"That's right, Lieutenant Colonel! I think the same way! ”

As soon as Lieutenant Colonel Wharton's words fell, Major Cabreno, commander of the Second Armored Battalion of the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army and the 2nd Armored Battalion who was following him, said nonchalantly with a cigar in his mouth: "Since I came to North Korea, it is the first time I have seen China put formed armored units into battle. ”

When he said this, Major Cabreno's face was arrogant, as if the armored combat in his mouth was his own place, and he could be at his mercy.

In fact, Major Cabreno did have a proud capital, and his second armored battalion had faced off against Rommel's German armored corps in North Africa; swept across Sicily in Italy; The counteroffensive in Europe was fought from Normandy to the outskirts of Berlin, which can be called a strong force in the plains of Western Europe.

Because of this, after the war, the 2nd Armored Battalion was deployed to Hamburg, Germany, as the core combat force of the US army, to confront the Soviet troops in front of them.

All in all, the 2nd Armored Battalion is the elite of the elite of the US Army's armored forces!

Therefore, when the 2nd Armored Battalion was transferred from Europe to the Korean front at the end of last month, there was an air of arrogance from top to bottom, which made other units, including the US military, very unaccustomed to it.

But Major Cabreno didn't care, the elite should have an elite style, otherwise how could it be called an elite?

Therefore, this time he was included in the Wharton armored battle group, and Major Cabreno was also full of indifference, and he did not have the sincere fear of other American troops in the face of the volunteers, but felt that those generals used their elite ace armored troops to deal with those Chinese soldiers who only had flesh and blood.

Therefore, after completing the task of encircling the heavy firepower company, he preferred to stay in the rear and sleep lazily, not because he was afraid of the Chinese army, but because he felt that he could not give full play to the elite value in this battle, and it was better not to fight than to do so.

Of course, it was not until the advent of the Chinese armored forces that the lack of Major Cabreno's interest was raised......

"Dear major, I still say the same thing, don't underestimate the Chinese!"

Just when Major Cabreno was full of ambition, a sentence of English with a strong French accent was like cold water in winter, pouring on Major Cabreno's head and face, making Major Cabreno, who was proudly holding a cigar and ready to continue to express his bravery, his face became extremely exciting, and then immediately turned his head and stared at Lieutenant Colonel Jean Balfour viciously and said angrily: "Open your mouth and shut your mouth Don't underestimate the Chinese, I see that you are frightened by the Chinese!" ”

"I'm not scared, I'm stating the facts!" Lieutenant Colonel Jean Balfour did not back down, like a stubborn rooster, held his head high, and shouted loudly to Major Cabreno: "Chinese tanks are very different from what we have seen before, they can find targets in the dark, the rate of fire of tank guns is also very fast, and more importantly, their tanks can fire while moving, but in terms of these performances, they are already stronger than our 'Sherman' MK4 tanks, so they are not fighting us, but slaughtering us...... Massacre, you know? ”

"Don't use the strength of your enemies to cover up your incompetence!" As soon as Jean Balfour's words were finished, Major Cabreno waved his hand indifferently, and immediately took a puff of the cigar in his hand, accompanied by the smoke in the swirling smoke, and sneered: "I said that China's T-34 was all over the mountains, and now I am talking about how powerful their tanks are, Lieutenant Colonel Jean Balfour, I really don't know if what you said is true, if you can't fight, just follow behind and learn, after all...... We're still allies! ”

"You ......"

Jean Balfour was squeezed by Major Cabreno, he said before that most of the Chinese tanks did not want to contribute to find an excuse, but they did not want to become the key point of Major Cabreno's attack on him, which made Jean Balfour difficult to distinguish even if he had a mouth, so he could only turn his head to look at Lieutenant Colonel Wharton angrily: "Lieutenant Colonel Wharton, I dare to assure God, my evaluation of the performance of Chinese tanks is really true, they are very likely to be equipped with the latest Soviet tanks, and I conclude that this tank is equipped with something similar to the British." Two-way stabilization system for tank guns in the Centurion's MK3 ......"

"That's it!"

Jean Balfour wanted to say more, but was rudely interrupted by Lieutenant Colonel Wharton: "Instead of arguing here, it is better to think about how to ......fight the next change."

As he spoke, Wharton turned his gaze to Major Cabreno and asked in a hearty manner, "Your troops shouldn't have just engaged in such a simple pursuit, right?" ”

"Haha~~ Of course!" Major Cabreno gestured to a staff officer beside him, quickly unfolded a map, and then scratched the void on both sides of the Imjin River with his finger holding a cigar: "While pursuing, Captain Brooklyn and Lieutenant Jason have respectively led an armored battle group along Highway 21 and 12 to encircle the fleeing Chinese troops in large depth, so as to establish a two-layer or even three-layer encirclement, which is a classic encirclement tactic during World War II, and I believe that Chinese who have never understood ......it will be very surprised."

When Major Cabreno began to talk about the tactics he had laid out, Lieutenant Colonel Jean Balfour had a gloomy face, and he did not know that Lieutenant Colonel Wharton did not want to see him at all, so that he did not even have the heart to say a word to him, and completely treated him as air, and this insult was ten times more uncomfortable than Major Cabreno's cynicism at him.

But in the end, Lieutenant Colonel Jean Balfour did not have a seizure, but sneered in his heart: "Let you be proud, proud, God will watch intently, you Yankees hit your head in front of the Chinese tank, but at that time, don't cry and shout for your mother......"

……

"What do you say? U.S. tanks have already seized the ferry? ”

Zhang Huangxin, who was speeding north, suddenly received a report from the top soldiers, and couldn't help but be surprised, he thought that he had broken through the encirclement, but he didn't expect that the armored forces of the U.S. army would take the lead in occupying the ferry on the Xiaolin River, a tributary of the Imjin River, and once again trap their group in a heavy encirclement, he couldn't help but furrow his brows deeply, and he pondered for a moment before asking: "How is their strength?" ”

"Seven or eight tanks, with more than a dozen armored vehicles, there is almost a reinforced company's strength, and the combat effectiveness is not weak!" The soldier in charge of the reconnaissance replied truthfully, Zhang Huangxin nodded, and just wanted to say something, but saw that the old Tang on the side suddenly took the lead and said: "Our heavy fire company still has some anti-tank ammunition, so let's take the ferry!" ”

"You still have peace of mind to rest and recuperate, fighting tanks, the best way is to use tanks, not to mention, the two-way stabilization system of tank guns on our car only hits a few old 'Shermans' is really overkill, only against the new tanks of the US army, that is interesting!"

The corners of Zhang Huangxin's mouth rose, revealing a hearty smile that he was determined to win......