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|partof= the campaign of [[Northern and Eastern Honan 1938]]

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{{Infobox Militarymilitary Conflictconflict

|date=[[May]], [[1938]]

| conflict = Battle Ofof Lanfeng

|place=[[Lankao]], [[Henan]]

| place = [[Kaifeng]] and [[Shangqiu]] Counties, [[Henan]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]

|casus=

{{Campaignbox| partof = [[Second Sino-Japanese War}}]]

|territory=

| date = {{Date range and age in years, months, weeks and days|1938|5|20|1938|6|10}}

|result= Chinese victory

| result = Japanese victory<ref name="抗日戰史">{{cite book |author=History and Political Compilation Department |title=抗日戰史 : 運河垣曲間黃河兩岸之作戰(二) |trans-title=History of the Anti-Japanese War: Operations on both banks of the Yellow River between the canal and Yuanqu (Part 2) |date=1963 |publisher=[[Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)]]}}</ref>{{rp|p=155-159}}

|combatant1= [[Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg|20px|Flag of the Republic of China]] [[National Revolutionary Army]], [[China]]

* Chinese failure to destroy the Japanese 14th Division

|combatant2= [[Image:Flag_of_Japan (bordered).svg|20px]] [[Imperial Japanese Army]], [[Japan]]

* Japanese capture of Lanfeng and Kaifeng

|commander1= [[Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg|20px|Flag of the Republic of China]] [[Cheng Chien]]

* Destruction of the embankments in Huayuankou Town by Chinese forces to block the Japanese advance, resulting in the [[1938 Yellow River flood]]

|commander2= [[Image:Flag_of_Japan (bordered).svg|20px]] [[Kenji Doihara]]

| combatant1 = {{Flagicon|Republic of China}} [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]]

|strength1= ?

| combatant2 = {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]

|strength2= 20000

| commander1 = {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912-49)|army}} [[Chiang Kai-shek]] (commander-in-chief)<br /> {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912-49)|army}} [[Cheng Qian]]<br /> {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912-49)|army}} [[Xue Yue]]<br /> {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912-49)|army}} [[Gui Yongqing]]

|casualties1= ?

| commander2 = {{flagicon|Empire of Japan|army}} [[Kenji Doihara]]

|casualties2= ?

| units1 = Battle of Lanfeng : fourteen divisions<br>Battle of Kaifeng : one division<ref name="抗日戰史"/>{{rp|p=128-129}}

| units2 = [[14th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)|14th Division]]

| strength1 = ?Unknown

| strength2 = Battle of Lanfeng : Around 7,000<ref>{{Citation |title=LANFENG VICTORY IN A GREAT BATTLE CLAIMED BY CHINA|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1938/05/28/98142474.html?pageNumber=1|publication-date=May 28, 1938 |work=New York Times}}</ref>

==| [[Ordercasualties1 of Battle = Battle of Lanfeng]] ==:

*46th Division : 2 brigade commanders, 11 school officers, 108 junior officers, and more than 4,000 soldiers casualties.<ref>國史館檔案史料文物查詢系統，李良榮電蔣中正等率部參加蘭封諸項戰役官兵傷亡甚大現抵白馬寺整編職督率無方難辭其咎並請速予補充以資鼓勵各官兵，典藏號：002-090200-00045-182 [https://ahonline.drnh.gov.tw/index.php?act=Display/image/6016546JLXY=wE#a6J]</ref>

*87th and 88th Divisions of the 71st Corps : more than 7,000 killed or wounded, more than 1,100 missing.<ref>國史館檔案史料文物查詢系統，宋希濂電蔣中正職軍在蘭封考城等處作戰官兵傷亡甚重擬請准將八十八師併編為八十七師及將榮譽第一師改為八十八師既省軍費又可即時充實所部戰力，典藏號：002-090200-00045-059 [https://ahonline.drnh.gov.tw/index.php?act=Display/image/6016624O=VWrDI#72u]</ref>

*20th, 51st, and 58th Divisions of the 74th Corps : heavy casualties, with a total of 7,000 new recruits requested by the corps commander to cover the losses.<ref>國史館檔案史料文物查詢系統，俞濟時電蔣中正請撥補新兵及槍械器具，典藏號：002-080200-00283-030 [https://ahonline.drnh.gov.tw/index.php?act=Display/image/6016598RUYe_=w#45J]</ref>

*1st, 61st, 78th, and 36th Divisions : 7,125 casualties.<ref>國史館檔案史料文物查詢系統，程潛電蔣中正六十一師人員傷亡及槍械損失等情，典藏號：002-090200-00041-191 [https://ahonline.drnh.gov.tw/index.php?act=Display/image/6016640AyHR=Ol#13J]</ref><ref>國史館檔案史料文物查詢系統，胡宗南電蔣中正各師戰鬥序列及傷亡兵員現有械彈戰備等明細及據閻錫山電稱陳長捷軍一日破壞臨汾以南鐵路與電話線，典藏號：002-090200-00043-319 [https://ahonline.drnh.gov.tw/index.php?act=Display/image/6016644=CjgcM4#93l]</ref>

