Order of Battle January 28 Incident
This is the Order of Battle for the January 28 Incident, also known as First Shanghai Incident, in 1932. This was a brief war between the armies of the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan that occurred prior to the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Japan
Shanghai Expeditionary Army - General Yoshinori Shirakawa
- Lieutenant General Kanichiro Tashiro - 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)
- Mixed Regiment Medium Artillery
- Army Air Service:
- 3 Bomber Squadrons
- 1 Pursuit Squadron (Nieuports)
- 1 Reconnaissance Squadron
- 24th Mixed Brigade - Major General Kumaya Shimomoto
- 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 - Lieutenant General Kenkichi Ueda
- 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
- 2nd Independent Tank Company - Captain Shigemi
- 5 Type 89 Medium Tanks
- 10 Renault NC27 Tanks
- Cavalry Detachment
- Artillery Battalion (150mm howitzers)
- Heavy Siege Gun Unit (150mm mortars, 6 guns)
- 6th Infantry Brigade
- 11th Division - Lieutenant General Tokutarou Koutou
- 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
- 10th Infantry Brigade
- 14th Division - Lieutenant General Naosuke 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
- 27th Infantry Brigade -
3rd Fleet - Vice Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura
- 34 warships including:
- Kirishima, Kongō-class battlecruiser
- Yura (由良), Nagara-class cruiser
- Tenryū, Tenryū-class cruiser
- Mutsuki, Mutsuki-class destroyer
- 1st Koku-sentai (Carrier Division)
- Aircraft carrier Kaga (flagship)
- Nakajima A1N fighters
- Mitsubishi B1M bombers
- Aircraft carrier Hōshō
- 9 Nakajima A1N2 fighters
- 3 Mitsubishi B2M bombers
- 3 Mitsubishi C1M Type 10 reconnaissance aircraft
- Aircraft carrier Kaga (flagship)
- 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 - General Cai Tingkai
- 19th Route Army - Lieutenant General Jiang Guangnai
- 60th Division - Major General Sheng Guanghan
- 119th Brigade
- 120th Brigade
- 61st Division - Lieutenant General Mao Weishou
- 121st Brigade
- 122nd Brigade
- 78th Division - Lieutenant General Shu Zu-nien
- 155th Brigade
- 156th Brigade
- 60th Division - Major General Sheng Guanghan
- 3 Chinese armored trains (500men)
- Woosung Forts Garrison (2,000 men)
- 5th Army - General Zhang Zhizhong
- 87th Division - Lieutenant General Lau Ching-yueh
- 174th Brigade
- 175th Brigade
- 88th Division - Lieutenant General Yu Jishi
- 176th Brigade
- 177th Brigade
- Independent Brigade - Major General Wang Ken
- 87th Division - Lieutenant General Lau Ching-yueh
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
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