On that day, the Spanish fortress of Seclavin was completely devastated by Portuguese bombing.
"Boom!", "Boom!", "Boom!"...
During the bombardment, the main fortress of Sekhlaon received concentrated fire. After five minutes, it could no longer hold up. The top was violently lifted off, and then the entire fortress was blown to pieces, with broken concrete thrown everywhere.
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In addition to the destruction of the main fortress, many small fortresses on the Seklavin position were also shattered, and many trenches had their towers blown up.
The Spanish defense line suffered serious damage after being attacked by six Portuguese heavy artillery divisions for half an hour.
After the Alcampera Fortress and Estoninos Fortress were breached, the defensive purpose of the Seclavin Triangle Fortress was actually destroyed.
At this time, the Spanish defenders' best option was actually to surrender.
However, Lieutenant General Philip, the commander of the Spanish army, was a patriotic and tough guy who refused to surrender. He decided to use all means to defend and would not give up until the entire army was annihilated.
After the fall of Alcampera Fortress, Lieutenant General Philip knew that large fortresses were useless after learning about the power of Portuguese cannons. He decisively ordered the construction of more small fortresses, trenches, and mountain caves.
Portugal's half-hour heavy artillery cleansing of the ground produced good results, but under the arrangements of Lieutenant General Philip who had been well prepared, the main defense line did not collapse and the casualties were not serious.
The Seclavon Defense Line, Spain's most advanced position.
"Company commander, after the shelling, the Portuguese are coming up. Let's prepare quickly."
In a trench, Enge, the deputy company commander of the 4th Division, reminded the Sigmar company commander who was motionless in the hole.
"Company Commander!"
"Company Commander!"
When he found that the company commander didn't respond, Enge rushed up anxiously.
"Company commander, what's wrong with you? Did your ears get damaged by the cannon?"
"Enge, don't shake me, I can hear you." Sigmar pushed away the deputy company commander's hand and replied lazily.
"Company Commander, can you hear me? We urgently need to deploy a defense line now, but why don't you take any action?"
"Engel, what can I do?
See that main fortress? It was destroyed in less than five minutes. What a terrible artillery fire.
The firepower of Portugal is too strong. I heard from the brothers of the 5th division who were withdrawn that Portugal’s basic firepower is also very strong. It’s very difficult to fight in a positional defensive battle. Basically, it can only be two for one.”
"Company commander, what do you mean? We are here for the country, and we must hold the line!" Faced with the company commander's negative attitude, Enge retorted angrily.
"Defend? How many days can we defend? Spain will not be able to defeat us.
There are so many rebel forces in our country, and Portugal's firepower is so strong, what should we fight with? If we continue to fight, we will be the only ones who die. Will those aristocratic capitalists have any losses?
What is the use of our sacrifice now? Can those gentlemen not surrender? I believe these gentlemen will definitely surrender for their own benefit."
"It's impossible. Portugal wants us to cede territory. Those gentlemen are evil and they dare not stop fighting."
"Oh, naive."
"Company commander, what do you mean?" Engel said in disbelief when he saw the pistol pressed against his chest.
"It's not interesting. Don't move. I just want to collect your gun. Just cooperate with me."
"Company Commander, no, you bastard Sigmar, you are ready to surrender, you traitor!"
"Enge, don't do anything excessive. Everything I do is for my brothers. If you dare to move, I will kill you."
…
In an underground tunnel in Sekrawen, this is the new command post.
At this moment, the commanders here observed the miserable situation of the front through telescopes, and many of them proposed surrender again.
"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, let us surrender!" said a soldier with a bandage on his left hand.
"What Major General Drogba said makes sense. We have tried our best. There is no problem in surrendering at this time." A staff officer wearing black-rimmed glasses said, and he also agreed with the headline.
After two voices of surrender came out, a bearded staff officer expressed a different opinion.
"surrender?
We surrender, and the Portuguese will follow the Tejo River all the way to the heart of our Spain.
Our surrender is a betrayal of the motherland. Anyone who dares to surrender now is a traitor and a traitor. In the face of aggression, we must fight to the last soldier for the sake of our country."
The bearded staff officer's impassioned words made other people in the command post speechless.
"Commander Wenger, who do you think is a traitor to the country?" Drogba, commander of the Fifth Division, said angrily.
"My fifth division, in order to rebuild the defense line of Lakselvin, spent many days at Estoninos Fortress. For this reason, I lost 3/5 of my army."
"Major General Drogba is right. Our 11th Division also lost more than half of its strength in Estoninos Fortress and has lost its combat effectiveness."
The commander of the 11th Division, Fan Pein, said loudly: "We can't fight anymore. If we fight again, all our troops will be wiped out.
Even if we wanted to fight, the soldiers couldn't hold on.
I inspected the front line and found that the soldiers in many divisions had lost their morale. They were extremely afraid of the two huge Portuguese cannons and thought there was no need to continue fighting.
The morale of the soldiers has been depleted. What's the use of just supervising the troops?
It's not too late to surrender now, we can't let our soldiers die in vain, this defensive battle is actually over."
"Yes, Commander Van Pain is right. The best choice now is to surrender."
…
Just when the voices of the surrender faction and Xiao gathered at the command post.
"Bang!" A loud slap on the table broke the dispute.
"Soldiers, you must have backbone." White-haired Lieutenant General Philip roared with a blushing face.
"Behind us is the motherland. Surrender is a betrayal of the people. Our responsibility now is to defend the position and buy time for the rear at all costs, even if the price is the annihilation of the entire army."
Just when Lieutenant General Philip was impassionedly preparing to denounce the capitulators in the command post, an accident suddenly happened.
Outside the command post, there was a sudden shouting, and then gunfire rang out.
"Who asked you to come here?"
"What are you going to do?"
"Stop or we will shoot."
"Pa!" "Pa!" "Pa!"...
"What's going on outside?" a staff officer asked doubtfully.
Staff officer Wenger was the first to react and realized the seriousness of the matter: "No, someone is launching a rebellion."
"Don't move!"
"Put your hands up!"
Major General Drogba pulled out a small pocket pistol from the bandage on his injured arm and intimidated the personnel in the command post.
Major General Van Pain also pulled out the same small pistol from his crotch and began to cooperate with Drogba's actions.
"Drogba, Van Pain, you two traitors." Lieutenant General Philip took out his pistol angrily.
"Snapped!"
Van Pain shot Philip in the right hand, stepped on the pistol on the ground, and then said.
"Your Excellency Philip, we have lost this war, please don't make any more unnecessary sacrifices."
This chapter has been completed!