On December 26, 1941, a simple and romantic wedding was being held in Shizhuang Village, Rudong County, Jiangsu Province, where the headquarters of the Z2Z First Division of the New Fourth Army was located. The two newcomers are 34-year-old Su Yu and 18-year-old Chu Qing. Su Yu has a happy smile on his face, while Chu Qing has a shy face. They accept everyone's blessings one by one. Since then, the revolutionary couple Su Yu and Chu Qing have gone through more than 40 years of ups and downs, leaving behind a legendary story, giving birth to two sons and a daughter.
Regarding Su Yu, it is of course needless to say that he was the commander of , the first division of the New Fourth Army. Later, Su Yu also served as the commander of the Central China Field Army, the deputy commander and acting commander of the East China Field Army, and the deputy commander of the Third Field Army. The battle of Menglianggu, the Battle of Eastern Henan, the Battle of Huaihai, the Battle of Crossing the River and other series of battles have made great achievements. In 1955, Su Yu was awarded the rank of general, ranking first among the ten founding generals.
Chu Qing, formerly known as Zhan Yongzhu, was born in March 1923 in Jiangsu Yangzhou . She is a typical Jiangnan woman. In December 1937, the Japanese invaded and occupied Yangzhou, burning, killing and looting everywhere. At that time, Chu Qing's father was working in Shanghai, and through donations, he took the family to take refuge in an American church in Shanghai. On the way to the American church, Chu Qing and others followed closely behind the American pastor, very nervous. However, the Japanese soldiers all over the street did not step forward to interrogate, instead saluting the American pastor from time to time. This made the young Chu Qing suddenly realize: country, country, without country, there is no home.
In November 1938, Chu Qing, who was studying in high school, had no intention of reading anymore. At that time, she was thinking of "save the country". One day, a classmate quietly told Chu Qing: "Today I want to send a friend to join the New Fourth Army." Chu Qing immediately became excited, and she quickly asked: "Can you take me there too." In this way, she connected with her family. Without saying hello, Chu Qing, sister Zhan Yongshan, and six other passionate youths, full of longing for the revolution, resolutely set foot on the road to join the New Fourth Army. Z3z
Later, Chu Qing and others passed through Ningbo from Shanghai, and finally reached the New Fourth Army Guest House in Zhangjiadu, southwest of Jingxian County, Anhui. At that time, the excitement and excitement of Chu Qing and others could not be expressed, but although they lived in the New Fourth Army Guest House, they did not have a letter of introduction in their hands, and they were too young, so the person in charge of the reception persuaded them Go back and finish school first. Chu Qing is so anxious now, where can I get the letter of introduction? It happened that a female comrade holding a letter of introduction came to the guest house, and Chu Qing immediately followed him, and quietly discussed with the female comrade, and said, "Can you add our name to the letter of introduction?" He replied readily: "Of course!" In this way, the 15-year-old Chu Qing joined the New Fourth Army.
Since then, Chu Qing and others who have read books have been sent to the New Fourth Army teaching corps and military shorthand training class to participate in learning and training. Around November 1939, Chu Qing and several classmates were assigned to the Secretariat of the Jiangnan Command Headquarters of the New Fourth Army as stenographers. Here, Chu Qing met Su Yu, then deputy commander of the Jiangnan Command of the New Fourth Army. At that time, Su Yu saw a delicate lesbian writing the calligraphy calmly. After being introduced, he learned that the lesbian was named Zhan Yongzhu (not yet renamed Chuqing) and was from Yangzhou, Jiangsu. After a brief exchange between the two, Su Yu found that the lesbian was delicate, cute, smart, and quick and easy to answer questions, and he was deeply impressed.
Chu Qing also had a very good impression of Su Yu. He felt that although Su Yu was the deputy commander, he was kind and approachable. During the war years, living and office conditions were very poor. The headquarters was located in a local ancestral hall. Su Yu lived in the upper attic next to the ancestral hall, and Chu Qing and other stenographers lived in the lower attic. Because Su Yu is often busy late at night, the guards often prepare some biscuits, put them in a bamboo tube, and put them in Su Yu's bedroom, so that Su Yu can fill his stomach when he is hungry. One day, Su Yu opened the bamboo tube and found that the biscuits inside were missing, with only a note inside. Su Yu opened the note, and it read: "The little mouse ate it stealthily." It turned out that Chu Qing and others ate up the biscuits in the bamboo tube. Later, Su Yu saw Chu Qing and others, smiled and said:"Welcome the little mouse to come again." Chu Qing and the others immediately blushed and smiled and ran away. Slowly, Su Yu had an unusual feeling and affection for Chu Qing, so Su Yu was full of excitement and wrote a love letter to Chu Qing, put it in an envelope, and handed it to Chu Qing personally, the first time he Xiang Chu Green courtship. Who knows, after Chu Qing saw the word "love letter" on the envelope, she was shocked. She never thought that Su Yu would like herself, so she tore up the "love letter" without reading it.
