On the occasion of the War of Liberation, the majesty of the Huaihai Campaign was undoubtedly one of the great glories of our army. Behind it was the joint efforts of the East China Field Army and the Central Plains Field Army to launch a heroic battle, completely annihilating the elite under Chiang Kai-shek, which can be called a miracle of annihilating 800,000 of more than 6 million.
When it comes to this grand event, it is one of the historical puzzles who should be the general in charge of the chess game. Those who know a little know that the leader of the Huaihai Campaign is Su Yu, *** and other five generals, who gathered together to form the General Front Committee of the Huaihai Campaign, and the Secretary of the General Front Committee is ***
Time value. In the seventies and eighties, the Huaihai Campaign passed for decades. When asked about the master of this battle, Su Yu and the second general boasted one after another: "I commanded the Huaihai Campaign." However, the question of who is more convincing than the rhetoric has become a historical controversy.
On Su Yu, he is the crown of the top ten founding generals of our army, with outstanding military achievements, especially for his military wisdom and fame in the whole army. Although it is slightly inferior to the top ten marshals in terms of qualifications, its record has long surpassed many marshals. Su Yuzhi is humble and low-key, and has twice given way to others, ** admired him.
In July 1978, General Su Yu was recuperating from his illness. Shi Zhengxian, the director of Nanjing Film Studio, made a special trip to visit Su Yu in order to write the book "Huaihai Campaign". Mr. and Mrs. Su Yu greeted each other with courtesy and gladly agreed to the interview. In order to consider his physical condition, the staff reminded Shi Zhengxian that the interview was limited to 20 minutes.
However, Su Yu said kindly: "Time is still abundant, I am willing to leave four hours for you to have lunch together." This move did not in any way diminish the heroism on the battlefield back then, and added to his demeanor as a soldier.
When Shi Zhengxian greeted Su Yu, he didn't waste money and immediately talked about the Huaihai Campaign. When asked about the commander, Su Yu did not hesitate and suddenly spoke: "I commanded the Huaihai Campaign, and I made a military order for **." ”
This statement is thunderous and sensitive. The secretary on the side enthusiastically reminded Su Yu to pay attention to rest, but he was unmoved, and talked with Shi Zheng first, and his words were unrestrained. Years later, Shi Zhengxian recalled: "I was surprised at the time and immediately made a record, and the interview went well, and General Su Yu was very polite to us. ”
The reason for Su Yu's remarks is that there is a rumor: The Huaihai Campaign involved the historical summary of military thought and the East China Liberation War, and Su Yu intended to truly restore history, not for merit, but to restore the facts.
However, the leader of the Huaihai Campaign still has *** and listened to *** narrated, he once said that the Huaihai Campaign established the General Front Committee, and *** handed over the command to him, which is confirmed by history. The decision on the arrangement of the Huaihai Campaign was presided over by *** in accordance with the instructions of the ** Military Commission, and from the perspective of his position, his words were not false.
If you want to be persuasive, you have to talk about the whole course of the campaign. The launch of the Huaihai Campaign was indispensable, and Su Yu was the first to make the first contribution, put forward a strategic concept, and stated it in detail in front of the leaders of *** and other **. In 1947, ** telegram asked Su Yu to contain the enemy, but Su Yu proposed that it was not appropriate to divide the troops, and after persistence and elaboration, he successfully persuaded *** to change the decision to cross the river to the south.
In this confrontation, there is no doubt that Su Yu made an indispensable contribution at the beginning of the Huaihai Campaign. Its insistence on its own views has a far-reaching impact on maintaining its determination to concentrate forces and annihilate the enemy.
At the time of the Huaihai Campaign, the Jinan Campaign was not finished, and Su Yu reported to the **, advocating the launch of the Huaihai Campaign. At the beginning of the battle, it advanced smoothly, Su Yu thought that the time for a decisive battle had come, and once again petitioned ** for a strategic decisive battle.
**After careful consideration and repeated discussions, he finally agreed with Su Yuzhi's opinion, and replied to Su Yu, East China Bureau, Chen Deng, and Central Plains Bureau, and firmly determined to conduct a large-scale strategic decisive battle with Liu Zhi Group in Xuzhou. In the face of the Kuomintang army, the strength of the East China Field Army was somewhat weak, and it was necessary to join forces with the two major field armies of East China and the Central Plains. Su Yu is good at military command, and **specially dispatched** to the Central Plains Bureau to play the effect of liaison, communication and coordinated operations.
Although he was still the commander of the East China Field Army at that time, Su Yu was responsible for the actual military command, and he was given great trust.
After the Huaihai Campaign began, more than 400,000 troops participated in the East China Field Army, and the Central Plains Field Army struggled to support it in the Dabie Mountains, with less than 200,000 troops participating in the battle. In terms of the number of enemies annihilated, the East China Field Army commanded by Su Yu eliminated four corps, more than 400,000 people, and the Central Plains Field Army, with the assistance of East China, overcame many difficulties and eliminated Huang Wei's corps, and the results were extraordinary.
In the Huaihai Campaign, the establishment of the "General Front Committee" has a certain particularity, Su Yu took the initiative to suggest the establishment of **, and the members of the General Front Committee performed their duties until the end of the battle did not gather together. The establishment of the General Front Committee was to coordinate the two major field armies, and Su Yu and *** were respectively responsible for the military command of the two major field armies in East China and the Central Plains.
The victory of the Huaihai Campaign was inseparable from the support of the people. The victory was not easy to come by, and Su Yu's outstanding commanding talent played a key role in it. ** He also highly praised Su Yu's outstanding performance in the Huaihai Campaign, calling him the "most proficient" general and regarded him as a highly decorated comrade-in-arms. In the praise of ***, Su Yu's status and contribution have been the highest affirmation.