User:Hungrydog55/sandbox/military/sino-jap/1938-10 oob Guangdong-Operation

Below is the order of battle for the Canton Operation, October to December 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Ground forces
Twenty-first Army Lieut. General Motoo Furusho [8]


 * 5th Division
 * Lieut. General Rikichi Ando [8]
 * 9th Infantry Brigade
 * 11th Infantry Regiment
 * 41st Infantry Regiment
 * 21st Infantry Brigade
 * 21st Infantry Regiment
 * 42nd Infantry Regiment
 * 5th Field Artillery Regiment
 * 5th Cavalry Regiment
 * 5th Engineer Regiment
 * 5th Transport Regiment
 * 18th Division
 * Lieut. General Seiichi Kunou [8]
 * 23rd Infantry Brigade
 * 55th Infantry Regiment
 * 56th Infantry Regiment
 * 35th Infantry Brigade
 * 114th Infantry Regiment
 * 124th Infantry Regiment
 * 22nd Cavalry Battalion
 * 18th Mountain Artillery Regiment
 * 12th Military Engineer Regiment
 * 12th Transport Regiment
 * 104th Division
 * Lieut. General Toshio Miyake [8]
 * 107th Infantry Brigade
 * 108th Infantry Regiment
 * 170th Infantry Regiment
 * 132nd Infantry Brigade
 * 137th Infantry Regiment
 * 161st Infantry Regiment
 * 104th Field Artillery Regiment
 * 104th Cavalry Regiment
 * 104th Engineer Regiment
 * 104th Transport Regiment

Forces directly under Twenty-first Army
 * 3rd Independent Machinegun Battalion (独立機関銃第三大隊)
 * 6th Independent Machinegun Battalion (独立機関銃第六大隊)
 * 21st Independent Machinegun Battalion (独立機関銃第二十一大隊)
 * 11th Independent Light Armored Car Company (独立軽装甲車第十一中隊)
 * 51st Independent Light Armored Car Company (独立軽装甲車第五十一中隊)
 * 52nd Independent Light Armored Car Company (独立軽装甲車第五十二中隊)
 * 111th Mountain Artillery Regiment (山砲兵第百十一聯隊)
 * 10th Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment (独立山砲兵第十聯隊)
 * 1st Heavy Field Artillery Brigade (野戦重砲兵第一旅団)
 * 2nd Mortar Battalion (迫撃第二大隊)
 * 21st Mortar Battalion (迫撃第二十一大隊)
 * 11th Independent Heavy Siege Artillery Battalion (独立攻城重砲兵第十一大隊)
 * 1st Independent Heavy Mortar Battalion (独立臼砲第一大隊)
 * 2nd Independent Heavy Mortar Battalion (独立臼砲第二大隊)
 * 3rd Division's 6th and 7th Field Anti-Aircraft Batteries (第三師団第六、第七野戦高射砲隊)
 * 3rd Division's 8th and 9th Field Anti-Aircraft Batteries (第三師団第八、第九野戦高射砲隊)
 * 1st Division's 6th and 8th Field Anti-Aircraft Batteries (第一師団第六、第八野戦高射砲隊)
 * 5th Division's 2nd Field Anti-Aircraft Battery (第五師団第二野戦高射砲隊)
 * 20th Division's 2nd Field Anti-Aircraft Battery (第二十師団第二野戦高射砲隊)
 * 1st Independent Balloon Company (独立気球第一中隊)
 * 15th Independent Engineer Regiment (独立工兵十五聯隊)
 * 8th Signal Communication Unit (第八通信隊)
 * 6th Field Meteorological Unit (第六野戦気象隊)
 * 3rd Field Survey Unit (第三野戦測量隊)

Tactical Organization of the Twenty-first Army

 * Oikawa Detachment (及川支隊)
 * 9th Infantry Brigade (Detached from 5th Division)
 * 11th Infantry Regiment
 * 5th Engineer Regiment (Detached from 5th Division)
 * 1st Company
 * Forces under Oikawa Detachment
 * 52nd Independent Light Armoured Car Company
 * 10th Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment (1 Battalion)
 * 1st Battalion
 * 15th Independent Engineer Regiment
 * 18th Division
 * 23rd Infantry Brigade
 * 55th Infantry Regiment
 * 56th Infantry Regiment
 * 35th Infantry Brigade
 * 114th Infantry Regiment
 * 124th Infantry Regiment (Detached except for 3rd Battalion)
 * 3rd Battalion
 * 22nd Cavalry Battalion
 * 18th Mountain Artillery Regiment
 * 12th Military Engineer Regiment
 * 12th Transport Regiment
 * Forces under 18th Division
 * 3rd Independent Machinegun Battalion
 * 21st Independent Machinegun Battalion
 * 11th Independent Light Armoured Car Company
 * 51st Independent Light Armoured Car Company
 * 111th Mountain Artillery Regiment
 * 2nd Mortar Battalion
 * 2nd Independent Heavy Mortar Battalion


