Order of battle of the Battle of Shanghai

The following is the order of battle of the forces involved in the Battle of Shanghai, during the opening stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Order of battle

Order of battle prior to August 13, 1937:

China National Revolutionary Army Wusung – Shanghai Siege Area (Aug. 7 1937) Nanking Shanghai Garrison – Chang Chih-Chung (50,000 men). 36th Division – Sung Hsi-lien[g] 87th Division – Wang Ching-chin[g] 88th Division – Sun Yuan-liang[g] 55th Division – Li Sung-Chan 56th Division – Liu Ho-ting (later Liu Shang-chih) 57th Division – Yuan Chao-chang [R] 20th Sep. Bde – Gen. Chen Mien-wu [g] German trained Reorganized Divisions [R] Reorganized Divisions Shanghai City demilitarised on Chinese side according to Shanghai Ceasefire Agreement (1932) Wusong-Shanghai Garrison Units (Peace Preservation Corps) Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 3rd Fleet : Admiral Hasegawa Kiyoshi Flagship: Izumo (Izumo class armoured cruiser) Notoro(seaplane tender) 8 Nakajima E8N Reconnaissance float aircraft 11th (Gunboat) Sentai - Rear Admiral Tanimoto Umataro Flagship: Yaeyama (minelayer) Ataka(Gunboat) Katada (Gunboat) Sumida(Gunboat) Kuri (Momi class destroyer) Hozu (Gunboat) Futami (Gunboat) Kotaka (Gunboat) Tsuga (Momi class destroyer) Hasu (Momi class destroyer) Atami (Gunboat) Seta (Gunboat Toba (Gunboat) Hira (Gunboat) 8th (Cruiser) Sentai - Rear Admiral Nagumo Flagship: Kinu Natori Yura 1st (Destroyer) Sentai - Rear Admiral Yoshida Sendai Shanghai Special Naval Landing Force - Rear Admiral Denshichi Okawachi 1st Battalion - Lt. Cdr. Uroku Hashimoto 2nd Battalion - Lt. Shigeshi Sano 3rd Battalion - Lt. Shegeru Ito 4th Battalion - Artillery unit, Disbanded at the outbreak of war, guns were dispersed to the infantry units. 9th Battalion - Lt. Cdr. Torashige Tsukioka Prior to hostilities: Total force (2,500 men) Special Naval Landing Force reinforcements as of 8/1/37 from 3rd Fleet 8th Sentai NLF 1st Destroyer Sentai NLF 3rd Destroyer Sentai NLF Izumo NLF Reservists and volunteers (5000 men) 1st Reserve Infantry Regiment 2nd Reserve Infantry Regiment ( Armed reservists were men in civilian clothes distinguished by a brassard) Notes: Third Fleet operated in Central and South China waters. 11th Squadron evacuated Japanese civilians from the interior to Shanghai during July and early August.

Order of battle soon after August 13, 1937:

