In 1945, after Japan's defeat and unconditional surrender, and announcing its complete withdrawal from the Chinese battlefield, on December 29, General Su Yu, then deputy commander of the Central China Military Region and commander of the Central China Field Army, braved the rain to meet the unconditional surrender of the Japanese army Iwachi Daisaku under Gaoyou City in Jiangsu Province.
As soon as the two of them met, Yan qi Dazuo deliberately untied the ancestral Purple Cloud Treasure Sword around his waist, raised it above his head, and bowed deeply to Su Yu: I would like to dedicate this sword to General Su Yu, what is going on? In this issue, the craftsman brother circles a useful history, deciphering what Su Yu did in the end? After the unconditional surrender of the Japanese army, why did the Japanese Daisaku deliberately offer the ancestral sword to Su Yu?
After the Japanese surrendered, why did the Japanese Daisaku offer the ancestral sword to Su Yu?
In late October 1945, Chairman Mao issued an order in Yan'an instructing the Central China Bureau to establish the Central China Military Region, appointing Su Yu, who had won the Yellow Bridge and Cheqiao Campaign and the Tianmu Mountain Counterattack during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, as the commander of the Central China Military Region.
However, after receiving the order, Su Yu wrote to the Central China Bureau three times and sent a telegram to Chairman Mao, saying that Comrade Zhang Dingcheng was the founder of the revolutionary base area in western Fujian and Western Fujian, that the party, government, and army revolutionary qualifications were profound, and that the military prestige and status were very high, and that he was deeply loved by the comrades.
Especially during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Comrade Zhang Dingcheng served as Su Yu's direct superior for a long time, and the two cooperated tacitly and had a good relationship. After fighting many big battles, he has always been very tolerant and tolerant of Su Yu and has borne a lot of pressure, so he has won the respect and respect of Su Yu.
Therefore, after Su Yu learned that he had been hand-picked by Chairman Mao as the commander of the Central China Military Region, he was very uneasy in his heart; after repeated deliberations, he repeatedly asked the head of the headquarters and Chairman Mao to give careful consideration to the fact that Zhang Dingcheng should be invited to serve as the commander of the Central China Military Region, which would be more conducive to his future work.
On October 29, Chairman Mao, feeling the selfless and sincere heart of Grand Duke Su Yu and the lofty sentiments of a proletarian revolutionary who was willing to dedicate himself, personally telegraphed to the Central Bureau of China and reappointed Zhang Dingcheng as commander of the military region and Su Yu as deputy commander of the military region.
However, on November 10, when the Central China Military Region established the Central China Field Army, Su Yu became the commander of the field army. At that time, Japan had been completely defeated, unconditionally surrendered, and promised to withdraw completely from the Chinese battlefield, and most of the liberated areas in central China, including central Jiangsu, Subei, and Lianghuai, had all been recovered and connected.
However, there are still some stubborn ideologies and unwillingness to admit that the remnants of the Japanese army that have not been eliminated threaten the production of our army and the safety of the lives and property of the military and people in the base areas. Based on this situation, our party has put forward a total of three major proposals on the direction of the march of the Central China Field Army.
Put the Communists in cages and lock up Su Yu's troops
First, taking advantage of the influence of the surrender of the 4th Army of the Japanese puppet army, it marched south to solve the new 2nd Route Army of sun Yuanliang's department; second, it advanced north to the western region of Xuzhou and annihilated zhang Lanfeng's newly formed 3rd Army; third, it entered the Jinpu Line to attack Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's Gui warlord forces.
When Su Yu became the commander of the Central China Field Army, he decided to launch the Jiangsu Gaoyou Campaign in accordance with the supreme instructions of the head of the party group headquarters and in light of the new war situation in central China, and resolutely destroyed the Japanese army and the puppet army reactionary clique that refused to surrender to our army.
To remove the unstable "nails" in central China and to thunder the reactionary Nationalist troops stationed in Yangzhou and Taizhou and invade our base areas, we must ensure the integrity of the liberated areas and guard the fruits of the victory in the War of Resistance.
