Battle of Pingxingguan order of battle

This is the Battle of Pingxingguan order of battle during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Chinese units mentioned defending Pingxingguan: [1]^[1]

• 6th Army Group - Yang Ai-yüan
  • 33rd Army - Sun Ch'u
    • 3rd Independent Brigade - Chang Chen-yü
    • 8th Independent Brigade - Meng Hsien-chi
  • 34th Army - Yang Ai-yüan (concurrent)
    • 196th Brigade - Chiang Yü-chen
    • 203rd Brigade - Liang Chien-t'ang
    • 71st Division - Kuo Tsung-fen
      • 202th Brigade - Ch'en Kuang-tou
      • 214th Brigade - Chao Chin
    • New 2nd Division - Chin Hsien-chang
• 7th Army Group - Fu Tso-i
  • 35th Army - Fu Tso-i (concurrent)
    • 211th Brigade - Sun Lan-feng
    • 218th Brigade - Tung Ch'i-wu
  • 61st Army - Ch'en Ch'ang-chieh
    • 101st Division - Li Chün-kung
      • 201st Brigade - Wang P'i-jung
      • 213th Brigade
    • 7th Independent Brigade - Ma Yen-shou
    • 434th Regiment - Ch'eng Chi-hsien
• 17th Army - Kao Kuei-tse (from 7th Group Army)
  • 84th Division - Kao Kuei-tse (concurrent)
    • 250th Brigade - Liu Ta-lu
    • 251st Brigade - Kao Chien-pai
  • 21st Division - Li Hsien-chou
    • 61st Brigade - Ts'ui Chen-tung
    • 63rd Brigade - Lü Hsiang-yün
• 73rd Division - Liu Feng-pin (from 33rd Army)
  • 197th Brigade - Wang En-t'ien
  • 212th Brigade - Ko Wan-pang
• 15th Army - Liu Mao-en
  • 64th Division - Wu Ting-lin
    • 191st Brigade - Hsing Chung-ch'ing
    • 192nd Brigade - Yang T'ien-min
  • 65th Division - Liu Mao-en (concurrent)
    • 194th Brigade - T'ao Pei-ch'en
    • 195th Brigade - Ma Ch'i-chen
• 19th Army - Wang Ching-kuo
  • 70th Division - Wang Ching-kou (concurrent)
  • 215th Brigade - Tu Kun
  • 72nd Division - Tuan Shu-hua
    • 217th Brigade - Liang Ch'un-p'u
    • 209th Brigade - Tuan Shu-hua (concurrent)
• Artillery Command - Liu Chen-heng
  • 23rd Artillery Regiment - Li Hsi-chiu
  • 28th Artillery Regiment - Tung Tse-shan
  • 24th Artillery Regiment
  • 27th Artillery Regiment
• 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 - Ch'en Ch'i-hsia

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

• [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