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"Commander, the Spaniards in Gibraltar have been wiped out, and there are still about a few thousand people on the rocky hills to the north, trying to resist our attack with the advantage of the location! The rocky mountain to the north is 300 meters above sea level, easy to defend and difficult to attack, we attacked twice, but we were blocked by the enemy! "The commander of the 81st Regiment of the Chinese Marine Corps reported to Lieutenant General Tang Hongtao!

"Pull all the artillery up and bang the shit! Send electricity to the Navy and request their artillery support! By the way, ask the aircraft carrier force to send bombers to bomb those Spaniards! Either way, the Spaniards must be driven out of Gibraltar within two hours! Lieutenant General Tang Hongtao said in a deep voice! According to the intelligence sent back by the reconnaissance plane, the Spaniards are sending troops to Gibraltar on a large scale, with tens of thousands of troops, although there is naval fire support, the 8th Marine Division is not afraid of these Spaniards, but if it cannot recapture the rocky mountains north of Gibraltar City, this will undoubtedly make the next plan appear more passive.

"Yes, Commander!" The commander of the 81st regiment received the order!

Soon, the artillery of the 8th Marine Division of the Chinese Marine Corps pulled up their positions and began to fire on the Spanish troops on the rocky hills. 36 105mm howitzers and 12 155mm heavy howitzers fired desperately at the rocky hills, as if the shells did not cost money. Rock chips were splashed on the rocky mountains under intensive artillery fire, and the bones of many Spanish Army soldiers were lost.

Compared to the artillery of the Marine Corps, the artillery fire of the battleships of the Navy is even more fierce! Several light cruisers and destroyers that entered the Bay of Algerasis were almost ready to sail their battleships to the shore! Naval guns and rapid-fire guns on battleships. Wildly firing at the rocky mountain. This made the Spanish troops guarding the rocky mountains feel like they are in hell!

After receiving a telegram from Lieutenant General Tang Hongtao. The six battleships on the sea also aimed their huge guns at the rocky hills north of the city of Gibraltar. The shells of large-caliber naval guns were able to leave a huge crater in the rocky mountains with one shot.

Soon, dozens of bombers took off from the aircraft carrier and flew over the rocky mountains to bomb the Spanish army. The Spanish army, which had no anti-aircraft weapons, was only passively bombed, and had no ability to fight back at all. The Spanish Army has not participated in any decent battles for more than a decade, and their tactical thinking is completely stuck in the 19th century. In the face of such a firepower strike by the Chinese Navy from the ground, sea and air, it is simply impossible to resist. The thousands of soldiers of the 12th Infantry Division of the Spanish Army stationed on the rocky mountain suffered heavy losses, and many people were even more frightened!

"General, the attack of the Chinese is too strong! We've lost more than half of our lives by now, and we're still a few hours before reinforcements arrive, so what are we going to do? Brigadier General Casimiro, chief of staff of the 12th Infantry Division of the Spanish Army, said with a pale face. At this moment, his face was completely devoid of his previous arrogance. The squadron's attack was completely beyond his imagination, and in front of the squadron, the Spanish Army was completely like a newborn baby!

Major General Cecilio, commander of the 12th Infantry Division of the Spanish Army, also had a very ugly face, when he had just taken over Gibraltar. He still looked down on those British Yankees in his heart, thinking that those British Yankees were defeated by the squadron. It's a shame. But now, he really knows how powerful the squadron is. The British were able to hold out for more than a day under such a strong attack of the squadron, and if it were them, I am afraid they would have been completely wiped out!

With strong fire support, the soldiers of the 8th Marine Division of the Chinese Marine Corps launched an attack on Rock Mountain. The soldiers of the Spanish Army, who had already been blown up by the Chinese Navy's artillery fire and the bombardment of carrier-based aircraft units, could not resist the attack of the Chinese Marines at all. Many Spanish Army soldiers even ignored the orders of their superiors, threw away their weapons and fled north, trying to escape back to Spain.

At first, a small number of people fled, but it soon became a large-scale rout! In less than half an hour, the Chinese Marines captured the rocky mountains north of Gibraltar and completely drove the Spanish Army out of Gibraltar! Originally, the 8th Marine Division of the Chinese Marine Corps could follow the Gibraltar Peninsula and attack the territory of Spain. However, considering that the 8th Marine Division was too weak, if it was separated from the fire support of the navy, it might not be able to withstand the siege of the Spanish Army. Therefore, Lieutenant General Tang Hongtao had no choice but to order the troops to withdraw to the rocky hill north of the city of Gibraltar for defense.

