Order of battle of the Suiyuan campaign explained

The Suiyuan campaign was a Japanese attempt to increase the size of their puppet state of Inner Mongolia in 1936.

Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolian Army 1936

• Commander in Chief - Demchugdongrub (with Japanese chief adviser Ryūkichi Tanaka)
  • Teh Wang's personal troops
  • Li Shouxin's Command: Li Shouxin
    • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Cavalry Division and an artillery regiment (Jehol Mongols, Chahar Mongols)
  • Bao Yueqing's Command:
    • 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Cavalry Division and an artillery regiment(Mongol irregulars and bandits)
  • 9th Division (served as security guard division)
• total: 9,000–10,000 men
  • • Grand Han Righteous Army - Wang Ying 4 Brigades (6,000 men, Japanese trained Chinese soldiers and former bandits)

Japanese:

• 20-30 advisors with each Mongolian unit and Headquarters staff
• A few field artillery pieces and crews
• 30 armoured cars and tankettes and crews
• Crews and ground support for 28 planes

China

Suiyuan Provincial Forces 1936

1st Route Army - Fu Zuoyi

• 35th Army - Fu Zuoyi (concurrent)
  • 211th Infantry Brigade
    • 419, 421, 422 Infantry Regiments
  • 218th Infantry Brigade -
    • 420, 435, 436 Infantry Regiments
  • 205th brigade (less 407th Regiment)
  • 7th Independent Brigade - Ma Yanshou
  • 10th Reserve Regiment
  • 21st, 29th Artillery Regiment
  • Antiaircraft battalion (less 1st and 3rd battery)

2nd Route Army - Tang Enbo (en route to Suiyuan)

• 13th Army, with the attached 72nd Division and the 27th Artillery Regiment.

3rd Route Army - (Garrison of Jinbei, Tianzhen, Gaoyang area)

• 68th Division - Li Fuying (concurrent)
• 24th Artillery Regiment
• 1st and 3rd batteries of the Antiaircraft battalion.

Cavalry Army - Zhao Chengshou

• • • assistant deputy commander - Men Bingyue 1st Cavalry Division - Peng Yubin
  • 2nd Cavalry Division
  • 7th Cavalry Division - Men Bingyue

Reserve Army - Wang Jingguo (Garrison of Zhusui, Baotou area)

• 70th Division - Wang Jingguo (concurrent)
  • (Less 205th brigade, its 407th Regiment remained with the division)
• 8th Independent Brigade - Meng Xianji

References

• Jowett, Phillip S., Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan’s Asian Allies 1931-45, Volume I: China & Manchuria, 2004. Helion & Co. Ltd., 26 Willow Rd., Solihull, West Midlands, England.
• 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
    • • Online in Chinese: https://web.archive.org/web/20090116005113/http://www.wehoo.net/book/wlwh/a30012/A0170.htm