Northern and Eastern Honan 1938

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1 Campaign of Northern and Eastern Honan (Jan. - June 1938)
2 Orbat for Campaign of Northern and Eastern Honan
3 Japan
4 China

[edit] Campaign of Northern and Eastern Honan (Jan. - June 1938)

Campaign of Northern and Eastern Honan

Date	January - June, 1938
Location	Honan
Result	Japanese victory

Combatants

National Revolutionary Army, China

Imperial Japanese Army, Japan

Commanders

Cheng Chien

Juichi Terauchi

Strength

Casualties

Second Sino-Japanese War
Major engagements in bold Mukden - Invasion of Manchuria -(Jiangqiao - Nenjiang Bridge - Chinchow - Harbin) - Shanghai (1932) - Operation Nekka - ( Rehe - Great Wall) - Suiyuan - Marco Polo Bridge - Beiping-Tianjin - Chahar - Shanghai (1937) (Sihang Warehouse) - Beiping-Hankou Railway - Tianjin-Pukou Railway - Taiyuan - (Pingxingguan) - Xinkou - Nanjing - Xuzhou- Taierzhuang - N.-E.Henan - (Lanfeng) - (Amoy) - Wuhan - Canton - (Hainan) - (Xiushui River) - Nanchang - Suixian-Zaoyang - (Swatow) - 1st Changsha - S.Guangxi- (Kunlun Pass) - Winter Offensive -(Wuyuan) -S.Henan - Zaoyang-Yichang - Hundred Regiments - Indochina Expedition - Shanggao - S.Shanxi - 2nd Changsha - 3rd Changsha - Yunnan-Burma Road-(Yenangyaung)- Zhejiang-Jiangxi - W.Hubei - N.Burma-W.Yunnan - Changde - C.Henan - 4th Changsha - Guilin-Liuzhou - W.Henan-N.Hubei - W.Hunan- 2nd Guangxi edit

During the Second Sino-Japanese War the Japanese 1st Army under Lt. General Kiyoshi Katsuki drove the Chinese forces of General Cheng Chien's 1st War Area out of Northern and Eastern Honan until they were stopped by the disastrous 1938 Yellow River flood caused by the diversion of the Yellow River by the Chinese Army into the Chia-lu and Huai Rivers.

[edit] Orbat for Campaign of Northern and Eastern Honan

[edit] Japan

North China Front Army - Field Marshal Count Hisaichi Terauchi

16th Division - Lt. Gen. Keisuke Fujie
- 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 -Lt. Gen. Shigeji Suematsu
- 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

3rd Infantry Brigade / 2nd Division - Major Gen. Kazuo Isa [2]
- 4th Infantry Regiment
- 29th Infantry Regiment

13th Infantry Brigade / 7th Division - Major Gen. Tadao Yoshizawa [2]
- 25th Infantry Regiment
- 26th Infantry Regiment

Imada Detachment- Colonel Imada
- 2nd Tank Battalion - Colonel Imada
  - 36 Type 89 Medium Tanks
- 1st Battalion of 9th Infantry Regiment
- One mountain gun company
- One engineer platoon
- and other support units

1st Army - Kyoji Kotsuki
- 14th Division - Kenji Doihara
  - 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
- 108th Division - Kumaya Shimomoto
  - 25th Infantry Brigade
    - 117th Infantry Regiment
    - 132nd Infantry Regiment
  - 104th Infantry Brigade
    - 52nd Infantry Regiment
    - 105th Infantry Regiment
  - 108th Field Artillery Regiment
  - 108th Cavalry Regiment
  - 108th Engineer Regiment
  - 108th Transport Regiment

2nd Army - Gen. Nishio
- 10th Division - Lt. Gen. Yoshio Shinozuka
  - 8th Infantry Brigade
    - 39th Infantry Regiment
    - 40th Infantry Regiment
  - 33rd Infantry Brigade[Seya Detachment]
    - 10th Infantry Regiment
    - 63rd Infantry Regiment
  - 10th Field Artillery Regiment
  - 10th Cavalry Regiment
  - 10th Engineer Regiment
  - 10th Transport Regiment

