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Below is the order of battle for the Battle of Beiping-Tianjin, called the Peiking-Tientsin Operation in pinyin spelling, a series of battles fought from 25 July through 31 July 1937 as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was called the North China Incident (北支事変, Hokushi jihen) by the Japanese.

Empire of Japan

Ground

Japanese China Garrison Army

Lieut. General Kanichiro Tashiro (1 May 1936 – 12 July 1937)

Lieut. General Kiyoshi Katsuki (12 July 1937 – 26 August 1937)

China Garrison Infantry "Kawabe" Brigade

Major General Masakazu Kawabe

1st China Garrison Infantry Regiment

2nd China Garrison Infantry Regiment

China Garrison Cavalry Unit

China Garrison Artillery Regiment

China Garrison Engineer Unit

China Garrison Armored Unit (17 tanks?)

China Garrison Signal Unit

China Garrison Army Hospital

Air

Temporary China Area Aviation Division (Chugoku-Homen Rinji Hikoshidan)

General Yoshitoshi Tokugawa

1st Army Air Battalion (reconnaissance) Ki-3, Ki-4

2nd Army Air Battalion (fighter aircraft) Ki-10

3rd Army Air Battalion (long range reconnaissance)

5th Army Air Battalion (light bomber) Ki-2

6th Army Air Battalion (heavy bomber) Ki-2

8th Army Air Battalion (fighter) Ki-10

9th Army Air Battalion (heavy bomber) Ki-1

3rd Independent Air Company (heavy bomber)Ki-1

4th independent squadron (reconnaissance)

6th independent squadron (reconnaissance)

9th independent squadron (fighter) Ki-10

1st, 2nd Airfield companies

8th, 9th Signal platoons

1st Truck Transport company

3rd Field aircraft depot

Naval

2nd Fleet

Admiral Zengo Yoshida

Republic of China

29th Army

Commander: Song Zheyuan

Deputy: Tong Linge

Notes

1. The Japanese China Garrison Army became Japanese First Army on 26 August 1937
2. Death from heart disease
3. Taki's IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY PAGE - on temporary assignment from the Kwantung Army; The 3rd Tank Battalion equipped with Type 94 Tankettes and Type 95 Light Tanks that was to have been assigned to Sakai Brigade remained behind in Manchukuo.
4. on temporary assignment from the Kwantung Army; the Suzuki Brigade later became IJA 26th Division.
5. Jowett, Phillip S., Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan's Asian Allies 1931-45, Volume I: China & Manchuria
6. Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45
7. Monograph 144 Chapter II Normally, the IJN 3rd Fleet was assigned for over-all operations in China. The IJN 2nd Fleet was assigned to escort army transports and was involved in landings of IJA 5th Division at Tanggu. With the dispatch of troops to the Qingdao area, the IJN 2nd Fleet assumed responsibility for operations in northern China waters, while the IJN 3rd Fleet operated in central and south China waters.
8. Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) Pg. 175-180
9. Song was allowed by the Kuomintang government to maintain only one army in the area he controlled. So what he did is to make his army very huge. Each division had 3 brigades plus many independent units. This way Song was able to both increase and conceal his strength.
10. "China Defense Forum: Organization of the 29th Army". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
11. (特務團), a HQ reserve regiment
12. 1 Brigade of 53rd Army took part in the attack on Fengtai

Sources

Print

• Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai (1971). History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung (2nd ed.). 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China: Chung Wu Publishing. pp. 175–180, Map 2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
• Jowett, Phillip S. (2004). Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan's Asian Allies 1931-45. Vol. I: China & Manchuria. 26 Willow Rd., Solihull, West Midlands, England: Helion & Co. Ltd.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
• Liu Feng-han (1987). Collected Works on the History of the War of Resistance against Japan (劉鳳翰, <抗日戰史論集>).
• Madej, W. Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 (2 vols.). Allentown, Pennsylvania: Game Marketing Co. LCCN 82130553.

Web

• "Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45". Håkans aviation page. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
• "China Defense Forum: Organization of the 29th Army". chinadefense.com at the Internet Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
• "抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 (Order of battle of the Japanese army that invaded China during the Sino Japanese War)". at the Internet Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
• "Monograph 144 Chapter II". Shanghai Incident. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
• "Taki's Imperial Japanese Army Page". Taki's Home Page. Retrieved November 22, 2022.

• Second Sino-Japanese War orders of battle