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150,000 (initially only 2 understrength army groups, reinforced by 2 army groups, including 200th Division (only mechanised force in NRA)) CAF 100 aircraft
From 15 November 1939 until 26 February 1940 :[1][a] 576 officers and 23,582 soldiers killed 932 officers and 29,630 soldiers wounded 203 officers and 9,366 soldiers missing Total: 64,289 killed, wounded, or missing
In the battle of Kunlun Pass : 5,600 killed 11,000 wounded 800 missing 6,416 other Total: 23,816 casualties
45 billion yuan worth of private & public property damage[citation needed]
4,000+ killed (including 85% of all officers) 4,000+ wounded 100 captured Total: 8,100+ casualties
^Not included in the statistics of losses are the casualties of the new 33rd division and teaching corps (two regiments strong) in the whole campaign, 175th division before the fall of Kunlun Pass, 46th Army (excluding the 170th division) and 64th army (excluding the 156th division) in the battle of Binyang, and 6,416 killed, wounded, or missing from the 5th Army
In November 1939, the Japanese landed on the coast of Guangxi and captured Nanning. In this battle, the Japanese successfully cut off Chongqing from the ocean, effectively severing foreign aid to China's war efforts by the sea, rendering Indochina, the Burma Road and The Hump the only ways to send aid to China.
The Chinese launched several major offensives that maximized Japanese casualties. A majority of the conflicts occurred in the fighting for Kunlun Pass. With the success of the Vietnam Expedition in September 1940, the Japanese were able to cut China off from Indochina. Now only the Burma Road and The Hump remained, ending the costly necessity of occupying Guangxi. By November 1940, Japanese forces had evacuated from Guangxi except from some coastal enclaves.
Hsu Long-hsuen, Chang Ming-kai (1972). History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung (2nd ed.). Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China: Chung Wu Publishing. pp. 311–318, 325–327, map 18.
Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection, China 1:250,000, Series L500, U.S. Army Map Service, 1954- . Topographic Maps of China during the Second World War.
These two maps cover the area where most of the fighting went on in the Guangxi campaign:
Lai-Pin nf49-1, has the Kunlun Pass just above where the road from Nanning enters the map:
^"桂南會戰". aa.archives.gov.tw. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
Bibliography
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Xú,Lùméi. Fallen: A Decryption of 682 Air Force Heroes of The War of Resistance-WWII and Their Martyrdom. 东城区, 北京， 中国: 团结出版社, 2016. ISBN978-7-5126-4433-5.
