The Battle of Xuzhou was fought in May 1938 as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Japan The Japanese Order of battle
North China Front Army
Field Marshal Count Hisaichi Terauchi
16th Division - Lt. Gen. Keisuke Fujie 19th Infantry Brigade 9th Infantry Regiment 20th Infantry Regiment 30th Infantry Brigade 33rd Infantry Regiment 38th Infantry Regiment 22nd Field Artillery Regiment 20th Cavalry Regiment 16th Engineer Regiment 16th Transport Regiment 114th Division -Lt. Gen. Shigeji Suematsu 127th Infantry Brigade 66th Infantry Regiment 115th Infantry Regiment 128th Infantry Brigade 102nd Infantry Regiment 150th Infantry Regiment 120th Field Artillery Regt 118th Cavalry Regiment 114th Engineer Regiment 114th Transport Regiment 3rd Infantry Brigade / 2nd Division - Major Gen. Kazuo Isa 4th Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Regiment 13th Infantry Brigade / 7th Division - Major Gen. Tadao Yoshizawa 25th Infantry Regiment 26th Infantry Regiment Imada Detachment- Colonel Imada 2nd Tank Battalion - Colonel Imada 36 Type 89 Medium Tanks 1st Battalion/9th Infantry Regiment/16th Division One mountain gun company One engineer platoon and other support units
2nd Army Gen. Toshizō Nishio
5th Division - Gen. Seishirō Itagaki 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 10th Division - Lt. Gen. Yoshio Shinozuka 8th Infantry Brigade 39th Infantry Regiment 40th Infantry Regiment 33rd Infantry Brigade [Seya Detachment] 10th Infantry Regiment 63rd Infantry Regiment 10th Field Artillery Regiment 10th Cavalry Regiment 10th Engineer Regiment 10th Transport Regiment
Central China Expeditionary Force Field Marshal Shunroku Hata
3rd Division- Gen. Lt. Gen. Susumu Fujita 5th Infantry Brigade 6th Infantry Regiment 68th Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Brigade 18th Infantry Regiment 34th Infantry Regiment 3rd Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Cavalry Regiment 3rd Engineer Regiment 3rd Transport Regiment 5th Tank Battalion - Colonel Hosomi (attached to support 3rd Division) 32 Type 89 Medium Tanks 15 Type 94 Tankettes 9th Division - Lt. Gen. Ryousuke Yoshizumi 6th Infantry Brigade 7th Infantry Regiment 35th Infantry Regiment 18th Infantry Brigade 19th Infantry Regiment 36th Infantry Regiment 9th Mountain Artillery Regiment 9th Cavalry Regiment 9th Engineer Regiment 9th Transport Regiment 13th Division - Lt. Gen. Ryuhei Ogisu 26th Infantry Brigade 58th Infantry Regiment 116th Infantry Regiment 103rd Infantry Brigade 65th Infantry Regiment 104th Infantry Regiment(-) 19th Mountain Artillery Regiment 17th Cavalry Regiment 13th Engineer Regiment 13th Transport Regiment Iwanaka Detachment- Colonel Iwanaka 1st Tank Battalion - Colonel Iwanaka 24 Type 89 Medium Tanks, 8 Type 94 Tankettes 17th Independent Tankette Company 1st Battalion / 104th Infantry Regiment / 13th Division One platoon of 19th Mountain Gun Regiment Part of 1st Independent Engineer Company One Independent Motorcar Company Part of 13th Divisional Signal Unit
Air Forces
IJA Air Forces
North China Temporary Aviation Army Corps 1st Hiko Daitai (Type 88 reconnaissance aircraft) 2nd Hiko Daitai (Kawasaki Ki-10 fighter) 5th Hiko Daitai (light bomber) 6th Hiko Daitai (Type 93 twin engine bomber) 7th Hiko Daitai (reconnaissance aircraft) 9th Hiko Daitai (light bomber) 3rd Independent squadron (large bomber) 9th Independent squadron (Kawasaki Ki-10 fighter) 1st Temporary independent squadron (Mitsubishi Ki-15)
Central China 3rd Flight Group 1st independent squadron (reconnaissance aircraft) 6th independent squadron (reconnaissance aircraft) 10th independent squadron (Kawasaki Ki-10 fighters) 8th Hiko Daitai (Ki-10 fighters)
IJN Air Forces 12th Kōkūtai (predominantly fighter unit.) Fighter daitai - Mitsubishi A5M Attack daitai - Yokosuka B3Y1 Station: Daikojo (12/37 – 06/38), Anqing (06/38 – autumn/38)
13th Kōkūtai (predominantly land attack unit.) Fighter daitai - Mitsubishi A5M Attack daitai - Yokosuka B3Y1, Mitsubishi G3M (land attack unit.) Station: Daikojo (12/37 – 03/38), Shanghai (04/38 – 11/40)
14th Kōkūtai Fighter daitai - Mitsubishi A5M Bomber daitai - ? Attack daitai - ? (Formed during April 1938.) Station: Sanqzao Island (04/38 – ?)
