Jilin Self-Defence Army
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The Jilin Self-Defence Army was formed in late January 1932, as the Manchukuoan and Japanese troops closed in on Harbin. General Ting Chao
, Li Du
, Feng Zhanhai
, Xing Zhanqing, and Zhao Yi organised the Jilin Self-Defence Army in order to prevent the fall and occupation of the city. This brought all their forces under a unified command. Calling for civilians to form volunteer units and join in the defense of the city, the army reached a strength of 30,000 men in six brigades of Zhang Xueliang
s Northeastern army.
Jilin Self-Defense Corps - Commander-in-Chief Li Du
The defense of Harbin
was at first successful and succeeded in repulsing the Manchukuo forces sent against them for a time. After its initial success, the army was forced out of Harbin when the Japanese sent their own troops under Jiro Tamon
.
Ting Chao
's beaten Jilin Self-Defence Army retired from Harbin
and marched to the northeast down the Sungari River, to join the Lower Sungari garrison of General Li Du and together reorganized, swelling its ranks with volunteers to 30,000 men in nine brigades by April 1932. It continued to resist, occupying the towns along the eastern section of the Chinese Eastern Railway (CER), between Harbin and the Soviet border.
Feng Zhanhai, former regimental commander of the Kirin Guards Division, retreating from Harbin into the west of Kirin province raised a sizeable independent volunteer force, the Northeastern Loyal and Brave Army
estimated by the Japanese as 15,000 men in June 1932.
Sources
Ting Chao
Ting Chao or Ding Chao was a Chinese General, known for his defense of Harbin during the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 and 1932....
, Li Du
Li Du
Li Du or Li Tu , was one of the leaders of the Kirin Self-Defence Army, one of the volunteer armies resisting the Japanese and the puppet state of Manchukuo in Manchuria in 1932....
, Feng Zhanhai
Feng Zhanhai
Feng Zhanhai or Feng Chan-hai, 冯占海,, was one of the leaders of the volunteer armies resisting the Japanese and the puppet state of Manchukuo in Manchuria. Feng was born on November 6, 1899. At eighteen he joined the Dongbei Army, and later entered a military school graduating in 1921...
, Xing Zhanqing, and Zhao Yi organised the Jilin Self-Defence Army in order to prevent the fall and occupation of the city. This brought all their forces under a unified command. Calling for civilians to form volunteer units and join in the defense of the city, the army reached a strength of 30,000 men in six brigades of Zhang Xueliang
Zhang Xueliang
Zhang Xueliang or Chang Hsüeh-liang , occasionally called Peter Hsueh Liang Chang in English, nicknamed the Young Marshal , was the effective ruler of Manchuria and much of North China after the assassination of his father, Zhang Zuolin, by the Japanese on 4 June 1928...
s Northeastern army.
Jilin Self-Defense Corps - Commander-in-Chief Li Du
Li Du
Li Du or Li Tu , was one of the leaders of the Kirin Self-Defence Army, one of the volunteer armies resisting the Japanese and the puppet state of Manchukuo in Manchuria in 1932....
- Frontline commander-in-chief - Wang Yu
- Chief of the general staff - Yang Yaojun
- Chinese Eastern Railroad Defense Army - Commander-in-Chief – Ding ChaoTing ChaoTing Chao or Ding Chao was a Chinese General, known for his defense of Harbin during the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 and 1932....
- 28th Brigade - Ding Chao
- 22nd Brigade - Zhao Yi
- 25th Brigade - Ma Xianzhang
- 26th Brigade - Song Wenjun
- 29th Brigade - Wang Ruihua
- Temporary 1st Brigade – Feng ZhanhaiFeng ZhanhaiFeng Zhanhai or Feng Chan-hai, 冯占海,, was one of the leaders of the volunteer armies resisting the Japanese and the puppet state of Manchukuo in Manchuria. Feng was born on November 6, 1899. At eighteen he joined the Dongbei Army, and later entered a military school graduating in 1921...
- 1st Cavalry Brigade - Gong Changhai
- 2nd Cavalry Brigade - Yao Dianchen
- Wooded Mountain Guerrilla Force - Song Xizeng
The defense of Harbin
Defense of Harbin
The Defense of Harbin occurred during the early Second Sino-Japanese War, as part of the campaign of the Invasion of Manchuria by forces of the Empire of Japan from 25 January to 4 February 1932.-Background:...
was at first successful and succeeded in repulsing the Manchukuo forces sent against them for a time. After its initial success, the army was forced out of Harbin when the Japanese sent their own troops under Jiro Tamon
Jiro Tamon
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.
Ting Chao
Ting Chao
Ting Chao or Ding Chao was a Chinese General, known for his defense of Harbin during the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 and 1932....
's beaten Jilin Self-Defence Army retired from Harbin
Harbin
Harbin ; Manchu language: , Harbin; Russian: Харби́н Kharbin ), is the capital and largest city of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China, lying on the southern bank of the Songhua River...
and marched to the northeast down the Sungari River, to join the Lower Sungari garrison of General Li Du and together reorganized, swelling its ranks with volunteers to 30,000 men in nine brigades by April 1932. It continued to resist, occupying the towns along the eastern section of the Chinese Eastern Railway (CER), between Harbin and the Soviet border.
Feng Zhanhai, former regimental commander of the Kirin Guards Division, retreating from Harbin into the west of Kirin province raised a sizeable independent volunteer force, the Northeastern Loyal and Brave Army
Northeastern Loyal and Brave Army
Following the defeat of the forces of Ting Chao at Harbin in February 1932, Feng Zhanhai withdrew his forces to Shan-Ho-Tun, a village in the Wuchang District...
estimated by the Japanese as 15,000 men in June 1932.
Sources
- The volunteer armies of northeast China
- Notes On A Guerrilla Campaign
- China's Anti-Japanese War combat operations
- Author : Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang
- Press : Jiangsu People's Publishing House
- Date published : 2005-7-1
- ISBN 7-214-03034-9
- 第二部分：从“九一八”事变到西安事变哈尔滨保卫战
See also
- Japanese invasion of Manchuria
- Pacification of ManchukuoPacification of ManchukuoThe Pacification of Manchukuo, was a campaign to pacify the resistance to the newly established puppet state of Manchukuo between the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies of Manchuria and later the Communist Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army and the Imperial Japanese Army and the forces of the...
- Second Sino-Japanese WarSecond Sino-Japanese WarThe Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union and the United States...