Due to the lack of officers, many were either ill or senile, raising concerns related to a lot of soldiers drafted from the Korea.

Also, the 137th division have suffered from the severe lack of equipment, with only rifles and machine guns available in any numbers.

[3] Even wood-cutting implements for camping and fortification were in short supply, with one axe per company and a one saw per battalion.

Also, the division have not enough telephone wire to connect with all sub-units, therefore resorting to visual communications.

The division was reassigned to 17th area army and transferred to Pyongyang after the surrender of Japan 15 August 1945, where it was disarmed by the Soviet Union forces.