Order of battle, Battle of Nanchang explained
The order of battle for the Nanchang Campaign (Mid Feb. – Early May 1939)
Japan
11th Army - Gen. Yasuji Okamura [1,2]
- 6th Division - Lt. Gen. Shiro Inaba [4]
- 9th Infantry Brigade
- 11th Infantry Regiment
- 41st Infantry Regiment
- 21st Infantry Brigade
- 21st Infantry Regiment
- 42nd Infantry Regiment
- 5th Mountain Artillery Regiment
- 5th Cavalry Regiment
- 5th Engineer Regiment
- 5th Transport Regiment
- 101st Division - Lt. Gen Masatoshi Saito [4]
- 101st Infantry Brigade
- 101st Infantry Regiment
- 149th Infantry Regiment
- 102nd Infantry Brigade
- 103rd Infantry Regiment
- 157th Infantry Regiment
- 101st Field Artillery Regiment
- 101st Cavalry Regiment
- 101st Engineer Regiment
- 101st Transport Regiment
- 106th Division * - Lt. Gen. Atsuo Matsuura [4]
- 111th Infantry Brigade
- 113th Infantry Regiment
- 147th Infantry Regiment
- 136th Infantry Brigade
- 125th Infantry Regiment
- 145th Infantry Regiment
- 106th Field Artillery Regiment
- 106th Cavalry Regiment
- 106th Engineer Regiment
- 106th Transport Regiment
- Ishii Tank Task Force - Col. Ishii [5]
- 5th Tank Battalion - Colonel Ishii
- 7th Tank Regiment - Lieut. Colonel Kusunose
- 9th Independent Tankette Company - Captain Yamada
- [All the armored units together comprised 76 Type 89 medium tanks and 59 Type 94 tankettes]
- 2nd Battalion of 147th Infantry Regiment /106th Div. [6]
- 1st Company of 3rd Independent Engineer Regiment[6]
- 1 Platoon of 8th Divisional Transport Unit[6]
- 120th Cavalry Regiment - Seinji Hasekawa[1]
- 22nd Artillery Regt. - Houkichi Nakahira[1]
- 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade HQ - Major Gen. Sumita[3]
- 13th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment [15 cm howitzers] Lt. Col. Okoshi[3]
- 14th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment [15 cm howitzers] Lt. Col. Maruyama[3]
- 10th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment [15 cm howitzers] Lt. Col. Nagaya[3]
- 15th Independent Field Heavy Artillery Regiment [10 cm cannons] Col. Horikawa[3]
- 101st Field Artillery Regiment [75mm field guns] Lt. Col. Yamada[3]
- 3rd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment [75mm mountain guns] Lt. Col. Morikawa[3]
- 106th Field Artillery Regiment [75mm field guns] Lt. Col. Uga[3]
- 2nd Battalion/2nd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment [75mm mountain guns] Major Matsumoto[3]
Naval:T Operation Fleet - Rear Admiral Keijiro Goga [6]
- Main unit
- Advanced unit
- Rear Guard
- Kotaka
- 2nd Gunboat Unit
- 3rd Gunboat Unit
- Advanced Guard
- 1st Minesweeper Unit and other small craftIncluding the Sumiyoshi Maru and the Hayase
- Kure 5th SNLF
- 4th Gunboat Unit
Naval Airforce:
- Air Unit [6,7]
- River Plane Unit of 1st Base Force
- aircraft ?
