"Ding!" the bullets struck the stones, splashing up a cloud of dust, and the machine guns in the distance clicked and strafed, and the moans of the wounded soldiers who did not die could be heard in the distance.

Behind the barricades, a row of Republican soldiers was firing fiercely, and opposite them, the Nationalist soldiers dodged bullets, little by little, approaching their target. Not far away, inside a building, two German snipers were loading their rifles.

They skilfully poked their guns out of the window and aimed them at the Republican soldiers in the barricades not far away. Gently pull the trigger, and the bullet flew out as the gun rang out, burrowing into the IRA soldier's head. The force of the impact led the soldier backwards.

Repeating the action again, pulling the bolt, aiming, gently pulling the trigger, the gun rang out again, the bullet flew to the target again, and finally brought up the blood and fell with a corpse.

Artillery support finally arrived, and the republican machine-gun positions that had been spewing tongues of fire rose in a huge cloud of black smoke, and rubble and stones flew everywhere, mixed with broken bodies and broken uniforms. The machine gun twisted and fell not far away, and there was no sound from this machine gun position.

"Clang, clang...... a P-2 tank ran over the street, and the rubble slowly poked out from the other side of the block. The turret also began to rotate in the direction of the barricades, adjusting the angle of the 20 mm gun as it turned.

Behind the tank, followed by a group of Spanish soldiers with steel helmets, they hunched their waists, holding guns and carefully covering themselves with tanks, slowly moving forward. The tank stopped at the corner where the turret was exposed, and then the 20-mm gun erupted tongues of fire.

"Boom!" The Spanish Republican Army barricade was punched a big hole, and the soldiers inside were blown up, but in the distance, another group of soldiers braved the artillery fire to come up, and they fired wildly at the tank with various weapons, and the bullets made dazzling sparks on the tank's body.

"Reverse!" ordered the German tankman holding the turret in the tank, and while he was firing frantically from the machine gun on the turret, he asked the people around him to hurry to reload the 20mm gun.

The tank shook slightly, and then began to retreat, and as soon as the tank retreated, it revealed the Spanish infantry following the tank, which was quickly knocked down by two of the flying bullets, and the rest hurriedly retreated with the tank.

However, after retreating less than half a meter, the German tank once again rushed out of the corner, and this time it did not show only half of its body, but rushed to the middle of the street again and again. The 20mm cannon once again erupted tongues of fire, followed by frantic fire from the machine guns, and the fire of the opposite Republican Army was obviously suppressed.

On the roof of the building 100 meters away, the German sniper shot and killed a Republican soldier who replaced the dead machine gunner, and then the two people moved to the position with rifles, which is a tactical requirement, although the tactics of the opponent's anti-sniper are quite imperfect, but all the German hunting teams participating in the war are required to strictly follow the provisions of the tactical manual.

This tactic of moving after a fight has also proved to be reasonable and efficient, and on more than one occasion snipers have reacted, and a minute or more after they left the sniper position, the original position was attacked by retaliatory fire. As a result, many sniper teams will strictly follow the Führer's own manual on sniper tactics, although most of the content in this manual comes from an article in a military hobbyist magazine of the late 21st century.

On the other side, the barricade finally collapsed under another shell attack, and the P-2 tank, under the cover of the infantry, rushed to the ruins of the barricade in one fell swoop. The soldiers of the Spanish National Army were busy setting up machine guns on the barricades, and the surrounding gunfire gradually subsided, while in the distance, the dense gunfire continued.

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"Your Excellency, we have occupied three-quarters of the city of Córdoba, and although the Republican forces are still relying on the terrain to resist, it is expected that we will be able to completely occupy Córdoba tomorrow afternoon. An officer dressed in a German lieutenant general's uniform proudly pointed to the map and explained the current situation to Franco: "In the field, my 8th Panzer Division has advanced to the south bank of the Guadiana River. ”

As he introduced, he pointed to the border area next to Portugal on the map, and then said: "Our army has already taken control of Badajoz, and the Republican army troops have been forced to abandon it on their own initiative, as long as there is no problem with the speed of the follow-up troops, our troops will encircle the central city of Cáceres next week." ”

Franco nodded, he was very satisfied with the appearance of the Germans, and standing in front of him was the Chief of Staff of the Wehrmacht, Lieutenant General Bock. His calm command allowed Franco's army to regain its inferiority, gradually begin to gain a foothold, and show a counter-offensive posture.

