Order of battle for the Hainan Island operation

Hainan Conquest Forces - Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake

• Myoko (5th Fleet flagship) - Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake
• Nagara
• Natori
• 23rd Destroyer Group
  • Mochizuki, Mutsuki, Mikazuki, Kikuzuki
• 45th Destroyer Group
  • Matsukaze, Asakaze
• 28th Destroyer Group
  • Yūnagi, Asanagi
• 12th Minesweeper Group
• 1st Air Sentai
  • Akagi, Chiyoda
• 1st Air Unit
  • 14th Kōkūtai
  • 16th Kōkūtai
• 4th Base Force
  • Yokosuka 4th SNLF
  • Kure 6th SNLF
  • Sasebo 8th SNLF
• 5th Garrison Unit
• Taiwan Mixed Brigade - (Major Gen. Iida)
  • Taiwan 1st Infantry Regiment
  • Taiwan 2nd Infantry Regiment
  • Taiwan Mountain Gun Regiment

Wang Yi in overall command of defense of Hainan

• 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

• ISBN 7-214-03034-9 China's Anti-Japanese War Combat Operations Author : Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang Press : Jiangsu People's Publishing House Date published : 2005-7-1