The 13th Division of the Japanese Army was formed in 1905 and became a permanent division in 1907 after the Russo-Japanese War. From January 1920 to May 1921, troops were sent to Siberia to intervene in the Russian Revolution. However, after World War I, the economy of the world generally declined, and the Japanese army was forced to disarm, and the name of the 13th Division was abolished in 1925.

In July 1937, the Japanese army launched a full-scale invasion of China, and the Chinese War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out. In terms of establishment, it is still a type A division, with two brigades and four wings under its jurisdiction, and the strength is also more than 35,000 people, and the equipment is no different from that of other permanent divisions and regiments. But after all, it is a reorganized unit, there are relatively few veterans, and compared with the other three divisions and regiments, the combat effectiveness is not half a star.

And the key to Jiang Haoran's battle is all on whether the 13th Division of the Japanese Army is strong or not.

Of course, in addition to the strength of these four divisions, the Japanese army also has one or two divisions of the Imperial Allied Army in the defense area of each division, which is mainly used for law and order in the defense area.

After the sand table deduction was over, Jiang Haoran dropped the baton in his hand and said to Liu He: "Chief of Staff, I think it's almost over, give orders to the Hurricane Column, and implement the first step of the plan - tactical provocation." ”

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"Hmm" Liu He pursed his lips and thought for a while, and said: "Boss, I see if this matter should be reported to the Military Commission, after all, this matter is not small, in case the top is investigated, we are afraid that it will be difficult to explain, right?" ”

Liu Dakun also echoed: "Yes, Mr. Zongza, we are indeed in a lot of trouble now, there is no reason for the above to obstruct such a good thing as attacking the Japanese invaders, we really have no need to hide from them, and we don't have to wear a hat that acts without permission and does not obey orders." ”

"Escalate?" Jiang Haoran said: "I'll forget it!" First, the chairman of the committee is on the rise to suppress the Communist Party, and he may not be so enthusiastic about attacking the little devils for the time being, and most of the reports will not be able to pass through guò, and second, I have always suspected that the Military Commission has high-ranking spies of the Japanese army lurking, and once it is reported, the Japanese army may know our plan in advance, which will add some uncertainties to the capture of Nanchang. Therefore, I had no intention of reporting the operational deployment at all, and this 'tactical provocation' was not only for the Japanese to see, but also for the purpose of silting the mouths of some people. ”

After the recovery of Quzhou, the front lines of the confrontation between the 40th Army and the Japanese army were Kaihua County in front of Quzhou and Dexing County in front of Shangrao, both of which were occupied by the Japanese army. The distance between Jingdezhen and Yingtan spans the largest, and the area is also the widest, and the 40th Group Army occupies Wannian County, which corresponds to Leping County, which is occupied by the Japanese army.

In fact, the buffer zone in the middle is long and narrow, and for nearly a year, both sides have been busy building artillery towers, constructing fortifications, and pulling up barbed wire fences in their own defense areas, and have begun to prepare for their own attacks.

The 40th Group Army set up a Hurricane Column to constantly harass and sabotage the Japanese troops in the buffer zone in the middle, but the Japanese army was not willing to be lonely, and soon set up a plainclothes team to deal with the harassment and sabotage of the Hurricane Column, and also harassed and sabotaged the defense area of the 40th Group Army.

However, the plainclothes team of the Japanese army was basically composed of the Imperial Allied Army and the Japanese spy organization, and its combat effectiveness could not be compared with the Hurricane Column that Jiang Haoran personally guided and trained. Moreover, in order to adapt to jungle and mountain warfare, the Hurricane Column is almost all equipped with AK47, and even grenades and time bombs are the regular equipment of the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team.

It was night, between Leping County and Wannian County, in a hidden woods, around a dilapidated thatched house, there were many sentry posts, the doors and windows of the house were wide open, a few torches were lit, and more than a dozen people were noisy and lively inside.

This is the temporary headquarters of the Hurricane Column, because of the long-term activities in the mountains and forests, the headquarters basically has no fixed location, and the commander of the column, Li Tie, is the headquarters wherever he goes.

From the brigade commander of the special operations division to the commander of the column, although Li Tie is still the brigade commander, but he has changed the title of 'commander', but the strength in his hand is 20 regiments, more than the strength of the two A divisions.

In fact, where is the army-level establishment of the column in the GCD, like the second detachment of the New Fourth Army is the brigade-level establishment, but the chairman of the committee does not want Jiang Haoran to have another army for no reason, and only gives a brigade-level establishment, and the extra military salary and grain need to be solved by Jiang Haoran himself, but Jiang Haoran does not mind at all, and he does not entangle with the chairman on this matter, he only values the twelve more regiments in his hand.

Since the Japanese army changed blood, the only ** that has a conflict with it head-on is the Hurricane Column, and the Japanese puppet army may not be familiar with Jiang Haoran's other generals, but he has hated Li Tie so much that his teeth are itching, but Li Tie is bold and bold, and often personally leads the team to ambush and pull out strongholds in the Japanese puppet army defense area, and comes and goes freely, and the puppet army who suffered greatly simply gave Li Tie a nickname of "Li Tie Courage".

For this nickname, Li Tie not only accepted it calmly, but also often used it as a metaphor for himself.

In the room, Li Tie's voice overshadowed the noise of everyone: "Everyone stop, have you all arrived?" ”

Chief of Staff Gu Changsen immediately came out to count the number of people, and after a few seconds, Gu Changsen nodded and said, "Commander, the twelve detachment leaders have arrived, and they can give orders!" ”

Gu Changsen was originally the deputy chief of staff of the 40th Group Army, and when he came to the Hurricane Column as the chief of staff, he was still a general personally ordered by Liu He, although this Hurricane Column is a brigade, but the strength is two divisions, Li Tie is a general brought out by Jiang Haoran personally, and he has fought several tough battles with Jiang Haoran, this command talent is also on the rise, and there is no problem in being a front-line commander, but the miscellaneous affairs and the formulation of the battle plan in this army, without a good chief of staff, That's why Liu He transferred his right-hand man Gu Changsen to take on this important task.

Li Tiedao: "Okay, I won't be verbose when the people are gathered, this is the first time in more than a year that our column has gathered 20 detachments for a military meeting, I think even if I don't say it, you can guess that we may have a large-scale military operation." Yes, we're going to have a big vote this time, but before we announce the plan, the Senator personally called and asked me to ask you a question."