Xu Haidong was born in the Fourth Army. After the Fourth Army marched westward, he, Cheng and others led the 25 th Army to March alone, and first arrived in northern Shaanxi to join forces with the Red Army in northern Shaanxi. Later, the northern Shaanxi base area was developed and consolidated, which laid the foundation for the three main forces of the Red Army to reach northern Shaanxi. This contribution is certainly great.
On the one hand, when the army arrived in northern Shaanxi on the Long March, there were only seven or eight thousand soldiers and there was a shortage of materials. At the critical moment, Xu Haidong offered a helping hand and borrowed 5,000 yuan from the Central Red Army, thus solving the urgent need. After that, Xu Haidong was appointed as the head of the 15th Army Corps, and the 15th Army Corps and the First Army Corps of the Central Red Army were co-edited as one army, fighting side by side, consolidating the base areas in northern Shaanxi and participating in the eastward expedition to Shanxi.
After the crusade came back, the chairman asked that a batch of captured materials be handed over to the No.1 15 Army Corps, because the No.1 1 Army Corps captured a lot in the war. The first legion disagreed and was criticized as selfish departmentalism. After that, the colonel was transferred to the Red Army School as the principal, and Zuo Quan served as the colonel for a period of time. It can be seen that at that time, the Central Committee attached great importance to the unity of the First Corps and the Fifteenth Corps. Later, when commenting on the title, the Chairman said that Xu Haidong had made great contributions to the revolution. In fact, it is mainly a timely help during this period.
After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression began, the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army. On the one hand, the army was reorganized into 1 15 division, with two brigades under its jurisdiction. 15 army was reorganized into 344th brigade, with Xu Haidong as brigade commander and heading for the anti-Japanese front. But around 1940, Xu Haidong's health became worse and worse, and he could not continue fighting, so he was transferred to the rear for rest. Since then, until the end of the war of liberation, he failed to return to the front to direct operations.
Allen's situation is different from Xu Haidong's. Although Su Yu participated in the Nanchang Uprising and has been fighting in the Central Soviet Area, he fought frequently and was injured many times, so by contrast, his promotion was not as fast as others. When he went north with the tenth army corps, he served as chief of staff, between the corps and the corps-level cadres. After the defeat of the Tenth Corps, they led thousands of people to fight guerrilla warfare for more than three years, and left the Central Command after persisting in the struggle, and there was no news.
After the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, the guerrillas in the eight southern provinces were reorganized into the New Fourth Army. They came down from the mountains and went to the front to fight against Japan, mainly fighting in the East China battlefield. Su Yu gradually began to emerge and command beautifully. Whether Wei Gang ambushed or Huang Qiao counterattacked, especially Huang Qiao counterattacked, he began to show his command ability, which was also affirmed by the central authorities.
Su Yu really shines during the War of Liberation. It turned out that in the early days of the liberation war, field armies were set up in all strategic places, and capable cadres were selected to take charge of military command. For example, North China was once under the command of Yang Dezhi and Northwest China was once under the command of Zhang Zongxun. However, other strategic areas have poor early records and are unable to fight. Only Su Yu won the battle from the Soviet Union with seven victories in seven wars, and its status became higher and higher.
After the Central China Field Army joined forces with the Shandong Field Army, Su Yu actually took charge of the military command, which also established his position in the East China battlefield. Although the East China Field Army has been divided and combined many times since then, Su Yu, as a tactical unit, served as both the deputy commander of the strategic area and the commander of the Corps, but since the Battle of Eastern Henan, his position as the main military commander of the East China battlefield has been relatively stable.
In the Armageddon period, which decided the future and destiny of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Su Yu directly participated in planning the whole campaign, and was responsible for directing and annihilating the two tough battles of the Yellow Corps and the Du Group. During the Huaihai Campaign, he was the head of the front-line military command of the East China battlefield. This also led people to think that he was awarded the general later, which was a little wronged. Xu Haidong's rank as a general is neither too high nor too low, but he once offered his rank.
Xu Haidong and Su Yu were both under the battle sequence of the New Fourth Army during the Anti-Japanese War. When the headquarters of Jiangnan and Jiangbei of the New Fourth Army was established, Zhang was the commander-in-chief, Xu Haidong was the deputy commander-in-chief, Chen Yi was the commander-in-chief, and Su Yu was the deputy commander-in-chief. This also shows that during this period, the status of two people is equal, and there is no obvious difference. And after rank evaluation, Su Yu is already the number one general, and Xu Haidong is close behind, ranking second, surpassing his old leader Zhang.