One Hundred and Twenty-Three First Battles in Cordoba

"Ding!" The bullet hit the stone, splashing a cloud of dust, the machine guns in the distance kept sweeping, and the groans of wounded soldiers who didn't know where they were could be heard in the distance. "the sound of. [For more wonderful novels, please visit]

Behind the barricade, a row of Republican soldiers was firing fiercely. On the opposite side of them, the soldiers of the National Army were dodging bullets and approaching their target little by little. Not far away, inside a building, two German snipers were loading bullets into their rifles.

They very skillfully stick their guns out the window and aim at the Republican soldiers in the barricade not far away. The trigger was gently pulled, followed by the sound of gunfire, and the bullet flew out and penetrated into the head of the Republican soldier. Immediately following the impact, the soldier was thrown backwards.

Repeating the action again, pulling the bolt, aiming, and pulling the trigger gently, the gunshot sounded again, the bullet flew to the target again, and finally fell with blood and a corpse.

The artillery support finally came, and a huge cloud of black smoke rose from the machine gun positions where the Republican Army had been spewing flaming tongues. Rubble and stones flew everywhere, and there were still broken bodies and broken uniforms. The machine gun twisted and fell not far away, and there was no sound from this machine gun position.

"Boom blah blah..." A P-2 tank ran over the gravel on the street and slowly came out from the other end of the block. The turret also began to turn in the direction of the barricade, adjusting the angle of the 20mm main gun while turning.

Behind the tank, followed by a group of Spanish soldiers with steel helmets, they bowed their waists, carefully used the tank to cover themselves with guns, and moved forward slowly. The tank stopped at the corner where the turret "exposed", and then the 20mm gun spewed flames.

"Boom!" A big hole was hit in the barricade of the Spanish Republican Army, and the soldiers inside were blown to the ground, but another group of soldiers came up in the distance, braved the artillery fire, and they used various weapons to frantically "shoot the tank". ' hit, the bullet hit the tank with dazzling sparks.

"Reverse!" the German tanker who controlled the turret in the tank ordered loudly. While he was shooting frantically with the machine gun on the turret, he asked the people around him to quickly reload the 20mm gun.

The tank swayed a little, and then began to retreat. As soon as the tank retreated, the Spanish infantry who followed the tank were "exposed". These infantry were quickly knocked down by the flying bullets, and the rest of the people hurried. Back with the tank.

However, after retreating less than half a meter, the German tank rushed out of the corner again, this time it did not only "exposed" half of its body, but rushed to the center of the street again and again. The 20mm gun once again spewed out the tongue of flame, and the machine gun also fired frantically. The firepower of the Republican Army on the opposite side was obviously suppressed.

On the roof a hundred meters away,

The German sniper shot again and killed a Republican soldier who replaced the dead machine gunner, and then the two of them moved with their rifles together. This is a tactical requirement. Although the opponent's counter-sniper's tactics are quite imperfect, but All German hunting groups involved in the war were required and had to strictly follow the rules in the tactical manual.

Facts have also proved that this tactic of moving after the fight is reasonable and efficient. More than once, snipers reacted. After they left the sniper position for a minute or a few minutes, the original position was attacked by the opponent's retaliatory artillery fire. Therefore, many sniper teams will strictly follow the sniper tactics manual drawn up by the Führer himself, although most of the content in this manual comes from an article "Sniper Training Course" in an amateur military enthusiast magazine in the late 21st century.

On the other side, the barricade finally collapsed under another shell attack, and the P-2 tank rushed to the ruins of the barricade in one breath under the cover of the infantry. The soldiers of the Spanish National Army were busy setting up machine guns on the barricades, and the surrounding gunfire gradually subsided, while in the distance, the dense gunfire continued.

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"Your Excellency, we have occupied three-quarters of the urban area of ​​Córdoba. Although the Republican Army is still relying on the terrain to resist, it is expected that tomorrow afternoon, we will be able to completely occupy Córdoba." The officer in the general uniform proudly pointed to the map and introduced Franco to the current battle situation: "In the field, my 8th Armored Division has advanced to the south bank of the Guadiana River."

As he introduced, he pointed to the border area next to Portugal on the map, and then said: "Our army has already controlled Badajoz, and the Republican army voluntarily gave up there due to the situation, as long as the follow-up troops follow up. There is no problem with speed, and next week our troops will encircle the central city of Cáceres."

Franco nodded. He was very satisfied with the performance of the Germans. Standing in front of him was Lieutenant General Bock, the chief of staff of the Wehrmacht. His calm command allowed Franco's army to pull back the disadvantage, gradually began to gain a foothold, and showed a counter-offensive posture.

