The following is the order of battle of the forces involved in the Battle of Shanghai, during the opening stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Order of battle prior to August 13, 1937
China
National Revolutionary Army Wusung – Shanghai Siege Area (Aug. 7 1937) Nanking Shanghai Garrison – Zhang Zhizhong (50,000 men). 36th Division – Song Xilian [g] 87th Division – Wang Chingchin [g] 88th Division – Sun Yuanliang [g] 55th Division – Li Sungchan 56th Division – Liu Hoting (later Liu Shangchih) 57th Division – Yuan Chaochang [R] 20th Sep. Bde – Gen. Chen Mienwu
[g] German trained Reorganized Divisions [R] Reorganized Divisions
Shanghai City demilitarised on Chinese side according to Shanghai Ceasefire Agreement (1932) Wusong-Shanghai Garrison Units (Peace Preservation Corps)
Centralized Chinese Air Force Units (includes former aviators of various warlord air forces and Chinese-American Volunteers) Zhoujiakou Airbase, Zhoukou, Henan – 4th Pursuit Group - Col. Gao Zhihang (21st, 22nd, 23rd Pursuit Squadrons). Jurong Airbase, Nanjing, Jiangsu - 3rd Pursuit Group - Capt. Wong Pan-Yang (8th, 17th Pursuit Squadrons and 34th Provisional PS) - 5th Pursuit Group - Capt. Chan Kee-Wong (28th PS)
Japan
Imperial Japanese Navy
3rd Fleet : Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa Flagship: Izumo (Izumo class armoured cruiser) Notoro (seaplane tender) 8 Nakajima E8N Reconnaissance float aircraft 11th (Gunboat) Sentai - Rear Admiral Tanimoto Umataro Flagship: Yaeyama (minelayer) Ataka (Gunboat) Katada (Gunboat) Sumida (Gunboat) Kuri (Momi class destroyer) Hozu (Gunboat) Futami (Gunboat) Kotaka (Gunboat) Tsuga (Momi class destroyer) Hasu (Momi class destroyer) Atami (Gunboat) Seta (Gunboat Toba (Gunboat) Hira (Gunboat) 8th (Cruiser) Sentai - Rear Admiral Nagumo Flagship: Kinu Natori Yura 1st (Destroyer) Sentai - Rear Admiral Yoshida Sendai Shanghai Special Naval Landing Force - Rear Admiral Denshichi Okawachi 1st Battalion - Lt. Cdr. Uroku Hashimoto 2nd Battalion - Lt. Shigeshi Sano 3rd Battalion - Lt. Shegeru Ito 4th Battalion - Artillery unit, Disbanded at the outbreak of war, guns were dispersed to the infantry units. 9th Battalion - Lt. Cdr. Torashige Tsukioka 10th Battalion - Lt. Cdr Haji Kitaro Prior to hostilities: Total force (2,500 men) Special Naval Landing Force reinforcements as of 8/1/37 from 3rd Fleet 8th Sentai NLF 1st Destroyer Sentai NLF 3rd Destroyer Sentai NLF Izumo NLF
Reservists and volunteers (5000 men) 1st Reserve Infantry Regiment 2nd Reserve Infantry Regiment (Armed reservists were men in civilian clothes distinguished by a brassard)
Notes: Third Fleet operated in Central and South China waters. 11th Squadron evacuated Japanese civilians from the interior to Shanghai during July and early August.
