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"Rush! Long live the French Empire! Kill all the Spaniards! Countless French soldiers, chanting their trumpets, rushed towards the positions of the Spanish Army. However, they were greeted by bullets and shells from the Spanish Army!

"Boom! Rumble! "The mortar opened fire at the maximum rate of fire, hitting the French in the middle of the line, and the French soldiers who blew up were on their backs.

"Da Da Da!" The heavy machine guns fired frantically, rows of bullets were fired, and the Frenchmen couldn't even raise their heads. This is already the third day of the French offensive against Barcelona. During these three days, the French army paid a heavy price, but still failed to capture the Spanish army's defensive line outside Barcelona. Instead, he hit his head in front of the Spanish Army's defense line and broke his blood.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Crisp gunfire rang out, and the attacking French soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.

In the face of the fortifications that the Spanish Army had already built, the attacking French Army would have suffered a little loss. If it weren't for their superiority in numbers, perhaps they would have had to retreat long ago due to heavy losses.

"General, the Spaniards' defenses are too strong for us to break through their defenses. The losses of my infantry army have already exceeded half, and if this continues, the troops will soon lose their combat effectiveness! "A lieutenant general officer asked Pierre. Admiral Joseph reported.

"Hell! Send a telegram to the troops attacking Huesca, telling them to temporarily halt their march on Zaragoza and go to Barcelona to reinforce us! Other than that. The Western Route Army halted its attack on the northwest coast of Spain and moved south to join the British Army's attack on Valladolid. Our aim now is to destroy the living forces of the Spaniards. And not to capture those cities. As long as we can kill all those Spaniards, then. Those cities are ours sooner or later! "In the face of huge casualties, Pierre. Admiral Joseph made new adjustments.

"Yes, General!" A staff officer nodded, and hurriedly went to give orders to the ministries.

"The attack on Barcelona must not be stopped, there are more than 100,000 Spaniards here, we must destroy them all!" Pierre. Admiral Joseph said.

The Spanish Army was entrenched in the defenders of Barcelona, and if left unchecked, they would pose a threat to the south of France. Pierre. Admiral Joseph didn't want to save the threat for last.

In Pierre. Under the strict orders of Admiral Joseph. The French launched a much larger offensive. A large number of French soldiers braved the bullets of the Spanish Army to attack Barcelona. The fierce attack of the French army also put great pressure on the Spanish defenders. Constrained by the disadvantage of troops, Barcelona is a big city, and there are too many places to defend, and it is inevitable that there will be loopholes.

"General, the French are attacking too fiercely. The front line is about to run out of support. "A major general officer stormed the headquarters of the Spanish Army in Barcelona and reported to Admiral Donald.

"Hell! Are those French people dying? They launched such a fierce attack, they simply did not care about the lives of the soldiers! Admiral Donald's brows furrowed.

"General, ask for the support of the Chinese Navy! Otherwise. We're running out of it! The major general said.

Admiral Donald hesitated, but finally nodded. The defense of Barcelona lasted only three days, and the 15th Army of the Chinese Army was able to arrive in four days. During these four days. The Spanish Army had to drag the French here. Otherwise, all the previous preparations will be in vain.

"Send a telegram to the Chinese Navy asking them to shell the French. Tear those French to shreds! Admiral Donald gave the order viciously.

"Yes, General!" A staff officer hurriedly went to send a telegram to the 1st Fleet of the Chinese Navy.

Off the coast of Barcelona. Less than two kilometers from the coast, the main forces of the 1st Fleet of the Imperial Navy. 4 Four 'Qin-class' battleships, four 'Western Han-class' battleships, three 'Eastern Zhou-class' battleships and four 'Western Zhou-class' battleships are all moored here. The fleet rushed from Gibraltar to Barcelona for only one purpose, and that was to assist the Spanish Army in holding Barcelona until the arrival of the Imperial Expeditionary Force.

"Commander, telegrams from the Spaniards, they can't hold on. This is the target area that they need us to shell! Vice Admiral Xu Hai, chief of staff of the 1st Fleet, handed a telegram to Admiral Wei Yong.

"Pass the coordinates to the ships and get ready to fire!" Admiral Wei Yong ordered.

"Yes, Commander!" Lieutenant General Xu Hai nodded.

Ten minutes later, the main force of the 1st Fleet of the Imperial Navy anchored in the sea began to bombard, and more than a dozen powerful warships opened fire one after another.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The battleship Hangaozu, the flagship of the Imperial Navy's 1st Fleet, was the first to fire, and the thick muzzles of the five twin 280-mm guns shone with orange-red fire. One after another, shells weighing more than 200 kilograms flew into the distance with a whistling sound.

