The North China Area Army was maintained as a subordinate unit headquartered in Peking and was responsible for operations in the north China plains from the Yellow River to the Great Wall, including Inner Mongolia.
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Shina Hakengun, the "China Expeditionary Army", was formed in Nanjing, in September 1939, to control operations in central China.