After 1929, Su Yu was promoted to battalion commander, colonel, division commander, GongSiJun chief of staff, Gong Xijun chief of staff, QiGong legion chief of staff and so on. Participated in the struggle to create revolutionary base areas in southern Jiangxi and western Fujian, and smashed the enemy's four large-scale "encirclement and suppression" wars. In the battle, he always took the lead and went forward bravely. He was injured many times and his left arm was shot and disabled. It is worth mentioning that in the battle of Laoqi Xiling on June 23rd, 1928, Su Yu attacked in the afternoon when the enemy was tired and relaxed, and broke through the enemy's defense. Six people were on the top of the mountain, and only three people pursued the fleeing enemy and captured more than 100 enemies. After the war, Su Yu got the reputation of "Young Counselor" in Zhu De.
1July, 934, Su Yu led an anti-Japanese advance team composed of the Red Seven Army Corps to the Fujian-Zhejiang-Jiangxi base area and set up the Red Ten Army Corps as the chief of staff. Later, he went to the Anhui-Zhejiang-Jiangxi border region to create a revolutionary base area. Due to the fierce siege and interception of the enemy, the Red Ten Army suffered heavy losses. 1935 65438+ 10, the Red Army Advance Division was established, and he served as the division commander. In the same year, in June+10, 5438, temporary provincial committees and temporary military regions were established one after another along the Fujian-Zhejiang border, and Su Yu served as the organization minister of the provincial committee and commander of the military region, thus creating the revolutionary base areas in southern Zhejiang. Defeated the enemy's repeated "encirclement and suppression" and persisted in guerrilla warfare for three years.
After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Su Yu was appointed as the deputy commander of the second detachment of the New Fourth Army, advancing behind enemy lines in the south of the Yangtze River. 1938, 17 In June, the enemy was ambushed in Wei Gang, killing more than 30 Japanese soldiers under the dirt well, destroying 5 cars and seizing more than 20 guns. The first battle of this campaign was successful, which broke the myth that the Japanese army was invincible and opened up a new situation of the war of resistance in Jiangnan.
1939 65438+ 10, Su Yu led a raid on Guandoumen and annihilated more than 200 Japanese aggressors.
1in July, 940, Chen Yi and Su Yu led more than 7,000 people of the New Fourth Army into northern Jiangsu. In September, the anti-Japanese base area in northern Jiangsu with Huangqiao as the center was established, and Su Yu was appointed as the deputy commander. 10 On June 4th, the battle of Huangqiao started. Although outnumbered, Su Yu, with his extraordinary courage and wisdom, rationally arranged his troops and adopted the tactics of luring the enemy in depth, dividing his troops and surrounding him, and making a surprise attack. He wiped out the enemy in the movement and achieved brilliant results with few troops. Destroyed more than 1 1000 people and seized a large number of munitions, guns and ammunition. The victory of the decisive battle of Huangqiao completed the strategic task of opening up northern Jiangsu and opened up a new situation of the war of resistance in Central China.
194 1 10 After the "Southern Anhui Incident", Su Yu was appointed as the first division commander of the New Fourth Army (later as the political commissar) and the commander and political commissar of the Suzhong Military Region. 1March, 942, concurrently served as secretary of the Central Jiangsu District Party Committee, attaching importance to local armed construction. 1in March, 943, in the Axle Campaign under his command, more than 460 Japanese officers and men led by Colonel Misawa were annihilated and 50 enemy bunkers were destroyed. Take the lead in entering the strategic counterattack situation in the country. When the good news that Su Yu led an army of only a few thousand people to wipe out the Japanese puppet troops on the axle in northern Jiangsu reached the cave in Yan 'an, Mao Zedong, a discerning man, said on the spot: "This man who grew up as a soldier can command four or five hundred thousand troops in the future." 1February, 945, led the first division to cross the river south and served as commander and political commissar of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Region. He commanded three anti-stubborn battles in western Zhejiang and annihilated 13000 people. 1in June, 945, he was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee at the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War,1June 1945 served as deputy commander of the Central China Military Region and acting commander of the Central China Field Army. (On the last day of the meeting in Chengnanzhuang, Mao Zedong proposed that Chen Yi be transferred to Nakano as deputy commander and Su Yu be promoted as commander and political commissar of Hua Ye, but this news surprised Su Yu and immediately asked Comrade Chen Yi to return to Hua Ye many times. At Su Yu's insistence, Mao Zedong agreed to Chen Yi's job in Nakano, and still retained him. He commanded the Gaoyou Campaign and the Xu (Zhou) Hai (Zhou) section of the Longhai Line, wiped out more than 20,000 puppet troops who refused to surrender, and prepared favorable conditions for interior-line operations to meet the attack of Kuomintang troops, thus connecting Central China and Shandong Liberated Areas. 1After Chiang Kai-shek launched a full-scale civil war in June, 946, the Central Committee adopted his suggestion, changed the plan that the three armies of Taihang, Shandong and Central China attacked exterior lines at the same time, and agreed that the main force of the Central China Field Army would fight in the interior lines of Central China first. Since July, he has commanded more than 30,000 people in the Central China Field Army to fight against the Kuomintang army with1.20,000 US military equipment. In a month and a half, he has won seven battles and won seven victories. In every battle, he concentrated his absolute superior forces to wipe out more than 53,000 enemies, which inspired the confidence of the soldiers and civilians in the liberated areas to dare to fight and win, and provided practical experience for operational guidance in the early days of the liberation war. Mao Zedong was very excited when the good news of the great victory in the Soviet campaign reached Yan 'an. He personally drafted a telegram for the Central Military Commission and sent it to the head of the strategic area, introducing the experience of "making great achievements": "Every battle focuses on the absolute superior forces to attack the enemy, so it is invincible and very rustic; Captured a lot, so well-equipped; By fighting in the liberated areas, it is easy to supplement; Coupled with correct command, we can achieve great victory. This experience is very good. I hope that all districts will follow suit and hope that their respective departments will pay attention to it. " Mao Zedong extended Su Yu's experience to the whole army.
