On the road leading to Xiangyang, a Japanese motorized army was braved by the wind and snow and quickly approaching Xiangyang.

Needless to say, this motorized Japanese army was the 19th independent Japanese army brigade set out from Jingmen.

As the Japanese government quickly absorbs and digests massive war resources in the vast occupied areas, Japan's industrial machines are gradually becoming stronger and its industrial output capacity is becoming stronger and stronger.

The 11th Army of the Japanese Army, as a strategic mobile field force, was naturally particularly cared for. It had long turned into a bicycle and a 200,000-300,000 troops basically completed the motorization process, and even several main divisions had initially achieved mechanization.

In general, motorization mainly refers to the delivery methods of soldiers and equipment, while the concept of mechanization is broader, almost covering all aspects such as delivery, combat, and logistics support. The professionalism requirements are higher, and the ability to strike and penetrate are stronger.

Motorization and mechanization can be the same thing or not, mainly vary by country.

For example, the Soviet Union and Russia collectively call it motorization, while Europe and the United States collectively call it mechanization, which actually has the same meaning.

Our army separates them and uses tire vehicles (such as cars, motorcycles) to motorize, and uses armored track vehicles (such as tanks, armored vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles) to mechanize.

Marines rely on cars, and impacts rely on hiking are motorized infantry, mainly using individual weapons.

Mechanized infantry in most cases have tank coordination, and usually moves directly to the impact starting position. According to the terrain, tanks and armored vehicles can be used to cover and infantry follow.

Mechanized infantry mainly uses vehicle-mounted weapons, such as artillery, anti-tank and air defense missiles, vehicle-mounted mortars, grenade launchers, etc., while individual weapons are secondary.

At present, only 40% of the troops under Yang Fan's Hu Ben Army have achieved infantry mechanization, and the rest of the troops can only be described as motorized.

But even so, this is a very amazing data, especially compared with the domestic Chinese army, it can only be compared with Xiaomi plus rifles, aircraft and tanks.

"How could this damn weather get so cold!"

The brigade leader Toriro Taniguchi was sitting in a Toyota luxury sedan. Although the wind could not blow and the snow could not float, there was no air conditioner after all, and the temperature inside the car was still cold and the temperature inside was still very cold.

Three hours ago, Hu Erlang Gukou led his team from Jingmen to Xiangyang for support. He bumped all the way on the bumpy road. He felt that his whole body was about to be shaken.

Under such circumstances, Taniguchi Takajiro naturally felt much better.

The staff officer sitting next to him smiled and said, "Brig Commander, please be patient, at most, we will arrive in Xiangyang in one hour.

This is already very fast. If it were half a year ago, it would take as long as one day to leave from Jingmen to Xiangyang!"

Jingmen and Xiangyang are only 110 kilometers apart, and there are roads connected between them. Logically speaking, such a motorized unit will only take more than three hours to depart from Jingmen to Xiangyang.

But this road is not another road, and there is no way to compare with modern cement hardened roads. It is just a flat dirt road.

Unless it is often maintained, such dirt roads will become bumpy and have extremely poor road conditions in no time.

What's more, this is the war era. The Chinese guerrilla army will not be accustomed to the Japanese traffic lines and will destroy them every now and then, making these dirt roads unparalleled.

After a long time, the Japanese were too lazy to go overly manage it. As long as they could maintain the basic traffic function, it would be impossible to consume too much manpower and material resources to make these earthen roads flat.

"Soga!"

Hearing this, Taniguchi Tsujiro was in a much better mood and started to feel excited with deep pride: "Matsuura, you are right, the Great Japanese Empire is rapidly becoming stronger.

In at most three to five years, the Great Japanese Empire will become the most powerful country in the world, the Yamato nation will also become the noblest nation, and we will become national heroes that will be recorded in history forever!”

"Hayi!"

Tadomatsu Matsuura nodded deeply and said, "What the commander of the brigade said is very true. At that time, not only these ignorant Chinese people will become slaves to the Great Japanese Empire, but even those arrogant Western powers will crawl at the feet of the Great Japanese Empire and beg for mercy!"

"Yo Xi!"

Taniguchi Takajiro raised his beard with great joy and then said, "But our enemies are also getting stronger. We can no longer underestimate them as we used to. We must always keep our due vigilance and caution!"

"Hayi! The Commander's experience is profound, just like a famous imperial general like Marshal Ishihara and General Okamura."

Tadao Matsuura continued to kneel down and flatter without any effort: "Well, it is a great blessing for the Japanese Empire to have famous generals and military strategists like you. I firmly believe that under your leadership, the final victory of this world war will definitely belong to the great Yamato nation!"

"Where! Where! I am just a mere major general now, and I can compare with Marshal Ishihara and General Okamura!"

Taniguchi Turiro waved his hand modestly, and then said seriously: "This time we go to Xiangyang, we will face the powerful Chinese Tiger Army. This damn Chinese army has caused a lot of losses to the Japanese Empire!"

Tadomatsu Matsuura said dismissively: "The Hu Ben Army is indeed a very powerful opponent, but this time they only dispatched two armies, and they were alone in the defense zone of our 11th Army.

Now they are separated by the natural danger of Han River. They want to cross the river to fight to conquer the city of Xiangyang. Without air supremacy, it is simply a delusion.

If they don’t come, they will be gone. If they don’t know how to capture Xiangyang, then Xiangyang City will definitely become their tomb!…”

Bang bang bang bang!

It was indeed a show of thunder. Before Matsuura Tadao finished speaking, bursts of violent explosions continued to explode in his ears.

Through the car window glass, dazzling fires flashed in the distance, almost blinding Tadami Matsuura's dog eyes!

"Baga! Are the vanguards in front of them eating shit? I have repeatedly told them to be careful and expand the search scope. Why did they still fall into the ambush circle of the Chinese guerrillas?"

Seeing this movement, Tu Erlang Tanigu frowned, but he was not panicked. His first reaction was that he was harassed and attacked by a small group of Chinese troops, rather than suffering a catastrophe.

Because here, the Japanese army is located in Wuhan, one of the base camps in China, and the surrounding counties and cities are all under the control of the Japanese army, the "public security situation" is still OK.

Although there is a strong Chinese guerrilla force in the nearby Dahong Mountains. However, it is relatively speaking. At most, it is to harass various strongholds and does not have the ability to attack the county town, let alone take the initiative to attack the independent mixed brigade of 7,000 to 8,000.

"Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, I'm afraid things are not that simple?"

However, at this time, Tadao Matsuura smelled an extremely dangerous aura and frowned and said, "Maybe we were faced with a carefully planned ambush!"
Chapter completed!