Order of battle of the Battle of Xuzhou

The Battle of Xuzhou was fought in May 1938 as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Japan
The Japanese Order of battle

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/9th Infantry Regiment/16th Division
 * One mountain gun company
 * One engineer platoon
 * and other support units

2nd Army
Gen. Toshizō Nishio


 * 5th Division - Gen. Seishirō Itagaki
 * 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
 * 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

Central China Expeditionary Force
Field Marshal Shunroku Hata


 * 3rd Division- Gen. Lt. Gen. Susumu Fujita
 * 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
 * 5th Tank Battalion - Colonel Hosomi (attached to support 3rd Division)
 * 32 Type 89 Medium Tanks
 * 15 Type 94 Tankettes
 * 9th Division - Lt. Gen. Ryousuke Yoshizumi
 * 6th Infantry Brigade
 * 7th Infantry Regiment
 * 35th Infantry Regiment
 * 18th Infantry Brigade
 * 19th Infantry Regiment
 * 36th Infantry Regiment
 * 9th Mountain Artillery Regiment
 * 9th Cavalry Regiment
 * 9th Engineer Regiment
 * 9th Transport Regiment
 * 13th Division - Lt. Gen. Ryuhei Ogisu
 * 26th Infantry Brigade
 * 58th Infantry Regiment
 * 116th Infantry Regiment
 * 103rd Infantry Brigade
 * 65th Infantry Regiment
 * 104th Infantry Regiment(-)
 * 19th Mountain Artillery Regiment
 * 17th Cavalry Regiment
 * 13th Engineer Regiment
 * 13th Transport Regiment
 * Iwanaka Detachment- Colonel Iwanaka
 * 1st Tank Battalion - Colonel Iwanaka
 * 24 Type 89 Medium Tanks, 8 Type 94 Tankettes
 * 17th Independent Tankette Company
 * 1st Battalion / 104th Infantry Regiment / 13th Division
 * One platoon of 19th Mountain Gun Regiment
 * Part of 1st Independent Engineer Company
 * One Independent Motorcar Company
 * Part of 13th Divisional Signal Unit

Air Forces
IJA Air Forces

North China
 * Temporary Aviation Army Corps
 * 1st Hiko Daitai (Type 88 reconnaissance aircraft)
 * 2nd Hiko Daitai (Kawasaki Ki-10 fighter)
 * 5th Hiko Daitai (light bomber)
 * 6th Hiko Daitai (Type 93 twin engine bomber)
 * 7th Hiko Daitai (reconnaissance aircraft)
 * 9th Hiko Daitai (light bomber)
 * 3rd Independent squadron (large bomber)
 * 9th Independent squadron (Kawasaki Ki-10 fighter)
 * 1st Temporary independent squadron (Mitsubishi Ki-15)

Central China
 * 3rd Flight Group
 * 1st independent squadron (reconnaissance aircraft)
 * 6th independent squadron (reconnaissance aircraft)
 * 10th independent squadron (Kawasaki Ki-10 fighters)
 * 8th Hiko Daitai (Ki-10 fighters)[4]

IJN Air Forces Station: Daikojo (12/37 – 06/38), Anqing (06/38 – autumn/38)
 * 12th Kōkūtai (predominantly fighter unit.)
 * Fighter daitai - Mitsubishi A5M
 * Attack daitai - Yokosuka B3Y1

Station: Daikojo (12/37 – 03/38), Shanghai (04/38 – 11/40)
 * 13th Kōkūtai (predominantly land attack unit.)
 * Fighter daitai - Mitsubishi A5M
 * Attack daitai - Yokosuka B3Y1, Mitsubishi G3M (land attack unit.)

(Formed during April 1938.) Station: Sanqzao Island (04/38 – ?)
 * 14th Kōkūtai
 * Fighter daitai - Mitsubishi A5M
 * Bomber daitai - ?
 * Attack daitai - ?

