# Battle of Nanchang order of battle

The order of battle for the Nanchang Campaign (Mid Feb. – Early May 1939)

## Japan

11th Army - Gen. Yasuji Okamura [1,2]
* 6th Division - Lt. Gen. Shiro Inaba [4]
** 9th Infantry Brigade
*** 11th Infantry Regiment
*** 41st Infantry Regiment
** 21st Infantry Brigade
*** 21st Infantry Regiment
*** 42nd Infantry Regiment
** 5th Mountain Artillery Regiment
** 5th Cavalry Regiment
** 5th Engineer Regiment
** 5th Transport Regiment
* 101st Division - Lt. Gen Masatoshi Saito [4]
** 101st Infantry Brigade
*** 101st Infantry Regiment
*** 149th Infantry Regiment
** 102nd Infantry Brigade
*** 103rd Infantry Regiment
*** 157th Infantry Regiment
** 101st Field Artillery Regiment
** 101st Cavalry Regiment
** 101st Engineer Regiment
** 101st Transport Regiment
* 106th Division * - Lt. Gen. Atsuo Matsuura [4]
** 111th Infantry Brigade
*** 113th Infantry Regiment
*** 147th Infantry Regiment
** 136th Infantry Brigade
*** 125th Infantry Regiment
*** 145th Infantry Regiment
** 106th Field Artillery Regiment
** 106th Cavalry Regiment
** 106th Engineer Regiment
** 106th Transport Regiment
* Ishii Tank Task Force - Col. Ishii [5]
** 5th Tank Battalion - Colonel Ishii
** 7th Tank Regiment - Lieut. Colonel Kusunose
** 9th Independent Tankette Company - Captain Yamada
*** [All the armored units together comprised 76 Type 89 medium tanks and 59 Type 94 tankettes]
** 2nd Battalion of 147th Infantry Regiment /106th Div. [6]
** 1st Company of 3rd Independent Engineer Regiment[6]
** 1 Platoon of 8th Divisional Transport Unit[6]
* 120th Cavalry Regiment - Seinji Hasekawa[1]
* 22nd Artillery Regt. - Houkichi Nakahira[1]
* 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade HQ - Major Gen. Sumita[3]
** 13th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment [15 cm howitzers] Lt. Col. Okoshi[3]
** 14th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment [15 cm howitzers] Lt. Col. Maruyama[3]
** 10th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment [15 cm howitzers] Lt. Col. Nagaya[3]
** 15th Independent Field Heavy Artillery Regiment [10 cm cannons] Col. Horikawa[3]
* 101st Field Artillery Regiment [75mm field guns] Lt. Col. Yamada[3]
* 3rd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment [75mm mountain guns] Lt. Col. Morikawa[3]
* 106th Field Artillery Regiment [75mm field guns] Lt. Col. Uga[3]
* 2nd Battalion/2nd Independent Mountain Gun Regiment [75mm mountain guns] Major Matsumoto[3]
Naval: T Operation Fleet - Rear Admiral Keijiro Goga [6]
* Main unit
** 1st Base Force
** Asuka
* Advanced unit
** Hira
** Futami
* Rear Guard
** Kotaka
** 2nd Gunboat Unit
** 3rd Gunboat Unit
* Advanced Guard
** 1st Minesweeper Unit and other small craftIncluding the Sumiyoshi Maru and the Hayase
** Kure 5th SNLF
** 4th Gunboat Unit
Naval Airforce:
* Air Unit [6,7]
** River Plane Unit of 1st Base Force
*** aircraft ?
** 12th Air Unit Kōkūtai
*** Fighter daitai - ? Mitsubishi A5M
*** Bomber daitai - ? Yokosuka B3Y1
Army Airforce: 3rd Flight Group - Major Gen. Sugawara [6,7]
* Independent 17th Flying Squadron [17th Dokuritsu Hiko Chutai] - cdr ?, base: Central China
** ? Aircraft type, Reconnaissance squadron
* 45th Flying Sentai - cdr ?, base: Central China
** ? Aircraft type, Light bomber unit
* 75th Flying Sentai - cdr ?, base: Central China
** ? Aircraft type, Light bomber unit
* 77th Flying Sentai - cdr ?, base: Wuchang
** ? Kawasaki Ki-10 Fighter
Notes:
* 9th Division in Yueh-Linhsiang area. [1]
* 3rd, 13th, 116th Divisions North of Yangtze River vs. Chinese 5th War Area forces. [1]
* Only a portion of the 106th Division took part. [1]
* T Operation Fleet had over 30 ships and 50 motor boats and one battalion of Marines [1]

