By the 20th, the rebellion in Madrid had finally been put down. In Segalona, the fighting intensified, with fierce street battles between the police and the workers' forces and the National Army in the streets and alleys of the city, and many workers with explosive bags died along with the National Army barricades, up to 2. Around the end of the day, the rebellion there was also put down.

Despite the stubborn resistance of the workers and the police, the whole situation was not optimistic.

The policy of arming the workers may have been beneficial to the defence of the republic to some extent, but when these workers were armed, political factions and ethnic divisions ensued.

It is for this reason that the resistance throughout Spain seemed isolated and chaotic in the early days of the Civil War.

The internal divisions of the republic became more and more evident in the years that followed. As the government of the republic began to move towards communism, the separatist tendencies of Catalonia, which was controlled by anarchists, became more pronounced.

Less than a month after the outbreak of the war, the Catalan autonomous government appointed its own Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued currency, and built up its own army. All this is typical separatist behavior.

Some people have ironically called it one." The era of the Tayifa kingdom of the Grim ......": "Each unit is enjoying dictatorship and separatism to the fullest: in order to better exercise dictatorship, each unit enjoys the pleasure of being separated not only from the rest of Spain, but also from neighboring cities or villages." ”

By July 20, the first round of the battle between the two sides was basically over. The National Army controlled almost all of Morocco, the Canary Islands, the entire Balearic Islands except Minorca, the Guadalama Mountains and a large area north of the Ebro River. The government of the Republic, on the other hand, seized control of the eastern coast, the Basque Country, Catalonia, and cut off the north and south of the National Army in the province of Badajoz. At the same time, Madrid and Barcelona, the largest cities in Spain, remained in the hands of the republic.

Some areas are in a state of stalemate: in the Asturias region, government-controlled areas are intertwined with those controlled by the National Army; In the republican hinterland, Colonel Moscardo and a group of young cadets who supported the rebellion were surrounded by republican troops at the Alcázar Fortress in Toledo. The IRA took General Moscardo's son, Louis, hostage and demanded that he surrender, but this ploy did not work. The general's son comforted his father on the phone, saying: "They said that if Alcaza does not surrender, they will shoot me." But don't be a ** heart. ”

The general said: "If this is true, you entrust your soul to God and shout long live Spain." You will be the hero who died for him. Goodbye, my son. I hug you tightly. "Goodbye, Daddy, I hug you tightly."

1。 Minutes later, the Alcazar fortress had not yet surrendered, and the young hostage had indeed been shot dead by the Republicans.

During the Spanish Civil War, Spain became the focal point of all of Europe. Despite international opposition to foreign interference, the fascist governments of Italy and Germany supported Frank's army with soldiers, tanks, planes, and artillery, while France and Bolshevik Russia trapped in Moscow supported the Republican Party. Volunteers from many countries around the world formed the famous "international column" in support of the Republican Party, throwing themselves into the fight.

At the beginning of the civil war, the Spanish Republican Army, with the support of the people, stopped the advance of the rebels in the south and took control of all the major industrial and political centers, major seaports, and communication arteries in the country. The rebels are in a critical situation. But at this moment, the German and Italian fascists began to intervene, not only helping to transport the rebels from Morocco to Spain, but also sending 50,000 and 150,000 troops to Spain respectively to assist the rebels in the war. Britain, France and other countries imposed a blockade on the Spanish government in the name of a policy of "non-interference". The International Progressive Forces actively supported the Spanish coalition government, and some 35,000 volunteers from 54 countries formed an international column to fight alongside the Spanish people. …,

On November 6, 1Q36, the Franco rebels and the intervention forces fought against Madrid.

Franco's rebels, well-armed and well-supplied, soon occupied large swathes of the south, and with them, the German-Italian army landed in Spain. They attacked from the north to the south, and approached the capital Madrid. The new People's Republic is already in a precarious situation. "Defend Madrid!" "Defend the People's Republic!" It has become the universal aspiration of the people of the capital Madrid.

Madrid is in action. Men, women and children, all mobilized. They organized stretcher teams, transport teams, and city guards to actively cooperate with the fighting at the front, and the women wrote on their banners: "It is better to be a hero's widow than a slave's wife!" ”

Like the men, they dug trenches, repaired fortifications, carried large bags, and some even went directly to the front line.

Franco launched four large-scale attacks on Madrid. During the fourth attack, Mussolini also sent his confidant Roata to command, and increased a large number of troops and heavy weapons, but the Spanish people defeated them all out!

