The Rehe Guard Army was a
corps
Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was formally introduced March 1, 1800, when Napoleon ordered Gener ...
of the
Manchukuo Imperial Army
The Manchukuo Imperial Army ( zh, s=滿洲國軍, p=Mǎnzhōuguó jūn) was the army of Manchukuo, a puppet state established by the Empire of Japan in Manchuria. Established in 1932, it was primarily involved in counterinsurgency operations agai ...
, formed after the conquest of the former
Chinese
Chinese may refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China.
**'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...
province of
Rehe during
Operation Nekka
The defense of the Great Wall ( zh, t=長城抗戰, s=长城抗战, p=Chángchéng Kàngzhàn) (January 1 – May 31, 1933) was a battle, campaign between the armies of Nationalist government, Republic of China and Empire of Japan, which took pla ...
in 1933. The Rehe Guard Army was created from a section of the
Taoliao Army and had a nominal strength of 17,945 men
* Headquarters (301)
* Artillery Unit (854)
* Cavalry Unit (172)
* Infantry Unit (1,294)
* Chengde Area Forces (4,783)
* Chifeng Area Forces (3,414)
* Chaoyang Area Forces (3,977)
* Weichang Area Forces (3,150)
* Xinjing Cavalry Brigade (2,018)
* Seiyan Army (Fangtian Area Forces) (3,760)
* River Patrol Unit (640)
In the 1935 reorganization of the Manchukuo Imperial Army it became the
5th District Army "Chengde" under command of General
Chang Hai-peng.
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Second Sino-Japanese War