One day in June 1945, a hearty laugh came from Chairman Mao's cave.
When Zhou Enlai came to find out, Chairman Mao took the "good news" in his hand and said very far-sightedly: "Comrade Su Yu can command an army of 4.5 million in the future." ”
Hearing this evaluation, Zhou Enlai was very surprised, and he hurriedly took the good news in Chairman Mao's hand and read it.
It turned out that it was Su Yu who commanded the troops of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Regions to achieve three successive great victories in the Tianmu Mountain area and dealt a severe blow to the Kuomintang reactionaries.
Especially in the Third Battle of Tianmu Mountain, Su Yu faced the situation of outnumbered enemies, boldly lured the enemy deep, broke through each one, and annihilated the enemy in motion, which was especially appreciated by Chairman Mao.
It is precisely because of this that Chairman Mao gave Su Yu such a high evaluation.
In 1945, Su Yu defeated more than 70,000 people with only 20,000 people under his command, and was able to create such a miracle, which can be seen in Su Yu's own military command ability.
However, as the saying goes: "one good man and three gangs", Su Yu was able to win three battles of Tianmu Mountain, especially in the third battle of Tianmu Mountain, annihilating thousands of enemies and capturing more than 6,800 people, which was actually not his work alone.
In the Third Battle of Tianmu Mountain, Su Yu had a capable assistant.
It was the painstaking efforts of this assistant that led to Su Yu's great victory.
This person was Han Zhenji, then chief of staff of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Military Region.
After commanding the Third Battle of Tianmu Mountain, Su Yu was full of confidence and prepared to fight another big battle, and soon after, the New Fourth Army asked the Soviet and Zhejiang Military Region to send people to the military headquarters to report the work.
Su Yu sent Han Zhenji there.
What is confusing is that after Han Zhenji went to the military headquarters to report this time, he never returned to Su Yu, but went to serve in the second division of the New Fourth Army.
When the news reached Su Yu's ears, he was a little stunned for a while.
Han Zhenji did not work with Su Yu for a long time, only two months, but during these two months, Su Yu fully understood Han Zhenji and firmly believed that he was a qualified chief of staff.
From this point of view, Han Zhenji can get Su Yu's such appreciation, which shows his strong ability.
Su Yu also knew in his heart that at this time, the War of Resistance was nearing its end, and there might be a civil war next, or maybe not, but if he wanted to fight, then he would definitely show his strength in East China, and for himself, the future was promising.
And Han Zhenji, as his chief of staff, will also have a bright future, so why did Han Zhenji leave his side?
In fact, Han Zhenji did not understand this truth, from the previous Battle of Cheqiao and the Battle of Huangqiao, although Han Zhenji did not work with Su Yu at that time, but with his vicious vision, he has long seen that Su Yu is very human, and will definitely become one of the top generals in our army in the future.
Of course, Han Zhenji understood that if he had been following Su Yu's side and being his chief of staff, then his future would definitely be much better.
But after thinking about it, Han Zhenji still chose to leave.
Su Yu was very puzzled by Han Zhenji's quiet departure, but later due to frequent wars and the distance between the two, Su Yu never had the opportunity to ask Han Zhenji why he left him.
This doubt has been in Su Yu's heart for 12 years.
In 1957, the 40th anniversary of the October Revolution, the mainland sent a military delegation headed by Peng Dehuai to participate, and Su Yu, then chief of the General Staff, was among the deputies.
Han Zhenji was now serving as military attaché at the Chinese Embassy in the Soviet Union, where Su Yu unsurprisingly met Han Zhenji after many years.
It had been 12 years since the third Battle of Tianmu Mountain that year, and Su Yu thought about it, but still did not understand why Han Zhenji left him at that time and went to serve elsewhere.
Seeing Su Yu again, Han Zhenji was also very excited.
After some pleasantries, Su Yu finally asked the doubts that had been in his heart for 12 years, and he said: "Back then, we had a good partner, why did you leave suddenly?" ”
Han Zhenji looked at Su Yu and did not speak for a while, his memory seemed to return to the war-torn years.
After a while, Han Zhenji said something lightly.
Su Yu was a little stunned after hearing this, and then he looked at Han Zhenji's gaze and admired it a little more.
Why did Han Zhenji leave Su Yu back then? When Su Yu asked, how did Han Zhenji answer?
Ningdu revolted and went to the light
In 1905, Han Zhenji was born in a feudal family in Donglin Village, Gaoyi County, Hebei Province, for Han Zhenji in childhood, although the family was filled with a strong feudal atmosphere all day, but at the same time, it also gave him a good growth environment.
