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

Kayashima Force – Lt. Gen Takashi Kayashima 1939–1941 at Dangyang
- 18th Independent Mixed Brigade – Lt. Gen Taka Kayashima 1939–1941
  - 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]
  - 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 Murakami at Jingmen
- 39th Division – - Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami^[1]
  - 39th Infantry Brigade Group
    - 231st Infantry Regiments
    - 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 Zhongxiang
- Elements of 17th Division – Lt-General Morito Hirabayashi
  - 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, north of Zhongxiang in the vicinity of modern Shuanghe
- Elements of 4th Division – Lt. Gen Kenzo Kitano
  - 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, at Suixian
- 3rd Division – Lt. General Fusataro Teshima^[1]
  - 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
7th and 13th were two of three Tank regiments assigned to 11th Army in late 1940.

China

5th War Area – Li Zongren

River West Group / 33rd Group Army – Feng Zhi'an
- 77th Army – Feng Zhi'an (concurrent)
  - 37th Division – Li Jiusi
  - 132nd Division – Wang Zhanghai
  - 179th Division – Liu Zhenshan
- 30th Army – Wang Zhonglian or Zhi Fengzheng
  - 27th Division – Xu Wenyao
  - 30th Division – Liu Zhensan
  - 31st Division – Nie Zibin
Right Flank Group / 29th Group Army – Wang Zuanxu
- 44th Army – Liao Chen
  - 149th Division
  - 150th Division
- 67th Army – Xu Shaozong
  - 161st Division
  - 162nd Division
Central Flank Group / 22nd Group Army – Sun Chen
- 41st Army – Zhen Tingxun
  - 125th Division
  - 127th Division
- 45th Army – Sun Zhen
  - 122nd Division
  - 124th Division
59th Army- Huang Weigang [moved to Xiangfan area as a mobile reserve]
- 38th Division – Li Jiusi
- 180th Division – Liu Zhensan

Sources

From: Senshi Sōshō

11th Army – Lt. General Waichiro Sonobe – Kayashima Force – Lt. Gen Takashi Kayashima 1939–1941 at Dangyang—18th Independent Mixed Brigade – Lt. Gen Takashi Kayashima 1939– 1941—40th Division – Lt-General Naojiro Amaya, – Murakami Force – Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami at Jingmen—39th Division – Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami -Teshima Force – Lt. General Fusataro Teshima [at Suixian] – 3rd Division – Fusataro Teshima

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hsu, Long-hsuen; Chang, Ming-kai (1971). History of the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Translated by Wen, Ha-hsiung (2nd ed.). Taipei: Chung Wu Publishing. pp. 22, 339–342.

[HsuChang-1] Hsu, Long-hsuen; Chang, Ming-kai (1971). History of the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Translated by Wen, Ha-hsiung (2nd ed.). Taipei: Chung Wu Publishing. pp. 22, 339–342.

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