Chapter 157: Coming to Spain
A city in southern Spain, Bacarrotta. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Everywhere you looked, you could see the signs of battle, ruined houses, burning flames, and the smell of blood in the air.
This is war!
Standing in the barracks outside the city, Ciric was filled with emotion.
After all, Germany assisted Franco's government first of all with the air force, and the Condor Legion was also the name given to Ciric, and now, Ciric is in this base camp of the Condor Legion.
"We are now in Spain, mainly the 4,500-man Air Force Corps, which includes three bombing groups, converted from Ju-52 transport aircraft, three fighter groups, all He-51 fighters, including a naval group, and a reconnaissance group with 12 He-70s, four heavy anti-aircraft batteries, two light anti-aircraft batteries, a communications company and ground crews."
Lieutenant Colonel Richthofen, a staff officer who arrived here earlier, reported to Ciric: "Now, all of our personnel are excitedly awaiting your instructions. ”
Richthofen knew that it was Shirek who suggested that he be the chief of staff of the Condor Army, and Richthofen was very grateful for this, so he prepared everything early and waited for Shirek's arrival.
It's just that now looking at this commander on his side, he seems to be a little distracted?
"Well, it seems that our strength is still not strong enough." Ciric came to his senses and said to his assistants: "Our plan is to prepare an army of 50,000 men in Spain, including our armored corps. ”
Hearing this, Richthofen was also overjoyed: "This is really wonderful! Now, Italy has also sent troops, but the combat effectiveness of their armies really does not dare to compliment. ”
Italy also sent troops, and on a larger scale, historically, there were a total of 150,000 people, but unfortunately, the combat effectiveness of the Noodle Army has always been obvious to all.
"Well, we don't care about the Italians, we beat ours." "Right now, our main task is to carry out air strikes. ”
As soon as he finished saying this, Ciric saw his escort Graff, hurriedly walked in, and said to Ciric: "Commander, I just received news that General Franco's convoy will arrive in ten minutes. ”
Franco! Now, it is still a secret that Ciric has become the commander of the Condor Legion, and it is only known to a few people in Spain, and Franco, after learning that Ciric is coming, is quite happy and comes to pick up the wind in person.
This is also because Ciric arrived in secret, and for the safety of Ciric during the voyage, the news of Ciric's flight is strictly confidential.
"Okay, then let's go meet it together." Ciric said.
Franco, in later generations, was also a more controversial, authoritarian ruler, good at using violence, this is what some people said about him, but, anyway, Jean allowed Spain to restore peace.
For ordinary people, all isms are secondary, and who governs is also secondary, and being able to live in peace and security is the most hopeful. At least, Franco made a Spain in turmoil at peace for decades, and that's his greatest credit.
Outside the tent, there is the runway of the airport, which is built after simply crushing the ground and making it solid, and only the propeller aircraft of this era have very low requirements for the runway.
On the tarmac on one side of the runway, rows of fighters are neatly arranged, and several technicians are churning up and down, repairing the plane.
The JU52 that Ciric was riding in when he came was also parked aside.
On the road in the distance, a convoy was approaching at a fast pace, and soon, in front of Ciric and his party, stopped.
The car door opened, and Franco, who had a smile on his face, but still looked so cold, walked out, he was wearing a military uniform and a beret, and he extended his hand enthusiastically to Ciric.
"General Ciric, welcome to Spain."
This is the first time Ciric and Franco have met, and from each other's eyes, you can see the strong desire for power, this is a person who will never be controlled!
"It is a great pleasure to be able to help the Spanish brothers overthrow the rule of the Syriza coalition." "We're going to do our best!" ”
The two hands shook together, and Ciric felt that the other hand's hand was also cold.
Without entering the tent that was temporarily used as a conference room, just outside, Franco looked at the rows of planes and said to Ciric: "Führer Adolf helped us in the most difficult times, and we will remember his support." ”
Remember? During World War II, you still have a rat's head and a rat's tail, that is, you don't participate in the war, if it weren't for the control of this strategic place, who would help you fight the war! Ciric couldn't help but think in his heart, and said, "This is what we should do." ”
"It's a pity that our pilots are too bad right now." Franco said: "In the past few days, there have been too many losses of fighters. ”
Although the Condor Legion had been stationed in Spain, German pilots were now acting as instructors, except for the German pilots who fought when they began to escort transport planes.
It was the Spanish pilots who really entered the battlefield, they were almost all rookies, He51 fighters, who had already lost four or five!
"Yes, so, I brought the Führer's latest order, we will fly the fighters into the air and directly participate in the battle, our bombers, will drop bombs on Madrid, drop them on Barcelona, we will let the Left Alliance know that their defeat is already doomed!" Ciric said.
German pilots, no longer in the background, will be involved in the front-line battles! This promise made Franco quite excited.
Franco came in person, it is right, you know, the current Shirek is second only to Hitler in Germany, the real power figure, is Hitler's internal successor! Ciric came to command the Condor Legion, which speaks volumes about the importance attached to Spain!
Sure enough, after Ciric came, he promised to fight on the front line!
"That's great!" Franco said: "We have received definite news that the French government has decided to come to the aid of government planes, as well as the Soviet military aid, which has been loaded on ships and shipped to Spain. ”
Military aid from the USSR? No wonder Franco is running over in such a hurry now, it was Soviet aid that was coming, so that Franco couldn't sit still!
That batch of gold has been put in the vault in Berlin, and the Soviet Union has not received anything, and in this case, the Soviets are still willing to send military aid? What did Stalin think?