Chapter 174 Bombing Merida

Merida, the full name of "the noble, ancient and loyal city of Merida", is the capital of the autonomous region of Extremadura, Spain. It is one of the most beautiful ancient Roman-style cities in Spain. built by the Romans on their strategic routes.

Now Merida is still on the main traffic road. It is the east gate of Badajoz and an important hub for traffic with Madrid.

And now, there are only 1,000 Republicans guarding Merida.

Originally, there was an international column guarding the city. When Badajoz was in an emergency, the international column went to help Badajoz. Only the local defenders remained here.

The Spanish soldiers were concentrated in the north and south outside the city. They built trenches. Although the battle here has not yet started, it is conceivable that when Badajoz falls, the rebels will definitely think of Merida. of!

Although it was about to enter the winter, the atmosphere of preparation for the war was still very warm. Some Spanish citizens were also mobilized to dig trenches together. They took off their shirts, wore only vests, and worked with shovels.

"Here, it has to be reinforced!" The company commander Cervantes greeted loudly: "It must be reinforced with logs to resist the bombing! Now, not even a grenade!"

The fierce battle on the Badajoz side made Cervantes very anxious. He knew that there was not much time left for his side.

Moreover, if Badajoz can't hold it anymore, even the thousands of people on his side can't hold the current place! The fate is also obvious, they may all die here!

This is a cruel damn war!

At this moment, there was a buzzing sound in the distance, raised his head, glanced, Cervantes greeted loudly: "Quick, covert, the bomber of the Condor Legion!"

Some time ago, the bombers of the Condor Legion destroyed the nearby air force base, and dozens of fighter planes were blown up. In the subsequent retaliatory action, another batch of bombers and fighter planes in Madrid were killed.

This loss is really traumatic. Before the arrival of the next batch of supporting fighters, the Republican Army is seriously lacking fighters. Therefore, the current air supremacy is almost handed over to the Condor Legion.

Looking at the planes coming from the south, Cervantes knew that the situation was not good, he greeted the people under him, and immediately avoided the air defense!

Avoid those planes!

At this time, it's getting closer. Those biplanes are the He51s that were common in the past. Why haven't those monoplanes been seen before?

Here, there is confusion.

Many soldiers took up arms after the outbreak of the civil war, and citizens, who came for voluntary labor, were not mentally prepared at all.

"Quick, run!" Several citizens threw their shovels and tried to run in a panic.

"Lie down, lie down!" a Republican soldier shouted. He quickly ran a few steps, trying to push the citizens to the ground, but behind him, a terrifying whistling sounded.

Those monoplane bombers, when diving, make a sound that is extremely frightening!

Hearing the terrifying voice behind him, even some of the soldiers of the Republican Army lost their minds, stood up, and wanted to step back.

terrible!

"Boom!" The Stuka bomber dropped the bomb and dropped it accurately on the air defense fortification that had just been erected in the trench. In an instant, the entire air defense fortification was blown away, and a large pit with a diameter of one meter was blown up on the ground. !

Fragments of the bomb flew, and the citizens who were still running just now were blown away by the blast, and then they felt pain in their backs.

Blood flowed out. They screamed and rolled on the ground, and they were lucky compared to those who could no longer speak.

"Da da da." Not far away, on an anti-aircraft machine gun position, the angry Republican soldiers raised their machine guns and fired violently towards the sky!

"Go to hell, you bastards of the Condor Legion!" The soldier operating the machine gun shouted, pulling the trigger continuously, and the yellow-orange shells came out from the other end of the machine gun and scattered beside them.

"Boom!" Obviously, the machine gun position here was noticed by the planes in the air. A Stuka bomber swooped down, and a small bomb on the side of the wing was dropped.

The machine gunner's body flew horizontally, and the anti-aircraft machine gun fell to the side.

There is a sea of ​​fire everywhere on the entire position, this is simply a hell on earth!

The monoplane flew over, the biplane flew over, and continued to drop bombs. The entire position was as if it had been plowed.

"Are there still people alive?" Cervantes shouted loudly, fluttering the soil above his head and getting up from the trench. This scene made him sad. Could it be that he is the only one who survived?

"Almost died." A veteran soldier, Youzi, got out of the trench on the side: "These people's bombs are too high!"

"Without anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft guns can kill them!" One voice after another continued to sound.

Not the whole army was wiped out, there were still more than 100 people left! Cervantes looked at these standing people, many of whom were veterans. The first bombing caused a large number of recruits to fall.

Sitting heavily back in the trenches, Cervantes pulled out his cigarette, lit it, and took a hard puff, feeling immense satisfaction as the nicotine entered his lungs.

After a bombing, one's own position is shaky, and after the bombing, the opponent will come up!

Those rebel choppers, those noodle army chops, when Lao Tzu finishes smoking this cigarette, I'll have a big fight with you!

But aren't the rebels laying siege to Badajoz? How did you get here? It's really weird.

At this moment, he felt a slight tremor on the ground.

what happened?

"Oh, God, what is that?" The other soldiers were also smoking cigarettes. One soldier stuck his head out and saw the dust on the horizon in the distance. Suddenly, he exclaimed.

what is that?

It can be seen with the naked eye that the galloping vehicles are tanks! Those tanks are much bigger than the Italian tanks! At this time, those tanks are advancing in battle formation, their tails are emitting black smoke, that is the engine is generating force, their tracks are turning clatteringly, they are invincible!

That tall gun barrel, thick and long! That must be at least 50mm thick! In this era, what kind of tank has such terrible firepower?

The tank of the Noodle Army is only a machine gun, even if it is a gun, it is only a 37mm at most!

These huge monsters in front of them have exceeded their imagination. The old fritters who are not afraid in front of the bomber have realized that they have encountered terrifying monsters that are even more difficult to deal with!