Jaimed at the occupation of Jehol by the Japanese, Although the mais chinese army. was ithérawn within the Great Wall at the end of 1931, the Japanese continued to meet with opposi-ion of an irregular kind in different parts of Manchuria, The remnants of the Northeastern armies were exclusive: ly the Provinces of Ki id Heilungkiang. The reorks fof troops which took place around Chinchow late in 1931 was not of Tong duration, because all those units were subsequently, withdrsivn ide" the Great Wall." But the regular Chinese troops, which before September 1931, were station-led in. the Sungar region and along the Chinese Eastern Railway, have never been seriously engaged with the Japanese troops, and continue to carry on a guerilla warfare Which has given, and still much trouble to the Japanese Manchukuo" forces. The General Chan-shan, Ting Chao and Li Tu" acquired great fame throughout China as leaders of these troops.
Decemiber, by a magnificent display of endurance and organisa-'Japanese forces te of lobe wintry conditions, cam big drive in the direction of chub, crossed the Khingan Mountains' and di reed the forces of General Ma man Shan and General 'Su_Ping-wen, the latter commander ecing into 'Soviet territory to be interned. General Ma Chan Shan's Whereabouts were again uncertain. In the last' week of December the Japanese launched another clearing movement to the East with the object of securing the railway line to the Soviet border. "Improved contions had been established in Har-and i may be said that the situation in Manchukuo, from the Japanese point of view, showed marked improvement. Tt was evident, however, that, Manchukuo had by: no means lost its puppet character, Tu fact the dominance of [Japanese control was more obvious than ever.
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