War and Peace Chapter 19 Bloody Mount Gibraltar (6)
After the artillery fire was prepared, 35,000 Spanish soldiers lined up to Mount Gibraltar, and four artillery battalions advanced together with small-caliber rapid-fire cannons. When they were still 2 kilometers away from the foot of Mount Gibraltar, the cannons in the British fortress opened fire, and then the Spanish artillery tried to suppress fire, but the British army suffered heavy losses with the advantage of the fortress. When approaching the foot of the mountain, the Spanish soldiers encountered the British intensive machine gun fire, and 80% of the British army's machine guns and machine guns were concentrated on this side. The battle lasted until dusk, and the Spanish army was unable to set foot on Mount Gibraltar, and the casualties, including the artillery, reached 8,600.
That night, the Spanish naval cruiser "Linares" hit a mine outside the port of Gibraltar. The warship, built in 1903 and with a displacement of 4,050 tons, sank into the seabed hundreds of meters deep in just 10 minutes. The sailors who fell into the water were then rescued by nearby destroyers. Although less than 100 casualties, the only attempt to attack Gibraltar during the war ended in failure.
The next day, the Spanish army changed its commander, and the Minister of the Army and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Marshal Paul Navarro, took the battle personally. For a whole week, he actively dispatched troops and sent troops. The number of Spanish troops besieging the Gibraltar Fortress increased again and again, eventually reaching nearly 100,000 people in 32 infantry regiments and 8 artillery regiments. In addition, the Spanish government also urgently purchased a batch of shells from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany. After going day and night, the first batch of shells finally arrived at the Gibraltar front on March 23.
Two days before March 25 as stipulated in the treaty, Marshal Navarro came to the front line and named the battle "The Battle of Glory of Spain."
Later, according to the observers of the German military delegation, it was the most tragic battle they had ever seen in their lives.
"After the shelling, thousands of Spanish infantry were lined up in neat rows to attack, and the British shells kept falling among them, but none retreated. At the foot of Mount Gibraltar, Spanish soldiers knocked down by British bullets were piled up into mountains, and subsequent soldiers continued to advance along the bodies of their companions. From a distance, Mount Gibraltar seemed to be attacked by a tsunami, and the sea of people composed of Spanish soldiers continued to spread upwards, even reaching the hillside at one point. At this time, we forgot our mission, and everyone was encouraging the brave Spanish in their hearts. How I wish Spain
The flag could be planted onto the top of the mountain. However, near noon, the British launched a fatal counterattack. In the telescope, I saw all kinds of people fighting with weapons. Europeans, Africans, and Asians wearing headscarves. The soldiers on both sides were in a terrible state of madness. They fought hard until they died. The British warships in the military port opened fire on the flanks of the fortress at all costs. In the end, the Spanish army retreated, and the hillside was full of corpses, which were the corpses of soldiers on both sides. Blood melted into streams and flowed down the hillside. I think the sea water in the Strait of Gibraltar was dyed red on this day!"
After reviewing the detailed report of the Observation Team, Chen Tian only said one sentence:
"At the end of the strong crossbow, don't wear Lu silk!"
Chapter completed!