Order of battle for Amoy Operation

Order of battle for Amoy Operation May 10–12, 1938

Japan[]

Amoy Operation May 10–12, 1938^[1]

5th Fleet - Vice Admiral Koichi Shiozawa ^[2]

9th Sentai - ?
- Myōkō [heavy cruiser]^[3]
  - Armament: 10–20 cm/50cal gun (2x5), 8-12.7 cm/40cal AA gun (2x4), 4-13.2mm AA, 8–61 cm TT (4x2), 2 aircraft
- Tama [Light cruiser]^[3]
  - Armament 7–14 cm/50cal gun, 2–8 cm/40cal AA gun, 8–53 cm TT, 48 mines
10th Sentai - ?
- Tenryū [Light cruiser]^[3]
  - Armament: 4–14 cm/50cal gun, 3–8 cm/40cal AA gun, 6–53 cm TT (3x2)
- Tatsuta [Light cruiser]^[3]
  - Armament: 4–14 cm/50cal gun, 3–8 cm/40cal AA gun, 6–53 cm TT (3x2)
- 1st Gunboat Unit
  - 4 gunboats?

1st Air Sentai - ? *
- Kaga [aircraft carrier]
  - 90 aircraft
    - Fighter daitai - ? Nakajima A2N, ? Type 95 Mitsubishi A5M^[4]
    - Bomber Daitai - ? (Aichi D1A1s, A2's) carrier bombers ^[4]
    - Attack daitai - ? Mitsubishi B2M, ? Type 96 Yokosuka B4Y1 Torpedo bomber ^[4]
3rd Air Sentai -? *
- (Kamoi) seaplane tender
  - 12 aircraft [probably NAKAJIMA TYPE 95 RECON SEAPLANE (E8N1-DAVE)]^[4]
2nd Combined SNLF
- Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
- Kure 3rd SNLF
- Sasebo 7th SNLF
Jinmen Garrison
1st Garrison Unit

Notes[]

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[]

Amoy Defense Operation May 10–12, 1938

Amoy Area - Director, Fukien Pacification HQ. - Chen Yi^[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

Sources[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hsu Long-hsuen; Chang Ming-kai (1971). History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) (2nd ed.). Taiwan Republic of China: Chung Wu Publishing.
↑ "Imperial Japanese Navy". http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/index.htm.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 "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)". http://www.chinajunzheng.com/bbs/simple/index.php?t18298.html.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 "Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45". http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/sino-japanese.htm.

Madej, W. Victor (1981). Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 [2 vols]. Allentown, PA.
"Axis History forum: The Sino-Japanese War(Campaigns in detail)". http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=94112&start=15.
"Axis History forum: OOB IJN Amphibious Assault Xiamen (Amoy) May 10, 1938 Maps, narrative, oob info and discussion"]. http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=1054290#1054290.

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[Hsu-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Hsu Long-hsuen; Chang Ming-kai (1971). History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) (2nd ed.). Taiwan Republic of China: Chung Wu Publishing.

[nifty-2] "Imperial Japanese Navy". http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/index.htm.

[chinajunzheng-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 "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)". http://www.chinajunzheng.com/bbs/simple/index.php?t18298.html.

[surfcity-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 "Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45". http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/sino-japanese.htm.

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