This is an Order of Battle for January 28 Incident

January 28 Incident

The January 28 Incident was a short war between the armies of the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, before official hostilities of the Second Sino-Japanese War commenced in 1937.- Naming :...

. The Order of Battle

Order of battle

In modern use, the order of battle is the identification, command structure, strength, and disposition of personnel, equipment, and units of an armed force participating in field operations. Various abbreviations are in use, including OOB, O/B, or OB, while ORBAT remains the most common in the...

 is of the First Shanghai Incident, Battle of Shanghai 1932. This was a brief war between the armies of the Republic of China

Republic of China

The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 and the Empire of Japan

Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan is the name of the state of Japan that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 to the enactment of the post-World War II Constitution of...

 that occurred prior to the Second Sino-Japanese War

Second Sino-Japanese War

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union and the United States...

.

Japan

Shanghai Expeditionary Army - General Yoshinori Shirakawa

• Lieutenant- General Kanichiro Tashiro
  Kanichiro Tashiro
  - Notes :...
  
   - Chief of Staff
• Army Troops:
  • Mixed Regiment Medium Artillery -
    • 3 Batteries 150mm Howitzers, 12 guns, horse drawn.
    • 2 Batteries 100mm guns, 8 guns, horse drawn.

• Army Air Service:
  • 3 Bomber Squadrons
  • 1 Pursuit Squadron (Nieuports)
  • 1 Reconnaissance Squadron

• 24th Mixed Brigade -
  • 2nd Battalion / 14th Infantry Regiment
  • 1st Battalion / 24th Infantry Regiment
  • 1st Battalion / 46th Infantry Regiment
  • 1st Battalion / 48th Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Battalion / 3rd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment
  • 2nd Company / 18th Engineer Battalion

• 9th Division - General Uyeda
  • 2nd Independent Tank Company - Captain Shigemi
    • 5 Type 89 Medium Tanks, 10 Renault NC27 Tanks
  • Cavalry Detachment
  • Battalion 150mm Howitzers
  • Heavy Siege Gun Unit, (6 150mm Mortars)
  • 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

• 11th Division - General Koto
  • 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 Army Service Detachment

• 14th Division
  14th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
  was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the .-History:The 14th Division was one of four divisions raised in the closing stages of the Russo-Japanese War...
  
  - General Matsuki
  • 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 Battalion of Army Service Corps

3rd Fleet - Vice Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura

• 34 warships including:
• Kirishima
  Japanese battleship Kirishima
  was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. Designed by British naval engineer George Thurston, she was the third launched of the four Kongō-class battlecruisers, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built...
  
  , Kongō class battlecruiser
  Kongo class battlecruiser
  The were a class of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy constructed immediately before World War I. Designed by British naval architect George Thurston, the lead ship of the class was the last Japanese capital ship constructed outside of Japan. Displacing upon completion, the vessels of this...
  
  
• Yura
  Japanese cruiser Yura
  The was the third of the six vessels completed in the Nagara class of light cruisers, and like other vessels of her class, she was intended for use as the flagship of a destroyer flotilla. She was named after the Yura River near Kyoto, Japan.-Early career:...
  
   (由良), Nagara class cruiser
  Nagara class cruiser
  -External links: *...
  
  
• Tenryū
  Japanese cruiser Tenryu
  was the lead ship in the two-ship of light cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Tenryū was named after the Tenryū River in Nagano and Shizuoka prefectures.-Background:...
  
  , Tenryū class cruiser
  Tenryu class cruiser
  -See also:*List of World War II ships...
  
  
• Mutsuki
  Japanese destroyer Mutsuki
  was the lead ship of twelve destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War.-History:...
  
  , Mutsuki class destroyer
  Mutsuki class destroyer
  The was a class of twelve destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. All were given traditional poetic names of the months of the year by the Lunar calendar or phases of the moon...
  
