113th Infantry Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
🟡 索引- Code name
- 龍六七三四
- Higher formation
- 第五六師団
- Depot district
- 福岡
- Raised at
- 福岡
- Colours received
- 昭13.5.23
- Commanding officer
- 松井秀治
- Main theatres
- the Second Sino-Japanese War - the Second World War
- Action
- the annihilation battle of 拉孟
War record
23 May 1938, received its colours at Fukuoka→under the 56th Division→May 1944, posted to the Lameng position in Yunnan and built defences against the coming Chinese Expeditionary Force→from June, for a little over two months, about 1,200 men met an attack by some 40,000 of the Chinese Expeditionary Force→in September the position was annihilated (gyokusai)→it is recorded that the hard fighting of the Lameng garrison was praised even in a congratulatory telegram from Chiang Kai-shek
According to the book, at the position in 拉孟, Yunnan, China, roughly 1,200 men held off a Chinese expeditionary force of 40,000 for over two months, and their hard fighting was praised even in a congratulatory telegram from Chiang Kai-shek.
Source: The Regimental Histories of the Pacific War, 戦史の本 誌面79
About 1,200 men held a position at Lameng in Yunnan against some 40,000 troops of the Chinese Expeditionary Force for over two months. Records note that Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram of commendation
Men of this unit
This card is made only of facts copied from one book. Only what can be confirmed against a primary source will one day become 🟢. An empty field means the book does not say. Nothing has been filled in by guesswork.
Source: 戦史の本 誌面79
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