Order of battle for Amoy Operation
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Below is the order of battle for the Amoy Operation fought May 10–12, 1938, part of a campaign by the Imperial Japanese Navy to blockade the Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Japan
[edit]5th Fleet[1]
Vice Admiral Koichi Shiozawa[2]
- 9th Sentai
- 1 Myōkō-class heavy cruiser (10 × 8-in. main battery, 16 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 33.75 knots)
- 1 Kuma-class light cruiser (7 × 5.5-in. main battery, 8 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 31.75 knots):
- 10th Sentai
- 2 Tenryū-class light cruisers (4 × 5.5-in. main battery, 6 × 21-in. torpedo tubes, 33 knots):
- 1st Gunboat Unit
- 4 gunboats(?)
- 1st Air Sentai
- Fleet carrier Kaga
- 90 aircraft
- Fighter Daitai: Nakajima A2N, Type 95 Mitsubishi A5M[4]
- Bomber Daitai: Aichi D1A1s, A2's dive bombers[4]
- Attack Daitai: Mitsubishi B2M, Type 96 Yokosuka B4Y1 torpedo bombers[4]
- 90 aircraft
- Fleet carrier Kaga
- 3rd Air Sentai
- Kamoi seaplane tender
- 12 aircraft (probably Nakajima E8N Type 95 "Dave" Recon Seaplane)[4]
- Kamoi seaplane tender
- 2nd Combined SNLF
- Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
- Kure 3rd SNLF
- Sasebo 7th SNLF
- Kinmen (Quemoy) Garrison
- 1st Garrison Unit
Notes
[edit]- Earlier in the Shanghai campaign the 1st Air Sentai had an escort of a 30th Tai of 4 destroyers. Formerly Kamoi had an escort of 28th Tai of 4 destroyers also. It is likely they had similar if not the same escorts here.
- From: History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
- 5/10 11 Ships and 18 planes bombarded Ho-to and Ao-tou. 20 motor boats landed infantry at Wu-tung.
- 5/11 More landings at Huang-tso and Ta-tao. 3 destroyers and 2 Gunboats attacked the fortress there to cover the landings. This indicates there was at least one Tai of destroyers with this operation.
China
[edit]Amoy Area
Chen Yi, Director, Fukien Pacification HQ[1]
- 75th Division – Han Wen-ying
- Amoy fortress Command – Kao Hsien-shen
- Pai-shih Fortress
- Yu-tse-wei Fortress (naval garrison)
- 2 batteries of fortress garrison forces
- Hui-li-shan battery
- Pan-shih battery
- 2 batteries of fortress garrison forces
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hsu Long-hsuen; Chang Ming-kai (1971). History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). Wen Ha-hsiung (trans.) (2nd ed.). Taiwan Republic of China: Chung Wu Publishing.
- ^ "Imperial Japanese Navy". Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d "抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 (Order of battle of the Japanese army that invaded China during the Sino Japanese War)". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
- ^ a b c d "Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45".
Sources
[edit]- Madej, W. Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 [2 vols]. Allentown, PA.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Axis History forum: The Sino-Japanese War(Campaigns in detail)".
- "Axis History forum: OOB IJN Amphibious Assault Xiamen (Amoy) May 10, 1938] Maps, narrative, oob info and discussion".