Its call sign was the Open Division (開兵団, Kai Heidan).

The division was then garrisoned in Yangzhou, Jiangbei District, Ningbo, Zhenjiang, and Wuxi.

On 1 May 1946 evacuation started via the Yueyang - Wuchang - Hankou - Zhengzhou - Xuzhou - Nanjing route, finally arriving in Shanghai on 10 June 1946.

79 men left Shanghai on 24 June 1946, and arrived at Kagoshima on 2 July to be immediately demobilized.

On 1 July 1946, main divisional troops started to depart from Shanghai, and the last batch of 532 soldiers was demobilized in Uraga on 1 August 1946.