Order of battle at Beiping–Tianjin explained

Below is the order of battle for the Battle of Beiping-Tianjin, called the Peiking-Tientsin Operation in pinyin spelling, a series of battles fought from 25 July through 31 July 1937 as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was called the North China Incident (北支事変, Hokushi jihen) by the Japanese.

Empire of Japan

Ground

Japanese China Garrison Army [1]

Lieut. General Kanichiro Tashiro (1 May 1936 – 12 July 1937[2])

Lieut. General Kiyoshi Katsuki (12 July 1937 – 26 August 1937)

China Garrison Infantry "Kawabe" Brigade

Major General Masakazu Kawabe

1st China Garrison Infantry Regiment

2nd China Garrison Infantry Regiment

China Garrison Cavalry Unit

China Garrison Artillery Regiment

China Garrison Engineer Unit

China Garrison Armored Unit (17 tanks?)

China Garrison Signal Unit

China Garrison Army Hospital

5th Division

General Seishirō Itagaki

9th Infantry Brigade

11th Infantry Regiment

41st Infantry Regiment

21st Infantry Brigade

21st Infantry Regiment

42nd Infantry Regiment

5th Mountain Artillery Regiment

5th Cavalry Regiment

5th Engineer Regiment

5th Transport Regiment

20th Division

Lieutenant General Bunsaburo Kawakishi

39th Infantry Brigade

77th Infantry Regiment

78th Infantry Regiment

40th Infantry Brigade

79th Infantry Regiment

80th Infantry Regiment

26th Field Artillery Regiment

28th Cavalry Regiment

20th Engineer Regiment

20th Transport Regiment

1st Independent Mixed "Sakai" Brigade

Lieutenant General Sakai Koji[3]

4th Tank Battalion

12 Type 89 Medium Tanks

13 Type 95 Light Tanks

12 Type 94 tankettes

4 Armored Engineer Vehicles

1st Independent Infantry Regiment

1st Independent Artillery Battalion

1st Independent Engineer Company

11th Independent Mixed "Suzuki" Brigade

Lieutenant General Shigiyasu Suzuki[4]

11th Independent Infantry Regiment

12th Independent Infantry Regiment

11th Independent Cavalry Company

11th Independent Field Artillery Regiment

12th Independent Mountain Gun Regiment

11th Independent Engineer Company

11th Independent Transport Company

East Hebei Army [5]

1st Corps (Tungchow) 4,000 men

2nd Corps (Tsunhua) 4,000 men

3rd Corps (Tungchow) 4,000 men

4th Corps (Tsunhua) 4,000 men

Training Corps (Tungchow) 2,000 men

Air

Temporary China Area Aviation Division (Chugoku-Homen Rinji Hikoshidan)

General Yoshitoshi Tokugawa[6]

1st Army Air Battalion (reconnaissance) Ki-3, Ki-4

2nd Army Air Battalion (fighter aircraft) Ki-10

3rd Army Air Battalion (long range reconnaissance)

5th Army Air Battalion (light bomber) Ki-2

6th Army Air Battalion (heavy bomber) Ki-2

8th Army Air Battalion (fighter) Ki-10

9th Army Air Battalion (heavy bomber) Ki-1

3rd Independent Air Company (heavy bomber)Ki-1

4th independent squadron (reconnaissance)

6th independent squadron (reconnaissance)

9th independent squadron (fighter) Ki-10

1st, 2nd Airfield companies

8th, 9th Signal platoons

1st Truck Transport company

3rd Field aircraft depot

Naval

2nd Fleet[7]

Admiral Zengo Yoshida

Republic of China

29th Army [8] [9]

Commander: Song Zheyuan[10]

Deputy: Tong Linge

37th Division of Hopei (15,750 men)

Lt. Gen. Feng Chian

Special Operations Regiment [11]

109th Brigade

110th Brigade

111th Brigade

Independent 35th Brigade

38th Division of Shansi (15,400 men)

General Zhang Zizhong

Special Operations Regiment

112th Brigade

113th Brigade

114th Brigade

Independent 26th Brigade

132nd Division of Shansi (15,000 men)

General Zhao Dengyu

Special Operations Regiment

1st Brigade

2nd Brigade

Independent 27th Brigade

Independent 28th Brigade

143rd Division of Hopei (in Chahar) (15,100 men)

General Liu Ruming

Special Operations Regiment

1st Brigade

2nd Brigade

Independent 29th Brigade

Independent 31st Brigade

Security Brigade

9th Cavalry Division of Northwest Army (3,000 men)

1st Brigade

2nd Brigade

Independent 13th Cavalry Brigade (1,500 men)

Hebei Peace Preservation Force (Peiwan, 2,500 men)

Independent 39th Brigade (3,500 men)

Independent 40th Brigade (3,400 men)

53rd Army

General Wan Fulin[12]

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Notes and References

  1. The Japanese China Garrison Army became Japanese First Army on 26 August 1937
  2. Death from heart disease
  3. http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/ Taki's IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY PAGE
  4. on temporary assignment from the Kwantung Army; the Suzuki Brigade later became IJA 26th Division.
  5. Jowett, Phillip S., Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan's Asian Allies 1931-45, Volume I: China & Manchuria
  6. http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/sino-japanese.htm Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45
  7. http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/monos/144/144chap2.html#Shanghai%20Incident Monograph 144 Chapter II
  8. Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) Pg. 175-180
  9. Song was allowed by the Kuomintang government to maintain only one army in the area he controlled. So what he did is to make his army very huge. Each division had 3 brigades plus many independent units. This way Song was able to both increase and conceal his strength.
  10. Web site: China Defense Forum: Organization of the 29th Army . 2006-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927202253/http://www.china-defense.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8763 . 2007-09-27 . dead .
  11. (特務團), a HQ reserve regiment
  12. 1 Brigade of 53rd Army took part in the attack on Fengtai

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