Zhu Lao is always the head of the top ten marshals of the founding of the country, and Su Yu is the first general of the founding of the country.
There is a popular saying in the market: Marshal Zhu Laozhen, General Su Yuzhen, and General Xiao Kezhen.
Many people are skeptical of this statement: because Mr. Zhu has always been the commander-in-chief of our army, the three armies of Weizhen are naturally not a problem. Su Yu was not enough to "town" due to his shallow qualifications and Xiao Ke due to his lack of military achievements.
In addition to marshals and generals, the list of founding generals, lieutenant generals and major generals is not arranged by meritorious status (mainly according to the order of formation), so it is certainly not correct to say "General Xiao Kezhen". However, the list of founding marshals and founding generals is in a very strict order. In other words, the names of Mr. Zhu and Su Yu are put at the forefront, and they are indeed considered to be the leading figures among the founding marshals and founding generals.
As a banner of our army, Mr. Zhu can of course "town" the other nine generalissimos, and even more "town" more than 1,600 founding generals and soldiers of the three armies. As the founding general of the country, Su Yu, who ranked first, did not have the conditions for the "town" general.
In the army, how can you be a general and shock the three armies?
Sun Wu, the "saint of soldiers" in the Warring States Period, in the "Art of War" that has been passed down through the ages, in addition to expounding military strategic ideas in the "Beginning of the Plan", then put forward the five-character standard of "wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage and strictness" for senior generals.
Among them, "wisdom" is resourceful and clever, such as Han Xin; "Faith" is a clear reward and punishment, a promise of gold, such as Sun Wu himself; "Benevolence" is to love soldiers like sons and kill to a certain extent, such as Wu Qi; "Brave" is the first soldier and the brave champion of the three armies, such as Huo Quai; "Strict" means that the military discipline is strict and the autumn is not guilty, such as Yue Fei.
Mr. Zhu commented that the fellow has the character of "wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage and strictness".
However, in addition to the "five-character character," senior generals of the modern army should also consider various factors of history and reality. For example, when the first major award was awarded, several major factors were comprehensively considered: seniority, rank, ability, military exploits, and status.
The first is qualifications, which is industry qualifications and experience, which is a summary of the past, the so-called high morality; The second is rank, which refers to the position and rank in the army, the so-called "official level crushes people"; the third is ability, including the ability to command wars and form teams; The fourth is combat exploits, that is, battlefield achievements, which are guided by numbers and results.
In addition to the above four points, there is another important factor, and that is political status.
Mr. Zhu doesn't need to go into details, no matter which one is the top benchmark.
Therefore, Mr. Zhu is the first of the top ten marshals, and the "big brother" as the founding general is justified and expected. And Su Yu, the "god of war" who has made outstanding military achievements, especially in the War of Liberation, can be called the first "god of war", why does it say that there is no condition for "town general"?
Let's look at the first of the five elements, Su Yu's qualifications are not the oldest founding generals.
If you talk about qualifications alone, Zhang Yunyi, who ranks seventh among the founding generals, is undoubtedly the oldest: Zhang Yunyi's qualifications are almost the same as those of Marshal *** and Mr. He, and he is also the only founding general who enjoys the treatment of marshal after being awarded.
The rest of the founding generals are a few older than Su Yu: Xiao Jinguang was the party representative of the 6th Division Lieutenant General during the Northern Expedition, when he was only 22 years old, and Su Yu was still in middle school at that time; Wang Shusheng was one of the leaders of the Jute Uprising and served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth; Chen Geng joined the Hunan Army at the age of 13, the battalion commander of the Nanchang Uprising, and the division commander during the Agrarian Revolution.
Looking at the second hard condition, Su Yu's rank is in the upper middle stream most of the time, not the highest.
Mr. Zhu has been the banner of our army in various periods, but there is a gap in Su Yu's rank.
During the Red Army, Su Yu was the chief of staff of the corps and belonged to the first general; During the Anti-Japanese War, Su Yu was the commander of the New Fourth Army and belonged to the second echelon of generals; During the liberation period, Su Yu was the deputy commander of Huaye, the acting commander and acting political commissar of Sanye, and was among the first echelon. However, before the big award, he was only the deputy chief and still belonged to the second echelon.
