Following are the units and commanders involved in the Hainan Island Operation, fought 10 February 1939 as part of a campaign by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War to blockade the Guangdong mainland of the Republic of China and prevent it from communicating with the outside world and from receiving imports of much-needed arms and materials.
Japan
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Hainan Conquest Forces
Vice Admiral Kondō Nobutake
Ground
edit- 4th Base Force [IJN]
- 5th Garrison Unit [IJA]
- Taiwan Mixed Brigade
- Major Gen. Iida
- Taiwan 1st Infantry Regiment
- Taiwan 2nd Infantry Regiment
- Taiwan Mountain Gun Regiment
Naval
edit- Cruisers
- 1 Myoko-class heavy cruiser (10 × 8-in. main battery, 16 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 33.75 knots)
- Myoko (flagship)
- 2 Nagara-class light cruisers (7 × 5.5-in. main battery, 8 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 36 knots)
- 1 Myoko-class heavy cruiser (10 × 8-in. main battery, 16 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 33.75 knots)
- 23rd Destroyer Group
- 4 Mutsuki-class destroyers (4 × 4.7-in. main battery, 6 × Type 12 torpedo tubes, 37.25 knots)
- 28th Destroyer Group
- 2 Kamikaze (1922)-class destroyers (4 × 4.7-in. main battery, 6 × 21-in. torpedo tubes, 37.25 knots)
- 45th Destroyer Group
- 2 Kamikaze (1905)-class destroyers (2 × 12-pdr. main battery, 2 × 18-in. torpedo tubes, 29 knots)
- 12th Minesweeper Group
- 1st Air Sentai
China
editDefense of Hainan
Wang Yi
- 5th Security Brigade – Wang Yi
- 2 Security Regiments – About 1,600 men
- 7 Guard Battalions (newly formed from residents) – 1,750 men
- Communist Independent Battalion – 300 men
- Xiuying Battery Garrisons (still undergoing organization) – 250 men
Sources
editGuo Rugui, ed. (July 2005). China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations. Jiangsu People's Publishing House. ISBN 7-214-03034-9.