Ding Chao

Ding Chao[a] (Chinese: 丁超; Wade–Giles: Ting Ch'ao; 1883–1950s) was a military general of the Republic of China, known for his defense of Harbin during the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 and 1932.

[1] Following the Invasion of Manchuria by the Imperial Japanese Army and the capture of Liaoning and Jilin provinces.

Hostilities did not commence in the Harbin area until the end of January 1932 when Ding Chao resolved to defend the northern metropolis, a key hub of rail and riverine communication, against the approach first of General Xi Qia's "New Kirin" Army and then Japanese troops.

He appealed to the city's Chinese residents to join his Jilin Self-Defence Army made of railway garrison troops and other regulars in battle against the Japanese.

[2] Ding was defeated on 5 February 1932 by a force combining Japanese troops and those of General Hai Hsia.