In 1970, when Su Yu, then vice minister of defense, visited the Congo, accompanied by a tour guide, he visited the Normandy landing site of World War II, but the next three questions that Su Yu asked in succession made the French tour guide present confused.
In June 1970, Su Yu, then Vice Minister of National Defense, led a Chinese military delegation to visit Congo, and after the visit, on the way back home, Su Yu made a short stop in Paris.
Su Yu did not go on a sightseeing trip, but went to the site of the Normandy Landing Battle that he had longed for a long time.
At the Normandy landing site, after some observation, Su Yu raised his three doubts to the tour guide next to him.
"Why did the artificial port built by the Allies in Normandy float?"
"How big is the volume of the cement pier? Is it the same size? ”
"If the artificial port can float, how is it fixed?"
This series of questions can be said to have confused the French tour guide, and he could not answer such a professional question as Su Yu at all, because he had not understood the specific battles of that year.
Su Yu saw that the tour guide could not answer, so he went down to the beach to investigate, and after some investigation, Su Yu finally found an answer that satisfied him.
It turned out that the Normandy landing was an artificial port built by the Allies by caissons, shipwrecks, and cross steel, and it was precisely because of this that the Allied sappers were able to complete this landing battle that has been recorded in history with these tools that have long been placed.
So why would Su Yu be so interested in the Normandy landings? This brings us to the biggest regret of Su Yu's life.
It turned out that Su Yu had been appointed as the commander-in-chief of the liberation of Taiwan as early as after the founding of New China, and since then he has begun to think about the Taiwan issue.
However, due to various reasons, some seemingly reasonable landing plans in Taiwan were overturned by Su Yu, and this time he looked at the Normandy landing battle, which was also Su Yu wanted to get some inspiration from it.
You must know that Su Yu's combat style has always been fierce and decisive, daring to take risks and make difficulties, but Su Yu understands that attacking Taiwan is not as simple as it seems.
As early as the Time of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, some people suggested taking the opportunity to attack Taiwan, but Su Yu believed that naval warfare was not like a land war, let alone a 60% or 70% certainty, even if it was 80% or 90%, and it was necessary to be 100% sure that he could only go to war.
At that time, our army's air force and navy were weak, and even if the army successfully landed, it was very likely that the entire army would be destroyed due to the loss of air and sea supremacy.
In this way, the matter of liberating Taiwan has always haunted Su Yu's heart, and the lesson of the defeat of Kinmen is really too profound for Su Yu, so no matter where he goes, all he thinks about is how to liberate Taiwan with the least loss.
In 1978, Su Yu also applied to the central authorities on many occasions, saying that he was still old and strong, and that he could go to the front line at any time to liberate Taiwan and consolidate the motherland's national defense cause.
Unfortunately, this dream of liberating Taiwan did not come true until 1984, when Su Yu died of illness, which became the regret of General Su Yu's life.
