Chapter 77 3. Mao Zedong said that Comrade Su Yu had many ideas

Sicheng lost, Huaiyin fell.Facing the dangerous war situation, Chen Yi was very anxious. On September 11, the central government ordered Su Yu, the commander of the Central China Field Army who had just won the victory in the Battle of Central Jiangsu, to lead the main force to rush from Central Jiangsu to Huaiyin for reinforcements.It is about 250 kilometers from Huai'an in central Jiangsu to Huaiyin. There is a water network all the way. There are few land routes and few boats. Moreover, the rain keeps stopping the enemy, making it difficult to reach for a while. Chen Yi led the mountain troops to resist the enemy, and fought fiercely until dawn on the 19th, when the 74th Division of the enemy Zhang Lingfu broke through the Huaiyin city gate.Chen Yi then ordered the troops to withdraw from Huaiyin.

In late September, Chen Yi and Su Yu met at Chen Shi'an in the northwest of Lianshui County. Both Chen Yi and Su Yuyuan advocated abandoning the Huaihe River and Huaihe River and not fighting the enemy for consumption. Chen Yi said: "The loss of the Lianghuai River is not a bad thing." Chen Yi made up a few poems on his horseback: "Why not let the Lianghuai River be used to lure the enemy? Jiang's army can be buried here. Come." Chen Yi explained again: "We leave the burden on the enemy's back. The enemy has occupied the city and must divide the troops to defend it. The more cities they occupy, the more dispersed the enemy's forces will be."

Su Yu agreed with Chen Yi's opinion very much, and said: "Yes, the enemy's troops used for front-line operations will gradually decrease, which is conducive to us eating them one by one!" On September 25, Xinhua News Agency published a telegram of Su Yu's speech after the New Fourth Army voluntarily withdrew from Huaiyin and Huai'an.Su Yu pointed out: "The withdrawal of our army from Huaihe River and Huaihe River is by no means our military failure, but the beginning of a large-scale annihilation campaign against Jiang's army... Jiang's army who invaded Huaiyin and Huai'an will eventually be wiped out on these lands. "

Of course, the enemy will not think about it this way until death.After capturing the Lianghuai River, Zhang Lingfu was overjoyed and celebrated the "great victory" with great fanfare.Chiang Kai-shek and his chief of staff, Chen Cheng, and others also created public opinion, sending telegrams to Zhang Lingfu to "extremely commend them", boasting that "the war in northern Jiangsu is coming to an end", and so on. At this time, Su Yu proposed to the Central Military Commission the proposal of "merging Huaye and Shanye".Su Yu analyzed: In order to change the situation in central China, the two field armies of central China and Shandong should be concentrated to capture Suqian, carry out the battle of Subei, and then expand the results westward after winning.In this way, the merger of the two major field armies is more conducive to commanding operations.

Mao Zedong was very happy to receive Su Yu's telegram, and said to Zhu De: "Comrade Su Yu has a lot of ideas. You see, he has given us another idea." Why did Mao Zedong say that?It turned out that before the Battle of Central Jiangsu, Su Yu proposed several times that Zhang Dingcheng be the commander-in-chief and deputy commander of the Central China Military Region. He said, "I read the instructions of the Central Committee and Comrade Zhang Dingcheng as the commander-in-chief and deputy commander. Heavy duty. Comrade Dingcheng is superior in terms of talents, morals and qualifications. Before the Anti-Japanese War, he was an elder; in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, he was a superior; The implementation and control of the party's policies are far beyond the scope of their duties. For this reason, I have repeatedly asked the Central China Bureau to appoint Comrade Dingcheng as the commander and deputy, but this was not allowed. For the sake of prudence and more favorable work, I hereby request again The central government takes Dingcheng as its commander, and its duty is to assist as much as possible in order to complete the glorious mission assigned by the central government."He expressed opinions different from those of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China: the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Military Department of the New Fourth Army appointed him and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to adjust and reorganize the troops. Some of the main forces of the New Fourth Army went north to Shandong, and the main forces of the Jiangnan returned to Central China. Mixed, the establishment of a new system.At this time, Su Yu sent another telegram to the central government in his own name, suggesting not to disrupt the organizational system of each division too much.Telegram says:

"Except for the 3rd vertical to maintain the entire organizational system, the other main divisions are drawn separately. It seems that the troops with different organizational systems will need a long period of time in the future to get through their thinking, but it is not good for the current combat coordination. ( Especially the troops under the leadership of the Central China Sub-bureau) may have a major impact. Although this point was suggested to the Central China Bureau and the sub-bureau, it was not adopted, and this issue is still not fully understood. Because the divisions have local corps, Although the transfer of the main local divisions does not seem to have a great impact on persistence. Therefore, it is more beneficial to not destroy the establishment as much as possible. If you dare to risk standardization and sectarianism, you will send a special telegram to the central government and look forward to instructions." ( Edited by the First Bureau of the Military Commission: "Telegrams from the Central China Bureau" (August 1945 to May 1946)

Different from the previous few times, this time it was Su Yu's initiative. On October 15, the Central Military Commission sent a telegram to Chen Yi and others, agreeing to merge the Shandong Field Army and the Central China Field Army, and gave clear instructions on the personnel arrangements after the merger of the two field armies: The headquarters should also be unified, and Chen Yi is proposed to be the commander and political commissar, Su Yu to be the deputy commander, and Tan Zhenlin to be the deputy political commissar." It is well known that Chen Yi and Su Yu have worked together for a long time and have a harmonious relationship.At that time, there was a saying in the army, which was called: "Chen does not leave the millet, and the millet does not leave Chen." It fully explained the close relationship between the two.

When Chen Yi heard this sentence, he smiled and said: "Well, back then in the Central Soviet Area, Zhu never left Mao, Mao never left Zhu, and the Red Army was invincible. Today we can also learn from Chairman Mao and Boss Zhu. !"