- 12th Air Unit Kōkūtai Fighter daitai - ? Mitsubishi A5M
- Bomber daitai - ? Yokosuka B3Y1
Army Airforce:3rd Flight Group - Major Gen. Sugawara [6,7]
- Independent 17th Flying Squadron [17th Dokuritsu Hiko Chutai] - cdr ?, base: Central China
- ? Aircraft type, Reconnaissance squadron
- 45th Flying Sentai - cdr ?, base: Central China
- ? Aircraft type, Light bomber unit
- 75th Flying Sentai - cdr ?, base: Central China
- ? Aircraft type, Light bomber unit
- 77th Flying Sentai - cdr ?, base: Wuchang
Notes:
- 9th Division in Yueh-Linhsiang area. [1]
- 3rd, 13th, 116th Divisions North of Yangtze River vs. Chinese 5th War Area forces. [1]
- Only a portion of the 106th Division took part. [1]
- T Operation Fleet had over 30 ships and 50 motor boats and one battalion of Marines [1]
China
9th War Area - Chen Cheng [1]
- 19th Army Group - Lo Cho-ying
- 79th Corps - Hsia Chu-chung
- 118th Division - Wang Ling-yun
- 76th Division - Wang Ling-yun
- 98th Division - Wang Chia-pen
- 49th Corps - Liu Tuo-chuan
- 105th Division - Wang Tieh-han
- 9th Res. Division - Chang Yen-chuan
- 70th Corps - Li Chueh
- 19th Division - Li Chueh (concurrent)
- 107th Division - Tuan Heng
- 32nd Corps - Sung Ken-tang
- 139th Division - Li Chao-ying
- 141st Division - Tang Yung-liang
- 142nd Division - Fu Li-ping
- 5th Res Division - Tseng Chia-chu
- Poyang Lake Garrison - Tseng Chia-chu
- 3 Regts of Kiangsi Peace Preservation Force
- Lu Shan Guerrilla Command - Yang Yu-chen
- 2 Peace Preservation Regts
- 74th Corps - Yu Chi-shih
- 51st Division - Wang Yao-wu
- 58th Division - Feng Sheng-fa
- 60th Division - Chen Pei
- Hunan - Hupei - Kiangsi Border Area Guerrilla Command - Fan Sung-pu
- 8th Corps - Li Yu-tang
- 3rd Division - Chao Hsi-tien
- 197th Division - Ting Ping-chuan
- 73rd Corps - Peng Wei-jen
- 15th Division - Wang Chih-pin
- 77th Division - Liu Chu-ming
- 128th Division - Wang Ching-tsai
- 1st Guerrilla Command - Kung Ho-chung
- 1st Army Group - Lung Yun, Dep. Cdr. - Lu Han
- 58th Corps - Sun Tu
- New 10th Division - Liiu Cheng-fu
- 183rd Division - Yang Hung-kuang
- 3rd Corps - Chang Chung
- 184th Division - Chang Chung (concurrent)
- New 12th Division - Kung Hsun-pi
- 60th Corps - An En-pu
- 182nd Division - An En-pu (concurrent)
- New 11th Division - Kung Hsun-pi
- 30th Army Group - Wang Ling-chi
- 78th Corps - Hsia Shou-hsun
- New 13th Division - Liu Cheng-fu
- One Brigade of the New 16th Division - (command?)
- 72nd Corps - Han Hsien-pu
- New 14th Division - Fan Nan-hsuan
- New 15th Division - Teng Kuo-cheng
From 3rd War Area
7 Divisions of 32nd Army Group were mentioned in the text [1] as being in the counterattack to recapture Nanchang:
32nd Army Group - Shangkuan Yun-hsiang
- 29th Corps - Chen An-Pao
- 26th Division - Liu Yu-ching
- (other divisions?)
- 25th Corps - Wang Ching-chiu
- 79th Division ?
- 5th Reserve Division ?
- 28th Corps - ?
- 91st Corps - ?
- 102nd Division - ?
Notes:
32nd Army Group divisions mentioned[1]:
- Attacking from area between Kan and Fu River
- 16th Division/28th Corps - ?
- 10th Reserve Division/91st Corps - ?
- Attacking from Fu River between Wu-yang-tu and Hsieh-fu-shih
- 79th Division - ?
- 5th Reserve Division - ?
- In reserve across the Fu River, later made final attack on Nanchang
- 67th Division - Mo Yu-shuo
Early reinforcement from 3rd War area, presumably part of 32nd Army Group
On May 5, 1939, Chinese recovered Nanchang Train Station & Nanchang Airport, and fought bayonet wars with Japanese at city walls. 29th Corps Chief Chen An'bao sacrificed his life during the battle, and division chief Liu Yuqing was injured.
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