Yu! I'll listen to you this time! I'll give you a year. If you don't completely defeat North China, you'll go south obediently!"
Su Yu also smiled. He straightened his body, saluted Chairman Mao, and replied seriously: "Please ensure that the task is completed!"
In fact, Chairman Mao admires Su Yu's general who insists on his own opinions and argues with reason. As the saying goes, the reason is not clear. When faced with controversy, this spirit of daring to speak out is the most precious.
Huaihai battle lived up to its responsibilities
In late September 1948, East China Field Army successfully conquered Jinan. After carefully analyzing the current combat situation, Su Yu proposed to the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China that he hoped to start the Huaihai battle to prepare for the capture of Xuzhou .
After careful consideration, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China called back to express his support for Su Yu's suggestion: It is very necessary to carry out the Huaihai Campaign at this moment.
On October 27, the Central Plains Field Army successfully occupied Zhengzhou. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to let it enter the Xu-Beng battlefield eastward and fight in concert with the East China Field Army. The small Huaihai developed into a large Huaihai .
In response to this situation, Su Yu made a suggestion to Chairman Mao, and Chen Yi and Deng Xiaoping were unified in command of the Huaihai Campaign, and Chairman Mao adopted it.
On the night of November 6, Su Yu commanded all units of the East China Field Army to advance to Xuzhou as planned, and the Huaihai Campaign officially began.
is different from the CCP’s active preparations for war. From the very beginning, there were differences within the Kuomintang on combat plans, and there was no suitable candidate for the position of military commander-in-chief.
After Bai Chongxi repeatedly refused, Chiang Kai-shek had to delegate Xuzhou Bandit Suppression General Command Commander-in-Chief Liu Zhi to command the battle.
Faced with our army's large-scale attack, the Kuomintang army rushed to fight, and Liu Zhi's improper command caused the 7th Corps to delay the retreat and was surrounded by our army in the Nianzhuang area.
Chiang Kai-shek felt that Liu Zhi was incompetent, so he urgently transferred Du Yuming to Xuzhou to command the operation.
On November 13, the Kuomintang sent two reinforcements to cooperate in combat, launched an attack on Xuzhou, in an attempt to rescue the 7th Corps.
In response to this, Su Yu sent troops to block the reinforcements from both groups; on the other hand, he ordered the main force to speed up the encirclement and annihilation of the 7th Corps, and finally wiped out all of them on the 22nd, and commander Huang Baitao was shot dead on the spot.
After the 7th Corps of the Kuomintang Army was eliminated, for our army, there was no obstacle to Xuzhou's eastern front; at the same time, the Central Plains Field Army successfully cut off the retreat from Xuzhou to Bengbu , and surrounded the 12th Corps sent by the Kuomintang to rescue the 7th Corps.
Faced with this passive beating situation, Chiang Kai-shek had no desire to fight and held a military meeting in Nanjing on November 28, ordering Du Yuming to give up Xuzhou and lead his troops to retreat southwest along Yongcheng and Woyang .
found that the enemy was retreating in panic. Su Yu knew that this was a good opportunity to completely wipe out the main force of the Kuomintang army, and immediately ordered the East China Field Army to pursue and intercept the enemy and siege Du Yuming's group with all his strength.
At the same time, the Central Plains Field Army adopted a close-term attack method against the 12th Corps, and its encirclement was constantly narrowing.
On December 6, 1948, the Central Plains Field Army and the East China Field Army gathered together to launch an attack on the 12th Corps and launched a general attack on December 12. By the 15th, a total of 120,000 Kuomintang troops were wiped out. At this point, Du Yuming's group had no choice but to escape, and the Huaihai Campaign had achieved a decisive victory.
In the Huaihai Campaign, Su Yu commanded 17 columns of the East China Field Army to fight and annihilate more than 440,000 Kuomintang troops. With an unprecedented victory, he realized his original commitment to the Party and the people. After the battle of
, Chairman Mao praised: "Comrade Su Yu made the first-class merit in the Battle of Huaihai!" The victory of the battle of Huaihai caused Chiang Kai-shek's elite main force to lose all, laying the foundation for the People's Liberation Army to cross the river to and fight .
On April 20, 1949, the People's Liberation Army began to cross the Yangtze River south. In just one night, a million troops crossed the Yangtze River chasm. On the 23rd, the People's Liberation Army occupied Nanjing City, and the Kuomintang rule collapsed and died.
At this point, the debate between Chairman Mao and General Su Yu about crossing the Yangtze River south finally had a happy ending.
A good commander can not only know people and responsibilities, but also valuable is that he can do good deeds.
A good general can not only charge forward, but also rare is that he can give advice in a blunt way.
Fortunately, we not only have such a great commander, but also have such an excellent general!
html More than 0 years later, when Chairman Mao met with Marshal Montgomery, he mentioned the Huaihai Battle. Chairman Mao still said with praise: "Among my comrades, there is a person who is the best at leading troops to fight, and this person is Su Yu!"
