But we still have to fight. Once this war is over, these German troops fighting in Spain can return to their motherland. They have gained valuable practical experience and weapons testing. What is needed now is a decent victory to end with. I thought of this. Lin Wei strengthened his belief.
As the largest city in Spain, Madrid has a population of one million, and most of the armed forces of the Republican Army are also in the city. It is very difficult to capture it. Only the German army and the Spanish National Army from the four directions have defeated the Republican Army on the outskirts of Madrid. Italy and Portugal are still fighting fiercely with the Republican Army in the suburbs, so the task of attacking the city falls to them for the time being. on the body.
Since General Franco had gained the absolute upper hand in the Spanish Civil War, Britain, France, and the United States decided to implement a "non-interference" policy through consultations and recognized General Franco's legal status in implementation. On December 21, 1936 On the same day, France announced that it would block the border and ordered no one to interact with the Republican Army. Germany and Italy had already carried out a naval blockade, completely excluding the influence of the Soviet Union from Spain.
As a test, General Ludwig first sent a company of troops into the city. Unexpectedly, less than twenty people came back alive. Lin Wei saw General Ludwig's face was very gloomy at that time, but Lin Wei Still pretending not to see it, the Gendarmerie Regiment was originally small in number. Adding those who died in battle and the wounded soldiers who returned home, there were now only more than 3,000 people. Lin Wei really had no money to be generous now.
Lin Wei specifically asked the surviving soldiers and learned that most of the soldiers were killed by snipers and were not attacked by heavy weapons. In particular, no anti-tank weapons were found. It seems that for the current Republican Army , anti-tank weapons are still very luxurious. Maybe the Soviets will invent them for this war in the future, but the Spaniards will definitely not use them.
In this case, Lin Wei could only carry out the armored warfare to the end. Before the attack, Lin Wei said to the commanders of the military police regiment at all levels, "Don't worry about the civilians when you see the target, because they may be disguised by the Republican Army. If you see the target, you should attack it." Shoot first, and you may be the one who dies later. If someone plots against you in a building, then use a tank to blast him, do you understand?" Lin Wei shouted viciously.
"But leader, if you do this, you will accidentally injure civilians," Andre & Thomas said.
After listening to Andre & Thomas' words, Lin Wei pondered and said, "Try not to hurt civilians, but if this is unavoidable, I will not joke about the names of my soldiers, do you understand?"
"I understand, leader" Andre & Thomas said solemnly.
After thinking for a while, Lin Wei said, "If you can't get off the tank, try not to get off, you know?"
In this way, Lin Wei didn't say a word, and everyone present just remembered one sentence, and it was not finished until Lin Wei had finished all the tricks he could think of.
Immediately, the gendarmerie regiment started the journey according to Lin Wei's instructions and started the tank. After the Republican soldiers in the city annihilated a company of the Wehrmacht, they paid a negligible price. They believed that street fighting could offset the German army's weapon advantage. However, when the military police regiment with tanks appeared in front of them, they knew that they would not be able to fight again. Wrong once.
The soldiers of the Military Police Regiment did exactly what Lin Wei told them. No matter what target they saw, they adopted a preemptive strategy and shot first, regardless of whether it was armed personnel or not. Lin Wei was right. Ordinary civilians would hide in a safe place and would not come out to seek death. However, no matter how pitiful the Republican Army pretended to be, they would be shot if there was anything wrong. And the weapons they used to deal with infantry were The sturdy street fortress and sniper rifle are no match for the Panzer IV.
The military police regiment advanced in a bloody manner. As long as there was the slightest disturbance, they would use both guns and artillery, which made the Republican Army miserable. After several armed men pretending to be civilians were shot and killed, the soldiers of the Republican Army knew that they were facing The right thing is that the murderous demon is not a regular army with humanitarianism at all, and this is exactly what Lin Wei wants. Lin Wei doesn't care about such a reputation. In order to win, almost all the troops will do things that harm the civilians. However, anyway, the SS was very stinky in history. Lin Wei didn't care if he was more stinky. Besides, without the SS as a foil, how could the Wehrmacht be so well received
The Gendarmerie did what Lin Wei said and quickly destroyed all the strongholds and street fortresses in the bungalow area and quickly advanced to a position close to the building area. As soon as they arrived, the soldiers of the Gendarmerie felt that their vitality was much stronger. .
Even the gendarmes did not know where the Republican Army opened fire. The modern high-rise buildings and ancient buildings of different styles in Madrid stood side by side, making the gendarmes of the Gendarmerie Regiment feel strange and even a little dizzy after going deeper. The buildings in the city were arranged irregularly, causing the Republican army to retreat in a hurry and leaving the military police confused.
