Zhang Fakui

Zhang Fakui
張發奎
Zhang Fakui on the cover of The Young Companion, June 1938
3rd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army
In office
9 February 1949 – 26 June 1949
PresidentLi Zongren
Preceded byYu Hanmou
Succeeded byGu Zhutong
Personal details
Born(1896-09-02)2 September 1896
Shixing County, Guangdong, Qing Empire
Died10 March 1980(1980-03-10) (aged 83)
British Hong Kong
AwardsOrder of Blue Sky and White Sun, Order of the British Empire
NicknameHero of the Iron Army
Military service
Allegiance Republic of China
Years of service1912–1949
Rank General
Unit4th corps
Commands4th corps, Commander in Chief 8th Army Group, Commander in Chief 4th War Area
Battles/warsNorthern Expedition, Nanchang Uprising, Guangzhou Uprising, Central Plains War, Anti-Communist Encirclement Campaigns, Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War
Zhang Fakui
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Fākuí
Wade–GilesChang Fa-kuei
IPA[ʈʂáŋ fá.kʰwěɪ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZoeng1 Faat3-kwai1

Zhang Fakui CBE (2 September 1896 – 10 March 1980) was a Chinese Nationalist general who fought against northern warlords, the Imperial Japanese Army and Chinese Communist forces in his military career. He served as commander-in-chief of the 8th Army Group and commander-in-chief of NRA ground force before retiring in Hong Kong in 1949.