On the eve of the award of the title by the Military Commission, **nominated Su Yu as the marshal, everyone had no objection to this, and even the *** on the side nodded in agreement, but *** raised objections and said that there was a person who was more suitable than him. Who did he ultimately recommend?
* It was decided to implement the military rank system for military cadres who are still working in the army, for which a group of high-level party officials specially convened two meetings to agree on the issue of candidates, because the generals of New China have made great achievements, so in the process of selection, there have been many different opinions, especially in the selection of marshals, there are several places that have not been finalized, which makes the presiding officer very headache, before that, he had proposed that he should not be assessed as a marshal. In this way, *** and Deng Gong, who should have been fully qualified to be assessed as marshals, have said that they are not selected for the marshal, **Seeing this, they simply proposed that all generals who are no longer in the army should not be re-evaluated for military ranks, after this screening, there are indeed a lot of vacancies for the marshal candidates, but there are still two people who have controversy in the evaluation of military ranks, one is ** and the other is Su Yu, due to the limited number of places, only one of these two can become marshals.
If according to the standards set by ***, at this time, ** has left the military system and was appointed as a vice premier, it stands to reason that he should not be awarded a military rank, and Su Yu is different, he is not only the old Red Army who participated in the Long March, but also created immortal military exploits for the establishment of New China, and now he is also the chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army, and in the early years, ** also said: **On history, talent, and morality, Su Yu can receive the rank of marshal. If there is an objection to the marshal, then Su Yu will be the best candidate, so he strongly recommended Su Yu as the marshal to **, which not only complies with the standards of fairness and justice, but also reflects the friendship of the old leader to his own generals, but even if there is a strong recommendation and affirmation, Su Yu still missed the post of marshal, and was finally awarded the rank of general.
At the meeting to discuss the candidates for the marshal of New China, **had objections to the assessment of the rank of marshal, and instead strongly recommended Su Yu, you must know that the relationship between *** and ** was more intimate than Su Yu at that time, so there was no problem of favoritism, the reason why Su Yu was so admired was because of his talent and achievements in the war, in fact, *** and Su Yu met very late, the Southern Anhui Incident broke out, Su Yu and ** led the troops to achieve the victory of Huangqiao, and the fifth column of the Eighth Route Army in the south was in northern Jiangsu. At the same time, in order to establish the Central China General Headquarters, ** also came to the northern Jiangsu region, and Su Yu and *** met in this historical background.
Although the decisive battle of Huangqiao was commanded by Su Yu on the front line, but *** heard more is the name of **, even if this battle created a typical example of winning more with less, but Su Yu was only an assistant of ** after all, so his military talent of not being bound by the law and making good use of strange soldiers was still little known at the time, but the outbreak of the next Caodian Battle and the Battle of Yancheng made *** can't help but look at Su Yu with admiration, and no longer dare to regard him as the deputy of **, at that time, *** in order to solve it once and for all** When Su Yu learned of this news, he was very worried about this radical campaign idea, and he believed that although it would be very convenient to eliminate Han Deqin at this time, it would undoubtedly give Chiang Kai-shek a lure to the truth, and not only would it not be once and for all, but it would lead to political passivity.
It is not difficult to see from Su Yu's opinion that he is from a strategic point of view, not only to consider whether the military action can achieve the desired goal, but also to take into account the political influence with the Kuomintang group, but *** is a little lacking in consideration, after thinking about it, it was decided to launch the Caodian Campaign, as a result, our army suffered heavy losses in this campaign, and in the subsequent review meeting, ** focused on the objections that Su Yu had raised, and at the same time affirmed this opinion, Su Yu also attached great importance to it.
Su Yu not only made great achievements during the Anti-Japanese War, but also destroyed Huang Baitao's Army, Huang Wei's Army, and Du Yuming's Army one after another during the War of Liberation, which made a big step forward for our army to liberate the whole country. It is precisely because of Su Yu's outstanding military exploits that at the meeting to evaluate the marshal, ** will have objections to the ** evaluation of the marshal's rank, and instead recommend Su Yu, but *** has put forward different opinions, Su Yu's character and military talent are obvious to all, and his qualifications and military exploits in the army are definitely more than enough for the rank of marshal, but Su Yu's personality is relatively straightforward and has a temper. Therefore, if you are not careful, you will attract others to hold grudges, and if the rank of marshal is awarded to Su Yu, it will inevitably attract the dissatisfaction of a group of people inside and outside the party, so *** thinks that it is more appropriate to award Su Yu the rank of general.
And after Su Yu learned the list of titles, he humbly said: It is high enough to be rated as a general, what kind of marshal do you need! Although Su Yu did not appraise the marshal to many people, for most people, Su Yu is still the uncrowned king in their hearts, and his outstanding achievements in the war years are enough to make the world admire.