Su Yu has fought almost all kinds of wars, guerrilla warfare, defending wars, and large armies concentrated on annihilation and concentrated their forces on quick decisions. Su Yu often improvises and wins by surprise. Chen Yi praised him as "the weirder he is, the more he can play", and Mao Zedong said that "Su Yu is correct, flexible and brave".
Sue can be said to be one of the best soldiers in our army. Lin Biao often studies the success stories of Su Yu. Su Yu, the main player of the Five Kings brand, hit and destroyed three. In the War of Liberation, the People's Liberation Army fought 38 large-scale battles to destroy more than 30,000 enemy troops, of which Su Yu personally commanded 8 times, the most famous being the Battle of Menglianggu. Let's look at the Battle of Menglianggu commanded by Su Yu.
After the failure of the all-round attack on the liberated areas, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the Kuomintang troops to turn to the liberated areas in Shandong and northern Shaanxi in March 1947. Among them, 60 brigades and more than 455,000 people were sent to the battlefield in Shandong. At that time, Hua Ye's troops were far inferior to those of the Kuomintang army in the Shandong battlefield.
Faced with such a disparity in strength, and began to change the March into a slow and steady Kuomintang army, Su Yu proposed that the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army should carry out running operations and actively fight, not only to attract the enemy, but also to confuse and fatigue the enemy.
In that month, the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army kept marching back and forth, with a distance exceeding 1000 km. Su Yu's style of play is completely correct, and this month's fighting has achieved remarkable results; The main results are as follows:
First of all, the enemy is at a loss, and we don't know where our army has gone. Although they advanced in a large area, they could not find the specific position of the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army.
Second, to guide the enemy to make a wrong judgment, Hua Ye's strategy of beating and walking gave Chiang Kai-shek an illusion. They thought that the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army was dying, so they lost patience and changed their slow and steady progress into aggressive tactics. Chiang Kai-shek's legions, which were originally close together, began to show gaps.
Third, we have successfully found out the enemy's psychology. After Chiang Kai-shek's plan to attack the liberated areas in an all-round way was shattered, he was already angry from embarrassment. But now seeing the escape of the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army, he intends to take action once and for all, relying on the powerful force of the Shandong battlefield to destroy the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army.
In fact, before the Battle of Meng Lianggu, Su Yu had been scouting for several days, intending to expose his position to the Kuomintang Seventh Army and the reorganized 48th Division, so as to clean them up. Later, however, his colonel caught a prisoner with a tip-off. Get the tip-off colonel hurriedly asked to show it to Su Yu.
Because according to the tip-off, the Kuomintang reorganized the 74th Division, that is, the division with Zhang as the division commander, and planned to attack the ninth column discovered by them from the west via Duozhuang.
After receiving the telegram, Su Yu thought about it and sent investigators to investigate the exact content of the telegram. He found that the First Corps of the Kuomintang began to launch an all-round attack on the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army, and the 74th Division of Zhang BGF was the main force of the First Corps. During the investigation, investigators also found that Zhang's 74th Division acted alone and tried to directly destroy the headquarters in Hua Ye.
Su Yu, who got the telegram and investigation news, finally changed his mind about attacking the 48th Division of BGF and turned to encircle the 74th Division of BGF. This also means that Zhang and his beloved 74th Division are going to die.
1947 On the night of May 1 1, an important historical decision was brewing in Hua Ye headquarters. Chen Yi, Tan Zhenlin, Liu Xiansheng, Zhong Qiguang and other Hua Ye leaders kept smoking and drinking water in the headquarters, listening to Su Yu's latest analysis of the enemy's situation.
First, the 74th Division of the Kuomintang went deep into the country alone, and it could completely cut off contact with other Kuomintang troops and annihilate them. If the 74th Division of the Kuomintang can be eliminated, it will be very beneficial to the spirit of Chiang Kai-shek's army. Moreover, the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army and the 74th Division of the Kuomintang fought many years ago, and they are already sworn enemies.
Second, we have never fought directly with the strongest enemy army. The enemy must judge our style of play according to past experience, but we can do the opposite and surprise more.
The 74th Kuomintang Division is already in the mountainous area. As long as we make good arrangements, we can completely cut off the contact between the 74th Division and the troops around him, and then cut off his retreat. Or you could just bombard him.
