Japan

North China Front Army – Gen. Juichi Terauchi [1]

• 1st Army – Gen. Kyoji Kotouki (beginning in November)
  • 5th Division – Gen. Seishirō Itagaki (from September)
    • 9th Infantry Brigade (Brigade sent to Shanghai Nov. 1937)
      • 11th Infantry Regiment
      • 41st Infantry Regiment
    • 21st Infantry Brigade
      • 21st Infantry Regiment
      • 42nd Infantry Regiment
    • 5th Mountain Artillery Regiment
    • 5th Cavalry Regiment
    • 5th Engineer Regiment
    • 5th Transport Regiment
    • 4th? Tank Regiment/Battalion (from Sakai Bde?)

• • 20th Division – Gen Josaburo Kamamine (beginning in November)
    • 39th Infantry Brigade
      • 77th Infantry Regiment
      • 78th Infantry Regiment
    • 40th Infantry Brigade
      • 79th Infantry Regiment
      • 80th Infantry Regiment
    • 26th Field Artillery Regiment
    • 28th Cavalry Regiment
    • 20th Engineer Regiment
    • 20th Transport Regiment
    • 1st Tank Regiment/Battalion – Col. Baba***

• • 109th Division - ? (beginning in November)
    • 31st Infantry Brigade
      • 69th Infantry Regiment
      • 107th Infantry Regiment
    • 118th Infantry Brigade
      • 119th Infantry Regiment
      • 136th Infantry Regiment
    • 109th Mountain Artillery Regt
    • 109th Cavalry Regiment
    • 109th Engineer Regiment
    • 109th Transport Regiment

Kwangtung Army

• Chahar Expeditionary Force - Lt. General Hideki Tōjō
  Hideki Tōjō
  Hideki Tōjō was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army , the leader of the Taisei Yokusankai, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II, from 17 October 1941 to 22 July 1944...
  
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  • 1st Independent Mixed Brigade(Sakai Brigade)- Lt. Gen Sakai Koji +
    • 4th Tank Battalion
      • (Type 89 Med Tanks)
    • 1st Independent Infantry Regiment - Major Senda
    • 1st Independent Artillery Battalion
    • 1st Independent Engineer Company

• • 11th Independent Mixed Brigade - Gen. Shigiyasu Suzuki
    Shigiyasu Suzuki
    - Notes :...
    
     [4]
    • 11th Independent Infantry Regiment
    • 12th Independent Infantry Regiment
    • 11th Independent Cavalry Company
    • 11th Independent Field Artillery Regiment
    • 12th Independent Mountain Gun Regiment
    • 11th Independent Engineer Company
    • 11th Independent Transport Company

• • 2nd Mixed Brigade(from 1st Division, Kwangtung Army)- ?
    • 13th Infantry Regiment
    • 57th Infantry Regimen
    • 1st Field Artillery Regiment
    • 1 Company/1st Cavalry Regiment
    • 1 Company/1st Engineer Regiment
    • 1 Company/1st Transport Regiment

• • 15th Mixed Brigade(from 2nd Division, Kwangtung Army) - ?
    • 16th Infantry Regiment
    • 30th Infantry Regiment
    • 2nd Field Artillery Regiment
    • 1 Company/2nd Cavalry Regiment
    • 1 Company/2nd Engineer Regiment
    • 1 Company/2nd Transport Regiment

• • Mongolian Army – Prince Teh Wang, Pao Yueh-ching
    • 1st Cavalry Division
    • 2nd Cavalry Division
    • 3rd Cavalry Division
    • 4th Cavalry Division
    • 5th Cavalry Division
    • 6th Cavalry Division
    • 7th Cavalry Division
    • 8th Cavalry Division

Army Airforce - ? [2]

• 1st Daitai/16th Hiko Rentai: Ki-10
• 2nd Daitai: Ki-10 Fighters
• 12th Hiko Rentai: Ki-2 bombers and Type 94 observation planes

China

2nd War Area - Yen Hsi-shan (after first part of September 1937)[1]

• 6th Army Group – Gen. Yang Aiyuan
  Yang Aiyuan
  Yang Aiyuan was a KMT general from Shanxi. From 1928 till 1930, Yang was the first chairman of the government of Chahar, a newly formed province of the Republic of China. In 1937, as a general of the KMT, he played an active part in the Battle of Taiyuan and the Battle of Xinkou. He died in 1959...
  
