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On the eve of the Battle of Eastern Henan, Su Yu directly opposed Chairman Mao's opinions, but was "promoted".
Before the outbreak of the Eastern Henan Campaign, Su Yu had put forward different opinions to the central government, which caused serious discussions among many leaders. And his views are completely different from Chairman Mao's.
Su Yu's opinion was very bold, and after the relevant leaders learned about it, they decided to give him a "promotion". However, this decision of the central government made Su Yu feel very worried.
General Su Yu made outstanding achievements in his life, and his revolutionary friendship with Chairman Mao was even deeper. In the relationship between the two, they have also left many wonderful stories.
In 1961, when Chairman Mao met with the famous British general Marley in Wuhan, he bluntly praised him: "Among the commanders of our army, Su Yu is the best general at fighting." ”
As one of the supreme commanders of the East China Battlefield during the Liberation War. Su Yu made decisions at many critical moments, and put forward different opinions to Chairman Mao four times, which ultimately promoted the rapid development of the overall war situation.
The ideological collision between Chairman Mao and Su Yu is also a wonderful chapter in the history of our army's war. Among them, Su Yu insisted on judgment, and the story of "three admonitions" made many people admire.
During the War of Liberation, Su Yu first put forward different strategic opinions to Chairman Mao, which can be traced back to the summer of 1946.
At that time, the overall situation of the Communist Party was not clear, and Chiang Kai-shek pressed most of his troops and horses in an all-round way, preparing to launch an attack on the major liberated areas.
In June 1946, in the face of Chiang Kai-shek's military pressure, Chairman Mao, after careful research and judgment, decided to take the initiative to attack from the outside line, and strive to crush the enemy's arrogance with a victory.
Therefore, Chairman Mao ordered the mobilization of the three armies of Taihang, Shandong, and Central China to prepare for a big war in the south.
Among them, the order of the Central China Field Army was even clearer, and the higher authorities asked Su Yu to lead the main force of no less than 15 regiments to leave the Soviet-Chinese base area and go west to cooperate with Marshal Chen Yi's Shandong troops.
At this time, Su Yu was ready to face Chiang Kai-shek head-on. After receiving Chairman Mao's telegram, he quickly convened a meeting with the military leaders around him.
In the meeting, Su Yu was not thinking about how to carry out Chairman Mao's orders, but was considering whether it was feasible not to carry out Chairman Mao's orders.
The Soviet-Chinese base areas have been established for a long time, and the Communist Party has a very good mass base, and it is perfect in terms of material supply and strategic response.
Su Yu believed that now in the vicinity of the Soviet-Chinese base area, facing a large number of Chiang Kai-shek's troops and horses, if he refused Chairman Mao's order and stayed there to continue the battle, he could more effectively annihilate the enemy.
After detailed discussions, Su Yu reached an agreement with the military leaders around him. But how to report to the Central Military Commission and get Chairman Mao to agree to this plan is also a difficult matter to handle.
After careful consideration, Su Yu decided to report to the superior leaders first, and then convey his opinions to Chairman Mao. After Marshal Chen Yi learned of this, he also agreed with this strategic view and quickly conveyed it to the central government.
Within a few days, Chairman Mao received a telegram from Su Yu. However, the relevant combat orders have already been issued, and if they are hastily adjusted, I am afraid that it will cause problems.
Therefore, Chairman Mao did not make a decision at the first time. After asking the opinions of Marshal Chen Yi and others in detail, he decided to change the plan and follow Su Yu's strategic advice.
In July 1946, the Central Committee issued a clear instruction to Su Yu to fight on the inner front in the Soviet-Central region, strive to win several battles, and find the enemy's weak points.
After learning that the central authorities had agreed to change the battle plan, Su Yu's heart was very excited. In the face of the enemy's army four times that of the Kuomintang, Su Yu won a surprising victory and won many battles one after another.
After Su Yu had an advantage in the battle situation in the Soviet Union and Central China, he asked his superiors for orders to increase the number of soldiers and horses, but was rejected by Marshal Chen Yi. For this reason, he insisted on asking for his life many times, and used the words "courage to speak up".
After Chairman Mao thought about it, he chose to agree to Su Yu's suggestion, and ordered Marshal Chen Yi to cooperate as much as possible, and in the end, Su Yu set a brilliant record of seven battles and seven victories, annihilating more than 50,000 enemies.
Chairman Mao even changed his strategy and took the Soviet-central region as the main direction of the operation. And after a period of time, Su Yu actually proposed a different proposal to the central government. So, what did Su Yu say?
In 1948, Su Yu put forward different opinions to the Central Committee, which made Chairman Mao feel embarrassed, and the final result was amazing.
