It is said that after the liberation of Shanghai, one day, General Su Yu was rarely free and accompanied his wife Chu Qing to go shopping.
When the two passed by a café, Su Yu said to Chu Qing, "This place is really good! ”
Chu Qing was surprised, Su Yu would be interested in the café, next, would he invite himself to a cup of coffee?
Chu Qing is full of expectations, and it is rare and romantic.
As a result, Su Yu told her: "If you put a machine gun on the roof of this café, you can block the entire street!" ”
Chu Qing couldn't help laughing, laughing so much that tears were about to flow out, Su Yu was still the soldier who had no "mood" and was full of war.
In fact, General Su Yu has been fighting horses for half his life and has been on the battlefield for a long time, and "putting a machine gun on the café" is his instinctive reaction.
Fortunately, Chu Qing knew her husband too well, so the "café incident" did not have any "bad impact" on their feelings.
According to the people close to General Su Yu, apart from arranging troops and commanding operations, General Su Yu really does not have many hobbies.
The general's son, Lieutenant General Su Rongsheng, recalled that his father loved to keep four things throughout his life: a gun, a map, a compass and a telescope. Among them, the gun is a beloved thing that the father can't love enough.
During the long war years, General Su Yu never left his gun, and even if he later became a senior commander in command of thousands of troops, he always had Zuo *** on his belt
In a peaceful environment, the general's habit of liking guns has not changed at all, and at home, General Su Yu has collected many guns of different shapes.
Some of these guns were made by our country, some were captured by the enemy on the battlefield, and some were given to him by foreign troops.
Every once in a while, General Su Yu would "invite" the guns out of the safe, wipe them down, play with them, and carefully put them in the safe.
The general's love for guns has a long history. Since he was a child, Su Yu has been particularly fond of playing with guns, and of course, he can't play with real guns.
The long-term worker of his family made a "soil gun" for Su Yu, and Su Yu couldn't put it down, so the leper ** in front of the house and behind the house in his hometown suffered, and the whole village could not hear the cry of the leprosy ** for a while.
After participating in the revolution, Su Yu had his own gun, and he never left the gun, and he couldn't put it down, and he even had to hold the gun when he sledied.
As a result, the veterans laughed at him and said, "Don't marry a wife in the future, live with a gun!" ”
In the early 60s of the last century, our People's Liberation Army was about to be equipped with a new type of rifle, and it was said that the response was good.
General Su Yu specially asked for one, carefully studied it, deliberated it repeatedly, and finally made a suggestion to the armament department: "The rate of fire of this gun is too high, which is its advantage and disadvantage. ”
The general said objectively: "If this rifle is equipped with a large number of troops, there will be certain difficulties in ammunition, and the current logistics support capacity may not be able to keep up." ”
The relevant departments of the People's Liberation Army conducted another experiment on this rifle, and sure enough, they discovered this problem, immediately stopped the plan to install it in large quantities, and immediately began to carry out technical transformation of this rifle.
After talking for a long time, General Su Yu loves guns and understands guns so much, what about his marksmanship?
Veterans who have followed General Su Yu for a long time know that General Su Yu's marksmanship is very good, but "real people do not show their faces", and the general rarely shows his "100 steps through Yang" skills in front of people.
Therefore, General Su Yu's reputation in this regard is not as good as that of Xu Shiyou and Han Xianchu.
In fact, General Su Yu was a famous sharpshooter as early as the Red Army.
In December 1934, the Red Tenth Army surrounded a regiment of the Kuomintang Army, which was a regiment under Wang Yaowu, and the regiment commander was called Zhou Zhidao.
Su Yu was the chief of staff of the Red Tenth Army at the time, and he had always commanded operations at the forefront.
Su Yu was lying in the trench, and saw the trumpeters of Zhou Zhidao's regiment appear from a distance, and General Su Yu immediately realized: Zhou Zhidao was calling for reinforcements.
said that it was too late, it was fast, Su Yu raised his hand and shot it, and the Kuomintang army trumpeter was killed by a shot before he could raise his trumpet.
Zhou Zhidao ordered another trumpeter to continue blowing the trumpet, but as a result, he was knocked down by Su Yu with a shot.
Zhou Zhidao's eyes were red in a hurry, and he shouted loudly: "Soldier! Keep blowing the trumpet! ”
This time, Su Yu no longer gave Zhou Zhidao a chance, and the third bullet whistled out, and Zhou Zhidao's head suddenly bloomed.
As his position rose higher and higher, the chances for General Su Yu to directly shoot and kill the enemy became less and less, and after the liberation of the country, General Su Yu could only go to the shooting range to "get addicted to guns."
