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

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

Northern Hubei 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 Henan 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 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

As of mid-March 1945

First War Area 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 Kao Shu-hsun New 8th Army ‒ Hu Po-han New 6th Division 29th Provincial Division

Fifth War Area 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 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

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

• 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)