COMMUNIST AND NATIONALIST ORDER OF BATTLE AND MILITARY INFORMATION, MANCHURIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001300690010-8
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 24, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 1, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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A mall rant of the Ge ist 8 Coluen and the Main force of the 9 ColumAn,
tots ll n about 209000 , are attacking Shihahanchan (121-29, 41.16) Lee
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Order of tt e
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2. Tho 1, 2 and 3 Divisions of the Comnuaist South 8 Column are attacking L:i aoyann
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?he 2D and 21 Divisions of the Commu .st. 'I '.o1u< ?: are 30 kilometers northwest of
I3aoyang and are moving turd the city.. The o Coles is roving, toward Liaaochtng
(lam-44, 41-32) from the Paichi o (122--31, 41-52) area.
A11 Cccwinist units: The 23 Division of the 8 Collasi is 15 kilometers southwest
7's and the 22 and 24 Di-
,.. 25X1 A of Pouhsin (]21.39, 42-03) ee parsrgraph IS
visions of this colunn are viect o to ra lroad An the area, between Ihsien
(121-15, 41-32) and Chinchou (121--07, 41-C+7). The 25 D3.vision of the 9 Count
occupied Panshan (122-02,, 4.1-12) on 31 January. The 2-7 Division of the 9 Col, ,n
is attacking Talfr ho (121-21, 4_1-11) after its capture of Shihsh nchan. Tali:ag-
ho is defended by the Nationalist 184 Division, whose str th is over 5,000
troops.
Ce ral ChA? Chia-hs. sng wiy.1 head the Nationalist. C-3 Section in addition to
belnag chief of staff for WZI Li-ht: . General HAD Chia--shun will be deputy
ohief of staff.
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Comaw" and nationalist Order of Bat ?le and NO. OF PAGES 3
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n 1_i1-nveno i th a X11 nart of the 20 Divisions 1 kiioact,er West 0X t e to
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poof the 1 and 2 Dfvisioass are mgatging the Natio aliet Temporary
rL on the eoauthern outskirts of the town. t ft Nat s3.iast 52 Army and.
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the es 7I or the Nov. 6 Army will reinforce Liaaoyaug. The 52 Army will
from Mukden with the other irmy to approach 14.aoya ng from the
aphe 10 and 1, .
*t 9 6ol10t caatp'tured TaaLingho on Vila afternoon of 2 Febrtj4ry. The
ioneUst 1$4 Division withdrew tcaazrd Chinchow.
mat 4ftr 1iast lies, 2 And 92 Armies will move ware Tixotalux to ' Kta (12.1.---' ., .
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40-44) by ship; the first unit of the Now 2 Troy should arrive at Hula aao in the
slaK of 3 Tabrucsry.
9. The Co rtr:ist 6 Cols z is aaovinc south ? from the Liaachang area.
10. All l4atieanaUst units: One regiment of the New 2 ,trtcy arrived at $Alutao ,on
se x the entire arm is expected there by 10 1 ebruary. One brigade of the
2 Division is halfway between Liaoyang and Yingpen (3.24-14, 41-55). The 2 Di.
vissUa of the 52 army, pushing south from 4ukden, reached Tahonan (123-20,
41-30) on its Push to l iaoyang. Both of the lost named units are moving cautiously
fQr fear of a Conrmiist flank attack. The New 1 Army in at Suchiatun (123-22,
41-43)
U. ++11 Cci mist unite: On 3 February the 4 and 5 Divisions of the 2 Column were at
l angtai (122-57 41-34). The 4 Column moved east from the Paichipao (122-31,,
41-52) mrsaj the it Brigade is east of Liacqang; the 12 made is north. of the
town; the 10 Brigade is at Taanping (123-26, 41-10). Liaoyang is subjected
to heavy artillery ,And r.,ortr tire fro A. t fa ;;;crush S Colima. The 6 %;olw,.ca 16
prig toward Lisaoyang and 5,001 troops of the 25 Division, 9 Column, are rovtn,
toward the town from the Panshan area. The main force of the I i:olm-on is at Sheri-
t4nas (1234 *9 41.31). ' 22 n1"ieion of t! t-, ^clurar is 15 ki1c eters northwest
of Chlnaho'u. The Independent 3 Division Is between Ta3.in and Ihaien, and is
moving in the direction of Ih3ien. The 26 and 27 Divisions of the 9 Column are at
?satiingho. The 23 Division of the 8 Golumn are at Tayntun (121-26, 41-30). The
10 Column moved to Chiumen (120.31, 40--43) on 3 February. The 3 Column is in the
vicinity of Takuchiatsu (122.59, 42-02).
6 Februaar~
12. T e battle for Liaoyang has developed into a major uaa paigxn. The riationalist
Temporary 54 Division, which had a strength of about 4,000, is reduced to Z.,500.
The Nationalist Air Force will drop 2,000 pounds of light machine gun aria 6C aaan
mortar aarnunibion to the 54 Division on the afternoon of 6 February.
13, The Nationalist units reported on their ivay to Liaaoy,tati , Seo paragraphs 6 said 1g7
have not moved further beaause of the Cot ~ i.st strength north of the town. The
Nationalist G-3 Section wished to coarvdt the New l .many but General Li--huang .
disagreed. Troops of the Con iunist 6 Column are . attacking the Liaoyang railroad
station. The 4 and 5 Oivi3ionss of the 2 Col um are moving south from Ssufangtai.
14. Four Hational.ist temporary divisions have been dissolved to reinforce red.zlaar
units. The Temporary 55 Division became the 79 Division after the defeat of the
79 Div{ -r oa at taangchiachengtsu (1213-,.31, 4.0-50j. The Temporary 51 Division,
which was badly beaten at Fouhsin in the sixth offensive, had its remaining rags--
nt and a half assi, ed to the 26 Division -,nd port, to the Temporary 50 Division.
The Temporary 57 and the Temporary 58 Divisions were dissolved to reinforce vari-
ous Nationalist divisions. No replaceazaentss have been received by the Nationalists
from the south since the beginning of December. 50,E new recruits were to have
been taken from the ? ukde ii area in a period from December to the and of I ebrvary,
but so far only 25,000 have been drafted. Uniform have been issued to thear.
There is a shortage of weapons, however. The intention Is to send these men south
and to receive in' exchange the same number of armed recruits, following. the 1olicy
of sending recruits away from. home to prevent, desertions. Possibly other tenpo-
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15., 3onaral fd4G Ran-chin;, former chief of tho Hati.orlal; at 3-3 Seactit: , under
TL a m1 y, ant's Colonels T' G flai a kulan and MM, 1 orwwaer assistant- to C I:UIG,,
.-x.1 rettirrt to their poa it.tcrrt?a in the 1-.3 Sootion next week at tho request of
011W yhia-hsian
and 2 Divisions of the 9 ;o:Itun and the : i rigad#) of bhe 4
spy l iacyaark4. The Nationalists have lost contact with L7eir `i'