"The battle for Badajoz was fierce. "At the air base in the south, Ciric listened to reports from the front.www.biquge.info

The Italian Noodle Army, together with the Nationalist Army in the north and south, was attacking Badajoz, and at the same time, the Republican Army was also fighting tenaciously.

(The rebels don't sound good, we are righteous, we have changed to the national army, and the government army is the republican army.) ）

"General Royata, please take off more fighters and go to bomb Badajoz." Staff Lieutenant Colonel Richthofen said to Ciric.

"The next batch of bombs has not yet arrived, and now we are short of ammunition." "His Noodle Army also has fighters, so let them use their own fighters." ”

The last time there was a beautiful battle, which stimulated the Italians, so the Italians very much wanted to take Badajoz neatly, so that they needed air support.

General Rodata, the commander-in-chief of the Italian intervention forces, now personally commands the campaign.

Unfortunately, Ciric did not cooperate.

Ciric only took off a few He51s sporadically, with 110 kg of small bombs, threw them and came back.

This made the Italians quite unhappy.

Ciric simply declined the request. Because there are no bombs! The last air raid on the airfield of the international column blew up all their planes and used up all the bombs here on their side, and now, they are waiting for the rear to transport bombs over, and if there are no bombs, how can they dispatch their planes?

So, Ciric took refuge from the war here, watching the Italians, the Nationalist Army and the Republican Army die to the death.

Of course, there are bombs in the arsenal, but Ciric is reluctant to waste them, he has to save them for the next time!

Moreover, only by letting the Italians fight more fiercely can they attract the attention of the defenders, and constantly move the garrison troops from other places, including Merida, to make this lightning raid more secure for their own troops.

The blitzkrieg tactic is a tactic developed by Guderian and his people in the Libyan desert, based on new tanks, and this is the first practice of this tactic, which can only succeed, not fail!

The fierce battle lasted for two whole days, and in the early morning of the third day, Ciric finally decided to make a move.

The entire base was busy again, one after another, full of fuel, hanging bombs, ready to take off, and at the same time, on the other side of the base, a large number of tank troops were also assembled.

If you compare the cute little Italian tank here, you can find that it is simply a child's toy.

The Panther 2 tank, a simplified Panther tank, has begun to be mass-produced in Germany, Krupp, Henschel, etc., several companies are producing, and the annual output is more than 1,700 Panther 2 tanks, and there are 300 Panther 1 tanks.

At Ciric's suggestion, the production of tanks would certainly be higher when the new officer took office, and with those six hundred tons of gold, there would be no constraints.

Tilted turrets, six pairs of large-diameter load-bearing wheels, 50-mm tank guns held high, and in front of each tank stood a crew of five energetic tank crews.

This time there were three tank companies, each tank company, all with 12 tanks, plus the battalion's subordinates, a total of 38 tanks, none of them fell off the chain, all of them were in the best condition after maintenance!

And behind the tank company, there were also three panzergrenadier companies, and they were not half-tracked 251 armored transporters, but wheeled infantry fighting vehicles!

A few years ago, Ciric visited the United States and signed an agreement with Ford to set up an automobile plant in Germany to study vehicles with a three-axle full-drive ten-ton off-road chassis while producing ordinary vehicles.

After two years of research and development, this truck with a V6 diesel engine engine provided by Maybach was finally finalized, and the military placed an order for 10,000 units in the first batch and entered the mass production stage.

In parallel with the mass production of this off-road truck, technicians also began to improve this chassis.

With the addition of a steering axle, it becomes a four-axle, eight-wheel all-drive, while the distance between the individual wheels is equal, giving the best off-road performance.

The engine is still front-mounted, freeing up valuable space in the back, which can accommodate an infantry squad with a turret on top.

This infantry fighting vehicle, which received the designation Sd Kfz 232 heavy armored vehicle. After the finalization, it was well received by the troops, and a large number of troops were equipped, and at the same time, various weapons could be added to it and changed into various professional vehicles.

And now, this war in Spain is also a test of this wheeled armored vehicle.

"This battle, we must only succeed, not fail, this is the first time we have occupied a ground target, we must fight better than the Noodle Army!" Ciric gave only a simple lecture: "For the sake of Germany, fight!" ”

For Germany, fight! All the members jumped into their chariots, and for them, this was the first battle of the German army after the First World War!

One by one, the tanks started, and the engines behind them emitted black smoke and drove out of the base.

At the same time, on the runway of the airport, there was a constant roar.

The Stuka bomber, full of bombs, in addition to a 500-kilogram bomb on the midline of the belly, also carried a 110-kilogram bomb on each side of the wings, and took off with a full load!

Behind the Stuka bomber, the He51 also took off with a bomb, and like the last formation, the fighter took off last.

It's just that the scale of the departure is smaller than the last time, and now Merida is almost an empty city, with less than a thousand defenders, and there are not too many targets to bomb, only half of the bombers are used, and there will be a third of the surplus to provide additional support.

At the same time, on the runway, when all the fighters have taken off, there are four BF109s, which are on standby at any time.

After the last air raid, although there was also a counter-air raid, Ciric did not let his guard down, since that time, the air base has been on high alert, the lookout post has been sent twenty kilometers away, through the telephone and the base to keep in touch, and on the runway of the base, there have always been four BF109 on combat readiness duty, as long as there is a situation, they can be lifted into the air at any time.

Dozens of chariots rumbled away, dozens of warplanes also took off from the runway, and the second important battle planned by Ciric after entering the Spanish battlefield began in this way.

"Commander, Madame is here." Just after releasing his troops, Ciric's personal bodyguard, Graf, suddenly whispered to Ciric.