It is not difficult for military fans who have a certain amount of research on military history to guess: the role of Li Yunlong, the protagonist of the TV series "Bright Sword", is mainly based on Wang Jinshan, superimposed with Zhong Wei and others. From this point of view, Li Yunlong should have been born in the Red Fourth Front Army, belonged to Chen Geng's 386 Brigade during the Anti-Japanese War, and belonged to Liu Deng's Central Plains Field Army during the Liberation War.
But looking at the "Bright Sword" TV series, the entire Liberation War did not pay much attention to Li Yunlong's battle story, with only three episodes. And these three episodes mainly reflect the story of Li Yunlong and his second division being included in the East China Field Army, mainly fighting in the Huaihai Campaign. In this way, Li Yunlong not only had a lot of intersections with Chen Geng, but also had an intersection with Su Yu, who was the acting commander and acting political commissar of the East China Field Army at the time.
Interestingly, Li Yunlong is Chen Geng's old subordinate, and the help and support of these two leaders to Li Yunlong is easier for us to understand. But I didn't expect Su Yu, who had nothing to do with Li Yunlong, also favored Li Yunlong, and "protected" him. There are at least a few such episodes in the TV series that fully reflect this:
First, Su Yu specially asked Li Yunlong's second division to come to Huaye. Li Yunlong belonged to the Central Plains Field Army, and through a conversation with Su Yu, he learned that he had forced Li Yunlong to come over from the head of the Central Field. For this reason, Chief Nakano was still very reluctant. Let's imagine that if Li Yunlong commanded the battle very ordinary, Su Yu, who was known as the god of war, would not have made such a big effort to ask Li Yunlong and his second division to come over. This shows Su Yu's love for Li Yunlong.
The second is to use Li Yunlong's second division to deal with Chu Yunfei's 89th Division. Knowing that Chu Yunfei's 89th Division, the elite of the Kuomintang Army, was rushing towards Zhaozhuang, Su Yu personally called Li Yunlong and gave him a combat mission in person, emphasizing the importance and arduousness of holding Zhaozhuang. As the head of the field army, he crossed the column level and directly called the division commander over to ask for orders, which shows the importance attached to this battle and to this commander.
The third is to replace Li Yunlong with 5 tons of artillery shells. This is also a classic line in "Bright Sword". is so classic that many military fans question the reasonableness of this sentence. Because four artillery regiments were prepared, only 5 tons of shells were used, which is really too little, even if it is tenfold 50 tons, it is not too much. Here we will not go to the reasonableness of this figure. The most important thing is through this sentence, it can be seen that Su Yu considered that Li Yunlong was from the Central Plains Field Army and could not fight all his family resources. So it was decided to replace Li Yunlong in advance. This can be said to be a disguised care for Li Yunlong and his second division.
Fourth, someone sued Li Yunlong for insisting on 2,000 prisoners.
After fighting the Zhaozhuang blockade battle, after a hard encounter with Chu Yunfei's 89th Division, Li Yunlong's second division can be said to have suffered heavy losses. At this time, Li Yunlong was ingenious and thought of his old partner Zhao Gang being in charge of the prisoner processing. So he asked for 2,000 prisoners from Zhao Gang's hands to replenish the soldiers lost in the Second Division. Although Li Yunlong made an IOU, it was a big mistake to take prisoners across the columns during the war. In the TV series, the leader of the column who was snatched away and captured had such a conversation with Su Yu:
The leader of the column said: Anyway, he Li Yunlong, it's too unusual. has the ability to catch prisoners by himself, what is this, isn't this a robbery? Commander, you can't start this! ”From our point of view, Su Yu looked at the problem from Li Yunlong's point of view, and instead of blaming and holding accountable Li Yunlong's many mistakes, he gave him understanding and "protecting his shortcomings."Su Yu replied, "Which one?" I look at that, Li Yunlong is not wrong, what is yours and ours, besides, there is an IOU! "Your division, pull it to Zhaozhuang and give it a try?" Li Yunlong has paid a lot for the overall situation, so it is not a battle to capture prisoners! Don't be too shallow-sighted, I promise you will be worried about too many captives, and then you will have as many captives as you have as much food. Do you dare to make this bet with me? ”
Through the above sections, it is not difficult to see that Su Yu is indeed "protecting" Li Yunlong. This kind of "protection" seems to have no intersection between the two and feels a little blunt logically, but it is not untenable when you think about it:
First, after all, Li Yunlong and his second division were asked by Su Yu from the head of Nakano, and after the Nakano troops jumped thousands of miles into Dabie Mountain, they originally suffered great losses. Therefore, if Li Yunlong is temporarily assigned to Huaye in this period, if the loss is too large and the loss is too large, Su Yu has a problem that is not like Liu Deng and the two old chiefs explained.
Second, after all, Su Yu sent Li Yunlong's second division to face off against the elite Chu Yunfei's 89th Division during the most critical Zhaozhuang blocking battle. You must know that it is a chore to fight the blockade, and the ** large seizure is small, Su Yu knows this very well. It is precisely based on this that when Li Yunlong forcibly borrowed 2,000 captive soldiers, Su Yu gave Li Yunlong a full understanding and did not pursue him at all.
Third, after all, Li Yunlong is a rare general. Heroes cherish each other. Li Yunlong is a person who rejoices when he hears about war, and he is a person who dares to fight tough battles, vicious battles, and dangerous battles. In this regard, he is very similar to Su Yu. In particular, in one operation, Li Yunlong's unconventional style of play, "strengthening the tasks that should have been the Seventh and Tenth Columns of Huaye to the breakthrough opened by Li Yunlong's Second Division" was highly praised by Su Yu.
It seems that during the war years, being able to fight a war was the last word, and generals who could fight were always favored. It is precisely based on this that although Li Yunlong has committed many "faults", his old leader Chen Geng still understands and supports him. And the temporary assignment to Huaye to Su Yu's side also received Su Yu's care, these are actually a logic.