In 1989, the "Military Volume" of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, which was compiled under the auspices of the Central Military Commission, was officially published, and in this extremely authoritative Encyclopedia of the People's Liberation Army, the Central Military Commission selected thirty-three military experts headed by Chairman Mao on the history of the development of the Chinese revolution.
Of course, in the epic Chinese Revolutionary War, there were countless heroes who made contributions, but these thirty-three people were very representative figures who led the Chinese revolution and could be called the cornerstone of the victory of the Chinese revolution.
It is worth mentioning that five years later, in 1994, the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army combined with the requirements of all parties and added three more people to the Thirty-Three Military Masters, namely Comrades Liu Zhidan, Huang Gongluo and Fang Zhimin, who had already died.
This practice was approved by many people at that time, because the selection of military experts itself was mainly based on marshals and generals, but these three people contributed their lives to the revolution prematurely and failed to persist until the founding of New China.
Moreover, if these three people did not sacrifice their lives to survive to the founding of New China, then if they were not marshals, they were at least general-level figures, so the selection of them as military experts was not only an affirmation of their great merits, but also in line with the strong demands of the Chinese people.
Of course, because of the increase in these three people, since then in the military history of New China, there have been thirty-six famous military experts, which can be described as a good story, but after the thirty-six military experts were officially selected, many people found a puzzling scene according to the ranking order of the military experts.
It turned out that after the thirty-six military experts were officially determined, people found that among the marshals and generals, there were three special military names, they were Ye Ting, Yang Shangkun, and Li Xiannian.
As early as the Nanchang Uprising, he was the commander-in-chief of the former enemy of the rebel army, and he could be called the earliest military commander of the People's Liberation Army, but unfortunately, General Ye Ting and the rebel troops were separated and absent from the agrarian revolutionary war.
But despite this, General Ye Ting, with his prestige during the Great Revolution and his contribution to the Nanchang Uprising, was also enough to bear the title of military man, of course, General Ye Ting suffered an air disaster before the founding of New China, if not, he must be a marshal.
It is also for this reason that Ye Ting ranked before the last general of the marshal, which is also an affirmation of his status as a quasi-marshal, of course, Yang Shangkun, who closely followed Ye Ting's ranking, was also the same reason, because during the agrarian revolutionary war, he was the director of the political department of the Red Army, and later served as the political commissar of the Red Third Army.
Therefore, if Comrade Yang Shangkun confers the title, it is also possible to be a marshal, and the main reason why it is said that there is such a possibility, rather than that he is a quasi-marshal, is that Yang Shangkun had been transferred to the central government to assist Zhou Enlai in his work as early as the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and he left the army earlier, so he himself was not considered for the title when conferring the title.
Therefore, we do not know whether Comrade Yang Shangkun can be awarded the title of marshal, but it is certain that his status is absolutely above that of a general, so ranking him after Ye Ting is actually a manifestation of his special status.
The two military experts we mentioned above, whose ranking is between marshals and generals, actually reflects the comprehensive objectivity and the fair attitude of seeking truth from facts held by the Central Military Commission when selecting military experts, but in addition to these two people, Comrade Li Xiannian is also ranked among marshals and generals, which makes many people question.
This is because when Comrade Li Xiannian conferred the title at the founding congress in 1955, his name was in the preliminary plan for evaluating the selection of senior generals, when the Central Military Commission originally planned that Chairman Mao would be awarded the rank of grand marshal, and there were fourteen generals, in addition to the current ten major generals, there were also four people, Li Xiannian, Tan Zhenlin, Deng Zihui, and Zhang Dingcheng.
However, later, with Chairman Mao's suggestion, those generals who served in the localities after the founding of the People's Republic of China did not evaluate the ranks, which made the generals eventually become ten, but what we can be sure of is that Comrade Li Xiannian is different from Yang Shangkun, he was once a candidate for the title of general, but after the establishment of thirty-six military experts, his ranking exceeded that of the first general Su Yu.
In fact, in 1955, if Li Xiannian won the rank of general, his ranking among the generals could not exceed that of Su Yu, in other words, Su Yu was the first general in the general, which is an ironclad fact and cannot be changed.
However, among the thirty-six military families, the main reason why Li Xiannian ranked ahead of Su Yu was that in 1983, Comrade Li Xiannian served as the president of the state, and Su Yu at that time was only the vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
From here, it is not difficult for us to see that before and after the determination of the thirty-six military experts, Li Xiannian's current position was higher than that of Su Yu, and as we also mentioned above, the selection of military experts is a comprehensive consideration, in this case, it is not difficult for us to understand why Li Xiannian ranked before Su Yu.
Of course, the original intention established by the thirty-six military experts is also to commemorate the revolutionary history that can be sung and wept, so it is impossible to avoid all kinds of considerations, but the author can responsibly tell everyone that if from a military point of view alone, Su Yu's military name can be said to be the most gold-rich among these thirty-six military families.
Because among these thirty-six military families, many people's military achievements are only a certain aspect of personal achievements, and the military is not even a strong point, but Comrade Su Yu is different, his life is almost a life of fighting, as for the weight of its gold content, we still use three facts to speak.
