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The following is the order of battle of the forces involved in the Battle of Shanghai , during the opening stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War .
Order of battle
Order of battle prior to August 13, 1937:
China
National Revolutionary Army
Wusung – Shanghai Siege Area (Aug. 7 1937)
Nanking Shanghai Garrison – Chang Chih-Chung (50,000 men).
36th Division – Sung Hsi-lien[g]
87th Division – Wang Ching-chin[g]
88th Division – Sun Yuan-liang[g]
55th Division – Li Sung-Chan
56th Division – Liu Ho-ting (later Liu Shang-chih)
57th Division – Yuan Chao-chang [R]
20th Sep. Bde – Gen. Chen Mien-wu
[g] German trained Reorganized Divisions
[R] Reorganized Divisions
Shanghai City demilitarised on Chinese side according to Shanghai Ceasefire Agreement (1932)
Wusong-Shanghai Garrison Units (Peace Preservation Corps)
Japan
Imperial Japanese Navy
3rd Fleet : Admiral Hasegawa Kiyoshi
1st Battalion - Lt. Cdr. Uroku Hashimoto
2nd Battalion - Lt. Shigeshi Sano
3rd Battalion - Lt. Shegeru Ito
4th Battalion - Artillery unit, Disbanded at the outbreak of war, guns were dispersed to the infantry units.
9th Battalion - Lt. Cdr. Torashige Tsukioka
Prior to hostilities: Total force (2,500 men)
8th Sentai NLF
1st Destroyer Sentai NLF
3rd Destroyer Sentai NLF
Izumo NLF
Reservists and volunteers (5000 men)
1st Reserve Infantry Regiment
2nd Reserve Infantry Regiment
( Armed reservists were men in civilian clothes distinguished by a brassard )
Third Fleet operated in Central and South China waters.
11th Squadron evacuated Japanese civilians from the interior to Shanghai during July and early August.
Order of battle soon after August 13, 1937:
Chinese forces after late September, 1937:
National Revolutionary Army
3rd War Area - Generalisimo Chiang Kai-skek (after late Sept. 1937)
Right Wing Force - General Chang Fa Kuei
8th Army Group - General Chang Fa Kuei
62nd Division – Tao Kuang
63rd Division – Chen Kuang-chung
55th Division – Li Sung-Chan
45th Separate Brigade – Chang Luan-chi
Artillery Btn., Training Div.
10th Army Group - Liu Chien-hsu
11th Reserve Division – Hu –Ta
128th Division – Ku Chia-chi
45th Division – Tai Min-chuan
52nd Division – Lu Hsin-jung
11th Temporary Brigade – Chou Hsi-ching
12th Temporary Brigade – Li Kuo-chun
37th Separate Brigade - Chen The-fa
Guard Regiment – ?
Ningpo Defense Commander – Wan Kao-lan
Central Force Gen. Zhu Shao Liang
9th Army Group - Zhu Shao Liang
72nd Corps – Sun Yuan-liang
88th Division – Sun Yuan-liang[g]
Peace Preservation Group
1st Regiment, 20th Separate Brigade
78th Corps – Sung Hsi-lien
36th Division – Sung Hsi-lien[g]
71st Corps – Wang Ching-chin
87th Division – Wang Ching-chin[g]
61st Division – Chung Sung
Salt Gabelle Division – Huang Chieh
3rd Division – Li Yu-tang[g]
18th Division – Chu Yao-hua
Shanghai Garrison Command - Yang Hu
1st Battalion 3rd Regiment, 2nd Artillery Brigade
2 Heavy Mortar Units
2 Anti-tank batteries
1 Light tank Battalion
21st Army Group - Liao Lei
1st Division - Li Tieh-chun
32nd Division - Wang Hsiu-shen
78th Division - Li Wen
48th Corps – Wei Yun-sung
173rd Division - Huo Wei-chen
174th Division - Wang Tsan-pin
176th Division - Ou Shou-nien
171st Division – Yang Cun-chang
19th Division – Li Chueh
16th Division - Peng Sung-ling
Left Wing Force - General Chen Cheng
19th Army Group – Hsueh Yueh
159th Division – Tan Sui
160th Division – Yeh Chao
6th Division – Chao Ai[g]
9th Division – Li Yen-nien[g]
25th Corps – Wan Yao-huang
13th Division – Wan Yao-huang
133rd Division – Yang Han-yu
134th Division – Yang Han-chung
69th Corps – Yuan Chao-chang
57th Division – Yuan Chao-chang[R]
15th Army Group – Lo Cho-yin
44th Division – Chen Yung
16th Artillery Regiment
16th Army – Lo Cho-ying
60th Division - Chen Pei
11th Division - Peng Shan[R]
67th Division - Huag Wei[R]
54th Corps - Huo Kuei-chang
14th Division - Chen Lieh[g]
98th Division - Hisa Chu-chung
51st Division - Wang Yao-wu
58th Division - Yu Chi-shih
34th Separate Brigade. – Lo Chi-chiang
56th Division - Liu Shang-chih
73rd Corps – Wang Tung-yuan
