Order of battle Battle of Pingxingguan
This is the Battle of Pingxingguan order of battle during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
China
Chinese units mentioned defending Pingxingguan: [1]
- 17th Army - Kao Kuei-tse (from 7th Group Army)
- 84th Division - Kao Kuei-tse (concurrent)
- 21st Division - Li Hsien-chou
- 73rd Division - Liu Feng-pin (from 33rd Army)
- 15th Army - Liu Mao-en
- 64th Division - Wu Ting-lin
- 65th Division - Liu Mao-en (concurrent)
- 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)
- 343th Brigade - Zhou Jianping
- 7th Group, (light bombers/scout-attack reconnaissance), O2U Corsair Scouting-Attack planes, O-2M Reconnaissance-Attack planes
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
- 2nd Company motorized supply column - First Lieutenant 矢岛俊彦
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