This is the Battle of Pingxingguan order of battle during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
China
Chinese units mentioned defending Pingxingguan: [1]
- 6th Army Group - Yang Ai-yüan
- 33rd Army - Sun Ch'u
- 3rd Independent Brigade - Chang Chen-yü
- 8th Independent Brigade - Meng Hsien-chi
- 34th Army - Yang Ai-yüan (concurrent)
- 196th Brigade - Chiang Yü-chen
- 203rd Brigade - Liang Chien-t'ang
- 71st Division - Kuo Tsung-fen
- 202th Brigade - Ch'en Kuang-tou
- 214th Brigade - Chao Chin
- New 2nd Division - Chin Hsien-chang
- 7th Army Group - Fu Tso-i
- 35th Army - Fu Tso-i (concurrent)
- 211th Brigade - Sun Lan-feng
- 218th Brigade - Tung Ch'i-wu
- 61st Army - Ch'en Ch'ang-chieh
- 101st Division - Li Chün-kung
- 201st Brigade - Wang P'i-jung
- 213th Brigade
- 7th Independent Brigade - Ma Yen-shou
- 434th Regiment - Ch'eng Chi-hsien
- 17th Army - Kao Kuei-tse (from 7th Group Army)
- 84th Division - Kao Kuei-tse (concurrent)
- 250th Brigade - Liu Ta-lu
- 251st Brigade - Kao Chien-pai
- 21st Division - Li Hsien-chou
- 61st Brigade - Ts'ui Chen-tung
- 63rd Brigade - Lü Hsiang-yün
- 73rd Division - Liu Feng-pin (from 33rd Army)
- 197th Brigade - Wang En-t'ien
- 212th Brigade - Ko Wan-pang
- 15th Army - Liu Mao-en
- 64th Division - Wu Ting-lin
- 191st Brigade - Hsing Chung-ch'ing
- 192nd Brigade - Yang T'ien-min
- 65th Division - Liu Mao-en (concurrent)
- 194th Brigade - T'ao Pei-ch'en
- 195th Brigade - Ma Ch'i-chen
- 19th Army - Wang Ching-kuo
- 70th Division - Wang Ching-kou (concurrent)
- 215th Brigade - Tu Kun
- 72nd Division - Tuan Shu-hua
- 217th Brigade - Liang Ch'un-p'u
- 209th Brigade - Tuan Shu-hua (concurrent)
- Artillery Command - Liu Chen-heng
- 23rd Artillery Regiment - Li Hsi-chiu
- 28th Artillery Regiment - Tung Tse-shan
- 24th Artillery Regiment
- 27th Artillery Regiment
- 115th Division â Lin Biao, deputy Nie Rongzhen (from 18th Army Group â 8th Route Army)
- 343th Brigade - Zhou Jianping
- 685th Regiment â Yang Dezhi
- 686th Regiment - Li Tienyou
- 344th Brigade - Xu Haidong
- 687th Regiment - Zhang Shaodong
- 688th Regiment â ? (in reserve)
- 7th Group, (light bombers/scout-attack reconnaissance), O2U Corsair Scouting-Attack planes, O-2M Reconnaissance-Attack planes - Ch'en Ch'i-hsia
Japan
Attacking Pingxingguan:
- 21st Brigade, 5th Japanese Division
Japanese forces in the ambush battle of Pingxingguan:
- 3rd Battalion, 21st Regiment, 21st Brigade, 5th Japanese Division
- Supply troops of the 21st Regiment - Lieutenant é«Âæ¡¥ä¹Â夫
- 15 supply troops and 70 escorts in 70 horse-drawn vehicles with 50 horses, filled with clothes, food, ammunition and proceeded westwards towards Pingxingguan.
- Japanese 6th Depot
- 2nd Company motorized supply column - First Lieutenant ç¢å²Âä¿Â彦
- 176 men in 50 trucks
- 3rd Company motorized supply column - Major ä¸Â西次åÂ
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- ? men in 30 trucks
References
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.
- Description (in Chinese) of the Battle of Pingxingguan in the on line version of the book: ä¸Â彿ÂÂæÂ¥æÂÂäºÂæÂ£é¢æÂÂåºä½ÂæÂÂè®° (China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations) by éÂÂæ±Âç° (Guo Rugui), Jiangsu People's Publishing House, 2005-7-1,
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- A partial translation of Prof. Yang Kui Songon's article on Axis History Forum: The Battle of Pingxinguan 1937
- Pingxingguan Campaign
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