User:Hungrydog55/sandbox/military/sino-jap/1945-03 Hunan-Wubei-operation oob

Below is the order of battle for the Western Honan - Northern Hupei Border Campaign, fought late March through late May 1945. It was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Japan
As of mid-March 1945

Northern Hupei Command
Sinnosuke Sasaki
 * 39th Division ‒ Sumida
 * 39th Infantry Brigade Group
 * 231st Infantry Regiment
 * 232nd Infantry Regiment
 * 233rd Infantry Regiment
 * 39th Recon regiment
 * 39th Field Artillery Regiment
 * 39th Engineer Regiment
 * 39th Transport Regiment
 * 5th Independent Mixed Brigade (elements) ‒ ?
 * 16th Independent Infantry Battalion
 * 17th Independent Infantry Battalion
 * 18th Independent Infantry Battalion
 * 19th Independent Infantry Battalion
 * 20th Independent Infantry Battalion
 * artillery troops
 * labor troops.
 * 11th Independent Mixed Brigade (elements)
 * Field Replacement Detachment (elements)
 * 13 Armoured Cars

Western Honan Command (12th Army)
Lieutenant General Takashi Takamori
 * 3rd Division (elements)
 * 3rd Infantry Brigade Group
 * 6th Infantry Regiment
 * 68th Infantry Regiment
 * 34th Infantry Regiment
 * 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
 * 3rd Cavalry Regiment
 * 3rd Engineer Regiment
 * 3rd Transport Regiment
 * 69th Division (elements)
 * 59th Infantry brigade
 * 82nd, 83rd, 84th, 85th Independent Infantry Battalions
 * 60th Infantry brigade
 * 86th, 118th, 119th, 120th Independent Infantry Battalions
 * Signal communication unit
 * labor troops
 * transport team
 * 110th Division
 * 110th Infantry Regiment
 * 139th Infantry Regiment
 * 163rd Infantry Regiment
 * 6th Field Artillery Regiment
 * Mountain Artillery squadron
 * 40th Independent Engineer regiment
 * 25th Transport Regiment
 * 115th Division
 * 85th Infantry Brigade
 * 26th, 27, 28, 29 Independent Infantry Battalions
 * 86th Infantry brigade
 * 30th, 385, 386, 387 Independent Infantry Battalions
 * 117th Division (elements)
 * 87th Infantry brigade ‒ (headquarters Kaifeng)
 * 203rd, 204th, 205th, 206th Independent Infantry Battalions
 * 88th Infantry brigade (headquarters Zhengzhou)
 * 388th, 389th, 390th, 391st Independent Infantry Battalions
 * 11th Independent Mixed Brigade ‒ Takeo Miyashita
 * 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 50th Independent Infantry Battalions
 * artillery troops
 * labor troops
 * signal communication unit.
 * 14th Independent Mixed Brigade ‒ Yashikata Yoshikawa
 * 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, 65th Independent Infantry Battalions
 * artillery troops
 * labor troops
 * signal communication unit.
 * 4th Cavalry Brigade –
 * 4th Cavalry Regiment
 * 25th Cavalry Regiment (in Huaiyang)
 * 26th Cavalry Regiment (in 商邱)
 * 3rd Tank Division (>100 tanks) (elements)
 * 13th Tank Regiment
 * 17th Tank Regiment
 * 3rd Mobile Infantry regiment (in Lushan, Baofeng)
 * 3rd mobile artillery regiment (in Xiangcheng, Lushan, Ye County)
 * Quick-firing artillery team (in Shan county)
 * reconnaissance troops (in Ye County)
 * labor troops (in Wang village)
 * AA team (in Ying bridge).
 * Military transport units (1,000+ transport vehicles)

China
As of mid-March 1945

First War Area
Hu Tsun-nan (acting)
 * 31st Army Group ‒ Wang Zhonglian
 * 27th Corps ‒ Hsieh Fusan
 * 47th Division
 * 4th Provincial Division
 * 28th Division
 * 64th Provincial Division (uncommitted)
 * 78th Corps ‒ Lai Ju-hsiung
 * New 42nd Division
 * New 43rd Division
 * New 44th Division
 * 85th Corps ‒ Wu Shao-chao
 * 23rd Division
 * 110th Division
 * 55th Provincial Division
 * 89th Corps
 * 62nd Provincial Division
 * New 1st Division
 * 4th Army Group ‒ Pei Chang-hui (acting)
 * 38th Corps ‒ Chang Yao-ming
 * 17th Division
 * New 35th Division ?
 * 96th Corps ‒ Li Hsing-chung
 * (main force) New 35th Division ?
 * (main force) 117th Division
 * 90th Corps ‒ Yen Ming
 * 61st Division
 * 7th Division (from 3rd Corps)
 * 40th Corps ‒ Ma Fa-wu
 * 39th Division
 * 106th Division
 * New 40th Division
 * Western Honan Garrison ‒ Liu Ju-ming
 * 15th Corps ‒ Wu Ting-lin
 * 64th Division
 * 65th Division
 * 55th Provincial Division (97th Corps)

Hopei Chahar War Area
Kao Shu-hsun
 * New 8th Corps ‒ Hu Po-han
 * New 6th Division
 * 29th Provincial Division

Fifth War Area
Liu Zhi
 * North Hupei Right Force (33rd Army Group) ‒ Feng Zhi'an
 * 59th Corps ‒ Liu Chen-san
 * 38th Division
 * 180th Division
 * 53rd Division
 * 77th Corps ‒ Ho Chi-feng
 * 132nd Division
 * 179th Division
 * 69th Corps ‒ Mi Wen-ho
 * 181st Division
 * 28th Provincial Division
 * Western Honan Left Force (2nd Army Group) ‒ Liu Ruming
 * 55th Corps ‒ Tsao Fu-lin
 * 29th Division
 * 74th Division
 * 81st Division
 * 68th Corps ‒ Liu Ju-chen
 * 119th Division
 * 143rd Division
 * 36th Provincial Division
 * Western Honan Center Force (22nd Army Group) ‒ Sun Zhen
 * 41st Corps ‒ Tseng Su-sheng
 * 122nd Division
 * 124th Division
 * 45th Corps ‒ Chen Ting-hsun
 * 125th Division
 * 127th Division
 * 47th Corps ‒ Li Tsung-fang
 * 104th Division
 * 178th Division
 * 1st Provisional Corps
 * 16th Artillery Regiment
 * 4th Engineer Regiment

Tenth War Area
Li Pin-hsien
 * Army in Response ‒ Fu Li-ping
 * 9th Provisional Corps
 * 3rd Division
 * 4th Replacement Division
 * 13th Division
 * 20th Division
 * 27th Provincial Division
 * 173rd Division

Note: A total of 148,000 men and 4 Airforce groups.