China National Revolutionary Army 3rd Military Region - Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (20 Aug 1937) Wusung – Shanghai Siege Area 9th Army Group - Gen. Zhang Zhizhong 36th Division - Gen. Song Xilian[g] 56th Division - Gen. Liu Ho-Ting 87th Division - Gen. Wang Ching-chin[g] 88th Division - Gen. Sun Yuanliang[g] 20th Separate Brigade - Gen. Chen Mien-wu Training Division (part) - Gen Huei Yung-ching Wusong-Shanghai Garrison Units (Peace Preservation Corps) 10th Heavy Artillery Regiment [sFH 18 L/32 150mm Howitzer] 3rd Artillery Regiment 8th Artillery Regiment 2 Heavy Mortar Units 2 Anti-tank batteries 1 Light Tank Battalion Yangtse River Right Bank Garrison Sector 54th Corps – Gen. Huo Kwei-chang 11th Division – Gen. Peng Shan[R] 14th Division - Gen. Chen Lieh[g] 67th Division - Gen. Huang Wei[R] 16th Artillery Regiment (under command of Siege Area) Yangtse River Left Bank Garrison Sector 57th Corps – Miao Cheng-liu 111th Division – Gen. Chen En-to 112th Division – Gen. Huo Shuo-yi Hangchow Bay Left Bank Garrison Sector 8th Army Group – Gen. Zhang Fakui 61st Division – Gen. Chung Sung 62nd Division – Gen. Tao Liu 55th Division – Gen. Li Sung-shan 57th Division – Gen. Yuan Shao-chang[R] 45th Separate Brigade – Gen. Chan Luan-chi 2nd Artillery Regt. East Chekiang Garrison Sector 10th Army Group – Gen. Liu Jianxu 16th Division – Gen. Peng Shung-ling 63rd Division – Gen. Chen Kuang-chung 19th Division – Gen. Li Chueh 52nd Division – Gen. Lu Hsin-jung New 34th Division - Gen. ? 37th Separate Brigade – Gen. Chen The-fa 11th Provisional Brigade – Gen Chou Hsi-ching 12th Provisional Brigade – Gen. Li Kuo-chun 13th Provisional Brigade – Gen. Yang Yung-ching [g] German trained Reorganized Divisions [R] Reorganized Divisions Japan Imperial Japanese Navy Shanghai Special Naval Landing Force - Rear Admiral Denshichi Okawachi 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion 4th Battalion 9th Battalion Special Naval Landing Force reinforcements as of 1 Aug from 3rd Fleet 8th Sentai NLF 1st Destroyer Sentai NLF 3rd Destroyer Sentai NLF Izumo NLF Special Naval Landing Force reinforcements 18 - 19 Aug 5th Battalion (Sasebo 1st SNLF, 16th Destroyer Division) 6th Battalion (Kure 2nd SNLF) 7th Battalion (Kure 1st SNLF) 8th Battalion (Yokosuka 1st SNLF, 11th Sentai) Total Naval personnel 8/19/37 (5000 men) Reservists and volunteers (5000 men) 1st Reserve Infantry Regiment 2nd Reserve Infantry Regiment (Armed reservists were men in civilian clothes distinguished by a brassard) Total force defending the settlement 10,000 men Imperial Japanese Army Shanghai Expeditionary Force – Gen. Sekikon Matsui (16 Aug 1937) 5th Tank Battalion - Colonel Hosomi 32 Type 89 Medium Tanks, 15 Type 94 Tankettes 7th Independent Machine Gun Battalion 8th Independent Light Armor Company 9th Independent Light Armor Company Independent Light Armor Company 10th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment 24 Type 4 150mm Howitzers 4th Army Mortar Battalion 150mm mortars (1887) [Taki/PWf] Field Operations Anti-aircraft Artillery 3 platoons Field Air Defense Team 3rd Battery 8th Independent Army Engineer Regiment 6th Independent Air Squadron Shanghai Dispatch Signal Unit 5th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade 48 150mm Howitzers 6th Independent heavy artillery Brigade 13th Field Heavy Artillery Regiments, 24 Type 4 15cm Howitzers 14th Field Heavy Artillery Regiments, 24 Type 4 15cm Howitzers Army Logistics Depot 3rd Division - Lt. Gen. Fujita (Landed on Aug. 23rd) 5th Infantry Brigade 6th Infantry Regiment 68th Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Brigade 18th Infantry Regiment 34th Infantry Regiment 3rd Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Cavalry Regiment 3rd Engineer Regiment 3rd Transport Regiment 11th Division - Lt. Gen. Yamamuro (Landed on Aug. 23rd) 10th Infantry Brigade 12th Infantry Regiment 22nd Infantry Regiment 22nd Infantry Brigade 43rd Infantry Regiment 44th Infantry Regiment 11th Mountain Artillery Regiment 11th Cavalry Regiment 11th Engineer Regiment 11th Transport Regiment 101st Division - Lt. Gen. Ito (Arrived Sept 7-16, Landed on Sep. 22nd) 101st Infantry Brigade 101st Infantry Regiment 149th Infantry Regiment 102nd Infantry Brigade 103rd Infantry Regiment 157th Infantry Regiment 101st Field Artillery Regiment 101st Cavalry Regiment 101st Engineer Regiment 101st Transport Regiment 9th Division - Lt. Gen. Yoshizumi (Landed on Sep. 27th) 6th Infantry Brigade 7th Infantry Regiment 35th Infantry Regiment 18th Infantry Brigade 19th Infantry Regiment 36th Infantry Regiment 9th Mountain Artillery Regiment 9th Cavalry Regiment 9th Engineer Regiment 9th Transport Regiment 13th Division - Lt. Gen. Ogisu (reinforcements late Aug., Landed on Oct. 1st) 26th Infantry Brigade 58th Infantry Regiment 116th Infantry Regiment 103rd Infantry Brigade 65th Infantry Regiment 104th Infantry Regiment 19th Mountain Artillery Regiment 17th Cavalry Regiment 13th Engineer Regiment 13th Transport Regiment