Su Yu's third flaw in not being able to suppress the general is that his comprehensive ability is "biased".
Many people believe that Su Yu has the first place in the War of Liberation, and he can be rated as a marshal. But the difference between a marshal and a general is the gap in comprehensive ability. General Su Yu's military command level is very prominent, but this ability has come up step by step at different stages, and his ability to fight in large corps only shines during the War of Liberation.
If measured by the high standards of "town generals", not only must be able to fight, but also be able to form a team, that is to say, they must have the vision of communication, unite various talents and the comprehensive ability to deal with complex interpersonal relationships.
In terms of comprehensive ability, Mr. Zhu's advantages are fully displayed, whether it is fighting or coordinating, selecting, employing or external, and even dealing with the three religions and nine streams with ease. And at this point, Su Yu's shortcomings are obvious.
General Su Yu is similar to Marshal *** and General Chen Geng, and is a pure military command talent.
However, on the issue of forming a team and dealing with complex interpersonal relationships, Su Yu does not have the highest moral esteem, nor does he lack Chen Geng's humor. And the ability to coordinate and unite colleagues and subordinates is even more important than fighting, which is also an important reason why ** cannot leave Huaye.
Of course, General Su Yu's exploits were particularly prominent in the War of Liberation.
Mr. Zhu sat in the center and did not focus on front-line warfare, but Mr. Zhu had outstanding combat power during the Red Army, and gradually returned to the command center to grasp the direction strategically during the War of Resistance and the War of Liberation. Jin Chaji was unfavorable, and the chairman personally ordered Mr. Zhu to help.
Su Yu is different from Mr. Lin, who became famous as a teenager, and belongs to the type of late bloomer.
During the Red Army period, Su Yu was not at the core level, although he was supported by Mr. Zhu, but he was mostly in the partial division, lacked the opportunity of Mr. Lin, and did not receive special attention from his boss for a long time, nor did he work under the direct leadership of the chairman and Mr. Zhu.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, Su Yu, who was in charge of the army, gradually showed his unique military talent, and the more difficult our army was, the bigger and more dangerous the battle, the more obvious Su Yu's courage and overall view of the situation in the 10,000-horse army to take the head of the enemy's generals. Judging from the merits of the war, Su Yu is sesame seed flowering is rising and has been on the rise.
In addition to qualifications, ranks, and comprehensive ability, political status is also a weakness of Su Yu.
Mr. Zhu's status was formed by history and was unanimously recognized by the officers and men of the three armed forces. From the Jinggangshan Division, to the Seventh National Congress of Yan'an and the liberation of the whole country, Mr. Zhu has always been the benchmark of our army, and his status is one of the "five cores".
In 1955, political status is the key to the ranking of generals, such as Mr. Lin ranked before Liu Shuai and Mr. He, that is, his status was ahead of the other seven generalissimos; Luo Shuai is ranked before Xu Shuai and Nie Shuai, and the same is true.
Su Yu can't be a "town general" like Mr. Zhu, the key is that there is a gap in political status.
At the time of the Seventh National Congress, Su Yu, Huang Kecheng, Chen Geng, Tan Zheng, Xiao Jinguang, ** and other 6 people were only members, and only Zhang Yunyi was a member, which was a gap between General Su Yu and General Zhang Yunyi in terms of political status.
Three of the ten founding generals, namely Xu Haidong, Wang Shusheng and Xu Guangda, were defeated in the Seventh Congress.
During the Liberation War, Su Yu served as the deputy commander and second deputy political commissar of Huaye, ** was the commander and political commissar, and the first deputy political commissar was the partner of the Central China Field Army*** Su Yu served as the acting commander and acting political commissar of Huaye, but he did not become a regular.
On the eve of the award, Su Yu served as the second chief minister, but the Ministry of National Defense had just been established, so the status of the chief was not the same as that of the first chief minister. In the final analysis, the military is only a continuation of politics at all times, and military status is to give way to political status.
Therefore, Su Yu naturally relied on military merits alone to "suppress" the nine generals who performed their duties.