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How many people were there in a battalion during the period of China and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression?
War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, or War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression for short, refers to an all-out national war in which China resisted Japanese aggression during the Second World War in the middle of the 20th century. So how many people were there in a battalion in China during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period?

1. The exact number of people in a battalion in China, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is unknown, but there are about 800 people in a battalion.

2. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the National Revolutionary Army (including the Eighth Route Army) had a battalion of more than 800 people and the Japanese infantry battalion (brigade) 1 000 people. When the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, all the battalion-level troops were reduced to regimental level, so the battalion had regimental scale, which was larger than other countries' troops.

3. The formation of the Army Battalion Company has many forms, including three-company system, four-company system and five-company system. The 3rd Battalion has three infantry companies, the 4th Battalion includes three infantry companies and a machine gun company or a machine gun company, and the 5th Battalion includes four infantry companies and a machine gun company or a machine gun company. During the Northern Expedition, the National Revolutionary Army carried out four company battalions, and after Chiang Kai-shek introduced German consultants, the National Army carried out five company battalions.

The above is the approximate number of people in a battalion in China, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.