Chinese forces after late September, 1937:

National Revolutionary Army 3rd War Area - Generalisimo Chiang Kai-skek (after late Sept. 1937) Right Wing Force - General Chang Fa Kuei 8th Army Group - General Chang Fa Kuei 28th Corps - Tao Kuang 62nd Division – Tao Kuang 63rd Division – Chen Kuang-chung 55th Division – Li Sung-Chan 45th Separate Brigade – Chang Luan-chi Artillery Btn., Training Div. 10th Army Group - Liu Chien-hsu 11th Reserve Division – Hu –Ta 128th Division – Ku Chia-chi 45th Division – Tai Min-chuan 52nd Division – Lu Hsin-jung 11th Temporary Brigade – Chou Hsi-ching 12th Temporary Brigade – Li Kuo-chun 37th Separate Brigade - Chen The-fa Guard Regiment – ? Ningpo Defense Commander – Wan Kao-lan Central Force Gen. Zhu Shao Liang 9th Army Group - Zhu Shao Liang 72nd Corps – Sun Yuan-liang 88th Division – Sun Yuan-liang[g] Peace Preservation Group 1st Regiment, 20th Separate Brigade 78th Corps – Sung Hsi-lien 36th Division – Sung Hsi-lien[g] 71st Corps – Wang Ching-chin 87th Division – Wang Ching-chin[g] 8th Corps – Huang Chieh 61st Division – Chung Sung Salt Gabelle Division – Huang Chieh 3rd Division – Li Yu-tang[g] 18th Division – Chu Yao-hua Shanghai Garrison Command - Yang Hu 1st Battalion 3rd Regiment, 2nd Artillery Brigade 2 Heavy Mortar Units 2 Anti-tank batteries 1 Light tank Battalion 21st Army Group - Liao Lei 1st Corps – Hu Tsung-nan 1st Division - Li Tieh-chun 32nd Division - Wang Hsiu-shen 78th Division - Li Wen 48th Corps – Wei Yun-sung 173rd Division - Huo Wei-chen 174th Division - Wang Tsan-pin 176th Division - Ou Shou-nien 171st Division – Yang Cun-chang 19th Division – Li Chueh 16th Division - Peng Sung-ling Left Wing Force - General Chen Cheng 19th Army Group – Hsueh Yueh 66th Corps – Yeh Chao 159th Division – Tan Sui 160th Division – Yeh Chao 75th Corps – Chao Ai 6th Division – Chao Ai[g] 2nd Corps – Li Yen-nien 9th Division – Li Yen-nien[g] 25th Corps – Wan Yao-huang 13th Division – Wan Yao-huang 20th Corps – Yang Sen 133rd Division – Yang Han-yu 134th Division – Yang Han-chung 69th Corps – Yuan Chao-chang 57th Division – Yuan Chao-chang[R] 15th Army Group – Lo Cho-yin 44th Division – Chen Yung 16th Artillery Regiment 16th Army – Lo Cho-ying 18th Corps - Lo Cho-ying 60th Division - Chen Pei 11th Division - Peng Shan[R] 67th Division - Huag Wei[R] 54th Corps - Huo Kuei-chang 14th Division - Chen Lieh[g] 98th Division - Hisa Chu-chung 74th Corps - Yu Chi-shih 51st Division - Wang Yao-wu 58th Division - Yu Chi-shih 39th Corps – Liu Ho-ting 34th Separate Brigade. – Lo Chi-chiang 56th Division - Liu Shang-chih 4th Corps – Wu Chi-wei 90th Division – Ou Chen 73rd Corps – Wang Tung-yuan 15th Division – Wang Chih-pin 15th Army – Liu Hsing 102 Division - Po Hui-chang 103 Division - Ho Chih-chung 53 Division - Li Yun-heng 23 Division - Li Pi-fan 57th Corps – Miao Cheng-liu 111th Division - Chang En-tuo 112th Division - Huo Shou-yi River Defence Forces - Gen. Liu Hsing Chiangyin Fortress Command - Hsu Kang Chenchiang Fortress Command - Lin Hsien-yang 2nd Regiment Kiangsu Peace Preservation Force 1st Battalion 8th Artillery Regiment 11th Army - Shang-kuan Yunhsiang 40th Division - Liu Pei-hsu 33rd Division - Ma Hsing-hsien 12th Army - Chang Fang 76th Division - Wang Ling-yun 43rd Corps - Kuo Ju-tung 26th Div. - Liu Yu-ching 1st Battalion 3rd Artillery Regiment 4th Artillery Regiment 1st Battalion 10th Heavy Artillery Regiment [sFH 18 L/32 150mm How] Notes: [g] German trained Reorganized Divisions: [R] Reorganized Divisions

