Order of Battle of the Battle of Lanfeng

Order of Battle of the Battle of Lanfeng

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Lanfeng in May 1938.

China

1st War Area - Cheng Chien

  • Eastern Honan Army - Hsueh Yueh
    • 64th Corps - Li Han-huen
      • 155th Division - Chen Kung-hsin
      • 187th Division - Peng Ling-cheng
    • 8th Corps - Huang Chieh
      • 40th Division - Lo Li-jung
      • 102nd Division - Po Hui-chang
    • 74th Corps - Wang Yao-wu
      • 51st Division - Wang Yao-wu
      • 58th Division - Po Hui-chang
  • 71st Corps Sung Hsi-lien (Song Xilian)
    • 87th Division [2]
    • 88th Division [2]

Reinforcements [May22nd]

  • 17th Army - Hu Tsung-nan [Hu Zongnan - May22nd]
    • 1st Corps - Li Tieh-chun
      • 1st Division - Li Tieh-chun
      • 78th Division - Li Wen
    • 27th Corps - Kuei Yung-ching
      • 36th Division [2] - Chiang Fu-sheng
      • 46th Division - Li Liang-yung
    • 200th Division (1st Column) - Qiu Qingquan
      • Tank battalion *
      • Infantry battalion
      • Engineer battalion
      • Armored car battalion
      • Antiaircraft unit
      • Motor maintenance unit
      • Antitank battalion

Note:

  • * Tanks of the 1st Column's armoured battalion would have been equipped with new Soviet T-26 tanks. (There is some photographic evidence that there were some of the Italian CV-33 tanks there as well. One was photographed on the Lanfeng battlefield with three Japanese troops examining it. see photo and discussion http://www.china-defense.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=512)

Japan

North China Area Army - Juichi Terauchi [1,3]

1st Army - Kyoji Kotsuki

  • 14th Division - Kenji Doihara
    • 27th Infantry Brigade
      • 2nd Infantry Regiment
      • 59th Infantry Regiment
    • 28th Infantry Brigade
      • 15th Infantry Regiment
      • 50th Infantry Regiment
    • 20th Field Artillery Regiment
    • 18th Cavalry Regiment
    • 14th Engineer Regiment
    • 14th Transport Regiment


Note: IJA 1st Army had these armoured units directly under its command that could have been assigned to 14th Division: [3]

  • 1st Independent Light Armored Car Squadron
  • 5th Independent Light Armored Car Squadron
  • 2nd Tank Battalion

Sources

[1] Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) 2nd Ed. ,1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung , Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China.

page 230-235

Map. 9-2

[2] German trained Division. Note these divisions had been badly mauled in the battles of Shanghai and of Nanking in 1937 and were no longer the crack units they once were.

[3] 抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 (Order of battle of the Japanese army that invaded China during the Sino Japanese War)

[4] 國軍精銳---國民革命軍第二○○師 Elite Troops of the National Revolutionary Army, the 200th Division, (in Chinese)


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