At the enlarged meeting of the Military Commission in 1958, Su Yu, chief of the General Staff, was criticized for his "individualistic" tendencies.
Many people with ulterior motives took this opportunity to retaliate and severely criticized and exposed Su Yu, and piled up big and small things on Su Yu. Of course, there are also many people who are reluctant to criticize Su Yu, because of the general environment of the meeting, they have to make a speech against their will.
Su Yu. At this time, someone put a "cannon" at the venue and said: Su Yu doesn't know how to fight at all! When he was in Huaye, when he fought Lianshui, Nanma and other places, the losses of the troops were very large, and he was responsible.
As a matter of fact, the losses of the troops in these campaigns were relatively large, but they were all caused by many reasons. Moreover, the main reason is not in Su Yu's command. Therefore, many people in the venue couldn't listen anymore, but they didn't dare to speak.
At this moment, Chen Geng, deputy director of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission and founding general, really couldn't listen to it. He stood up and angrily reprimanded the person who said that Su Yu would not fight: "Su Yu will not fight, so who will be present, please stand up and see." ”
Chen Geng. The man who spoke was so frightened that he sat down and did not dare to look up again. At this time, none of the people in the venue dared to stand up.
Chen Geng knew that he couldn't talk too much on such a meeting occasion, so he saw that there was no movement in the venue, so he sat down and stopped talking.
Some people can't help but ask that in the years of the revolutionary war, there were not many intersections between Chen Geng and Su Yu, but in this complex situation, why Chen Geng dared to support Su Yu, this is Chen Geng's recognition and admiration for Su Yu's military ability and character.
Su Yu. Everyone knows that Su Yu and Chen Geng are both founding generals. However, in terms of revolutionary qualifications, Su Yu and Chen Geng are a little far apart. At the time of the August 1 Nanchang Uprising, Su Yu was only the guard squad leader, and Chen Geng was already the battalion commander at this time.
And if you talk about military merits, then Su Yu is stronger. Because, during the Liberation War, his military talent was brought into full play, and he also became one of the senior generals who could command a large corps in his heart.
Of course, whether Chen Geng was in the period of the Agrarian Revolutionary War, or the War of Resistance Against Japan, including the War of Liberation, he led the Taiyue troops to sweep the Quartet and made outstanding achievements, but compared with Su Yu's record, it is still inferior.
Therefore, two people don't have much to do with each other, but they can become good comrades-in-arms who talk about everything, because they attract and admire each other's personalities and abilities.
Su Yu. For example, when the Military Commission was preparing to build a military industry in Kazakhstan, Su Yu immediately thought of Chen Geng, felt that he was the most suitable candidate for the dean, and strongly recommended to *** and others, and finally, transferred Chen Geng back from the Korean battlefield.
Later, Chen Geng also joined the General Staff and became the deputy chief in charge of combat readiness training. Chen Geng was very supportive of Su Yu's work, and Su Yu also let Chen Geng take care of the work, and the comradeship between the two became deeper.
After this enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission, Su Yu was dismissed from the post of chief of the General Staff and became vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences. But Chen Geng's righteous insistence this time, Su Yu remembered it in his heart, and he also became the best friend with Chen Geng.
Su Yu. Chen Geng's body has been very poor since this time. A severe heart attack forced him to no longer work. **Require him to recuperate, when his body is well, and when to come out to work again.
However, Chen Geng is a workaholic, but also an idle person. Su Yu often came to visit him and told him that good health was the capital of the revolution, and constantly reminded him not to work hard.
At the beginning of 1961, Chen Geng went to Shanghai for treatment. Su Yu, who is also recuperating in Shanghai, often gets together with Chen Geng to chat. On the morning of the 16th, Su Yu suddenly got the news that when Chen Geng was writing the "Summary of Combat Experience", he had a heart attack and was not rescued again. This was like a bolt from the blue for him, and he immediately shed sad tears.
Su Yu Chen Geng.
He came to the hospital as soon as possible, gave this old comrade-in-arms a ride, and participated in the whole process of Chen Geng's handling of the aftermath in Shanghai. On the same day, the first person who was still holding a meeting in Guangzhou instructed that Comrade Chen Geng's ashes should be transported to Beijing for a public memorial meeting.
After Su Yu attended Chen Geng's small memorial service in Shanghai, his body was also extremely weak, because since Chen Geng's death, Su Yu has been there all the time, and he has been busy with the affairs of his old comrades.
Chen Geng. However, he still insisted on sending Comrade Chen Geng's ashes to the airport, and then stood silently at the airport, watching the special plane disappear into his sight, and his strong friendship for Chen Geng was melted into the tears that had completely blurred his eyes.