Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign (1942) order of battle

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

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
• 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

• 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
• 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
• 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

• 11th Army – Lt. General Korechika Anami (阿南惟幾)
• 3rd Division – 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
• 34th Division – 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.

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

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
• 10th Army Group - Wang Ching-chiu
• 49th Corps - Wang Tieh-han
• 26th Division
• 105th Division
• 13th Provincial Division
• 79th Division
• 53rd Division
• 32nd Army Group - ?
• 25th Corps - Chang Wen-ching
• 40th Division
• 55th Division
• 108th Division
• 28th Corps - Tao Kuang
• 62nd Division
• 192nd Division
• 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
• 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

Sources

• 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