Old photos of the two major battles of Huaye: Su Yu is thin and restrained, Xu Shiyou is wearing military uniform, full of domineeringness!
This is a very precious old photo, a photo of two famous generals of the East China Field Army in their later years.
Su Yu and Xu Shiyou did not have much intersection in the early years. During the Red Army period, one was the chief of the army's army ( Central Red Army ), and the other was the chief general of the Red Fourth Front Army ; during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Su Yu was the core general of the New Fourth Army, and Xu Shiyou was the general of the Eighth Route Army; it was not until the War of Liberation that the two began to truly cooperate. Su Yu is the former commander of the Central China Field Army , and Xu Shiyou is from the Shandong Field Army .
In the East China Field Army, the two worked together. The most famous one was Su Yu leading the army to attack the outside line, while Shandong was surrounded by Xu Shiyou and Tan Zhenlin. In the famous Jinan Battle , Su Yu was the supreme commander, and Xu Shiyou was the commander-in-chief of the siege. In just 8 days, he took the Jinan City, which Jiang Jun claimed to be impregnable. After the Battle of Jinan, Xu Shiyou went to recuperate due to illness, and Su Yu commanded the majestic Huaihai Battle and Crossing the River Battle . The two old generals and old comrades in the photo
have smiles and look relaxed and happy. Su Yu was wearing a dark Zhongshan suit, as thin and restrained and humble as he was when he was young, but Xu Shiyou was wearing military uniform, full of domineeringness!