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"Roar! Long live the French Empire! Kill all the Spaniards!" Countless French soldiers shouted and rushed towards the Spanish Army's positions.√∟ However, they were greeted by the Spanish Army's bullets and shells!

"Boom! Boom!" The mortar opened fire at the maximum rate of fire, hitting the shells into the French queue, and the French soldiers were blown up.

"Da da da da!" Heavy machine guns fired wildly, and rows of bullets shot out, which made the French people unable to raise their heads at all. This was the third day of the French attack on Barcelona. In these three days, the French army paid a heavy price, but they still failed to seize the defense line built by the Spanish Army outside Barcelona. Instead, they hit the front of the defense line of the Spanish Army, and were bleeding.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The crisp gunshots sounded, and the French soldiers who were attacking were shot and fell to the ground.

Faced with the fortifications that the Spanish Army had already built, the French Army, which was attacking, would have suffered a little loss. If they hadn't had the advantage of military strength, they might have had to retreat due to heavy losses.

"General, the Spanish's defense is too strong, and we cannot break through their defense line at all. My infantry army has lost more than half. If this continues, the troops will soon lose their combat effectiveness!" A lieutenant general reported to General Pierre Joseph.

"Damn it! Send telegrams to the troops attacking Huesca, asking them to temporarily stop marching towards Zaragoza and go to Barcelona to reinforce us! In addition, the Western Route Army stopped the attack on the northwest coast of Spain and went south to cooperate with the British army to attack Valladolid. Our goal now is to eliminate the living forces of the Spaniards, not to capture those cities. As long as we can kill all the Spaniards, then those cities will belong to us sooner or later!" In the face of huge casualties, General Pierre Joseph made new adjustments.

"Yes, general!" A staff officer nodded and hurriedly issued orders to each department.

"The attack on Barcelona must not be stopped. There are more than 100,000 Spaniards here, so they must be wiped out!" said General Pierre Joseph.

The Spanish Army's defenders in Barcelona, ​​and if they were left unattended, these troops would pose a threat to southern France. General Pierre Joseph did not want to leave the threat until the end.

Under the strict orders of General Pierre Joseph, the French army launched a larger attack. A large number of French soldiers braved the Spanish army's guns and bullets to attack Barcelona. The fierce attack of the French army also put great pressure on the Spanish defenders. Due to the disadvantages in terms of military strength, Barcelona is another big city. There are too many places to defend, so there will inevitably be loopholes.

"General, the French offensive is too fierce. The front line is almost unable to hold on." A major general officer rushed into the Spanish Army's command in Barcelona and reported to General Donald.

"Damn it! Are those French people desperate for life? They launched such a fierce attack and simply did not take the lives of soldiers seriously!" Admiral Donald's brows tightly frowned.

"General, please ask for support from the Chinese Navy! Otherwise, we will be almost unable to defend!" said the major general.

General Donald hesitated for a moment and finally nodded. The defense battle in Barcelona lasted only three days, and the 15th Army of the Chinese Army would take another four days to arrive. Within these four days, the Spanish Army must drag the French here. Otherwise, the previous preparations would be in vain.

"Send a telegram to the Chinese Navy, asking them to shell the French and tear them all into pieces!" Admiral Donald issued a vicious order.

"Yes, general!" A staff officer hurriedly sent a telegram to the 1st Fleet of the Chinese Navy.

On the coast of Barcelona, ​​less than two kilometers away from the coast, the main force of the Imperial Navy's 1st Fleet. Four "Qin-class" battleships, four "Western Han-class" battleships, three "Eastern Zhou-class" battleships and four "Western Zhou-class" battleships were all anchored here. The fleet had only one purpose from Gibraltar to Barcelona, ​​that is, to assist the Spanish Army in defending Barcelona and persisting until the arrival of the Imperial Expeditionary Force.

"Commander, the Spanish telegram, they can't hold on. This is the target area they need us to shell!" Lieutenant General Xu Hai, Chief of Staff of the 1st Fleet, handed a telegram to General Wei Yong.

"Transfer the coordinates to each ship and prepare to fire!" General Wei Yong ordered.

"Yes, Commander!" Lieutenant General Xu Hai nodded.

Ten minutes later, the main force of the Imperial Navy's 1st Fleet, anchored on the sea, began to shell out, and more than ten powerful warships opened fire.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The battleship "Han Gaozu", the flagship of the Imperial Navy's 1st Fleet, took the lead in firing. The thick muzzles of the five double-mounted 280mm main guns shone with orange-red flames. The shells weighing more than 200 kilograms flew into the distance.

