After the end of the battle in October 1938, the 27th Division was sent to the staging grounds in Tianjin, where it was subordinated directly to the China Expeditionary Army in September 1939.
The division was mobilized on 1 February 1944 for the tentative participation in the Operation Ichi-Go, and transferred back to the 11th Army on 17 March 1944.
As the Operation Ichi-Go started on 17 April 1944, the 27th division attacked Queshan County on 9 May 1944.
Afterward, while being in Ganzhou, the 27th Division was subordinated to the 23rd Army and sent to Guangdong, providing a coastal defence to Huizhou.
After the Battle of Okinawa started, the 27th Division on 18 April 1945 had received orders to retreat to Shanghai through Nanchang.