Boom! Boom!
The Capital Ships of the German Navy Mediterranean Fleet kept firing, heavy shells slamming into Gibraltar Fortress one after another. Though the fortress was sturdy, no fortress, however strong, could withstand being struck without pause! Besides, Gibraltar's fortifications had been built many years ago. The defensive requirements of that time were already vastly different from the power of modern main guns.
Boom!
A gun battery equipped with a 280mm fortress gun was hit repeatedly. A 380mm Shell punched straight through the battery and exploded inside. In an instant, the entire battery was blasted to pieces. Even the fortress gun was twisted out of shape. As for the Spanish soldiers inside, they were blown into fragments on the spot.
"God! Everyone stationed at that battery is dead. The Germans' bombardment is too fierce—we simply can't hold them back!"
"The Germans' Naval Guns are all 380mm. Our fortresses can't withstand them at all. If this keeps up, we'll all die here!"
As the power of the German military's Naval Guns gradually made itself known, Gibraltar's fortresses simply could not hold out. One fortress after another was destroyed by the German military's savage naval bombardment. This sent the morale of the Spanish army stationed at Gibraltar Fortress plummeting. After all, the Spanish army had never been elite to begin with. Under such circumstances, it would have been strange if they could hold on.
"Run! If we keep fighting, we'll all die at the hands of the Germans!"
"Gibraltar was occupied by the British, so let them occupy it. If the Germans want it, then give it to them. It's useless to us anyway. I really don't understand why we had to occupy this place in the first place. Isn't this simply walking into our own graves?" an officer complained.
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