Second Shanghai Incident (Battle of Songhu) Battle of Shanghai

Went to Shanghai to support landing party

July.7 1937 Marco Polo Bridge Incident Starts the Sino-Japanese War

Deployed to Shanghai: Kaga Ryuujou Houshou Izumo Tenryuu Tatsuta Akatsuki Hibiki Inazuma Ikazuchi Sazanami Nachi Myoukou Aoba Takao Kiso Kinu Yura Naka etc.

Izumo (old version)

Aug.13

China

Ying Rui

Ning Hai

Sep.23 Jiangyin

Defend Yangtze River till the last man! No Japanese ships are allowed in!

Ping Hai

Yat Sen

8 Light cruisers 26 gunships, torpedo boats(?)