It is said that the founding general General Su Yu is bold, and the war has repeatedly "taken the side of the sword" and "won in danger", these are not "empty winds", here, let us review and analyze several cases of the general's "classics", and relive the wonderful but also thrilling battles of that year.
"Fight rats in the porcelain shop", liberate Greater Shanghai - a siege battle of "rat throwers".
In siege warfare, the defenders usually make full use of the existing city walls, pillboxes and other city fortifications to wait for work, and it is not difficult for the siege side to break through the city.
At that time, Shanghai had 300,000 Kuomintang troops stationed, Shanghai's urban buildings, factories and their infrastructure were like exquisite porcelain, could not withstand the devastation of war, in order to completely take over the international metropolis of Shanghai, the People's Liberation Army formulated a detailed battle plan, but there were also clear requirements: no heavy weapons should be used!
How to capture Shanghai, Mr. Chen said figuratively: "Liberating Shanghai is like fighting rats in a porcelain shop, rats have to be beaten, and porcelain must be preserved." This is the famous "rats in the porcelain shop".
In the battle to liberate Shanghai, the East China Bureau had two sets of teams, with General Chen taking over all the work in Shanghai, while the heavy task of liberating Shanghai by military means was carried out by the Sanye Former Committee, which was mainly led by General Su Yu.
How should this battle be fought? General Su Yu profoundly understood the strategic intention of Laozong Chen's phrase "fighting rats in the porcelain shop." After much study and deliberation, the final battle plan adopted by General Su Yu was: Avoid engaging the Kuomintang defenders in downtown Shanghai, first attack Wusongkou, then liberate downtown Shanghai, and set up the main battlefield outside Shanghai.
According to the campaign deployment of General Su Yu, the People's Liberation Army and the Kuomintang defenders exchanged fierce fire in Yuepu and other places on the outskirts of Shanghai, always maintaining their tenacious will and fierce offensive, and crushed the enemy on the outskirts of Shanghai.
The People's Liberation Army then launched an attack on downtown Shanghai, but problems also followed; in ancient and modern China and abroad, sharp weapons must be used to attack the city, but the People's Liberation Army had a strict order that "heavy weapons should not be used." The commanders and fighters of the People's Liberation Army overcame many difficulties, were not afraid of sacrifice, and strictly abided by this "iron law" from beginning to end.
During the PLA's capture of downtown Shanghai, there was no power outage, no water outage, no telephones, and no major buildings or facilities were destroyed.
The siege battle commanded by General Su Yu created a major miracle and perfectly realized the strategic concept of "fighting rats in the porcelain shop", and his courage and strategy had to be admired.
The Battle of Huaihai won more with less, and it was hard to "eat a pot of raw rice"!
Our army has 600,000 troops, while the Kuomintang side has 800,000 troops, with a difference of 200,000 troops, under normal circumstances, victory is unlikely, and it is almost impossible to defeat or annihilate the enemy. However, our People's Liberation Army annihilated the strong Kuomintang army with weak troops.
From putting forward the idea of the Huaihai Campaign to command the campaign in a unified manner, General Su Yu showed an outstanding strategic vision and exquisite command art; with the assistance of General Chen Laozong and others, the combat effectiveness of all units of our People's Liberation Army has also been brought into extraordinary play.
In the "Liaoshen Campaign" and the "Pingjin Campaign" stage of the three major campaigns, the plaguage of the Kuomintang army's mass annihilation of the Kuomintang army had a prerequisite, that is, our army had completed the strategic encirclement of the Kuomintang army or formed an overwhelming superiority, but when the Huaihai Campaign began, our People's Liberation Army had not yet fully formed a strategic encirclement of the Kuomintang army, and some areas were even at a disadvantage.
That is to say, in the absence of absolute superiority in terms of strength, equipment, and strategic posture, our People's Liberation Army and the Kuomintang fought a strategic decisive battle, because the time was not ripe, so the Huaihai Campaign was usually likened to "a pot of raw rice." The victory in the Battle of Huaihai liberated the vast area north of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and for the People's Liberation Army to "fight across the Yangtze River and liberate all of China!" "The foundation was laid.
This was a war in which the strength of the two sides was seriously unequal, and the final result was not only beyond Chiang Kai-shek's imagination, but also surprised the United States and other countries.
The environment is extremely sinister, the opponent is extremely fierce, and the general has commanded a beautiful annihilation battle!
Zhang Lingfu has always been arrogant, and the reorganized 74th Division of the Kuomintang Army led by him has always been known for its fierce combat strength. The reason why Zhang Lingfu fell to the point of defeating meng Lianggu was that if it was caused by the arrogance of his light enemy, it was rather a helpless move.
Under the "dispatch and operation" of General Su Yu, Zhang Lingfu and his ace reorganized 74th Division were forced to go to Menglianggu, but the heavy equipment could not go up the mountain, the water-cooled machine guns had no water available, the officers and men were hungry and thirsty, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, which was one of the important reasons for Zhang Lingfu's failure.
During the entire campaign, the Kuomintang did not "see death and not save", they sent reinforcements very early, including the 25th and 83rd Divisions of the Kuomintang Army, which were already approaching Meng Lianggu, and many other Kuomintang reinforcements were rushing to the aid of Zhang Lingfu.
Therefore, behind the plaster troops of our People's Liberation Army that surrounded and annihilated Zhang Lingfu, it can be said that they are in danger, their stomachs and backs are attacked, and the environment is extremely dangerous.
It was under such conditions that Su Yu commanded the People's Liberation Army to "seek victory in danger" and win a "battle that is impossible to win" with extraordinary courage and amazing perseverance.
An American soldier commented on the PLA and General Su Yu in his eyes: "The combat ability and offensive spirit of the East China Liberation Army are second to none, much higher than their opponents, and at the same time, as a soldier, I express my sincere admiration for the command art of the supreme military commander of the East China Liberation Army, especially General Su Yu." ”
This is the founding general of the republic, General Su Yu, who accompanied the army all his life, and his name is the symbol of victory!