Order of battle for the Central Hubei Operation (November 1940)

Order of battle for the Central Hubei Operation (November 25–30, 1940), a battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Japan
11th Army – Lt. General Waichiro Sonobe [5]
 * Kayashima Force – Lt. Gen Takashi Kayashima 1939–1941[4,5] at  Tang-yang
 * 18th Independent Mixed Brigade – Lt. Gen Taka Kayashima 1939–1941[4,5]
 * 92nd Independent infantry battalion
 * 93rd Independent infantry battalion
 * 94th Independent infantry battalion
 * 95th Independent infantry battalion
 * 96th independent infantry battalion
 * artillery troops
 * labor troops
 * signal communication unit.
 * Elements of the 40th Division  Lt-General Naojiro Amaya, Manchuria 10/2/39 – 8/25/1941 [1],[4,5]
 * 40th Infantry Brigade group:
 * 234th Infantry regiment
 * 235th Infantry regiment
 * 236th Infantry regiment
 * 40th Cavalry regiment
 * 40th mountain artillery regiment
 * 40th military engineer regiment
 * 40th Transport regiment


 * Murakami Force – Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami4,5 at Chingmen
 * 39th Division – - Lt. Gen Keisaku Murakami [4,5] [1]
 * 39th Infantry Brigade Group
 * 231st Infantry Rregiments
 * 232nd Infantry Regiments
 * 233rd Infantry Regiments
 * 39th Recon Regiment
 * 39th Field Artillery Regiment
 * 39th Military Engineer Regiment
 * 39th Transport Regiment


 * Hirabayashi Force – Lt-General Morito Hirabayashi at Chung-hsiang
 * Elements of 17th Division – Lt-General Morito Hirabayashi[4,5]
 * 17th Infantry Brigade Group
 * 53rd Infantry Regiment
 * 54th Infantry Regiment
 * 81st Infantry Regiment
 * 23rd Field Artillery Regiment
 * 7th Military Engineer Regiment
 * 17th Transport Regiment
 * Kurahashi Detachment – Col. Kurahashi
 * 60th Infantry Regiment, detached from 15th Division in the Nanchang area.


 * Kitano Force – Lt. Gen Kenzo Kitano [4,5], north of Chung-hsiang in the vicinity of modern Shuanghe
 * Elements of 4th Division – Lt. Gen Kenzo Kitano [4,5]
 * 4th Infantry Brigade group:
 * 8th Infantry Regiment
 * 37th Infantry Regiment
 * 61st Infantry Regiment
 * 4th Recon Regiment
 * 4th Field Artillery Regiment
 * 4th Military Engineer Regiment
 * 4th Transport Regiment
 * Kususe Armored force – ?[1]
 * 7th Tank Regiment
 * 13th Tank Regiment
 * ? Tank Regiment


 * Teshima Force – Lt. General Fusataro Teshima [3], at Sui Hsien
 * 3rd Division – Lt. General Fusataro Teshima [1][3]
 * 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

Notes
 * 15th Division – Lt-General Keiichi Kumagai 1940–1941[4,5]
 * 7th and 13th were two of three Tank regiments assigned to 11th Army in late 1940.

China
5th War Area – Li Tsung-jen
 * River West Group / 33rd Army Group – Feng Chih-an
 * 77th Corps – Feng Chih-an (concurrent)
 * 37th Division – Li Chiu-sze
 * 179th Division – Liu Chen-shan
 * 30th Corps – Wang Chung-lien or Chih Feng-cheng
 * 27th Division – Hsu Wen-yao
 * 30th Division – Liu Chen-shan
 * 31st Division – ?


 * Right Army Group / 29th Army Group – Wang Tsan-hsu
 * 44th Corps – Liao Chen
 * 149th Division
 * 150th Division
 * 67th Corps – Hsu Shao-tsung
 * 161st Division
 * 162nd Division


 * Central Army Group / 22nd Army Group – Sun Chen
 * 41st Corps – Chen Ting-hsun
 * 125th Division
 * 127th Division
 * 45th Corps – Sun Chen
 * 122nd Division
 * 124th Division


 * 59th Corps- Huang Wei-kang [moved to Hsiang-Fan area as a mobile reserve]
 * 38th Division – Li Chiu-sze
 * 180th Division – Liu Chen-shan