After 1938, due to the huge consumption of Japanese imperialism in the war of aggression against China, the 2nd1to the 49th divisions formed subsequently all cancelled the brigade-level organizational system, and the divisions were directly under three infantry regiments, and each infantry regiment had three infantry battalions, and at the same time commanded artillery, engineers, cavalry regiments, trench regiments and other troops, and the total number of divisions was reduced to/kloc-0. Equipped with 2065 charger, 8940 mounted guns, 2 16 Grenade launcher, 2 16 light machine gun, 54 heavy machine guns, 18 flat guns and 12 mountain guns. This type of Japanese branch is called the second branch.
194 1 After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese front was stretched again, and the number of soldiers was even more scarce, so the Third Division began to be reorganized. This unit, known as the third-level division, resumed the organizational system of brigades, but cancelled the wing below the brigade, that is, each division has two brigades, each brigade has four infantry brigades directly under it, and the whole division has eight infantry brigades, plus the artillery brigade, engineering brigade, trench brigade, communication brigade and other units directly under the division, with a total strength of 1.3 million. Equipped with 2,550 charger, 6,500 mounted guns, 192 grenade launcher, 192 light machine gun, 48 heavy machine guns, 16 flat guns, 32 mortars and 12 field guns. The 50th Division of the Japanese Army to the 109 Division all belong to this organization.
By the autumn of 1944, the allied counter-offensive approached Japan, and Japan began to form Ding Division to prepare for the "decisive battle at home". The organizational structure of Division D is roughly the same as that of Division C, except that there are few special forces, automatic firearms and heavy firearms. All numbered divisions after Division 1 10 belong to this division.
In addition, Japanese troops also include independent infantry mixed brigade, independent guard, cavalry brigade, field heavy artillery brigade and other troops. The infantry independent mixed brigade has five independent infantry brigades and artillery, engineers, communications and trench teams, with about 8,280 people, equipped with 1.800 charger, 4050 mount gun, 1.20 grenade launcher, 65,438 light machine gun, 30 heavy machine guns and flat-fire machine guns. The Japanese Independent Guard is generally affiliated to six independent infantry brigades, with 5,450 soldiers, 420 chargers, 3,660 riding rifles, 65,438 grenade launchers and 24 heavy machine guns. Since such troops have no heavy weapons, they generally only serve as rear guards. Japanese cavalry brigade generally has two cavalry regiments, 5600 men, 5668 war horses, 3705 mounted guns, 12 heavy machine guns, 36 field guns and other weapons and equipment. Japan's Field Heavy Artillery Brigade is the artillery of its army reserve. Generally, it has more than 8,000 officers and men and is equipped with more than 70 large-caliber howitzers or cannons ranging from 0/00 mm to 240 mm/kloc, which are often used for key tasks. These troops often belong to various units and fight with the change of combat tasks.
The Japanese army also had a huge tank force during World War II. The Japanese army began to develop tanks from 1925, and set up tank troops from 1929. But in the early days, most of them belonged to the army divisions, and it was not until 1936 that the Japanese First Tank Brigade was established in Gongzhuling, Northeast China. 1June, 942, the Japanese army established the first, second and third chariot divisions in Ning 'an, Boli and Baotou in Suiyuan, Northeast China.1June, 944, China established the fourth chariot division. Japanese chariot divisions are generally equipped with 100 light tanks, 335 medium tanks, 1272 vehicles, 36 guns, 12 anti-aircraft guns, 4 field guns, 12 rapid-fire guns, 6 flat-fire guns, 18 heavy machine guns and so on. During the preparations for the "decisive battle at home", the Japanese army also set up the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth independent chariot brigades. However, because Japanese tanks and armored vehicles have a certain gap with advanced industrial countries in Europe and America in firepower, speed and armor protection, they are vulnerable in all previous battles against the Soviet Union and the United States in World War II.
The Japanese army also set up motorized troops during World War II. 194 1 summer, the Japanese army first converted four divisions into motorized divisions, namely the Guards Division, the Fifth Division, the 18th Division and the 48th Division.
Units above the Japanese Army Division are the army. During World War II, the Japanese army had nearly 60 corps titles. However, the number of divisions reported by army combat units with digital serial numbers is different. Some armies have two or three divisions, which are typical corps units, while others command four or five divisions. Some even have military jurisdiction, commanding nine divisions and hundreds of thousands of troops. This kind of army obviously belongs to the combat unit at the corps level. For example, it invaded the 1 1 Army in Wuhan, China, commanding 9 main divisions, 4 Huncheng brigades and a large number of special forces.
The combat unit above the Japanese army is the front army. During World War II, the Japanese army had nearly 20 frontline ranks. Above the army is the command organization of large strategic areas, such as the Japanese Kwantung Army, the Japanese Dispatching Army, the Japanese Southern Army, the Japanese First General Army, and the Japanese Second General Army. And above it are the Japanese General Staff Headquarters and the wartime base camp. By mid-August 1945, when Japanese imperialism announced its surrender, the Japanese army was under the command of its base camp.