In 1955, the sixth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Kuomintang still did not give up the plan to ** the mainland, and still harassed the Fujian region near Taiwan. At that time, Su Yu was the chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and in order to strengthen the defense of the coastal areas in Fujian, he was ready to deploy the air force into Fujian to cooperate with the navy in operations. Moreover, he asked Liu Yalou, commander of the Air Force, to go to Hangzhou first to make preparations, and when the airport in Fujian was completed, he would take immediate action.
When Liu Yalou was in Hangzhou, he happened to be there, so Li Yalou took the time to visit *** and when he saw Liu Yalou, he was surprised and asked him: "Why are you here?".Liu Yalou hurriedly replied: "Chairman, I am here to make preliminary preparations for the Air Force to enter Fujian. * asked in surprise: "Who made the decision to enter Fujian for the Air Force?""What the hell is going on?Could it be that Su Yu transferred troops privately?
In fact, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was a plan to attack Taiwan, and the commander-in-chief in charge of attacking Taiwan was Su Yu, who was the commander of the Third Field Army at that time. After receiving the order, Su Yu immediately put all his energy into preparing for an attack on Taiwan, liberating the coastal islands as soon as possible, and eliminating the Kuomintang forces on the periphery of Taiwan.
Because the air force and navy are indispensable in the plan to attack Taiwan, the Military Commission decided that the air force and navy forces needed for the attack on Taiwan will be prepared by the Military Commission, while Su Yu of the Third Field Army will be responsible for the deployment of the army. Therefore, Su Yu drew out a regiment of troops to prepare for the combat training of the plan to attack Taiwan, but with the change of the actual situation, Su Yu's strength in the attack on Taiwan also changed. In 1950, the number of troops attacking Taiwan was expected to reach 500,000, and it also needed to be transported in two batches, and this plan was also affirmed by the ** Military Commission.
But it didn't take long for the situation to change, and the Kuomintang actually recruited the Japanese soldiers who had participated in the war of aggression against China into the first army, and there were still more than 10,000 people. These Japanese soldiers are all experienced in a hundred battles, and they are full of hatred for the People's Liberation Army, and it can even be said that these people can be more than the 20,000 or 30,000 people of the Kuomintang.
In order to be able to have a greater grasp of the attack on the Bay, Su Yu made a suggestion to the Military Commission to draw a few more armies from other field armies to fight against Taiwan together with the three field armies. Just when Su Yu was making preparations for Taiwan, the ** Military Commission was also intensively forming a navy. In order to unify and coordinate operations, the deployment of the navy was under the unified command of Su Yu, so with Su Yu's efforts day and night, the first naval unit of the Chinese people was formed in November 1949.
In the second year, the People's Navy had a scale, and it also had the ability to fight at sea and transport capacity. However, at that time, the strength of the navy was not enough to deal with the Taiwan war, and even the ability to transport the more than 500,000 army troops was not enough. Because of the shortage of ships, the plan to attack Taiwan was delayed.
* The Central Military Commission decided to let the troops preparing for war first take the surrounding islands of Zhoushan and Kinmen, with the purpose of warming up the troops preparing for war and at the same time clearing away the Kuomintang forces on the periphery of Taiwan. After Hainan Island was liberated, Chiang Kai-shek withdrew his troops from Zhoushan, and in this way, our army liberated Zhoushan without much effort. Just when everything was ready, the Korean War broke out. Originally, he wanted Su Yu to command the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, but because he had a mission, he was not allowed to participate.
When Su Yu recovered from illness and returned to work, he was appointed chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, and Chiang Kai-shek was not restless and did things near Jiangshan Island. This also made Su Yu see hope and felt that the plan to attack Taiwan could be implemented. As a result, they began to deploy troops in the coastal areas of Fujian and prepared to transfer the air force into Fujian.
On May 19, Su Yu's request was approved, but the time when the Air Force entered Fujian was not determined, so there was a later questioning. However, Su Yu also quickly realized his mistake and immediately wrote a review to the ** Military Commission. However, *** did not punish Su Yu, because *** trusted Su Yu extremely much.