 * 104th Division
 * 107th Infantry Brigade (108th Infantry Regiment remained in Manchuria)
 * 170th Infantry Regiment
 * 132nd Infantry Brigade (161st Infantry Regiment remained in Manchuria)
 * 137th Infantry Regiment
 * 104th Field Artillery Regiment (2 Battalions remained in Manchuria)
 * 104th Cavalry Regiment (1 Battalion remained in Manchuria)
 * 104th Engineer Regiment
 * 104th Transport Regiment
 * Forces under 104th Division
 * 124th Infantry Regiment (Detached from 18th Division, 2 Battalions)
 * 1st Battalion
 * 2nd Battalion
 * 6th Independent Machinegun Battalion
 * 5th Field Artillery Regiment (1 Battalion)
 * 2nd Battalion
 * 10th Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment (2 Battalions)
 * 2nd Battalion
 * 3rd Battalion
 * 21st Mortar Battalion (1 Company)
 * 1st Company
 * 11th Independent Heavy Siege Artillery Battalion
 * 5th Division
 * 9th Infantry Brigade
 * 41st Infantry Regiment
 * 21st Infantry Brigade
 * 21st Infantry Regiment
 * 42nd Infantry Regiment
 * 5th Field Artillery Regiment (2 Battalions)
 * 1st Battalion
 * 3rd Battalion
 * 5th Cavalry Regiment
 * 5th Engineer Regiment (Except for 1st Company)
 * 5th Transport Regiment
 * Forces under 5th Division
 * 21st Mortar Battalion (3 Companies)
 * 2nd Company
 * 3rd Company
 * 4th Company
 * 1st Independent Heavy Mortar Battalion
 * 3rd Division's 8th Field Anti-Aircraft Battery
 * 21st Army Direct Control
 * 1st Heavy Field Artillery Brigade
 * 3rd Division's 6th, 7th and 9th Field Anti-Aircraft Batteries
 * 1st Independent Balloon Company

Air forces
4th Flight Group Major General Tomo Fujita [8][2] (Formed on September 19, 1938, under the 21st Army)
 * 64th Hiko Sentai - Major Tamiya Teranishi,[2][3] (Base: Ertaokou 8/38 – 11/38)
 * 1st Chutai - Captain Mitsugu Sawada
 * Nakajima Ki-27 fighter aircraft
 * 2nd Chutai - Captain Tsuguroku Nakao
 * Kawasaki Ki-10 fighter aircraft
 * Nakajima Ki-27 fighter aircraft
 * 27th Hiko Sentai - ? [2][3]
 * 1st Chutai - ?
 * Light bomber - ?
 * 31st Hiko Sentai - ? (Base: Canton 11/38 – ) [2][3]
 * Light bomber unit.
 * 1st Aviation Corps (reconnaissance aircraft)[2]
 * 94th Flight Group [2]
 * 97th Flight Group [2]
 * 3rd Flying Field Squadron [2]
 * 1st Field Operation Flying Field team.[2]

Naval forces
Fifth Fleet Vice Admiral Kōichi Shiozawa (塩澤中将)
 * 1st Carrier Division
 * Fleet carrier Kaga (加賀)
 * 29th Destroyer Division
 * 2 Kamikaze-class destroyers (4 × 4.7-in. main battery, 6 × 21-in. torpedo tubes, 37.25 knots)
 * Oite (追風), Hayate (疾風)
 * Second Carrier Division
 * Fleet carrier Sōryū (蒼龍)


 * F   18 A5M & A4N1
 * DB  27 DA2
 * TB  12 B4Y1
 * Light carrier Ryūjō (龍驤)


