Su Yu (1907-1984), formerly known as Su Duozhen, used to be known as Su Zhiyu, Dong nationality, born in Hunan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoChinese proletarian revolutionary and military strategist[1], the main leader of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and the first of the ten major generals of the People's Republic of China.

In 1927, he joined the Communist Party of China, participated in the Nanchang Uprising, and later entered Jinggangshan, where he participated in all the anti-"meeting and suppression" and all five anti-"encirclement and suppression" wars. During the Long March, he stayed in the south to organize guerrilla warfare. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as the deputy commander of the second detachment of the New Fourth Army, and the deputy commander of the Jiangnan Command and the Northern Jiangsu Command. In 1941, he served as the commander of the First Division of the New Fourth Army, and later the commander of the Sixth Division. During the Second Kuomintang-Communist Civil War, he served as the commander of the Central China Field Army, the deputy commander of the East China Field Army, the acting commander and the acting political commissar, and mainly commanded the Gaoyou Campaign, the Xu (Zhou) Hai (Zhou) Section of the Longhai Line, the Soviet-Chinese Campaign, the Menglianggu Campaign, the Jinan Campaign, the Huaihai Campaign, the River Crossing Campaign, and the Shanghai Campaign.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, and vice chairman of the Fifth National People's Congress. On September 27, 1955, he was awarded the rank of General and was awarded the Order of August 1, 1st degree, the Order of Independence and Freedom of the 1st degree, and the Order of Liberation of the 1st degree. He died on February 5, 1984.

Biography of the character

On August 10, 1907 (the 33rd year of Ding Wei in the lunar calendar and the 33rd year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty), he was born in Fengmu Shujiao Village, Fulong Township, Huitong County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province.

In 1916, he transferred to the Eighth National School, which was founded by his uncle.

In 1918, he moved to Huitong County, and successively entered Su's Private Junior National School and the No. 1 Higher Primary School of Huitong County.

In 1923, he applied for the Hunan Provincial Second Normal School and was admitted as a selected student.

In March 1924, because he missed the examination period, he entered the Hunan Provincial Second Normal School (Changde) Affiliated Primary School and Civilian Middle School to study.

In the spring of 1925, he was admitted to the Provincial Second Division, but later due to the murder of the progressive principal of the Provincial Second Division, Su Yu and other progressive students were secretly transferred to Wuchang and arranged to serve as the cadet squad leader in the teaching brigade of Ye Ting's 24th Division.

In November 1926, Su Yu joined the Chinese Communist Youth League. In June 1927, Su Yu transferred to the Communist Party of China.

On August 1, 1927, he participated in the famous Nanchang Uprising and served as the squad leader of the guard team of the general headquarters of the rebel army.

In January 1928, Su Yu went to Jinggangshan after participating in the Southern Hunan Uprising.

After 1929, Su Yu was successively promoted to battalion commander, regiment commander, division commander, chief of staff of the Red Fourth Army, chief of staff of the Red Eleventh Army, and chief of staff of the Red Seventh Army due to his repeated military achievements.

In February 1932, Su Yu was transferred back to the Red Fourth Army from the Red Army School and still served as the chief of staff of the Red Fourth Army. In December, he was appointed as the instructor of the First Red Army, political commissar and director of the Political Department.

In November 1934, Su Yu was transferred to the chief of staff of the Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi Military Region. According to the order of the Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Red Army's anti-Japanese advance team in the north was combined with the Red Tenth Army led by Fang Zhimin and local armed forces to form the Red Army's Tenth Army Corps. In the second half of the year, the Red Tenth Army Corps was ordered to move to the outer front and was transferred to the chief of staff of the Red Tenth Army Corps.