With the support of his family, Han Zhenji went to elementary school and high school, and it was when he was studying abroad that he received education on new revolutionary ideas.
In 1919, the "May Fourth Movement" swept the country, and as a young man with knowledge and pursuit, Han Zhenji immediately threw himself into it and shouted for the country.
Under the baptism of the "May Fourth Movement", Han Zhenji's life was completely new.
A year later, Han Zhenji was admitted to the Zhizhi Jia Industrial School, where Han Zhenji had a broader world, and he had more contact with revolutionary ideas.
It is because of this that in the end, Han Zhenji gave up his idea of getting ahead by reading, and he decided to write and follow Rong.
In 1924, Han Zhenji was admitted to the Baoding Army Lecture Hall, and since then he has embarked on his revolutionary military career.
The school's studies were busy and rushed, but fortunately, Han Zhenji was indeed a "top student", and these problems were not difficult for him, and because of this, after he graduated from the Lecture Martial Hall, he was immediately arranged as a brigade trainee staff officer.
In the following years, Han Zhenji served in the Kuomintang troops, successively serving as a staff officer of the division headquarters and a staff member of the general headquarters of the group army.
In 1930, Han Zhenji was transferred to the 26th Route Army as a staff officer of the headquarters.
At that time, Han Zhenji did not expect that since the moment he came to the 26th Route Army, his fate had changed dramatically.
In 1931, under the leadership of Zhao Bosheng, Dong Zhentang and others, 17,000 people of the Kuomintang 26th Route Army held the Ningdu Uprising and defected to the Red Army.
Han Zhenji is one of them.
In fact, as early as before, Han Zhenji was dissatisfied with the Kuomintang troops, and at this time the "918 Incident" had broken out, and under Chiang Kai-shek's order, the Kuomintang troops did not fight foreign enemies, but continued to "encircle and suppress" the Red Army, which made the young and vigorous Han Zhenji particularly angry.
Therefore, when carrying out the liaison work for the Ningdu Uprising, Han Zhenji volunteered and did a lot of preparatory work before the uprising.
The Ningdu Uprising, the Kuomintang 26th Route Army was organized into the Red Fifth Army Corps, and Han Zhenji's life also turned a new page.
Give Su Yu as chief of staff
After that, due to Han Zhenji's excellent staff ability, he was successively promoted by his superiors, and by the Long March period, Han Zhenji was appointed chief of staff of the cadre regiment of the Military Commission.
At that time, Chen Geng was the head of the cadre regiment, and the members of these cadre regiments were all cadres in the Red Army.
As a general who came out of the "Ningdu Uprising", Han Zhenji received such trust from the Party Central Committee and served as the chief of staff of the cadre regiment, which shows the trust and importance of his superiors in Han Zhenji.
In this regard, Han Zhenji himself actually knows very well in his heart, and he also silently cheers himself up, the party organization trusts him so much, then the only thing he can do is to continue to do his staff work well and contribute to the revolutionary cause.
After the Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, Han Zhenji was again given a heavy task.
Rare stability arose after the Party Central Committee moved to northern Shaanxi, when northeastern China, as well as much of northern China, was occupied by Japanese troops.
With the passage of time, the war of nations has become the most important matter.
In order to train talents for the revolution, the party organization renamed the Red Army University as the "Chinese Civil Anti-Japanese Military and Political University" and welcomed students from all over the country to sign up for study.
Han Zhenji had outstanding ability and was selected as a captain and military instructor.
Soon, the Lugou Bridge Incident broke out, and Han Zhenji's stable days were broken again.
After the outbreak of the All-Out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, after many negotiations between our Party and the Kuomintang, the Kuomintang finally gave our army the establishment of three divisions, for which many generals of our army had to be downgraded.
Han Zhenji was appointed deputy commander of the 687th Regiment of the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army.
The predecessor of the 344th Brigade was formed by the Red 25th Army and the Northern Shaanxi Red Army, and its brigade commander was Xu Haidong, the "Xu Laohu" who made the enemy fearful.
At that time, the 344th Brigade had two regiments, namely the 687th Regiment and the 688th Regiment, and was able to become the deputy commander of the 687th Regiment, which shows that Han Zhenji's ability is not ordinary.
Han Zhenji's ability is to be a staff officer and an assistant, precisely because his superiors trust him very much, so Han Zhenji successively served as Zuo Quan, Huang Kecheng's chief of staff.
It turns out that Han Zhenji really lives up to his name, and he assisted them well.
