In 1947, after careful consideration, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China ordered the merger of the Central China Field Army and the Shandong Field Army to form the East China Field Army.
Two years later, in order to adapt to the changes in the war situation, the East China Field Army was renamed the Third Field Army, keeping the original squad unchanged.
The founding general Su Yu was the absolute commander of this unit, in the military field, he led the Third Field Army in the Liberation War, successively created ten miracles, is the strongest unit among the major field armies.
However, although Su Yu's command was very good, within the Third Field Army, there were always some people who were very dissatisfied with Su Yu, who were these people, and why were they so dissatisfied with Su Yu, the god of war?
Su Yu, the founding general of the People's Republic of China, has experienced countless wars of all sizes in his life, and has been invincible, and is known as the "God of War of a Generation".
The reason why Su Yu is called the God of War is mainly from the period of the Liberation War, the East China Field Army led by him and Chen Yi, and later the Third Field Army, have always been the king's division on the battlefield.
In all the wars in which Su Yu participated, the East China Field Army won almost a complete victory, especially in the Battle of Huaihai, Where Su Yu commanded the Seventeenth Route Column of the East China Field Army and annihilated more than 400,000 Kuomintang troops.
At that time, even Chairman Mao praised him: "In the Battle of Huaihai, Comrade Su Yu made the first contribution. Later, the East China Field Army was reorganized into the Third Field Army, and Su Yu continued to lead the troops to fight.
He won successive victories in the Battle of Crossing the River and the Battle of Shanghai, and made great achievements for the victory of the Liberation War. In 1955, the national army was awarded a grand medal, and Su Yu was also ranked at the top of many founding generals.
Logically, a famous general like Su Yu should not be questioned by anyone who has made great achievements in battle. However, there were really people who questioned Su Yu's authority and were very dissatisfied with Su Yu, and these people were all from the Third Field Army led by Su Yu.
Song Shilun was first the commander-in-chief of the Shandong Field Army, and repeatedly fought against the Kuomintang in the Shandong area, winning successive battles. Later, the East China Field Army was established, and Song Shilun also came to Su Yu's hands and became the commander of the 10th Column of the East China Field Army, second only to Su Yu.
However, Song Shilun was a little dissatisfied, he felt that no matter his battle achievements or ability, he was not inferior to Su Yu, he was the leader of an army, how could he be willing to live under others.
However, no matter how dissatisfied the Song Shilun was, in the face of the great national righteousness, he also had no complaints, and he always fought hard for the East China Field Army, and had a very outstanding performance in the Battle of Taimeng and the Battle of Menglianggu.
In 1948, song Shilun severely damaged the Kuomintang 11th Division in the Battle of Eastern Henan, directly changing the situation on the battlefield and helping Sanye to win a smooth victory.
After this battle, the Song Shilun began to flutter a little, and he and Su Yu had a conflict over the battle plan during the meeting of the Jinan operation. Song Shilun directly and publicly accused him of not understanding the war, which made Su Yu very angry and fiercely criticized Song Shilun.
At that time, Song Shi was so angry that he actually submitted his resignation to the Party Central Committee. In fact, Su Yu is not a stubborn person, if he speaks well, Su Yu will not be easily angry.
Fortunately, Chen Yi came forward in time to keep Song Shilun, and Song Shilun also reconciled with Su Yu. After writing the review, Song Shilun continued to fight the Kuomintang with 10 columns, and his artillery regiment was very impressive in the Battle of Jinan and the Battle of Crossing the River.
In the subsequent Battle of Shanghai, it was also the 10th column of the Song Shilun that took the lead in attacking downtown Shanghai, opening the door to victory for Sanye. In 1955, the Chinese people's Liberation Army general and Song Shilun was awarded the rank of general.
Xu Shiyou was a veritable old revolutionary, he was already a general in the party before the Nanchang uprising, and Su Yu at that time was only a soldier in a guard company.
Therefore, if from the perspective of seniority, Xu Shiyou is much older than Su Yu, however, the appointment of a general is not only based on seniority, but a comprehensive investigation, in terms of military ability, there may be few people in the entire PLA who can compare with Su Yu.
When the East China Field Army was established, Xu Shiyou was appointed commander of the Ninth Column, daring to fight and fight bravely, which was deeply admired by Su Yu. However, Xu Shiyou is not very "cold" to Su Yu.
As we all know, Su Yu pays attention to the word "odd" in his use of soldiers, and often transfers troops back and forth on the battlefield to accomplish his own tactical goals, which is a huge difference from Xu Shiyou's straight-forward combat style.
Once, Xu Shiyou felt that Su Yu's order was too "outrageous", so he planned to rely on the old man and sell the old man and "reason" with Su Yu. However, Xu Shiyou's call to Su Yu was received by Chen Yi by chance.
Xu Shiyou did not know that it was Chen Yi on the other side, so he began to make a long speech about Chen Yi in the tone of treating the younger generation. Chen Yi smiled and said, "Old Xu, it seems that you have a great opinion of our Commander Su." ”
Xu Shiyou was shocked to hear Chen Yi's voice, and finally under the enlightenment of Chen Yi, Xu Shiyou listened to Su Yu's wisdom and really achieved very good results, and since then, Xu Shiyou has admired Su Yu more and more.
At the 1955 ceremony, Xu Shiyou was awarded the rank of general and argued with Premier Zhou because he was only awarded the rank of general. Premier Zhou told him, "Su Yu is still just a general."
