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 Division - Sumida
- 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.
- 11th Independent Mixed Brigade [elements]
- Field Replacement Detachment [elements]
- 13 Armoured Cars
Western Honan Command (12th Army) - Lieutenant General Takashi Takamori
- 3rd Division [elements] -
- 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
- 69th Division [elements]-
- 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
- 115th Division - ?
- 85th Infantry Brigade
- 26th, 27, 28, 29 Independent Infantry Battalions
- 86th Infantry brigade
- 30th, 385, 386, 387 Independent Infantry Battalions
- 117th Division [elements] - ?
- 87th Infantry brigade - (headquarters Kaifeng)
- 203rd, 204th, 205th, 206th Independent Infantry Battalions
- 88th Infantry brigade (headquarters Zhengzhou)
- 388th, 389th, 390th, 391st Independent Infantry Battalions
- 11th Independent Mixed Brigade - Takeo Miyashita
- 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)
- 3rd Tank Division (>100 tanks) [elements] -
- 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
- (Mid March 1945)
1st War Area - Hu Tsun-nan (acting)
- 31st Army Group - Wang Zhonglian
- 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 Zhi
- 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
- Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War Pg. 452.
- 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
- Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War Pg. 453
Sources
- Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) 2nd Ed., 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China. Pg. 452-57. Map 43.
- 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)
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