Order of Battle of the Battle of Lanfeng

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Lanfeng in May 1938.

China

1st War Area - Cheng Qian

Reinforcements [May22nd]

Note:

Japan

North China Area Army - Juichi Terauchi [1,3]

1st Army - Kyoji Kotsuki


Note: IJA 1st Army had these armoured units directly under its command that could have been assigned to 14th Division: [3]

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.

page 230-235

Map. 9-2

[2] German trained Division. Note these divisions had been badly mauled in the battles of Shanghai and of Nanking in 1937 and were no longer the crack units they once were.

[3] 抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 (Order of battle of the Japanese army that invaded China during the Sino Japanese War)

[4] 國軍精銳---國民革命軍第二○○師 Elite Troops of the National Revolutionary Army, the 200th Division, (in Chinese)

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