Among the 13 major military regions in New China, the Tibet Military Region is one of them, and its commander, Zhang Guohua, is a regular military officer, so why can he become the commander of the grand military region at the same level as the general? This credit is well deserved.
Zhang Guohua, perhaps many people have not heard his name, he is a general from Erye. In terms of fame, he is not as famous as Chen Geng, Chen Xilian and Wang Jinshan, but his merits are not small.
During his revolutionary period, he started as a political work cadre, and in the liberation period, he became a military commander- and can be said to be a general who was both literate and martial. He followed Liu Deng all the way to liberate the Great Southwest from the Central Plains.
After liberation, he was only a military commander, so why was he able to take up the position of a major military district in 1955?
This also speaks of the period when he was in danger and was ordered to lead his troops into Tibet.
At that time, most of the southwest was liberated, and only Tibet was not liberated. The work here, unlike elsewhere, cannot be resolved by military action alone, but more importantly by peaceful negotiations for liberation. Chief Liu Deng hoped to find a general who understood military and political work to enter Tibet, and Zhang Guohua had these conditions. Eventually, he led the 18th Army into Tibet.
Entering Tibet was not a smooth one, they also encountered the recalcitrant army, launched a campaign in Qamdo, and finally solved the recalcitrant army's arming. After this battle, the diehards knew that resistance was futile, and created conditions for the peaceful liberation of Tibet afterwards.
In 1951, the Tibet Military Region was formed on the basis of the 18th Army, with Zhang Guohua as its commander, which was only at the regular military level at that time. In 1955, due to its special geographical location, it was upgraded to a unit of the Grand Military Region, with the same level as the Beijing Military Region and the Shenyang Military Region, and Zhang Guohua jumped from the rank of zhengjun to the commander of the Grand Military Region.
No matter how much Zhang Guohua's contributions were before liberation, after liberation, he made no small contribution to the peaceful liberation of Tibet and the stability after liberation.