Order of Battle Battle of Pingxingguan

China

Chinese units mentioned defending Pingxingguan: [1]

17th Corps - Kao Kuei-tse (from 7th Army Group)
- 84st Division - Kao Kuei-tse (concurrent)
- 21st Division - Li Hsien-chou
73rd Division - Liu Feng-pin (from 33rd Army)
15th Corps - Liu Mao-en (from 13th Army)
- 64th Division - Wu Ting-lin
- 65th Division - Liu Mao-en (concurrent)
115th Division – Lin Biao, deputy Nie Rongzhen (from 18th Army Group – 8th Route Army)
- 343th Brigade - Zhou Jianping
  - 685th Regiment – Yang Dezhi
  - 686th Regiment - Li Tienyou
- 344th Brigade - Xu Haidong
  - 687th Regiment - Zhang Shaodong
  - 688th Regiment – ? (in reserve)

Attacking Pingxingguan:

Japanese forces in the ambush battle of Pingxingguan:

3rd Battalion, 21st Regiment, 21st Brigade, 5th Japanese Division
Supply troops of the 21st Regiment - Lieutenant 高桥义夫
- 15 supply troops and 70 escorts in 70 horse-drawn vehicles with 50 horses, filled with clothes, food, ammunition and proceeded westwards towards Pingxingguan.
Japanese 6th Depot
- 2nd Company motorized supply column - First Lieutenant 矢岛俊彦
  - 176 men in 50 trucks
- 3rd Company motorized supply column - Major 中西次八
  - ? men in 30 trucks

[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.
Description (in Chinese) of the Battle of Pingxingguan in the on line version of the book: 中国抗日战争正面战场作战记 (China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations) by 郭汝瑰 (Guo Rugui), Jiangsu People's Publishing House, 2005-7-1, ISBN 7214030349
- 华北作战平型关大捷 1(North China Battles, the Pingxingguan victory 1)
- 华北作战平型关大捷 2(North China Battles, the Pingxingguan victory 2)
a more recent study (in Chinese) 关于平型关战斗的史实重建问题 "On the reconstruction of the facts of the Battle of Pingxingguan" by Professor Yang Kui Song
- A partial translation of Prof. Yang Kui Songon's article on Axis History Forum: The Battle of Pingxinguan 1937
Pingxingguan Campaign

旧日军档案中的平型关大捷

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