North China Front Army – Field Marshal, Count Hisaichi Terauchi, [1]
China Garrison Army – Lt. Gen. Kiyoshi Katsuki
China Stationed Infantry Brigade (Kawabe Brigade) – Major Gen. Masakazu Kawabe [1]
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
1st Army – Lt. General Kiyoshi Katsuki [1]
Detached Regiment of 5th Division [1] Note 1.
14th Division – Gen. Kenji Doihara, 土肥原賢二[1]
27th Infantry Brigade
2nd Infantry Regiment
59th Infantry Regiment
28th Infantry Brigade
15th Infantry Regiment
50th Infantry Regiment
20th Field Artillery Regiment
18th Cavalry Regiment
14th Engineer Regiment
14th Transport Regiment
2nd Tank Battalion – Col. Imada Note 3.
6th Division – Lt. Gen. Hisao Tani 谷寿夫, [6][7]
11th Infantry Brigade
13th Infantry Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment
36th Infantry Brigade
23rd Infantry Regiment
45th Infantry Regiment
6th Field Artillery Regiment
6th Cavalry Regiment
6th Engineer Regiment
6th Transport Regiment
20th Division – Lt. Gen Bunzaburo Kawagishi 川岸文三郎,[6][7] Note 2.
39th Infantry Brigade
77th Infantry Regiment
78th Infantry Regiment
40th Infantry Brigade
79th Infantry Regiment
80th Infantry Regiment
26th Field Artillery Regiment
28th Cavalry Regiment
20th Engineer Regiment
20th Transport Regiment
1st Tank Battalion – Col. Baba, Note 2.
108th Division – Lt-General Kumaya Shimomoto [6][7]
25th Infantry Brigade
117th Infantry Regiment
132nd Infantry Regiment
104th Infantry Brigade
52nd Infantry Regiment
105th Infantry Regiment
108th Field Artillery
108th Cavalry Regiment
108th Engineer Regiment
108th Transport Regiment
2nd Army – General Toshizō Nishio (early Oct. 37 from Hsiaofan Chen),[1]
10th Division (Motorized Square Division) – Gen Rensuke Isogai (arrived early September)***?, [1]
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
16th Division – Gen. Kesago Nakajima, 中島今朝吾[6][7]
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
109th Division – Maj. General Yamaoka Shigeatsu 山岡重厚 [6][7]
31st Infantry Brigade
69th Infantry Regiment
107th Infantry Regiment
118th Infantry Brigade
119th Infantry Regiment
136th Infantry Regiment
109th Mountain Artillery Regt
109th Cavalry Regiment
109th Engineer Regiment
109th Transport Regiment
Army Airforce [2]
Rinji Hikodan
1st Hiko Daitai/16th Hiko Rentai – Captain Takeshi Takahashi
1st Chutai (Kawasaki Ki-10)
2nd Chutai (Kawasaki Ki-10)
Base: Changpeh (08/37 – 09/37), Hailang (10/37 – 09/38)
2nd Hiko Daitai – Major Saburo Kondo
2nd Chutai (Kawasaki Ki-10)
Base: Tientsin (07/37 – 12/37)
Notes:
1. Main force of the 5th Division was in Shanxi, involved in the Battle of Taiyuan. The temporarily detached regiment was supporting the attack on the Baoding area in mid September.[1]
2. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the conflict between Japan and China became a general war. Japan sent two tank battalions to China from Japan proper in September 1937:
1st Tank Battalion – Col. Baba
2nd Tank Battalion – Col. Imada
These two tank battalions were assigned to the 1st Army in Hebei. The 1st Army started to attack the Chinese in the south of Peking on September 14, and advanced towards the south. Tanks were used for infantry support and tank battalions were attached to the infantry divisions. [3] The 1st Tank Battalion was attached to the IJA 20th Division.[3] 2nd Tank Battalion was attached to IJA 14th Division.[5]
[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. Pg. 184–191. Map 4
[2] Sino-Japanese Air War 1937–45
[3] Taki's IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY PAGE
