Andika mwendelezo wa aya hii - Mnamo 1940, Idara ya 1 ya Jeshi la Chini ilibadilishwa kuwa muundo wa "mstatili" na nyongeza ya askari wapatao 14,000 waliopewa vitengo tofauti. Vitengo vya mgawanyiko huo vilikuwa makao makuu, 16th Infantry Regiment, 18th Infantry Regiment na 26th Infantry Regiment, makundi ya 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment na 33rd Field Artillery Regiment na 1st Reconnaissance Troop kwa msaada wa 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Quartermaster Company, 1st Signal Company na 1st Ordnance Company. Katika Kampeni ya Sisili
, mgawanyiko mchanganyiko wa kijeshi na silaha na pia aliunga mkono timu za mapigano na mgawanyiko wa artillery na huduma ya mapigano msaada vitengo. Makampuni ya mizinga na ya kuharibu mizinga baadaye yalitumwa moja kwa moja kwa vikosi kwa ajili ya kampeni nchini Ufaransa.