Although protected by tank armor, after entering the city of Madrid, the constraints of the winding and narrow streets in the city began to become more prominent. When the military police launched an assault, they often fell into deep alleys and were unable to escape. The Republican Army used familiar terrain to encircle it. When the Republican Army surrounded a single tank, it usually concentrated a large number of explosive packets or grenades to attack. Once it succeeded, it immediately retreated and disappeared into the streets of Madrid, making it impossible for the military police to pursue it.
Seeing this situation, Lin Wei immediately ordered the military police regiment to withdraw and stay in place. After discussions with General Ludwig, they ordered the German troops to be on standby, waiting for the progress of the Italian and Portuguese armies.
At this time, Spain's situation was more favorable to Germany than in history because Germany and Italy moved much faster than in history, and Britain and France also cut off the Soviet Union's weapons transportation channels very early. Only Heydrich knew how many SS believers there were in the Spanish army. If Germany achieved a favorable result in the Spanish Civil War, it would also be good for improving the reputation of the German government and people. After all, now The area was still in Polish hands.
The Battle of Madrid was already the final decisive battle. It seemed to Lin Wei that Franco had won this battle and the Republic was just hanging on. Lin Wei didn't want his soldiers to fall in the final battle without seeing the victory. This was unacceptable. Forgiven, so for the safety of his troops, Lin Wei still urged General Ludwig to wait until the Italian and Portuguese armies defeated the Republican Army outside the city to act together.
But Lin Wei didn't expect that the Italians actually spent five whole days. The current Spanish Republican Army is far from having the courage to fight Franco for three years in history. From the outbreak of the war to the present, it has only been a few short months. They do not have a lot of actual combat experience. Furthermore, there are many All the combat-effective troops have been annihilated. It took Italy five days. I wonder if Germany will be held back in the future.
However, it was still necessary to save face. After Italy defeated the Republican Army and entered the city, General Ludwig still sent a congratulatory message.
On December 27, 1936, the intervention forces from various countries had defeated all their opponents and entered the city of Madrid. Knowing that the German army had suffered heavy losses in the street fighting, the Italian army arrogantly declared that a group of farmers refused to be theirs. The opponent ended up leaving hundreds of corpses in the street fighting, and finally sat down and began to discuss countermeasures with the generals of various countries.
Lin Wei was not anxious. In his opinion, life was more important than anything else. However, his military police were anxious. From the day they were recruited into the SS by Lin Wei, they were instilled with the concept that they were the Guards. It is the leader's personal armed force, the strongest soldier, and the person who instilled everything is Lin Wei, but now the old god Lin Wei has started practicing Tai Chi, so he asks Lin Wei to fight every day, and Lin Wei is also complaining about this " I am not a real commander, this is what General Ludwig meant." After saying this, Lin Wei didn't care whether the military police listened or not, and continued to practice Tai Chi.
For this reason, the military policemen all held back a sense of resentment, and looked at the National Defense Forces who went out to attack, and their eyes were wrong. This made the National Defense Forces feel uncomfortable when they passed by the military police station every day, and they couldn't help muttering to Lin Wei in their hearts.
Finally, just when the grievances of the gendarmes could no longer be stored up, Lin Wei appeared in front of the gendarmes and said, "Do you really want to try again?"
"Leader, we were unjustly defeated last time."
"Yes, that's because we are not familiar with street fighting."
"The National Defense Forces haven't made much progress in the past few days. We definitely could have done it last time."
Looking at the gendarmes who had made impassioned remarks, Lin Wei frowned slightly and said, "Okay, I will tell General Ludwig again. If it fails this time, you will really feel sorry for the guards." I’ve got the title of Army, so don’t go out and brag about it in the future, got it?” Lin Wei said slowly.
"Yes, leader"
"Don't worry, I will ask the artillery to cooperate with you. Go down and get ready." Lin Wei waved his hand and turned back to the command post. Paul & Hauser were not surprised by Lin Wei's appearance, and then sipped their tea lightly. Under the influence, Paul & Hausser have fallen in love with this strange oriental drink.
"Done?" Paul & Hauser asked.
"Yes, General" Lin Wei replied.
"How did you come up with this idea?"
Lin Wei thought for a while and said, "It seems that ancient Easterners liked to use this method before going to war. It seems to be called the method of stimulating generals. I will try it to see if it has any effect."
"How's the effect?"
"It looks pretty good." The riddle-like conversation between the two people was confusing. Now even if you command everyone to listen, you still won't understand what they are talking about.
Lin Wei did not show mercy this time. He had said that he would end the fighting in Spain before 1937, so he spent a lot of effort in the past few days of rest and kept calling Berlin, asking for weapons and cannons. , for ammunition, the German infantry division has an artillery regiment and an anti-tank artillery battalion. Its artillery regiment consists of 4 artillery battalions, each with 18 guns, 2 battalions of 75mm field guns, 1 battalion of 105mm howitzers, and 1 battalion of 150mm howitzers.