Order of battle soon after August 13, 1937
China
National Revolutionary Army
3rd Military Region - Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (20 Aug 1937)
Wusung – Shanghai Siege Area 9th Group Army - Gen. Zhang Zhizhong 36th Division - Gen. Song Xilian [g] 56th Division - Gen. Liu Hoting (later Liu Shang-chih) 87th Division - Gen. Wang Chingchin [g] 88th Division - Gen. Sun Yuanliang [g] 20th Separate Brigade - Gen. Chen Mienwu Training Division (2nd Regiment) - Gen Huei Yungching Wusong-Shanghai Garrison Units (Peace Preservation Corps) - Gen. Chi Chang-chien Shanghai City Police Force - Lung Hsiang Shanghai City Guard Regiment - Chiang Huai-su Cadre Corps of the Military and Political Department 10th Heavy Artillery Regiment [sFH 18 L/32 150mm Howitzer] - Gen. Peng Meng-chi 3rd Artillery Regiment 8th Artillery Regiment 2 Heavy Mortar Units 2 Anti-tank batteries 1 Light Tank Battalion
Yangtze River Right Bank Garrison Sector 54th Army – Gen. Huo Kweichang 11th Division – Gen. Peng Shan [R] 14th Division - Gen. Chen Lie [g] 67th Division - Gen. Huang Wei [R] 98th Division - Gen. Hsia Chu-chung 16th Artillery Regiment (under command of Siege Area)
Reserve Corps of the 15th Group Army 74th Army - Yu Chishi 51st Division - Wang Yaowu 58th Division - Yu Chishih 6th Division - Chao Ai
Yangtze River Left Bank Garrison Sector 57th Army – Miao Chengliu 111th Division – Gen. Chen Ento 112th Division – Gen. Huo Shuoyi
Hangzhou Bay Left Bank Garrison Sector 8th Group Army – Gen. Zhang Fakui 45th Division 61st Division – Gen. Chung Sung 62nd Division – Gen. Tao Liu 55th Division – Gen. Li Sungshan 57th Division – Gen. Yuan Shaochang [R] 45th Separate Brigade – Gen. Chan Luanchi 2nd Artillery Brigade
East Zhejiang Garrison Sector 10th Group Army – Gen. Liu Jianxu 16th Division – Gen. Peng Shungling 63rd Division – Gen. Chen Kuangchung 19th Division – Gen. Li Chue 52nd Division – Gen. Lu Xinjung New 34th Division (128th Division) – Gen. Gu Chiachi 37th Separate Brigade – Gen. Chen The-fa 11th Provisional Brigade – Gen Chou Xiching 12th Provisional Brigade – Gen. Li Kuochun 13th Provisional Brigade – Gen. Yang Yungching
[g] German trained Reorganized Divisions [R] Reorganized Divisions
Chinese Air Force Units - includes former aviators of various warlord air forces plus Chinese-American Volunteers Jianqiao Airbase, Hangzhou, Zhejiang – 4th Pursuit Group - Col. Gao Zhihang (21st, 22nd, 23rd Pursuit Squadrons); Capt. Li Guidan assumed command of the 4th PG following Col. Gao's combat injuries sustained on 15 August, that put him out of action for two months. Jurong Airbase, Nanjing, Jiangsu - 3rd Pursuit Group - Capt. Wong Pan-Yang (8th, 17th Pursuit Squadrons and 34th Provisional PS) - 5th Pursuit Group - Capt. Chan Kee-Wong (28th PS)
Japan
Imperial Japanese Navy
Shanghai Special Naval Landing Force - Rear Admiral Denshichi Okawachi 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion 4th Battalion 9th Battalion Special Naval Landing Force reinforcements as of 1 Aug from 3rd Fleet 8th Sentai NLF 1st Destroyer Sentai NLF 3rd Destroyer Sentai NLF Izumo NLF Special Naval Landing Force reinforcements 18 - 19 Aug 5th Battalion (Sasebo 1st SNLF, 16th Destroyer Division) 6th Battalion (Kure 2nd SNLF) 7th Battalion (Kure 1st SNLF) 8th Battalion (Yokosuka 1st SNLF, 11th Sentai)
Total Naval personnel 8/19/37 (5000 men)
Reservists and volunteers (5000 men) 1st Reserve Infantry Regiment 2nd Reserve Infantry Regiment (Armed reservists were men in civilian clothes distinguished by a brassard)
Total force defending the settlement 10,000 men
Imperial Japanese Army
Shanghai Expeditionary Force – Gen. Iwane Matsui (16 Aug 1937) 5th Tank Battalion - Colonel Hosomi 32 Type 89 Medium Tanks, 15 Type 94 Tankettes 7th Independent Machine Gun Battalion 8th Independent Light Armor Company 9th Independent Light Armor Company Independent Light Armor Company 10th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment 24 Type 4 150mm Howitzers 4th Army Mortar Battalion 150mm mortars (1887) [Taki/PWf] Field Operations Anti-aircraft Artillery 3 platoons Field Air Defense Team 3rd Battery 8th Independent Army Engineer Regiment 6th Independent Air Squadron Shanghai Dispatch Signal Unit 5th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade 48 150mm Howitzers 6th Independent heavy artillery Brigade 13th Field Heavy Artillery Regiments, 24 Type 4 15cm Howitzers 14th Field Heavy Artillery Regiments, 24 Type 4 15cm Howitzers Army Logistics Depot
