Li Hai-ching, or Li Hai-Tsing (died 1930s),
was the leader of about 10,000
Anti-Japanese guerrilla troops in the south of Kirin, now
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...
province, resisting the
pacification of Manchukuo. They called themselves
Anti-Japanese Army For The Salvation Of The Country and were described as being equipped with light artillery and numerous machine guns. Li established his headquarters at
Fuyu and were in control of the territory there and southward as far as
Nong’an.
On 29 March 1932 his forces defeated regular troops of the Manchukuoan Governor
Xi Qia
Aisin-Gioro Xiqia (Aisin-Gioro Hsi-hsia; ; 1883–1950), commonly known as Xi Qia or Xi Xia (Hsi Hsia; ; Hepburn: ''Ki Kō''), was a general in command of the Kirin Provincial Army of the Republic of China, who defected to the Japanese during t ...
outside the town of Nong′an, only 55 km from the Manchukuoan capital of
Xinjing. Nong′an was soon reported on the verge of surrender. Small Japanese detachments sent from Xinjing radioed for help, after suffering heavy casualties in the fighting. Japanese forces from the east at
Yao-men, tried to fight their way through to Nong′an with the support of bombers but the defenders radio ceased broadcasting, Li's forces having captured the town.
In another action in late April, 100 km south of
Harbin on the
Chinese Eastern Railway
The Chinese Eastern Railway or CER (, russian: Китайско-Восточная железная дорога, or , ''Kitaysko-Vostochnaya Zheleznaya Doroga'' or ''KVZhD''), is the historical name for a railway system in Northeast China (als ...
, 3,000 Chinese soldiers under General Li Hai-tsing, ripped up the railway tracks and tore down telegraph wires. They then waited until a train from Harbin arrived, looted it and dispersed before the arrival of Japanese troops that were rushed to scene.
In May 1932 the Japanese
Li Hai-ching Subjugation Operation defeated and dispersed Li's army. Reformed again in October his guerrilla force, reduced to 3,000 men again tried to attack the Manchukuoan and Japanese forces in southern Heilongjiang province. They were defeated and were forced to retreat into
Jehol.
Sources
* Jowett, Phillip S., Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan’s Asian Allies 1931-45, Volume I: China & Manchuria, 2004. Helion & Co. Ltd., 26 Willow Rd., Solihull, West Midlands, England.
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune Tuesday, March 29, 1932
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