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Battle of Pingxingguan order of battle

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 – Lin Biao, deputy Nie Rongzhen (from 18th Army Group – 8th Route Army)
  • 343th Brigade - Zhou Jianping
  • 685th Regiment – Yang Dezhi
  • 686th Regiment - Li Tienyou
  • 344th Brigade - Xu Haidong
  • 687th Regiment - Zhang Shaodong
  • 688th Regiment – ? (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 高桥义夫
  • 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 矢岛俊彦
  • 176 men in 50 trucks
  • 3rd Company motorized supply column - Major 中西次八
  • ? men in 30 trucks

References

Sources

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