## China

9th War Area - Chen Cheng [1]
* 19th Army Group - Lo Cho-ying
** 79th Corps - Hsia Chu-chung
*** 118th Division - Wang Ling-yun
*** 76th Division - Wang Ling-yun
*** 98th Division - Wang Chia-pen
** 49th Corps - Liu Tuo-chuan
*** 105th Division - Wang Tieh-han
*** 9th Res. Division - Chang Yen-chuan
** 70th Corps - Li Chueh
*** 19th Division - Li Chueh (concurrent)
*** 107th Division - Tuan Heng
** 32nd Corps - Sung Ken-tang
*** 139th Division - Li Chao-ying
*** 141st Division - Tang Yung-liang
*** 142nd Division - Fu Li-ping
** 5th Res Division - Tseng Chia-chu
** Poyang Lake Garrison - Tseng Chia-chu
*** 3 Regts of Kiangsi Peace Preservation Force
** Lu Shan Guerrilla Command - Yang Yu-chen
*** 2 Peace Preservation Regts
* 74th Corps - Yu Chi-shih
** 51st Division - Wang Yao-wu
** 58th Division - Feng Sheng-fa
** 60th Division - Chen Pei
* Hunan - Hupei - Kiangsi Border Area Guerrilla Command - Fan Sung-pu
** 8th Corps - Li Yu-tang
*** 3rd Division - Chao Hsi-tien
*** 197th Division - Ting Ping-chuan
** 73rd Corps - Peng Wei-jen
*** 15th Division - Wang Chih-pin
*** 77th Division - Liu Chu-ming
** 128th Division - Wang Ching-tsai
** 1st Guerrilla Command - Kung Ho-chung
*** 4 columns
* 1st Army Group - Lung Yun, Dep. Cdr. - Lu Han
** 58th Corps - Sun Tu
*** New 10th Division - Liiu Cheng-fu
*** 183rd Division - Yang Hung-kuang
** 3rd Corps - Chang Chung
*** 184th Division - Chang Chung (concurrent)
*** New 12th Division - Kung Hsun-pi
** 60th Corps - An En-pu
*** 182nd Division - An En-pu (concurrent)
*** New 11th Division - Kung Hsun-pi
* 30th Army Group - Wang Ling-chi
** 78th Corps - Hsia Shou-hsun
*** New 13th Division - Liu Cheng-fu
*** One Brigade of the New 16th Division - (command?)
** 72nd Corps - Han Hsien-pu
*** New 14th Division - Fan Nan-hsuan
*** New 15th Division - Teng Kuo-cheng

## From 3rd War Area

7 Divisions of 32nd Army Group were mentioned in the text [1] as being in the counterattack to recapture Nanchang:
32nd Army Group - Shangkuan Yun-hsiang
* 29th Corps - Chen An-Pao
** 26th Division - Liu Yu-ching
** (other divisions?)
* 25th Corps - Wang Ching-chiu
** 79th Division ?
** 5th Reserve Division ?
* 28th Corps - ?
** 16th Division
* 91st Corps - ?
** 10th Reserve Division
* 102nd Division - ?
Notes:
32nd Army Group divisions mentioned[1]:
* Attacking from area between Kan and Fu River
** 16th Division/28th Corps - ?
** 10th Reserve Division/91st Corps - ?
* Attacking from Fu River between Wu-yang-tu and Hsieh-fu-shih
** 79th Division - ?
** 5th Reserve Division - ?
* In reserve across the Fu River, later made final attack on Nanchang
** 67th Division - Mo Yu-shuo
Early reinforcement from 3rd War area, presumably part of 32nd Army Group
* 102nd Division - ?
On May 5, 1939, Chinese recovered Nanchang Train Station & Nanchang Airport, and fought bayonet wars with Japanese at city walls. 29th Corps Chief Chen An'bao sacrificed his life during the battle, and division chief Liu Yuqing was injured.