Langfang Incident
The
Langfang Incident (Japanese: Lo-bo) occurred on
July 25 1937, about 30 miles southeast of
Peiping, on the railroad that leads to
Tientsin. "... while a
Japanese signal unit was repairing communication wires at the
Langfang station, a
Chinese unit belonging to the
38th Division, which was camped near the station, launched a surprise attack against the signal unit. An infantry company of the
China Garrison Army stationed nearby to protect the railway successfully defended the station throughout the night but suffered severe casualties." General
Gun Hashimoto adds that "to prevent the occurrence of such an untoward incident, we had given the
Chinese advance notice of the repair work...." There were 15 casualties on the Japanese side (four of them killed.)