Blitzkrieg in china

I think that there are far too many logistical problems, and far too few mechanized and motorized Japanese divisions for any sort of Blitzkrieg to come to fruition.

Honestly, I think that the biggest hindrance to any sort of rapid conquest is going to be logistics.
 

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I think that there are far too many logistical problems, and far too few mechanized and motorized Japanese divisions for any sort of Blitzkrieg to come to fruition.

Honestly, I think that the biggest hindrance to any sort of rapid conquest is going to be logistics.
OP said China would be taught the German concept of Bewegungskrieg, not Japan. China is incapable of carrying it out. Japan on the other hand wouldn't necessarily need motorized or armored divisions to carry out German operational concepts and in fact did quite well with foot bound maneuver warfare in China.
 
OP said China would be taught the German concept of Bewegungskrieg, not Japan. China is incapable of carrying it out. Japan on the other hand wouldn't necessarily need motorized or armored divisions to carry out German operational concepts and in fact did quite well with foot bound maneuver warfare in China.

Japanese doctrine already was one of rapid advance and maneuver. The trouble for them was that like the Germans they still relied on the horse for transport over the automobile, this was doubly true in 1937.

As time went on the Japanese took steps to increase their standard of mechanization, though obviously not all formations received the same treatment.

Generally speaking, Type A divisions, Armored Divisions, the Imperial Guard, the 200-Series "Mobile" units at the end of the war, and a number of high-end Type B outfits possessed a large number of vehicles (relatively few of these were encountered by Western forces), whereas standard Type B units had less and Type C divisions even less so.

When they needed to though the IJA was capable of concentrating significant mechanized forces for sustained advances, often over considerable distances. Ichi-Go and Southeast Asia '41-'42 (particularly Malaya) are good examples of this in practice, plus the planned invasion of the Soviet Union and the mobile reserves for Ketsu-Go.
 
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