Suiyuan campaign

Suiyuan campaign
Part of Actions in Inner Mongolia (1933-36)
Chinese field gun crew at Bailingmiao
Date October – November 1936 Location Suiyuan province, Inner Mongolia Result Nationalist Chinese victory
Belligerents
Republic of China	Inner Mongolia Great Han Army Supported by:  Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Fu Zuoyi Tang Enbo Li Fuying [zh] Zhao Chengshou Wang Jingguo	Demchugdongrub Li Shouxin Bao Yueqing [zh] Wang Ying Ryūkichi Tanaka
Units involved
35th Army 19th Army Anti-aircraft battalion Cavalry army Reserve army	Inner Mongolian Army Great Han Army
Strength
45,000 men	10,000 men 6,000 men ~30 adivsers, motor vehicles, and 28 aircraft Total: ~16,000 men
Casualties and losses
Unknown	300–900 Inner Mongolians killed, 300 wounded, and 300 captured[1][2] Most of Wang Ying's forces eliminated At least 1 Japanese adviser killed, 4 planes destroyed

The Suiyuan campaign (Chinese: 綏遠抗戰; pinyin: Suīyuǎn kàngzhàn; Japanese: 綏遠事件, romanized: Suien jiken) was an attempt by the Inner Mongolian Army and Grand Han Righteous Army, two forces founded and supported by Imperial Japan, to take control of the Suiyuan province from the Republic of China. The attempted invasion occurred in 1936, shortly before the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Japanese government denied taking part in the operation, but the Inner Mongolians and the other collaborationist Chinese troops received air support from Japanese planes and were assisted by the Imperial Japanese Army. The entire operation was overseen by Japanese staff officers. The campaign was unsuccessful, mostly due to lack of training and low morale among the Mongolians and other collaborators. The defense of Suiyuan, one of the first major successes of China's National Revolutionary Army over Japanese-supported forces, greatly improved Chinese morale.