15th Division – Wang Chih-pin
102 Division - Po Hui-chang
103 Division - Ho Chih-chung
53 Division - Li Yun-heng
23 Division - Li Pi-fan
57th Corps – Miao Cheng-liu
111th Division - Chang En-tuo
112th Division - Huo Shou-yi
River Defence Forces - Gen. Liu Hsing
Chiangyin Fortress Command - Hsu Kang
Chenchiang Fortress Command - Lin Hsien-yang
2nd Regiment Kiangsu Peace Preservation Force
1st Battalion 8th Artillery Regiment
11th Army - Shang-kuan Yunhsiang
40th Division - Liu Pei-hsu
33rd Division - Ma Hsing-hsien
76th Division - Wang Ling-yun
43rd Corps - Kuo Ju-tung
1st Battalion 3rd Artillery Regiment
4th Artillery Regiment
1st Battalion 10th Heavy Artillery Regiment [sFH 18 L/32 150mm How]
Notes:
[g] German trained Reorganized Divisions:
[R] Reorganized Divisions
Japanese forces from October 29, 1937:
Imperial Japanese Army
Central China Front Army – Gen. Iwane Matsui
(was formed on Oct. 29th 1937 to coordinate the Shanghai Expeditionary Army and
the 10th Army.)
Shanghai Expeditionary Force - Gen. Iwane Matsui,
See previous order of battle
16th Division – Gen. Kesao Nakashima (from N. China Nov 12/37, landed at Pai mao kou)
9th Infantry Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
33rd Infantry Regiment
38th Infantry Regiment
22nd Field Artillery Regiment
20th Cavalry Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
16th Transport Regiment
Shigeto Detachment - Major Gen. Shigeto (arrived Sept 7-16 from Formosa)
Regiment sized, was later expanded into the Formosa Mixed Brigade. Nov 12/37, landed at Pai mao kou)
10th Army – Major Gen. Heisuke Yamagawa (Nov. 5th landing at Chin shan wei)
9th Independent Light Armor Company [Taki/ PWf]
2nd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment[Taki/ PWf]
6th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade [CDF] [Taki/ PWf]
13th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment, 24 Type 4 15cm Howitzers
14th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment, 24 Type 4 15cm Howitzers
6th Division - Lt. Gen. Tani
13th Infantry Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment
23rd Infantry Regiment
45th Infantry Regiment
6th Field Artillery Regiment
6th Cavalry Regiment
6th Engineer Regiment
6th Transport Regiment
18th Division - Lt. Gen. Ushijima
55th Infantry Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
124th Infantry Regiment
18th Mountain Artillery Regiment
22nd Cavalry Battalion
12th Engineer Regiment
12th Transport Regiment
114th Division - Lt. Gen. Suematsu
66th Infantry Regiment
115th Infantry Regiment
102nd Infantry Regiment
150th Infantry Regiment
120th Field Artillery Regt
118th Cavalry Regiment
114th Engineer Regiment
114th Transport Regiment
Kunizaki Detachment - Gen. Kunisaki (from North China)
9th Infantry Brigade/5th Division
11th Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
5th Mountain Artillery Regiment
5th Cavalry Regiment
5th Engineer Regiment
5th Transport Regiment
Sources
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. Pg. 200 - 214, Map 7.
Jowett, Phillip S., Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan’s Asian Allies 1931-45 , Volume I: China & Manchuria, 2004. Helion & Co. Ltd., 26 Willow Rd., Solihull, West Midlands, England.
Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45
History of the Frontal War Zone in the Sino-Japanese War , published by Nanjing University Press.
[g] German trained Reorganized Divisions:
3rd, 6th, 9th, 14th, 36th, 87th, 88th, and the Training Division of the Central Military Academy.
Also the "Tax Police" regiment (equivalent of a division) under T.V. Soong's Ministry of Finance, later converted to the New 38th Division during the war, were German armed and trained by German officers.
[R] Reorganized Divisions were the other 12 other Divisions with Chinese arms on the reorganized model with 2 German advisors:
2nd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 25th, 27th, 57th, 67th, 80th, 83rd, 89th Division
Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 [2 vols], Allentown, PA: 1981.
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