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The Japanese and Manchukuoan order of battle for
Operation Nekka was:
Japan
Kwantung Army
Jehol Operation Force - Field Marshal Baron
Nobuyoshi Muto,
- 6th Division (11th & 36th Infantry Brigades) - Lt. Gen. Sakamoto
- 8th Division (4th & 16th Infantry Brigades) - Lt. Gen. Nishi
- 14th Mixed Brigade / 7th Division - Major Gen. Hattori
- 33rd Mixed Brigade / 10th Division - Major Gen. Nakamura
- 4th Cavalry Brigade - Major Gen. Mogi
- 1st Special Tank Company - Captain Hyakutake
Manchukuo Imperial Army
Manchukuoan Force 42,000 men
[1] -
Zhang Haipeng
[2]
Manchukuoan units with the Japanese Northern Column 10,000 men
[1]
- Taoliao Army - Zhang Haipeng (concurrent)
- 7 Detachments( at least 2 are cavalry brigades)
[2]
- National Foundation Army (Manchukuo Preparatory 2nd Corps) -
Zheng Guorui
[1]
Manchukuoan units with the Japanese Eastern Column 15,000 men
[1]
China
5th Army Group - Commander in chief
Tang Yulin (governor of
Rehe)
[1]
- 55th Army - Tang Yulin
- 36th Division - Tang Yulin, at Beipiao,
- 36th Cavalry Regiment - Shao Benliang, at
Beipiao,
Chaoyang,
Zhuluke and
Jianping. Shao defected to the Japanese.
- 31st Brigade - ?, at
Heishuizhen-
Chifeng
- Reserve Regiment - ?, at
Pingquan-
Chengde
- 36th Artillery Regiment - ?, near Pingzhen
- 1st Cavalry Brigade - ?, at
Qinglianggou
- 9th Cavalry Brigade - Cui Xingwu, at
Kailu. Cui defected to the Japanese.
- 10th Cavalry Brigade - ?, at
Tianshan
6th Army Group -
Zhang Zuoxiang (former governor of
Jilin)*
- 41st Army -
Sun Dianying
- 117th Brigade - Ding Ting, at
Haladaokou, east of
Chifeng.
- 118th Brigade - Liu Yueting, to the north of Chifeng
- Reinforced 1st Brigade - Xing Yuchou, to the north of Chifeng
-
Northeastern Loyal and Brave Army -
Feng Zhanhai, to the north of Chifeng
- 10th Cavalry Division - Deng Wen
- 11th Cavalry Division - Tan Zixin
- 12th Cavalry Division - Wu Songlin
- 21st Cavalry Brigade - Guo Fenglai
- 1st Infantry Brigade - Tang Zhongxin
4th Army Group -
Wan Fulin* (former chairman of
Heilongjiang)
Notes
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g Guo Rugui
- ^
a
b Jowett pg.25
- ^
a
b Jowett pg.40
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^ Jowett pg.25,39-40
Sources
- Jowett, Phillip J., Rays of the Rising Sun Vol 1., Helion & Co. Ltd. 2004.
- "第二部分:从"九一八"事变到西安事变榆关 热河失守 | Shanhai Pass and Jehol falls into enemy handsauthor= Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang".
中国抗日战争正面战场作战记 [China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations]. Jiangsu People's Publishing House. 2005-07-01.