Army
5th War Area - Li Zongren
 * 2nd Group Army - Sun Lien-chung From 1st War area March 1938
 * 30th Army - Tien Chen-nan
 * 30th Division - Chang Cing-chao
 * 31st Division - Chih Feng-cheng
 * 42nd Army - Feng An-pang
 * 27th Division - Huang Chiao-sung
 * 44th Division - Wu Peng-chu
 * 3rd Group Army - Sun Tung-hsuen (acting)
 * 12th Army - Sun Tung-hsuen
 * 20th Division - Sun Tung-hsuen
 * 81st Division - Chan Shu-tang
 * 55th Army - Tsao Fu-lin
 * 29th Division - Tsao Fu-lin (concurrent)
 * 74th Division - Li Han-chang
 * 56th Army - Ku Liang-min
 * 22nd Division - Ku Liang-min (concurrent)
 * Pistol Brigade - Wu Hua-wen
 * 11th Group Army - Li Pin-hsien
 * 31st Army - Wei Yung San
 * 131st Division - Chin Lien-fang
 * 135th Division - Su Tzu-hsing
 * 138th Division - Mo Teh-hung
 * 21st Group Army - Liao Lei
 * 7th Army - Chou Tsu-huang
 * 170th Division - Hsu Chi-ming
 * 171st Division - Yang Fu-chang
 * 172nd Division - Cheng Shu-feng
 * 48th Army - Liao Lei (concurrent)
 * 174th Division - Wang Tsan-pin
 * 176th Division - Ou Shou-nien
 * 22nd Group Army - Teng His-hou, (Sun Cheng - acting) [from Szechuan]
 * 41st Army - Sun Cheng
 * 122nd Division - Wang Ming-chang
 * 124th Division - Wang Shih-chun
 * 45th Army - Chen Ting-hsun
 * 125th Division - Chen Ting-hsun (concurrent)
 * 127th Division - Chen Li
 * 366 Division? [6] (peace preservation units?)
 * 372 Division? [6] (peace preservation units?)
 * 24th Group Army - Han The-chin (acting)
 * 57th Army - Miao Chen-liu
 * 111th Division - Chang En-tuo
 * 112th Division - Hou Shou-yi
 * 89th Army - Han Teh-chin (concurrent)
 * 33rd Division - Han Teh-chin (concurrent)
 * 117th Division - Li Shou-wei[6]
 * attached Kiangsu Peace Preservation Units
 * 26th Group Army - Hsu Yuan-chuan (concurrent)
 * 10th Army - Hsu Yuan-chuan (concurrent)
 * 41st Division - Ting Chih-pan
 * 48th Division - Hsu Chi-wu
 * 199th Division - Lo Shu-chia
 * 27th Group Army - Yang Sen
 * 20th Army - Yang Sen (concurrent)
 * 133rd Division - Yang Han-yu
 * 134th Division - Yang Han-chung
 * 3rd Corps - Pang Bingxun
 * 40th Army - Pang Bingxun (concurrent)
 * 39th Division - Ma Fa-wu
 * 19th Corps - Feng Chi-an
 * 77th Army - Feng Chi-an (concurrent)
 * 37th Division - Chia Chien-hsi
 * 179th Division - Ho Chi-feng
 * 132nd Division - Wang Chang-hai
 * 20th Corps - Tang Enbo
 * 52nd Army - Kuan Lin-cheng
 * 2nd Division - Cheng Tung-kuo[r]
 * 25th Division - Chang Yao-ming[r]
 * 85th Army - Wang Chung-lien
 * 4th Division - Chen Ta-ching[r]
 * 89th Division - Division - Hsueh-chung
 * 110th Division - Chang Chen
 * 27th Corps - Chang Tse-chung
 * 59th Army - Chang Tse-chung (concurrent) [From 1st War area Jan. 1938]
 * 38th Division - Huang Wei-kang
 * 180th Division - Liu Chen-san
 * 9th Division - Chang Teh-shun Must be a different Division,  the 9th is below with 2nd Corps.
 * 13th Cav. Brigade - Yao Ching-chuan
 * 2nd Army - Li Yen-nien
 * 3rd Division - Li Yu-tang
 * 9th Division - Li Yen-nien (concurrent)
 * 22nd Army - Tan Tao-yuan
 * 50th Division - Chen Kuang-yu
 * 46th Army - Fan Sung-pu
 * 28th Division - Tung Chao
 * 49th Division - Chou Shih-mein
 * 92nd Division - Huang Kuo-liang
 * 51st Army - Yu Hsueh-chung
 * 113th Division - Chao Kuang-lieh
 * 114th Division - Mu Chung-heng
 * 60th Army - Lu Han
 * 182nd Division - An En-fu
 * 183rd Division - Kao Kyin-huai
 * 184th Division - Chang Chung
 * 68th Army - Liu Ju-ming
 * 119th Division - Li Chin-tien
 * 143rd Division - Li Tseng-chih
 * 69th Army - Shih Yu-san
 * 181st Division - Shih Yu-san (concurrent)
 * New 6th Division - Kao Shu-hsun
 * 75th Army - Shih Yu-san
 * 6th Division - Shih Yu-san (concurrent)
 * 93rd Division - Kan Li-chu
 * 92nd Army - Li Hsien-chou
 * 13th Division - Wu Liang-shen
 * 21st Division - Li Hsien-chou (concurrent)
 * 95th Division - Lo Chi
 * 104th Division - Wang Wen-yen
 * 115 Division?
 * 1st Regt. 1st Arty. Bde.
 * 4th, 5th,6th and 7th Art. Regt.

Airforce
1st Air Route Command (ARC)
 * Headquarters at Nanchang
 * 4th Pursuit Group based at Hankou - Mao Ying-Chu
 * 21st Pursuit Squadron - Captain Teng Ming-Teh
 * 22nd Pursuit Squadron - Zhang Wei-Hua
 * Curtiss Hawk III
 * 23rd Pursuit Squadron - Liu Chung-Wu
 * Polikarpov I-15bis
 * 24th Pursuit Squadron - Zhang Zhun
 * Curtiss Hawk III

3rd Air Route Command
 * Headquarters at Sian
 * 17th Pursuit Squadron
 * I-15bis based at Sian
 * 25th Pursuit Squadron
 * I-15bis based at Sian
 * 3rd Pursuit Group - Lt. Colonel Wu Yu-Liu
 * based at Hsaio Kan
 * 7th Pursuit Squadron - Xiang Yung
 * I-15bis
 * 8th Pursuit Squadron -
 * I-15bis