Order of battle Defense of the Great Wall

Order of battle Defense of the Great Wall

The following units and commanders fought in the Defense of the Great Wall of the Second Sino-Japanese War. List as of 20 March 1933.

Contents

China

Military Committee (Peking branch) - Chairman Chiang Kai-Shek, He Yingqin (deputy)

  • 1st Army Group - Commander in chief - Yu Xuezhong (defends Tianjin, Daigu and garrisons Tianjin-Pukou Railroad)
    • Chief staff officer Liu Zhonggan
    • 51st Army - Yu Xuezhong
      • 113th Division - Li Zhentang
      • 111th Division - Dong Yingbin
      • 114th Division - Chen Guanqun
      • 118th Division - Du Jiwu
      • 1st Cavalry Division - Zhang Chengde
  • 2nd Army Group - Commander in chief Shang Zhen(defense Luan River and the Lengkou Pass)
    • Chief staff officer - Lu Ji
    • 32nd Army - Shang Zhen
      • 139th Division - Huang Guanghua
      • 84th Division - Gao Guizi
      • 141st Division - Gao Hongwen
      • 142nd Division - Li Xingcun
      • 4th Cavalry Division - Guo Xipeng
    • 57th Army - He Zhuguo
      • 115th Division - Yao Dongfan
      • 109th Division - He Zhuguo
      • 120th Division - Chang Jingwu
      • 3rd Cavalry Division - Wang Jifeng
  • 3rd Army Group - Commander in chief Song Zheyuan(defense of the Xifengkou Pass )
    • Vice-commander in chief - Pang Bingxun Qin Dechun
    • Chief staff officer - Zhang Weifan
    • 29th Army - Song Zheyuan
      • 37th Division - Feng Zhian
      • 38th Division - Zhang Zizhong
      • 2nd Temporary Division - Liu Ruming
    • 40th Army - Pang Bingxun
      • 5th Cavalry Division - Li Fu
      • 115th Brigade - Liu Shirong
      • 116th Brigade - Chen Chunrong
  • 4th Army Group - Commander in chief Wan Fulin(assists the 57th Army with three Divisions to defend the Lengkou pass)
    • Chief staff officer - Wang Jingru
    • 53rd Army - Wan Fulin
      • 108th Division - Yang Zhengzhi
      • 10th Division - Shen Ke
      • 106th Division - Shen gram
      • 116th Division - Miao Chengliu
      • 119th Division - Sun Dequan
      • 129th Division - Wang Yongsheng
      • 130th Division - Zhu Hongxun, Yu Zhaolin
      • 2nd Cavalry Division - Huang Xiansheng
  • 8th Army Group - Commander in chief Yang Jie (defense of the Gubeikou pass)
    • 17th Army - Xu Tingyao
      • 2nd Division - Huang Jieyan
      • 25th Division - Guan Linzheng
      • 1st Cavalry Brigade - Li Jiading
    • 67th Army - Wang Yizhe (defense of the Gubeikou pass)
      • 107th Division - Zhang Zhengfang
      • 110th Division - He Lizhong
      • 112th Division - Zhang Tingshu
      • 117th Division - Weng Zhaoyuan
    • 26th Army - Xiaozhi Chu
      • 44th Division Commander Xiaozhi Chu (concurrently)
      • Preparation Regiment (Turned over to the Peking branch of the Military Committee to direct)
    • 41st Army - Sun Kuiyuan
      • 117th Brigade - Ding Ting
      • 118th Brigade - Liu Yueting
      • Reinforced 1st Brigade - Xing Yuchou
    • 105th Division - Liu Duoquan
    • 6th Cavalry Division - Bai Fengxiang
    • 83rd Division - Liu Kan
  • 5th Army Group - Commander in chief Tang Yulin
    • Remnants of this defeated Army from Jehol had retreated into Chahar to the area of Dushikou and Luanping. It operated from Guyuan observing eastern border of Jehol.
  • 7th Army Group - Commander in chief Fu Zuoyi (defending eastern sector of the Great Wall line)
    • 59th Army - Fu Zuoyi (concurrently)
    • 61st Army - Li Fuying
    • 1st Cavalry Army - Zhao Chengshou
  • Also in Rehe there were Feng Zhanhai’s 63rd Army and other Manchurian Anti-Japanese Righteous and Brave Army units of Li Zhongyi, Deng Wen and others.

Later Reinforcements from Chiang Kai-shek to defend Peiking.

  • 87th Division
  • 88th Division
  • 42nd Division - Feng Qinzai

Notes

  • The Chinese forces defending the Great Wall consisted of 8 Army Groups composed of 14 Armies (including 1 Cavalry Army), 36 Divisions (6 were Cavalry Divisions), 19 brigades (8 of cavalry), and 3 artillery brigades. This force amounted to approximately 250,000 men.

Sources

  • [1] 中国抗日战争正面战场作战记 (China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations)
    • Author : Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang
    • Press : Jiangsu People's Publishing House
    • Date published : 2005-7-1
    • ISBN 7-214-03034-9
    • 第二部分：从“九一八”事变到西安事变滦东战斗 3

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