 * F    9 Mitsubishi A5M
 * DB  15 D1A1
 * 30th Destroyer Division
 * Destroyer Mutsuki (睦月)
 * Destroyer Mochizuki (望月)
 * Destroyer Kisaragi (如月)
 * Destroyer Yayoi (弥生)
 * 9th Cruiser Division
 * Vice Admiral Kōichi Shiozawa (塩澤中将)
 * 1 Myōkō-class heavy cruiser (10 × 8-in. main battery, 16 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 33.75 knots)
 * Myōkō (妙高) (flagship)
 * 1 Kuma-class light cruiser (7 × 5.5-in. main battery, 8 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 31.75 knots)
 * Tama (多摩)
 * 10th Cruiser Division
 * Rear Admiral Seiichiro Fujimori (藤森少将)
 * 2 Tenryū-class light cruisers (4 × 5.5-in. main battery, 6 × 21-in. torpedo tubes, 33 knots)
 * Tenryū (天龍), Tatsuta (龍田)
 * 8th Cruiser Division
 * Rear Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa (小澤少将)
 * 2 Nagara-class light cruisers (7 × 5.5-in. main battery, 8 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 36 knots)
 * Kinu (鬼怒), Yura (由良)
 * 1 Sendai-class light cruiser (7 × 5.5-in. main battery, 8 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 35.25 knots)
 * Naka (那珂)
 * 2nd Torpedo Squadron
 * 1 Sendai-class light cruiser (7 × 5.5-in. main battery, 8 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 35.25 knots)
 * Jintsū (神通)
 * 8th Destroyer Division
 * 3 Fubuki-class destroyers (6 × 5-in. main battery, 18 × Type 90 torpedo tubes, 38 knots)
 * Amagiri (天霧), Yūgiri (夕霧), Asagiri (朝霧)
 * 12th Destroyer Division
 * 4 Fubuki-class destroyers (6 × 5-in. main battery, 18 × Type 90 torpedo tubes, 38 knots)
 * Shirakumo (白雲), Murakumo (叢雲), Shinonome (東雲), Usugumo (薄雲)
 * 5th Torpedo Squadron
 * 1 Nagara-class light cruisers (7 × 5.5-in. main battery, 8 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 36 knots)
 * Nagara (長良)
 * 16th Destroyer Division
 * 3 Wakatake-class destroyers (3 × 4.7-in. main battery, 3 × 21-in. torpedo tubes, 36 knots)
 * Fuyō (芙蓉), Asagao (朝顔), Karukaya (刈萱)
 * 23rd Destroyer Division
 * 4 Mutsuki-class destroyers (4 × 4.7-in. main battery, 6 × Type 12 torpedo tubes, 37.25 knots)
 * Kikuzuki (菊月), Mochizuki (望月), Mikazuki (三日月), Yūzuki (夕月)

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 * Second Base Force
 * 14th Air Group
 * Takao Air Group
 * Seaplane Tender Chitose (千歳)
 * Seaplane Tender Kamikawa Maru (神川丸)
 * 3rd Destroyer Division
 * Destroyer Shimakaze (島風)
 * Destroyer Shiokaze (汐風)
 * Destroyer Nadakaze (灘風)
 * 1st Gunboat Division
 * Special Gunboat Shuri Maru (首里丸)
 * Special Gunboat Nagatoshiyama Maru (長壽山丸)
 * Special Gunboat Nagashiroyama Maru (長白山丸)
 * 1st Combined Air Group
 * Additional Units:
 * 11th Minesweeper Division
 * Minesweeper No. 16 (掃十六)
 * Minesweeper No. 14 (掃十四)
 * Minesweeper No. 15 (掃十五)
 * Minesweeper No. 13 (掃十三)
 * Minesweeper No. 18 (掃十八)
 * Minesweeper No. 17 (掃十七)

China
Canton Area Defense October 1938 [1]

12th Army Group – Yu Han-mou [1]
 * 62nd Corps – Chang Ta
 * 151st Division – Mo His-teh
 * 152nd Division – Chen Chang
 * 63rd Corps – Chang Jui-kuei
 * 153rd Division – Chang Jui-kuei
 * 154th Division – Liang Shih-chi
 * 65th Corps – Li Chen-chiu
 * 156th Division – Li Chiangi
 * 157th Division – Huang Tao
 * 158th Division – Tseng Yu-chiang
 * 9th Separate Brigade – Li Chen-liang
 * 20th Separate Brigade – Chen-liang
 * Humen Fortress Command – Chen Tse

Navy[1]
 * River Defense Command
 * Haimen Fortress
 * Pearl River flotilla
 * Shao-ho
 * Hai-chou
 * Hai-hu
 * Hai-ou

Airforce[1] Kwangtung Air Defense command - ? (3 x 75mm AA batteries, 20 lesser caliber AA batteries, 4 searchlights )
 * 41st AAA Regt.
 * 1 battery ? mm (Humen Fortress)
 * 45th AAA Regt.
 * 2 76.2mm AA batteries (Canton)
 * 3rd Searchlight detachment
 * 4 searchlights
 * 3rd Searchlight detachment
 * 4 searchlights