Hainan Island operation order of battle
(Redirected from Order of battle for the Hainan Island Operation)
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
[edit]Defense 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
[edit]Guo Rugui, ed. (July 2005). China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations. Jiangsu People's Publishing House. ISBN 7-214-03034-9.