Order of battle for Battle of South Guangxi explained

The order of battle for the Battle of South Guangxi by country is as follows:

Japan

21st Army (to Feb. 9th 1940) – Lt. Gen. Rikichi Andō[1] 7]

22nd Army (10 Feb 1940 – 19 Nov 1940,- Army disbanded) – Lt. Gen Seiichi Kuno

January 1940 reinforcements from Canton

Army Airforce:

Navy Airforce:

Notes:

After 9 February 1940, the 18th Division was returned to Canton and the 21st Army was disbanded, the forces of the 21st Army came under the control of the Southern China Area Army (Canton) under General Rikichi Andō (10 Feb 1940 – 5 Oct 1940) and General Jun Ushiroku (5 Oct 1940 – 26 Jun 1941). The forces remaining in Guangxi, now subordinate to South China Front Army, became the Japanese Twenty-Second Army under Lt. Gen Seiichi Kuno (10 Feb 1940 – 19 Nov 1940), until the Army was disbanded at the end of the campaign. On June 3, 1940, the Guards Mixed Brigade became the 1st Guards Brigade of the 1st Guards Division. The 2nd Imperial Guards Infantry Regiment under Col. Kunio Osonoe from 1st Guards Brigade was assigned to the Indochina Expeditionary Army in September, 1940. In October 1940, the remainder of 1st Guards Brigade (1st Guard Regiment and support units) joined other Japanese units occupying French Indochina.

China

Air Forces:[5] **

Notes:

1. 16th Army Group and 26th Army Group were original defenders of Guangxi. Other units were reinforcements which gradually arrived from Hunan, Guangdong, and Sichuan.

2. On 18 December the Chinese launched a successful counter-offensive against the Japanese in the Guangxi Province. To support the Chinese Guangxi-offensive and direct the air-units the more experienced 1st ARC (Colonel Chang Ting-Meng) temporarily replaced the 2nd ARC (Colonel Xing Zhanfei) at Liuzhou, with the 2nd ARC moving to rear positions at Guilin.

Taking part in the offensive were 115 aircraft of the 3rd, 4th and 5th PGs, 6th BG, 18th PS and one of the Soviet groups.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Generals from Japan . The Generals of WWII.
  2. Web site: 抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929132017/http://www.chinajunzheng.com/bbs/simple/index.php?t18298.html . September 29, 2007.
  3. Web site: Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45 .
  4. Book: Hsu Long-hsuen, Chang Ming-kai . History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) . Wen Ha-hsiung . Chung Wu Publishing . 1972 . 2nd . Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China . English . 311 ff . limited.
  5. Web site: Gustavsson. Hakans. Håkans Aviation page – Sino-Japanese Air War 1939. 2020-12-08. Biplane Fighter Aces - China. To support the Chinese Kwangsi-offensive and direct the air-units the more experienced 1st ARC (Colonel Chang Ting-Meng) temporarily replaced the 2nd ARC (Colonel Hsing Chan-Fei) at Liuchou, with the 2nd ARC moving to rear positions at Kwei-Lin. Taking part in the offensive were 115 aircraft of the 3rd, 4th and 5th PGs, 6th BG, 18th PS and one of the Soviet groups..
  6. 徐 (Xú), 2016, p. 441-442. 韦烈士一清 (Martyr Wei was trained with the Guangxi warlord air force and very familiar with the terrain of South Guangxi and Kunlun Pass; successfully completed many close-air support and interdiction sorties; the fighting peaked at the Pass on 27 December 1939, the 28th and 32nd squadrons shot down three enemy aircraft, but 32nd squadron Capt. Wei Yiqing was himself shot down and killed right over the Kunlun Pass battlefield.)
  7. Cheung, 2015, p. 51. In supporting the Chinese Army's victorious battle for Kunlun Pass, Capt. Arthur Chin shot down at least one A5M on 27 December 1939, but was hit himself while trying to protect a fellow pilot... suffering serious burns as Capt. Chin maneuvered his burning fighter over friendly lines first before bailing-out in his parachute; Capt. Wei was shot down and killed...
  8. Web site: Gustavsson. Hakans. Chinese biplane fighter aces - 'Arthur' 'Art' Chin Shui-Tin. 2020-12-05. Biplane Fighter Aces - China. On 1 October 1938, the 28th PS was re-assigned to the 3rd PG and sent to Lanchou to train on I-15bis. Chin, as Squadron Leader went with them. The remaining Gladiators from the 28th and 32nd PS were sent to Liu-Chow in Kwangsi for overhaul. He and two other pilots went down to Liu-chow in August 1939 to pick up three Gladiators to fly back to Lanchou when the Japanese invaded Kwangsi. Thus began the "guerrilla campaign" waged by Art and his small band, which ended in December 1939..
  9. Web site: Håkans Aviation page – Sino-Japanese Air War 1940.

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