Su Yu was very embarrassed, he was a little disappointed in his heart whether he thought it would be such a result. However, this also allowed Su Yu to deepen his understanding of Chu Qing. Su Yu later said: "Love is first emotion. Comrade Zhan Yongzhu (Chu Qing) is unwilling to fall in love with me. I cannot blame her because she has the freedom to choose in love." Because of working together, Su Yu and Chu Qing almost We meet every day, although Su Yu still likes Chu Qing, but every time we meet, he pretends to be very calm and nonchalant. In this way, Chu Qing's mood slowly calmed down, and she kept secretly observing Su Yu.
Someone once said that falling in love is a battle, and you must continue to attack. Soon after, Su Yu couldn't restrain his inner impulse, so he arranged Chu Qing to a small stream, once again expressed his love to Chu Qing, and wooed Chu Qing for the second time. However, Chu Qing said calmly: "Chief, I admire your personality and talent very much, but I just started working and don't want to fall in love for the time being. Besides, when the country is in trouble, I don't want to think about the trivial matters of my life too early. "Hearing Chu Qing's answer, Su Yu couldn't help but admire the little girl even more.
Su Yu said: "You are right, we should strive for victory in the War of Resistance. I admire your aspirations to serve the country. But I think that as a revolutionary, the key is to handle the relationship between revolution and love, not like Asceticism wipes out the friendship between men and women." After seeing Chu Qing nodded in agreement, Su Yu said again: "Well, let me ask you to think about it. It is best that we can make friends, learn from each other and help each other in the future. This does not contradict revolutionary work." Su Yu's sincere words made sense, and Chu Qing nodded.
In the process of getting along, Su Yu and Chu Qing also had an interesting incident. At that time, many people changed their names after participating in revolutionary work in order not to involve their families, and Chu Qing was no exception. Speaking of her name change, Chu Qing once recalled: "This surname was given by Su Yu! He wrote ten or twenty surnames on paper that day and asked me to choose. I think there are too many people surnamed Wang and Li. , I didn’t choose. Seeing the word'Chu', I felt very catchy, so I chose'Chu' as my surname. Who knows, Su Yu made a joke at this time and said: Xiao Zhan, you are fooled , My hometown of Hunan belonged to Chu Kingdom in ancient times. If you choose'Chu', then you are the people of our hometown." During the time when
was with Chu Qing, Su Yu was not idle. In June 1940, the Jiangnan Command of the New Fourth Army led the main force to cross the Yangtze River north according to the instructions of the Central Military Commission to carry out the strategic tasks of independently developing northern Jiangsu and developing the resistance war behind enemy lines in Central China. In July, the North Jiangsu Command of the New Fourth Army was established, and Su Yu was appointed as the deputy commander, under the jurisdiction of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Columns, a total of nine regiments of about 7,000 people. Soon after, in order to establish the anti-Japanese base area centered on Huangqiao , Su Yu commanded troops to move eastward to the Huangqiao area. At this time, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Lu-Su Theater of the Kuomintang Army and the chairman of Jiangsu Province Han Delqin deliberately provoked the incident, attempting to concentrate his forces to attack Huangqiao and destroy the northern part of the New Fourth Army. Five columns. As a result, the famous battle of Yellow Bridge kicked off.
faced the enemy's attack in two ways. In view of the inevitable war, Su Yu decided to concentrate his forces and adopt a strategy of luring them to go deeper and defeat each of them to annihilate Han Delqin's forces during the campaign. Su Yu's deployment was that the 3rd column adhered to the Huangqiao area, and the 1st and 2nd columns gathered in the northwestern area of Huangqiao as an assault force. On October 4th, the 33rd Division under Han Deqin rushed directly to the front position northeast of Huangqiao from the boundary, carried out a fierce attack, and one broke into the east gate. The third column stubbornly counterattacked, killed and drove him out.
At this time, the 89th Army under Han Delqin led the 117th division to Yewuji and Hejiatang via Guxi; the independent 6th brigade moved south via Gaoqiao in an attempt to attack the back of Huangqiao. Su Yu decisively orderedThe 1st column attacked across the board, splitting the incoming independent 6th brigade and encircling the Gaoqiao area in one fell swoop. After three hours of fierce fighting, the 1st column completely wiped out the brigade. After that, the second column was inserted into the boundary via the eight-character bridge, cutting off the retreat of the 89th Army, and cooperating with the first and third columns to form a three-sided attack, dividing and encircling the main force of the 89th Army in the northeast area of Huangqiao. It was another fierce battle. The main force of the 89th Army was annihilated. Commander Li Shouwei fell into the water while fleeing. After that, the enemy on the other road retreated across the board.
