 Like the Canton Operation, the Amoy Operation was overseen by Koichi Shiozawa (1881-1943), who was the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Fleet during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945).The fleets warships bombarded the city to cover the landing of more than 2,000 invading troops.The poorly equipped defenders of the city were forced to withdraw and move to Sung-yu.