Sanye, known as Huaye before 1949, can be described as a tiger general in the army.
Well-known tiger generals include Xu Shiyou, Song Shilun, Chen Shiyu, Ye Fei, Wang Jian'an, Tao Yong, Wang Bicheng and others.
However, among these tiger generals, Xu Shiyou, Song Shilun, Chen Shiyu and others were very convinced of Chen Yi, but they were not convinced by Su Yu for a long time, especially Xu Shiyou and Song Shilun, two tiger generals.
Why is that?
You must know that Su Yu's command ability is stronger than Chen Yi's!
Let's take a closer look.
1. In terms of qualifications, Su Yu is too poor Chen Yi
From ancient times to the present, from domestic to international, no matter where you go, you have to talk about qualifications, and those with deep qualifications can often add points to command, while those with low qualifications can convince others is difficult.
Chen Yi and Mr. Chen's qualifications are too deep, he was in the later stage of the Nanchang Uprising, and he was one of the three giants of Jinggangshan (Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Chen Yi), who had served as the first commander of the New Fourth Army, and before the merger of Shanye and Central China Field Army, he was the commander of the Shandong Military Region and the first commander of the Shandong Field Army.
It can be said that Chen Yi's resume completely crushed the invincible tiger generals under his command, such as Xu Shiyou, Song Shilun, Chen Shiyu and others, who are far inferior to him.
Such Chen Yi, even if those tiger generals are proud to the bones, they have to say a big word "service"!
If we look at Su Yu again, it seems that his experience is also extraordinary, very profound, he participated in the Nanchang Uprising, went to Jinggangshan, served as the chief of staff of the Seventh Army Corps, served as the commander of the detachment of the New Fourth Army, and also served as the commander of the Central China Field Army.
However, compared to Chen Yi, Su Yu's qualifications are still incomparable. Su Yu was a platoon commander during the Nanchang Uprising, and a company commander during the Jinggangshan period.
Su Yu's qualifications should be the same as Xu Shiyou, and he was slightly higher than Xu Shiyou in the later period.
Xu Shiyou participated in the Jute Uprising, and once served as the commander of the Red Fourth Army in the Red Fourth Front Army, which was basically the same level as Peng Dehuai and Lin Shuai at that time (when the Red First and Red Fourth Front Armies met, Peng Dehuai was the commander of the Red Third Army, and Lin Shuai was the commander of the Red First Army).
During the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Shiyou was the deputy brigade commander and Chen Geng's deputy, and Su Yu at that time was on the same level...... Xu Shiyou has such qualifications, how can he convince Su Yu, who is one year younger than him?
Let's take a look at Song Shilun's qualifications.
The Song Dynasty was relatively bumpy, there were ups and downs during the agrarian revolution, and during the War of Resistance Against Japan, he also had a position similar to Su Yu's at that time.
After the establishment of the Shandong Field Army, Song Shilun could be said to have great power as the chief of staff, because the military planning and command ability of Chen Yi, the commander of the mountains at that time, was not strong, and the military ability of the political commissar was also average, so Song Shilun became the military leader of the mountain headquarters.
It can be said that before the merger of the Shandong Field Army and the Central China Field Army, Song Shilun's status in the Shandong Field Army was quite high, and it was precisely because of the merger of the two field armies that Song Shilun was transferred from the leading team of the mountains to the commander of the 10th Column.
Such a Song Shilun naturally has a reason to be unconvinced by Su Yu.
2, due to his personality, Chen Yi has a hot temper, and Su Yu is softer
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As a leader of one party, he must act resolutely, dare to manage and criticize, and not be afraid to take responsibility.
Therefore, the personality of most leaders is very prominent.
Chen Yi has deep qualifications, a hot temper, and he must do what he orders, and he did not discuss this matter back and forth with his subordinates.
Before the battle of Menglianggu, Xu Shiyou questioned the orders of Su Yu, the deputy commander of Huaye, on the phone, and argued in various ways. Seeing that the situation was not right, Chen Yi took the phone in Su Yu's hand, and criticized Xu Shiyou, Xu Shiyou immediately became a "good tiger" and unconditionally carried out the order.
Everyone understands and experiences Mr. Chen's fiery temper, and everyone will quickly implement it after listening to it, so as not to be criticized.
What kind of character is Su Yu?
He is kind-hearted, low-key, and has a bad temper, and always arranges various jobs for his subordinates in a steady and gentle voice.
Such a character is often susceptible to the verbal impact of his subordinates, not to mention Xu Shiyou, Song Shilun before the Battle of Jinan, even directly rejected Su Yu's arrangement at the pre-war meeting.
What to do?
At that time, Chen Yi was in Zhongye, and Su Yu had no choice but to report the situation directly to the Military Commission.
Chairman Mao was angry, and he wanted to get rid of Song Shilun directly. Later, it was Song Shilun who apologized, Su Yu and Tan Zhenlin said a lot of good things, and the Military Commission gave Song Shilun a chance to "make meritorious contributions".
Disobedience before the war was a taboo, and it is conceivable how big the mistake of the Song Shi wheel collided with Su Yu at that time.
Therefore, a strong personality may make it easier to convince subordinates, and a stable personality is easy to cause resistance from subordinates.
3. At that time, Su Yu's rise was not long
In the army, in order to convince your subordinates, it is important to have a good record.
As tiger generals, they all have outstanding achievements, Xu Shiyou and Song Shilun have long been famous, and Mao Zedong appreciates them very much.
Su Yu did not participate in the Long March, and fought a small-scale guerrilla war for three years in the mountainous areas at the junction of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi. After the start of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the combat strength of the New Fourth Army could not be compared with the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
In the middle and late stages of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, with the gradual growth of the team, Su Yu's military ability was gradually revealed. But those tiger generals are not idle!
The War of Liberation began in June 1946 and ended in just over half a year from the beginning of 1947 when the Shanye and Central China Field Armies were merged. Although Su Yu has won some battles in the past half a year, he still can't make the tiger generals admire the five-body throw, after all, everyone is not bad.
Because Su Yu's rise was late, the time to fully prove himself was limited, which also made the tiger generals unable to be convinced from the heart.
However, with the victory of the big battles, the tiger generals admired Su Yu more and more, especially after the Huaihai Campaign, no one questioned Su Yu's superb command ability.
After the Huaihai Campaign, Chairman Mao said: In the Huaihai Campaign, Su Yu made the first contribution!
Just this sentence has spread all over the PLA, who is still not convinced? Who dares to disagree?
When the Kuomintang army heard that the opponent was Su Yu, they all changed color, and famous generals such as Wang Yaowu, Zhang Lingfu, and Xue Yue were defeated by Su Yu.
Who can compare with this level? I'm afraid that only the one who led a million tigers into the customs!
In short, some tiger generals in Huaye were not convinced by Su Yu in the early days, which was nothing more than three reasons, one was that Su Yu's qualifications were not deep enough, the second was that Su Yu had a good temper and a relatively soft personality, and the third was that Su Yu's rise was late.