The 2nd SS Panzer Division, which was reinforced from Germany, performed well in the counterattack against Cordoba. They disintegrated the Republican defense line outside Cordoba with the fastest speed and led Franco's troops. The defeated soldiers went all the way back to the city center. Although the casualty figures of Franco's army made him gasp, after all, the war situation was very good.

The 8th Armored Division of the National Defense Forces advanced all the way, and even hit the south bank of the Guadalajara River in one breath. It is very likely to take down the important town of Cáceres in central Spain. Once Cáceres is won, Franco's army can even into one piece, completely remove the embarrassing situation of being divided.

From the results, the performance of the Wehrmacht in support of Franco was much stronger than that of the Red Army in support of the International Column and the Republican Army, at least so far, on the battlefield with the Germans, they have not been defeated . They made great strides along the way, seemingly invincible.

"General Bock, where will you place your main attack direction next? Is it near the Guadiana River or in Cordoba." Franco looked at the map for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking curiously.

"My offensive direction was formulated by the German General Staff Headquarters and even the Führer himself. For the time being, I only know that the Führer is more interested in Cáceres. So I will concentrate the armor in my hand and use the fastest speed. Capture Caceres as a 36th birthday gift to the Führer."

"I didn't expect Yuan Xian to be so young!" Franco seemed to be very interested in Arcardo: "He is a few years younger than me, but he has already become the head of the whole of Germany. Even a general like you is older than him. Great admiration for him."

"The prestige of the Führer has been tested by countless victories. So we will not question his decision." Bock sighed with admiration: "He is like a gift from God to the German people, giving us this suffering. The nation brings hope."

"If I have the opportunity, I must go and see your head of state." Franco nodded and said, "After Spain ends the civil war and becomes a strong and free country. I will definitely go and see your head of state. "

"Very welcome! General Franco." General Bock nodded and said.

"There is one more question I want to ask, General Bock." Franco seemed to remember something and asked casually, "A general as experienced as you should be a very high-level general in Germany. Bar?"

"Thank you for your affirmation, General Franco." Bock replied with a smile: "We have many famous generals, such as General Brauchitch, the commander of the Wehrmacht, although he is young, but it was indeed discovered by the Führer. A capable general. Of course, there are many others who are better at commanding operations than I am."

Speaking of this, Bock paused intentionally, and then made a joke: "The Fuhrer said to me before I left that he saw that my old bones were about to retire, so he gave me this opportunity to retire more. gold."

"Haha." Franco laughed twice, then patted Bock on the shoulder: "You are a humorous person, not like many old-fashioned Germans. It seems that there is no problem for you to deal with yourself. Now, how about we go and have a glass of whiskey together at night?"

"It's fine to have one drink, General Franco, but according to the "Code of Conduct for Frontline Operations" by the Führer, I can only drink up to three drinks of alcoholic beverages a day. Of course, I heard that becoming a general of the National Defense Forces, this ban can be relaxed to four drinks. "Bock said with a smile.

"Then if you become a marshal, you can drink half a bottle." Because the situation on the front line is stable and increasingly favorable, Franco also joked in a good mood: "You Germans are really interesting, and you have also stipulated drinking. quantity."

"Long live the Führer!" An intelligence officer came in at this time, raised his right arm and saluted Bock before saying: "General, I just confirmed the news from Colonel Dick, the commander of the Air Force, this afternoon around 3:30. , the Spanish friendly air force lost three he-51d export fighters."

"Conclusion?" Bock asked, frowning and staring at the intelligence officer.

"The Air Force analyzed the process of the air battle and confirmed the fact that the skills of the fighter pilots of the Republican Army have been greatly improved." The intelligence officer glanced at the report and replied, "Colonel Dick speculated that this time the air battle, the opponent was a Soviet pilot, Not the rookies of the Republican Army. And the aircraft used is the latest Soviet-developed i-16 fighter."

"Is there any countermeasures on Colonel Dick's side?" Bock asked after thinking about it.

"Colonel Dick suggested that if conditions permit, our pilots can also try it out." The intelligence officer searched the report for a while before finding Dick's suggestion: "He also said that once it is determined that air supremacy needs to be guaranteed, Then he will use the Air Force's secret weapon."

"Tell him I approved it! Let him figure it out!" Bock handed the intelligence book to the intelligence officer, and then ordered.

Then he turned around and glanced at Franco: "I'm sorry, General Franco, it seems that our wine will not be available for a few days."

"It's okay! General Bock! When you win, I'll treat you to a good drink." Franco said with a smile.

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