Battle of West Henan–North Hubei Order of battle

Japan

(Mid March 1945)

Northern Hupei Command - Sinnosuke Sasaki

39th Division - Sumida

39th Infantry Brigade Group 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 3rd Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Cavalry Regiment 3rd Engineer Regiment 3rd Transport Regiment

69th Division [elements]-

59th Infantry brigade 60th Infantry brigade 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 86th Infantry brigade

117th Division [elements] - ?

87th Infantry brigade - (headquarters Kaifeng) 88th Infantry brigade (headquarters Zhengzhou)

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

(Mid March 1945)

1st 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

5th War Area - Liu Chih

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

10th 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.