At 3 p.m., three more divisions of the Spanish Army arrived north of Gibraltar. However, Gibraltar is now under the control of the Chinese Marine Corps. The Spanish Army launched two attacks, but both were defeated! The soldiers of the Chinese Marine Corps stood on the rocky hills, condescending, and at the same time were able to receive fire support from the Navy's warships and carrier-based aircraft units, not to mention three divisions of the Spanish army, even if three more divisions came, they would not want to capture the Gibraltar Peninsula!

King Alfonso XIII of Spain, after learning that the 12th Infantry Division of the Spanish Army had suffered heavy losses and had also lost Gibraltar, was furious and clamored to hang the commander of the 12th Infantry Division, Major General Cecilio, and the chief of staff, Brigadier General Casimiro.

The squadron captured Gibraltar lightly, which shocked the high-level officials of the Kingdom of Spain, and from what they mastered, the strength of the squadron was completely beyond their imagination. Many people who originally thought that they could win couldn't help but retreat in their hearts, and they didn't have much hope for this war!

At the same time, the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy sent a detachment to the west, most likely to attack the Spanish Navy, which was also taken seriously by the Spanish Admiralty. The Admiralty sent a telegram to the Spanish naval fleet in Port Real, asking them to be ready for battle!

In the past, the Spanish Navy crisscrossed the world and created a world hegemon status for Spain. However, since the loss of the Armada to the British Navy, the Spanish Navy has been in a slump ever since. For more than two hundred years, their strength has become worse and worse, and there is no place for Spain among the world's naval powers!

Since the beginning of the 20th century, countries around the world have set off a boom in building 'dreadnoughts', and Spain, a traditional maritime power, is certainly not far behind. However, the Spanish Navy has been in decline for so many years, and it has lagged too far behind other powers, both in the design of its warships and in materials. In the end, the Spanish Navy signed a contract with the British company Armstrong, and it was decided that Britain would provide drawings and materials to build Spain's own 'dreadnoughts'. There were three battleships of this class, named the 'Spanish class' battleships, namely the 'España' battleship, the 'Alfonso XIII' battleship and the 'Jami I' battleship.

The 'Spanish-class' battleships were relatively backward compared to the advanced battleships of other countries. The standard displacement is only 14,450 tons, and the full load displacement is only 15,850 tons, but it is equipped with 4 twin 305 mm main guns, typical of small shipborne giant guns. As a result, the firepower of the 'Spanish-class' battleships was strong, but their seaworthiness was poor, and they could not carry out ocean-going operations, but could only fight in the near sea. But that person, the current overseas colonies of Spain have almost been lost, and there is no need to conduct ocean-going wars anymore!

The 'Spanish class' battleship is 140 meters long, 24 meters wide, 7.8 meters draft, has a standard displacement of 14,450 tons, a maximum speed of 19.5 knots, and is armed with 4 twin 305 mm main guns, 20 102 mm secondary guns, and 4 457 mm torpedo tubes. In terms of armor, the waterline armor is 203 mm, the deck armor is 38 mm, the turret armor is 203 mm, and the bridge armor is 254 mm! From these performances, it can be seen that this battleship of the Spanish Navy is the weakest battleship among the new battleships in the world. In addition to the slightly passable firepower, the speed is low, the armor is weak, and it is completely a pocket-sized battleship!

Vice Admiral Fernando, commander of the Spanish naval fleet, received a telegram from the Admiralty and immediately ordered the fleet to depart from the port of Real and prepare to enter the Bay of Cádiz to avoid being blocked by the Chinese navy. Vice Admiral Fernando is well aware of the gap between the Spanish Navy and the Chinese Navy, if the port is blocked, the Spanish Navy will have no chance, only into the vast ocean, maybe there is a glimmer of life!

The fleet led by Vice Admiral Wu Zhiyuan, chief of staff of the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy, sailed from the coast of Gibraltar to the port of Real, a distance of only about 150 kilometers, and the fleet departed from 9 o'clock in the morning and only took 6 hours to arrive! Therefore, when Vice Admiral Fernando led the Spanish fleet from the port of Real, it happened to run into the Chinese Navy coming from the east!

"Whew!" Piercing sirens sounded over the fleet, and Vice Admiral Wu Zhiyuan gave the battle order on the battleship "Iron Duke", and the six battleships formed a battle line and headed for the Spanish fleet. The aircraft carrier 'Jiuhuashan' was ordered not to go into battle, and Vice Admiral Wu Zhiyuan planned to use battleships to destroy the Spanish Navy this time! After all, the Spanish Navy only has three weak 'Spanish-class' battleships, and against six powerful super battleships, their fate can be imagined!

"Order the fleet to be ready for battle!" On the battleship "España", Vice Admiral Fernando gave the battle order with grief and indignation, he knew that the fate of the Spanish Navy was already doomed! (To be continued......)