In January 1935, the remnants of the Red Tenth Army were surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army at Huaiyushan. Liu Ying, director of the political department of the corps, Su Yu and others led more than 1,000 people to break through and arrive in Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Soviet regions. From February to April, he established the guerrilla zone in southwest Zhejiang and served as the commander of the Advance Division (more than 400 people). From May to August, together with Liu Ying, he commanded and smashed the first "advance and suppression" of the advanced division by the army, and the advance division grew to nearly 1,000 people. On October 5, the Provisional Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China in Fujian and Zhejiang and the Provisional Provincial Military Region in Fujian and Zhejiang were established, and he was appointed commander of the Provincial Military Region and director of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee.

On March 18, 1938, Su Yu led the Zhejiang-Fujian Border Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps from Shanmen Street in Pingyang County to southern Anhui to join the ranks of the New Fourth Army. The unit was reorganized into the 3rd Battalion of the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Detachment of the New Fourth Army, and he served as the deputy commander of the 2nd Detachment. On 28 April, he was ordered to form an advance detachment of the New Fourth Army, and served as the commander of the advance detachment to carry out reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines in southern Jiangsu. On June 11, he was ordered to carry out the task of advancing to Nanjing and destroying the railway between Zhenjiang. On June 17, he ambushed the Japanese army in Weigang and annihilated more than 30 officers and soldiers below the Japanese army's Shaosa Doi. On June 21, the advance detachment was abolished, and he returned to the second detachment as deputy commander and later acting commander.

In January 1939, Su Yu commanded the ambush of Shuiyang Town, the battle of Hengshan, the surprise attack on Guanshumen and other battles, annihilated more than 400 Japanese puppet soldiers, captured 57 Japanese puppet soldiers, and blew up a train. In August, the Jiangnan Command of the New Fourth Army was established and he served as deputy commander.

After the "Southern Anhui Incident" in January 1941, Su Yu served as the commander of the First Division of the New Fourth Army (later concurrently as political commissar), and the commander and political commissar of the Soviet-Chinese Military Region. On August 13, he commanded the Soviet and Chinese soldiers and civilians to counterattack the retaliatory "sweep" of the Japanese puppet army, fighting continuously for 42 days and nights, more than 130 times, and annihilating more than 1,300 Japanese troops. From mid-August, he led and commanded the eight-month battle for key points, "Seven Guarantees and Three Warehouses" and "Five Guarantees for Fengli" (more than 800 Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded, and more puppet troops were killed), and the basic areas of the base areas were relatively stable.

On December 26, he married Chu Qing in Shijiazhuang, on the shore of the Yellow Sea (now Shizhuang Town, Rugao City, Jiangsu Province).

In January and February 1944, Su Yu launched the Spring Offensive, liberating nearly 3,000 square kilometers of land and more than 150 villages and towns, and winning over more than 1,000 Japanese puppet troops. In March, he organized and commanded the Battle of Cheqiao, annihilating more than 460 officers and soldiers under Misawa Osa, more than 480 puppet troops, and destroying 50 Japanese pillboxes. On June 26, the Nankan Campaign was launched, and a total of 70 or 80 Japanese puppet strongholds were uprooted. From September 21st to October 31st, he organized and commanded the Battle of Chen, annihilating more than 2,300 people of Chen Taiyun's troops and the Japanese puppet army.

On January 13, 1945, Su Yu served as the commander of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Region, and commanded the troops in southern Jiangsu, western Zhejiang, and eastern Zhejiang. In October, he served as deputy commander of the Central China Military Region and commander of the Central China Field Army, commanding the Gaoyou Campaign and the Battle of the Xu (Zhou) Sea (Zhou) section of the Longhai Line, annihilating more than 20,000 Japanese puppet troops who refused to surrender, preparing favorable conditions for internal operations to meet the attack of the First Army, and connecting Central China and Shandong Liberated Areas.

After Chiang Kai-shek launched a full-scale civil war in June 1946, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China adopted Su Yu's suggestion to change the plan of the three armies of Taihang, Shandong, and Central China to attack the outer line at the same time, and agreed that the main force of the Central China Field Army would first fight on the inner line of the Soviet Union and China.

