At the 1995 Beijing Title Ceremony, a total of 10 marshals, 10 generals and 55 generals were born. There are many marshals and generals, but in fact, there is no official ranking of them, to put it bluntly, the level is about the same. However, this is also unbearable, people always like to start from the order, to rank these marshals and generals. Among them, the most controversial is Su Yu.
Those who know should know that Xiao Ke is one of the generals, and he is also ranked first in the award, so people aptly gave him a title - "town general". According to reason, this kind of name, when Su Yu is the first in the order of the top ten generals, he should also be called "town general". It's just that it's not the case, and all of this is because of the existence of a person.
Let's take a look at the story.
Su Yu's personal qualifications are actually not low, and at the time of the Nanchang Uprising, he was an outstanding talent in the army. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Su Yu became the deputy commander, and later during the New Fourth Army, Su Yu personally participated in and commanded the Battle of Hengshan and the Battle of Huangqiao, and made a lot of contributions to the stability of the entire anti-Japanese situation in these two battles.
However, at that time, Su Yu's personal command ability had not been better demonstrated. It was also later, when he gradually mastered more military power and had a good platform, that he was more and more discovered that this person was a military commander. For example, the well-known battles of Nankan, Longhai, Huaihai, etc., were all commanded by Su Yu. His talent was finally recognized.
It is reported that ** has praised Su Yu's command ability in public more than onceeven gave a higher evaluation - that is, the reason why the Huaihai War was won was undoubtedly the greatest credit for Su Yu.
Obviously, in terms of personal qualifications, it is actually very reasonable to call Su Yu "the town general". But why didn't people give him such a high ranking?
This is all because of the existence of General Zhang Yunyi, even if Su Yu has become the chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, when facing Zhang Yunyi, he still has to call the chief respectfully.
As soon as the word chief came out, everyone must be able to guess that the relationship between the two in the past was a relationship between superiors and subordinates. In fact, it is. Zhang Yunyi is also a very senior person, and he began to follow Mr. Sun a long time ago, and he was one of the first ones. Then, in the Northern Expedition launched by the Kuomintang, Zhang Yunyi was already the chief of staff of the division.
Don't underestimate this position, at that time, he was still just a brigade commander in the army. It is conceivable that Zhang Yunyi was already a big step ahead of Su Yu when he was able. Then, when it came time for the New Fourth Army to serve, the two became superiors and subordinates. At that time, Su Yu, who was the deputy commander, was directly superior to Zhang Yunyi, and the title of chief also appeared at this time.
It is precisely because of the title of the chief that even if Su Yu rises step by step in the end and becomes Zhang Yunyi's boss upside down, he still respects Zhang Yunyi very much. Of course, what he respects may not be because Zhang Yunyi is his former chief, but more because this chief has a lot of seniority in the past, at least compared to his experience, Zhang Yunyi should be ranked in front of him.
Therefore, even in his high position, he still acted cautiously, respecting his past leaders and the heroes who contributed to the battle. Probably because of his style of acting, when later generations gave him the title, they did not give him a "town general".
Finally, I want to say that in fact, it doesn't matter how they are ranked, it is people's high respect for them. What really makes us worth exploring and remembering is the simple style and noble quality left by the older generation to our descendants. Only by understanding the character behind them and remembering their stories is the best tribute to them!