Central Hubei Operation (November 1940) order of battle

Order of battle for the Central Hubei Operation (November 25–30, 1940), a battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Japan

11th Army – Lt. General Waichiro Sonobe [5]

• Kayashima Force – Lt. Gen Takashi Kayashima 1939–1941[4,5] at Tang-yang
  • 18th Independent Mixed Brigade – Lt. Gen Taka Kayashima 1939–1941[4,5]
    • 92nd Independent infantry battalion
    • 93rd Independent infantry battalion
    • 94th Independent infantry battalion
    • 95th Independent infantry battalion
    • 96th independent infantry battalion
    • artillery troops
    • labor troops
    • signal communication unit.
  • Elements of the 40th Division Lt-General Naojiro Amaya, Manchuria 10/2/39 – 8/25/1941 [1],[4,5]
    • 40th Infantry Brigade group:
      • 234th Infantry regiment
      • 235th Infantry regiment
      • 236th Infantry regiment
    • 40th Cavalry regiment
    • 40th mountain artillery regiment
    • 40th military engineer regiment
    • 40th Transport regiment
• Murakami Force – Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami4,5 at Chingmen
  • 39th Division – - Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami [4,5] [1]
    • 39th Infantry Brigade Group
      • 231st Infantry Rregiments
      • 232nd Infantry Regiments
      • 233rd Infantry Regiments
    • 39th Recon Regiment
    • 39th Field Artillery Regiment
    • 39th Military Engineer Regiment
    • 39th Transport Regiment
• Hirabayashi Force – Lt-General Morito Hirabayashi at Chung-hsiang
  • Elements of 17th Division – Lt-General Morito Hirabayashi[4,5]
    • 17th Infantry Brigade Group
      • 53rd Infantry Regiment
      • 54th Infantry Regiment
      • 81st Infantry Regiment
    • 23rd Field Artillery Regiment
    • 7th Military Engineer Regiment
    • 17th Transport Regiment
  • Kurahashi Detachment – Col. Kurahashi
    • 60th Infantry Regiment, detached from 15th Division in the Nanchang area.
• Kitano Force – Lt. Gen Kenzo Kitano [4,5], north of Chung-hsiang in the vicinity of modern Shuanghe
  • Elements of 4th Division – Lt. Gen Kenzo Kitano [4,5]
    • 4th Infantry Brigade group:
      • 8th Infantry Regiment
      • 37th Infantry Regiment
      • 61st Infantry Regiment
    • 4th Recon Regiment
    • 4th Field Artillery Regiment
    • 4th Military Engineer Regiment
    • 4th Transport Regiment
  • Kususe Armored force – ?[1]
    • 7th Tank Regiment
    • 13th Tank Regiment
    • ? Tank Regiment
• Teshima Force – Lt. General Fusataro Teshima [3], at Sui Hsien
  • 3rd Division – Lt. General Fusataro Teshima [1][3]
    • 5th Infantry Brigade
      • 6th Infantry Regiment
      • 68th Infantry Regiment
    • 29th Infantry Brigade
      • 18th Infantry Regiment
      • 34th Infantry Regiment
    • 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
    • 3rd Cavalry Regiment
    • 3rd Engineer Regiment
    • 3rd Transport Regiment

Notes

• 15th Division – Lt-General Keiichi Kumagai 1940–1941[4,5]
• 7th and 13th were two of three Tank regiments assigned to 11th Army in late 1940.

China

5th War Area – Li Tsung-jen

• River West Group / 33rd Group Army – Feng Chih-an
  • 77th Army – Feng Chih-an (concurrent)
    • 37th Division – Li Chiu-sze
    • 132nd Division – Wang Changhai
    • 179th Division – Liu Chen-shan
  • 30th Army – Wang Chung-lien or Chih Feng-cheng
    • 27th Division – Hsu Wen-yao
    • 30th Division – Liu Chen-shan
    • 31st Division – Nie Zibin
• Right Flank Group / 29th Group Army – Wang Tsan-hsu
  • 44th Army – Liao Chen
    • 149th Division
    • 150th Division
  • 67th Army – Hsu Shao-tsung
    • 161st Division
    • 162nd Division
• Central Flank Group / 22nd Group Army – Sun Chen
  • 41st Army – Chen Ting-hsun
    • 125th Division
    • 127th Division
  • 45th Army – Sun Chen
    • 122nd Division
    • 124th Division
• 59th Army- Huang Wei-kang [moved to Hsiang-Fan area as a mobile reserve]
  • 38th Division – Li Chiu-sze
  • 180th Division – Liu Chen-shan

Sources

[1] 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. 339–342. Map 22.

[3] Post subject: Re: Central Hopei Operation November 25–30, 1940 Correct names for the Japanese commanders

From: Senshi Sōshō

11th Army – Lt. General Waichiro Sonobe – Kayashima Force – Lt. Gen Takashi Kayashima 1939–1941 at Tang-yang—18th Independent Mixed Brigade – Lt. Gen Takashi Kayashima 1939– 1941—40th Division – Lt-General Naojiro Amaya, – Murakami Force – Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami at Chingmen—39th Division – Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami -Teshima Force – Lt. General Fusataro Teshima [at Sui Hsien/Suizhou] – 3rd Division – Fusataro Teshima

[4] Generals from Japan http://www.generals.dk/nation/Japan.html

[5] The Japanese Mutumi troop encyclopedia https://web.archive.org/web/20100516180653/http://homepage1.nifty.com/kitabatake/rikukaiguntop.html