Battle of Kunlun Pass

Battle of Kunlun Pass
	Part of the Battle of South Guangxi in the Second Sino-Japanese War
Date	December 18, 1939 – January 11, 1940; (3 weeks and 3 days)
Location	Suburbs of Nanning city in Guangxi province, Republic of China
Result	Chinese victory
Belligerents
Republic of China	Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Bai Chongxi; Du Yuming; Qiu Qingquan; Li Mi; Liao Yaoxiang ; Dai Anlan	Masao Nakamura †
Strength
5th corps : 54,000+ 200th Division:; 54 tanks out of 82 T-26 M1935/M1937 tanks and ~30 CV-35 tankettes; ; 66th and 99th corps : 32,400+; ; 3rd PG, 32nd PS,; Capt. Wei Yiqing †:; 14 I-15, 7 Gladiators, ? O-2; 5th PG, 28th PS,; Capt. Arthur Chin:; ? I-15, 3 Gladiators	5th division (particularly the 21st Brigade) plus various other units, total fighting strength of 45,000; 100 planes; 70 warships; 2 aircraft carriers; ; Chinese Claim : 15,000+
Casualties and losses
5th corps :; 123 officers and 5,560 soldiers killed; 265 officers and 10,847 soldiers wounded; 896 soldiers missing; 4 T-26s; 4 CV-35s; 11 T-26s recovered and repaired; 5 CV-35s recovered and repaired; 66th and 99th corps :; 5,079 officers and soldiers killed; 6,200+ officers and soldiers wounded; 560+ officers and soldiers missing	Official Chinese Army claim :; 4,200 killed or wounded; 7 captured; ; 6,000+ casualties including brigade commander Masao Nakamura killed; Other Chinese claim : 10,000 casualties, including 5,000 killed and 102 captured; ; Japanese claim :; Colonel Miki's troops (21st infantry regiment) : 376 killed, 755 wounded, and 37 missing; Oikawa's detachment (9th infantry brigade) : 112 killed, 481 wounded; ; The 21st Infantry Regiment and 42nd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese 21st Brigade received 2,662 additional soldiers in January 1940 to supplement the combat and non-combat losses in the battle.

The Battle of Kunlun Pass (simplified Chinese: 昆仑关战役; traditional Chinese: 崑崙關戰役; pinyin: Kūnlúnguān Zhànyì) was a series of conflicts between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Chinese forces surrounding Kunlun Pass, a key strategic position in Guangxi province. The Japanese forces planned to cut off Chinese supply lines linking to French Indochina, but the Chinese forces managed to fight off the attacks.