The Order of Battle for the Nanchang Campaign (Mid Feb. - Early May 1939)
11th Army - Gen. 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: 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
Army Airforce: 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]
9th 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
7 Divisions of 32nd Army Group were mentioned in the text [1] as being in the counterattack to recapture Nanchang:
32nd Army Group - Shangkuan Yu-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.