[4] Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937–1945 [2 vols], Allentown, Pennsylvania: 1981
[5] Forum: Pacific War 1941–1945, discussion about Shanghai Defense force Aug. 11 1937
[6] Generals from Japan
[7] 陸軍師団長一覧 (Generals of Division)
1st War Area – Chiang Kai-shek [1] August – September 1937
2nd Army Group – Gen. Liu Chih, deputy Sun Lien-Chun
1st Army – Sun Lien-chung
27th Division – Fen An-pang [r]
30th Division – Chang Chin-chao
31st Division – Chih Feng-cheng
44th Separate Brigade – Chang Hua-tang
3rd Corps – Tseng Wan-cheng
7th Division – Tseng Wan-cheng (concurrent)
12th Division – Tang Huai-yuan
52nd Corps – Kuan Lin-cheng
2nd Division – Cheng tung-kuo[r]
25th Division – Kuan Lin-cheng[r]
14th Army – Feng Chien-tsai
42nd Division – Liu Yen-piao
169th Division – Wu Shih-ming
47th Division – Pei Chang-hui
17th Division – Cao Shou-shan
177th Division – Li Hsing-chung
5th Separate Brigade – Cheng Ting-chen
46th Separate Brigade – Pao Kang
14th Cavalry Brigade – Chang Can-Kuei
4th Cavalry Corps – Tan Tse-hsin (to Kaifeng mid Oct. 37)
10th Cavalry Division – Tan Tse-hsin (concurrent)
14th Army Group – Gen. Wei Li Huang (to 2nd War Area, Oct. 12/ 37)
85th Division – Chen Tieh
14th Corps – Li Mo-yen
10th Division – Li Mo-yen (concurrent) [r]
83rd Division – Liu Kan[r]
20th Army Group – Shang Chen[4]
32nd Corps – Wan Gu-lin
139th Division – Huang Kuang-hun
141st Division – Sung Ken-tang
142nd Division – Lu Chi
53rd Corps – Wan Fu-lin
116th Division – Chow Fu-cheng
130th Division – Chu Hung-hsun
91st Division – Feng Chan-hai
1st War Area – Cheng Qian [1]
1st Army Group – Gen. Liu Chih, deputy Sun Lien-Chun
59th Corps – Chang Tse-chung
38th Division – Huang Wei-kang
180th Division – Liu Tse-chen
68th Corps – Liu Ju-ming
119th Division – Li Chin-tien
143rd Division – Li Tseng-chih
77th Corps – Feng Chih-an
37th Division – Chang Ling-yun
179th Division – Ho Chi-feng
132nd Division – Wang Chang-hai
3rd Corps – Cheng Ta-chang
4th Cavalry Division – Wang Chi-feng
9th Cavalry Division – Cheng Ta-chang
139th Division – Huang Kuang-hun
181st Division – Shih Yu-san
20th Army Group – Shang Chen
32nd Corps – Gen. Shan Chen (concurrent)
141st Division – Sung Ken-tang
142nd Division – Lu Chi
46th Separate Brigade – Pao Kang (deactivated after battle of Changting, Oct. 37)
14th Cavalry Brigade – Chang Can-Kuei
20th Army – Gen. Tang En-po
52nd Corps – Kuan Lin-cheng
2nd Division – Cheng tung-kuo[r]
25th Division – Kuan Lin-cheng[r]
13th Corps – Tang En-po (concurrent)
4th Division – Chen Ta-ching [r]
89th Division – Wang Chung-lien[r]
53rd Corps – Wan Fu-lin
116th Division – Chow Fu-cheng
130th Division – Chu Hung-hsun
91st Division – Feng Chan-hai
Airforce [2]
28th Pursuit Squadron / 5th Pursuit Group – Captain Chan Kee-Wong
Curtiss Hawk II and III Fighters, Gloster Gladiator Fighters
Note:
[r] - Reorganized Divisions [3]
[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. Pg. 184–191, Map 4.
[2] Sino-Japanese Air War 1937–45
[3] History of the Frontal War Zone in the Sino-Japanese War, published by Nanjing University Press.
Besides the eight German trained Reorganized Divisions were 12 other Reorganized Divisions with Chinese arms on the reorganized model with two German advisors:
2nd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 25th, 27th, 57th, 67th, 80th, 83rd, 89th Division
These were to be trained by large teams of German advisors like the earlier eight divisions but the start of the war with Japan precluded that.
[4] Generals of World War II, China