Defense of the Great Wall order of battle
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The following units and commanders fought in the Defense of the Great Wall of the Second Sino-Japanese War. List as of 20 March 1933.
China
[edit]Military Committee (Peking branch) - Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin (deputy)
- 1st Group Army - Commander in chief - Yu Xuezhong (defended of Tianjin, Daigu and garrisoned the Tianjin-Pukou Railroad)
- Chief staff officer Liu Zhonggan
- 51st Army - Yu Xuezhong
- 113th Division - Li Zhentang
- 111th Division - Dong Yingbin
- 114th Division - Chen Guanqun
- 118th Division - Du Jiwu
- 1st Cavalry Division - Zhang Chengde
- 2nd Group Army - Commander in chief Shang Zhen (defended the Luan River and Lengkou Pass)
- Chief staff officer - Lu Ji
- 32nd Army - Shang Zhen
- 139th Division - Huang Guanghua
- 84th Division - Gao Guizi
- 141st Division - Gao Hongwen
- 142nd Division - Li Xingcun
- 4th Cavalry Division - Guo Xipeng
- 57th Army - He Zhuguo
- 115th Division - Yao Dongfan
- 109th Division - He Zhuguo
- 120th Division - Chang Jingwu
- 3rd Cavalry Division - Wang Jifeng
- 3rd Group Army - Commander in chief Song Zheyuan (defended Xifengkou Pass)
- Vice-commander in chief - Pang Bingxun, Qin Dechun
- Chief staff officer - Zhang Weifan
- 29th Army - Song Zheyuan
- 37th Division - Feng Zhian
- 38th Division - Zhang Zizhong
- 2nd Temporary Division - Liu Ruming
- 40th Army - Pang Bingxun
- 5th Cavalry Division - Li Fu
- 115th Brigade - Liu Shirong
- 116th Brigade - Chen Chunrong
- 4th Group Army - Commander in chief Wan Fulin (assisted the 57th Army with three divisions to defend Lengkou Pass)
- Chief staff officer - Wang Jingru
- 53rd Army - Wan Fulin
- 108th Division - Yang Zhengzhi
- 10th Division - Shen Ke
- 106th Division - Shen gram
- 116th Division - Miao Chengliu
- 119th Division - Sun Dequan
- 129th Division - Wang Yongsheng
- 130th Division - Zhu Hongxun, Yu Zhaolin
- 2nd Cavalry Division - Huang Xiansheng
- 8th Group Army - Commander in chief Yang Jie (defended Gubeikou pass)
- 17th Army - Xu Tingyao
- 2nd Division - Huang Jieyan
- 25th Division - Guan Linzheng
- 1st Cavalry Brigade - Li Jiading
- 67th Army - Wang Yizhe (defended Gubeikou pass)
- 107th Division - Zhang Zhengfang
- 110th Division - He Lizhong
- 112th Division - Zhang Tingshu
- 117th Division - Weng Zhaoyuan
- 26th Army - Xiaozhi Chu
- 44th Division Commander Xiaozhi Chu (concurrently)
- Preparation Regiment (Turned over to the Peking branch of the Military Committee to direct)
- 41st Army - Sun Dianying[1]
- 117th Brigade - Ding Ting
- 118th Brigade - Liu Yueting
- Reinforced 1st Brigade - Xing Yuchou
- 105th Division - Liu Duoquan
- 6th Cavalry Division - Bai Fengxiang
- 83rd Division - Liu Kan
- 17th Army - Xu Tingyao
- 5th Group Army - Commander in chief Tang Yulin
- 7th Group Army - Commander in chief Fu Zuoyi (defending eastern sector of the Great Wall line)
- 59th Army - Fu Zuoyi (concurrently)
- 61st Army - Li Fuying
- 1st Cavalry Army - Zhao Chengshou
- Also in Rehe there were Feng Zhanhai’s 63rd Army and other Manchurian Anti-Japanese Righteous and Brave Army units of Li Zhongyi, Deng Wen and others.
Later Reinforcements from Chiang Kai-shek to defend Peiking.
- 87th Division
- 88th Division
- 42nd Division - Feng Qinzai
Notes
[edit]- The Chinese forces defending the Great Wall consisted of 8 Army Groups composed of 14 Armies (including 1 Cavalry Army), 36 Divisions (6 were Cavalry Divisions), 19 brigades (8 of cavalry), and 3 artillery brigades. This force amounted to approximately 250,000 men.
Sources
[edit]- [1] 中国抗日战争正面战场作战记 (China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations)
- Author : Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang
- Press : Jiangsu People's Publishing House
- Date published : 2005-7-1
- ISBN 7-214-03034-9
- 第二部分：从“九一八”事变到西安事变滦东战斗 3
- Jehol 1933
- Operation Jehol
- Battles of the Great Wall
See also
[edit]- ^ Berger, John; Jowett, Philip (2024-02-28). Rays of the Rising Sun: Armed Forces of Japan's Asian Allies 1931-45 Volume 1: China and Manchukuo. Helion. ISBN 978-1-80451-472-6.