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After the founding of the country, a military general appeared obscure, he did not receive the honor he deserved, but was considered a vassal. From the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to the War of Liberation, it was all reflected that he was a military general, but most people thought that Zhang Zhen's credit was the greatest, so that they ignored him, and when he was awarded the title in 1955, he was silent and did not speak out because of his own title, and later he was directly expelled from the military enlargement conference, and thus dismissed from the post of chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army. So who is he? Why was it later discovered that he was a true military general?
I. A master of guerrilla warfare in the War of Resistance Against Japan
The buried military general mentioned today is Su Yu, and his battle record is probably known to everyone today, but just after the founding of the Country, he was once considered to have only problems, and even criticized him for dereliction of duty, so Su Yu was dismissed from the post of chief of the general staff. Su Yu during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression highlighted his outstanding military qualities, and was once considered an expert in guerrilla warfare and a constantly victorious general in the frontal battlefield; shortly after the Launch of the Hundred Regiments Campaign, Su Yu once led his troops to completely annihilate the soldiers and horses of many japanese squads on the front, and he became famous in one battle, so he was appointed to a number of revolutionary base areas to command guerrilla warfare.
In the period from 1944 to 1945, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression had come to an end, and the Kuomintang army deliberately preserved its strength and passively defended against the Japanese attack, but Su Yu did the opposite, sending elite troops to directly attack the weak defense line of the Japanese army, so Su Yu's troops penetrated into the Yimeng Mountains and established a base area wherever they went. After entering the Yimeng Mountains, the Japanese army quickly organized a counterattack and even sent aircraft to bomb. However, none of this troubled Su Yu, who effectively hid his troops in the mountains and began to fight a mobile war with the Japanese army, which caused heavy losses to the Japanese army and had to retreat to the outskirts of the big city to establish a defensive circle, but after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, when Su Yu led his troops to accept the surrender of the Japanese army, the regular army of the Kuomintang entered the Yimeng area and began to form a situation of confrontation between the Kuomintang and the Communists.
Second, in the War of Liberation, there will be hundreds of victories
Su Yu's brilliance lies in the War of Liberation, which made Su Yu famous in the First World War, jumping from an obscure column chief of staff to chief of staff of the field army, constantly changing tactics as his position was promoted, and fiercely attacking the main force of the Kuomintang army in the war of liberation, laying a solid foundation for the founding of New China. In the early days of the War of Liberation, the elite Kuomintang troops stormed the Liberated Areas, and the Yimeng Mountains where Su Yu was located were also bombed by the Kuomintang Air Force, and eventually had to adopt guerrilla tactics to drag down the main force of the Kuomintang army.
After Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping led their troops into central China, they avoided the front of the Kuomintang army and soon reached the hinterland of central China. This became a turning point in the War of Liberation, and the first shot of the counter-offensive was fired. In order to stabilize the situation in northern China, Su Yu used the elite troops at hand to concentrate the main force and adopted the tactic of dividing and encircling the Kuomintang army, which allowed the People's Liberation Army to rush out of the Yimeng Mountains and begin to attack the big cities guarded by the Kuomintang army, especially the two important cities of Qingdao and Jinan. In the battle of encirclement and suppression in the Shandong region commanded by Chen Cheng, the main force of the Kuomintang 74th Division and the People's Liberation Army led by Su Yuduo fought fiercely in the area of Menglianggu, and Su Yu successfully annihilated all of Zhang Lingfu's troops, which became the best record of the People's Liberation Army in North China, which caused the loss of the elite of the Kuomintang.
After the Liaoshen Campaign began, Su Yu also began to lead a large army directly to Jinan, forcing the main Kuomintang forces to withdraw from Jinan, and there was no longer a foothold for the regular Kuomintang army in Shandong. This made the troops led by Su Yu become the vanguard troops heading south. Soon the Battle of Huaihai broke out in the Xuzhou area. The Kuomintang sent the last elite to participate in the battle, which also used a large number of tanks and fighters, so this caused huge casualties to the People's Liberation Army, in order to avoid the attack of the Kuomintang Air Force, Su Yuqiao used the method of pretending to be the main force, attracted the firepower of the Kuomintang Air Force, let the enemy pounce every time, and became the well-known Yum General.
In this way, the troops led by Su Yu used one by one to break through in the Battle of Huaihai, encircling several Kuomintang corps, which caused the elite of the Kuomintang army to be lost. It was also in the Huaihai Campaign that the PLA laid the foundation for the unification of the whole country, and in the Huaihai War, su Yu's troops annihilated many elite Kuomintang troops, although they did not play a major role, but they were also worthy of merit. However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, many people questioned Su Yu's command at that time, after all, the troops led by Su Yu at that time surrounded the main force of the Kuomintang, although the number was limited, but the firepower was very fierce, with dozens of cannons, which undoubtedly made the Platon Army that attacked the position inferior, and the cover of the Kuomintang Air Force would also pose a certain threat to the PLA, so the doubts about Su Yu never stopped from the beginning.
Third, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, little is known
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially after the award of the title in 1955, Su Yu's career reached a turning point, because the voice of doubt about Su Yu became louder and louder, so Su Yu was also temporarily dismissed from the post of chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army. After his dismissal, Su Yu came to work at the Academy of Military Sciences, and after that it was unknown for decades, and in a turbulent period, Su Yu voluntarily stepped down from his post and did not resume his post until the mid-1970s. For this general with a long-term vision, he did not care about his personal evaluation, just like when he joined the revolution, the main thing after the success of the revolution was to fight the battle of economic recovery. So Su Yu was very concerned about the country's economic construction after the founding of the Country, and later in 1978, when the reform and opening up, he also wrote a letter to express his great approval, and su Yu in his later years had left his personal reputation behind, so Su Yu did not pay too much attention to his own rehabilitation.
It was not until after Su Yu's death that his old comrade-in-arms Wang Bicheng was rehabilitated, and at the rehabilitation conference, Su Yu's problems stirred up thousands of waves for a while, making countless people pay attention to this problem. Finally, under the instructions of Deng Xiaoping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, Su Yu was finally rehabilitated and recognized his contribution to the Liberation War, and now that Su Yu has become an iconic military expert, it can be seen that Su Yu's merits have been recognized.
IV. Summary:
Whether in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression or the War of Liberation, Su Yu's performance can be said to be very good, so why is Su Yu questioned about his military command ability? It's just a different military perspective. Deng Xiaoping rehabilitated su yu once again as the military god of the year. It has to be said that Su Yu's command level can be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented, and no one has been able to catch up with his command ability for a long time, so the memoirs left by Su Yu have become a must-read book for military experts in later generations, and in Su Yu's view, what must be possessed to become a military expert is courage and decisiveness, these two things made Su Yu always take a step ahead of the enemy and complete a beautiful annihilation war. Today, su yu is still of far-reaching significance, and Su Yu's tactics are also applicable to modern warfare and have become a must-have content in military textbooks.