Editing Demchugdongrub (section)

==Expansion into Chahar==
[[File:Demchugdongrub.jpg|thumb|left|Prince Demchugdongrub (left), Li Shouxin (center)]]
On 24 December 1935, [[Jirō Minami|General Minami]] sent two battalions of irregular Manchurian cavalry under [[Li Shouxin]], a squadron of Japanese planes, and a few tanks to assist the Prince in taking over the northern part of Chahar province.  The six districts of northern Chahar were defended by only a few thousand lightly armed Chinese Peace Preservation Corps. With Li's assistance the Prince's forces were soon able to overrun the area.

The Japanese [[Kwantung Army]], in February 1936, decided to establish the Mongol Military Government ({{lang|zh-Hant|蒙古軍政府}} ''Ménggǔ Jūnzhèngfǔ''). with Demchugdongrub as the commander and {{nihongo|[[Toyonori Yamauchi]]|山内豊紀}} as the advisor. The Japanese proclaimed that Demchugdongrub was on a mission to "inherit the great spirit of [[Genghis Khan]] and retake the territories that belong to Mongolia, completing the grand task of reviving the prosperity of the nationality".<ref>''誓願能繼承 成吉思汗偉大精神, 收復蒙古固有疆土, 完成民族復興大業。'' quoted ''in'' 内蒙古社科院历史所 《蒙古族通史》 编写组编 (The "History of Mongolia" Writing Group of the Inner Mongolia Academy of Social Sciences) (compiler) (2001) ''蒙古族通史'' (''Mongolian History'') National Press, Beijing, page 438, {{ISBN|7-105-04274-5}}</ref>