3rd Division - Lt. Gen. Fujita (Landed on Aug. 23rd) 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
11th Division - Lt. Gen. Yamamuro (Landed on Aug. 23rd) 10th Infantry Brigade 12th Infantry Regiment 22nd Infantry Regiment 22nd Infantry Brigade 43rd Infantry Regiment 44th Infantry Regiment 11th Mountain Artillery Regiment 11th Cavalry Regiment 11th Engineer Regiment 11th Transport Regiment
101st Division - Lt. Gen. Ito (Arrived Sept 7-16, Landed on Sep. 22nd) 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
9th Division - Lt. Gen. Yoshizumi (Landed on Sep. 27th) 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. Ogisu (reinforcements late Aug., Landed on Oct. 1st) 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
Later forces
Chinese forces after late September, 1937
National Revolutionary Army
3rd Military Region - Generalisimo Chiang Kai-shek (after late Sept. 1937)
Right Wing Force - General Zhang Fakui 8th Group Army - General Zhang Fakui 28th Army - Tao Kuang 62nd Division – Tao Kuang 63rd Division – Chen Kuangchung 55th Division – Li Sungchan 79th Division 67th Army 107th Division 108th Division 45th Separate Brigade – Chang Luanchi Artillery Btn., Training Div. 2nd Artillery Brigade – Ts`ai Chunghu 10th Group Army - Liu Jianxu 11th Reserve Division – Hu –Ta New 34th Division (128th Division) – Ku Chiachi 45th Division – Tai Minchuan 52nd Division – Lu Xinjung 11th Provisional Brigade – Chou Xiching 12th Provisional Brigade – Li Kuochun 13th Provisional Brigade – Yang Yungching 37th Separate Brigade - Chen Thefa Special Forces Regiment – ? Ningpo Defense Commander – Wan Kaolan
Central Force Gen. Zhu Shaoliang 9th Group Army - Zhu Shaoliang 72nd Army – Sun Yuanliang 88th Division – Sun Yuanliang[g] Peace Preservation Corps - Chi Chang-chien 1st Regiment, 20th Separate Brigade 78th Army – Song Xilian 36th Division – Song Xilian[g] 71st Army – Wang Chingchin 87th Division – Wang Chingchin[g] 8th Army – Huang Chie 61st Division – Chung Sung Salt Gabelle Division – Huang Chie 3rd Division – Li Yutang[g] 18th Division – Chu Yao-hua 135th Division 46th Division 156th Division Training Division – Huei Yungching Shanghai Garrison Command - Yang Hu 1st Battalion 3rd Regiment, 2nd Artillery Brigade 2 Heavy Mortar Units 2 Anti-tank batteries 1 Light tank Battalion 21st Group Army - Liao Lei 1st Army – Hu Zongnan 1st Division - Li Tiechun 32nd Division - Wang Xiushen 78th Division - Li Wen 48th Army – Wei Yunsung 173rd Division - Huo Weichen 174th Division - Wang Tsanpin 176th Division - Ou Shounien 7th Army 170th Division 171st Division – Yang Cunchang 172nd Division 19th Division – Li Chue 16th Division – Peng Sungling
Left Wing Force - General Chen Cheng 19th Group Army – Xue Yue 66th Army – Ye Zhao 159th Division – Tan Sui 160th Division – Ye Zhao Training Brigade 75th Army – Chao Ai 6th Division – Chao Ai[g] 2nd Army – Li Yannian 9th Division – Li Yannian[g] 105th Division 25th Army – Wan Yaohuang 13th Division – Wan Yaohuang 20th Army – Yang Sen 133rd Division – Yang Hanyu 134th Division – Yang Hanchung 69th Army – Yuan Chaochang 57th Division – Yuan Chaochang[R] 154th Division – Wu Chien-hsiung 109th Division 4th Jiangsu Peace Preservation Regiment
15th Group Army – Luo Zhuoying 44th Division – Chen Yung 8th Division – T'ao Chih-yüeh 77th Division – Luo Lin 16th Artillery Regiment 16th Corps – Luo Zhuoying 18th Army - Luo Zhuoying 60th Division - Chen Pei 11th Division - Peng Shan[R] 67th Division - Huang Wei[R] 54th Army - Huo Kueichang 14th Division - Chen Lie[g] 98th Division - Hsia Chu-chung 74th Army - Yu Chishi 51st Division - Wang Yaowu 58th Division - Yu Chishih 39th Army – Liu Ho-ting 34th Separate Brigade. – Lo Chichiang 56th Division - Liu Shangchih 4th Army – Wu Chi-wei 59th Division – Han Hanying 90th Division – Ou Chen 73rd Army – Wang Tungyuan 15th Division – Wang Chihpin
15th Corps – Liu Xing 102nd Division - Po Huichang