This war shook the world. As a result, an international column composed of people from all over the world was formed to support the Spanish people's revolution. This international column totaled about 35,000 people and was divided into twelve detachments. Men of all nations named their battalions after the proudest and most glorious names of their own countries. There are "Camp Lincoln", "Camp Garibaldi", "Camp of the Paris Commune" and so on.

In this contest in Spain, the fighters of the international column always rushed to the forefront. Where they are the most dangerous and hardest, they can be seen. When the 1st and 12th Columns entered Madrid, it was the time when the attack of the Frungo was at its most rampant and the war was at its fiercest, and they did not bother to rest and recuperate and went directly into the battle. For more than a month, they could only sleep in bunkers and eat in the windy fields. When the enemy was repulsed, they came out of the trenches "beyond recognition": they were covered in rags, their faces were blackened, and many of them had their hair and beards scorched by the flames of battle.

Perhaps the most dangerous and exciting is the battle in the Yarama Valley.

Located southeast of Madrid, Yarama is a narrow valley that serves as a barrier to the south of Madrid and a necessary place for Franco's army to attack Madrid.

As a result, Franco amassed a large number of troops here, equipped with tanks, artillery and aircraft. The fighters of the International Column and the Fifth Regiment of the Spanish Communist Party guarded the hill. The silence of the Yalama Valley was awakened by the "rumbling" of cannon reeds and the "booming" sound of aircraft motors. A large flock of planes swooped down like crows, and evil bombs rolled down from the belly of the plane. Under the cover of aircraft artillery, the murderous rebels went straight to the pass, and the third offensive of Franco's army began.

Machine guns were roaring; The grenade shell slammed into the enemy as if it had eyes. Under the cover of heavy artillery fire, the locust-like enemy rushed up. There were only a few thousand warriors guarding the pass, but the enemy attacking was tens of thousands. However, none of the valiant warriors retreated. Over the course of several days, they repelled dozens of enemy charges.

When the chalk was gone, stones and rolling wood were used; When the provision was finished, it was replaced with weeds and bark.

When the warriors pushed the last stone down the hill, reinforcements arrived. The first warriors who held their ground were only a few hundred men left. They were so tired that they had to fall asleep even walking. They were sent back to the base to recuperate.

The campaign lasted almost a month. Franco lost 20,000 corpses. The Republic also suffered more than 10,000 casualties. Many fighters of the international column died in this battle. It was one of the fiercest battles since World War I.

Later, there was a song that was widely circulated among the soldiers of the international column, in which it was sung: There is a valley in Spain called Yalama and the people miss it. How many comrades fell at the foot of the mountain, and Yarama bloomed all over the flowers. The international column remained in Yalamah. Defending a free Spain. …,

They swore an oath to stand by the mountain. Defeat the fascist dog jackal!

In this way, the soldiers of the international column sacrificed their blood and precious lives to defend this land where they were not related to their homeland. They fought for justice, for progress, for peace.

After that, the rebels shifted their focus to northern Spain. The main forces of the rebels pushed in the direction of Bilbao and carried out air strikes on unfortified towns and villages.

June 2. Japan occupies Bilbao. Then march to Santander and Gijón. Although the Republican Army carried out two strategic offensives in the Great Inkstone, it failed to save the crisis in the north. Then, the rebels turned to the Eastern Front, broke through the Republican defenses, and seized the strategic initiative on the Eastern Front.

On 25 July, the Republican Army won the Battle of the Ebro, partially turning the military tide.

But the signing of the Munich Agreement encouraged the German and Italian fascists to support Franco's offensive against the Republic.

A month later, the rebels launched another offensive in Madrid in the Guadalajara region. 50,000 Italian fascist troops, supported by German aircraft, tanks and artillery, came here on the orders of Mussolini in an attempt to cut off Madrid from Valencia and then occupy Madrid.

In the 1st of the battle. The day, the Republican Army and the international column switched to a decisive counteroffensive, as a result of which Mussolini's army suffered huge losses, suffered thousands of casualties and was captured1. "People, loss of machine guns 25. Straight, cannon 3. doors, and a large number of tanks.

The Battle of Guadalajara was a glorious victory for the Republic.

From then on, Mussolini became even more annoyed.

Now the battle in Spain is very, very difficult for Italy and Franco!

"I think it's time for us to intervene. ，、

Wang Hengyue handed the telegram of his secretary to Pete.

Pete took a quick look: "How are we going to do it?" ”

"What are we supposed to do?" Wang Hengyue repeated Pete's words, and then said meaningfully:

"Do what we're supposed to do!". ）