The peaceful liberation of Tibet was indispensable to the 18th Army under the jurisdiction of Erye.
Before this order was received, the commanders, political commissars, and other leaders of this unit were sent to the localities to serve as city and county leaders, and as a result, a paper order changed everything, and the military commander and political commissar later became the commander and political commissar of the grand military region.
The commander of the 18th Army was Zhang Guohua, and the political commissar was Tan Guansan.
Before the Liberation War, Zhang Guohua was a political work cadre, and when he was liberated, he became a military cadre and served as the commander and commander of the Yuwan Soviet Military Region.
His partner, Tan Guansan, was much older than him, joined the party in 1926 and has been working in politics ever since. After liberation, he partnered with Zhang Guohua and became the military political commissar.
In 1949, after the Battle of the River Crossing, they marched into the Great Southwest under the command of Liu Deng. After participating in the Battle of Crossing the River, the Battle of Hengbao, and the Battle of Chengdu, the 18th Army was stationed in southern Sichuan.
By the beginning of 1950, the 18th Army received orders from its superiors to transfer military cadres to local areas, with military commander Zhang Guohua as local commissioner and Tan Guansan as secretary. Some other leaders of the 18th Army also served in the cities and counties of Chuannan.
Just before the leader of the unit arrived at his new post, he received an order from his superior to stand by on the spot. Later, it was learned that his superiors had asked him to lead his troops to the task of entering Tibet.
In this way, more than 30,000 people of the 18th Army were ordered to enter Tibet, and Qamdo Knocked on the door of the peaceful liberation of Tibet in World War I.
Later, the 18th Army was expanded into the Tibet Military Region, and in 1955, it was upgraded to the Grand Military Region, and Zhang Guohua and Tan Guansan served as the commanders and political commissars of the Grand Military Region respectively, ranking the main posts of the Grand Military Region.
If it had not been for the order to enter Tibet, Zhang Guohua and Tan Guansan might not have been qualified for the rank of lieutenant general, let alone the main post of the Grand Military Region.