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]^[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

^ 太原會戰. 國防部史政局. 1962. p. 25.

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: 中国抗日战争正面战场作战记 (China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations) by 郭汝瑰 (Guo Rugui), Jiangsu People's Publishing House, 2005-7-1, ISBN 7214030349
- 华北作战平型关大捷 1(North China Battles, the Pingxingguan victory 1)
- 华北作战平型关大捷 2(North China Battles, the Pingxingguan victory 2)
a more recent study (in Chinese) 关于平型关战斗的史实重建问题 "On the reconstruction of the facts of the Battle of Pingxingguan" by Professor Yang Kui Song
- A partial translation of Prof. Yang Kui Songon's article on Axis History Forum: The Battle of Pingxinguan 1937
Pingxingguan Campaign

旧日军档案中的平型关大捷

[1] 太原會戰. 國防部史政局. 1962. p. 25.

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