1947 1 Deputy Commander of East China Field Army. Mao Zedong telegraphed Chen Yi: "Comrade Su Yu is in charge of the specific operation." Strategically, he is still on the inside, and has successively commanded the battles of northern Jiangsu, southern Shandong, Laiwu, Taimeng and Menglianggu. * * * annihilated seven armies (reorganization divisions) and 1 fast column, including1the 74th reorganization division of the Kuomintang, which was called "the trump card army" in August 1947. In the end, Su Yu successfully completed the feat of reorganizing the 74th Division, one of the five main forces of the national army.
After the People's Liberation Army turned to the strategic offensive, together with Chen Yi, it led the main force of the East China Field Army into the southwest of Shandong, covered the main force of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army to go south to Dabie Mountain, commanded the Shajiji Campaign, wiped out the enemy with 1 reorganization division, and forced the enemy to dispatch four reorganization divisions from Shandong and Dabie Mountain to help, thus realizing the transformation of the East China theater from inside to outside and from strategic defense to strategic attack, and then advancing into the border region of Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu. He observed the development of the military and political situation, and put forward the proposal of 1948 to stop three columns from crossing the river south in October and April and concentrate their forces on fighting a big annihilation war in Huanghuai area, which was adopted by the central authorities. In May, Chen Yifeng was transferred to work in the Central Plains. He used to be the acting commander and political commissar of the East China Field Army.
1948 in may, Mao Zedong, who never went out to meet his comrades in the party, strode out of the gate and shook hands with Su Yu for a long time, saying meaningfully, "17 years!" 17 years ago, Su Yu was the division commander of the Red Army 12. In the first counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression", Zhang Hunzan was arrested first, and then Tan Daoyuan was beaten. Looking back, both of them are very excited. Mao Zedong said, "We are glad that you have won so many beautiful victories! Listen to your opinion this time. "
At this meeting, Chairman Mao suddenly changed the original plan of crossing the river and followed Su Yu's advice, so there was the Battle of Eastern Henan, which later reversed the war situation in the Central Plains. One year after the Battle of Meng Lianggu, Mao Zedong, who swallowed mountains and rivers, asked Su Yu when Xibaipo gave Su Yu a chance to fight the Central Plains: "Last year, it was also in this pleasant May that you fought a battle in Shandong ..." "In Meng Lianggu." Su Yu replied. "What was the result?" "Destroy the 74th Division and kill the enemy leader Zhang ..." Mao Zedong smiled and applauded: "You destroyed the 74th Division so boldly and quickly. In this land of China, two people didn't expect that one was actually ... "Su Yu blurted out:" Chiang Kai-shek. He shouted: "I didn't expect my elite division to suffer such a fiasco." Mao Zedong: "Is there another person?" Su Yu said, "Chen Cheng? Mao Zedong: "Needless to say." Su Yu: "He Qin Ying? Mao Zedong: "What a way. "Su Yu," Bai Chongxi? Mao Zedong: "It's too far from the point." . "Su Yu:" Who is that? Mao Zedong: "The second person I didn't expect was Mao Zedong! "
1June, 948, concurrently served as commander of Henan-Anhui Soviet area. In the Battle of Eastern Henan, Mao Zedong fully agreed with Su Yu's opinion and pointed out: "This is the correct policy under the current situation." And instructed Su Yu with great trust: "When the situation is tense, do not ask for instructions and handle it independently."
After the war, Mao Zedong said, "The War of Liberation is like climbing a mountain. Now that we have passed the depression of the mountain, the most difficult climbing stage has passed. " In June and July, he commanded eight columns of the East China Field Army and two columns of the Central Plains Field Army to carry out the Eastern Henan Campaign, wiped out more than 90,000 enemy troops, won a large-scale siege and aid to Vietnam, changed the strategic situation of the battlefields in the Central Plains and East China, disrupted the defense system of the Kuomintang army, and created favorable conditions for a larger-scale annihilation war later.
