1st To 10th Army Groups
Commanders killed in action are denoted by †
| Unit | Organization | Commanders | Duration | Major battles |
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| 1st Army Group 第一集團軍 |
Established: Aug 1937 Disbanded: Apr 1938 |
Song Zheyuan 宋哲元 |
Aug 1937 – Apr 1938 | Tianjin-Pukou Railway Operation Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan |
| Reestablished: Oct 1938 Reorganized into 1st Army Corps: Sep 1947 |
Long Yun 龍雲 |
Oct 1938 – Jan 1939 | None | |
| Lu Han 盧漢 |
Jan 1939 – Mar 1945 | Battle of Nanchang First Battle of Changsha 1939 Winter Offensive Second Battle of Changsha Third Battle of Changsha Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi Battle of West Hubei Battle of Changde |
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| Sun Du 孫渡 |
Mar 1945 – Sep 1947 | None | ||
| 2nd Army Group 第二集團軍 |
Established: Sep 1937 Reorganized into 4th Pacification Area: Oct 1945 |
Liu Shi 劉峙 |
Sep 1937 – Feb 1938 | Beiping-Hankou Railway Operation Battle of Taiyuan |
| Sun Lianzhong 孫連仲 |
Feb 1938 – Aug 1943 | Battle of Taierzhuang Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang 1939 Winter Offensive Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang Battle of South Henan Second Battle of Changsha Battle of West Hubei |
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| Liu Ruming 劉汝明 |
Aug 1943 – Oct 1945 | Battle of Changde Battle of West Henan-North Hubei |
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| 3rd Army Group 第三集團軍 |
Established: Sep 1937 Disbanded:Mar 1943 |
Han Fuju 韓復榘 |
Sep 1937 – Jan 1938 | Tianjin-Pukou Railway Operation |
| Yu Xuezhong 于學忠 |
Jan 1938 – Jun 1938 | Battle of Xuzhou | ||
| Sun Tongxuan 孫桐萱 |
Jun 1938 – Feb 1943 | Battle of Wuhan 1939 Winter Offensive Battle of South Henan |
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| Zhang Xuezhong 張雪中 |
Feb 1943 – Mar 1943 | None | ||
| Reestablished: Sep 1943 Disbanded: Nov 1946 |
Li Tiejun 李鐵軍 |
Sep 1943 – Feb 1944 | None | |
| Zhao Shoushan 趙壽山 |
Feb 1944 – Nov 1946 | None | ||
| 4th Army Group 第四集團軍 |
Established: Sep 1937 Disbanded: Mar 1947 |
Jiang Dingwen 蔣鼎文 |
Sep 1937 – Feb 1939 | Battle of Shanghai |
| Sun Weiru 孫蔚如 |
Feb 1939 – Jun 1945 | 1939 Winter Offensive Battle of South Shanxi Battle of Central Henan Battle of West Henan-North Hubei |
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| Li Xingzhong 李興中 |
Jun 1945 – Mar 1947 | None | ||
| 5th Army Group 第五集團軍 |
Established: Sep 1937 Disbanded: Mar 1942 |
Gu Zhutong 顧祝同 |
Sep 1937 – Jun 1938 | Battle of Shanghai |
| Yu Xuezhong 于學忠 |
Jun 1938 – Feb 1939 | None | ||
| Zeng Wanzhong 曾萬鐘 |
Feb 1939 – Mar 1942 | 1939 Winter Offensive Battle of South Shanxi |
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| Reestablished: Jan 1943 Disbanded: Apr 1945 |
Du Yuming 杜聿明 |
Jan 1943 – Apr 1945 | None | |
| 6th Army Group 第六集團軍 |
Established: Sep 1937 Reorganized into 10th Army Corps: Nov 1948 |
Yang Aiyuan 楊愛源 |
Sep 1937 – Mar 1939 | Battle of Taiyuan |
| Chen Changjie 陳長捷 |
Mar 1939 – Jan 1941 | 1939 Winter Offensive | ||
| Yang Aiyuan 楊愛源 |
Jan 1941 – Jan 1946 | None | ||
| Wang Jingguo 王靖國 |
Jan 1946 – Nov 1948 | None | ||
| 7th Army Group 第七集團軍 |
Established: Sep 1937 Reorganized into Shanxi Guerrilla Corps Command: May 1948 |
Fu Zuoyi 傅作義 |
Sep 1937 – Mar 1939 | Battle of Taiyuan |
| Zhao Chengshou 趙承綬 |
Mar 1939 – May 1948 | 1939 Winter Offensive | ||
| 8th Army Group 第八集團軍 |
Established: Sep 1937 Disbanded: Jul 1938 |
Zhang Fakui 張發奎 |
Sep 1937 – Jul 1938 | None |
| Reestablished: Feb 1939 Reorganized into 15th Army Corps: Nov 1948 |
Sun Chu 孫楚 |
Feb 1939 – Nov 1948 | Battle of South Shanxi | |
| 9th Army Group 第九集團軍 |
Established: Sep 1937 Disbanded: Jan 1938 |
Zhang Zhizhong 張治中 |
Sep 1937 – Oct 1937 | Battle of Shanghai |
| Zhu Shaoliang 朱紹良 |
Oct 1937 – Dec 1937 | None | ||
| Gu Zhutong 顧祝同 |
Dec 1937 – Jan 1938 | None | ||
| Reestablished: Aug 1938 Disbanded: Mar 1945 |
Wu Qiwei 吳奇偉 |
Aug 1938 – Jul 1940 | Battle of Wuhan 1939 Winter Offensive |
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| Miao Peinan 繆培南 |
Jul 1940 – Jul 1941 | None | ||
| Guan Linzheng 關麟徵 |
Jul 1941 – Mar 1945 | None | ||
| 10th Army Group 第十集團軍 |
Established: Jan 1937 Downsized into 19th Corps: Mar 1946 |
Liu Jianxu 劉建緒 |
Jan 1937 – Aug 1941 | Battle of Shanghai 1939 Winter Offensive |
| Wang Jingjiu 王敬玖 |
Aug 1941 – Dec 1945 | Second Battle of Changsha Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi Battle of West Hubei Battle of Changde Battle of West Hunan |
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| Ou Zhen 歐震 |
Dec 1945 – Mar 1946 | None |
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