Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou, and President Zhu have cooperated closely for decades to create a pinnacle model of close cooperation among great politicians, military experts, and revolutionaries in the entire history of mankind! Their great deeds have been famous throughout the ages, and they shine with the sun and the moon! It can be said: Ze was sung by the East, Engai Shenzhou, Deying all over the world, and sang through the ages!
Zhu De was born on December 1, 1886, a native of Yilong County, Nanchong, Sichuan, and had deep military attainments. He graduated from the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall and participated in the armed uprising of the Xinhai Revolution in Yunnan in October 1911. In December 1915, he participated in the war against Yuan Shikai's restoration of the imperial system. In July 1917, he was appointed brigade commander of the Dian Army. That is to say, as early as 10 years before the founding of our army, Zhu De was a senior officer in the army, and his seniority was too deep.
As one of the main founders of the people's army, Zhu De served as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and the commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Liberation Army during the period of the New Democratic Revolution.
Zhu De not only fought fiercely, but also had a discerning eye, and the initial appearance of Lin Biao and Su Yu, the two major military gods of our army, was zhu De's contribution.
Lin Biao was born in 1907 in Tuanfeng County, Huanggang, Hubei Province. In October 1926, after graduating from the 4th phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, Lin Biao served as a platoon leader in the Ye Ting Independent Regiment of the National Revolutionary Army, and when he participated in the Nanchang Uprising in August 1927, Lin Biao was the commander of the 7th Company of the 23rd Regiment of the 25th Division of the 11th Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
As we all know, the Nanchang Uprising failed, and the remaining 800 people, commanded by Zhu De, moved from northern Guangdong to Yizhang County in southern Hunan and launched the Shonan Uprising in January 1928. The rebel army was renamed the "First Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army", with Zhu De as the division commander, Chen Yi as the party representative, and Wang Erzhu as the chief of staff.
At this time, Lin Biao was still a company commander, and he was then the commander of the 2nd Company of the 1st Battalion of the First Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army.
In Shonan Province, Lin Biao led a company to escort the logistics reinforcements, but they were unexpectedly attacked by hundreds of vigilantes who were ambushed, and these logistics reinforcements were robbed.
Zhu De reprimanded Lin Biao for this.
Lin Biao had a plan and was supported by Zhu De.
This plan is to disguise the Kuomintang army to take revenge. The result was very smooth, Lin Biao not only regained all the looted weight, but also captured hundreds of Tuanding.
Zhu De looked at Lin Biao with astonishment and felt that this young man was a material that could be made.
What happened next, Lin Biao showed his outstanding military ability - in the case of losing contact with the main force of the rebel army, he used a company to create a miracle of annihilating a battalion, crushing a regiment, and defeating a division.
On March 12, 1928, Zhu De held a meeting of officers at and above the company level and cadres at or above the level of members of the Leiyang County Cpc Committee in the Wu Family Ancestral Hall, and promoted Lin Biao to the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the First Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. This step is crucial. After that, Lin Biao became one of the important generals under Zhu De.
Looking at Lin Biao's history, we can find that when he served in the military circles, he was in full office. Each promotion is a transgression, such as a platoon leader is directly promoted to a company commander, a company commander is directly promoted to a battalion commander, and then directly becomes a regimental commander, column commander, army commander, corps commander, etc.
After the Shonan uprising troops were taken to Jinggangshan by Zhu De, they were merged with the Autumn Harvest Rebel Army led by Chairman Mao to form the Fourth Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, which was later renamed the Fourth Army of the Red Army, with Zhu De as the commander, Chairman Mao as the party representative, Chen Yi as the director of the Political Department, and Wang Erzhu as the chief of staff and commander of the 28th Regiment of the 10th Division.
The Red Fourth Army consisted of the 10th, 11th and 12th Divisions, and Lin Biao served as the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 28th Regiment of the 10th Division.
After Wang Erzhuo's death, he concurrently served as the head of the Red 28 Regiment and was succeeded by Lin Biao. The Red 28th Regiment was the first main force of the Red Fourth Army.
In this way, lin biao, who was only 21 years old, became the fourth person in the Red Fourth Army after Chairman Mao, Zhu De and Chen Yi.
In the spring of 1929, the Red Fourth Army was reorganized and divided into three columns, and the 22-year-old Lin Biao served as the commander of the first column of the main column. In June 1930, at the age of 23, Lin Biao became the commander of the Red Fourth Army. In March 1932, at the age of 25, Lin Biao was promoted to commander-in-chief of the Red I Corps (later known as the commander of the regiment).
