Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang

Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
	Part of Second Sino-Japanese War
	; Japanese troops in the battle of Zaoyang-Yichang
Date	May 1 – June 18, 1940; (1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location	Vicinities of Zaoyang city and Yichang city in Hubei province, Republic of China32°07′31″N 112°45′04″E / 32.1252°N 112.7510°E
Result	Japanese victory
Belligerents
Republic of China	Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Li Zongren; Zhang Zizhong †	Waichiro Sonobe
Strength
18,970 officers and 381,258 soldiers;	IJA 11th Army; 200+ tanks; 100+ aircraft; 1st China Expeditionary Fleet
Casualties and losses
Japanese records: 63,127 killed; 4,797 captured; 81 artillery pieces captured; 727 automatic weapons captured; 12,557 rifles captured; Chinese records:; 768 officers and 36,215 soldiers killed; 2,066 officers and 48,443 soldiers wounded; 645 officers and 22,473 soldiers missing	Chinese claim: 25,941 killed and 53 captured; ; Japanese record: 1,403 killed and 4,639 wounded

The Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang, also known as the Battle of Zaoyi (Chinese: 棗宜會戰), was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War.