Japanese forces from October 29, 1937:

Imperial Japanese Army Central China Front Army – Gen. Iwane Matsui (was formed on Oct. 29th 1937 to coordinate the Shanghai Expeditionary Army and the 10th Army.) Shanghai Expeditionary Force - Gen. Iwane Matsui, See previous order of battle 16th Division – Gen. Kesao Nakashima (from N. China Nov 12/37, landed at Pai mao kou) 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 Shigeto Detachment - Major Gen. Shigeto (arrived Sept 7-16 from Formosa) Regiment sized, was later expanded into the Formosa Mixed Brigade. Nov 12/37, landed at Pai mao kou) ? Manchukuoan Brigade - Li Chung-shan (arrived Sept. 7-16) ? Manchukuoan Brigade - Yu Chih-shan (arrived Sept. 7-16) 10th Army – Major Gen. Heisuke Yamagawa (Nov. 5th landing at Chin shan wei) 9th Independent Light Armor Company [Taki/ PWf] 2nd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment[Taki/ PWf] 6th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade [CDF] [Taki/ PWf] 13th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment, 24 Type 4 15cm Howitzers 14th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment, 24 Type 4 15cm Howitzers 6th Division - Lt. Gen. Tani 11th Infantry Brigade 13th Infantry Regiment 47th Infantry Regiment 36th Infantry Brigade 23rd Infantry Regiment 45th Infantry Regiment 6th Field Artillery Regiment 6th Cavalry Regiment 6th Engineer Regiment 6th Transport Regiment 18th Division - Lt. Gen. Ushijima 23rd Infantry Brigade 55th Infantry Regiment 56th Infantry Regiment 35th Infantry Brigade 114th Infantry Regiment 124th Infantry Regiment 18th Mountain Artillery Regiment 22nd Cavalry Battalion 12th Engineer Regiment 12th Transport Regiment 114th Division - Lt. Gen. 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 Kunizaki Detachment - Gen. Kunisaki (from North China) 9th Infantry Brigade/5th Division 11th Infantry Regiment 41st Infantry Regiment with elements of: 5th Mountain Artillery Regiment 5th Cavalry Regiment 5th Engineer Regiment 5th Transport Regiment

Sources

• 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. 200 - 214, Map 7.

• Jowett, Phillip S., Rays of The Rising Sun, Armed Forces of Japan’s Asian Allies 1931-45, Volume I: China & Manchuria, 2004. Helion & Co. Ltd., 26 Willow Rd., Solihul, West Midlands, England.
• Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45

• History of the Frontal War Zone in the Sino-Japanese War, published by Nanjing University Press.

• • [g] German trained Reorganized Divisions:

3rd, 6th, 9th, 14th, 36th, 87th, 88th, and the Training Division of the Central Military Academy.

Also the "Tax Police" regiment (equivalent of a division) under T.V. Soong's Ministry of Finance, later converted to the New 38th Division during the war, were German armed and trained by German officers.

• • [R] Reorganized Divisions were the other 12 other Divisions with Chinese arms on the reorganized model with 2 German advisors:

2nd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 25th, 27th, 57th, 67th, 80th, 83rd, 89th Division

• Madej, W. Victor, Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 [2 vols], Allentown, PA: 1981.

External links

• Monograph 144 Chapter II
• Chinese_Tank_Forces_and_Battles_before_1945
• Taki’s IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY PAGE
• Forum: Pacific War 1941-1945, discussion about Shanghai Defense force Aug. 11 1937
• Photos of the Shanghai fighting 1937