# Central Hubei Operation (November 1940) order of battle

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
* Kayashima Force – Lt. Gen Takashi Kayashima 1939–1941 at Dangyang
** 18th Independent Mixed Brigade – Lt. Gen Taka Kayashima 1939–1941
*** 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
*** 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 Murakami at Jingmen
** 39th Division – - Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami
*** 39th Infantry Brigade Group
**** 231st Infantry Regiments
**** 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 Zhongxiang
** Elements of 17th Division – Lt-General Morito Hirabayashi
*** 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, north of Zhongxiang in the vicinity of modern Shuanghe
** Elements of 4th Division – Lt. Gen Kenzo Kitano
*** 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 – ?
*** 7th Tank Regiment
*** 13th Tank Regiment
*** ? Tank Regiment
* Teshima Force – Lt. General Fusataro Teshima, at Suixian
** 3rd Division – Lt. General Fusataro Teshima
*** 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
* 7th and 13th were two of three Tank regiments assigned to 11th Army in late 1940.

## China

5th War Area – Li Zongren
* River West Group / 33rd Group Army – Feng Zhi'an
** 77th Army – Feng Zhi'an (concurrent)
*** 37th Division – Li Jiusi
*** 132nd Division – Wang Zhanghai
*** 179th Division – Liu Zhenshan
** 30th Army – Wang Zhonglian or Zhi Fengzheng
*** 27th Division – Xu Wenyao
*** 30th Division – Liu Zhensan
*** 31st Division – Nie Zibin
* Right Flank Group / 29th Group Army – Wang Zuanxu
** 44th Army – Liao Chen
*** 149th Division
*** 150th Division
** 67th Army – Xu Shaozong
*** 161st Division
*** 162nd Division
* Central Flank Group / 22nd Group Army – Sun Chen
** 41st Army – Zhen Tingxun
*** 125th Division
*** 127th Division
** 45th Army – Sun Zhen
*** 122nd Division
*** 124th Division
* 59th Army- Huang Weigang [moved to Xiangfan area as a mobile reserve]
** 38th Division – Li Jiusi
** 180th Division – Liu Zhensan

## Sources

From: Senshi Sōshō
11th Army – Lt. General Waichiro Sonobe – Kayashima Force – Lt. Gen Takashi Kayashima 1939–1941 at Dangyang—18th Independent Mixed Brigade – Lt. Gen Takashi Kayashima 1939– 1941—40th Division – Lt-General Naojiro Amaya,
– Murakami Force – Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami at Jingmen—39th Division – Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami
-Teshima Force – Lt. General Fusataro Teshima [at Suixian] – 3rd Division – Fusataro Teshima