Battle before: Battle of Nanjing
Battle after: Battle of
Xuzhou
| Battle of Taierzhuang |
| Conflict |
Second Sino-Japanese War |
| Date |
October 1937 and evening of March 24, 1938¹ - April 7,
1938 |
| Place |
Taierzhuang, Shandong |
| Result |
Decisive Kuomintang victory |
| ¹ Assault of Taierzhuang began on March 24 but previous military developments dated back to October |
| Combatants |
| China, National Revolutionary Army |
Japan, North China Theater
Army |
| Commanders |
| Li Tsung-jen (supreme commander), Tang Enbai, Pang Bingxun, Zhang Zizhong, Sun Lianzhong, Sun Zhen, Wang
Mingzhang†, Han
Fuqu† |
Isogai Rensuke, Itagaki Seishiro |
| Strength |
| 10 divisions , ~100,000 men |
2 divisions (Itagaki 5th, Isogai 10th), ~30,000
men |
| Casualties |
| ~20000 |
over 16000 |
|
The Battle of Tai'erzhuang was a battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938, between armies of Chinese Kuomintang and Japan.
Taierzhuang is located on the eastern bank of the Grand
Canal of China and was a frontier garrison northeast of Xuzhou. Xuzhou itself was the joint of Jinpu Railway (Tianjin-Pudong) and Longhai Railway (Lanzhou-Lianyonggang) and the headquarters of the KMT's 5th War Zone.
The battle involved a Japanese plan to conquer Xuzhou, a major city in the East. The Japanese failed to consider the plans of Li Tsung-Jen who planned to encircle the
Japnese in the town of Tai'erzhuang. The Japanese overconfidently attacked frontally and failed to consider the Chinese numbers.
A major encirclement preceded a major Japanese retreat, which the Chinese unfortunately failed to capitalize by pursuing.
Nevertheless, the Chinese scored a major victory, the first of the Kuomintang in the war. The battle broke the infallibility
of the Japanese and resulted in an incalculable benefit to the Chinese morale.
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