Here is what I have for the orbat for both sides of the Southern Kuangsi Campaign (Mid November 1939 - Late Feb. 1940)
Need to find some comanders names and
Japan
21st Army - Gen. Seiichi Kuno [1, 2]
- 5th Division - Lt. Gen. Kinichi Imamura [1]
--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
- 23rd or 35th? Brigade / 18th Division - Gen. ? [1]
-- Composition with elements of support units?
---18th Mountain Artillery Regiment
---22nd Cavalry Battalion
---12th Engineer Regiment
---12th Transport Regiment
- Taiwan Composite Brigade -?[1]
Should be:
- Taiwan Mixed Brigade[2]
-- 1st Taiwan infantry regiments,
-- 2nd Taiwan infantry regiments,
-- Taiwan artillery regiment
-- Taiwan military engineer regiment
- Konoye Divison ?- [1](Should be the detached Guards Mixed Brigade)
- Guards Mixed Brigade - ? [4]
-- 1st Guards Infantry Regiment
-- 2nd Guards Infantry Regiment
-- Guards Cavalry Regiment
And elements of(half of each?):
-- Guards Field Artillery Regiment
-- Guards Engineer Regiment
-- Guards Transport Regiment
- Marine Brigade -? [1]
-- Composition?
Army Airforce:
- 21st Independent Aviation Corps, IJA [2,3]
--Independent 82nd Dokuritsu Hiko Chutai [S. China] - ?
--- ? Light bomber squadron.(reconnaissance aircraft)
--Independent 84th Dokuritsu Hiko Chutai [Canton] - Captain Magoji Hara
--- ? Nakajima Ki-27(fighter aircraft)
Navy Airforce:
- 5th Fleet - Adm. ? [1,3]
-- Akagi [southern China] (end/04/39 – middle/02/40)
--- Fighter Daitai - Mitsubishi A5M
--- Bomber Daitai - Aichi D1A2
--- Attack Daitai - Yokosuka B4Y1
-- 14th Kokutai, IJN [ based in Nanning from late 12/39] - ?
--- Fighter Daitai -13 Mitsubishi A5M
- total 100 planes [1]
Notes:
Initial landing and advance to Nanning by 5th Division and Taiwan Mixed Brigade. Guards Mixed Brigade and a Brigade of the 18th Divison were sent as reinforcments in January 1940. [1]
China
Generalissimo's HQ in Kweilin - Pai Chung-hsi [1]
- 16th Army Group - Wei Yun-sun *
-- 31st Corps - Wei Yun-sun
--- 131st Divison
--- 135th Divison
--- 188th Divison
-- 46th Corps - Ho Hsuan
--- 170th Divison
--- 175th Divison
--- New 19th Divison
- 26th Army Group - Tsai Ting-kai *
-- 1st Sep. Inf. Regts.
-- 2nd Sep. Inf. Regts.
-- 3rd Sep. Inf. Regts.
-- 4th Sep. Inf. Regts.
