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The Fall of Shanghai, China 1937 | Outskirts Counterattack | Easy Red 2

10/21/1937 The warlord counterattacks on the outskirts of Shanghai occurred during the later stages of the Battle of Shanghai in September–October 1937, when regional Chinese forces outside Chiang Kai-shek’s central command were committed to slow the Japanese advance. As Japanese troops broke out of the city through landings and advances toward Luodian, Baoshan, and Dachang, Chiang ordered provincial and warlord armies—including units from Guangxi, Sichuan, and other regional commands—to launch counterattacks on the city’s periphery. These forces were generally less well trained and equipped than the elite German-trained divisions used earlier in the battle, but they were employed to plug gaps and attempt local counteroffensives. These warlord-led counterattacks were characterized by determined but costly infantry assaults against Japanese forces backed by artillery, armor, air power, and naval gunfire. In places like the northern and western outskirts of Shanghai, regional units briefly slowed Japanese advances and inflicted casualties, but they lacked coordination, heavy weapons, and logistical support. Most attacks stalled or were pushed back with heavy losses. While militarily unsuccessful, the warlord counterattacks played an important strategic role by buying time—allowing the main Chinese forces to withdraw in better order and reinforcing the image of a united Chinese resistance, as regional armies fought alongside the central government in one of the war’s earliest major battles.