Inner Mongolian Army

The Inner Mongolian Army was first formed by Prince Demchugdongrub with his personal bodyguard of 900 men in 1929 and later became the national army of Mengjiang. Although only armed with rifles and a couple of field guns from the Mukden arsenal, a gift of the Young Marshal (Zhang Xueliang) in 1929. His force became very efficient with the assistance of advisors from the Japanese Army. It was later expanded to 9 Divisions (8 of Cavalry) with 10,000 men for the Suiyuan Campaign of 1936 with the addition of Manchukuoan Mongol irregulars from Jehol under Li Shou-hsin, and various Mongol irregular troops from Chahar, and Suiyuan, bandits and Chinese deserters. Wang Ying lead a force of 6,000 Chinese troops in four brigades called the Grand Han Righteous Army.

After the defeat in the Suiyuan Campaign in 1936 the army was reformed into eight small Cavalry Divisions with a total force of about 20,000 men. It participated with the Japanese Army in the conquest of Suiyuan in 1937. Elements were also involved in the battle of Taiyuan.

Ranks

	Rank	Epaulette
General 将官	General 上将
	Lieutenant General 中将
	Major General 少将
High officiers 校官	Colonel 上校
	Lieutenant-colonel 中校
	Major 少校
Officiers 尉官	Captain 上尉
	Lieutenant 中尉
	Junior Lieutenant 少尉
Lower officers 准士官	Warrant Officer 准尉
Sergeants 副士官	Staff Sergeant 上士
	Sergeant 中士
	Junior Sergeant 下士
Soldiers 兵	Lance Corporal 上等兵
	Private first class 一等兵
	Private second class 二等兵

See also

• Operation Chahar

References

• Jowett, Phillip S. (2004). Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan’s Asian Allies 1931–45, Volume I: China & Manchuria. Helion & Co. Ltd., 26 Willow Rd., Solihull, West Midlands, England.
• Guo Rugui (1 July 2005). editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang, ed. China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations (中国抗日战争正面战场作战记) (in Chinese). Jiangsu People's Publishing House. ISBN 7-214-03034-9.