-35th Army Group - Teng Lung-kuang
-- 64th corps - Chen Kung-hsia
--- 155th Divison
--- 156th Divsion
- 37th Army Group - Yeh Chao
-- 66th corps - Yeh Chao
--- 159th Divison
--- 160th Divsion
- 38th Army Group - Hsu Ting-yao
-- 2nd Corps - Li Yen-nien
--- 9th Divison
--- 76th Divsion
-- 5th Corps - Tu Yu-ming
--- 200th Divison (Mechanized Division) - ***
----Armored vehicle regiment (50 BA type armored cars)
----Armored regiment (70 T-26, 4 BT-5, 18-20 CV-33 tanks)
----Motorized Infantry regiment(with Soviet trucks and machineguns)
----Motorized Artillery regiment(122mm howitzers, 75mm field guns and 45mm ATguns)
--- New 22nd Divsion
--- 1st Honor Divison
-- 9th Corps - Kan Li-chu
--- 49th Divison
--- 93rd Divison
--- 2nd Reserve Divsion
-- 99th Corps - Fu Chung-fang
--- 92nd Divison
--- 99th Divison
--- 118th Divsion
-- 36th Corps - Yao Chuen
--- 5th Divison
--- 96th Divison
- 43rd Division
- New 3rd Division
- Kwangsi Pacification HQ
- Artillery Detachment
Air Forces: **
- C A F 2nd Route Force [3] - Colonel Chang Ting-Meng
-- 100 planes [1]
-- 115 planes [3]
--3rd Pursuit Group - Huang Pantang
--- 7th Pursuit Squadron - Lu Tian-Long
---- Polikarpov I-
--- 8th Pursuit Squadron -
---- Polikarpov I-
--- 27th Pursuit Squadron -
---- Gloster Gladiator Mk.I, Polikarpov I-
--- 29th Pursuit Squadron -
---- Gloster Gladiator Mk.I, Polikarpov I-
--- 32nd Pursuit Squadron - Wei Yi-Ging
---- Gloster Gladiator Mk.I, Polikarpov I-15bis
--4th Pursuit Group - Liu Chi-Han
--- 21st Pursuit Squadron - Lo Ying-Teh
---- Polikarpov I-15bis -
--- 22nd Pursuit Squadron - Cheng Hsiao-Yu
---- Polikarpov I-15bis -
--- 23rd Pursuit Squadron - ?
---- Polikarpov I-15bis -
--- 24th Pursuit Squadron - Su Xian-Ren
---- Polikarpov I-16
-- 5th Pursuit Group ?
--- 17th Pursuit Squadron - Captain Shen Tse-Liu
---- Polikarpov I-15bis, Dewoitine D.510
--- 26th Pursuit Squadron - ?
---- Polikarpov I-16
--- 28th Pursuit Squadron - Major Louie Yim-Qun
---- Polikarpov I-15bis
--- 29th Pursuit Squadron - Captain Ma Kwok-Lim
---- Polikarpov I-15bis
-- 6th Bomber Group - ?
---19th Bomber Squadron - ?
---- Tupolev SB
--18th Pursuit Squadron - Tang Boshen
--- Curtiss Hawk III, Curtiss Hawk 75
-- Soviet Suprun Group - K. K. Kokkinaki
--- Polikarpov I-16
Notes:
* 16th Army Group and 26th Army Group were original defenders of Kwangsi. Other units were reinforcements which gradually arrived from Hunan, Kwangtung, and Szechuan. [1]
**On 18 December the Chinese launched a successful counter-offensive against the Japanese in the Kwangsi Province. To support the Chinese Kwangsi-offensive and direct the air-units the more experienced 1st ARC (Colonel Chang Ting-Meng) temporarily replaced the 2nd ARC (Colonel Hsing Chan-Fei) at Liuchou, with the 2nd ARC moving to rear positions at Kwei-Lin.
Taking part in the offensive were 115 aircraft of the 3rd, 4th and 5th PGs, 6th BG, 18th PS and one of the Soviet groups. [3]
*** Organization from post on China Defense forum Posted: Sep 3 2005, 12:56 PM . Based on the recollections of 200th Division commander Du Yuming/Tu Yu-ming:
1938年1月15日,装甲兵团正式扩编为第200师,师长杜聿明,副师长邱清泉。从番号上看,200师本身就与众不同,因战前国民革命军的番号只编到102师。200师是国民革命军中唯一的机械化部队,下辖一个战车团,一个装甲团,一个摩托化步兵团,一个炮兵团。据杜聿明回忆,200师共接收70辆T-26、4辆BT-5、18辆菲亚特CV-33(有资料称是20辆,是1934年孔祥熙到意大利考察航空时采购,一直封存在南昌,这时匆匆编入了200师)。装甲团有苏联的BAE系列装甲车50余辆。摩托化步兵团装备的也是苏联卡车。炮兵团有12门122榴弹炮,还有45毫米战防炮,75毫米野战炮。步兵使用的是苏联步机枪。看来国军在美械化之前还进行过苏械化。
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.
[2] IJA in China orbat, 1937 to 1945,
http://www.china-defense.com/forum/show ... php?t=1168
[3] Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45
http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/sino-japanese.htm
[4] Japanese Imperial Guards, wikipedia page,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Imperial_Guards