Third, our military strength has been greatly improved. After so many battles, our tactics and technical level have been greatly improved, and our weapons and equipment are no longer what they used to be. We have the basic conditions to encircle and annihilate powerful enemies, and we will certainly be able to do so.
In addition, although the reorganization of the 74th Division is a formidable enemy, their heavy equipment cannot exert its power in mountainous terrain. Moreover, Zhang, who was deeply loved by Chiang Kai-shek, was arrogant and often disagreed with other Kuomintang officers. If Zhang is defeated, other officers may send some people to support him instead of hiding themselves.
As the supreme commander of Hua Ye, Chen Yi has been pondering the pros and cons of attacking the 74th Division of the Kuomintang reorganization. Finally, he said categorically that to take the heads of generals from a million-strong army, we must annihilate the 74th Division of the Kuomintang reorganization, capture Zhang alive, and let Chiang Kai-shek know the power of our People's Liberation Army. The final conclusion of Zhang's death is that the reorganization with the 74th Division is coming soon.
When Zhang found that Chen Yi and Su Yu's troops were building positions outside the 74th Division, he thought that they were just trying to hinder their own attack speed, but unexpectedly they became targets of public criticism. It was not until the People's Liberation Army of Hua Ye cut off the connection between the reorganized 74th Division and other troops and surrounded him that he suddenly realized that he tried to break through by force, but was beaten back.
When Chiang Kai-shek learned that Zhang was besieged, he also sent a telegram to persuade Zhang not to worry and asked Zhang to stick to it. Then, he sent a telegram asking other recent troops to come to the rescue as soon as possible, trying to use the reorganization of the 74th Division as bait to carry out anti-encirclement, so as to destroy the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army.
Chiang Kai-shek believed that other troops could quickly come to the rescue and help their own troops; However, Zhang made the biggest mistake. You used to get along badly with people. If we can see a scene in history, we won the 74th Division of the Imperial Army in Meng Lianggu, but in Hua Ye we were surrounded by five columns, and the Kuomintang sent six more divisions to support us. Who can succeed?
From the early morning of 15, the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army sent the fourth and ninth columns to launch the first wave of attacks. In order to capture the carved nest held by the 74th Division and the 58th Brigade, it took General Manager Jiu a day and two nights to capture it.
At that time, the 5 1 Brigade and the 57th Brigade, which were reorganized into the 74th Division, were defeated by the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army. As for other battle situations, it is even less optimistic: for example, Wanquan Mountain, Highland 285, Highland 520 and Highland 540 all took more than a day, and repeated many gains and losses before finally winning successfully.
In this way, the reorganized 74th Division has lost all its peripheral strongholds, and the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army is suppressing the core of the 74th Division. It is worthy of being Chiang Kai-shek's body guard. The combat effectiveness of the reorganized 74th Division is really amazing, but this stalemate makes Su Yu feel very uneasy. We must lay down the reorganized 74th Division as soon as possible!
Otherwise, the first 1 1 reorganization division led by Hu Lian and the 5th Army led by Qiu Qingquan have captured the 64th Division of the Kuomintang at Qingtuo Temple, and the 7th Army and the 48th reorganization division in Wushenzhuang and Hezhuang, east of Meng Lianggu, will not miss Hua Ye's main force.
If the main force of the People's Liberation Army of Hua Ye can't annihilate and reorganize the 74th Division in the shortest time, it will be attacked by the Kuomintang inside and outside and will be reduced to ashes. Realizing this, Chen Yi called Su Yu again and said that Zhang must solve the case as soon as possible.
At the command of the general assault, gunfire rained down on the hills of Meng Lianggu, and the soldiers of the BGF 74th Division, who had been thirsty for several days, had no strength to escape and could only support them. Unfortunately, the delayed reinforcements ruined their last hope of survival.
Actually, Zhang should blame Tang. It is possible to slowly besiege the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army. However, Tang was too hasty and eager to take credit from Chiang Kai-shek. It was also misjudged by the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army's previous strategy as "hit and go". He thinks that Chen Yi and Su Yu are afraid to fight and have no fighting spirit in the face of the constant oppression of such a powerful Kuomintang army.
In addition, it is believed that the first regiment of the Kuomintang in Tang Dynasty is basically ready. Although not all the troops of the Shandong battlefield have been sent, the First Corps has more than10,000 troops. More than enough to annihilate the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army. What's more, Tang has learned the lessons of the past. At the same time, he ordered all the participating troops to protect each other, leaving no gaps.
