As a normal student, he didn't go to a professional military college to study military theory during the war. How did he produce a powerful strategic thought?
During the War of Liberation, Su Yu put forward no less than 10 strategic suggestions concerning the overall situation to the Central Military Commission of China. What moved everyone most was that he twice risked disobedience, dared to speak out and changed Mao Zedong's established strategic plan.
On one occasion, the field armies of Su Yu, Chen Yi and others were ordered to play outside lines and both sides of Jinpu Road, in order to win as much as possible and force Jiang to negotiate.
Su Yu, who learned the news, couldn't sleep at night. At that time, he knew the situation of the Soviet Union and the enemy, and fighting outside was not in line with the actual situation. So, he telegraphed the Central Committee many times and suggested that we should fight in the inland of the Soviet Union. To this end, he also galloped hundreds of kilometers with guards and rushed to the Central China Branch to explain to the leaders of the branch.
His suggestion was accepted by Mao Zedong. After that, the Soviet Union won seven wars, which stabilized the situation in the Central Plains and laid the foundation for national liberation.
Another time occurred in 1948. Mao Zedong plans to let Su Yu lead three main columns of the East China Field Army to the south of the Yangtze River, forcing Chiang Kai-shek's troops to return to the south bank of the Yangtze River for defense.
However, Su Yu put forward a proposal totally contrary to everyone's opinion: concentrate the troops of Liu Deng, Chen Su and Xie Chen in the Central Plains and fight a big annihilation war to completely change the situation in the Central Plains.
Su Yu suggested to Mao Zedong twice in a row. After many consultations, Mao Zedong temporarily withdrew his previous appointment and refused to go to Jiangnan. This proposal has drawn a blueprint for several classic battles in the future. In the end, Chiang Kai-shek's elite troops were defeated, and Chiang Kai-shek was powerless to return to heaven, and peace came ahead of schedule.
It can be said that Su Yu learned from Mao Zedong Thought and used Mao Zedong Thought flexibly in his communication with the Chairman.
Analyzing the major battles commanded by Su Yu, military analysts believe that the Soviet Union has always proceeded from the overall situation, sized up the situation, turned decay into magic, and promoted the development of the war situation.
His old partner Chen Yi has the most say. Su Yu and Chen Yi used to perform in theaters and fought many big battles.
1947 12, Chen Yi mentioned Su Yu at a work conference behind enemy lines: "Comrade Su Yu's operational command is very clever, both in theory and in practice. He has been honed in various wars for a long time, and the military command in East China also depends on him. "
Later, many researchers also agreed that Su Yu was very good at summing up the experience and lessons in practice and rose to the theoretical level.
During his 23-year military career, from Su Yu as the monitor of the guard class to the acting commander and political commissar of the field army who led hundreds of thousands of field troops, Su Yu hardly fought or prepared for war, lived in the front line and experienced many arduous battles.
1940 10, Su Yu carefully planned and commanded the decisive battle of Huangqiao, and saved the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu in do or die.
1March, 944, he planned rationally, laid out carefully, and adopted the tactics of encircling the main points for assistance, and recovered many lost lands from the Japanese puppet troops.
1945 From February to June, Su Yu volunteered to command the amazing Battle of Tianmu Mountain. The ancient elite troops 10000 people were completely annihilated.
After 65438+ 1 in 0947, Su Yu took command of the battle like a duck to water and launched several battles in history, including the Battle of Menglianggu.
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Hundreds of battles, repeated deduction and thinking day and night, created the "God of War" Su Yu in the eyes of the PLA, and greatly promoted the arrival of the new China.
According to records, Su Yu carried an ancient book "The Art of War" with him for a long time, which has been read brilliantly in various wars.
This book was first edited by the general instructor of the Army University Hall in Qing Dynasty, and was published by the Army University Hall in 1908. The book in Su Yu's hand is the original.
On the cover of this book, Su Yu neatly wrote the title with a brush and signed his name with a pen. He has kept this book with him for a long time, often fondling the abridged edition and constantly leafing through it.
1984 After Su Yu died in February, his wife Chu Qing presented this book together with On War, which Su Yu often read, to the memorial hall of the New Fourth Army in Maoshan.