In the Yellow Bridge Campaign , Su Yu commanded a force of about 7,000, annihilated more than 11,000 enemies (including more than 3,800 prisoners), and achieved a brilliant victory. Not only did he lay a solid foundation for the Northern Jiangsu Anti-Japanese Base, but also opened up The new situation of the War of Resistance in Central China. When the hero returns, Chu Qing's heart is excited. Although Chu Qing said that he would not consider Su Yu's courtship for the time being, in fact Chu Qing had already developed admiration for Su Yu from his heart. This time Su Yu fought a big victory, and Chu Qing had a deeper and comprehensive understanding of Su Yu. The window paper of the feelings between Su Yu and Chu Qing is about to be pierced. After the battle of Huangqiao ended, one evening in the winter of 1940, the nervous Su Yu met with the shy Chu Qing. After being rejected twice, he wooed Chu Qing for the third time. At that time, Su Yu looked firm and said to Chu Qing: "Comrade Chu Qing, I just hope you know that I really love you, and I always wait for your understanding and acceptance. If you cannot accept my love for the time being, I can wait for one year, two years, three years..." Chu Qing became more shy when she heard Su Yu's sincere confession, she couldn't help but tears in her eyes, and said, "Then, you have to wait a long time. Su Yu immediately said: "If this is the case, I will continue to wait, and wait another three years, two three years, three three years, and wait until you agree!" Chu Qing had tears in her eyes as she spoke. Looking at Su Yu affectionately, he said, "Then, then I will promise you now."
On December 26, 1941, as mentioned at the beginning, 34-year-old Su Yu and 18-year-old Chu Qing lived in Shishi, Rudong County, Jiangsu Province. Zhuangcun, officially married. Since then, Chu Qing has been by Su Yu's side, experiencing three anti-stubborn battles at Tianmu Mountain, the Soviet Central Campaign, the Z1z Subei Campaign , the Lunan Campaign, the Laiwu Campaign, the Menglianggu Campaign, the Eastern Henan Campaign, the Huaihai Campaign , and the Crossing River Series of battles such as battles. In the course of the revolution, Chu Qing also continued to grow, from a stenographer to a confidential secretary, to staff officers, officers, full-time party branch secretaries, investigators and other company-level cadres.
In the ups and downs, Chu Qing gave birth to two sons and a daughter for Su Yu. The eldest son Su Rong was born in 1942, the second son Su Hansheng was born in 1947, and his daughter was born in 1949. Time always flies quickly, the children have grown up slowly, and Su Yu and Chu Qing have also entered a happy old age. On February 5, 1984, after more than 40 years of being together, Su Yu died of illness at the age of 77. The sad Chu Qing followed Su Yu's last wish and scattered Su Yu's ashes on more than 20 pieces of land he had fought. He also wrote, "When the time is clear, when the rain is clear, and thousands of miles are sent to the emperor to accompany the emperor. Relief is like seeing the loyal soul smile, sending the arms to cherish the friendship of comrades. Only thinking about the horse and swinging the whip day, but remembering the victory of the battlefield. The southeast is like a flower at this moment. , To comfort the heroic spirits", to entrust the infinite affection for Su Yu. When the body was cremated, Chu Qing found three pieces of shrapnel in the ashes of Su Yu's head. No wonder Su Yu often suffered from headaches during his lifetime. It turned out that these three pieces of shrapnel were the cause. Later, Chu Qing kept these three pieces of shrapnel properly, because this special "relic" is a true portrayal of Su Yu Rongma's career. It was not until 2003, when the Academy of Military Sciences was preparing to build the Academy's History Museum, that Chu Qing disclosed the three pieces of shrapnel that had been collected for nearly 20 years. At the same time, Chu Qing personally presented one of the shrapnels to the History Museum of the Academy of Military Sciences for display, and the other two shrapnels were given to his elder son Su Rongsheng for safekeeping. Chu Qing said: "Giving the shrapnel to the Academy of Military Sciences is our family's idea, and it is also its best destination." After Su Yu passed away, one thing has lingered in Chu Qing's heart, that is, Su Yu suffered a mistake in 1958. The criticism has not been rehabilitated. Therefore, Chu Qing has been committed to vindicating Su Yu in his later years, and at the same time finishing the sorting and publishing work of Su Yu's legacy. On December 25, 1994, " People's Daily " and "Liberation Army Daily" published an article entitled "Recalling Comrade Su Yu"Zhang, made a comprehensive evaluation of Su Yu's achievements in his life, and at the same time officially rehabilitated Su Yu's wrong criticism. In addition, after years of hard work, Chu Qing also compiled and published documents such as "Memoirs of Su Yu's War", "Su Yu on the Battle of Huaihai", and "Su Yu Military Collection". On February 21, 2016, Chu Qing died of illness at the age of 93.
