- Grand Han Righteous Army
The Grand Han Righteous Army (大汉义军) was a collaborationist Chinese army cooperating with the
Empire of Japan in campaigns innorthern China andInner Mongolia immediately prior to the official start of hostilities of theSecond Sino-Japanese War .History
The Grand Han Righteous Army was formed by minor
warlord and commander of theChahar People's Anti-Japanese Army Wang Ying after his defeat by theImperial Japanese Army in what now part ofInner Mongolia in 1936.Wan defected to the
Kwantung Army , and persuaded the Japanese to permit him to recruit unemployed Chinese soldiers inChahar Province to form a mercenary army with Japanese advisors. He managed to recruit approximately 6,000 men, who were then trained by the Japanese and organized into fourinfantry brigades in Japanese-occupied northern Chahar. The troops were armed with weapons seized fromNortheastern Army armories and warehouses in northern China. This force was attached another Japanese proxy army, theInner Mongolian Army , under the overall command of Mongol PrinceTeh Wang .During the Invasion of Suiyuan the Inner Mongolian Army attacked
Hongort onNovember 15 ,1936 . After several days of fighting the attackers failed to capture the town. OnNovember 17 a Chinese counterattack surprised the invaders and led to a disorganized retreat. Taking advantage of the disorder among the Mongolian forces, Chinese GeneralFu Tso-yi made a flanking movement to the west of the Mongolian headquarters at Pai-ling-miao and attacked, capturing it and routing the defenders. The Japanese transported Wang and his Grand Han Righteous Army by trucks into a location near Pai-ling-miao and launched a counterattack, which failed dismally onDecember 19 . With the bulk of its men captured or killed, the Grand Han Righteous Army ceased to exist as an effective combat force, and the Japanese disbanded the remnants.Sources:
*cite book
last = Jowett
first = Philip
year = 2005
title = Rays of the Rising Sun, Volume 1: Japan's Asian Allies 1931-45, China and Manchukuo
publisher = Helion and Company Ltd.
location =
id = ISBN 1874622213
* 中国抗日战争正面战场作战记 (China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations)
** Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang
** Jiangsu People's Publishing House
** Date published : 2005-7-1
** ISBN:7214030349
** Online in Chinese: http://www.wehoo.net/book/wlwh/a30012/A0170.htm
*** [http://www.wehoo.net/book/wlwh/a30012/04579.htm 第二部分:从“九一八”事变到西安事变 日本侵绥的战备企图和中日 1] Second part: From the "918" emergency to the Xi'an Incident Japanese invasion of Suiyuan to prepare their planned union of China and Japan 1See also
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