The Sun Never Sets In Spain

Unlike the French who are eager to win, the soldiers of the Green Legion do not want to fight this battle.

The members of the Mobile Guard have been trained in France before. After they came to Spain, they were just regrouped and strengthened. They were solid soldiers who received more complete training. However, many members of the Green Army really only trained for a week. Naturally, the will to fight cannot be compared.

More importantly, despite the fact that Milan and Florence are the largest cities in Italy, one of them is the temporary capital. In fact, they were snatched from Austria and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany not long ago.

The soldiers originally had little centripetal force for the Kingdom of Italy, let alone fighting in Spain, far away from the motherland. They had no sense of honor from the great powers. The first thing they considered was how to protect themselves and return to their hometown alive.

Under such ideological guidance, the Green Army hurriedly hurried, and finally at 3 pm on October 18th, the Blue Army rushed to Alfambura one step at a time. The mayor and garrison officers here cordially met with them and helped They entered the pre-designed fortifications and organized the townspeople to make further improvements.

It is worth noting that although the townspeople have taken action under the pressure of the army and the mayor, anyone can see that their enthusiasm is not high and their work speed is relatively slow.

It is not difficult to understand that the free government is in high debt. Before that, they tried their best to squeeze out every penny that they could squeeze out of the country, especially those of the poor.

The town of Alfambura is one of the victims, many people are struggling with food and clothing.

Although Catalonia and the free government are in a state of hostility, they are both part of Spain. The private communication between the people has never really been interrupted. The townspeople have heard that the other side can take care of the food, at least it will not let people starve to death. And it's far safer than the free government.

In this case, they certainly yearn for Catalonia to liberate them as soon as possible.

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The Liberator is not far away, and the Blue Legion led by Baptiste has rushed to the outskirts of Alfamba. As long as they pass the river in front of them, they will formally enter the town.

But the bridge of the river has been blown up by the defenders. Across the river, dozens of government soldiers are watching them nervously. Baptiste saw someone riding to the center of the town on horseback. It won’t take long. , There will be tens of thousands of enemy soldiers here.

He took a look at the rushing river. This is a tributary of the Elbro River in Aragon. The river is quite wide. It coincides with the turn of summer and autumn. The rainfall is not low and the water is deep. It is impossible to directly flow over it. of.

Fortunately, Catalonia has a complete range of troops. Anticipating this situation, he immediately ordered the engineers to build a pontoon bridge. The materials they carried were a little nervous, so he sent people to the nearby farmers’ homes to collect strong wooden boards and ropes.

The actions of the Catalan soldiers were quite decisive, but a pontoon bridge was not so easy to build, and in the end it was not able to be built before the arrival of the government forces.

The two brigades of the Green Legion came to the opposite bank of the river, and the Blue Legion fired across the river, but the Italians were at a disadvantage in terms of equipment, numbers, and fighting will.

Before the exchange of fire lasted long, the Green Army could not bear the high casualties and retreated 400-500 meters away from the river, only shooting from a distance and using artillery to **** the opponent's actions.

This move was very effective. The half-repaired bridge was destroyed in the fierce fighting. The French had to rebuild the bridge in the sky full of gunfire. While enduring high casualties, the failure rate also increased sharply.

No way, Baptiste can only let the engineers work in the dark at night to see if they can find opportunities. On the other hand, he sent a regiment to the lower reaches of the river to prepare for the dark storage, and let the regiment quietly repair the bridge and cross the river quietly. , And rely on them to hold the pontoon on the other side of the river.

He didn't know whether this method would work or not. If it didn't work, he would only have to go around a long distance of tens of kilometers, but the variables would increase uncontrollably at that time.

Both the front and the flanks are in a stalemate, but the government forces still have internal enemies.

On the second day of the battle, Ruben gathered supporters of the Republicanists and told everyone that the uprising could be launched now. Unfortunately, there were very few responders. Some of the officers who had said that they had changed their minds temporarily, wanted to follow up.

Even if he was more determined, he advised Reuben to wait a little longer. Now that the war is only underway, it is better to wait for Catalonia and the government forces to spend a while.

Ruben knows what they said is reasonable, but he is not really a Republican. His goal is always to reduce the loss of Catalonia. What if the consumption continues and the Republicans become too big?

He rejected everyone's suggestions and attracted a few **** supporters and enthusiastic youths. They planned to blow up the government's important armaments during the army rotation. The main targets were the ammunition depot and Krupp artillery.

It is not difficult to say, now European countries have begun to produce hand grenades, the output has increased sharply, and the price is much cheaper.

The free government purchased a lot in Italy some time ago, and now every government infantryman is equipped with 2 hand grenades, which can be obtained if necessary.

As long as the plan is right, there is a great hope for success. The premise is that no one informs, but the possibility of someone informs is very small. The officers just want to delay the observation of the situation, and are not desperate to follow the free government.

The government only knows that Ruben is a republican supporter, but it doesn't know when he will get up and how he will take action. His military rank is too low and his background is not high. In fact, he was not taken seriously.

At noon on the 19th, taking advantage of the rotation, a total of 4 companies and 1 battalion rebelled. The total number reached hundreds. The reason why it did not reach thousands was because the officers only temporarily informed the soldiers that they were about to rise. In the past persistent propaganda and brainwashing, more than half of the soldiers were still unwilling to follow them, even when a fierce gun battle broke out.

When the soldiers were told the truth, the officers had taken the opportunity to the artillery position and the No. 2 ammunition depot. Apart from drawing guns to their former comrades, they did not forget to throw grenades at these places.

In the end, 1 Krupp heavy artillery and 10 artillery pieces were destroyed, and a chain explosion occurred in the No. 2 ammunition depot. More than 2,000 artillery shells were burned in the incident.

The soldiers in the uprising also paid a heavy price. Even with the feint cooperation of the frontal forces, fewer than 100 people eventually escaped and slipped into the nearby mountains and forests.

Among these people is Reuben. If the government forces are finally defeated, and he returns to summon the troops, the influence will no longer be comparable to that before.