The field army concentrated to attack. Su Yu and Tan Zhenlin commanded more than 30,000 people from 19 regiments of the Central China Field Army to rise up to meet the attack. The operation was carried out in two stages, lasted 45 days, and annihilated 6 brigades and 5 traffic police brigades of the People's Liberation Army with a total of 53,000 people (two-fifths of the strength of the Army), and obtained the initial experience of annihilating the United States armed forces on the inner line, which was one of the major victories achieved by the People's Liberation Army in the early stage of the Liberation War.

In January 1947, Su Yu led the East China Field Army to launch the Subei Campaign, the Lunan Campaign, the Laiwu Campaign, the Taimeng Campaign, the Menglianggu Campaign, etc., and annihilated a total of 7 armies (integrated divisions) and 1 fast column. Among them, in May 1947, the 74th Division, known as the "Ace Army", was annihilated. After the People's Liberation Army switched to a strategic offensive, it led the main force of the East China Field Army to advance to southwest Shandong, covered the main force of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army to go south to the Dabie Mountains, commanded the Shatuji Campaign, and reorganized the 57th Division, forcing the Nationalist Army to transfer four integrated divisions from Shandong and the Dabie Mountains to help, realizing the transition of the East China Theater from the inner line to the outer line, from strategic defense to strategic offensive, and then advanced into the Henan-Anhui Soviet border area.

In May 1948, he was appointed commander and political commissar of the East China Field Army, and after his resignation, he was appointed acting commander and acting political commissar. In June 1948, he concurrently served as the commander of the Henan-Anhui Soviet Military Region.

On June 16, 1948, Su Yu launched the Kaifeng Campaign (also known as the first stage of the Eastern Henan Campaign), fought fiercely for 5 days and nights, conquered Kaifeng on the 22nd, and completely annihilated more than 40,000 people defending the enemy and some aiding the enemy. On June 27, the Suiqi Campaign (also known as the second phase of the Eastern Henan Campaign) was launched, and the fierce battle lasted for 6 days, with a total of more than 50,000 people annihilated. On July 12, the Battle of Yanzhou was launched, destroying more than 63,000 enemies, and isolating Jinan, where Wang Yaowu was entrenched. In the Eastern Henan Campaign, the East China Field Army participated in the battle with 200,000 troops, and the first army participated in the battle with more than 250,000 troops. After 20 days of continuous operations, the East China Field Army annihilated more than 90,000 enemy troops, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy in the Central Plains and creating favorable conditions for the East China Field Army to further develop the war situation in the Central Plains and East China.

On September 11, 1948, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the East China Field Army. On September 16, the Jinan Campaign was launched, which ended victoriously on the 24th, annihilating more than 104,000 defenders of Jinan (including more than 20,000 uprisings), and capturing 23 generals under Wang Yaowu, the commander of the second appeasement zone. On the battlefield of blocking reinforcements, the reinforcements did not dare to go north to reinforce, and the East China Field Army won without a fight.

On November 6, 1948, Su Yu led the East China Field Army to launch the Huaihai Campaign. A total of 660,000 PLA troops were involved in the campaign,[8] 400,000 local troops. [9] In the campaign, Su Yu commanded 17 columns of the East China Field Army to fight, annihilating more than 440,000 people of the *** army, and more than 130,000 casualties of the PLA. After the battle, Mao Zedong said: "In the Huaihai Campaign, Comrade Su Yu made the first contribution. ”

In January 1949, Su Yu served as deputy commander and second deputy political commissar of the Third Field Army. In February, preparations for the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Campaign of the Third Field Army began (actually divided into the Battle of Crossing the River, the Battle of Shanghai, etc.). In late April, he commanded the battle to cross the Yangtze River, which liberated Nanjing and Hangzhou. In May, he commanded the Battle of Shanghai and annihilated the enemy's main force of 8 armies outside Shanghai. He has successively served as deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Military Management Commission, director of the Nanjing Municipal Military Management Commission, mayor of Nanjing, and vice chairman of the East China Military and Political Commission.

