 Due to the ongoing 1939-40 Winter Offensive, the demobilization of the "106th division" was cancelled 20 December 1939.Instead it was assigned to the 21st army and sent to hold positions along the south bank of the Yangtze River between Wuhu and Hukou and stood off the attacks of the Chinese.The division was demobilized on March 9, 1940, with dissolution completed in April 1940.