China Army
5th War Area - Li Zongren 2nd Group Army - Sun Lien-chung From 1st War area March 1938 30th Army - Tien Chen-nan 30th Division - Chang Cing-chao 31st Division - Chih Feng-cheng 42nd Army - Feng An-pang 27th Division - Huang Chiao-sung 44th Separate Brigade - Wu Peng-chu 3rd Group Army - Sun Tung-hsuen (acting) 12th Army - Sun Tung-hsuen 20th Division - Sun Tung-hsuen 81st Division - Chan Shu-tang 55th Army - Tsao Fu-lin 29th Division - Tsao Fu-lin (concurrent) 74th Division - Li Han-chang 56th Army - Ku Liang-min 22nd Division - Ku Liang-min (concurrent) Pistol Brigade (28th Brigade) - Wu Hua-wen 11th Group Army - Li Pin-hsien 31st Army - Wei Yung San 131st Division - Chin Lien-fang 135th Division - Su Tzu-hsing 138th Division - Mo Teh-hung 21st Group Army - Liao Lei 7th Army - Chou Tsu-huang 170th Division - Hsu Chi-ming 171st Division - Yang Fu-chang 172nd Division - Cheng Shu-feng 48th Army - Liao Lei (concurrent) 173rd Division - Ho Wei-chen 174th Division - Wang Tsan-pin 176th Division - Ou Shou-nien 22nd Group Army - Teng His-hou, (Sun Cheng - acting) [from Szechuan] 41st Army - Sun Cheng 122nd Division - Wang Ming-chang
124th Division - Wang Shih-chun 45th Army - Chen Ting-hsun 125th Division - Chen Ting-hsun (concurrent) 127th Division - Chen Li 24th Group Army - Han The-chin (acting) 57th Army - Miao Chen-liu 111th Division - Chang En-tuo 112th Division - Hou Shou-yi 89th Army - Han Teh-chin (concurrent) 33rd Division - Han Teh-chin (concurrent) 117th Division - Li Shou-wei attached Kiangsu Peace Preservation Units 26th Group Army - Hsu Yuan-chuan (concurrent) 10th Army - Hsu Yuan-chuan (concurrent) 41st Division - Ting Chih-pan 48th Division - Hsu Chi-wu 87th Army - Liu Ying-ku 199th Division - Lo Shu-chia 27th Group Army - Yang Sen 20th Army - Yang Sen (concurrent) 133rd Division - Yang Han-yu 134th Division - Yang Han-chung 3rd Corps - Pang Bingxun 40th Army - Pang Bingxun (concurrent) 39th Division - Ma Fa-wu 19th Corps - Feng Chi-an 77th Army - Feng Chi-an (concurrent) 37th Division - Chia Chien-hsi 179th Division - Ho Chi-feng 132nd Division - Wang Chang-hai 20th Corps - Tang Enbo 52nd Army - Kuan Lin-cheng 2nd Division - Cheng Tung-kuo[r] 25th Division - Chang Yao-ming[r] 85th Army - Wang Chung-lien 4th Division - Chen Ta-ching[r] 89th Division - Division - Hsueh-chung 110th Division - Chang Chen 139th Division - Huang Kuang-hua 27th Corps - Chang Tse-chung 59th Army - Chang Tse-chung (concurrent) [From 1st War area Jan. 1938] 38th Division - Huang Wei-kang 180th Division - Liu Chen-san 9th Cavalry Division - Chang Teh-shun 13th Cav. Brigade - Yao Ching-chuan 2nd Army - Li Yen-nien 3rd Division - Li Yu-tang 9th Division - Li Yen-nien (concurrent) 22nd Army - Tan Tao-yuan 50th Division - Chen Kuang-yu 46th Army - Fan Sung-pu 28th Division - Tung Chao 49th Division - Chou Shih-mein 92nd Division - Huang Kuo-liang 51st Army - Yu Hsueh-chung 113th Division - Chao Kuang-lieh 114th Division - Mu Chung-heng 60th Army - Lu Han 182nd Division - An En-fu 183rd Division - Kao Kyin-huai 184th Division - Chang Chung 68th Army - Liu Ju-ming 119th Division - Li Chin-tien 143rd Division - Li Tseng-chih 69th Army - Shih Yu-san 181st Division - Shih Yu-san (concurrent) New 6th Division - Kao Shu-hsun 75th Army - Shih Yu-san 6th Division - Shih Yu-san (concurrent) 93rd Division - Kan Li-chu 92nd Army - Li Hsien-chou 13th Division - Wu Liang-shen 21st Division - Li Hsien-chou (concurrent) 95th Division - Lo Chi 140th Division - Wang Wen-yen 1st Regt. 1st Arty. Bde. 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Art. Regt.
Airforce 1st Air Route Command (ARC) Headquarters at Nanchang 4th Pursuit Group based at Hankou - Mao Ying-Chu 21st Pursuit Squadron - Captain Teng Ming-Teh 22nd Pursuit Squadron - Zhang Wei-Hua Curtiss Hawk III 23rd Pursuit Squadron - Liu Chung-Wu Polikarpov I-15bis 24th Pursuit Squadron - Zhang Zhun Curtiss Hawk III
3rd Air Route Command Headquarters at Sian 17th Pursuit Squadron I-15bis based at Sian 25th Pursuit Squadron I-15bis based at Sian 3rd Pursuit Group - Lt. Colonel Wu Yu-Liu based at Hsaio Kan 7th Pursuit Squadron - Xiang Yung I-15bis 8th Pursuit Squadron - I-15bis
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