On May 20, 1949, Su Yu became deputy director of the Shanghai Military Control Commission. On August 2, the East China Navy was commanded by Su Yu. [2]

From mid-September to mid-October 1949, Su Yu led a delegation of the Third Field Army to attend the National Political Consultative Conference held in Beijing, the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, and the military conference convened by the Central Military Commission. At the meeting, Su Yu was elected as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and appointed by the Central People's Government as a member of the Chinese Revolutionary Military Commission.

On September 30, 1949, 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 to step forward to shovel soil, and Su Yu, as the head of the delegation and chief representative of the Third Field Army, was the fourth to shovel soil after Zhu De and He Long.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Su Yu successively served as chairman of the Taiwan Liberation Work Committee, deputy chief of the general staff of the Chinese Revolutionary Military Commission, chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, vice minister of national defense, vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences, first political commissar, and standing member of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. He is a member of the 8th to 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, a member of the 1st to 3rd National Defense Commission, a vice chairman of the 3rd to 5th National People's Congress, and a member of the Standing Committee of the Advisory Committee of the CPC Central Committee.

On January 27, 1950, he attended the inaugural meeting of the East China Military and Political Commission, and Su Yu was inaugurated as the vice chairman of the East China Military and Political Commission. In early June, he attended the Third Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. During the meeting, Su Yu suggested that the Central Military Commission directly command the Taiwan campaign. Mao Zedong announced: Su Yu is still in charge of the attack on Taiwan.

In early July 1950, Su Yu was the commander and political commissar of the Northeast Frontier Army. On July 14, Su Yu relapsed hypertension and Meniere's syndrome and went to Qingdao for treatment. On August 1, Su Yu's condition still did not improve. In December, with the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, he went to the Soviet Union for recuperation.

In September 1951, Su Yu returned from the Soviet Union, and Zhou Enlai and Zhu De conveyed to him the decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to work in the General Staff Department. On 12 November, the Central Military Commission appointed Su Yu as the second deputy chief of general staff of the Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central People's Government, and concurrently the deputy commander of the East China Military Region. On December 12, he was appointed deputy chief of the General Staff of the People's Revolutionary Military Committee.

On October 31, 1954, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China notified Su Yu to serve as Chief of the General Staff. During his work in the General Staff Department, he participated in the guidance of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, put forward many important proposals, put forward a complete army building plan, and realized the construction of the first-generation national defense system of New China.

On September 27, 1955, Su Yu attended the ceremony of conferring military ranks on Premier Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enlai was the first to award the order conferring the rank of general to Su Yu, and awarded the first-class August 1st Medal, the first-class Independent Freedom Medal and the first-class Liberation Medal.

On November 20, 1956, Su Yu was added as a member of the Central Military Commission.

In February 1958, Su Yu participated in a government delegation headed by Premier Zhou Enlai to visit North Korea. On the evening of 30 June, he presided over the fourth ministerial meeting of the General Staff Headquarters to discuss major issues concerning the work of the General Staff Headquarters and army building raised by the enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission. On September 19, he officially went to the Academy of Military Sciences as vice president and first deputy secretary of the party committee, responsible for the standing work of the academy. On December 30, the Ministry of National Defense ordered Su Yu to concurrently serve as vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences as vice minister of national defense.

In June 1970, Su Yu led a Chinese military delegation to visit the Congo, passing through France to inspect Normandy.

On August 24, 1973, Su Yu attended the 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and was re-elected as a member of the Central Committee.

On January 13, 1975, Su Yu attended the first session of the Fourth National People's Congress, served as the head of the People's Liberation Army delegation, and was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to establish the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, and he was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee.

In August 1977, Su Yu attended the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and was elected as a member of the Central Committee. On May 7, 1982, at the request of the film crew of "A Thousand Autumns in Huaihai", he participated in a symposium on the Huaihai Campaign. In the same year, he was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Committee.

At 16:33 on February 5, 1984, Su Yu died in the General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.