Japanese attempt to increase the size of their puppet state of Inner Mongolia in the Suiyuan Campaign.
Inner Mongolian Army 1936
Commander in Chief - Teh Wang
Teh Wang's personal troops
Li-Shou-hsin's Command: Li Shouxin
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Cavalry Division and an artillery regiment (Jehol Mongols, Chahar Mongols)
Pao Yueh-ching's Command: Pao Yueh-ching
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Cavalry Division and an artillery regiment(Mongol irregulars and bandits)
9th Division (served as security guard division)
total: 9,000–10,000 men
Grand Han Righteous Army - Wang Ying
4 Brigades (6,000 men, Japanese trained Chinese soldiers and former bandits)
Japanese:
20-30 advisors with each Mongolian unit and Headquarters staff
A few field artillery pieces and crews
30 armoured cars and tankettes and crews
Crews and ground support for 28 planes
Suiyuan Provincial Forces 1936
1st Route Army - Fu Zuoyi
35th Army - Fu Zuoyi (concurrent)
211th Infantry Brigade
419, 421, 422 Infantry Regiments
218th Infantry Brigade -
420, 435, 436 Infantry Regiments
205th brigade (less 407th Regiment)
7th Independent Brigade - Ma Yanshou
10th Reserve Regiment
21st, 29th Artillery Regiment
Antiaircraft battalion (less 1st and 3rd battery)
2nd Route Army - Tang Enbo (en route to Suiyuan)
13th Army, with the attached 72nd Division and the 27th Artillery Regiment.
3rd Route Army - Li Fuying (Garrison of Jinbei, Tianzhen, Gaoyang area)
68th Division - Li Fuying (concurrent)
24th Artillery Regiment
1st and 3rd batteries of the Antiaircraft battalion.
Cavalry Army - Zhao Chengshou
assistant deputy commander - Men Bingyue
1st Cavalry Division - Peng Yubin
2nd Cavalry Division
7th Cavalry Division - Men Bingyue
Reserve Army - Wang Jingguo (Garrison of Zhusui, Baotou area)
70th Division - Wang Jingguo (concurrent)
(Less 205th brigade, its 407th Regiment remained with the division)
8th Independent Brigade - Meng Xianji