First of all, let's look at the stage of Su Yu's beheading and showing his appearance, everyone knows that during the period of the agrarian revolutionary war, the two fierce generals of our army who were most able to recruit good battles in the Central Soviet Region were Lin Biao of the Red First Army and Peng Dehuai of the Red Third Army, and the victory of the Central Soviet Region in many anti-encirclement and suppression campaigns greatly relied on these two main forces of the Red Army.
However, at that time, Su Yu, compared with Lin Biao Peng Dehuai, could be said to be unknown, and many people did not even know his name, but after the start of the Long March, Su Yu relied on his military talents in the troops left in the Central Soviet Region and gradually won everyone's recognition.
At that time, Su Yu was the chief of staff of the Red Tenth Army, and together with Fang Zhimin, the commander of the Red Tenth Army, led the whole army north to cover the transfer of the Central Red Army, and it was also on the way north that the Red Tenth Army was surrounded by the Kuomintang Wang Yaowu Supplementary Brigade at Tanjiaqiao.
Later, the whole army was almost completely destroyed, and the commander of the regiment, Fang Zhimin, was captured and eventually killed, and only Su Yu led a few people to break out, at this time Su Yu faced a desperate situation, neither any reinforcements, but also lost the connection with the central government.
But it was in this desperate situation that Su Yu stood up, he commanded and led the remaining troops, all the way to Fujian, Zhejiang, and Gansu, and when there was no weapon, they seized from the Kuomintang, and there were no fighters, so they developed and expanded on their own, and they ate and slept all day long, and the degree of difficulty was even greater than that of the Long March, and they always resisted the red flag of the Central Soviet Region.
What is even more admirable is that in this process, he also led the troops to carry out an arduous anti-encirclement and suppression guerrilla war, fought hundreds of battles with the Kuomintang reactionary forces under the leadership of the central authorities, and single-handedly opened up the guerrilla zone in southwest Zhejiang, and developed the troops to nearly a thousand people.
Therefore, from the perspective of the revolutionary conviction of the soldiers, General Su Yu is unmatched, even in a desperate situation, his revolutionary conviction is as firm as iron, and has not wavered in the slightest, and the author has had the privilege of reading the memoirs of General Su Yu, and he still has a fresh memory of this military career, and it seems that in his eyes, the degree of preciousness exceeds the Huaihai Campaign he commanded.
Secondly, in terms of military talent, General Su Yu was recognized as a famous general in the People's Liberation Army, and he commanded countless classic battles in his life, especially during the Liberation War, Su Yu commanded Hua Ye to be invincible and eliminated a large number of elite troops of the Kuomintang.
What is more worth mentioning is that during the Liberation War, he and Chairman Mao had several differences of opinion, but Chairman Mao finally supported Su Yu's decision, and from the perspective of the latter, Su Yu's decision almost changed the course of the Liberation War.
For example, before the Battle of Eastern Henan, Chairman Mao advocated that Su Yu lead his troops across the river, but Su Yu proposed a strategic attempt to eliminate the main kuomintang force in the north of the river, and in the end, Su Yu commanded Huaye and severely damaged the nationalist army in the Battle of Yudong, after which the Kuomintang never took the initiative to launch an attack, which laid the groundwork for the later Decisive Battle of Huaihai.
Needless to say, the Huaihai Campaign itself was a strategic concept put forward by Comrade Su Yu, which eventually changed from xiao Huaihai to large Huaihai, laying the pattern of no war in northern Jiangsu.
Therefore, from the perspective of military servicemen's meritorious service, Su Yu is definitely among the top generals in the People's Liberation Army, and only a few of the generals of our army can be compared with him.
Finally, we would like to talk about a fact about Su Yu, which is his strength and obedience as a military man; as we all know, during the Liberation War, Su Yu resigned his command to Chairman Mao many times and insisted that Chen Yi be the commander.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, General Su Yu was once again transferred out of the army to serve in the Academy of Military Sciences, and even when he later returned to the army, he failed to serve as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, but for these things, Su Yu had no complaints.
Therefore, su Yu, as a real military scientist of the republic, does not care at all about personal honor and disgrace, in his eyes, obeying the party's requirements is the most important, so he has the strength of a military man, and even more has the obedience of a military man, which is the most rare.
After all, in history, many military geniuses have been proud of their talents and have their eyes empty, but Comrade Su Yu is diametrically opposed, not proud of his achievements, and still adheres to his true colors in a simple style, which is rare and valuable.
Combined with the above three facts, among the thirty-six military experts, Su Yu's gold content is naturally self-evident, returning to the main topic, in fact, the Central Military Commission selects military experts, the purpose of which is to let people remember that period of history, so the thirty-six military experts can only be said to carry history, but they cannot fully represent history.
Therefore, for the ranking, we do not have to be too harsh, finally, let us use a sentence of General Su Yu as the end of the article: all successes and failures, experience and lessons, are sacrificed countless martyrs with blood back, this point, we must not forget!