In July 1947, the War of Liberation was in a critical period of transition from offensive to defensive. According to the judgment of the situation, Chairman Mao decided to mobilize the five columns of the East China Field Army, Liu Deng's army, and the three-way army led by Chen Geng.
These three groups marched in three directions, coordinated with each other, and made every effort to counterattack Chiang Kai-shek's defensive deployment. In the words of Chairman Mao:
Chiang Kai-shek hit one fist at Shandong and one fist at northern Shaanxi, but his chest was exposed. We're going to hold his two fists and stick the steel knife in the middle!"
Chairman Mao's battle plan was very perfect, but the men and horses of the five corps of Huaye failed to open up a good situation in the southwest of Shandong, and even dragged Liu Deng's army into danger.
Chiang Kai-shek seized the opportunity and mobilized more than 100,000 men and horses in an attempt to encircle Liu Deng's army. After the Central Military Commission learned of this, it was ready to transfer Su Yu to southwest Lu and command the five columns of Huaye to fight.
Su Yu faced the heavy responsibility entrusted by his superiors, and did not dare to slack off. After careful consideration, he decided to divide the East China Field Army into two corps, the East and the West, with the West Corps going to southwest Lu to participate in the war, and the East Corps staying in place to fight.
On August 8, 1947, after obtaining the approval of the central leadership, Su Yu led the Western Corps to begin the march. However, on the way to the army, he suddenly received a telegram from his superiors, and learned the next battle plan.
The superiors hoped that Su Yu would fight on the inner line, and that he could not easily expand the scope of the operation and leave the south of Longhai. He needs to cooperate from the opposite direction of Liu Deng's army to contain the enemy in his favor, so as to reduce the pressure on friendly forces.
But after thinking about it carefully, Su Yu felt that this plan was not very perfect. As the situation of the battle changed, he believed that it would be more appropriate to expand the combat area to the south of Longhai, break through the enemy's defensive line, and coerce Xuzhou.
However, this opinion is obviously different from the thinking of the central leadership. So, Su Yu considered the overall situation, wrote his thoughts and opinions on paper without reservation, and sent them to Chairman Mao.
This time, Chairman Mao looked at the report in his hand and thought about it for six days. After detailed discussion and study, Chairman Mao decided to completely agree with Su Yu's opinion.
The operational scope of the Huaye West Corps was changed, and Su Yu was even commended by his superiors, and the battle plan was also recognized as the "most correct opinion."
At the same time, the situation of Liu Deng's army became more and more difficult. Su Yu couldn't sleep all night, constantly thinking about strategic plans, hoping to find a favorable fighter.
In September 1947, Su Yu finally found a suitable opportunity and mobilized heavy troops to gather in the Shatuji area of Shandong Province to prepare for an attack on the Kuomintang 57th Division.
After several days of hard fighting, the PLA won a complete victory. The Kuomintang army was annihilated by nearly 10,000 people, and even the division commander and brigade commander were successfully captured alive by Su Yu.
The result of the Battle of Shatuji made the pressure on Liu Deng's army drop sharply. In addition to this, this battle was also a turning point in the War of Liberation.
Since then, our army has made a leap from the inner line to the outer front in the East China War, and the PLA has shown an all-out offensive trend, posing a more oppressive threat to the enemy army.
However, this was not the most resolute time that General Su Yu opposed the central directive. In the face of Chairman Mao's plan to cross the Yangtze River and march south, Su Yuli ignored public opinion and always expressed his opposition.
At that time, although the Kuomintang army had lost its overall advantage, in the Central Plains, Chiang Kai-shek still had a large number of soldiers and horses, and maintained a tug-of-war with the PLA.
How to break the deadlock in the Central Plains battlefield is a difficult problem in the minds of many military leaders. In Su Yu's eyes, he had already thought of a new battle plan.
Su Yu believed that as long as we gathered some troops and horses in the Central Plains, fought a few tough battles, and cooperated with the People's Liberation Army in East China and other places to fight a war of annihilation against the enemy, we could effectively change the unfavorable situation in the Central Plains battlefield.
However, at this time, the Central Military Commission had already prepared a plan for the southern crossing, and was not ready to start a full-scale war with Chiang Kai-shek in the Central Plains. Obviously, Su Yu's ideas once again formed a contrary situation to the central leadership.
In order to change the situation in the Central Plains, Su Yu reported his opinions to Chairman Mao. The preliminary plan for the Eastern Henan Campaign also gradually took shape in his mind.
So, what did Su Yu say before the battle began?
In 1948, Su Yu was "promoted" against the opinions of the central leadership, and the reasons behind it made him deeply worried.
In January 1948, the central leadership held a meeting in northern Shaanxi and decided to let Su Yu lead three columns across the Yangtze River to carry out further combat missions.
