Order of battle: Battle of South Henan

Battle of South Henan (late Jan. – early Feb. 1941)

Japan

11th Army – Waichirō Sonobe

3rd Division – Fusataro Hanjima [1]?
- 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
39th Division – Lt. Gen Keisaku Muragami [4,5]
- 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
4th Division (partial) – 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
40th Division – Lt-General Naojikiro Amaya, Manchuria 10/2/39-8/25/1941[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
Kurahashi Detachment/15th Division – Col. Kurahashi
- 60th Infantry Regiment (from 15th Division in the Nanchang area)
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
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.

7th Tank Regiment – ?

13th Tank Regiment – ?

? Tank Regiment – ? [1] (one of 3 Tank Regiments)

1 Separate Heavy Artillery Regiment

Airforce:

? (100 aircraft)

China

5th War Area – Li Zongren

[1]

2nd Army Group – Sun Lianzhong
- 55th Corps -Tsao Fu-lin
  - 74th Division – Tsao Fu-lin
  - 29th Division – Li Tseng-chih
- 59th Corps – Huang Wei-kang
  - 38th Division – Li Chiu-sze
  - 180th Division – Liu Chen-shan
- 68th Corps – Liu Ju-ming
  - 143rd Division – Huang Chao-sung
  - 119th Division – Chen Hsin-chi
  - 36th Provincial Division – Liu Ju-chen

33rd Army Group – Feng Zhi'an
- 77th Corps – Feng Chih-an (concurrent
  - 37th Division – Li Chiu-sze
  - 179th Division – Liu Chen-shan
- 30th Corps – Chih Feng-cheng
  - 27th Division – Hsu Wen-yao
  - 30th Division – Liu Chen-shan
2nd Army – Ho Chu-kuo
- Separate Inf. Brigade
- 3rd Division -
31st Army Group – Tang Enbo
- 92nd Corps – Li Hsien-chou
  - 21st Division – Hsu Wen-yao
  - 142nd Division – Fu Li-ping
  - 14th Provincial Division – Liao Yun-tse
- 85th Corps – Li Hsien-chou
  - 4th Division – Shih Chueh
  - 25th Division – Ni Tsu-hui
  - 11th Reserve Division – Chang Tang-hsiang
- 29th Corps – Chen Ta-ching
  - 19th Division – Lai Ju-hsiung
  - 91st Division – Wang Yu-wen
  - 16th Provincial Division – Li Chiang
- 13th Corps –
  Chang Hsueh-chung
  - 89th Division – Shu Yung
  - 110th Division – Wu Shao-chou
  - New 1st Division – Tsai Chi
- 84th Corps – Mo Shu-chieh
  - ?
36th Corps – ?
- ?
15th Sep. Brigade – Huang Tze-hua
14th Artillery Regiment
4th Separate Engineer Battalion
4th Battery, 1st Btn. 56th AT Regiment

Airforce:

?

Sources

[1] Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) 2nd Ed., 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China.
[4] Generals from Japan
[5] The Japanese Mutumi troop encyclopedia