Order of battle at Beiping–Tianjin

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
Japanese ground force commanders
Lt. Gen. Tashiro Kanichiro
Lt. Gen. Katsuki Kiyoshi

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
Japanese air and naval commanders
Gen. Yoshitoshi Tokugawa
Adm. Yoshida Zengo

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
2nd Fleet[7]
Admiral Zengo Yoshida

Republic of China

29th Army [8][9]

Commander: Sung Che-yuan[10]
Deputy: Tung Lin-keh

Notes
  1. The Japanese China Garrison Army became Japanese First Army on 26 August 1937
  2. Death from heart disease
  3. Taki's IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY PAGE - on temporary assignment from the Kwangtung Army; The 3rd Tank Battalion equipped with Type 94 Tankettes and Type 95 Light Tanks that was to have been assigned to Sakai Brigade remained behind in Manchukuo.
  4. on temporary assignment from the Kwangtung 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. Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45
  7. Monograph 144 Chapter II Normally, the IJN 3rd Fleet was assigned for over-all operations in China. The IJN 2nd Fleet was assigned to escort army transports and was involved in landings of IJA 5th Division at Tanggu. With the dispatch of troops to the Qingdao area, the IJN 2nd Fleet assumed responsibility for operations in northern China waters, while the IJN 3rd Fleet operated in central and south China waters.
  8. Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) Pg. 175-180
  9. Sung 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 Sung was able to both increase and conceal his strength.
  10. "China Defense Forum: Organization of the 29th Army". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
  11. (特務團), a HQ reserve regiment
  12. 1 Brigade of 53rd Army took part in the attack on Fengtai

Sources

Print
  • Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai (1971). History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung (2nd ed.). 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China: Chung Wu Publishing. pp. 175–180, Map 2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  • Jowett, Phillip S. (2004). Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan's Asian Allies 1931-45. Vol. I: China & Manchuria. 26 Willow Rd., Solihull, West Midlands, England: Helion & Co. Ltd.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  • Liu Feng-han (1987). Collected Works on the History of the War of Resistance against Japan (劉鳳翰, <抗日戰史論集>).
  • Madej, W. Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 (2 vols.). Allentown, Pennsylvania: Game Marketing Co. LCCN 82130553.

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