[edit] China

China (Feb. 1938)

1st War Area - Cheng Chien

Eastern Honan Army - Hsueh Yueh
- 64th Corps - Li Han-huen
  - 155th Division - Chen Kung-hsin
  - 187th Division - Peng Ling-cheng
- 74th Corps - Wang Yao-wu
  - 51st Division - Wang Yao-wu
  - 58th Division - Po Hui-chang
- 8th Corps - Huang Chieh
  - 40th Division - Lo Li-jung
  - 102nd Division - Po Hui-chang

27th Corps - Kuei Yung-ching
- 36th Division [g] - Chiang Fu-sheng
- 46th Division - Li Liang-yung

17th Army - Hu Tsung-nan
- 1st Corps - Li Tieh-chun
  - 1st Division - Li Tieh-chun
  - 78th Division - Li Wen

3rd Army Group - Sun Tung-hsuan
- 12th Corps - Sun Tung-hsuan
  - 20th Division - Chang Tse-ming
  - 22nd Division - Ku Liang-min
  - 81st Division - Chan Shu-tang
- 55th Corps - Tsao Fu-lin
  - 29th Division - Tsao Fu-lin
  - 74th Division - Li Han-chang

20th Army - Shang Chen
- 32nd Corps - Shang Chen
  - 139th Division - Li Chao-ying
  - 141st Division - Sung Ken-tang
  - 142nd Division - Lu Chi
- Salt Gabelle Brigade - Chian Chi-ke
- 23rd Division - Li Pi-fan

71st Corps - Sung Hsi-lien
- 87th Division [g] - Shen Fa-tsao
- 88th Division [g] - Fung Mu-han

39th Corps - Liu Ho-ting
- 34th Division - Kung Ping-fan
- 56th Division - Liu Shang-chih

1st Army Group - Sung Che-yuan
- 77th Corps - Feng Chih-an
  - 37th Division - Chang Ling-yun
  - 132nd Division - Wang Chang-hai
  - 179th Division - Ho Chi-feng
- 69th Corps - Shih Yu-san
  - 181st Division - Shih Yu-san
  - New 9th Division - Kao Shu-hsun
- 53rd Corps - Wan Fu-lin
  - 116th Division - Chao Fu-cheng
  - 130th Division - Chu Hung-hsun

91st Corps - Kao Tse-chu
- 166th Division - Ma Li-wu
- 45th Division - Liu Chin

90th Corps - Peng Chin-chih
- 195th Division - Liang Kai
- 196th Division - Liu Chao-huan

New 8th Division - Chiang Tsai-chen
95th Division - Lo Chi
91st Division - Feng Chan-tsai
New 35th Division - Wang Ching-tsai
61st Division - Chung Sung
106th Division - Shen Ke
109th Division - Li Shu-sen
94th Division - Chu Huai-ping
24th Division - Lin Ying
9th Reserve Division - Chang Yen-chuan
8th Reserve Division - Ling Chao-yao
28th Separate Brigade - Wu Hua-wen

Hopei Militia - Chang Yin-wu
Hopei Chahar Guerilla Commander - Sun Tien-ying

3rd Cavarly Corps - Cheng Ta-chang
- 4th Cavarly Division - Chang The-shun
- 9th Cavarly Division - Wang Chi-feng
14th Separate Cavalry Brigade - Chang Chan-kuei
2nd Brigade, New 1st Cavalry Division - Ma Lu
13th Cavalry Brigade - Yao Ching-chuan

6th Artillery Brigade - Huang Yung-an
10th Separate Artillery Brigade - Peng Meng-chi
5th Regiment, 1st Arty Brigade - Li Kang-yen
7th Separate Artillery Regiment - Chang Kuang-hou
9th Separate Artillery Regiment - Kuang Yu-ai

Notes:

[g] Formerly German trained Divisions, badly mauled in the battles of Shanghai and Nanking they were no longer the elite formations they had once been.

Sources: [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.230 - 235. Map 9-2

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