Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1939) but it produced co-operation difficulties. A solution to the problem was twofold. Fighter units defending the North Sea coast were subordinated to "Luftgaukommando" XI (Air District Command 9) in Hanover. These fighter units would function as an autonomous fighter command, or "Jagdfliegerführer" (Fighter Flyer Leaders). The command of Fighter Command unit was given to "Oberstleutnant" Carl-August Schumacher, a former commander of II./"Jagdgeschwader" 77. Schumacher had served in the "Kaiserliche Marine" (Imperial German Navy) during the First World War and as an officer cadet had seen combat at the Battle of Jutland. It was hoped with his naval background and easy
Order of Battle of the Battle of Lanfeng Order of Battle of the Battle of Lanfeng The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Lanfeng in May 1938. 1st War Area - Cheng Qian Reinforcements [May22nd] Note: North China Area Army - Juichi Terauchi [1,3] 1st Army - Kyoji Kotsuki Note: IJA 1st Army had these armoured units directly under its command that could have been assigned to 14th Division: [3] [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. page 230-235 Map.