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Order of battle Defense of the Great Wall

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The following units and commanders fought in the Defense of the Great Wall of the Second Sino-Japanese War. List as of 20 March 1933.

China

Military Committee (Peking branch) - Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin (deputy)

  • 1st Army Group - Commander in chief - Yu Xuezhong (defends Tianjin, Daigu and garrisons Tianjin-Pukou Railroad)
  • Chief staff officer Liu Zhonggan
  • 51st Army - Yu Xuezhong
  • 113th Division - Li Zhentang
  • 111th Division - Dong Yingbin
  • 114th Division - Chen Guanqun
  • 118th Division - Du Jiwu
  • 1st Cavalry Division - Zhang Chengde
  • 2nd Army Group - Commander in chief Shang Zhen(defense Luan River and the Lengkou Pass)
  • Chief staff officer - Lu Ji
  • 32nd Army - Shang Zhen
  • 139th Division - Huang Guanghua
  • 84th Division - Gao Guizi
  • 141st Division - Gao Hongwen
  • 142nd Division - Li Xingcun
  • 4th Cavalry Division - Guo Xipeng
  • 57th Army - He Zhuguo
  • 115th Division - Yao Dongfan
  • 109th Division - He Zhuguo
  • 120th Division - Chang Jingwu
  • 3rd Cavalry Division - Wang Jifeng
  • 3rd Army Group - Commander in chief Song Zheyuan(defense of the Xifengkou Pass )
  • Vice-commander in chief - Pang Bingxun Qin Dechun
  • Chief staff officer - Zhang Weifan
  • 29th Army - Song Zheyuan
  • 37th Division - Feng Zhian
  • 38th Division - Zhang Zizhong
  • 2nd Temporary Division - Liu Ruming
  • 40th Army - Pang Bingxun
  • 5th Cavalry Division - Li Fu
  • 115th Brigade - Liu Shirong
  • 116th Brigade - Chen Chunrong
  • 4th Army Group - Commander in chief Wan Fulin(assists the 57th Army with three Divisions to defend the Lengkou pass)
  • Chief staff officer - Wang Jingru
  • 53rd Army - Wan Fulin
  • 108th Division - Yang Zhengzhi
  • 10th Division - Shen Ke
  • 106th Division - Shen gram
  • 116th Division - Miao Chengliu
  • 119th Division - Sun Dequan
  • 129th Division - Wang Yongsheng
  • 130th Division - Zhu Hongxun, Yu Zhaolin
  • 2nd Cavalry Division - Huang Xiansheng
  • 8th Army Group - Commander in chief Yang Jie (defense of the Gubeikou pass)
  • 17th Army - Xu Tingyao
  • 2nd Division - Huang Jieyan
  • 25th Division - Guan Linzheng
  • 1st Cavalry Brigade - Li Jiading
  • 67th Army - Wang Yizhe (defense of the Gubeikou pass)
  • 107th Division - Zhang Zhengfang
  • 110th Division - He Lizhong
  • 112th Division - Zhang Tingshu
  • 117th Division - Weng Zhaoyuan
  • 26th Army - Xiaozhi Chu
  • 44th Division Commander Xiaozhi Chu (concurrently)
  • Preparation Regiment (Turned over to the Peking branch of the Military Committee to direct)
  • 41st Army - Sun Kuiyuan
  • 117th Brigade - Ding Ting
  • 118th Brigade - Liu Yueting
  • Reinforced 1st Brigade - Xing Yuchou
  • 105th Division - Liu Duoquan
  • 6th Cavalry Division - Bai Fengxiang
  • 83rd Division - Liu Kan
  • 5th Army Group - Commander in chief Tang Yulin
  • Remnants of this defeated Army from Jehol had retreated into Chahar to the area of Dushikou and Luanping. It operated from Guyuan observing eastern border of Jehol.
  • 7th Army Group - Commander in chief Fu Zuoyi (defending eastern sector of the Great Wall line)
  • 59th Army - Fu Zuoyi (concurrently)
  • 61st Army - Li Fuying
  • 1st Cavalry Army - Zhao Chengshou
  • Also in Rehe there were Feng Zhanhai’s 63rd Army and other Manchurian Anti-Japanese Righteous and Brave Army units of Li Zhongyi, Deng Wen and others.
  • Later Reinforcements from Chiang Kai-shek to defend Peiking.

  • 87th Division
  • 88th Division
  • 42nd Division - Feng Qinzai
  • References

    Order of battle Defense of the Great Wall Wikipedia