User:Hungrydog55/sandbox/military/sino-jap/1939-02 oob Battle-of-Nanchang

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

Ground forces
Eleventh Army General 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 Unit
 * Col. Ishii [5]
 * 5th Tank Battalion - Colonel Ishii
 * 7th Tank Battalion - Lieut. Colonel Kusunose
 * 7th 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 forces
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

Air forces
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]

Ninth 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 Third 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.