Order of battle for Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign (1942)
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The Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign was a military campaign fought from May to September 1942 as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War. This article in as order of battle, listing the present Chinese and Japanese military forces.
Japan
[edit]China Expeditionary Force – General Shunroku Hata (畑俊六) (Late April, 1942)
- 13th Army – Lt. General Shigeru Sawada (沢田茂)
- 15th Division – Lt. General Naotsugu Sakai (酒井直次) – KIA
- 15th Infantry Group HQ
- 51st Infantry Regiment
- 60th Infantry Regiment
- 67th Infantry Regiment
- 21st Field Artillery Regiment
- 15th Engineer Regiment
- 15th Division Signal Unit
- 15th Transport Regiment
- 15th Infantry Group HQ
- 22nd Division – Lt. General Sanji Ōkido (大城戸三治)
- 84th Infantry regiment
- 85th Infantry regiment
- 86th Infantry regiment
- 52nd Mountain Artillery Regiment
- 22nd Military Engineer Regiment
- 22nd Transport Regiment
- 32nd Division – Lt. General Tetsuzo Ide (井出鉄蔵 [3]) [2]
- 32nd Infantry Group HQ
- 210th Infantry Regiment
- 211th Infantry Regiment
- 212th Infantry Regiment
- 32nd Armored Vehicle Squadron
- 32nd Field Artillery Regiment
- 32nd Engineer Regiment
- 32nd Transport Regiment
- 32nd Infantry Group HQ
- 15th Division – Lt. General Naotsugu Sakai (酒井直次) – KIA
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- 70th Division – Lt. General Takayuki Uchida (内田孝行)
- 61st Infantry Brigade
- 102nd Independent Infantry Battalion
- 103rd Independent Infantry Battalion
- 104th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 105th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 62nd Infantry Brigade
- 121st Independent Infantry Battalion
- 122nd Independent Infantry Battalion
- 123rd Independent Infantry Battalion
- 124th Independent Infantry Battalion
- Labor troops
- 61st Infantry Brigade
- 116th Division – Lt. General Toshijiro Takeuchi (武内俊二郎)
- 119th Infantry Brigade
- 109th Infantry Regiment
- 120th Infantry Regiment
- 130th Infantry Brigade
- 133rd Infantry Regiment
- 138th Infantry Regiment
- 120th Cavalry Battalion
- 122nd Field Artillery Regiment
- 116th Military Engineer Regiment
- 116th Transport Regiment
- 119th Infantry Brigade
- 12th Independent Mixed Brigade – Major General Johkichi Nanbu – (南部襄吉) [2]
- 51st Independent Infantry Battalion
- 52nd Independent Infantry Battalion
- 53rd Independent Infantry Battalion
- 54th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 55th Independent Infantry Battalion
- artillery troops
- labor troops
- signal communication unit.
- 13th Independent Mixed Brigade – Major General Haruo Yamamura (山村治雄) [2]
- 56th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 57th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 58th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 59th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 60th Independent Infantry Battalion
- artillery troops
- labor troops
- signal communication unit.
- 17th Independent Mixed Brigade – Major General Hachiro Tagami (田上八郎) [2]
- 87th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 88th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 89th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 90th Independent Infantry Battalion
- 91st Independent Infantry Battalion
- artillery troops
- labor troops
- signal communication unit.
- Directly under 13th Army
- 3 Separate Artillery Regiments
- 3 Separate Engineer Regiments
- 1 Tank Battalion ?
- 5 truck Regiments
- 1 Road Construction Battalion
- 70th Division – Lt. General Takayuki Uchida (内田孝行)
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- 11th Army – Lt. General Korechika Anami (阿南惟幾)
- 3rd Division [1] – Lt. General Tagaji Takahashi (高橋多賀二)
- 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
- 5th Infantry Brigade
- 34th Division[2] – Lt. General Shigeru Ōga (大賀茂)
- ?
- Takehara Column – Major General Saburo Takehara (竹原三郎)
- 4 Battalions from 6th Division
- Imai Column – Colonel Takejiro Imai (今井亀次郎)
- 3 inf Battalions/40th Div.
- Ide Column – Colonel Tokutaro Ide (井出篤太郎)
- 1 Infantry Battalion /68th Div.
- Hirano Column – Colonel Giichi Hirano (平野儀一)
- 1 Infantry Battalion /68th Div.
- 3rd Division [1] – Lt. General Tagaji Takahashi (高橋多賀二)
Airforce:
- 1st Air Group (第一飛行団)
- 2 Recon flights
- 1 Recon squadron
- 1 Fighter squadron
- 1 squadron Lt bombers
- 1 squadron Hvy bombers
Notes:
- [1] 3rd Division was reorganized as a triangular Division in July. The 18th Infantry Regiment was removed and the remaining Infantry Regiments were subordinated under the 3rd Infantry Brigade Group.
- [2] 2nd, 6th and 9th Independent Tankette Companies participated in the campaign. But, 2nd and 6th were used in the sub-operation along Dongting Lake and 9th stayed at Nanchang for a feint operation.
- [3] 34th Recon Regiment participated in the main operation, but its tankette company was left behind and did not see action.
China
[edit]3rd War Area - Ku Chu-tung
- 25th Army Group - Li Chueh
- 88th Corps - Ho Shou-chou
- New 21st Division
- New 30th Division
- 32nd Provincial Division
- 9th Provincial Corps - Feng Sheng-fu
- 33rd Provincial Division
- 34th Provincial Division
- 35th Provincial Division
- 88th Corps - Ho Shou-chou
- 10th Army Group - Wang Ching-chiu
- 49th Corps - Wang Tieh-han
- 26th Division
- 105th Division
- 13th Provincial Division
- 79th Division
- 53rd Division
- 49th Corps - Wang Tieh-han
- 32nd Army Group - ?
- 25th Corps - Chang Wen-ching
- 40th Division
- 55th Division
- 108th Division
- 28th Corps - Tao Kuang
- 62nd Division
- 192nd Division
- 25th Corps - Chang Wen-ching
- 23rd Army Group - Tang Shih-tsun
- 21st Corps - Liu Yu-ching
- 146th Division
- 147th Division
- 148th Division
- 50th Corps - Fan Tse-ying
- 144th Division
- 145th Division
- New 7th Division
- 21st Corps - Liu Yu-ching
- 26th Corps - Ting Chih-pan
- 32nd Division
- 41st Division
- 46th Division
- 86th Corps - Mo Yu-shuo
- 16th Division
- (less 79th Division)
- 67th Division
- 74th Corps - Wang Yao-wu
- 51st Division
- 57th Division
- 58th Division
- 100th Corps - Shih Chung-cheng
- 19th Division
- (less 63rd Division)
- 75th Division
- 5th Reserve Division
9th War Area - ?
- 4th Corps
- 59th Division
- 90th Division
- 100th Division
- 58th Corps
- New 10th Division
- New 11th Division
- 79th Corps
- 98th Division
- 194th Division
- 6th Provincial Division
Airforce:
- ?
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- 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.
- Generals of World War II
- 1億人の昭和史 『日本の戦史6 (日中戦争4)』 毎日新聞社, Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1979.
- 第32師団長 Archived 7 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine