Battle of West Henan–North Hubei order of battle

Below is the order of battle for the Western Henan - Northern Hubei Border Campaign, fought late March through late May 1945. It was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Japan[edit]

As of mid-March 1945^[1]^[2]

Northern Hubei Command[edit]

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 Henan Command (12th Army)[edit]

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 Division

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 Brigade –

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[edit]

As of mid-March 1945

First War Area[edit]

Hu Zongnan (acting)

31st Group Army ‒ Wang Zhonglian

27th Army ‒ Hsieh Fusan

47th Division

4th Provincial Division

28th Division

64th Provincial Division (uncommitted)

78th Army ‒ Lai Ju-hsiung

New 42nd Division

New 43rd Division

New 44th Division

85th Army ‒ Wu Shao-chao

23rd Division

110th Division

55th Provincial Division

89th Army

62nd Provincial Division

New 1st Division

4th Group Army ‒ Pei Chang-hui (acting)

38th Army ‒ Chang Yao-ming

17th Division

New 35th Division ?

96th Army ‒ Li Hsing-chung

(main force) New 35th Division ?

(main force) 117th Division

90th Army ‒ Yen Ming

61st Division

7th Division (from 3rd Army)

40th Army ‒ Ma Fa-wu

39th Division

106th Division

New 40th Division

Western Henan Garrison ‒ Liu Ju-ming

15th Army ‒ Wu Ting-lin

64th Division

65th Division

55th Provincial Division (97th Army)

Hebei-Chahar War Area[edit]

Kao Shu-hsun

New 8th Army ‒ Hu Po-han

New 6th Division

29th Provincial Division

Fifth War Area[edit]

Liu Zhi

North Hubei Right Force (33rd Group Army) ‒ Feng Zhi'an

59th Army ‒ Liu Chen-san

38th Division

180th Division

53rd Division

77th Army ‒ Ho Chi-feng

132nd Division

179th Division

69th Army ‒ Mi Wen-ho

181st Division

28th Provincial Division

Western Henan Left Force (2nd Group Army) ‒ Liu Ruming

55th Army ‒ Tsao Fu-lin

29th Division

74th Division

81st Division

68th Army ‒ Liu Ju-chen

119th Division

143rd Division

36th Provincial Division

Western Henan Center Force (22nd Group Army) ‒ Sun Zhen

41st Army ‒ Tseng Su-sheng

122nd Division

124th Division

45th Army ‒ Chen Ting-hsun

125th Division

127th Division

47th Army ‒ Li Tsung-fang

104th Division

178th Division

1st Provisional Army

16th Artillery Regiment

4th Engineer Regiment

Tenth War Area[edit]

Li Pin-hsien

Army in Response ‒ Fu Li-ping

9th Provisional Army

3rd Division

4th Replacement Division

13th Replacement Division

20th Replacement Division

27th Provincial Division

173rd Division

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

References[edit]

^ 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[edit]

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)

[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

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