User:Hungrydog55/sandbox/military/sino-jap/1938-05 oob Battle-of-Lanfeng

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Lanfeng in May 1938, part of the larger campaign for Northern and Eastern Henan, part of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

China
First War Area Cheng Qian


 * Eastern Honan Army
 * Xue Yue  
 * 64th Corps – Li Han-huen
 * 155th Division – Chen Kung-hsin
 * 187th Division – Peng Ling-cheng
 * 8th Corps – Huang Chieh
 * 40th Division – Lo Li-jung
 * 102nd Division – Po Hui-chang
 * 74th Corps – Wang Yaowu
 * 51st Division – Wang Yao-wu
 * 58th Division – Feng Sheng-fa
 * 71st Corps – Song Xilian
 * 87th Division
 * 88th Division

Reinforcements – 22 May
 * 17th Army – Hu Zongnan
 * 1st Corps – Li Tieh-chun
 * 1st Division – Li Tieh-chun
 * 78th Division – Li Wen
 * 27th Corps – Kuei Yung-ching
 * 36th Division – Chiang Fu-sheng
 * 46th Division – Li Liang-yung
 * 200th Division (1st Column) – Qiu Qingquan
 * Tank battalion
 * Infantry battalion
 * Engineer battalion
 * Armored car battalion
 * Antiaircraft unit
 * Motor maintenance unit
 * Antitank battalion

Note: Tanks of the 1st Column's armoured battalion would have been equipped with new Soviet T-26 tanks. (There is some photographic evidence that there were some of the Italian CV-33 tanks there as well. One was photographed on the Lanfeng battlefield with three Japanese troops examining it. see photo and discussion http://www.china-defense.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=512 )

Japan
North China Area Army Juichi Terauchi


 * First 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

Note: IJA First Army had these armoured units directly under its command that could have been assigned to 14th Division:
 * 1st Independent Light Armored Car Squadron
 * 5th Independent Light Armored Car Squadron
 * 2nd Tank Battalion