Battle of Pingxingguan order of battle

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)
• 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

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