"Run! Break through the defensive Spanish lines and kill them all!" Countless Frenchmen shouted loudly and rushed towards the Spanish Army's defense.

"Swish! Swish!" A sharp howling sound suddenly came from the sky.

"Damn it, shelling! Lying down quickly!" Some French officers and veterans changed their faces.

"Boom! Boom!"

The shells fell and exploded on the ground. The 280mm naval gun shell weighed more than 200 kilograms. Because this time we were going to deal with the targets on the ground, all the ones used were high-explosive bombs, which were very powerful.

The shock wave generated after the explosion of the shell swept across all the French officers and soldiers within a radius of 100 meters. The French officers and soldiers were easily swept into the sky like fallen leaves. The scattered shrapnel were reaping the lives of these French officers and soldiers. After the explosion of the shell, a huge bomb crater with a depth of about ten meters and a diameter of dozens of meters was left on the ground.

"Oh God! Heavy artillery is actually a heavy artillery!"

"Damn it, how could these Spaniards hide so many heavy artillery!"

All the French generals seemed to have seen ghosts.

"Bastard, this is the naval naval gun. Only the naval naval gun has such power. The Spanish navy or the Chinese navy have joined the war!" Admiral Pierre Joseph's face turned pale.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Under the guidance of the Spanish Army observers, the main ship of the Imperial Navy's 1st Fleet launched violent shellings on the French army attacking Barcelona. Almost every shell could take away dozens of lives of hundreds of people. In the face of the powerful naval guns, the defense had no effect, just like paper, and would be easily torn apart.

The French attack on Barcelona was directly shattered by the fierce shelling of the Imperial Navy. Although the casualties caused by the Imperial Navy's shelling were not particularly large, the fighting spirit of the French army was greatly hit. After all, not everyone could bear the blow that was torn to pieces in front of them.

As a last resort, the French army had to stop the attack on Barcelona.

However, General Pierre Joseph would definitely not give up his attack on Barcelona just because of the emergence of the Imperial Navy. After a little rest, General Pierre Joseph once again issued an order to attack.

More than 200,000 French troops once again launched a fierce attack on Barcelona. However, with the firepower support of the Imperial Navy, the pressure on the Spanish Army was much smaller.

In order to attack Barcelona as soon as possible, the French army also adopted various measures and even launched night attacks. However, it was finally held on by the Spanish Army.

As time went by, the main force of the 5th Fleet of the Imperial Navy escorted the 15th Army of the Imperial Army and arrived on the northeastern coast of Spain on the afternoon of September 30, 1854.

The 15th Army of the Imperial Army is a newly formed unit of the Imperial Army. However, almost all the officers of the 15th Army are from veterans of other armies, which has enabled the combat effectiveness of the 15th Army to improve after several months of training for recruits. Even though there is still a certain gap with the veterans of the Imperial Army, the gap is no longer large. In addition to the advanced weapons of the Imperial Army, the combat effectiveness of the 15th Army of the Imperial Army is far above the enemy.

After contacting the Spanish Army, Lieutenant General Ma Xiangming, commander of the 15th Army of the Imperial Army, placed his landing place in Mataro. It was only a few dozen kilometers away from Barcelona. After the French occupied it, he only deployed a small number of defenders here. The main force of the French army had already concentrated on the attack on Barcelona.

On the morning of October 1, 1854, the 15th Army of the Imperial Army landed in Matarot under the cover of the main force of the 5th Navy Fleet. Four "Qin-class" battleships and four "Western Han-class" battleships of the 5th Navy Fleet launched violent shelling of Matarot. In order to help the landing of the army behind, the Navy's shelling deliberately avoided Matarot's port.

The French army guarding Mataro, facing the fierce shelling of the Imperial Navy, was instantly destroyed. This made the French army quickly abandon Mataro and even did not blow up Mataro's port in panic. After the vanguard of the 15th Army of the Imperial Army landed, they controlled the port as soon as possible, so that subsequent troops could successfully land through the port. In this way, the landing speed would undoubtedly be much higher.

The landing of the 15th Army of the Imperial Army in Matarot means that the joint counterattack between the Imperial Army and the Spanish Army has begun on the British and French forces! (My novel "The Dragon Rising from the South China Sea" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there is also a 100% lottery gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right to "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow it, hurry up!) (To be continued, please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better, updated and faster!

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