"Rush! Break through the defenses of those damned Spaniards and kill them all! "Countless Frenchmen, shouting loudly, rushed towards the line of defense of the Spanish Army.

"Whew! Shout! In the sky, there was a sudden sharp whistling sound.

"Damn, shelling! Lie down! "Some of the officers and veterans of the French army had changed their faces.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

The shell fell, exploded on the ground. Shells for 280-mm naval guns, weighing more than two hundred kilograms. Because this time it was a target on the ground, all the high-explosive bombs were used, which was very powerful.

The shock wave generated by the explosion of the shell swept all the French officers and soldiers within a radius of 100 meters. Those French officers and soldiers were swept into the sky like fallen leaves. The scattered shrednel wantonly harvested the lives of these French officers and soldiers. After the shell exploded, it left a huge crater directly on the ground with a depth of more than ten meters and a diameter of tens of meters.

"Oh God! Heavy artillery, it's actually heavy artillery! ”

"Damn, these Spaniards, how can they hide so many heavy artillery!"

The generals of the French army, one by one, all seemed to have seen ghosts.

"Bastard, this is the naval guns of the Navy, and only the naval guns of the Navy have such power. The navy of the Spaniards, or the navy of the Chinese, entered the war! "Pierre. Admiral Joseph's face turned pale.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Under the guidance of the Spanish Army's observers, the capital ships of the Imperial Navy's 1st Fleet launched a heavy artillery bombardment of the French forces attacking Barcelona. Almost every shell can take the lives of dozens of people and hundreds of people. In the face of the powerful naval guns, the defense has no effect, just like paper paste, and the light yì will be torn apart.

The French attack on Barcelona was directly crushed by the heavy shelling of the Imperial Navy. Although, the casualties inflicted on the French by the shelling of the Imperial Navy were not particularly large. However, the fighting spirit of the French army was greatly hit. After all, the blow of watching one's comrades-in-arms being torn to shreds in front of them is not something that anyone can bear.

As a last resort, the French had to stop their attack on Barcelona.

However, Pierre. Admiral Joseph certainly would not abandon the attack on Barcelona just because of the appearance of the Imperial Navy. After a little rest, Pierre. Admiral Joseph again gave the order to attack.

More than 200,000 French troops once again launched a fierce attack on Barcelona. It's just that, with the fire support of the Imperial Navy, the pressure on the Spanish Army is much less.

In order to be able to capture Barcelona as much as possible, the French army also adopted various methods, and even launched a night attack. However, in the end, it was held out by the Spanish Army.

As time passed, the main force of the Imperial Navy's 5th Fleet, escorting the Imperial Army's 15th Army, arrived on the coast of northeastern Spain on the afternoon of September 30, 1854.

The 15th Army of the Imperial Army was a newly formed unit of the Imperial Army. However, the officers of the 15th Army were almost all veterans of other group armies, which made the 15th Army improve its combat effectiveness after several months of recruit training. Even if there is still a certain gap with those veterans of the Imperial Army, the overall gap is not large. Coupled with the advanced weapons of the Imperial Army, the combat effectiveness of the 15th Army of the Imperial Army was far above the enemy.

Lieutenant General Ma Xiangming, commander of the 15th Army of the Imperial Army, made contact with the Spanish Army and placed the landing site in Mataró. It was only a few dozen kilometers from Barcelona, and after the French occupied it, they deployed only a small number of defenders here. The main forces of the French army have been concentrated on the attack on Barcelona.

On the morning of October 1, 1854, the 15th Army of the Imperial Army, under the cover of the main forces of the Navy's 5th Fleet, landed at Mataro. Four 'Qin-class' battleships and four 'Western Han-class' battleships of the Navy's 5th Fleet carried out a heavy artillery bombardment of Mataró, and in order to facilitate the landing of the army later, the naval shelling deliberately avoided Mataro's port.

The French army guarding Mataró was instantly destroyed in the face of the fierce shelling of the Imperial Navy. This allowed the French to abandon Mataró very quickly, and even in a panic, did not blow up Mataró's port. After the vanguard of the 15th Army of the Imperial Army landed, they immediately took control of the port, so that the follow-up troops could land along the port of Tongguò. In this way, the speed of landing will undoubtedly increase a lot.

The landing of the 15th Army of the Imperial Army in Mataró meant that the joint counterattack of the Imperial Army and the Spanish Army against the British and French troops had begun! (My novel "Dragon Rises in the South Seas" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)

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