In addition to the shooting range, there is also a good place to "get addicted to guns", that is, the "hunting ground".
Founding Lieutenant General Wang Bicheng said such an interesting thing.
In 1962, General Su Yu went to Shanghai to see a doctor, and General Wang Jian'an, General Han Xianchu, Lieutenant General Tao Yong, and Lieutenant General Wang Bicheng went to visit the old chief.
Everyone knew the old chief's hobbies, so they came up with the idea and everyone went hunting in the suburbs together.
There are no mountains on the outskirts of Shanghai, but there are crisscrossed rivers and vast farmlands where hares are often spotted.
General Su Yu gladly accepted everyone's invitation.
General Han Xianchu's marksmanship is well deserved, and as soon as a hare came out, it was knocked down by Han Xianchu with a shot.
The sound of gunfire alarmed the other hares, who immediately began to flee in all directions.
General Tao Yong shouted: "Don't let the biggest one run away!" ”
General Wang Bicheng hurried forward: "Look at me! ”
At this time, Admiral Xu Shiyou rushed to hear the news and immediately threw himself into the "battle".
So, a big drama was staged in the countryside - six founding generals fought hares!
This is an impossible "battle" to be recorded in the history of the People's Liberation Army, the scale of the battle is not large, and the rank of the "combatants" is extremely high: one general, three generals, and two lieutenant generals.
These founding generals once terrified the enemy, and now, the smoke of war has dissipated, but the generals' blood is still there.
With the help of hunting, the generals have passed the "gun addiction", and they are also extending their lives as warriors and releasing their fighting pride.
Several generals shot at the big hare, and there was a lot of gunfire, but the hare ran very fast, and actually dodged the rain of bullets, and ran more happily.
At this time, Su Yu raised the gun unhurriedly, took a slight aim, pulled the trigger, and with a "bang", the big rabbit running at high speed was killed by one shot.
Well played! The generals applauded in unison.
Previously, General Xu Shiyou had been looking for an opportunity to test his marksmanship with General Su Yu, and he was also convinced when he saw this, and gave General Su Yu a thumbs up with a smile.
How could General Su Yu have such good marksmanship?
This has a lot to do with his superior arm strength, General Su Yu until he is over sixty years old, he can still aim with a gun in one hand, and he will not move for 20 minutes.
Once, General Su Yu inspected the troops, and at the shooting range of the troops, the general found a problem - the soldiers' arm strength was not enough.
Therefore, although the fighters practiced hard, their target shooting results were very unstable.
Su Yu took out a coin from his trouser pocket and said to a soldier: "You put the copper coin on the front sight to practice, if the copper coin does not fall when you shoot, you are considered qualified." ”
As a result, none of the officers and men of a company were able to pass the test, and everyone talked about it a lot, and even complained: When the gun was fired, the muzzle of the gun shook so much, how could the copper coins not drop?
Su Yu didn't refute, and he didn't explain much, he asked for a rifle, put the copper coin on the crosshair, and fired several shots in succession, but none of them missed.
Look at the coin standing on the front sight - it didn't move, as if it was glued to the front sight.
The soldiers applauded thunderously and were convinced.
If the chief can do it, we will be able to do it! The fighters no longer complained, they began to work their arm strength, and later, this unit trained a large number of "sharpshooters".
Anyone who has been a soldier will accept the concept that a gun is a soldier's second life, and for a veteran like General Su Yu, to some extent, the "gun" is even greater than life.
However, because he loved guns like his life, General Su Yu had a painful experience.
Entering the new era, **it is expressly stipulated that personal collections are not allowed**, and all guns held by individuals must be handed in, regardless of the level of the holder.
General Su Yu is naturally also among the people who "surrender their guns".
Although he was extremely reluctant, he could not violate the rules of **, and General Su Yu reluctantly decided to hand over all the guns he treasured.
The general's son, Lieutenant General Su Rongsheng, recalled that on the day he handed over his guns, Su Yu got up early in the morning and took out all the guns from the safe.
The guns were lined up in the courtyard, like a line of soldiers ready to be inspected by the chief.
The general wiped all the guns one last time, stroked his favorite left*** and muttered, "Those of us who have fought all our lives can't even keep a single gun?" ”
Su Rongsheng said that when the gun was taken away by several officers, Su Yu couldn't bear to "say goodbye" to his beloved gun and quietly left the scene ......
In the days that followed, General Su Yu rarely spoke, and from time to time he fell into deep thought.
The general's family knew that he must be missing the guns that had been with him for many years - those "comrades in life and death" who could not speak, but were extremely spiritual.
Salute, General Su Yu!
Salute, veteran!