  

• 1st Koku-sentai (Carrier Division) - ?
  • Carrier Kaga
    Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga
    Kaga was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy , named after the former Kaga Province in present-day Ishikawa Prefecture...
    
     (flagship)
    • Nakajima A1N fighters
    • Mitsubishi B1M
      Mitsubishi B1M
      -See also:-External links:**http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevon/gustin_military/db/index.html...
      
       bombers
  • Carrier Hōshō
    Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho
    Hōshō |phoenix]]") was the world's first commissioned ship that was designed and built as an aircraft carrier,The HMS Argus pre-dated Hōshō and had a long landing deck, but was designed and initially built as an ocean liner. and the first aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy...
    
    
    • 9 Nakajima A1N2 fighters
    • 3 Mitsubishi B2M
      Mitsubishi B2M
      |-See also:-External links:**...
      
       bombers
    • 3 Mitsubishi C1M
      Mitsubishi 2MR
      |-See also:-External links:...
      
       Type 10 reconnaissance aircraft
• Shanghai SNLF (Captain Samejima) *[2000men]
  • 1st Battalion (Including Sasebo 1st SNLF)
  • 2nd Battalion (Former Kure 1st SNLF)
  • 3rd Battalion (Former Sasebo 2nd SNLF)
  • 4th Battalion (Former Sasebo 3rd SNLF)
  • 5th Battalion (Former Yokosuka 1st SNLF)
  • 7th Battalion (Former Yokosuka 2nd SNLF)
• Armed reservists and Ronin, agents 3000 men [2],[3]

Total Naval forces in Shanghai 5000 men [4]

Notes:

• [1] SNLF units were sent after the Incident happened. 2000men
• [2] Armed reservists, in civilian clothes distinguished by a brassard. [Est 2800-2900men]
• [3] Ronin, agents in civilian clothes. [Est 100-200men]
• [4]! Feb 4th strength of about 5,000 men
• @ from http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/japan_kuro-iwa.htm

China

Shanghai Front - Commander in Chief, Gen. Tsai Ting-kai

Tsai Ting-kai

Cai Tingkai was a Chinese general.Cai was in overall command of the 19th Route Army of the Republic of China's National Revolutionary Army and other Chinese forces responsible for holding off the Imperial Japanese Army during the Shanghai War of 1932 on 28 January 1932.In November 1933, Cai and...

• 19th Route Army - Gen. Chiang Kuang-Nai
  • 60th Division - Gen. Shen Kwan-han
    • 119th Brigade
    • 120th Brigade
  • 61st Division - Gen. Mao Weh-hsu
    • 121st Brigade
    • 122nd Brigade
  • 78th Division - Gen. Shu Zu-nien
    • 155th Brigade
    • 156th Brigade
• 3 Chinese armored trains (500men)
• Woosung Forts Garrison (2,000 men)
• 5th Army - Gen. Chang Chih-chung
  Zhang Zhizhong
  Zhang Zhizhong was a general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China. He was born in Chaohu, Anhui, and attended the Baoding Military Academy from which he graduated in 1916...
  
  
  • 87th Division - Gen. Lau Ching-yueh
    • 174th Brigade
    • 175th Brigade
  • 88th Division - Gen. Yu Tsi-shih
    • 176th Brigade
    • 177th Brigade
  • Independent Brigade - Gen. Wang Ken

Notes:

• Woosung Forts harassed vessels with machine-gun fire.
• Chinese armored trains patrolled the Woosung Railroad line (500men)

Sources

• Posted on Axis History Forum, from "The Japanese attacks at Shangai and the defense by the Chinese. 1931-1932" And ORIGINAL MILITARY STUDY By Major E.D. Cooke, Infantry. Military Review, dec 1937. http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=78115
• Biplane fighter aces, Japan: http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/japan_kuro-iwa.htm
• The Shanghai Incident, from IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY PAGE: http://www3.plala.or.jp/takihome/history.htm