In the War of Liberation, Su Yu commanded Zhongye and Huaye to launch the Huaihai Campaign, which laid the combat superiority of our army in one fell swoop, and struck at the elite forces of the Kuomintang to make it completely surrender.
When our army went deep into the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, ** wanted to let ** and Su Yu command the battle, because Su Yu was unwell before he let President Peng take command, which shows that *** is very sure of Su Yu's military talent, but it is such a general with outstanding military achievements After the founding of the People's Republic of China, his position as the first general became lower and lower, and the reason for this made many people puzzled, but in fact, General Chen Geng had already explained the reason.
Chen Geng said that from ancient times to the present, people who have too much credit and are not good at catering to others are excluded by others, and Su Yu is such a person。Su Yu's military talent is obvious to all, looking back on Su Yu's life experience in combat command, there are a few points worth mentioning, in the face of the reorganization of the 74th Division during the Battle of Menglianggu, even *** and Chiang Kai-shek did not expect to be able to attack down, but Su Yu created such a miracle, it can be said that his military strategic talent is incomparable to ordinary people.
In the many battles of Huaye and later Sanye, most of them were commanded by Su Yu, and the scale of Sanye's development was only second only to the Siye troops. Su Yu has a unique vision in the process of marching and fighting, but his overly resolute personality makes him not consider the ideas of others when making some strategic decisions, and completely arbitrarily transforms, which makes some of his comrades-in-arms who have worked with him very dissatisfied.
When the People's Liberation Army was ordered to cross the river, Su Yu resolutely opposed it, and finally delayed crossing the river for a few days, although it was finally successful, but from this incident, it can be seen that Su Yu is a character who insists on his own views and dares to disobey.
Directly follow ***'s order, and the result is the same, but Su Yu insists on his own opinion and is unwilling to obey.
Su Yu made countless military exploits in his life and played an important role in the historical development of our country, but after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was demoted many times, and even when he died, he was not rehabilitated until later. Many ordinary people can't understand why Su Yu suffered from this situation, and he failed to get the treatment he deserved for his military exploits.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Su Yu served as the commander-in-chief of the troops to liberate Taiwan, and with the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, we needed to gather troops and transfer part of the main force of Huaye to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Another thing that can show Su Yu's character even more, after he was appointed chief of the general staff, proposed to transfer elite troops to be used as strategic forces of the high command, which would be led by the major military regions in peacetime, but not subordinate to the military regions, and if a war broke out, the high command would be directly dispatched.
Su Yu's proposal is of certain significance to China's overall military deployment, and it can show its flexible and changeable military strategic thinking, but in peacetime, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, all military regions have been smoothly implemented, each performing its own duties, and the additional troops arranged by Su Yu are very likely to disrupt the existing order. At that time, as the Minister of National Defense, he resolutely opposed and did not support the formation of this unit, Su Yu insisted on his own views to form a strategic force, and the two of them broke up unhappily in this matter, and Su Yu's position was vacated from then on, and his career became more and more unsmooth.
As the only minority general among the 10 founding generals, Su Yu's life can be described as outstanding military achievements, but because of his upright personality, he is not good at handling problems tactfully, which offends many colleagues. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Su Yu still did not change his upright style when fighting wars and marching, and he did not make much achievements in the economic construction and cultural development of New China, all of which were influenced by his personality.
In particular, Su Yu's hard work and achievements in the party's revolutionary cause will naturally arouse the envy and jealousy of many people, so it is understandable that he has been excluded from the army.
Su Yu died on February 5, 1984 at the age of 77, after Su Yu's death, his family found three pieces of shrapnel in his skull ashes, these three pieces of shrapnel are still displayed in the military museum, which can be seen that Su Yu's life is for the liberation of New China and the people's better life and dedication of his life. Although Su Yu did not receive an excessively high military rank, as juniors, we cannot judge his great achievements by just one person's military title, and Su Yu's dedication to the whole of China is worthy of our praise.