Below is the order of battle for the Canton Operation, October to December 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
21st Army - Lt. Gen. Motoo Furusho [8] Forces directly under 21st Army:[1] 4th Flight Group - Major Gen. Tomo Fujita [8][2] (Formed on September 19, 1938, under the 21st Army) Notes: 21st Army[2] 5th Fleet - Vice Admiral Kōichi Shiozawa (塩澤中将)[3] Canton Area Defense October 1938 [1] 4th Route Army - Yu Han-mou [1] Navy[1] Airforce[1] Kwang tung Air Defense command - ?
(3 x 75mm AA batteries, 20 lesser caliber AA batteries, 4 searchlights ) [1] Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) 2nd Ed., 1971.
Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China.
[3] Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45 [4] Madej, W. Victor Japanese Armed Forces Order of Battle, 1937-1945 [2 vols] Allentown, PA: 1981 March 1938