In 1942, Han Zhenji was transferred to the Second Division of the New Fourth Army as chief of staff, and Zhang Yunyi (founding general) served as the division commander
Zhang Yunyi was very happy with Han Zhenji's arrival, and after that, due to the slow military production of the troops, Zhang Yunyi thought about it and let Han Zhenji take the lead in military production.
Han Zhenji is worthy of being a multi-faceted talent, he can make correct judgments on the battlefield, successfully complete his responsibilities as a chief of staff, and in military production, Han Zhenji is also open.
Under his leadership, the military production of the 2nd Division developed rapidly at one time, becoming the "leader" among other fraternal units
The superiors saw that Han Zhenji was so capable, and coupled with the fact that our army's weapons and equipment were very scarce at this time, they decided to put a burden on Han Zhenji and asked him to serve as the head of the military industry department of the New Fourth Army.
In 1945, Han Zhenji came to the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to prepare for the establishment of the New Fourth Army military production.
At this time, Su Yuzheng led the troops of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Regions to fight here.
Soon, under the leadership of Ye Fei, Han Zhenji met Su Yu, the "Changsheng General" who had long admired the daimyo
For Han Zhenji, Su Yu has actually heard about it for a long time, he believes that Han Zhenji has a strong staff ability and should be a very good chief of staff, at this time he is busy commanding the battle of Tianmu Mountain and urgently needs capable generals.
Therefore, Su Yu proposed that Han Zhenji be his chief of staff to advise him.
The higher authorities knew about the "urgent need" of the Soviet and Zhejiang Military Districts and immediately agreed.
Thus, Han Zhenji came to Su Yu's side and served as his chief of staff.
Han Zhenji was worthy of being a top "staff talent", and after he took up the post of chief of staff of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Regions, he quickly put forward constructive suggestions to Su Yu, such as: In the face of a stubborn enemy, you can send troops to harass them in many places, lure them out, and then select the main force among them to divide and annihilate.
Han Zhenji's suggestion has an indelible credit to the third battle of Tianmu Mountain planned by Su Yu.
Subsequently, with their joint cooperation, Su Yu perfectly commanded the Third Battle of Tianmu Mountain, annihilating thousands of enemies and capturing more than 6,800 people.
It is precisely because of this that Chairman Mao gave Su Yu a high evaluation.
After the war, Han Zhenji was ordered to report to the military headquarters, but Su Yu did not expect that Han Zhenji would not return.
Su Yu learned the reason and suddenly realized
After Han Zhenji came to the military headquarters to report on his work, the military department asked whether he was willing to continue to serve as Su Yu's chief of staff in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Regions.
Han Zhenji thought about it and finally chose to refuse.
The reason is that Han Zhenji knew that he was the chief of staff because of the needs of the soldiers, and he should leave when the war was over.
If he does not leave, I am afraid that it will have a greater impact on the previous chief of staff, Liu Xiansheng.
In fact, Liu Xiansheng's qualifications in our army are not low.
Liu Xiansheng participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising led by Chairman Mao in the early years, and was a proper cadre who came out of Jinggangshan.
Han Zhenji actually wanted to be Su Yu's chief of staff, but he finally chose to refuse when he considered that if he became chief of staff, it would greatly affect Liu Xiansheng's military career.
This reason, Han Zhenji did not tell Su Yu.
Therefore, Su Yu has always been in a doubtful attitude towards Han Zhenji's quiet resignation.
During the Liberation War, Han Zhenji successively served as the director of the Military Industry Department of the General Headquarters of the Northeast People's Autonomous Army and the director of the Military Industry Department of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army.
In 1949, Han Zhenji was assigned to work in the local area, and his position was not as high as when he was in the army.
Some old comrades-in-arms couldn't stand it, so Han Zhenji said: "I took off my leather shoes for straw shoes, I want to be an official, I won't join the Red Army back then!" ”
For Han Zhenji's attitude towards the High Wind and Bright Festival, many people expressed their admiration.
In 1955, Han Zhenji came to the Soviet Union and served as military attaché at the mainland embassy in the Soviet Union.
Two years later, Su Yu came to the Soviet Union.
Goodbye to his old comrade-in-arms 12 years ago, Su Yu was very excited, and at the same time asked the doubts in his heart for many years: "Why didn't you want to be my chief of staff back then?" ”
Han Zhenji: "Don't take the credit of others." ”
After hearing this, Su Yu suddenly realized, and looked at Han Zhenji's gaze, with a lot of admiration.