Jean Balfour, commander of the 9th Battalion of the French Lancers, was really going crazy......

As the commander of the French army who joined the Wharton armored battle group, he, like all French officers and soldiers, came to Korea with a little solidarity with the United States, and did not really come to fight with the Chinese and North Korean troops on the other side.

This can be seen from the equipment they carried, those British and American aid to France did not bring the same equipment, the use of old goods before World War II, even some artillery and guns are still obsolete from the First World War, for this, the French have a good reason:

We were occupied by Germany during World War II and suffered heavy losses, and it is already a great deal to be able to come up with these equipment to help our allies, if you don't want to, then okay, please ask the American boss to send us back by plane and ship!

When encountering a country like France, which is very good at steering the wind and rudder, the United States has no good way, and it can't really let the French go, otherwise the name of the United Nations army will be weakened by several points, after all, France is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, and politically it is still very helpful to the United States.

So the Americans could only let the French stay, and transferred a batch of surplus materials from the World War II period from the arsenal in Japan to re-equip the French army that entered Korea, and threw a lot of M1 "Garand" semi-automatic rifles, "Bazooka" rocket launchers, and 105mm howitzers into the French army;

The French army who entered the war in Korea suddenly smiled, but they didn't expect to be so coquettish when they changed their guns, and this deal was simply a good deal, especially the French armored forces replaced the previous dozens of "Renault" MK3 light tanks with the "Sherman" MK4 with outstanding performance.

You must know that this thing is only equipped in France by the two most elite armored divisions, and there are only 300 vehicles at full capacity, and the others are either staring at the empty shelves of the armor name, or like the ninth battalion of the lancer regiment, using the old guys before World War II, there is no way to really fight France in two world wars, even if they are still holding a proud neck, but it is impossible for that thin body to lay a few eggs.

Less than a week after the 9th Battalion of the Lancer Regiment entered South Korea, the Americans sent 50 "Sherman" MK4 tanks with a wave of their hand.

After all, eating others is the shortest, and taking other people's hands is short!

However, to participate in the war, the French were not prepared to die like the British, jokes, we French came to Korea to support and win the aid of the Americans, it is interesting enough to send troops to the front, and they want us to fight to the death with the volunteers who seem to be tigers and wolves, and there is no door.

Based on this, Lieutenant Colonel Jean Balfour, commander of the 9th Battalion of the Lancer Regiment, either opposed or passively resisted Wharton's series of offensive orders.

Although Lieutenant Colonel Wharton was angry about this, he was helpless, he couldn't fight his authority and not fight the French to the end, in that case, would this battle still be fought? Does he still want to prove himself?

After thinking about it, Lieutenant Colonel Wharton endured it and transferred the 9th Battalion of the French Lancer Regiment far north of the encirclement, and let them hold a few passages that were not dangerous.

Lieutenant Colonel Jean Balfour was still very satisfied with this arrangement, although he very much wanted his troops to be placed in the rear, but since he came to the front, he had to behave, otherwise France, as one of the five major powers of the Security Council, would not be regarded as a coward?

What's more, being arranged to the north of the encirclement to seal the passage, it seems that it is possible to face the Chinese army's southward rescue, but the problem is that at the moment of the US army's all-out counteroffensive, the Chinese army is too late to escape, I didn't see that the eastern front almost wiped out a division of the Chinese army, and I didn't see half a soldier to rescue, where is there still the heart to manage such a company-level combat unit!

Even if he retreats 10,000 steps, the Chinese army is really coming, and with those infantry with poor mobility ability, how can he fight against the fifty "Sherman" MK4 tanks in his hands that are in peak condition? After all, not all Chinese troops have as many anti-tank weapons as the encircled heavy firepower companies.

Rifles, grenades, and explosives alone could not break through his steel defenses, unless China used armored forces, but the problem was that China's only two armored regiments, which were barely a hundred vehicles at full capacity, could only hide behind the infantry and use them as mobile batteries.

If these can be called armored forces, then France during World War II would not have been defeated, and could directly sweep Europe!

Because of this, Lieutenant Colonel Jean Balfour felt that the operation to the north of the encirclement was nothing more than a military walk with no danger, so when he arrived at the designated place, he did not do much defense, but took out his cherished champagne and started a cheerful party with his French officers.

However, just as they were in high spirits, the shells smashed into their positions, followed by the roar of engines throughout the field, and before Lieutenant Colonel Jean Balfour could react, the whizzing anti-tank ammunition began to roll out the "Sherman" MK4 tank that the French army had just started.

Immediately, the deafening explosions, the screams of the French wounded, the frightened cries of the fleeing soldiers, accompanied by columns of thick smoke, suddenly rose in the French camp......

At this moment, Lieutenant Colonel Jean Balfour was simply stunned, he did not expect that the Chinese army would dare to come to relieve the siege, let alone that they really used armored forces, but after a short shock, Lieutenant Colonel Jean Balfour quickly regained his calm, and immediately organized more than 20 "Sherman" MK4 tanks to prepare for the armored counterassault.

However, when he adjusted his troops and prepared to strike a thunderous blow at the invading Chinese armored forces, five taels of strange-looking tanks suddenly rushed out of the Chinese tank group, and Lieutenant Colonel Jean Balfour could only see a little shadow of the T-34\85 tanks, and then felt that these tanks were simply like demons running out of hell, and they were outrageously sharp.

They fired so quickly that Lieutenant Colonel Jean Balfour's tank unit had been knocked out by the strange Chinese tanks before they could fire, and by the time he could react, they were already galloping towards the heavy fire company in the encirclement.

What else could Lieutenant Colonel Jean Balfour do with this? Rush up and give away someone's head? I could only grab the command intercom, call through the command post, and shout at Wharton: "The tanks of the Chinese army are too powerful, we can't stop ...... at all"