On October 1, 1949, New China was founded, but the Liberation War was not over at that time, and the Kuomintang still had nearly a million remnants of the army in South China and Southwest China. So which provinces were not completely liberated at that time? Who are the provincial chairmen of these provinces? What is their final outcome?
Guangdong Province. On October 2, 1949, the second day of the founding of New China, the 4th Corps, the 15th Corps and the Liangguang Column launched the Guangdong Campaign. At that time, Song Ziwen, chairman of the Kuomintang Guangdong Province, had already flown to New York, and the situation in Guangdong was controlled by Yu Hanmou, director of the Office of the Military and Political Governor of South China. Although he laid out three layers of defensive lines, he could not stop the attack of our army at all, and after the liberation of Guangzhou, Yu Hanmou led the remnants to abdicate in Hainan and gave Xue Yue as his deputy. In May 1950, Yu Hanmou was defeated and retired to Taiwan, and died of illness in 1981 at the age of 85.
Guangxi Province. On November 6, 1949, the 12th and 13th Corps of Siye and the 4th Corps of Erye launched the Guangxi Campaign, and after a month of fierce fighting, 170,000 enemy troops were annihilated and the entire territory of Guangxi was liberated. At that time, the chairman of the Kuomintang Guangxi Province was Huang Xuchu, who, together with Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and Huang Shaohu, was known as the four giants of the Gui clan, and ruled Guangxi for 19 years. After the liberation of Guangxi, he lived in Hong Kong and later settled in Taiwan, where he died of illness in 1975 at the age of 84.
Sichuan Province. On December 19, 1949, Erye launched the Chengdu Campaign, which wiped out more than 300,000 remnants of Hu Zongnan. At that time, the chairman of Sichuan Province was Wang Lingji. After the Battle of Chengdu, he absconded disguised as a military doctor, was arrested by the People's Liberation Army in Jiang'an, and then sent to Gongdelin for reform, was pardoned in 1964, and died three years later at the age of 84. Xikang: On March 12, 1950, Erye launched the Xichang Campaign with 13 regiments, annihilating more than 30,000 enemy troops and liberating the whole territory of Xikang in early April. The chairman of Xikang Province at that time was He Guoguang, who defeated Taiwan after the liberation of Xikang and died of illness in 1969 at the age of 85.
Guizhou Province. At the beginning of November 1949, Erye and Siye each launched the Guizhou Campaign, and after nearly half a month of fierce fighting, the Song Xilian Corps was completely annihilated, and the whole territory of Guizhou was liberated. At that time, the chairman of the Kuomintang Guizhou Province was Yu Guocai, who fled to Taiwan after the liberation of Guizhou and died of illness in October 1950 at the age of 54. Yunnan Province: On December 9, 1949, Lu Han, chairman of the Kuomintang Yunnan Province, declared an uprising and Yunnan was peacefully liberated. After that, Lu Han successively served as the chairman of the Military and Political Committee of Yunnan Province and the vice chairman of the Southwest Administrative Committee, and died of illness in Beijing in 1974 at the age of 79.
Tibet. On October 6, 1950, Zhang Guohua led the 18th Army to launch the Qamdo Campaign, and after 19 days of fierce fighting, more than 5,700 Tibetan troops were eliminated, and after the Battle of Qamdo, Tibet was peacefully liberated. Taiwan: After the liberation of the mainland, our army locked the target of the next offensive on Taiwan and made meticulous preparations. Unfortunately, shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War, the US 7th Fleet seized the opportunity to enter the Taiwan Strait, and our army lost the opportunity to liberate Taiwan. The chairman of Taiwan Province at that time was Chen Cheng, who was a close confidant of chiang kai-shek, known as the "little chairman of the committee", who died of illness in Taiwan in 1965 at the age of 67.