Order of battle for the Central Hubei Operation (November 1940) explained

Order of battle for the Central Hubei Operation (November 25–30, 1940), a battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Japan

11th Army – Lt. General Waichiro Sonobe [5]

Kayashima Force – Lt. Gen Takashi Kayashima 1939–1941[4,5] at Tang-yang
- 18th Independent Mixed Brigade – Lt. Gen Taka Kayashima 1939–1941[4,5]
  - 92nd Independent infantry battalion
  - 93rd Independent infantry battalion
  - 94th Independent infantry battalion
  - 95th Independent infantry battalion
  - 96th independent infantry battalion
  - artillery troops
  - labor troops
  - signal communication unit.
- Elements of the 40th Division Lt-General Naojiro Amaya, Manchuria 10/2/39 – 8/25/1941 [1],[4,5]
  - 40th Infantry Brigade group:
    - 234th Infantry regiment
    - 235th Infantry regiment
    - 236th Infantry regiment
  - 40th Cavalry regiment
  - 40th mountain artillery regiment
  - 40th military engineer regiment
  - 40th Transport regiment
Murakami Force – Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami4,5 at Chingmen
- 39th Division – - Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami [4,5] [1]
  - 39th Infantry Brigade Group
    - 231st Infantry Rregiments
    - 232nd Infantry Regiments
    - 233rd Infantry Regiments
  - 39th Recon Regiment
  - 39th Field Artillery Regiment
  - 39th Military Engineer Regiment
  - 39th Transport Regiment
  - Hirabayashi Force – Lt-General Morito Hirabayashi at Chung-hsiang Elements of 17th Division – Lt-General Morito Hirabayashi[4,5]
  - 17th Infantry Brigade Group
    - 53rd Infantry Regiment
    - 54th Infantry Regiment
    - 81st Infantry Regiment
  - 23rd Field Artillery Regiment
  - 7th Military Engineer Regiment
  - 17th Transport Regiment
- Kurahashi Detachment – Col. Kurahashi
  - 60th Infantry Regiment, detached from 15th Division in the Nanchang area.
Kitano Force – Lt. Gen Kenzo Kitano [4,5], north of Chung-hsiang in the vicinity of modern Shuanghe
- Elements of 4th Division – Lt. Gen Kenzo Kitano [4,5]
  - 4th Infantry Brigade group:
    - 8th Infantry Regiment
    - 37th Infantry Regiment
    - 61st Infantry Regiment
  - 4th Recon Regiment
  - 4th Field Artillery Regiment
  - 4th Military Engineer Regiment
  - 4th Transport Regiment
- Kususe Armored force – ?[1]
  - 7th Tank Regiment
  - 13th Tank Regiment
  - ? Tank Regiment
  - Teshima Force – Lt. General Fusataro Teshima [3], at Sui Hsien 3rd Division – Lt. General Fusataro Teshima [1][3]
  - 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

Notes

15th Division – Lt-General Keiichi Kumagai 1940–1941[4,5]
7th and 13th were two of three Tank regiments assigned to 11th Army in late 1940.

China

5th War Area – Li Tsung-jen

River West Group / 33rd Group Army – Feng Chih-an
- 77th Army – Feng Chih-an (concurrent)
  - 37th Division – Li Chiu-sze
  - 132nd Division – Wang Changhai
  - 179th Division – Liu Chen-shan
- 30th Army – Wang Chung-lien or Chih Feng-cheng
  - 27th Division – Hsu Wen-yao
  - 30th Division – Liu Chen-shan
  - 31st Division – Nie Zibin
Right Flank Group / 29th Group Army – Wang Tsan-hsu
- 44th Army – Liao Chen
  - 149th Division
  - 150th Division
- 67th Army – Hsu Shao-tsung
  - 161st Division
  - 162nd Division
Central Flank Group / 22nd Group Army – Sun Chen
- 41st Army – Chen Ting-hsun
  - 125th Division
  - 127th Division
- 45th Army – Sun Chen
  - 122nd Division
  - 124th Division
59th Army- Huang Wei-kang [moved to Hsiang-Fan area as a mobile reserve]
- 38th Division – Li Chiu-sze
- 180th Division – Liu Chen-shan

Sources

[1] 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.Pg. 339–342.Map 22.

[3] Post subject: Re: Central Hopei Operation November 25–30, 1940 Correct names for the Japanese commanders

From: Senshi Sōshō

11th Army – Lt. General Waichiro Sonobe – Kayashima Force – Lt. Gen Takashi Kayashima 1939–1941 at Tang-yang—18th Independent Mixed Brigade – Lt. Gen Takashi Kayashima 1939– 1941—40th Division – Lt-General Naojiro Amaya, – Murakami Force – Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami at Chingmen—39th Division – Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami -Teshima Force – Lt. General Fusataro Teshima [at Sui Hsien/Suizhou] – 3rd Division – Fusataro Teshima

[4] Generals from Japanhttp://www.generals.dk/nation/Japan.html

[5] The Japanese Mutumi troop encyclopediahttps://web.archive.org/web/20100516180653/http://homepage1.nifty.com/kitabatake/rikukaiguntop.html