*106th and 155th Divisions : very heavy casualties.<ref name="抗日戰史"/>{{rp|p=119-121}}

*200th Division : light losses.<ref>國史館檔案史料文物查詢系統，邱清泉電蔣中正轉戰蘭封附近車輛官兵損傷情形現奉命在興隆以北之南神崗擔任警戒文電日報表，典藏號：002-080200-00497-099 [https://ahonline.drnh.gov.tw/index.php?act=Display/image/6016839z0t=dcO#a0F]</ref>

*14th Cavalry Brigade : 115 casualties.<ref>國史館檔案史料文物查詢系統，程潛劉峙宋哲元電蔣中正蘭封開封各戰役損失情形，典藏號：002-090200-00043-317 [https://ahonline.drnh.gov.tw/index.php?act=Display/image/60166201=uRpmU#6bl]</ref>

*34th and 195th Divisions : Unknown

Battle of Kaifeng :

*141st Division and Tax Police Brigade of the 32nd Corps : more than 2,050 casualties.<ref>國史館檔案史料文物查詢系統，程潛等電蔣中正等呈報一三九師魯南蕭縣戰役及一四一師第四旅與三十二軍菏澤戰役等役損失情形請於第三期抗戰前補充器械兵員俾以整理再戰，典藏號：002-090200-00047-105 [https://ahonline.drnh.gov.tw/index.php?act=Display/image/6016649lWXf=cw#a9J]</ref>

| casualties2 = 14th Division from the start of the operation on April 15, 1938 until the capture of Kaifeng on June 6, 1938 : 765 killed and 2,996 wounded.<ref>{{cite web|title=第４節　戦傷統計 |url=https://www.jacar.archives.go.jp/aj/meta/listPhoto?LANG=default&BID=F2014010710572717284&ID=M2014010710572717291&REFCODE=C13120619100 |website=Japan Center for Asian Historical Records| access-date=2025-08-16}}</ref>

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{{Campaignbox Second Sino-Japanese War}}

The '''Battle of Lanfeng''' ({{zh|s=|c=蘭封會戰}}), in the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], was part of the larger campaign for [[Battle of Northern and Eastern Honan 1938Henan|Northern and Eastern HonanHenan]] (Feb.February 7- – June 10th10, 1938) and wastook occurringplace at the same time as the [[Battle of Xuzhou]] (Late Dec. -December – Early June, 1938). Itwas involved a counterattack on the [[Japanese 14th Division]], the vanguard of the [[Japanese First Army]] of its [[North China Area Army]] numbering 20,000 men and tanksoccurring.

{{Campaignbox Second Sino-Japanese War}}

The '''Battle of Lanfeng''' was part of the larger campaign for [[Northern and Eastern Honan 1938|Northern and Eastern Honan]] (Feb. 7- June 10th 1938) and was occurring at the same time as the [[Battle of Xuzhou]] (Late Dec. - Early June, 1938). It involved a counterattack on the [[Japanese 14th Division]], the vanguard of the [[Japanese First Army]] of its [[North China Area Army]] numbering 20,000 men and tanks.

{{Japanese colonial campaigns}}

It involved a Chinese counterattack at [[Lankao|Lanfeng]] by elements of the 1st War Area against the positions held by the [[14th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)|Japanese 14th Division]]. The 14th Division was the vanguard of the [[Japanese First Army]] ([[North China Area Army]]) and numbered 20,000 men with tanks. It was the first action of the Chinese [[200th Division]], the first mechanized division in the Chinese Army.

== [[Order of Battle Battle of Lanfeng]] ==

In the assault, the 200th Division of the [[National Revolutionary Army]], located to the west of the line of contact, overran the flanks of [[Kenji Doihara]]'s 14th Division, successfully [[Encirclement|encircling]] 7,000 men of the division in the county of Lanfeng. The battle resulted in a Japanese defeat, forestalling the Japanese capture of the northern section of the [[Longhai railway]]. The Chinese victory, which ''[[The New York Times]]'' described as a second [[Battle of Taierzhuang|Taierzhuang]], resulted in the near destruction of the 14th Division.<ref name=":0" />

Simultaneously, Japanese forces undertook a successful offensive operation that captured the city of [[Shangqiu|Kweiteh]] southeast of Lanfeng.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=LANFENG VICTORY IN A GREAT BATTLE CLAIMED BY CHINA |pages=1, 15 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1938/05/29/96821430.html?pageNumber=15 |publication-date=May 29, 1938 |work=New York Times}}</ref>

== '''Sources:''' ==

== Order of Battle of Lanfeng ==

[1] Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) 2nd Ed. ,1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung , Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China.

See the [[Order of Battle of the Battle of Lanfeng]]

==References==

page 230-235

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Map. 9-2

== '''Sources:''' ==

[1] Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, ''History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-19451937–1945)'' 2nd Ed. , 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung , Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China, page 230–235, Map. 9-2

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