For example, the 25th Division of the Kuomintang should protect the left wing of the 74th Division, the 83rd Division should protect the right wing of the 74th Division, the 65th Division should also protect the flank of the 25th Division, and the 7th and 48th Armies should protect the flank of the 83rd Division, with special emphasis on not going deep into it alone.
Later, when sending reinforcements, Zhang never even imagined that Tang could command the 25th, 65th and 83rd divisions from the Central Army.
In fact, Zhang really blames himself. His subordinates advised him three times not to build military facilities on the Meng Lianggu. It was not easy to build fortifications, and there was no water source, but he refused to listen, let alone Su in the Three Kingdoms period. Coupled with the ineffective handling of interpersonal contradictions among Kuomintang officers at ordinary times, the nearest 38 th division commander retreated several kilometers after receiving Tang's telegram.
Arrogance is the most taboo on the battlefield, and you don't listen to other people's opinions, especially being confused by the current situation. But this is also the genius of Su Yu's strategy. He succeeded in confusing Zhang, which led to the reorganization of the 74th Division, and finally made people panic.
In fact, attacking the reorganized 74th Division is a risky move, but if it wins, it will be a good move. So fortunately, they really attacked, reorganized the 74th Division, and quickly evacuated before the enemy arrived.
In fact, at the beginning of 1948, the Central Military Commission had no intention of launching the Huaihai Campaign. At that time, on the battlefield of the Central Plains, 25 reorganization divisions and 57 brigades of the East China Liberation Army, the Central Plains Liberation Army, the Western Henan Corps and the Kuomintang were in a stalemate.
At that time, the Central Military Commission and Mao Zedong agreed that it was not appropriate to fight a large-scale annihilation war in the Central Plains, because reinforcements arrived at dawn the next day without hitting others one night. So they plan to cross the river and go to Jiangnan to reverse the war in the Central Plains.
65438+ 19481October 22nd, Su Yu sent a very long telegram to the Central Military Commission, in which he talked about the idea of the Central Plains war situation and put forward some suggestions. But five days later, the Central Military Commission still issued an order to Su Yu to cross the river south.
Of course, Su Yu will not disobey the orders of his superiors, but he is not going to give up his ideas. Therefore, while preparing to cross the river, he is thinking about how to change the situation in the Central Plains without crossing the river.
He thought it over for several days, and then handed in a 2000-word telegram to the Central Military Commission at 65438+1October 3 1. This 2000-word telegram mainly focuses on the plan of the time, place and method of crossing the river south, and also repeats his views and suggestions on staying in the Central Plains in the last telegram.
This telegram caught Mao Zedong's attention and specially left Chen Yi to study it together. After research, it was decided to cross the river and move south, but Su Yu's other opinions except staying in the Central Plains were adopted.
In the face of the central reply, Su Yu still didn't give up his idea. He continued to improve the plan and reported it to his superiors. Later, Su Yu accepted Mao Zedong's suggestion that if he wanted to stay in the Central Plains, he must annihilate at least five or six regular brigades of the Kuomintang within four to eight months.
At that time, in order to avoid the delay of the combat plane, Chairman Mao sent a telegram back, saying that the situation was urgent, so you should not ask me for instructions and make a decision directly, which gave Su Yu the privilege of "stopping the plane only".
/kloc-one day in June of 0/7, the Kuomintang army in Kaifeng was jointly attacked by the third and eighth columns of the East China Field Army, and its firepower was fully open. After only five days and nights, Kaifeng was captured. At that time, all the 30,000 Kuomintang defenders in Kaifeng were annihilated, and the news that Kaifeng was attacked was endless. Other Kuomintang troops who came to support were also wiped out and evacuated in a hurry.
Theoretically, if a city is captured, it should be stationed in the city to establish a good defensive military to prevent subsequent enemy attacks. However, the * * * production party never does this, which is the practice of the Kuomintang. After the Kuomintang troops stationed in Kaifeng were annihilated by Su Yu, Su Yu ordered the third and eighth columns of the East China Field Army to leave Kaifeng and hide in Suiqi area, waiting for the opportunity.
1at the end of 0/0, Su Yu, Tan Zhenlin, Zhang zhen and others issued the preparatory orders for the Huai Hai Campaign. After several months of careful consideration and various preparations, they decided to mobilize all the troops of the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army and work closely with the main force of the Central Plains Field Army to annihilate Chiang Kai-shek's Huang Jun first.
