After the capture of Luoyang, the troops began to divide into two routes.

Expanding the results of the battle, all the way was a triumphant advance, like a bamboo, and finally the two route armies of the Eastern Expedition converged in Henan, the original agreed place.

Henan Zhumadian.

Zhumadian is located in the south-central part of Henan, bordering Luohe River in the north and Xinyang in the south, and is located in the hilly plain area of the upper reaches of the Huai River. In ancient times, it was the main point of transportation, and it was named after the messengers and eunuchs who came and went from the south to the north in history. It is known as "the hinterland of Yuzhou and the most middle of the world".

Don't look at this small place, Zhumadian is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization, the core area of the creation of Pangu, the ancestor of humanity, the hometown of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor's wife and ancestor, and the world-famous weapon manufacturing center during the Warring States Period.

Zhumadian mainly has mountainous, hilly, hilly, plain and other landform types. The mountainous area includes the remnants of the Tongbai Mountain in southern Henan that extend to the west.

Iron Brigade Expeditionary Force, in command.

Zhou Weiguo, Li Xiangyang, Wang Buer, Sun Desheng, Zhang Dabiao, and others gathered in the combat command room, and everyone's face was not very good, because they were facing the Sixth Division, an elite combat unit of the Kwantung Army.

The Japanese soon became aware of Li Yunlong's presence in Xi'an, and as soon as Okamura Ninji learned of the news, he immediately informed Itagaki Seishiro via telegram.

Gangcun Ningji felt that this time Li Yunlong was not in the Iron Brigade, this was the best time to eat the Iron Brigade, so he asked Itagaki Seishiro to rush to Henan immediately, ready to eat the Iron Blood Brigade's Eastern Expedition troops in one go.

A soldier bears a nest of bears.

How effective a unit is has a lot to do with the commander!

Itagaki Seishiro is a veteran with rich combat experience, of course he knows this truth, so he also eats the Eastern Expedition troops before Li Yunlong returns to the army!

The Kwantung Army, the elite of the Japanese invasion forces, the 6th Division, the elite of the Kwantung Army!

The combat effectiveness is known.

Just the day before yesterday, the Sixth Division had already arrived in Zhumadian.

The first thing Itagaki Seishiro did when he arrived at Zhumadian was to gather the Japanese puppet army troops near Zhumadian and gather a large force of nearly 40,000 people.

The 40,000-day puppet army was dominated by nearly 30,000 main forces of the Sixth Division, supplemented by second-class field troops, and other garrison troops and Imperial Allied Army troops, preparing to fight to the death against the Eastern Expeditionary troops of the Iron and Blood Brigade in Zhumadian.

Seishiro Itagaki is also a capable old devil, and he quickly built a line of defense in Zhumadian to stop the crazy attack of the Iron Brigade!

Shortly after that, the Iron Brigade and the 6th Division fought a battle, but the result was very unsatisfactory.

A brigade of the 6th Division suddenly took it by surprise and launched an attack on the Iron Brigade, although it finally repelled the attack of the Itagaki Brigade, but its own casualties were also quite large.

It's a win, but it's a pyrrhic victory!

A crushing victory, for the Iron Brigade, is a loss!

It was precisely because of this that all the military commanders of the Iron and Blood Brigade had very ugly faces, and the entire combat command room was silent.

After a long while, Zhou Weiguo, as the acting commander-in-chief, said: "You don't have to be depressed, although the Sixth Division is more powerful than we imagined, it is not invincible, and we have already won the first battle!" ”

Zhang Dabiao said: "Brother Weiguo, although we won this battle, this is a tragic victory!" Our own casualties are also very large! ”

In the battle with the Sixth Division just now, the battle was very brave, but the casualties were also very large.

After Li Xiangyang heard this, he also spoke: "The Sixth Division encountered this time is one of our fierce enemies, according to the information provided by the dark web, this Sixth Division is a first-class combat division. ”

In the middle of the Anti-Japanese War, with the development of the two battlefields in front and behind the enemy, the Japanese army divided the divisions and regiments into four levels: A, B, C, and D in order to meet the needs of different battle scales.

The A Division, also known as the Horse Pulling Division, has jurisdiction over 2 brigades (2 infantry wings per brigade), 1 wing of engineers, 1 cavalry, 1 artillery and 1 brigade of baggage, a total of 8 wings, plus 28,200 non-combatants from the regimental headquarters of the first division and the regimental headquarters of two brigades.

However, the Sixth Division numbered nearly 30,000 men and was well equipped.

According to the operational establishment of the Japanese army, the earlier the name of the division and regiment, the stronger the combat effectiveness and the better the equipment.

“．． This Sixth Division was specially mobilized from the northeast by Gangcun Ningci, and the purpose was to deal with our iron-blooded brigade! ”

"According to the battle plan and the speed of the march, the large troops of the Sixth Division should not have arrived in Zhumadian so early, but now that they have arrived in Zhumadian, they should know that the brigade commander is not in the army and want to take advantage of the situation!"

"Nine times out of ten, I think that's the case!" Sun Desheng also said loudly: "But their little devils are also in vain, our iron-blooded brigade is not a soft persimmon, they can't pinch it!" ”

Wang Buji frowned and said: "However, I have to say that this Sixth Division is a strong enemy, stronger than the Japanese army we encountered before, we can't underestimate it!" ”

"That's right!" Zhou Weiguo nodded: "Since the Sixth Division and our iron-blooded brigade are on the bar, then it is their end!" ”

"The Sixth Division? Claimed to be the elite of the Japanese army? Our brigade commander said that our iron-blooded brigade is the elite! The Sixth Division will definitely not have good fruit to eat when it encounters us! ”

"That's right!"

"We've never been afraid!"

"the little devils!"

……

Everyone present was full of fighting spirit and fighting spirit!

At this time, Wang Buer suddenly said, "Didn't the brigade commander leave a bag?" Let's take a look at the Brigadier's tricks! ”