1840 After the Opium War broke out, the Mongolian people took an active part in the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggle. At that time, the officers and men of the Eight Banners and the soldiers and civilians of all ethnic groups stationed on the southeast coast of Mongolia rose up against the enemy. 184 1 year1October Mongolian patriotic general Yu Qian commanded the soldiers of three towns to fight for six days and nights in Dinghai, Zhejiang, and died heroically. In April of the following year, the British invaded Zhapu, and 7,000 defenders fought back heroically, including more than 800 officers and men of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and more than 200 officers and men of Mongolia died. When the British invaded Bohai Bay in the First Opium War, 5000 Mongolian soldiers from Dongsanmeng and Chahar Banner in Inner Mongolia were transferred to Haikou, Tianjin for defense. Mongolia donated a lot of horses and silver to support the front. 1856, Britain and France launched the second opium war. 1860, when the British and French allied forces captured Tianjin and Beijing, Prince Sengelinqin was ordered to call up Mongolian cavalry from various leagues in Inner Mongolia to participate in the war. In the third battle of Dagukou and Baliqiao, he fought bravely against the invaders. More than 4,000 Mongolian cavalry took part in the second battle of Dagukou, sinking 5 enemy ships and injuring 6, and the British and French aggressors suffered 592 casualties and won. In the third Dagukou Defence War, Mongolian patriotic general Le Shan led 1000 officers and men to stick to the fortress and fight to the death, all of whom died for their country. In the battle to defend Beijing Bali Bridge; 4,000 Mongolian cavalry were mobilized from Zhuosutu League, Zhaowuda League, Zhelimu League, Chahar and other places, killing and injuring the enemy 1000 people. Mongolian cavalry also had great sacrifices; During the two Opium Wars, Mongolian cavalry fought against the enemy's foreign guns with bows, arrows and sabres, and wrote tragic poems about patriotism and love for the people in China's modern history. 1900 or so, the anti-religious struggle echoed by the Boxer Rebellion spread all over the flags of the East-West Union. From 1858, the Yike Zhaomeng "Dugui Long" movement to the large-scale struggle against feudal taxation, reclamation and land occupation on the eve of the Revolution of 1911, there were 10 times.
19 1 1 After the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911, Mongolian intellectuals and elites actively participated in the Revolution of 1911 in order to seek the freedom and liberation of Mongolians. After the establishment of the China * * Production Party, the Mongolian revolutionary struggle entered a new historical stage. Mongolian advanced elements, represented by Comrade Ulanhu, joined the China Producer Party, led the Inner Mongolia revolution, and fought resolutely against the Kuomintang reactionaries, Japanese imperialism and ethnic separatist forces. In the War of Liberation, Mongolian cavalry fought bravely, wiped out more than 20,000 enemy troops, seized more than 20,000 war horses and more than 10,000 guns, and made great contributions to the cause of national liberation and the establishment of new China. 1947 In May, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the first minority autonomous region in China, was established, which realized a new historical turning point for the Mongolian people. Inner Mongolia is a provincial-level ethnic autonomous area with regional autonomy and the earliest autonomous region established in China.