# Battle of South Henan order of battle

Battle of South Henan (late Jan. – early Feb. 1941)

## Japan

11th Army – Waichirō Sonobe
* 3rd Division – Fusataro Hanjima [1]?
** 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
* 39th Division – Lt. Gen Keisaku Muragami [4,5]
** 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
* 4th Division (partial) – 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
* 40th Division – Lt-General Naojikiro Amaya, Manchuria 10/2/39-8/25/1941[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
* Kurahashi Detachment/15th Division – Col. Kurahashi
** 60th Infantry Regiment (from 15th Division in the Nanchang area)
* 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
* 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.
* 7th Tank Regiment – ?
* 13th Tank Regiment – ?
* ? Tank Regiment – ? [1] (one of 3 Tank Regiments)
* 1 Separate Heavy Artillery Regiment
Airforce:
* ? (100 aircraft)

## China

5th War Area – Li Zongren [1]
* 2nd Army Group – Sun Lianzhong
** 55th Corps -Tsao Fu-lin
*** 74th Division – Tsao Fu-lin
*** 29th Division – Li Tseng-chih
** 59th Corps – Huang Wei-kang
*** 38th Division – Li Chiu-sze
*** 180th Division – Liu Chen-shan
** 68th Corps – Liu Ju-ming
*** 143rd Division – Huang Chao-sung
*** 119th Division – Chen Hsin-chi
*** 36th Provincial Division – Liu Ju-chen
* 33rd Army Group – Feng Zhi'an
** 77th Corps – Feng Chih-an (concurrent
*** 37th Division – Li Chiu-sze
*** 179th Division – Liu Chen-shan
** 30th Corps – Chih Feng-cheng
*** 27th Division – Hsu Wen-yao
*** 30th Division – Liu Chen-shan
* 2nd Army – Ho Chu-kuo
** Separate Inf. Brigade
** 3rd Division -
* 31st Army Group – Tang Enbo
** 92nd Corps – Li Hsien-chou
*** 21st Division – Hsu Wen-yao
*** 142nd Division – Fu Li-ping
*** 14th Provincial Division – Liao Yun-tse
** 85th Corps – Li Hsien-chou
*** 4th Division – Shih Chueh
*** 25th Division – Ni Tsu-hui
*** 11th Reserve Division – Chang Tang-hsiang
** 29th Corps – Chen Ta-ching
*** 19th Division – Lai Ju-hsiung
*** 91st Division – Wang Yu-wen
*** 16th Provincial Division – Li Chiang
** 13th Corps – Chang Hsueh-chung
*** 89th Division – Shu Yung
*** 110th Division – Wu Shao-chou
*** New 1st Division – Tsai Chi
** 84th Corps – Mo Shu-chieh
* 36th Corps – ?
* 15th Sep. Brigade – Huang Tze-hua
* 14th Artillery Regiment
* 4th Separate Engineer Battalion
* 4th Battery, 1st Btn. 56th AT Regiment
Airforce:

## 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.
* [4] Generals from Japan
* [5] The Japanese Mutumi troop encyclopedia