In 1934, The fourth German Military General Adviser (former Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht), General Hans von Seckert, submitted a Proposal for Army Reform to the National Government. It is proposed to use the only material and financial resources to first form a well-equipped and well-trained core demonstration armed force. The reorganization of 60 divisions was completed separately. Such 60 well-equipped standing divisions are sufficient to cope with various situations.
In 1935, Falkenhausen, the fifth German military general adviser, proposed the "Five-Year Arms Development Plan." Help China build and renovate military factories.
Fourth German Military General Adviser, General Hans von Seckert (former Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht)
The first batch of 10 troops: (Note: One place in each batch was given to local warlords, and the actual quota was given to the subordinate troops of the Central Army.) ）
2nd Division, 11th Division, 14th Division, 26th Division, 57th Division, 67th Division, 87th Division, Teaching Corps, Independent 20th Brigade.
The second batch of 10 adjusters:
3rd Division, 4th Division, 6th Division, 9th Division, 10th Division, 27th Division, 80th Division, 83rd Division, 88th Division, 89th Division.
The third batch of 10 adjusters:
1st Division, 5th Division, 13th Division, 16th Division, 51st Division, 56th Division, 58th Division, 78th Division, 85th Division, 98th Division.
The Central Military Academy Teaches the Corps
★Participation of the 30 adjusted divisions in 1937:
1. Participated in 20 battles of Songhu: 3rd Division, 6th Division, 9th Division, 11th Division, 14th Division, 36th Division, 57th Division, Independent 20th Brigade (expanded into the 61st Division during the Battle of Songhu), 67th Division, 87th Division, 88th Division, Teaching Corps, 1st Division, 13th Division, 16th Division, 51st Division, 56th Division, 58th Division, 78th Division and 98th Division.
2. There were 8 battlefields in North China: the 4th And 89th Divisions were in Nankou; the 2nd and 25th Divisions were in Baoding; the 10th, 83rd and 85th Divisions were in Xinkou, and the 27th Division was at Niangziguan and fought against the Japanese army, all of which were severely damaged.
3. Other 2: The 80th Division suffered little losses in the Fujian battlefield. The 5th Division was stationed in Chongqing.
Individual equipment of the 88th Division
★ The outcome of the 4 units of the German Mechanic Division (Note: The German Mechanic Division is a network and other theories, referring to the 36th, 87th, and 88th Divisions and the Teaching Corps. The National Government was called the Adjuster at the time)
Although its 36th, 87th, and 88th divisions were nominally 11,000 men in 4 regiments of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, they actually had 2 supplementary regiments per division (the weapons were pre-rearmament weapons) with an actual strength of more than 14,000. For example, the 87th Division replenished 4 soldiers in the Battle of Songhu, with a total of 16,000 casualties, only 4,500 people were left after the Battle of Songhu, and after adding 2,000 new soldiers, they participated in the Battle of Nanjing, and they were again severely damaged and almost lost their combat effectiveness, and the 87th Division of the German Mechanized Division was destroyed.
After the Battle of Songhu of the 88th Division, there were only more than 4,000 people left, and after replenishing 3,000 new soldiers, they participated in the Battle of Nanjing, and only more than 500 people remained after the war. The 88th Division of the German Mechanic Division was destroyed.
The 36th Division, also with only 4,000 men left, was also severely damaged, and after replenishing 3,000 new soldiers, participated in the Battle of Nanjing. The 36th Division used the garrison of Rujiang Gate to control the small steamers to cross the river, and the losses were not large. At the Battle of Wuhan, only more than 800 people were left in the 12,000-strong division. The 36th Division of the German Mechanic Division was destroyed.
The teaching corps is nominally an infantry 3 brigade and 6 regiments, in fact there are 3 supplementary regiments, plus other configurations with a total strength of more than 30,000 troops. After the Battle of Songhu, there were more than 6,000 people left in 6 infantry regiments, and after replenishing 5,000 new soldiers, they participated in the Battle of Nanjing (3 supplementary regiments rested in the rear), and they were again severely damaged, and after the war, the number was revoked, and the teaching corps was destroyed.
At the Battle of Songhu, the officers and men of the German Mechanized Division in combat
★ All 20 adjustment divisions involved in the Battle of Songhu were crippled:
In the Battle of Songhu, the Chinese side participated in the battle of 78 divisions and 11 brigades with a total strength of about 800,000 troops, and as of December 2, the Chinese side declared about 300,000 casualties, that is, the casualty rate was as high as about 37.5%. Within 1 month of the start of the Battle of Songhu, 17 of the 20 adjusted divisions participated in the war, and the remaining 3 also participated in the subsequent war.
Basically, there is no escape from the fate of being maimed.
The Battle of Songhu participated in 78 divisions and 11 brigades, of which up to 55 divisions and 6 brigades were of the Central Army's consortial, semi-consortial, and collateral units, of which up to 15 divisions and 3 brigades of the Xiang Army in addition to the Consort clan, up to 7 divisions of the Northeast Army, and several other side departments (Note: After Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned, most of the generals of the Northeast Army led their troops to defect to the Nationalist Government, and the Nationalist Government reorganized it into 6 armies)
The local warlord Zhongchuan Army had 8 divisions and 2 brigades, the Gui Army had 7 divisions, the Guangdong Army had 5 divisions and 2 brigades, and the Qian Army had 3 divisions. A total of 23 divisions and 5 brigades. (Note: Jiang Guangnai's 60th and 61st divisions of the Yue Army, Xue Yue's 90th Division have been centralized, and the 26th Division of the Sichuan Army belongs to the side of the Central Army.) Subtracted from these warlord force data)
German-made 37mm anti-aircraft gun
★ Eight adjustment divisions in the North China Battlefield were crippled:
1. The 4th Division and the 89th Division were subordinate to Tang Enbo's 13th Army to participate in the Battle of Nankou (the Chinese participated in 7 divisions and 1 brigade), and were severely damaged in the Battle of Nankou, according to the war reports at that time, the 89th Division had less than 1 regiment of troops by the 20th (the Battle of Nankou ended on the 26th). At the Battle of Nankou, Tang Enbo's 13th Army suffered more than 20,000 casualties of more than 13,000, more than half of the casualties.
2. The 2nd Division and the 25th Division were subordinate to guan linzheng's 52nd Army to participate in the Battle of Baoding (the Chinese participated in the battle of 24 divisions and 9 brigades), and the 2nd Division and the 25th Division suffered the heaviest casualties in the Battle of Baoding, with less than 3,000 combat soldiers left.
3. The 10th Division, the 83rd Division, and the 85th Division were subordinate to Li Mo'an's 14th Army to participate in the Battle of Taiyuan (the Chinese side participated in the battle of 36 divisions and 18 brigades), according to the "Frontal Battlefield and Xinkou Campaign", the 14th Army was in the core battlefield of the Xinkou Campaign, and when it was withdrawn to Hongdong County, each division had less than 3,000 people.
4. The 27th Division was subordinate to Feng Anbang's 42nd Army to participate in the Battle of Niangziguan (the Chinese participated in 12 divisions), and suffered heavy casualties after many battles with the Japanese army.
★ From the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu on August 13 to the end of 1937, 29 of the 30 adjusted divisions of the Central Army participated in the battle, and the remaining 5th Division was stationed in Chongqing. Except for the 80th Division in the Fujian Battlefield, the 20 adjustment divisions that participated in the Battle of Songhu and the 8 adjustment divisions that participated in the Battle of North China were all crippled. The 87th and 88th Divisions and the Teaching Corps of the four units known as the German Mechanic Division were destroyed at the Battle of Nanjing.