Gaoyou is a county-level city directly under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, north of the two Huai, west of the canal, mostly for the water town plain, fertile land, rich in products, known as the town of fish and rice, and a Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal through the north and south of Gaoyou, the geographical location is very prominent, since ancient times is the soldiers must compete for the important place.
After the Japanese army invaded China in an all-round way, it built a high wall in Gaoyou, set up a dark fort and a bunker, and the fortifications were very strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. After the defeat and surrender of the Japanese army, this place became the only way for the reactionaries of the Nationalist army to attack the base area in central China, Jiangsu.
Moreover, the generals of the Nationalist army also said smugly on many occasions: The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is three doors, and Gaoyou is the lock on the door, as long as we firmly control this lock in our hands, then we can fundamentally completely lock up Su Yu's troops and put the Communist Party in a cage, and then our nationalist army can drive straight in and smash the two Huai. The arrogance is very arrogant.
The reactionary Japanese army and puppet army group stationed in Gaoyou, believing that they had the support of the nationalist army, were also very arrogant, and the commander of the city defense, Yanqi Dazuo, threatened everywhere: We only listen to the Kuomintang government, and surrender will only surrender to the nationalist army, and will never surrender its weapons to the Communist Party, and they are not qualified to accept the surrender of the imperial army. I heard that Su Yu of the Communist Army was a famous general who had made great achievements in the Communist Civil War, and I wanted to have a good fight with him.
I would like to make a military order and meet in Gaoyou City
In the face of the arrogant remarks and arrogant attitude of the Japanese army and the Kuomintang stubborn troops, the vast number of cadres and officers and men of the Central China Field Army were excited and eager to fight, and every day they were like a powder keg that had been lit with a fuse, which would explode at any time, and of course completely strengthened Su Yu's determination to launch the Gaoyou Campaign.
Beginning late at night on December 19, Su Yu instructed the Central China Military Region and the troops of the Field Army at all levels to conduct wheel warfare in batches on an open front of 40 kilometers north and south and 20 kilometers from east to west of Gaoyou City, and launched a fierce offensive against the Japanese army and the reactionary groups of the puppet army outside Gaoyou City.
By noon on December 20, in just half a day, the Eighth Column of the Central China Field Army, under the command of Lieutenant General Tao Yong, had completely eliminated all Japanese strongholds outside Gaoyou City. The three main battle groups approached the north and south gates of Gaoyou, and the soldiers were under the city, ready to launch a final decisive battle.
At this point, the Japanese army in Gaoyou has been surrounded by our army, and has completely become a caged bird and a turtle in an urn, and the Japanese army is full of grass and trees, and morale is low.
On the morning of December 22, nearly two days after the Central China Field Army besieged the city, Su Yu and Tao Yong, commander of the Eighth Column, led all the cadres above the military camp to personally wade into the east of Gaoyou City to inspect the terrain and deploy the decision-making tactics of the general attack on Gaoyou.
Su Yu took a deep breath, stared into Tao Yong's eyes, and issued operational instructions in a loud voice: Commander Tao, the battle of Gaoyou will be the last battle of our Central China Field Army against the invading Japanese Kou, please make sure that your unit is ready for all battles, this battle is not fought, as long as the battle starts, it must be completely won.
After saying that, Su Yu asked with some hesitation: I will leave you at most 3 days, can you ensure that you can capture Gaoyou as scheduled? Tao Yong slammed his head high and answered categorically: No problem, I am willing to make a military order, please rest assured Commander Su, on December 26th, we will meet in Gaoyou City.
Su Yu smiled with great satisfaction, but he was not at ease and advised: Now the Japanese army in Gaoyou has become a soldier, and the military's heart is difficult to use. You can organize more comrades to shout at the city and carry out political and psychological offensives, so as to prompt some of them to voluntarily surrender their weapons and surrender, and you can also minimize the casualties of our army. After Tao Yong listened, his eyes lit up and he nodded continuously.
