As we all know, there are many high-ranking generals in our army who will fight. There are not many people who are good at military command and have experience in large-scale corps operations. Among the top ten marshals, such as Liu Shuai, Xu Shuai, President Peng and President Lin, are few. Among the generals, with the exception of Su Yu, the others are not considered to have experience in combat in large corps.
Su Yu's eulogy written to him after Su Yu's death clearly pointed out that he was "especially good at large corps operations." Before him, no marshal or general had such a comment. On the level of military command, Su Yu is no less than the top ten marshals, and can sit on an equal footing with them.
During the revolutionary period, Su Yu was a cadre promoted from the grassroots level. Although he had never attended a formal military school, he learned more from practice. During the Nanchang Uprising, Su Yu was still a squad leader. During the New Fourth Army, he started from the deputy commander of the detachment and achieved the post of commander of Central China Field Army step by step. In the Liberation War period, Su Yu's military literacy has been well developed, becoming the military chief of the East China Field Army ( third field army ), responsible for commanding hundreds of thousands of horses.
Why didn't the commander of the war millet counterattack against Vietnam?
Some people say that since Su Yu is so capable and good at commanding operations with large corps, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, counterattacked Vietnam in self-defense counterattack , why didn't he see this military genius? In fact, the reason why Su Yu failed to appear as a front-line commander in the self-defense counterattack war against Vietnam was not a problem of ability, but was limited by many practical reasons.
As we all know, Su Yu died in 1984,Five years ago, in 1979, the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam started. At that time, when the senior leaders of our army chose Xu Shiyou and Yang Dezhi, two battle-tested generals, when they were selecting generals, they did not choose Su Yu, who was more excellent in military command. Why?
Logically speaking, we should attach great importance to foreign operations. Prior to this, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, we successively won the wars against the Soviet Union, the United States, and India. The results were brilliant and our international status was greatly improved. In the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, if you send a high-level military commander like Su Yu who is good at fighting, wouldn't it be more certain?
Actually, Su Yu failed to command a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam at the time. There were two main reasons, namely his age and the influence of the 1958 enlarged meeting of the Military Commission on him.
In terms of age, Su Yu was 72 years old in 1979. Nowadays, we see grandpa and aunt in their seventies dancing square dancing. They are very energetic, but at that time, revolutionary generals have experienced arduous wars. They are not as good as modern people in life, so they tend to age.
Su Yu was seriously injured as early as the Anti-Japanese War. There were many shrapnel inside his head, which seriously affected his own health. During the War of Liberation, middle-aged Su Yu often had headaches and was in poor health. Before the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the chairman intended Su Yu to command the volunteers to fight. But at that time, the gods were not beautiful. Su Yu suffered from Meniere's syndrome, which was so serious that he could not work normally. Down.
Before the outbreak of the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, although Su Yu had not relapsed with Meniere's syndrome, he was over seventy years old after all, and his physical condition was definitely not as good as before. Combat command is a high-intensity job that requires a lot of brainpower and energy.With a high mental strain, Su Yu is no longer suitable for this kind of work.
Some people will say that Xu Shiyou is one of the coaches in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. In terms of age, he is one year older than Su Yu. But General Xu Shiyou had a strong body. He was trained in martial arts in his early years, and he had not suffered any serious illness. In addition, he had not suffered very bad treatment during the special period, and his physical health was far better than Su Yu.
Except for his age, Su Yu's inability to command a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam was related to the 1958 enlarged meeting of the Military Commission, which had a great impact on his military career. Su Yu was criticized at the conference due to the issue of "extreme individualism" and was almost criticized. Fortunately, under the protection of Xiao Jinguang, Ye Shuai and others, Su Yu wrote a profound "review" and admitted those unrealistic " Charge", this passed.
After that, Su Yu was dismissed from the post of chief of the general staff, left the front-line troops that had been fighting for decades, and came to the Academy of Military Sciences , unable to directly contact the related matters of combat command. As we all know, Su Yu was not rehabilitated before his death. Ten years after his death, he was finally rehabilitated and his reputation restored in 1944 with the efforts of the Vice Chairman of the Military Commission, Zhang Zhen and others.
That is to say, during the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam in 1979, Su Yu was still unable to directly contact and command the troops due to some special reasons. This is for Su Yulai, who has been fighting for half his life and has made great achievements for the country. Said, it is indeed a very big regret. Fortunately, the two generals Xu Shiyou and Yang Dezhi lived up to expectations and successfully completed the task of self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam and won the war.
In general, Su Yu failed to command the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam for two reasons: age and being criticized for "personal extremism" in 1958.It is worth mentioning that although Su Yu did not go to the front line to command operations, he and Xu Shuai were the main personnel in coordinating the overall situation in the domestic command post and made considerable contributions to winning the war.
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