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 Japan
http://www.generals.dk/nation/Japan.html
[5] The Japanese Mutumi troop encyclopedia
https://web.archive.org/web/20100516180653/http://homepage1.nifty.com/kitabatake/rikukaiguntop.html