This is the order of battle for the January 28 incident, also known as the first Shanghai incident, in 1932. This was a brief war between the armies of the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan that occurred prior to the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Because the Japanese assumed the tactical initiative, their forces are listed first.
Japan
<big>Shanghai Expeditionary Army</big><br> <big>General Yoshinori Shirakawa</big>
Chief of Staff: Lieutenant General Kanichiro Tashiro
Army troops
: Mixed Regiment Medium Artillery
:: 3 batteries (150mm howitzers, 12 guns, horse drawn)
:: 2 batteries (100mm guns, 8 guns, horse drawn)
24th Mixed Brigade
Major General Kumaya Shimomoto
: 2nd Battalion / 14th Infantry Regiment
: 1st Battalion / 24th Infantry Regiment
: 1st Battalion / 46th Infantry Regiment
: 1st Battalion / 48th Infantry Regiment
: 2nd Battalion / 3rd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment
: 2nd Company / 18th Engineer Battalion
9th Division
Lieutenant General Kenkichi Ueda
: 6th Infantry Brigade
:: 7th Infantry Regiment
:: 35th Infantry Regiment
: 18th Infantry Brigade
:: 19th Infantry Regiment
:: 36th Infantry Regiment
: 9th Mountain Artillery Regiment
: 9th Cavalry Regiment
: 2nd Independent Tank Company
: Captain Shigemi
:: 5 Type 89 Medium Tanks
:: 10 Renault NC27 Tanks
: Cavalry Detachment
: Artillery Battalion (150mm howitzers)
: Heavy Siege Gun Unit (150mm mortars, 6 guns)
11th Division
Lieutenant General Tokutarou Koutou
: 10th Infantry Brigade
:: 12th Infantry Regiment
:: 22nd Infantry Regiment
: 22nd Infantry Brigade
:: 43rd Infantry Regiment
:: 44th Infantry Regiment
: 11th Mountain Artillery Regiment
: 11th Cavalry Regiment
: 11th Engineer Regiment
: 11th Army Service Detachment
14th Division
Lieutenant General Naosuke Matsuki
: 27th Infantry Brigade
:: 2nd Infantry Regiment
:: 59th Infantry Regiment
: 28th Infantry Brigade
:: 15th Infantry Regiment
:: 50th Infantry Regiment
: 20th Field Artillery Regiment
: 18th Cavalry Regiment
: 14th Engineer Regiment
: 14th Battalion of Army Service Corps
Army Air Service
: 3 bomber squadrons
: 1 pursuit squadron (Nieuports)
: 1 reconnaissance squadron
<big>Third Fleet</big><br> <big>Vice Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura</big>
1st Carrier Division (Koku-sentai)
: Fleet carrier Kaga (å è³Â) (flagship)
:: Nakajima A1N fighters
:: Mitsubishi B1M bombers
: Light carrier HÃ
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 (é³³ç¿Â)
:: 9 Nakajima A1N2 fighters
:: 3 Mitsubishi B2M bombers
:: 3 Mitsubishi C1M Type 10 reconnaissance aircraft
32 other warships including
: 1 KongÃ
Â-class battlecruiser: Kirishima (é§島)
: 1 Nagara-class cruiser: Yura (ç±è¯)
: 1 TenryÃ
«-class cruiser: TenryÃ
« (天é¾Â)
: 1 Mutsuki-class destroyer: Mutsuki (ç¦æÂÂ)
Shanghai SNLF
Captain Samejima (2,000 men)
: 1st Battalion (Including Sasebo 1st SNLF)
: 2nd Battalion (Former Kure 1st SNLF)
: 3rd Battalion (Former Sasebo 2nd SNLF)
: 4th Battalion (Former Sasebo 3rd SNLF)
: 5th Battalion (Former Yokosuka 1st SNLF)
: 7th Battalion (Former Yokosuka 2nd SNLF)
Armed reservists (est. 2,800-2,900 men) and Ronin (est. 100-200 men)
Total Naval forces in Shanghai as of Feb 1932: approx. 5,000 men
China
<big>Shanghai Front</big><br> <big>General Cai Tingkai</big>
19th Route Army
Lieutenant General Jiang Guangnai
: 60th Division
: Major General Sheng Guanghan
:: 119th Brigade
:: 120th Brigade
: 61st Division
: Lieutenant General Mao Weishou
:: 121st Brigade
:: 122nd Brigade
: 78th Division
: Lieutenant General Shu Zu-nien
:: 155th Brigade
:: 156th Brigade
3 Chinese armored trains (500 men)
Woosung Forts Garrison (2,000 men)
5th Army
General Zhang Zhizhong
: 87th Division
: Lieutenant General Lau Ching-yueh
:: 174th Brigade
:: 175th Brigade
: 88th Division
: Lieutenant General Yu Jishi
:: 176th Brigade
:: 177th Brigade
: Independent Brigade
: Major General Wang Ken
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