Anti-Japanese Army For The Salvation Of The Country was a volunteer army

Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies

After the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, and until 1933, large volunteer armies waged war against Japanese and Manchukuo forces over much of Northeast China....

 led by Li Hai-ching

Li Hai-ching

Li Hai-ching, or Li Hai-Tsing, was the leader of about 10,000 Anti-Japanese guerilla troops in the south of Kirin, now Heilongjiang 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...

 resisting the pacification of Manchukuo

Pacification of Manchukuo

The Pacification of Manchukuo, was a campaign to pacify the resistance to the newly established puppet state of Manchukuo between the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies of Manchuria and later the Communist Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army and the Imperial Japanese Army and the forces of the...

. It had about 10,000 anti-Japanese guerrilla troops described as being equipped with light artillery and numerous machine guns. They operated in the south of Kirin, now Heilongjiang

Heilongjiang

For the river known in Mandarin as Heilong Jiang, see Amur River' is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the northeastern part of the country. "Heilongjiang" literally means Black Dragon River, which is the Chinese name for the Amur. The one-character abbreviation is 黑...

 province. Li established his headquarters at Fuyu

Fuyu

-China:*Fuyu County, Heilongjiang , of Qiqihar, Heilongjang**Fuyu, Fuyu County, Heilongjiang , town in and seat of said county*Fuyu County, Jilin , of Songyuan, Jilin*Fuyu, Sheyang County , town in Sheyang County, Jiangsu...

 and were in control of the territory round about there and southward as far as Nungan

Nong’an

Nong’an Town , the county seat of Nong'an County, is a town in the Jilin province of China, about 60km north of Changchun, the capital of Jilin. The county of Nong'an has a population of approximately 112,000....

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See also

• Japanese invasion of Manchuria
• Pacification of Manchukuo
  Pacification of Manchukuo
  The Pacification of Manchukuo, was a campaign to pacify the resistance to the newly established puppet state of Manchukuo between the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies of Manchuria and later the Communist Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army and the Imperial Japanese Army and the forces of the...
  
  
• Second Sino-Japanese War
  Second Sino-Japanese War
  The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union and the United States...