Chinese Civil War
After the Second Sino-Japanese War, He was put in charge of Guangdong province and then named as one of President Chiang Kai Shek's military advisors. After the disastrous Huaihai Campaign, Vice President Li Zongren took over as acting President, Zhang was named as chief military administrator of Hainan and commander-in-chief of Nationalist ground forces in March 1949. He did not retreat to Taiwan with his commander Xue Yue. He stayed in Hong Kong.
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