Order of battle Counter-Japanese Allied Army campaign of 1933 explained

The order of battle Chahar People's Counter-Japanese Allied Army^[1] in the Inner Mongolia campaign of 1933.

The Chahar People's Counter-Japanese Army consisted mostly of former Northwestern Army units under Feng Yuxiang, troops from Fang Zhenwu's Resisting Japan and Saving China Army, remnants of the provincial forces from Rehe, Counter-Japanese volunteers from Manchuria and local forces from Chahar and Suiyuan. The strength of the force was approximately 100,000 men.

Chahar People's Counter-Japanese Army

Chahar People's Counter-Japanese Army – Commander-in-Chief Feng Yuxiang

• Fang Zhenwu – director
• Ji Hongchang – frontline commander

Former Northwestern Army: – Ji Hongchang

• 1st Corps – Tong Linge*
  • 1st Division – Peng Zhengguo
  • 2nd Division – Zhi Yinglin
  • Independent Brigade – Liu Keyi
  • 24th Division – Fu Chun *
  • 25th Division – Ma Guanjun
• 2nd Corps – Ji Hongchang
  • 3rd Cavalry Division – Zhou Yixuan
  • 4th Division – Xu Ronghua
  • 5th Division – Xuan Xiafu
  • 6th Division – Li Tingzhen
• 6th Corps – Zhang Lingyun*
  • Guerrilla Division – Mie Yuling*
  • 2nd Cavalry Division – Hu Yunshan
• Herald Corps – Sun Liangcheng*
  • 1st Column – Lei Zhongtian
  • 2nd Column – Gao Shuxun

Resisting-Japan and Saving-China Army: – Fang Zhenwu

• 1st Corps – Zhang Renjie*
  • ? Division – Song Tielin
  • ? Division – Du Guangming
  • ? Division – Song Kebin *
  • ? Brigade – Cui Guoqing
  • Cavalry Brigade – Gu Youqi
• 4th Corps – Mi Wenhe
  • Teaching Division – Wang Zhongfu
• 5th Corps – Ruan Xuanwu*
  • 16th Division – Ji Handong
  • 18th Division – Xu Quanzhong

Other allied forces

• Northeastern Loyal and Brave Army – Feng Zhanhai*
  • 10th Cavalry Division – Deng Wenze +
  • 11th Cavalry Division – Tan Zixin *
  • 12th Cavalry Division – Wu Songlin
  • 21st Cavalry Brigade – Guo Fenglai
  • 1st Infantry Brigade – Tang Zhongxin
• Jehol Anti Japanese Militia or 18th Corps – Huang Shouzhong *
  • 32nd Division – Huang Shouzhong
  • 33rd Division – Tan Shilin
  • 34th Division – Yan Shangyuan
  • 4th Cavalry Division – Yao Jingchuan *
• Chahar Self-Defense Army – Zhang Lisheng *
  • 1st Division – Zhang Ziguang
  • 2nd Division – Cao Han
  • 3rd Division – Bai Zhenbao
  • 1st Detachment – Wang De Zhong
  • 2nd Detachment – Jiao Pozhai
• 13th Independent Division – Ren Ping Zhi
• Ethnic-Mongol army – Teh Wang
  • 1st Cavalry – Teh Wang
  • 2nd Cavalry – Jodbajab
  • Self-Defense Army – Fu Linga
• Bandits and former puppet troops
  • 1st Route – Wang Ying
  • 6th Route – Liu Guitang

Notes:

• * Given military commands or position to desert the Counter-Japanese Army cause by Song Zheyuan.
• + Assassinated.

Japanese and Manchurian forces in the Dolonor area

Japan

• 4th Cavalry Brigade – Major Gen. Mogi (over 2000 men and artillery)

Manchukuo

• Detachment of the Taoliao Army – Li Shouxin
• Cui Xingwu Detachment – Cui Xingwu
• Liu Guitang Detachment – Liu Guitang

Chinese Forces sent against the Anti-Japan Allied Army

Said to be 16 Divisions, including: Shanxi Provincial forces closing the Shanxi / Chahar border – Yan Xishan

Suiyuan Provincial forces closing the Suiyuan / Chahar border

• 7th Army Group – Fu Zuoyi
  • 35th Army – Fu Zuoyi (concurrent)

Controlling Peiking – Suiyuan Railway.

• 17th Army – Xu Tingyao
  • 2nd Division – Huang Jie
  • 25th Division – Guan Linzheng
  • 1st Cavalry Brigade – Li Jiading
• 87th Division – Wang Jingjiu

Units in the final battle against the Anti Japanese Army outside Beijing.

• 32nd Army – Shang Zhen
  • 129th Division
  • 130th Division
• 41st Army – Pang Bingxun
• 25th Division – Guan Linzheng

Sources

• 中国抗日战争正面战场作战记 (China's Counter-Japanese War Combat Operations)
  • Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang
  • Jiangsu People's Publishing House
  • Date published : 2005-7-1
    • • Online in Chinese: https://web.archive.org/web/20070928130306/http://www.wehoo.net/book/wlwh/a30012/04574.htm
    • 第二部分：从"九一八"事变到西安事变察哈尔民众抗日同盟军 1
    • Part II : from the "September 18 Incident" to the Xi'an Incident: Anti-Japan military alliance

Notes and References

1. News: http://finance.chinanews.com/gn/2015/08-20/7478520.shtml . zh:中央编译局：“抗日”不宜译成“anti-Japanese” . Chinanews . 2015-08-20. Chinese: 我们认为，，除在特殊语境，“抗日”不宜译成“anti-Japanese”。首先，英文“anti-Japanese”是“反对日本”“反对日本人”的意思，并不包含“侵略”等信息。如果将“抗日”译为“anti-Japanese”，国外读者自然就会把所有与此相关的表述都理解为“反对日本人”，而不是反抗日本侵略者，如“抗日民族统一战线”“抗日根据地”“抗日救亡运动”等，都会被理解为“反对日本人”，而不是正义的“反抗侵略”的活动。<br />其次，英文前缀“anti-”(即“反”)后面加上民族或人民构成的复合词(如“anti-American” “anti-Chinese”等)，经常与非理性的、情绪化的事件或行为搭配，如“anti-Japanese protest”(反日游行)、“anti-Japanese flag burning”(反日焚烧日本国旗)等。<br />我们建议，“抗日”可以采用两种译法：resistance against Japanese aggression或者counter-Japanese。<br />译法1：resistance against Japanese aggression或者resistance<br />与“anti-Japanese”不同，“resistance”(反抗)包含着非常正面的内涵，一看便知指的是“反抗侵略”。例如，“中国人民抗日战争”，翻译为“the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression”，国外读者可以很清楚地看到哪一方是侵略者，哪一方是正义方。而在世界反法西斯战争期间，其他同盟国开展的各种反法西斯、反纳粹活动，英语的表述也经常用“resistance”。因此，将“抗日”一词译为“resistance”，跟其他同盟国用同样的术语，有利于加强外国读者眼中中国作为同盟国重要成员、维护世界正义力量的形象。<br />译法2：counter-Japanese<br />与“resistance”相似，“counter-Japanese”一词也意味着对方的行为发生在先，己方行为是应对性质的，如“counter-attack”(反攻)。因而该译法能够表明抗击的对象是侵略行为，而不是日本民族。此外，该译法比“resistance against Japanese aggression”更简短，所以在部分语境里比前者用起来更加灵活，如“counter-Japanese guerrilla force”(抗日游击队)等。 . zh.