Taoliao Army, was the former
Hsingan Reclamation Army that had gone over to the Japanese during the
invasion of Manchuria. It was involved in
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 ...
that captured
Rehe. Following which in 1933 it became the
Rehe Guard Army. It had the same commander throughout,
Chang Hai-peng.
The Taoliao Army was part of the Manchukuoan Army formed upon the foundation of the state of
Manchukuo
Manchukuo, officially known as the State of Manchuria prior to 1934 and the Empire of Great Manchuria thereafter, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China that existed from 1932 until its dissolution in 1945. It was ostens ...
. It was composed of at least eight Detachments. The 1st, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th Detachments are mentioned in Anti Bandit Operations against
Feng Zhanhai
Feng Zhanhai (; 6 November 1899 – 14 September 1963), or Feng Chan-hai, was one of the leaders of the volunteer armies resisting the Japanese and the puppet state of Manchukuo in northeast China. Feng was born on November 6, 1899. At eight ...
and Mongolian bandits in the summer of 1932. At the time of Operation Nekka in January 1933, seven Detachments are mentioned as being in the Manchukuoan force of 40,000 men attached to the Japanese invasion army.
Sources
* Jowett, Phillip J., Rays of the Rising Sun Vol 1., Helion & Co. Ltd. 2004.
Armies of Manchukuo
Second Sino-Japanese War