Chapter 21 postscript

Qamdo is the first place in Tibet where the five-star red flag was raised.The Battle of Qamdo was the last battle to liberate the mainland of the motherland. This battle solved the problem of whether the People's Liberation Army could enter Tibet to safeguard national sovereignty.We have always adhered to the main theme of peaceful liberation of Tibet, but the reactionary upper class in Tibet, instigated and supported by imperialism, has illusions about the situation. They centered on Qamdo and used the Jinsha River as a line of defense in an attempt to block the advance of the People's Liberation Army.We were forced to hold the Battle of Qamdo when we could not make peace.

The Battle of Qamdo began on October 6, 1950, and ended with victory on the 24th. It gathered and annihilated the Tibetan local army and militia in the areas west of the Jinsha River and east of Leiwuqi and Enda. Most of the three Daiben, plus some militia groups, including one Daiben uprising, totaled more than 5,700 people.Among them, there were more than 20 high-ranking officials above the original level; captured British Ford, Burr and 2 Indians serving in the Tibetan local army; captured 3 mountain guns, 9 heavy machine guns, 48 ​​light machine guns, and more than 3,200 other long and short guns There are more than 58,700 bullets, 2 radio stations, and about 2,000 horses.The People's Liberation Army suffered 114 casualties (including those who drowned while crossing the river).

The victory of the Battle of Qamdo fully confirmed Chairman Mao Zedong's wise foresight, and was hailed as "the Battle of Huaihai for the liberation of Tibet".This battle wiped out the main force of the Tibetan local army, dealt a heavy military blow to the local upper-level ruling clique in Tibet, smashed their conspiracy of colluding with imperialism to prevent the People's Liberation Army from entering Tibet, and prompted them to quickly split up. The pro-imperialist separatists in the upper class With a disastrous defeat and the unseemly and swift resignation of their leader, Regent Daza, the chances of a peaceful liberation of Tibet suddenly increased.

According to general military principles, if the main force of the enemy has been wiped out and the obstacles on the way to advance have been removed, it is absolutely possible to drive straight ahead and continue to advance under guaranteed conditions.But because our policy of peacefully liberating Tibet is true, fighting is a last resort, and the purpose is still for peace. Therefore, after the Battle of Qamdo, from the central government to the front line of Qamdo, we still continued to fight for the old Tibetan local government to send representatives to Beijing for peace. negotiation.Through the efforts of the central government and all parties, the "Seventeen-Article Agreement" was finally signed on May 23, 1951, and Tibet was liberated peacefully.

The book is over!