1September, 948, commanded the battle of Jinan, conquered the fortified city of Jinan, and wiped out more than 65,438+10,000 people. On September 24th, the proposal of Huaihai Campaign was put forward. With the approval of the Central Military Commission, the Central Plains fought side by side with the East China Field Army and launched the Huaihai Campaign on June 6 165438. 1October 8th, 165438+ jointly put forward with Zhang zhen, deputy chief of staff of the East China Field Army, an important proposal to keep the main force of the Kuomintang army in Xuzhou and its surrounding areas and gradually annihilate it, which was adopted by the Central Military Commission, and played a positive role in expanding the scale of the Huaihai Campaign and developing it into a strategic decisive battle on the southern front. During the campaign, as a member of the General Front Committee of Huaihai Front in China, he directly commanded the East China Field Army 17 column. With the strategic vision and courage of an outstanding strategist, he made great contributions to the victory of Huaihai Campaign. The Huaihai Campaign wiped out more than 550,000 Kuomintang troops, and the East China Field Army under the command of Su Yu wiped out 440,000 enemy troops. Mao Zedong once said: "In the Huaihai Campaign, Su Yu made the first contribution!" At present, most military history researchers believe that the substantive process of the Huaihai Campaign was promoted by Su Yu.
1949 1 Deputy Commander and Second Deputy Political Commissar of the Third Field Army (still acting as Commander and Political Commissar). In the Battle of Crossing the River, the commander pursued and annihilated five fleeing enemies in langxi and Guangde Mountain areas in southern Anhui, and liberated Nanjing and Hangzhou. In May, he commanded the battle of Shanghai, wiped out eight main enemy forces outside Shanghai, and saved Shanghai from serious damage. He has served as deputy director of Shanghai Military Management Committee, director of Nanjing Military Management Committee, mayor of Nanjing, and vice chairman of East China Military and Political Committee. In the war of liberation, he was full of strategic foresight, good at handling the relationship between strategy and campaign, campaign and stage, concentrating and transferring troops in time, winning a series of important battles and accumulating rich experience in organizing and commanding large corps operations.
On September 30th, 1949, the party and state leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square. Chairman Mao Zedong was the first person to shovel dirt. When I got up, I pulled Zhu De. After many people, I pulled Su Yu. Three people and He Long came forward to shovel dirt for the monument. Liu Bocheng, an army god, once said: Su Yu is the best general in our army.
After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as deputy chief of staff of China People's Revolutionary Military Commission, chief of staff of China People's Liberation Army, deputy minister of national defense, vice president of Academy of Military Sciences, first political commissar and member of the Standing Committee of China Central Military Commission. 1955 was awarded the rank of general and won the first-class August 1st Medal, the first-class Medal of Independence and Freedom and the first-class Medal of Liberation. He is a member of the 8th-11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, a member of the 1st-3rd National Defense Commission, a vice-chairman of the 3rd-5th National People's Congress, and a member of the the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Advisory Committee.
1950 from June 6 to 9, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held the Third Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee in Beijing. At the meeting, Su Yu, deputy commander of the East China Military Region, reported on the preparations for the liberation of Taiwan Province Province. Su Yu asked the Central Military Commission to directly organize and direct the Battle of Taiwan Province, while Mao Zedong decided that the Battle would still be commanded by Su Yu.
After the Korean War broke out, Su Yu was directly appointed as the commander-in-chief and political commissar of the Northeast Border Guard, and Xiao was appointed as the deputy commander, ready to command the army into the DPRK. However, Su Yu suddenly fell ill and lived in a nursing home, and later took Lin Biao and Peng into the DPRK.
During the work of the General Staff Department, he participated in guiding the Korean War, put forward many important suggestions, put forward a complete army building plan, and realized the construction of the first generation of national defense system in new China.
1958 was wrongly criticized at the enlarged meeting of the military commission and was treated unfairly for a long time. In the same year, he was transferred to Deputy Minister of National Defense and Vice President of Academy of Military Sciences. 1972 served as the first political commissar of the Academy of Military Sciences. He devoted himself to upholding and developing Mao Zedong's military thought and advocated studying military dialectics. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, it was proposed to emancipate the mind in the military field and study and answer new questions raised by modern warfare. He is a pioneer in the research and practice of military science. During the Cultural Revolution, he was a member of the State Council Business Group. Under the leadership of Zhou Enlai, he was responsible for railway, transportation, post and telecommunications, port construction and shipbuilding.
1984 died in Beijing on February 5th. After his death, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China said in his obituary that he was "particularly good at commanding large armies to fight", which was unique among the founding generals.
Mrs. Chu Qing wrote a poem to express her deep affection for Su Yu's fighting life for more than forty years. This poem is as follows:
relieve one's feelings
When it's sunny, when it's raining, and the sky is clear, Wan Li will send you to accompany you.
Relieved as a loyal soul smiles, I cherish the friendship of war.
I only want to jump on the whip day, but I remember the frequency of the battlefield.
At the moment, the flowers in the southeast are like brocade, which can comfort all my hearts.