If you can annihilate Feng Zhian's troops, you can choose whether to attack Huaiyin, Huai 'an, Gaoyou and other places according to the situation, or you can choose to annihilate part of Qiu Qingquan Corps and Li Mi Corps from Xuzhou.
In any case, we must expand the results of this campaign, pursue the victory, smash Chiang Kai-shek's defense system in the Central Plains, and force the Kuomintang Legion to turn into a defensive state.
Huang's corps has four armies. Although its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of Zhang BGF's 74th Division, it is above average among the Kuomintang Xuzhou Regiment. What's more, Huang led the troops in Nianzhuang at that time. Nianzhuang has a perfect defensive position built by the enemy before. Villages can defend each other, and villages can support each other with fire. Trenches and traffic trenches form a circular position.
Hua Ye People's Liberation Army's original military tactics of quick attack and sudden attack can't achieve the goal of wiping out the Yellow Corps. Therefore, Su Yu sent a telegram to each corps on June 9 10, demanding that intensive attack firepower be organized to separate the marching enemy from the enemy stationed in situ and adopt different ways of playing.
This is typical, focusing on tackling key problems, supplemented by flexibility, which is completely different. In all previous Jinan campaigns, with the joint efforts of the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army and the Central Plains Field Army, the Yellow Army was annihilated in just eight days.
The annihilation of the Yellow Army means that the Huaihai Campaign has entered the second stage. After studying the situation of the enemy and ourselves, Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi and others thought that the East China Field Army was exhausted after attacking the Yellow Corps and had to rest immediately. Otherwise, it is difficult to annihilate the Qiu Qingquan and Li Mi Corps behind it.
The main purpose of the second stage is to choose to panic in the Corps or Corps and Liu Ruming Corps at the same time, and at the same time, to prevent Du Tuantuan from coming from Xuzhou.
The delay of Li Yannian and Liu Ruming Corps gave the East China Field Army and the Central Plains Field Army the opportunity to annihilate stevie hoang Corps, and also pushed stevie hoang Corps into a fire pit, typically sacrificing others to protect themselves.
Although Hua Ye commanders were worried that Du Jituan and the Corps would join forces to turn the tide, Du actually escaped and retreated from the direction of Huaibei. In fact, what Du didn't know was that the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army didn't have much power to stop him at that time. They were generous to Du, but they wouldn't let him go to the south.
However, after the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army annihilated the Corps, it made adjustments. At dawn on the 4th, Du Tuan was besieged in the Chenguanzhuang area. Young man, it's not our fault. We all cut you some slack, but you run too slowly.
While the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army and the Central Plains Field Army besieged Du Group, they annihilated half of Sun Corps, Corps and Qiu Qingquan Corps.
At that time, Su Yu, who had been monitoring the overall situation of the whole battlefield, didn't sleep for seven days and seven nights, so that Meniere's disease came later, and he could only lie on a stretcher and command with illness.
Du can only win the battle under favorable conditions, but this time it was completely annihilated, because it was surrounded by the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army and the Central Plains Field Army. With the annihilation of Du Group and the end of the third stage of the Huaihai Campaign, the Huaihai Campaign finally came to an end.
Originally, according to the deployment of the central government. Crossing the river to the south was also decided by the central government after a long time of thinking. However, Su Yu put forward his own unique view to the Central Committee that the Huaihai Campaign should be launched. Facts have proved that what he did was indeed right.
Trusting the information from Mao Zedong and Su Yu himself, the Hua Ye People's Liberation Army and the Central Plains Field Army launched the Huaihai Campaign two days in advance, which won two precious days. The advance of these two days has also disrupted the Kuomintang's operational deployment, and at the same time created favorable fighters for the defeated Yellow Corps, which was isolated and arrogant, not to mention Du Tuan and other corps that could not run fast.
The war described above is only a small part of General Su Yu's war career. Su Yu has only gone through 28 years from a squad leader to a founding general, but he never takes credit for his integrity. On the contrary, he is willing to be a hero behind the scenes, but he keeps adding fuel to the flames. He made concessions to the commander-in-chief twice and to the marshal once. Mao Zedong intended to make him a marshal, but Su Yu resolutely refused. However, according to his qualifications, prestige and meritorious military service, Mao Zedong considered him a "general".
Su Yu is one of the founding generals of the Republic of China that I admire most. I would like to take this article to remember General Su Yu!