Soon, a large number of leaflets produced by the propaganda organization department of our army fell into Gaoyou City like snowflakes, which probably means: Now that it is freezing cold, you are wearing ragged clothes, eating chaff and vegetables, and the house you live in cannot block the wind and rain. It is better to go down to the city as soon as possible, surrender and disarm, and return to the embrace of the people to seek liberation.
Under the strong military pressure and psychological pressure of our army's political offensive, the Japanese army and puppet army group in Gaoyou City were all terrified and demoralized, and some even simply responded by echoing the call, quietly climbing out of the city at night and surrendering their weapons to the Central China Field Army.
Late at night on December 25th, the moon was dark and windy, the sky was heavy rain, five fingers were not seen, and the winter rain made the ground wet and slippery, which was extremely unfavorable for marching operations, but it was the best time to raid the city. Su Yu looked up and squinted his eyes to feel the coldness of the rain on his face, and the whole person looked even more energetic, and directly issued the order to launch a general attack on Gaoyou City.
I would like to dedicate the ancestral Purple Cloud Treasure Sword to General Su Yu
After receiving the order, Tao Yong was shocked and directly ordered all the artillery units of the Eighth Column to be driven out and indiscriminately bombarded against Gaoyou, and then, in accordance with the predetermined tactical plan, the troops at all levels of the Eighth Column rushed to Gaoyou in the face of the wind and rain. Among them, the 68th Regiment of the Eighth Column took the lead in breaking through the Fire Defense Line of the Japanese Army, erected a ladder at the south gate, quickly climbed to the head of the city, went deep behind the enemy, and launched a street battle with the Japanese troops in Gaoyou City.
At the same time, the 64th Regiment of the Eighth Column also carried out a strong attack and raid on the northwestern flank of Gaoyou's city gates, double-driven straight in, multi-point blossoming, our army was like a broken bamboo, the battle went very smoothly, the Japanese army was caught off guard, it was not difficult to build any effective defensive front, only one night was completely defeated, and by the morning of the 26th, the remnants of the Japanese army were surrounded by the Central China Field Army in a corner of the city, in a dilemma.
At this time, Su Yu urgently issued an order to suspend the attack. Propaganda organization officers who knew Japanese were dispatched to shout at the Japanese army and force them to surrender their weapons.
The Independent 90th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in Gaoyou was completely confused by the tactical tactics of Su Yu's divine soldiers descending from heaven, and before they could return to Shen'er, Gaoyou changed hands overnight, and the morale and morale would reach the freezing point, and even the courage to shoot could not be brought up.
Soon, the commander of the Gaoyou City Defense and the brigade commander Iwasaki Daisaku took the initiative to stand up and lead thousands of Japanese troops to formally surrender their weapons to the Central China Field Army.
On October 29th, the heavy rain stopped, and the sky was still dark. Escorted by guards, Su Yu entered Takayu Castle and personally received Iwasaki Daisaku, the commander of the Japanese army who surrendered unconditionally.
When Tao Yong introduced the Japanese prisoners to the commander of Su Yu of the Central China Field Army, Iwasaki Daisaku couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise. He didn't expect that the medium-sized, seemingly polite officer in front of him was actually the famous Su Yu, and his heart couldn't help but be awe-inspiring.
After Li Zheng saluted a military salute, Iwasaki Daisaku suddenly walked up to Su Yu, bowed deeply, and raised the ancestral sword from his waist high above his head, and said respectfully: The sword is given to the hero, this is the purple cloud sword that is the ancestor of my family. Now I pay special tribute to General Su Yu, who is famous at the top, and General WanWangsu should not resign, but must smile and accept.
Iwasaki Daisa's arrogance from the beginning to the final respectful offering of the sword also proves one point: Su Yu has completely subdued this group of arrogant war criminals after the Battle of Gaoyou.
With the great victory of Gaoyou in World War I, our army's liberated areas and base areas in central China and Shandong have been completely integrated, and the final preparations for confronting Chiang Kai-shek's reactionary Nationalist forces to provoke a civil war have been further completed.