The 2nd SS Panzer Division, reinforced from Germany, was very impressive in the counterattack on Córdoba, breaking down the Republican lines on the outskirts of Córdoba as quickly as possible, leading the remnants of Franco's defeated army all the way back to the city center. Although the casualty figures of Franco's army made him gasp for himself, after all, the war was in good shape.

The 8th Armored Division of the Wehrmacht advanced all the way, and even hit the south bank of the Guara Yana River in one go, and had the posture to defeat the important town of Cáceres in central Spain.

As a result, the Wehrmacht in favor of Franco was much stronger than the Soviet Red Army in favor of the international columns and the Republican Army, and they had not been defeated, at least until now, on the battlefield in which the Germans had joined. They are soaring along the way, and they seem invincible.

"General Bock, where will you put your main attack next? near the Guadiana River, or in Córdoba. Franco looked at the map for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask curiously.

"The direction of my attack was drawn up by the German General Staff Headquarters and even by the Führer himself, and I only know for the time being that the Führer was more interested in Cáceres. Therefore, I will concentrate my armor and capture Cáceres as quickly as possible, as a 36th birthday present to the Führer. ”

"I didn't expect Yuan to be so young!" Franco seemed very interested in Accardo: "He is a few years younger than me, but he has already become the head of the whole of Germany." Even a general like you, who is older than him, admires him. ”

"The prestige of the Führer has been tested by countless victories. So we won't question his decision. "He is like a gift from God to the German people," he exclaimed, "giving hope to our suffering nation." ”

"I must go and meet your Führer when I have the chance. Franco nodded and said, "After Spain ended the civil war and became a strong and free country." I will definitely go and meet your Führer. ”

"Very welcome! General Franco. General Bock nodded.

"There's one more question I'd like to ask, General Bock. Franco seemed to remember something again, and asked seemingly casually: "An experienced general like you should also be a very high-level general in Germany, right?"

"Thank you for your affirmation of me, General Franco. Bock smiled and replied, "We have many famous generals, such as General Brauchitsch, the commander of the Wehrmacht, who is not a young man, but he is indeed a capable general found by the Führer. Of course, there are many people who are better at commanding battles than I am. ”

At this point, Bock paused deliberately, and then made a joke: "The Führer told me before I left that he saw that my old bones were about to retire, so he gave me this opportunity to get more pension." ”

"Haha. Franco laughed twice, then patted Bock on the shoulder: "You are a man of humor, unlike many old-fashioned Germans. It doesn't seem like there's anything left for you to deal with personally, so why don't we go over for a whiskey in the evening?"

"It's okay to have one drink, General Franco, but according to the Führer, I can only drink a maximum of three alcoholic drinks a day, and of course I heard that being a general of the Wehrmacht, this ban can be relaxed to four. Bock said with a smile.

"Then if you become a marshal, you can drink half a bottle. Because of the stability and increasing favourability of the situation at the front, Franco joked in a good mood: "You Germans are really interesting, and you have set the amount of alcohol you drink." ”

"Long live the Führer!" an intelligence officer walked in at this time, raised his right arm and saluted Bock before saying: "General, I have just confirmed the news from the Air Force Commander, Colonel Dick, that at about half past three this afternoon, the Spanish friendly air force lost three He-51D export fighters. ”

"Conclusion?" asked Bock, frowning as he stared at the intelligence officer.

"The Air Force analyzed the course of the air battle and confirmed the fact that the skills of the Republican fighter pilots had greatly improved. The intelligence officer glanced at the report and replied, "Colonel Dick speculates that the opponent in this air battle is the Soviet pilots, not the rookies of the Republican Army." Moreover, the aircraft used is also the latest I-16 fighter developed by the Soviet Union. ”

"Is there any countermeasure on Colonel Dick's side?" asked Bock after a moment's thought.

"Colonel Dick, if conditions permit, our pilots can also go up and try it. The intelligence officer searched for a while in the report before finding Dick's Jianyì: "He also said that once it was determined that air supremacy was required, then he would use the secret weapon of the Air Force." ”

"Sue him, I approve it, let him take care of it himself!" Bock commanded, handing the intelligence book to the intelligence officer.

Then he turned around and glanced at Franco: "I'm sorry, General Franco, it seems that our wine will be drunk in a few days." ”

"It's all right, General Bock, and I'll give you a good drink when you're victorious. Franco said with a smile.