Xu Shiyou heard this and nodded his head back, after all, he also knew in his heart that Su Yu's ability was above him. From this point of view, he still recognized Su Yu's ability.
As early as the Red Army period, Chen Shiyu served as the chief of staff of the 34th Division, was Chairman Mao's right-hand man, and had a very outstanding performance in the Fifth Anti-Encirclement and Suppression Campaign and the Long March Operation.
At the beginning of the Liberation War, Chen Shiqu was transferred from the Shandong Field Army to the chief of staff of the East China Field Army, and Chen Shiyu's military ability was quite outstanding, not to mention su Yu.
As Sanye's chief of staff, Chen Shiyu also had certain decision-making powers, and he repeatedly commanded support troops to assist the main troops of Su Yu and Chen Yi, especially in the Battle of Menglianggu, it was Chen Shiyu who led the troops.
He successfully resisted the Kuomintang's support for Meng Lianggu, bought enough time for Su Yu to seize Meng Lianggu, and reversed the unfavorable situation of the Liberation War in one fell swoop.
After this battle, Su Yu and Chen Shiyu hugged each other happily and congratulated each other. However, an incident that happened later caused a gap in the relationship between the two people.
At that time, Sanye was preparing to carry out the next attack according to Chen Shiyu's strategic deployment, but Su Yu suddenly stood up at this time, saying that there were better tactical options, and the two had been arguing.
Chen Shiyu was very confident in his tactics, and seeing that he would not move Su Yu for the time being, he stepped over Su Yu's interference and directly let the Party Central Committee make a decision.
The Party Central Committee finally ordered the maintenance of the original battle plan, and chen Shiyu's tactics proved to be very successful. When Su Yu saw the situation, it was not easy to say anything more, but Commander Chen Yi, the commander-in-chief of Sanye, could not sit still.
He accused Chen Shiyu of overstepping his report as a disregard for himself and Su Yu, and sent Chen Shiyu to command the military operations of the column. In this regard, Chen Shiyu was also a little angry, but he also knew that Mr. Chen was a good person, so he did not go to his heart.
In fact, Su Yu has always liked Chen Shiyu, and when he fell ill due to overwork, he also offered to let Chen Shiyu take over the army, and the relationship between the two was still very good.
The last one was Tan Zhenlin, who should be the highest ranking among these people. Whether it is military ability or seniority, Tan Zhenlin is on par with Su Yu.
The two had worked together in the Central China Field Army for a long time, and both knew each other very well, and Su Yu also respected Tan Zhenlin, a predecessor.
The two participated in the Huaihai Campaign together, and together with Liu Bocheng, Deng Gong, and Chen Yi, formed the General Command Committee of the Huaihai Campaign, and together they commanded the Huaihai Campaign to achieve great victories, and became famous for a while.
Later, Tan Zhenlin, Chen Yi and Su Yu came to fight in the East China Field Army, and the three of them won a great victory in the Battle of Menglianggu, and then lost in the Battle of Nanlin, which followed closely behind.
After the end of the Battle of Nanlin, Tan Zhenlin suddenly received orders to go to other troops, and before leaving, he left a letter for Su Yu, and it was this letter that benefited Su Yu a lot.
In this letter, Tan Zhenlin first praised Su Yu's achievements and expressed high hopes for Su Yu. However, tan Zhenlin immediately followed up and wrote about some of Su Yu's current problems.
These problems include carelessness and lack of due foresight, and the words are full of expectations for Su Yu. At the end of the letter, Tan Zhenlin said:
"My purpose is not to accuse you, you are an outstanding talent in the new era, you should be more excellent, I hope to help you." 」
Nowadays, it seems that Tan Zhenlin's encouragement to Su Yu is quite effective, and Su Yu really overcame these problems and embarked on the road of "God of War".
Unfortunately, because Tan Zhenlin later entered the political arena, he was not awarded a military rank in the 1955 award ceremony, and if he still served in the army, he was probably also a general.
In fact, it seems that the people who really disagree with Su Yu are Song Shilun and Xu Shiyou and others. They were all generals of the former Shandong Field Army, all of whom were subordinates of Chen Yi, the commander-in-chief of The Mountains, while Su Yu was the commander of the former Central China Military Region. ，
After the merger of the two units, the management of the troops is certainly a major difficulty, and the party Central Committee, taking into account the differences in personality and ability between Su Yu and Chen Yi, has decided to appoint Su Yu as deputy commander to take charge of the military operations of the East China Field Army, and Chen Yi as commander-in-chief to make overall plans for the overall situation.
I have to say that this decision of the Party Central Committee is still relatively wise, and Su Yu used his military courage, but he was a bit careless and lacked foresight. Only under Chen Yi, who had far-sighted vision and was bold and careful, could Su Yu better lead the army in battle.
At the same time, Chen Yi also made up for Su Yu's deficiencies in other aspects, simply put, Su Yu is a general and Chen Yi is a handsome talent, and the two have formed a good complementary relationship.
However, those mountain generals who had been following Chen Yi did not do it, they absolutely Chen Yi wanted seniority, ability and ability, why should they let the new Su Yu take charge of the military power, for Su Yu, they have always been a little dissatisfied.
The party organization had long thought of this step, and the dissatisfaction of Song Shilun and Xu Shiyou was appeased by Chen Yi, the commander-in-chief of the overall situation. Judging from this arrangement, it is evident that General Chen Yi's prestige in terms of seniority and ability is high.