During the revolutionary period, the generals of the people's armed forces had different understandings of the battle due to different combat ideas, so they would cause some minor frictions, such as General Su Yu and General Song Shilun. When they worked together in China and the world, they often had disputes and even made trouble with Grandpa Mao for a while, but this did not mean that the relationship between the two was not harmonious. In fact, Song Shilun was still making trouble for Su Yu after he was wrongly punished. In this issue, we will tell the secrets between this pair of revolutionary comrades.
story will start from 1946. At that time, in order to improve the combat efficiency of the people's armed forces and strengthen the command system, the Party Central Committee integrated the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army and some local troops into the Field Army . For example, the Central China Field Army with Jiangsu and Anhui as the core activity areas, and the Shandong Field Army with Qilu as the base. The commanders were Su Yu and General Chen respectively. Song Shilun was the chief of staff in Shanye at that time. He had heard of Su Yu's name, but the two had never had a deep intersection.
It was not until early 1947 that the Party Central Committee ordered Chen Lao's headquarters to merge with Su Yu's headquarters into East China Field Army to implement the strategy of "developing northward and defending southward". Song and Su became comrades in the same army. Su Yu served as deputy commander and later promoted to acting commander, while Song Shilun left the command system and went to the 10th column of the front-line troops to serve. The combat power of
10 Column is relatively average, not as strong as brother troops such as the 1st and 4th Columns. Therefore, in battles such as Laiwu and Lianshui, they were always sent to the outside of the main battlefield to fight and block. Not only were the casualties, but they had little credit, and they were quite meaningless. Song Shilun was naturally very dissatisfied with this. When Huaye was preparing to attack Jinan, he took the initiative to stand up and volunteered to attack the main attack, but was rejected by Su Yu. The more Song Shilun thought about it, the more angry he became. He said some inappropriate words and finally slapped the table.
After hearing this, Grandpa Mao believed that Song Shilun was suspected of disrespecting his superiors, so he decided to suspend his position to serve as a warning to others. At the critical moment, Su Yu stood up and he took the initiative to send a report to Grandpa Mao, saying that friction was common when discussing combat deployment, and Song Shilun also knew that he was wrong. Jinan Battle was about to break out, and the change of the battle would affect the morale of the army and would be unfavorable to the war, so he asked Grandpa Mao to take it back and make his life.
Later, Song Shilun performed well in the Battle of Jinan. During the Battle of Huaihai, he led his troops to win the difficult Xu Dong blocking battle. In the end, it was a result of the merits and demerits, and Grandpa Mao did not pursue the previous disobedience incident. In fact, this was not the first time Su Yu had protected the Song Shilun. As early as mid-1947, in order to cover the transfer of the middle and field, the 10th Column took the initiative to march southwest Shandong, intending to restrain the 84th Division and the 5th Army of the Kuomintang Army. During the battle, Song Shilun misjudged the enemy situation, causing the troops to fall into danger. In a critical moment, Huaye Chief of Staff Chen Shiqu and Song Shilun jointly decided to let the 10th Column cross the north to get rid of the enemy's pursuit. This move is contrary to the established strategy of the Party Central Committee. Grandpa Mao was very unhappy and was preparing to give Song Shilun a big punishment. After learning about this, Su Yu stepped forward to clear Song Shilun and left him on the front line to continue as a commander and fighter.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, dozens of generals, including Song Shilun, were impacted in the 1960s due to some special reasons. At that time, Su Yu had been suspended due to the "doctrinism" incident in 1958 and temporarily left the military sequence. However, when he heard that his old subordinates were in trouble, he still tried his best to help and mediate among all parties, and finally helped Song Shilun escape.
Although there were many frictions between Song and Su, Su Yu did not take it seriously. He saved Song Shilun three times in prison. This friendship moved Song Shilun. He thus let go of his knot and took the initiative to improve his relationship with Su Yu. The two became close friends in their later years and went through more than ten years of ups and downs together. After his old superior died in 1984, Song Shilun was deeply saddened and cried in tears on the spot. When he learned that Su Yu had not yet been rehabilitated from the incident in 1958, he voluntarily took up the banner of complaints and ran around to call for a call, insisting on correcting Su Yu's reputation.However, because the case involves complexity and it is difficult to clarify it, the Party Central Committee did not respond to Song Shilun immediately.
Song Shilun did not give up easily. From then on, he would speak out for Su Yu through various channels whenever he had the chance. At a high-ranking official meeting in 1987, he even stated in public that the Party Central Committee should rehabilitate Su Yu and restore his reputation and his post during his lifetime. Finally, in 1994, the Party Central Committee investigated the whole story of the 1958 incident, proving that Su Yu was wronged and gave him a reputation. But Song Shilun could not see all this. He had already died of illness in 1991 at the age of 84.
General Su Yu was a pure revolutionary. Everything he did was for the party and the people, and he had never had any selfishness. To put it bluntly, the small entanglement between him and Song Shilun was just a disagreement in official affairs. He thought it was normal from beginning to end, and there was no need to make a fuss. Therefore, not only did he not have any objections to Song Shilun, but when Song was in trouble, he also took the initiative to lend a helping hand to help him several times. Such a broad mind is admirable!
