Battle of West Henan–North Hubei Order of battle

Western Honan - N. Hupei Border Campaign (Late March -Late May 1945)

Japan

Northern Hupei Command - Sinnosuke Sasaki

39th Infantry Brigade Group
231st Infantry Regiment
232nd Infantry Regiment
233rd Infantry Regiment
39th Recon regiment
39th Field Artillery Regiment
39th Engineer Regiment
39th Transport Regiment
  • 5th Independent Mixed Brigade [elements] - ?
16th Independent Infantry Battalion
17th Independent Infantry Battalion
18th Independent Infantry Battalion
19th Independent Infantry Battalion
20th Independent Infantry Battalion
artillery troops
labor troops.

Western Honan Command (12th Army) - Lieutenant General Takashi Takamori

3rd Infantry Brigade Group
6th Infantry Regiment
68th Infantry Regiment
34th Infantry Regiment
3rd Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Cavalry Regiment
3rd Engineer Regiment
3rd Transport Regiment
59th Infantry brigade
82nd, 83rd, 84th, 85th Independent Infantry Battalions
60th Infantry brigade
86th, 118th, 119th, 120th Independent Infantry Battalions
Signal communication unit
labor troops
transport team
110th Infantry Regiment
139th Infantry Regiment
163rd Infantry Regiment
6th Field Artillery Regiment
Mountain Artillery squadron
40th Independent Engineer regiment
25th Transport Regiment
85th Infantry Brigade
26th, 27, 28, 29 Independent Infantry Battalions
86th Infantry brigade
30th, 385, 386, 387 Independent Infantry Battalions
87th Infantry brigade - (headquarters Kaifeng)
203rd, 204th, 205th, 206th Independent Infantry Battalions
88th Infantry brigade (headquarters Zhengzhou)
388th, 389th, 390th, 391st Independent Infantry Battalions
46th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 50th Independent Infantry Battalions
artillery troops
labor troops
signal communication unit.
  • 14th Independent Mixed Brigade - Yashikata Yoshikawa
61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, 65th Independent Infantry Battalions
artillery troops
labor troops
signal communication unit.
4th Cavalry Regiment
25th Cavalry Regiment (in Huaiyang)
26th Cavalry Regiment (in 商邱)
13th Tank Regiment
17th Tank Regiment
3rd Mobile Infantry regiment (in Lushan, Baofeng),
3rd mobile artillery regiment (in Xiangcheng, Lushan, Ye County)
Quick-firing artillery team (in Shan county)
reconnaissance troops (in Ye County)
labor troops (in Wang village)
AA team (in Ying bridge).
Military transport units (1,000+ transport vehicles)

China

1st War Area - Hu Tsun-nan (acting)

  • 27th Corps - Hsieh Fusan
47th Division
4th Provincial Division
28th Division
64th Provincial Division (uncommitted)
  • 78th Corps - Lai Ju-hsiung
New 42nd Division
New 43rd Division
New 44th Division
  • 85th Corps - Wu Shao-chao
23rd Division
110th Division
55th Provincial Division
  • 89th Corps -
62nd Provincial Division
New 1st Division
  • 4th Army Group - Pei Chang-hui (acting)
  • 38th Corps - Chang Yao-ming
17th Division
New 35th Division ?
  • 96th Corps - Li Hsing-chung
(main force) New 35th Division ?
(main force) 117th Division
  • 90th Corps - Yen Ming
61st Division
7th Division (from 3rd Corps)
  • 40th Corps - Ma Fa-wu
39th Division
106th Division
New 40th Division
  • Western Honan Garrison - Liu Ju-ming
  • 15th Corps - Wu Ting-lin
64th Division
65th Division
55th Provincial Division (97th Corps)
  • Hopei Chahar War Area - Kao Shu-hsun
  • New 8th Corps - Hu Po-han
New 6th Division
29th Provincial Division

5th War Area - Liu Chih

  • North Hupei Right Force [ 33rd Army Group ] -Feng Zhi'an
  • 59th Corps - Liu Chen-san
38th Division
180th Division
53rd Division
  • 77th Corps - Ho Chi-feng
132nd Division
179th Division
  • 69th Corps - Mi Wen-ho
181st Division
28th Provincial Division
  • Western Honan Left Force [ 2nd Army Group ] - Liu Ruming
  • 55th Corps -Tsao Fu-lin
29th Division
74th Division
81st Division
  • 68th Corps - Liu Ju-chen
119th Division
143rd Division
36th Provincial Division
  • Western Honan Center Force [ 22nd Army Group ] - Sun Zhen
  • 41st Corps - Tseng Su-sheng
122nd Division
124th Division
  • 45th Corps - Chen Ting-hsun
125th Division
127th Division
  • 47th Corps - Li Tsung-fang
104th Division
178th Division
  • 1st Provisional Corps
16th Artillery Regiment
4th Engineer Regiment
  • 10th War Area - Li Pin-hsien
  • Army in Response - Fu Li-ping
9th Provisional Corps
3rd Division
4th Replacement Division
13th Division
20th Division
27th Provincial Division
173rd Division

Note: A total of 148,000 men and 4 Airforce groups.[3]

References

  1. Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War Pg. 452.
  2. 抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 (Order of battle of the Japanese army that invaded China during the Sino Japanese War) Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War Pg. 453

Sources

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