Chapter 408: China's Armored Forces
How did Major Williams know the complicated and helpless mental journey of Lieutenant Colonel Wharton, and thought that their American allies had come to avenge their British.
While feeling grateful, they couldn't help but be a little overly enthusiastic about the current war, there was no way, it was really their British Seventh Brigade that was beaten miserably by the volunteers in front of them.
In particular, the encircled heavy firepower company even drove the "Land Rover" jeep that captured the 7th Brigade of the British Army in the end, and swaggered all the way to the city of Seoul.
If it weren't for the sudden counterattack of the U.S. military, it is estimated that the 7th Brigade of the British Army would have been overwhelmed by the wave of attacks by the volunteers along with Seoul.
Such a fiasco is unique in the more than 100-year history of the British Seventh Brigade, how can such an unbearable humiliation make the British gentlemen who have the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets in their hearts swallow it with their eyes closed?
No matter what, wash away this shame!
I can't do it myself, don't I have an American ally who is also of Anglo-Saxon descent!
In this way, Major Williams, with a feeling of being close to the enemy, came to the armored battle group under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Wharton to serve as a liaison officer, and he could not help but feel a little anxious when he saw that the heavy firepower company that had inflicted heavy losses on the British Seventh Brigade not long ago was surrounded by the American regiments but could not be attacked for a long time.
So seeing that Lieutenant Colonel Wharton didn't speak for a long time, he enthusiastically suggested: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, the ammunition of the Chinese army in front of you has almost been consumed, I think it is better not to let the Korean army do those useless work, or let the M26 and M46 tanks directly push over and crush those locusts with tracks......"
Major Williams could be described as gushing, and he couldn't wait to see the fierce enemy in front of him die tragically in front of his eyes in the next moment, because he knew very well that with the strength of Lieutenant Colonel Wharton, it was as simple as crushing an ant to death in the encirclement of the Volunteer Heavy Firepower Company.
You must know that although the Wharton armored battle group bears the title of a battle group and is subordinate to the establishment of the US First Cavalry Division, in terms of troops, the Wharton armored battle group has long exceeded the scale of an ordinary battle group and reached the level of a division in an ordinary country.
Because this battle group not only contains the US army, but also two regiments of South Korean troops, two battalions of Canadian troops, one battalion of French troops, plus some British troops, its strength is comparable to the main division of the Volunteer Army.
What's more, the Wharton armored battle group has a very high degree of mechanization, with tanks and half-track armored transporters in it, and even the artillery is basically tracked self-propelled guns, making its battlefield mobility and attack power very good.
Otherwise, it would not have caught up with the heavy fire company and surrounded it in a very short time!
And this is only the ground troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Wharton, there are at least five squadrons of American fighters in the sky to support him at any time, and there are six heavy artillery battalions behind him, which always provides him with powerful fire coverage.
is the existence of such a steam roller, not to mention fighting a company-level unit of the Volunteer Army, even if it encounters their main division, it will be effortless and directly crushed over, but it took more than two hours in front of a few small dirt bags of the heavy fire company, so how could Major Williams not be anxious?
However, Major Williams was so anxious that his eyes were on fire, but Lieutenant Colonel Wharton was indifferent, he did not come here to help the British find the field, but to find the most suitable battlefield "specimen" for himself, since it is a "specimen", the more complete and convincing it is.
Otherwise, he would just smash his fist down with a thunderbolt in such a reckless manner, and as a result, he would not only be unable to prove his conclusions, but he would also attract even greater ridicule if he didn't do it, which Lieutenant Colonel Wharton didn't want to see anyway.
Because of this, Lieutenant Colonel Wharton not only wants to get all kinds of equipment in the hands of the heavy fire company, but also wants to capture this unit as a formation, so that these Chinese can show up and speak, so that the guys who ignore him can be dealt the heaviest blow.
Of course, it is not easy to capture an elite unit of the Volunteer Army, and if you don't get it right, you will suffer heavy casualties, if Lieutenant Colonel Wharton led the American army alone, it is estimated that it would have been crushed by a bang as Williams said, after all, the lives of American GIs are still very precious.
But he now has a lot of money in his hands, not only the US military as the backbone, but also a large number of client state troops under his command, especially the South Korean army handed over the two most elite reinforced regiments to him, if such a large number of cannon fodder with combat effectiveness is not used well, Wharton is simply sorry for his conscience.
So after the encirclement was established, Lieutenant Colonel Wharton handed over the task of attacking the heavy firepower company to the two reinforced regiments of the South Korean army, if it could be defeated, it would be good, if it could not be defeated, it would be the consumption of the combat effectiveness of the heavy firepower company, anyway, Lieutenant Colonel Wharton did not believe that in the case of running out of ammunition and food, the heavy firepower in the encirclement would not collapse!
Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Wharton's tactics are still based on attrition, because he can afford to consume it, but he can't even afford to consume heavy firepower anyway!
"Wait a little longer, let's let the South Korean army attack two more waves, didn't you also say that the equipment of this Chinese army is very powerful, so it is better to consume it again!"
Major Williams, who was talking lively, was suddenly interrupted by Lieutenant Colonel Wharton's words, which made Williams stunned, and then shook his head stubbornly: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, please believe me, the Chinese army in the encirclement is a force that is difficult to predict.
If they can't be eliminated as quickly as possible, it is really hard to imagine what they will do afterwards, and this is how the 6th Commonwealth Battalion in Gwangpyeong-dong and the British Royal Tank Battalion on Route 18 were found by this Chinese army and then annihilated...... So ......"
"Enough!"
Williams wanted to say more, but was stopped by Wharton with a wave of his hand, and then his face sank and he said angrily: "That's your light enemy's rash advance, vainly trying to use a battalion to resist a division of the Volunteer Army, and I now have nearly a division of strength in my hands, not to mention the Chinese army in the encirclement, even the main division of the Volunteer Army in front of me dare not act rashly!"
You're right, the Chinese have some eye-catching equipment, but at best they are light weapons applied to the infantry, and they want to compete with heavy weapons such as tanks, planes and artillery? It is simply whimsical to want to win a war without heavy weapons! What's more, it's our American troops who are fighting now, not your defeated British! ”
Lieutenant Colonel Wharton glanced at Williams fiercely, and saw that he was finally honest, so he turned his head and grabbed the wireless phone, and was ready to order the South Korean army to continue the attack.
But as soon as these words came to his lips, there was a sudden cry of French people in the radio station on one side, and the erudite Lieutenant Colonel Wharton could still understand French, and when he made a closer look, Furui Wubo's face suddenly changed color, because the French liaison officer on the radio station kept shouting: "It's armored troops...... Chinese armored forces...... T-34 all over the mountains, God, Chinese is terrible......"