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Order of battle for the Hainan Island Operation

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Hainan Island Operation (10 February 1939)

Contents

Japan

Hainan Conquest Forces - Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake

  • Myoko (5th Fleet flagship) - Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake
  • Nagara
  • Natori
  • 23rd Destroyer Group
  • Mochizuki, Mutsuki, Mikazuki, Kikuzuki
  • 45th Destroyer Group
  • Matsukaze, Asakaze
  • 28th Destroyer Group
  • Yūnagi, Asanagi
  • 12th Minesweeper Group
  • 1st Air Sentai
  • Akagi, Chiyoda
  • 1st Air Unit
  • 14th Kōkūtai
  • 16th Kōkūtai
  • 4th Base Force
  • Yokosuka 4th SNLF
  • Kure 6th SNLF
  • Sasebo 8th SNLF
  • 5th Garrison Unit
  • Taiwan Mixed Brigade - (Major Gen. Iida)
  • Taiwan 1st Infantry Regiment
  • Taiwan 2nd Infantry Regiment
  • Taiwan Mountain Gun Regiment

    • China

    Wang Yi in overall command of defense of Hainan

  • 5th Security Brigade - Wang Yi
  • 2 Security Regiments - About 1,600 men
  • 7 Guard Battalions (Newly formed from residents) - 1,750 men
  • Communist Independent Battalion - 300 men
  • Xiuying Battery Garrisons (Still undergoing organization) - 250 men

    • References

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