951 Spain that fell
The surrender of Portugal provided an excellent springboard for the Tang Army, where the Tang Army could calmly assemble troops and equipment, and the Spanish and British had little resistance to this. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The Don Army brought about 400,000 Don troops from the east coast of North America, a considerable part of whom were already recruits. However, these newly formed armies will not be used in the front line of the battle, but will remain in the second line in the form of reserves, so the combat intensity is not high, and the experience of real war is also conducive to the rapid growth of these troops.
On the one hand, they are constantly contacting the Tang Dynasty, saying that they can break with the European Union and withdraw from the war, and on the other hand, they are also actively preparing to prevent the outbreak of war. In the intervening years, the EU has become something that everyone hates, and instead of protecting every member state as imagined at the beginning, the alliance has brought disaster to the member states.
The conditions of the Tang Dynasty have remained the same - unconditional surrender and occupation.
The Spaniards obviously can't be as bachelorish as Portugal, so there is no way for the Tang Dynasty. The Tang airborne troops made a surprise attack on the Spanish city of Ayamonte on the other side of the border of the Guadiana River, and the Spanish army did not expect the Tang army to come from behind. Coupled with the terrible air raids, the Western army had to surrender after a hasty resistance, and the Don army soon erected a mechanical bridge over the Guadiana River capable of passing heavy equipment.
After that, the Tang army advanced all the way to the east, and the Spanish army, which was basically defensive, was difficult to maintain after being attacked by the Tang Air Force. No one in Europe has been able to break this simple attack routine, because the gap in technology is too great, and no European army has a way to effectively block the bombers and attack planes of the Datang Air Force. The European Air Force's fighter planes are seriously depleted, and it is difficult to replenish them, after all, their industry has been almost destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, even if there are well-hidden factories, or even underground factories, but the amount of equipment that can be produced is also limited, and it is impossible to support such a large-scale army.
It took only two days for the Don army to reach the western city of Seville, and the Spanish army, as always, was passive and did not play a role. Another thing that surprised the Tang people a little was that many Spaniards were not so resistant to the arrival of the Tang army, because at least it symbolized the end of the war. Although Spain lost, according to the experience of Europeans in the past, even if the capital is occupied, the country is defeated, and the land reparations are over, Spain is still the same Spain.
It remains to be seen whether this idea is true or not.
After the capture of Seville, the Don army began to advance in two directions. All the way north, the destination is Madrid, the capital of Spain; The other way to the south, the target was Gibraltar, a fortress in the Mediterranean controlled by the British.
The Tang army was intercepted by two groups of Spanish troops of more than 100,000 men in succession, but these seemingly small battles could hardly be called battles, because the Tang army basically completely defeated the Western army within a few hours. The fierce fire of the Don army suppressed the opponent, and then the ground mechanized troops chiseled through the Western army like a chisel and ate it piece by piece. The Tang Army, which was good at copying back roads, constantly sabotaged the supply lines of the Western Army and left the Western Army isolated. Although this style of play has been used by the Tang people for thirty years, and the Europeans know about it well, it still does not work.
On May 15, it took 21 days for the Tang army to successfully break through Madrid, the capital of Spain. The Spanish king Fernando VII did not even have the heart to escape, and was directly captured by the Tang army in the palace, and at the same time, the trembling king announced that Spain would surrender unconditionally to the Tang Dynasty, and the Western army in various places would hand over their weapons to the Tang army and not be allowed to continue to resist.
The battle for Gibraltar was a little more intense, and although the British knew that the fortress would not be able to hold it, they still wanted to make the Tang Dynasty pay.
The price paid by Datang was about six hundred tons of aerial bombs.
Although Gibraltar was a mountain fortress and the British hid in the thick rocks, the Tang also had deadly weapons such as ground-penetrating missiles and thermobaric bombs. Ground-penetrating bombs can burrow directly into the interior of mountain forts and destroy fortresses, while thermobaric bombs can suffocate any defenders inside.
Even the navy was not very involved in this battle, more bombers took off from North African airfields and dropped bombs directly. And after the air raids, the value of the fortress basically ceased to exist. When the Don army entered Gibraltar, it was no longer possible to find a few living Britons.
However, before the outbreak of the war, most of the warships of the Spanish Navy were blown up and sunk in the harbor by the Tang Army, and although a small number of them went to sea to survive, they basically did not survive for a few days before they were discovered by the reconnaissance planes of the Tang Aircraft Carrier Battle Group and then sent to the bottom of the sea. The Mediterranean Sea is so big, Datang controls the south coast area, and no naval ship can slip away under the nose of the Datang Navy.
Spain's surrender also sounded the alarm for the French, originally the EU Navy's Mediterranean Fleet was composed of Spanish, French and Italian ships, but since the Battle of Jutland, the Europeans knew that the Tang Army's Mediterranean fleet, which was no less large than the North Atlantic fleet, could easily crush the EU Navy's Mediterranean fleet.
Like the Spanish Navy, most of the French and Italian ships were sunk in the harbor, and the irregular bombing of the Tang Army destroyed these large and nowhere to hide weapons of war.
Spain is the first European power destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, and the next dominoes will fall one by one. Most of the big countries still have some firm confidence, and at least they have to fight and let Datang suffer a little loss before they can negotiate at the negotiating table. But small countries can't take care of that much.
Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece and other countries issued statements in May saying that they would withdraw from the European Union and the war. The armies of these four countries also laid down their arms and agreed to the occupation by the Don army. They also generally know that the liquidation of the Tang people will not be aimed at them, mainly the big European powers, and if they behave better, they may be able to exit with relatively small losses.
For almost every European country, one more day of war will make their domestic difficulties greater, and it will be difficult for some governments to maintain stability, which is why some countries can agree to even be occupied, because this mess can be thrown to the Tang people. The Tang people will receive temporary management work, and will also bring relief food.
And Germany and other countries also think this is a good way, because it seems to be able to consume Datang's energy and financial resources. It's just that their estimation of Datang's energy and financial resources is still too conservative. (To be continued.) )