  , deputy Sun Chu
  Sun Chu
  Sun Chu Sun Chu Sun Chu ( was a Kuomintang officer from Shanxi. He served in the warlord Yan Xishan's provincial army. He achieved a very high rank in Yan's army, eventually commanding Yan's entire military police force, but owed his high position more to his loyalty and trustworthiness than to any...
  
  
  • 33rd Corps - Sun Chu
    Sun Chu
    Sun Chu Sun Chu Sun Chu ( was a Kuomintang officer from Shanxi. He served in the warlord Yan Xishan's provincial army. He achieved a very high rank in Yan's army, eventually commanding Yan's entire military police force, but owed his high position more to his loyalty and trustworthiness than to any...
    
    
    • 3rd Sep. Brigade - Chang Chi-yu
    • 8th Sep. Brigade - ?
    • 73rd Division - Liu Feng-pin
  • 34th Corps - Yang Cheng-yuan
    • 196th Brigade - Chiang Yu-chen
    • 203rd Brigade - Liang Chien-tang
    • 71st Division - Kuao Tsung-fen
  • New 2nd Division - Chin Hsien-chang

• 7th Army Group - Fu Tso-yi
  • 35th Corps - Fu Tso-yi
    • 218th Brigade - Tung Chu-wu
    • 211th Brigade - Sun Lan-feng
    • 205th Brigade - Tien Shu-mei
  • 61st Corps - Chen Chang-Chih
    • 200th Brigade - Liu Tan-fu
    • 7th Separate Brigade - Man Yen-shou
    • 101st Division - Li Chu-kung
  • 17th Corps - Kao Kuei-tse
    • 84st Div. - Kao Kuei-tse (concurrent)
    • 21st Div. - Li Hsien-chou
  • New 2nd Brigade - An Hua-ting
  • New 6th Brigade - Wang Tse-hsiu
  • New 2nd Cavalry Brigade - Shih yu-shan
  • 6th Cavalry Corps - Men Ping-yueh
    Men Bingyue
    Men Bingyue, Men Ping-yueh, 门炳岳 Chinese General in the National Revolutionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. As commander of the 7th Cavalry Division he participated in the Suiyuan Campaign in 1936, defeating the Japanese backed Inner Mongolian Army...
    
    
    • 7th Cavalry Division. - Men Ping-yueh(concurrent)
    • 1st Temporary Cavalry Division - Feng Piao

• 14th Army Group - Wei Li-huang
  Wei Li-huang
  Wei Lihuang was a Chinese general who served the Nationalist government throughout the Chinese Civil War and Second Sino-Japanese War as one of China's most successful military commanders....
  
  
  • 14th Corps - Li Mo-yen(concurrent)
    • 10th Division - Li Mo-yen [r]
    • 83rd Division - Li Kan[r]
  • 9th Corps - Hu Meng-lin
    • 47th Division - Pei Chang-hui
    • 54th Division - Liu Chia-chi
  • 85th Division - Chen Tieh
  • 5th Separate Brigade - Cheng Ting-chen

• 19th Corps - Wang Ching-kuo
  • 2nd Separate Brigade - Fang Ke-yu
  • 215th Brigade - Tu Kun
  • 72nd Division - Tuan Shu-hua

• 66th Division - Tu Chun-yi

• 1st Cavalry Corps - Chao Cheng-shou
  • 1st Cavalry Div. - Pen Yu-pin
  • 2nd Cavalry Div. - Sun Chang-sheng

• 15th Corps - Liu Mao-en
  • 64th Div- Wu Ting-lin
  • 65th Div- Liu Mao-en(concurrent)

• Advance Force Commander - Ma Chan-shan
  Ma Zhanshan
  Ma Zhanshan or Ma Chan-san , was a Chinese Muslim general who initially opposed the Imperial Japanese Army in the invasion of Manchuria, briefly defected to Manchukuo, and then rebelled, and fought against the Japanese in Manchuria and in other parts of China.-Early life:Ma was born...
  
