Taki's IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY PAGE - on temporary assignment from the Kwantung Army; The 3rd Tank Battalion equipped with Type 94 Tankettes and Type 95 Light Tanks that was to have been assigned to Sakai Brigade remained behind in Manchukuo.
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Monograph 144 Chapter II Normally, the IJN 3rd Fleet was assigned for over-all operations in China. The IJN 2nd Fleet was assigned to escort army transports and was involved in landings of IJA 5th Division at Tanggu. With the dispatch of troops to the Qingdao area, the IJN 2nd Fleet assumed responsibility for operations in northern China waters, while the IJN 3rd Fleet operated in central and south China waters.
