When Su Yu is mentioned, people know that he is the god of war, the god of war, and the first general of the founding of the republic.
When "Ye, Wang, and Tao" are mentioned, people with a little common sense in military history know that these three people refer to Ye Fei, Wang Bicheng, and Tao Yong, one is the founding general, and the other is the founding lieutenant general.
History has linked "Ye, Wang, and Tao" because they are the famous "Three Musketeers" under Su Yu, because all three of them are first-class "warrior generals" and "tiger generals" in battle, and because the "1, 4, and 6" troops they have brought out are unstoppable and invincible.
In June 1940, after the Jiangnan Headquarters of the New Fourth Army moved north to Northern Jiangsu, it was changed to the Northern Jiangsu Command. The subordinate units met with the advancing column and the Suwan detachment and were reorganized into 3 columns. Ye Fei served as commander and political commissar of the 1st Column, Wang Bicheng as commander of the 2nd Column, and Tao Yong as commander of the 3rd Column. Since then, the three names of "Ye, Wang, and Tao" have begun to be connected together, and they have begun to fight side by side, becoming the "Iron Fist" and "Three Musketeers" under Su Yu's command.
The first battle fought by "Ye, Wang, and Tao" was the Decisive Battle of Huangqiao. Since it is called "decisive battle", we can know the importance and fierceness of the battle. In this decisive battle, I only had 7,000 people, but Han Deloitte had more than 30,000 people. This requires me to win not only more strategically with less, but also tactically with less.
The decisive battle of the Yellow Bridge adopted the operational policy of "taking the Yellow Bridge as the axis and luring the enemy to penetrate deep into each breakthrough." According to Su Yu's swing troops, Tao Yong's 3 columns guarded the Yellow Bridge, and Ye Fei's 1 column and Wang Bicheng's 2 columns served as mobile assault forces. All three columns did their job well. In particular, Tao Yong's column guarding the Yellow Bridge was at its most intense, when the enemy "actually broke into the East Gate in the dust and smoke", and Tao Yong, as the commander of the column, "took off his jacket, swung his saber, led the troops to rush out, and killed the recalcitrant army out of the East Gate."
Before the decisive battle of Huangqiao, "Ye, Wang, and Tao" all had a certain reputation. In particular, Ye Fei became famous earlier. After the decisive battle of Huangqiao, the reputation of "Ye, Wang, and Tao" was greatly shaken, especially the name of joint combat began with this, calling the north and south of the great river.
Since the decisive battle of Huangqiao, there have not been many opportunities for "Ye, Wang, and Tao" to join forces for various reasons. The real alliance like the Yellow Bridge Decisive Battle was in February 1947, after the Liberation War. At this time, Ye Fei was the commander of the 1st Column, Tao Yong was the commander of the 4th Column, and Wang Bi was the commander of the 6th Column.
One of the representative battles of the joint prestige: the Battle of Laiwu
The three columns, as the main columns of the Li Xianzhou Group, all accomplished their combat tasks well. Su Yu summed up the comments after the war and said: "The 1st Column was the most difficult, although it did not capture much, but it played a decisive role in the entire campaign, and should be regarded as the first merit"; "Although the 4th Column did not complete the task of cutting off the retreat of the enemy 46th Army in the early stages, it resolutely completed the task later in the campaign"; "Although the 6th Column did not completely annihilate the enemy in Kouzhen, a division south of Kouzhen played a considerable role in blocking the enemy who was breaking through to the north." Through Su Yu's comments, it was obvious that Ye Fei's 1st Column fought best in the Battle of Laiwu and made the first contribution.
The second representative battle of the joint prestige: the Battle of Menglianggu
The three columns, as the main attack units of Zhang Lingfu's reorganized 74th Division, completed their tasks well. Ye Fei's 1st Column not only participated in the 74th Division, but also interspersed the connection between the reorganized 74th Division and the reorganized 25th Division, and formed an internal and external front for the reorganized 25th Division, resolutely preventing it from converging with the 74th Division, and withstanding the greatest pressure on the battlefield. In particular, Wang Bicheng's 6 column flying troops crossed 240 miles, occupied Duozhuang in one fell swoop, and cut off the retreat of the 74th Division. In the end, the 74th Division suffered a former vendetta in the two battles before the 6th Column and one blood, and fought extremely bloodily, killing Zhang Lingfu and fighting the most beautiful and classic battle in the history of the column. Chen Yi and Su Yu praised after the war: "Annihilating the 74th Division, the 6th Column has made great achievements. ”
Fame sometimes doesn't necessarily come to the battlefield. History is sometimes like that. This is the case with the fame of the "Ye, Wang, and Tao" column. In early 1948, after Liu Dengqianli leapt into Dabie Mountain, Mao Zedong and the Central Military Commission decided to make another leap forward, that is, to send Su Yu to lead the three columns of "Ye, Wang, and Tao" 1, 4, and 6 (the order of Ye, Wang, and Tao was not consistent with the order of 1, 4, and 6, but it was already the conventional name) to cross the river and "carry out the task of lenient mobile combat."
After repeated consideration, Su Yu believed that fighting a major battle in the north of the Jiangsu River was more in line with the law of war development. Therefore, when Mao Zedong and the Central Military Commission and Su Yu repeatedly telegraphed back and forth to discuss in depth the question of whether to cross the river, he repeatedly mentioned "Ye, Wang, and Tao" and the names and names of the three columns. Su Yu even on January 22, January 31, and April 18, Sandian "boldly and directly presented" and suggested that "the three columns should not be able to fight a big battle in Jiangbei for the time being." Therefore, Mao Zedong summoned Su Yu to Chengnanzhuang to listen to Su Yu's report in person. In the end, Mao Zedong and the Central Military Commission decided to agree to Su Yu's suggestion that "three columns should not be able to fight a major battle in jiangbei for the time being."
After Su Yu returned to Puyang from Chengnanzhuang, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De also came to Puyang from Shijiazhuang to cordially greet the officers and men of the 1st, 4th, and 6th Columns. When receiving the cadres and soldier representatives at and above the battalion level of "Ye, Wang, and Tao," the commander-in-chief shook the hands of Ye Fei, Wang Bicheng, Tao Yong, and others and said: "You have fought very well in northern Jiangsu and Shandong. ”
Later, the three "famous divisions of Ye, Wang, and Tao" followed Su Yu to fight in eastern Henan, Kejinan, Huaihai, and lions across the river. One big battle after another was fought, one after another hard battle was fought, and one victory after another was fought, and their outstanding battle achievements interpreted the fame and legend of their "warrior generals" and "tiger generals".
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