And in Su Yu's heart, he still has the strategic idea of fighting a war of annihilation. After careful consideration, he decided to report his idea to Chairman Mao, and wrote a telegram of several thousand words, which is also known as "Ziyang Electricity".
As for the meaning of "Ziyang Electricity", it is actually based on the name that the earthly branch of the telegraph is the month and the finals are the day. The simple meaning is the telegram of January 22.
However, due to Su Yu's special reasons, this telegram has become a precious historical material and has an important impact on the development of the Liberation War.
In the telegram, General Su Yu pointed out in detail the current operational situation and the direction of future strategic development. He very much hoped that a war of annihilation could be fought in the Central Plains, and that the central government would change its strategy.
Chairman Mao attached great importance to this telegram, and after carefully considering every word, circling it in detail, he handed it over to Premier Zhou and others to watch, and asked them to discuss the results and then reconsider them before entering.
Although the central leaders carefully studied and discussed, Su Yu's opinion still had not been approved. As a result, the original plan was not changed, and Su Yu still had to lead three columns to cross the river to fight.
After the new order was issued, Su Yu, after three days of study and reflection, wrote a telegram of 2,000 words again, explaining the issue of crossing the river to the south.
At the same time, Su Yu elaborated in more detail on the views in "Ziyang Dian". Chairman Mao attached great importance to this telegram, and even left Marshal Chen Yi, who was about to leave, to meet and discuss it many times.
However, for the second time, the central leadership rejected Su Yu's opinion. Things have developed to such a point that if Su Yu directly opposes the central order, the impact will be extremely bad.
With infinite thoughts in his heart, Su Yu could only accept the appointment and temporarily act according to the transfer of the central government. Although the order was being carried out normally, the troops had not yet completely moved south, and he still did not give up the original strategic concept in his heart.
On April 18, 1948, Su Yu exchanged his ideas with Marshal Chen Yi and the leaders of Liu Deng's army, and then reported it to Chairman Mao again.
This time, Su Yu asked the three columns in his hands not to move for the time being, but to stay in the Central Plains region, and strive to successfully fight several battles of annihilation.
In the face of Su Yu's three requests, Chairman Mao immediately decided to ask Su Yu and others to go to the central location to discuss the next battle plan in person. The research question of the meeting was "how the Chen Su Corps should act."
After Su Yu and the others received the order from their superiors, they hurried to Xibaipo and other places. And Chairman Mao, who rarely goes out to greet his comrades, also made an exception to stop and wait outside the door.
After the two met, Chairman Mao was particularly happy. After a brief exchange, the relevant meeting officially began. Premier Zhou, Liu Shaoqi, Marshal Zhu De and other leaders all attended the meeting.
In the end, after Su Yu's continuous efforts, the central authorities discussed and decided not to allow Su Yu's three columns to cross the river for the time being, and the marching plan of the rest of the troops was not revised for the time being.
Not only that, but the central leaders transferred Marshal Chen Yi to the Central Plains Military Region and handed over all the government affairs of Huaye to Su Yu. In other words, after Su Yu put forward a different opinion, he was unexpectedly "promoted" because of this.
But Su Yu's heart was very worried, because he was under a lot of pressure, and if the originally expected battle plan was not completed, the consequences he faced could be imagined.
At that time, the situation in the Central Plains battlefield was relatively grim, Chiang Kai-shek's troops pressed the border, and Su Yu's soldiers and horses were not many. For this reason, he could only formulate a surprise attack plan, and took Kaifeng by surprise, destroying more than 30,000 enemies.
After the loss of Kaifeng, Chiang Kai-shek was shocked. The Kuomintang army was not well reinforced, and more than 10,000 people were annihilated by Su Yu. At this time, the first phase of the Eastern Henan Campaign was basically over.
After that, Su Yu was not afraid of difficulties, continuously commanded the troops to fight, led the enemy into the encirclement, and successfully annihilated the Shounian Corps and other units.
During the Eastern Henan Campaign, Su Yu commanded operations and annihilated nearly 100,000 enemies. He not only fought in the Central Plains, but also successfully set a legendary record in the War of Liberation.
After this battle, the more important Huaihai Battle also gradually began under the command of Su Yu. This was a battle that changed the fate of the Kuomintang and the beginning of the Communist Party's march to a complete victory.
Although Su Yu repeatedly raised different opinions to the central government, the brilliant results he created were enough to prove his outstanding military ability.
In the entire war of liberation, Su Yu played an important role. His military talent and perseverance made indelible contributions to the cause of liberation of the Chinese people.
His ideas and strategic ideas have also left a profound imprint in the long river of history and have become an important chapter in the history of China's revolutionary war, which has been passed down for a long time.
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