Taki thanks for the reply. Did this little adventure get General Nishio in trouble when it went wrong?
Also I have been confused about what happened prior to 10th Division attacking Taierzhang. Was it just the 10th Division that destroyed the Szechwan 122nd Division of 22nd Army at Tengxian? What then happened to that Chinese army did it withdraw southward or to the west.
Also what Japanese forces were then securing the long line of advance of the 10th and 5th Divisons to Taierzhang and Linyi? 2nd Army doesnt seem to have much secondary forces to secure that long line of supply.
- 2nd Army - Gen. Nishio
--5th Division - Gen. Seishiro Itagaki
---9th Infantry Brigade
----11th Infantry Regiment
----41st Infantry Regiment
---21st Infantry Brigade
----21st Infantry Regiment
----42nd Infantry Regiment
---5th Mountain Artillery Regiment
---5th Cavalry Regiment
---5th Engineer Regiment
---5th Transport Regiment
--10th Division - Gen Rinsuke Isoya
---8th Infantry Brigade
----39th Infantry Regiment
----40th Infantry Regiment
---33rd Infantry Brigade
----10th Infantry Regiment
----63rd Infantry Regiment
---10th Field Artillery Regiment
---10th Cavalry Regiment
---10th Engineer Regiment
---10th Transport Regiment
directly under 2nd Army:[3]
--6th Independent Machinegun Battalion
--10th Independent Machinegun Battalion
--10th Independent Light Armored Car Squadron
--12th Independent Light Armored Car Squadron
--2nd Field Heavy Artillery Regiment
--3rd Field Heavy Artillery Regiment
- 5th Independent Mixed Brigade - ? [3]
--16th Independent infantry battalion
--17th Independent infantry battalion
--18th Independent infantry battalion
--19th Independent infantry battalion
--20th Independent infantry battalion
--Independent artillery troops
--Independent labor troops
--Signal Communication Unit
Forming, on March 12 1938 enrolled in the North China front army order of battle, in March 30 the North China
front army deployed it to the 2nd Army.
[3] IJA in China orbat, 1937 to 1945
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Posted: Oct 5 2002, 11:28 PM
Perhaps some of the units directly under North China Front Army itself did this?
North China Front army - Gen. ?
--16th Division -
---19th Infantry Brigade
----9th Infantry Regiment
----20th Infantry Regiment
---30th Infantry Brigade
----33rd Infantry Regiment
----38th Infantry Regiment
---22nd Field Artillery Regiment
---20th Cavalry Regiment
---16th Engineer Regiment
---16th Transport Regiment
--114th Division -Gen. ?
---127th Infantry Brigade
---- 66th Infantry Regiment
----115th Infantry Regiment
---128th Infantry Brigade
----102nd Infantry Regiment
----150th Infantry Regiment
---120th Field Artillery Regt
---118th Cavalry Regiment
---114th Engineer Regiment
---114th Transport Regiment
--China Garrison Mixed Brigade - Major Gen. Kawabe?
---Kawabe Brigade(China Stationed Infantry Brigade)- Major Gen. Kawabe?
---- 1st China Stationed Infantry Regiment
---- 2nd China Stationed Infantry Regiment
--- China Stationed Cavalry Unit
--- China Stationed Artillery Regiment
--- China Stationed Engineer Unit
--- China Stationed Tank Unit (17 tanks?)
--- China Stationed Signal Unit
--- Army Hospital
-6th Independent Infantry Brigade - Gen. ? [3]
--7th Independent infantry battalion
--8th Independent infantry battalion
--9th Independent infantry battalion
--10th Independent infantry battalion
--Independent artillery troops, the
--Independent labor troops, the
--Signal Communication Unit.
-3rd Infantry Brigade - Major Gen. Kazuo Isa /2nd Division *
-- 4th Infantry Regiment
--29th Infantry Regiment
-13th Infantry Brigade - Major Gen. Tadao Yoshizawa/7th Division *
--25th Infantry Regiment
--26th Infantry Regiment
-- 4th, 5th, 9th Independent Machinegun Battalions
-- 1st, 5th Independent Light Armored Car squadrons,
-- 2nd Tank Battalion - Colonel Imada
-- 1st independent mountain artillery regiment
-- 3rd independent mountain artillery regiment
-- 2nd field operation heavy artillery brigade
-- 5th Field operation heavy artillery regiment
-- 6th field operation heavy artillery regiment
-- 8th Independent field operation heavy artillery regiment
-- 3rd Heavy Artillery Battalion
-- 5th Heavy Artillery Battalion
* From North-China Expeditionary Army for May Hsuchow campaign. They were under the direct control of North-China Expeditionary Army. They returned to the Kwangtung Army after the battle.