Chapter 176 Request for Support

Badajoz, the brutal battle, is still going on.

"Boom!" A CV33 tank was destroyed by fierce shooting from the opposite side!

Three or four CV33 tanks were lost one after another, and the Noodle Army couldn't stand it anymore. The tank crew was in reverse gear and quickly retreated, while the others also retreated like a tide.

"There are anti-tank guns, there are anti-tank guns! We have destroyed several tanks, we can't continue fighting like this!" In the command headquarters, an Italian officer shouted loudly.

"It's time for our cavalry brothers to launch an attack." Another Italian officer said to the people around him.

This person is very scary. He only has more than half of him. One of his arms, one leg, and one eye is gone. At this time, he is sitting on a chair, and the other eye is shining. His other arm and thigh were extremely strong.

Milan-Asri, the leader of the Moroccan cavalry from Africa, took his cavalry to participate in the attack on Badajoz.

Hearing the Italian's words, Asri shook his head: "My cavalry is used in field battles, not for impacting defensive positions with heavy machine gun fire points."

The cavalry has been galloping on the European battlefield for thousands of years, but the appearance of the Maxim heavy machine gun changed all this. The cruel battles in World War I proved that a Maxim heavy machine gun can stop an infantryman. Division, the attack of a cavalry regiment!

To charge a heavy machine gun position is not bravery, it is courting death.

General Rojata's face was ugly. A few days ago, he had assured Franco that he would hand over Badajoz to the Italian army, but now, he has realized that the battle here is absolutely not. As smooth as he imagined!

Those goddamn international columns!

"General, good news!" At this moment, a voice came: "Merida has been taken down!"

Merida? Rojata was stunned for a moment, there is no army to fight Merida, right? Did Franco secretly send troops? Impossible, Franco's most powerful unit is also attacking Badajoz with his own army.

"Which army took it down?" Rojata asked.

"It's from the Condor Legion."

Condor Legion? They just took it down by bombing?

"The Condor Legion came to an armored battalion, and they attacked Merida. Now, General Franco has received the news that Merida was taken, and is organizing an army to receive it."

Armored Battalion! One battalion, took Merida! Rojata couldn't help but feel his face burning hot, how did those Germans do it?

However, after Merida got his hands on it, Badajoz has become an isolated city. It will lose support from Madrid, and it will definitely be defeated by its own side!

Winning Merida is of great strategic significance!

"General Cyric, you are a genius!" Hearing the praise in his ear, Cyric's face was also filled with a smile: "It was just a surprise to the Republican Army, which happened to be the battle of Badajoz. , attracted Merida's defenders, and Merida became an empty city."

In front of Cyric's eyes was Jose. He almost became a communication between Franco and Cyric. After getting the news of the great victory here, Jose ran over in a hurry.

Jose respects Cyric from the bottom of his heart. Every battle has fully proved his commanding genius. Such a person does not rely on luck, but on strength!

Although the defenders were attracted, there were still thousands of troops left! And Cyric's army, rushing for hundreds of kilometers, hit Merida directly, which everyone did not expect.

Before he came, even Franco had been complimenting him. Cyric was simply a born military strategist!

"Now, Badajoz can't be attacked for a long time. General Franco wants to ask your armored battalion to help fight Badajoz." Jose said cautiously.

On the surface, the Condor Legion is under Franco's command, but in fact, the Condor Legion is completely autonomous and does not follow Franco's orders at all.

Franco had no money and no commitment. Germany dispatched the army entirely for its own interests. The Italian intervening army was also paid for by Italy itself, so Franco could only be a request.

If Cyric didn't want to, he could always use excuses like running out of ammo to get past it.

"Okay, I can give an order." Cyric said, "I don't know when I can sit down with General Franco. Some things are better to say face-to-face."

And Franco, sit again!

At first, when Cyric first came, Franco came in person, but at that time, it was just a welcome ceremony without any substantive content.

Now, it's different. Cyric has shown the powerful combat effectiveness of the Condor Legion. In the Spanish Civil War, the Condor Legion will play an irreplaceable role!

So, Spain, you have to show more sincerity, right? I can't treat my brother from afar!

"Okay, I will definitely convey your message to General Franco," Jose said.

Cyric nodded. "Okay, if only Franco was like you."

like yourself? Jose's face changed instantly, and then he recovered: "General Cyric, you really know how to joke."

Cyric watched Jose leave, with another expression on his face: "Get the heads of Seymour and ROWAK."

Although Germany and Italy intervened in the Spanish Civil War, there is nothing to say, but there is always a fig leaf, at least the government has to get rid of the relationship on the bright side.

In this regard, Germany has done a very good job.

The Spanish-Moroccan Transportation Company, or Seymour for short, made its first business on August 2 this year, the day after the company opened: transporting Moroccan troops to Spain.

The head of this company is Johannes Bernhardt, a German businessman living in Morocco and a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Seymour Company is responsible for transportation. At the same time, an export company called "Raw Material and Commodity Purchasing Co., Ltd.", or ROWAK for short, was established in Germany. This company specializes in business with Seymour Company in Spain.

In this way, one is responsible for purchasing, the other is responsible for transportation, and each shipment of supplies to Franco is handled by these two companies. The head of ROWAK, von Jagwitz, also works for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.