At the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army led by Lin Biao severely damaged the Japanese army in the Battle of Pingxingguan, and later highlighted its military prodigy in the Liberation War, from the White Mountains and Black Water to Hainan Island.
Let's talk about Su Yu.
Su Yu is a native of Huitong County, Huaihua, Hunan Province, and studied at the Hunan Provincial Second Normal School in Changde. He was born in 1907 and is in the same gung as Lin Biao.
In May 1925, Su Yu joined the 24th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, of which Ye Ting was the commander of the division, and served as the cadet squad leader of the teaching team. On August 1, 1927, Su Yu participated in the Nanchang Uprising and served as the leader of the guard team.
After the failure of the Nanchang Uprising, Zhu De led the remnants of the Nanchang Rebel Army in the mountains of southern Jiangxi to carry out three rectifications: Tianxinwei rectification, Dayu reorganization, and Shangbao reorganization.
This is the famous "Gannan Three Rectifications" of the remnants of the Nanchang rebel army.
Like the "Three Bays Reorganization" of the Autumn Harvest Uprising Troops, the "Three Rectifications in Gannan Province" have an important position in the history of the founding of the People's Liberation Army, and have not only played an extremely important role in the founding of the people's army, but also had a more far-reaching impact on the consolidation and development of the people's army.
During the reorganization of Dayu, the remnants of the Nanchang rebel army abolished the army, division, and regimental structure, and unified it into 1 column, with 7 infantry companies, 1 mortar company, and 1 heavy machine gun company. The column was called the "Fifth Column of the National Revolutionary Army", with Zhu De, alias Wang Kai, as commander-in-chief, Chen Yi as the column instructor, and Wang Erzhuo as chief of staff.
In this reorganization, Su Yu served as the political instructor of the 3rd Company, and Lin Biao served as the commander of the 7th Company, and the two were of equal rank.
Previously, Lin Biao was a company commander, and Su Yu's position was only that of squad leader. Zhu De's promotion of Su Yu this time was based on the importance he attached to the military talents displayed by Su Yu.
From October 1927 to December 1928, Su Yu was very frequently transferred to company-level posts, totaling 6 times: in late October 1927 he was appointed as a political instructor of the infantry company, in November he was appointed as the instructor of the 2nd Company of the 2nd Detachment; in January 1928, he was appointed as the party representative of the 5th Company of the 1st Regiment of the First Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army; in June he was the commander of the 3rd Company of the 28th Regiment of the Red Fourth Army, in August he was the party representative of the 3rd Company, and in December he was the commander of the 3rd Company.
Su Yu later recalled: "When I was in Jinggangshan, my work was transferred many times, sometimes as a party representative, sometimes as a company commander, all for the need to strengthen political work. For example, there are more new soldiers and liberated fighters in the company, and if we want to strengthen political work, we will be transferred to serve as party representatives. A certain company commander warlord was too accustomed to it, and to transfer his work, he asked me to be a company commander. ”
In June 1928, the famous Battle of Old Seven Immortals Ridge was successfully completed by Su Yu on the orders of Zhu De. After this war, Zhu De praised Su Yu as a "young tactician", and his evaluation could not be said to be low.
Later, in the Red Army, Su Yu successively served as battalion commander, regiment commander, division commander, chief of staff of the Red 4 Army, and chief of staff of the Red 7 Army.
At the beginning of the Liberation War, the seven battles and seven victories commanded by Su Yu became more and more brilliant, and Zhu De applauded it, praising Su Yu for "destroying more enemies than his own troops in the Battle of Suzhong."
Of course, the initial growth of Lin Biao and Su Yu was due to Zhu De's discovery and letting go of reuse. The subsequent development of these two members was more due to Chairman Mao's intentional cultivation.
Both Lin Biao and Su Yu were the most feared generals of our army by Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek once said that Su Yu in Guannei "had the most tricks and the most difficult to eliminate"; Lin Biao outside Guanxi was the "devil of war".
In the magnificent People's Liberation War, the main force of the Kuomintang's elite concubines was mainly annihilated by Lin Biao and Su Yu. Chiang Kai-shek's "five main forces" of all-American armaments, Lin Biao commanded the Northeast Field Army to annihilate two of them, namely the annihilation of the New 1st Army and the New 6th Army in the Liaoshen Campaign. Su Yu commanded HuaYe to annihilate two and a half, namely the annihilation of the reorganized 74th Division in the Battle of Menglianggu, the annihilation of the 5th Army in the Battle of Huaihai, and the annihilation of the 18th Army (counting half) with the Central Plains Field Army commanded by Liu Bocheng in the Battle of Huaihai. (Liu Jixing)