Sugar-coated shells
June 1938,
General Su Yu
Leading the New Fourth Army, at Weigang near Zhenjiang, ambushed a heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army.
Killed more than 30 Japanese commanders of all levels, blew up 5 cars, and captured more than 50 rifles, a safe, a Japanese military flag and a series of military supplies
。 ”
The battle commanded by Su Yu was the maiden battle of the New Fourth Army in the anti-Japanese war in Jiangnan, which attracted the attention of all sectors of society
。 The Kuomintang central government sent a congratulatory telegram to this end. According to the "Biography of Su Yu", "The National Government reported on June 20 that Commander Ye Jun, who belonged to SuBu, attacked Weigang and gained a lot. ”
After Su Yu heard the commendation order of the National Government, he always felt that it was"
The weasel gives the chicken a new year's greeting
”。 Su Yu's chief of staff asked him:
Chiang Kai-shek has rarely been able to report on the new Fourth Army in the whole country, so how can you see that you have not reacted at all? Su Yu replied, "Old Jiang's reward did not allow the troops to shoot one more shot, what am I happy about?"
”
Just as Su Yu thought that the national government's reward was too much"
Shabby
"When the time came, the Kuomintang military department came. According to the Biography of Su Yu:
The people of the Kuomintang military department walked into Su Yu's headquarters with a smiling face, repeated the Commendation Order of the Nationalist Government, and then said to Su Yu: 'Commander Su, we have sent weapons to the New Fourth Army.
’”
Su Yu didn't quite believe it, so the military people showed Su Yu a new weapon, and then said to Su Yu: "
Commander Su, we know that the New Fourth Army is the most short of weapons and ammunition, you take the weapons of the Japanese army and exchange them with us, a three-eight large cover for a machine gun, a Japanese flag can be exchanged for three boxes of grenades, and a Japanese combat knife can be exchanged for a mortar. You guys definitely earn
General Su Yu said wittily, ".
It is okay to change weapons, but the military department must close the receipt and keep it as a certificate.
"The people in the military department turned black when they heard this,
Finally gray slipped away with his weapon
。 Afterwards, someone asked Su Yu why the business that was so profitable was not changed.
Su Yu said to him: "This is obviously a 'sugar-coated shell' of the Kuomintang, trying to deceive the Japanese army of the spoils of war and pretending to be captured by themselves." ”
Unique vision
After rejecting Chiang Kai-shek's "sugar-coated shells",
Su Yu stressed at the headquarters meeting that all comrades should not have illusions about Chiang Kai-shek
，
We must be resolutely loyal to the party
。 General Su Yu's understanding of Chiang Kai-shek was still in place, and in October 1940, Chiang Kai-shek made the "
Southern Anhui Incident
The New Fourth Army was completely destroyed. Later, with the help of the central government, the New Fourth Army was re-established in Yancheng.
At this time, Su Yu was appointed commander and political commissar of the Central Soviet Military Region. The burden on the shoulders of the official position is heavy. According to the Biography of Su Yu:
Su Yu was suspicious of the "Anhui Southern Incident", and when he was fighting with the Japanese, he was also thinking about how to avoid the tragedy from happening again
In August 1943, Su Yu rushed to Huanghuatang for a meeting, and on the way to the military headquarters, Su Yu specially detoured the long road, passing through the various divisions of the New Fourth Army, and sent people to survey and map the terrain and collect information on the ground along the way. Su Yu discovered that the combined location of the four divisions of the New Fourth Army was in the Huaibao area, which was originally the seat of the Kuomintang Jiangsu Provincial Government and was now guarded by two Japanese troops.
Su Yu had a unique vision of the situation in Jiangnan, so he prepared to attack first and occupy the Huaibao area. In 1944, Su Yu led his troops to raid the Japanese army in the Huaibao area, annihilating more than 900 enemy troops and successfully occupying the Huaibao area and 50 kilometers east, and the New Fourth Army has since regained the initiative on the battlefield.
The evaluation of the generals
Su Yu's achievements in the Jiangnan region are obvious to all, and the generals in various major theaters have a very high evaluation of Su Yu
。 According to the "General Su Yu", "After the great victory of Weigang,
Marshal Chen Yi's poem "The First Battle of Weigang"
He highly praised Su Yu's command ability
After Su Yu led the army of "Seven Guarantees and Three Warehouses" and "Five Guarantees of Fengli", Lin Zong specially ordered people to collect Su Yu's war reports and concentrate on studying Su Yu's tactics and fighting style. According to the "General Su Yu", "Lin Zong evaluated Su Yu as a brave general with amazing courage. ”
In 1947, Su Yu commanded the East China Field Army to achieve a decisive victory in Luzhong, and marshal Chen Yi said very modestly when reporting to the central authorities afterwards: "
Su Yu's ability to fight is higher than mine, and I am completely assured that Su Yu commands the whole army. After that, whenever the East China Field Army had a new war report, Marshal Chen Yi asked Su Yu to make the final decision.
One day, the reporter interviewed Marshal Chen Yi and asked marshal Chen Yi why he often did not stay at the headquarters. Chen Yi smiled and replied, "
It was necessary for me to leave the headquarters, lest Commander Su report to me and delay the fighters
。 "Chen Yi to Su Yu's."
trust
Thus.
General Su Yu's troops, because of the long-term lone army in deep combat, have no backup, no supplies, so
It has shaped the brave and fierce style of General Su Yu who dares to fight and fight
。 Marshal Liu Bocheng, who graduated from the Senior Military Academy, greatly appreciated Su Yu's command skills. In the "Memoirs of Liu Bocheng", it is recorded:
After the liberation, Liu Bocheng commented on Su Yu: Wisdom and courage are both complete, and there is the style of an ancient famous general who wins every battle and a hundred victories, and he is the best general in china.