# Order of battle for campaign of northern and eastern Honan 1938

Order of battle for the Campaign of Northern and Eastern Honan 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

## Japan

North China Front Army - Field Marshal Count Hisaichi Terauchi
* 16th Division - Lt. Gen. Keisuke Fujie
** 19th Infantry Brigade
*** 9th Infantry Regiment
*** 20th Infantry Regiment
** 30th Infantry Brigade
*** 33rd Infantry Regiment
*** 38th Infantry Regiment
** 22nd Field Artillery Regiment
** 20th Cavalry Regiment
** 16th Engineer Regiment
** 16th Transport Regiment
* 114th Division -Lt. Gen. Shigeji Suematsu
** 127th Infantry Brigade
*** 66th Infantry Regiment
*** 115th Infantry Regiment
** 128th Infantry Brigade
*** 102nd Infantry Regiment
*** 150th Infantry Regiment
** 120th Field Artillery Regt
** 118th Cavalry Regiment
** 114th Engineer Regiment
** 114th Transport Regiment
* 3rd Infantry Brigade / 2nd Division - Major Gen. Kazuo Isa [2]
** 4th Infantry Regiment
** 29th Infantry Regiment
* 13th Infantry Brigade / 7th Division - Major Gen. Tadao Yoshizawa [2]
** 25th Infantry Regiment
** 26th Infantry Regiment
* Imada Detachment- Colonel Imada
** 2nd Tank Battalion - Colonel Imada
*** 36 Type 89 Medium Tanks
** 1st Battalion of 9th Infantry Regiment
** One mountain gun company
** One engineer platoon
** and other support units
* 1st Army - Kyoji Kotsuki
** 14th Division - Kenji Doihara
*** 27th Infantry Brigade
**** 2nd Infantry Regiment
**** 59th Infantry Regiment
*** 28th Infantry Brigade
**** 15th Infantry Regiment
**** 50th Infantry Regiment
*** 20th Field Artillery Regiment
*** 18th Cavalry Regiment
*** 14th Engineer Regiment
*** 14th Transport Regiment
** 108th Division - Kumaya Shimomoto
*** 25th Infantry Brigade
**** 117th Infantry Regiment
**** 132nd Infantry Regiment
*** 104th Infantry Brigade
**** 52nd Infantry Regiment
**** 105th Infantry Regiment
*** 108th Field Artillery Regiment
*** 108th Cavalry Regiment
*** 108th Engineer Regiment
*** 108th Transport Regiment
* 2nd Army - Gen. Nishio
** 10th Division - Lt. Gen. Yoshio Shinozuka
*** 8th Infantry Brigade
**** 39th Infantry Regiment
**** 40th Infantry Regiment
*** 33rd Infantry Brigade[Seya Detachment]
**** 10th Infantry Regiment
**** 63rd Infantry Regiment
*** 10th Field Artillery Regiment
*** 10th Cavalry Regiment
*** 10th Engineer Regiment
*** 10th Transport Regiment

## China

China (Feb. 1938)
1st War Area - Cheng Chien
* Eastern Honan Army - Hsueh Yueh
** 64th Corps - Li Han-huen
*** 155th Division - Chen Kung-hsin
*** 187th Division - Peng Ling-cheng
** 74th Corps - Wang Yao-wu
*** 51st Division - Wang Yao-wu
*** 58th Division - Po Hui-chang
** 8th Corps - Huang Chieh
*** 40th Division - Lo Li-jung
*** 102nd Division - Po Hui-chang
* 27th Corps - Kuei Yung-ching
** 36th Division [g] - Chiang Fu-sheng
** 46th Division - Li Liang-yung
* 17th Army - Hu Tsung-nan
** 1st Corps - Li Tieh-chun
*** 1st Division - Li Tieh-chun
*** 78th Division - Li Wen
* 3rd Army Group - Sun Tung-hsuan
** 12th Corps - Sun Tung-hsuan
*** 20th Division - Chang Tse-ming
*** 22nd Division - Ku Liang-min
*** 81st Division - Chan Shu-tang
** 55th Corps - Tsao Fu-lin
*** 29th Division - Tsao Fu-lin
*** 74th Division - Li Han-chang
* 20th Army - Shang Chen
** 32nd Corps - Shang Chen
*** 139th Division - Li Chao-ying
*** 141st Division - Sung Ken-tang
*** 142nd Division - Lu Chi
** Salt Gabelle Brigade - Chian Chi-ke
** 23rd Division - Li Pi-fan
* 71st Corps - Sung Hsi-lien
** 87th Division [g] - Shen Fa-tsao
** 88th Division [g] - Fung Mu-han
* 39th Corps - Liu Ho-ting
** 34th Division - Kung Ping-fan
** 56th Division - Liu Shang-chih
* 1st Army Group - Sung Che-yuan
** 77th Corps - Feng Chih-an
*** 37th Division - Chang Ling-yun
*** 132nd Division - Wang Chang-hai
*** 179th Division - Ho Chi-feng
** 69th Corps - Shih Yu-san
*** 181st Division - Shih Yu-san
*** New 9th Division - Kao Shu-hsun
** 53rd Corps - Wan Fu-lin
*** 116th Division - Chao Fu-cheng
*** 130th Division - Chu Hung-hsun
* 91st Corps - Kao Tse-chu
** 166th Division - Ma Li-wu
** 45th Division - Liu Chin
* 90th Corps - Peng Chin-chih
** 195th Division - Liang Kai
** 196th Division - Liu Chao-huan
* New 8th Division - Chiang Tsai-chen
* 95th Division - Lo Chi
* 91st Division - Feng Chan-tsai
* New 35th Division - Wang Ching-tsai
* 61st Division - Chung Sung
* 106th Division - Shen Ke
* 109th Division - Li Shu-sen
* 94th Division - Chu Huai-ping
* 24th Division - Lin Ying
* 9th Reserve Division - Chang Yen-chuan
* 8th Reserve Division - Ling Chao-yao
* 28th Separate Brigade - Wu Hua-wen
* Hopei Militia - Chang Yin-wu
* Hopei Chahar Guerilla Commander - Sun Tien-ying
* 3rd Cavalry Corps - Cheng Ta-chang
** 4th Cavalry Division - Chang The-shun
** 9th Cavalry Division - Wang Chi-feng
* 14th Separate Cavalry Brigade - Chang Chan-kuei
* 2nd Brigade, New 1st Cavalry Division - Ma Lu
* 13th Cavalry Brigade - Yao Ching-chuan
* 6th Artillery Brigade - Huang Yung-an
* 10th Separate Artillery Brigade - Peng Meng-chi
* 5th Regiment, 1st Arty Brigade - Li Kang-yen
* 7th Separate Artillery Regiment - Chang Kuang-hou
* 9th Separate Artillery Regiment - Kuang Yu-ai
Notes:
* [g] Formerly German trained Divisions, badly mauled in the battles of Shanghai and Nanking they were no longer the elite formations they had once been.
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.230 - 235. Map 9-2.