In the history of modern China, many outstanding military generals have emerged, and what we want to introduce today is in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, which are called"God of War"Su Yu, an extremely dazzling military genius. Su Yu's life was a life of revolution, a life of a soldier, and a glorious life. But why did Su Yu's officials get smaller and smaller after the founding of the People's Republic of China? General Chen Geng told the truth!
In that era of star-studded stars, Su Yu's brilliance was no weaker than that of other military strategists. However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, when the award ceremony was held in 1955, the generals who were with Su Yu were successively awarded the military titles of marshal and general, while Su Yu, who had great military achievements, was only a general.
Such a result led to a lot of speculation at the time. Many people think that Su Yu has made such a great contribution and annihilated many enemies, and it is a pity that he was only awarded the rank of general. Although these ideas were well-intentioned, on the other hand, they also attracted some negative conjectures, and many people inside and outside the party secretly speculated that Su Yu, who was not awarded the rank of marshal, had expressed dissatisfaction with ***, and was even criticized by ***!
Actually, this is not the case. Before the official awarding of the title, when the issue of awarding the title was discussed together in the Yi Nian Hall of Zhongnanhai, ** wanted to award the military rank to Marshal Su Yu, but Su Yu decisively refused, and it was three times. It can be seen that there is no problem of Su Yu being dissatisfied with his military rank, and there is no possibility of criticizing Su Yu.
Although Su Yu refused the rank of marshal, he had a very high opinion of Su Yu, although he had some regrets, he still respected Su Yu's request and awarded him the rank of general, and he was the first of the top ten generals!
The basis for the award of the title basically revolves:"Qualifications, prestige, and military exploits"Take an assessment. Su Yu, no matter from the perspective of seniority, prestige or military exploits, he is definitely worthy of the title of general!
In terms of qualifications, in 1927, Su Yu, who was only 20 years old, joined the revolution and participated in the famous Nanchang Uprising. In the second year, he participated in the Southern Hunan Uprising, and then went to Jinggangshan to participate in many anti-encirclement and suppression activities, and was the first batch of Red Army. It can be said that such qualifications are not lost to any of the founding generals!
In terms of prestige, during the Long March, Su Yu was responsible for leading guerrilla warfare, often beating the enemy everywhere and fleeing. When the full-scale War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, Su Yu served as the commander of the First Division of the New Fourth Army in the Battle of Gaoyou Shaobo, and Su Yu personally commanded and created a myth during the War of Resistance against Japan: the one-time annihilation of more than 1,100 Japanese troops and more than 5,000 puppet troops was the highest record for the number of enemies annihilated in a single battle at that time, which made the enemy terrified.
In terms of military merits, Su Yu created the myth of seven battles and seven victories during the Liberation War - the troops he led fought seven times in a row in the Soviet-Chinese liberated area, and won seven victories, which became the war guidance template in the early stage of the Liberation War, which shows that he is a well-deserved god of war.
In the later stages of the Liberation War, Su Yu launched the famous Huaihai Campaign, which he personally commanded and eliminated the elite main forces of the Kuomintang in the battlefields of East China and the Central Plains. It can be said that Su Yu accelerated the process of victory in the Liberation War with the momentum of destroying the withering and decaying, and Su Yu was always accompanied by victory. **Thumbs up:"In the Huaihai Campaign, Su Yu made the first contribution"。
Su Yu, who has fought on the battlefield for decades, has never succumbed to war and death, and the war has honed his decisive will and invincible spirit, and at the same time, it has also created his plain and lofty bearing.
Many people are very confused, why is the dignified founding general, the first of the top ten generals, getting worse and worse in the officialdom? Is it being ostracized?
In fact, everything is due to character. The people who were beaten out of the war, in addition to being iron-clad, actually have a sense of arrogance. Su Yu was not good at playing cards, chess, dancing, toasting and other entertainment activities throughout his life. After the victory of the Liberation War, others began to be more interested in military ranks and official positions, and Su Yu was most concerned about the turmoil in the world. All his life, he would only look at and think about the world through the eyes of a soldier.
Su Yugeng is straightforward and lofty, his comrade-in-arms Chen Geng once saidSu Yu is the kind of person who doesn't like to cater to others, disdains to slap horses, and at the same time has a lot of credit, such people are often unpopular
Su Yu not only has a very high military talent, he is a bright star in the war, at the same time, Su Yu is high-spirited, indifferent to fame and fortune, he has always dared to speak out, outspoken, such a direct character, to a certain extent, contributed to his style of military orders when fighting, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he also repeatedly offended others because of his outspokenness and daring to speak. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Su Yu always maintained a style of indifference to fame and fortune and outspokenness. Although he once had great military achievements, it is not surprising that he did not rise to the top, but became smaller and smaller. Chen Geng's words pointed out very sharply the reason why Su Yuguan'er is getting smaller and smaller.