When the China Incident happened, the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in Manchuria moved to Hebei and fought near Beijing. Then the Brigade was ordered to participate in the offensive in Quhar Province. The Brigade marched via Chengde and Dolonnur and reached Zhangbei in 5 days. The distance of this long march was 700km. Extent according to Definition 1 (dark red), Definition 3 (dark red + medium red) and Definition 4 (dark red + medium red + light red) Northeast China (Simplified Chinese: ä¸å; Traditional Chinese: æ±å; pinyin: ; literally east-north) and Manchuria (Manchu: Manju, Simplified Chinese: 满洲; Traditional Chinese: 滿洲; pinyin: ) are names of a vast region in Northeast Asia. ... Not to be confused with the unrelated province of Hubei Hebei (Chinese: 河北; pinyin: Hébĕi; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh), is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Beijing listen? (Chinese: å京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking) is the capital city of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Chengde (承德, Pinyin: Chéngdé) is a city approximately one hundred miles northeast of Beijing in northeastern Hebei province, situated near the Luan River. ...
It consisted of the then-provinces of Chahar and Suiyuan, corresponding to the central part of modern Inner Mongolia.
The state disappeared in 1945 when it was invaded by Russian and Mongol Red Army forces as part of Operation August Storm, the Soviet attack on Imperial Japan in the final weeks of World War II.
The purpose of the army was support of any eventual Imperial Japanese Army operations against Outer Mongolia, or north China areas, and to act as a local security force, with the "local" police forces.