  
  • 6th Cavalry Div. - Liu Kuei-wu

• 2nd Cavalry Corps - Ho Chu-kuo
  • 3rd Cavalry Div. - Hsu Liang

• Ladies Pass
  Niangziguan
  Niangzi Pass , also called the Ladies' Pass, is a mountain pass west of Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei Province in North China. One of the major passages from Shanxi Province to Hebei Province across the Taihang Mountains, it is west of Shijiazhuang, at the point where the Shitai Railway crosses...
  
   Defense Group - Deputy Commander 2nd War Area, Huang Shao-hsiung
  • 1st Army - Sun Lien-chung
    • 27th Division - Fen An-pang[r]
    • 30th Div. - Chang Chin-chao
    • 31st Div. - Chih Feng-cheng
    • 44th Sep. Bde - Chang Hua-tang
  • 3rd Corps - Tseng Wan-chung
    • 7th Div. - Li Shih-lung
    • 12th Div. - Tang Huai-yuan
  • 14th Army - Feng Chin-tsai
    • 42nd Div. - Liu Yen-piao
    • 169th Div. - Wu Shih-ming
  • 94th Div. - Chu Huai-ping
  • 17th Div. - Wu Shih-ming

• 13th Corps - Tang En-po
  • 4th Division - Wang Wan-ling[r]
  • 89th Division - Wang Chung-lien[r]

Airforce - ? [2]

• 28th PS - [7 Hawk IIs ] - Captain Chan Kee-Wong from 16 September
  • Up to this point, IJAAF aircraft had been able to operate freely in support of the Japanese Army in Northern China.

Chinese Force Defending Xinkow Line

Unified Command Defending Xinkow line - Wei Li-huang

• Left Flank Army - Li Mo-yen
  • 14th Corps - Li Mo-yen
    • 10th Division - Li Mo-yen (concurrent)[r]
    • 83rd Division - Li Kan[r]
  • 85th Division - Chen Tieh
  • 66th Division - Tu Chun-yi
  • 71st Division - Kuao Tsung-fen
• Central Army - Wang Ching-kuo
  • 19th Corps - Wang Ching-kuo
    • 2nd Separate Brigade - Fang Ke-yu
    • 215th Brigade - Tu Kun
    • 72nd Division - Tuan Shu-hua
  • 35th Corps - Fu Tso-yi?
    • 218th Brigade - Tung Chu-wu
    • 211th Brigade - Sun Lan-feng
    • 205th Brigade - Tien Shu-mei
  • 61st Corps - Chen Chang-Chih
    • 200th Brigade - Liu Tan-fu
    • 7th Separate Brigade - Man Yen-shou
    • 101st Division - Li Chu-kung
  • 9th Corps - Hu Meng-lin
    • 47th Division - Pei Chang-hui
    • 54th Division - Liu Chia-chi
• Right Flank Army - Liu Mao-en
  • 15th Corps - Liu Mao-en
    • 64th Division - Wu Ting-lin
    • 65th Division - Liu Mao-en
  • 33rd Corps - Sun Chu
    • 3rd Sep. Bde - Chang Chi-yu
    • 8th Sep. Bde - ?
    • 73rd Div. - Liu Feng-pin
  • 17th Corps - Kao Kuei-tse
    • 84st Div. - Kao Kuei-tse (concurrent)
    • 21st Div. - Li Hsien-chou
• 5th Separate Brigade - Cheng Ting-chen

Notes:

• [r]Reorganized Divisions

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.
• [2] Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45

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. 195–200, Map 6

[2] Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45 http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/sino-japanese.htm

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