Order of battle for the Hainan Island operation

Following are the units and commanders involved in the Hainan Island Operation, fought 10 February 1939 as part of a campaign by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War to blockade the Guangdong mainland of the Republic of China and prevent it from communicating with the outside world and from receiving imports of much-needed arms and materials.

Japan


Hainan Conquest Forces Vice Admiral Kondō Nobutake

Ground

 * 4th Base Force [IJN]
 * Yokosuka 4th SNLF
 * Kure 6th SNLF
 * Sasebo 8th SNLF
 * 5th Garrison Unit [IJA]
 * Taiwan Mixed Brigade
 * Major Gen. Iida
 * Taiwan 1st Infantry Regiment
 * Taiwan 2nd Infantry Regiment
 * Taiwan Mountain Gun Regiment

Naval

 * Cruisers
 * 1 Myoko-class heavy cruiser (10 × 8-in. main battery, 16 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 33.75 knots)
 * Myoko (flagship)
 * 2 Nagara-class light cruisers (7 × 5.5-in. main battery, 8 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 36 knots)
 * Nagara
 * Natori
 * 23rd Destroyer Group
 * 4 Mutsuki-class destroyers (4 × 4.7-in. main battery, 6 × Type 12 torpedo tubes, 37.25 knots)
 * Mochizuki, Mutsuki, JAPANESE DESTROYER Mikazuki, JAPANESE DESTROYER Kikuzuki
 * 28th Destroyer Group
 * 2 Kamikaze (1922)-class destroyers (4 × 4.7-in. main battery, 6 × 21-in. torpedo tubes, 37.25 knots)
 * Yūnagi, Asanagi
 * 45th Destroyer Group
 * 2 Kamikaze (1905)-class destroyers (2 × 12-pdr. main battery, 2 × 18-in. torpedo tubes, 29 knots)
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Matsukaze, JAPANESE DESTROYER Asakaze
 * 12th Minesweeper Group
 * 1st Air Sentai
 * 1 fleet carrier: Akagi
 * 1 light carrier: Chiyoda
 * 1st Air Unit
 * 14th Kōkūtai
 * 16th Kōkūtai

China
Defense of Hainan Wang Yi
 * 5th Security Brigade – Wang Yi
 * 2 Security Regiments – About 1,600 men
 * 7 Guard Battalions (newly formed from residents) – 1,750 men
 * Communist Independent Battalion – 300 men
 * Xiuying Battery Garrisons (still undergoing organization) – 250 men