Author: Little Orange
In 1979, the Sino-Vietnamese border self-defense counterattack began, and although General Su Yu did not command the army, he still participated in some of the work of the command center and played an important role. This war was the first large-scale actual battle of the People's Liberation Army after a long period of peace, and although the People's Liberation Army won a big victory in this war, it also exposed many problems.
This year, China has sounded the clarion call of reform and opening up, and the people's army that has been seeking modernization will turn its attention to foreign armies with reference to innovation, and General Su Yu has also actively participated in this wave of innovation. Despite being over seventy years old, he was willing to study the theory of military innovation in some advanced countries like a primary school student. In May of that year, Su Yu also visited Japan as the top adviser of the "Sino-Japanese Friendship Ship".
【General Su Yu】
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Su Yu fought a deadly battle with the Japanese puppet army in the units of the New Fourth Army, and was very familiar with the fierce and brutal Japanese army; he both hated the tyranny of the Japanese army and objectively realized that our country must deepen its investigation of the modern Japanese armed forces.
As a defeated country in World War II, although Japan was stipulated not to have a regular army, it could only establish an armed force called the "Self-Defense Force". However, due to the fact that the Japanese militaristic forces have not been completely eliminated, there are still a large number of forces up and down, so the Japanese Self-Defense Forces have been stealing beams and changing pillars for decades after the war, secretly growing. By the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s, with the rapid rise of Japan's national strength, Japan's military expenditure was actually close to the two superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States, becoming a de facto "paramilitary power" in the world.
Su Yu had long been wary of this, and on this visit to Japan, he made a surprising decision to visit the Japanese Defense Agency and the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. Su Yu has always been like a thunderbolt in the Japanese military circles, and many Japanese soldiers have both mixed feelings and respect for the strong, so during his visit to Japan, Su Yu will also meet many Japanese active duty and retired soldiers.
One day, Su Yu suddenly met a special deceased person, and a long-sealed past began.
On this day, Su Yu was visiting Kobe, and suddenly an old Japanese man insisted on seeing Su Yu, and said that he was Su Yu's old subordinate. Su Yu was also a little puzzled when he heard it, how could I have any old subordinates in Japan? So I decided to see you.
When the old Japanese man saw Su Yu, he immediately stood up straight, saluted Su Yu with a standard military salute in a disciplined manner, and said in Chinese: "Hello chief, do you remember me?" ”
Su Yu looked at this veteran carefully, decades will change a person's appearance, but Su Yu took a look, or suddenly remembered a person: "Are you Yamada Eiichi?" Artillery Battalion Commander of the New Fourth Army! ”
When the old Japanese man found out that Su Yu still remembered him, he shed tears of joy, shook Su Yu's hand and said, "I am very happy that the chief remembers me!" ”
It turned out that this Yamada Eiichi had also been infiltrated by the Japanese militaristic ideology and had invaded the Japanese army in China. However, after Experiencing the Heinous Crimes of the Japanese Army in China, he still had a conscience and felt guilty in his heart.
In a later battle, Yamada was wounded and captured. He was a Japanese artillery officer at the time, and it was well known that it was very difficult to capture the Japanese army during the War of Resistance, and such technical officers were even rarer. Yamada felt ashamed and decided to end his life if he was insulted or abused in any way.
Who knew that when he came to the New Fourth Army, he did not suffer any ill-treatment, on the contrary, the New Fourth Army also gave him material treatment higher than many cadres of the New Fourth Army, and ate better than the officers and men of the New Fourth Army. The New Fourth Army was short of medicine, and still took out the scarce drugs to heal his wounds. Yamada felt guilty for comparing the humanity of the New Fourth Army with the brutality of his own compatriots against the Chinese.
When he learned that Eiichi Yamada was a graduate of the Japanese Artillery School and a technician in orbital science and artillery, Su Yu attached great importance to him, personally met him, and publicized our military policy to him and denounced Japan's crime of aggression. Eiichi Yamada eventually decided to join the anti-war camp and fight the invaders with the New Fourth Army. Su Yu was very happy, and later Eiichi Yamada served as the commander of the artillery battalion of the New Fourth Army.
At that time, the New Fourth Army captured some Japanese artillery, but due to the lack of guidance from professional and technical personnel, officers and soldiers could not use them effectively. The arrival of Eiichi Yamada changed this situation, and the artillery of the New Fourth Army began to exert its power. In the Battle of Cheqiao, the artillery unit of the New Fourth Army commanded by Eiichi Yamada arrived at the bunker fortifications of the Japanese Army and opened fire, destroying the strong barrier of the Japanese army in one fell swoop and opening the way for the victory of the New Fourth Army. In this battle, the New Fourth Army destroyed more than 460 Japanese troops, and Yamada Hideichi was not small.
Moreover, because Yamada and a group of Japanese anti-war officers and soldiers plotted against the Japanese army, in the Battle of Cheqiao, the New Fourth Army captured a number of Japanese troops at once, which was also relatively rare in the War of Resistance.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Eiichi Yamada continued to remain in the ranks of our army, participating in a series of important battles as an artillery commander and contributing to the cause of liberation. What is even more valuable is that Yamada also participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. It can be said that Eiichi Yamada has regarded China as his motherland.
In 1958, in order to consider the overall situation of friendship, the Chinese side arranged for Japanese friends such as Eiichi Yamada to return to China and continue to do their best for Sino-Japanese friendship. As a result, Eiichi Yamada, who had hoped to become a Chinese national, and some Japanese people from the People's Liberation Army returned to Japan and actively threw themselves into the work of publicizing the great achievements of New China and promoting Sino-Japanese friendship.