Order of Battle for Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign (1942)

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
  22nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
  was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the .-History:The 22nd Division was raised in 1938 out of the reserve components of the 14th Division. After minimal training, it was assigned to the Central China Command, and participated at the Battle of Wuhan in the...
  
  - Lt. General Sanji Ōkido (大城戸三次)
  - 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
Eleventh Army (Japan)
The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.-History:The Japanese 11th Army was formed on July 4, 1938 under the Japanese Central China Area Army for the task of conquering and occupying the central provinces of China between the Yangtze River and the Yellow...

- Lt. General Korechika Anami (阿南惟幾)
- 3rd Division
  3rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
  The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the .-History:The 3rd Infantry Division was formed in Nagoya in January 1871 as the , one of six regional commands created in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army. The Nagoya Garrison had responsibility for the central...
  
  - 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
  34th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
  was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the .-History:The Japanese Imperial Army 34th Division was raised as a triangular division on 2 July 1939 in Osaka. Its manpower came primarily from Osaka and Wakayama prefecture...
  
  - 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
  - 33nd 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:

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

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