Route Army

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A Route Army (路軍), was a type of military organization during the Chinese Republic, and usually exercised command over two or more Corps or a large number of Divisions or Independent Brigades. It was a common formation in China prior to the Second Sino-Japanese War but was discarded as a formation type by the National Revolutionary Army after 1938, in favor of the Group Army.

Some of the more famous of the Route Armies were:

• 8th Route Army Communist guerrilla force in North China.
• 19th Route Army Defending Shanghai in 1932 during the January 28 Incident.
• 29th Route Army Defending Hubei and Chahar in July 1937 in the Marco Polo Bridge Incident and Battle of Beiping-Tianjin.

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• 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.