User:Hungrydog55/sandbox/military/sino-jap/1938-05 oob Battle-of-Lanfeng
The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Lanfeng in May 1938, part of the larger campaign for Northern and Eastern Henan, part of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
China
[edit]ground force commanders
First War Area
Cheng Qian
- Eastern Honan Army
- Xue Yue
- 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 Yaowu
- 51st Division – Wang Yao-wu
- 58th Division – Feng Sheng-fa
- 71st Corps – Song Xilian
- 64th Corps – Li Han-huen
Reinforcements – 22 May
- 17th Army – Hu Zongnan
- 1st Corps – Li Tieh-chun
- 1st Division – Li Tieh-chun
- 78th Division – Li Wen
- 27th Corps – Kuei Yung-ching
- 36th Division[c] – 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
- 1st Corps – Li Tieh-chun
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 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine)
Japan
[edit]ground force commanders
North China Area Army
Juichi Terauchi [d] [1][2]
- First Army
- Kyoji Kotsuki
- 14th Division
- Kenji Doihara [e]
- 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
- 27th Infantry Brigade
Note: IJA First Army had these armoured units directly under its command that could have been assigned to 14th Division: [2]
- 1st Independent Light Armored Car Squadron
- 5th Independent Light Armored Car Squadron
- 2nd Tank Battalion
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Died of heart attack June 1946 before he could be tried for war crimes
- ^ Hanged for war crimes December 1948
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai (1971). History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung (2nd ed.). 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China: Chung Wu Publishing. pp. 230–235, Map 9-2.
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Web
[edit]- "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)". Internet Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
- "國軍精銳---國民革命軍第二○○師 (Elite Troops of the National Revolutionary Army, the 200th Division)". Internet Wayback Machine.
- "Chinese 200th Division". Axis History Forum. Retrieved November 24, 2022.