Order_of_battle_for_the_Hainan_Island_operation

Order of battle for the Hainan Island operation

Order of battle for the Hainan Island operation

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Following are the units and commanders involved in the Hainan Island Operation, fought 10 February 1939 as part of a campaign by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War to blockade the Guangdong mainland of the Republic of China and prevent it from communicating with the outside world and from receiving imports of much-needed arms and materials.

Japan

Vice Adm. Kondō Nobutake

Hainan Conquest Forces
Vice Admiral Kondō Nobutake

Ground

4th Base Force [IJN]
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
Kure 6th SNLF
Sasebo 8th SNLF
5th Garrison Unit [IJA]
Taiwan Mixed Brigade
Major Gen. Iida
Taiwan 1st Infantry Regiment
Taiwan 2nd Infantry Regiment
Taiwan Mountain Gun Regiment
Cruisers
1 Myoko-class heavy cruiser (10 × 8-in. main battery, 16 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 33.75 knots)
Myoko (flagship)
2 Nagara-class light cruisers (7 × 5.5-in. main battery, 8 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 36 knots)
Nagara
Natori
23rd Destroyer Group
4 Mutsuki-class destroyers (4 × 4.7-in. main battery, 6 × Type 12 torpedo tubes, 37.25 knots)
Mochizuki, Mutsuki, Mikazuki, Kikuzuki
28th Destroyer Group
2 Kamikaze (1922)-class destroyers (4 × 4.7-in. main battery, 6 × 21-in. torpedo tubes, 37.25 knots)
Yūnagi, Asanagi
45th Destroyer Group
2 Kamikaze (1905)-class destroyers (2 × 12-pdr. main battery, 2 × 18-in. torpedo tubes, 29 knots)
Matsukaze, Asakaze
12th Minesweeper Group
1st Air Sentai
1 fleet carrier: Akagi
1 light carrier: Chiyoda
1st Air Unit
14th Kōkūtai
16th Kōkūtai

China

Defense of Hainan
Wang Yi

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

Sources

Guo Rugui, ed. (July 2005). China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations. Jiangsu People's Publishing House. ISBN 7-214-03034-9.


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