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Battle of Taierzhuang
Part of the Battle of Xuzhou in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the interwar period

House-to-house fighting in Tai'erzhuang
Date22 March – 7 April 1938
(16 days)
Location34°33′26″N 117°43′51″E / 34.55722°N 117.73083°E / 34.55722; 117.73083
Result Chinese victory
Belligerents
China Japan
Commanders and leaders
Units involved

National Revolutionary Army

North China Area Army, 2nd Army

Strength

100,000–288,000 troops in 10 divisions

  • 20th Corps and attached units : about 72,278 troops
17,000–60,000 troops
7 tanks
39 tankettes
Casualties and losses

Western claims: 20,000–30,000+ killed and wounded

Chinese records:

  • 20th Corps : about 20,342 killed, wounded, or missing
  • 2nd Group Army : 9,675 killed, wounded, or missing
  • 22nd Group Army : 2,415 killed, wounded, or missing.
Modern Western estimate:
8,000 killed
12,000 wounded

Contemporary Western estimates:
16,000–20,000 killed
40 tanks destroyed
70 armored cars
100+ trucks
Japanese records:
  • Seya Task Force:
    411 killed
    1,319 wounded
    4 tanks
    7 tankettes
  • Sakamoto Task Force:
    unknown

Under 2,500 total casualties

Official Japanese newspaper claim:
636 combat deaths.

  • Seya Task Force: 448 combat deaths
  • Sakamoto Task Force: 188 combat deaths

Chinese claim: 20,000+ killed and wounded
10,000+ rifles
931 HMGs
77 infantry guns
40 tanks
50+ cannons
Countless POWs

  1. ^ Totaling seven infantry divisions, one infantry brigade, one cavalry division, one cavalry regiment, and one artillery regiment
  2. ^ Including the battles of Tengxian, Lincheng, Hanzhuang, Yixian, Guoliji, and Taierzhuang from March 14 to April 7, 1938. Excluding the Linyi battlefield
  3. ^ Including four infantry divisions, one cavalry division, one infantry brigade, and one artillery regiment temporarily assigned to the corps. Excluding the 110th Division of the corps temporarily assigned to the 2nd Group Army
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