Su Yu's position during the Liberation War underwent a subtle change, and although he was once "demoted" by half a rank, his status and prestige reached its peak at the peak of his military career, although this change is little known. In the early days of the Liberation War, Su Yu served as the commander of the Central China Field Army, and led the troops to win seven victories in seven battles between the Soviet Union and China, destroying more than 50,000 enemies.
Although the annihilation of more than 50,000 enemies in Su Yu's entire military career was not an astonishing record, and could not be compared with the Huaihai Campaign, the River Crossing Campaign, and the Eastern Henan Campaign, the Soviet-Chinese Campaign was a "model battle" in the War of Liberation. The significance of this battle is extraordinary, because before that, our army had never conducted a large-scale movement war in the true sense of the word in the War of Liberation, and Su Yu created this precedent. How did he realize the change from guerrilla warfare to mobile warfare, defeat the strong with the weak, and annihilate the enemy in large numbers?
While we have always praised the President's strategic thinking, no one can be sure until there is a vivid case, and it remains at the theoretical stage. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army were good at guerrilla warfare and had no experience in large-scale movement warfare. The chairman was very pleased with the victory in the Soviet-Chinese campaign, and he said: "This is the beginning of the transformation of our army's tactics into large-scale movement warfare, and it was Su Yu who fought such an opening battle.
The course of the subsequent liberation war fully proved that this tactic was an invaluable treasure and the cornerstone of our army's final military victory. It is precisely because of this that Su Yu firmly believed in and supported Su Yu despite the fact that he was far away from ** in the later period of the Red Army and engaged in guerrilla warfare in the south for many years. After the establishment of the East China Field Army in 1947, although he was the commander and political commissar, the military command was mainly in the hands of Su Yu, which was specially approved by the Military Commission, showing the chairman's trust in Su Yu.
Although Su Yu is much worse than "** Chang" in terms of qualifications, the daily use of troops in the East China Field Army is mainly in his hands. In May 1948, the chairman simply decided to appoint Su Yu as the commander and political commissar of the East China Field Army, becoming a veritable leader. At the same time, ** was transferred to the Central Plains Field Army to assist "Liu Deng" and the two to support the Central Plains war situation. At the military level, at least in the chairman's mind, the importance of Chen Su is biased.
For reasons known to him, Su Yu humbly resigned many times to accept the appointment of ** commander and acting political commissar;Mr. Chen has left Huaye Division, worked with Liu Deng, and continued to act as the leader of Huaye. Commander Su's humility laid the groundwork for his next "demotion" that went unnoticed. At the beginning of 1949, the Huaihai Campaign ended successfully, and our army annihilated more than 550,000 enemies, most of which came from the results of Commander Su's command of the Huaye operation.
Subsequently, the whole army carried out military reform, determined the numbers of the four major field armies, and the East China Field Army was officially upgraded to the third field army. Mr. Chen continued to serve as the commander and political commissar of the Third Field and rejoined the Third Field CommandSu Yu changed from acting commander and acting political commissar to deputy commander and second deputy political commissar of the Third Field Army. It should be added that the first deputy political commissar is *** Boss Tan".
With the significant changes in the combat mission and the national war situation, it is inevitable that Mr. Chen will return to the Sanye system, and the adjustment of Commander Su's position is also expected. After all, the field army can only have one real commander, and in the case of Mr. Chen, in the case of the field division, it is still up to him to preside over the overall situation. Obviously, from acting commander to deputy commander, this is a kind of fine-tuning of the position, but the internal division of labor and the attribution of military power in Noji have not changed, and Commander Su continues to command the troops.
The next battle of crossing the river and marching to the southeast was still in charge of Commander Su. Mr. Chen soon became the mayor of Shanghai, and focused his main energy on the construction of New China, and no longer focused on military affairs. But at least nominally, Commander Su's position was indeed downgraded by half a level in 1949, although he was the first commander and acting political commissar before, but in terms of real power and status, he was already the head of the field army, and after the establishment of the number of Sanye, his position was also downgraded.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Su Yugao served as the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces in terms of military positions, serving from 1954 to 1958. In fact, for a famous general with outstanding achievements, the level of his position is not the most important, whether it is acting commander or deputy commander, his achievements have long formed an indelible monument in the hearts of history lovers and military fans. Su Yu was a true hero of the world, especially in his influence on the course of the Liberation War, comparable to that of the founding marshal.