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Chapter 181 Arriving in Iberia
The plane carrying the military expedition team of the Ming Dynasty landed at Barcelona's Am Prat Airport smoothly. At this time, it happened to be the time when the sun was setting, and the soft sunset glow made the whole western sky blush.

Barcelona is located in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, facing the Mediterranean Sea in the east. It is the largest port city, trade, industry, and economic center in Spain. In addition, it is also a famous Mediterranean tourist destination and a famous historical and cultural city.

A few days before the arrival of the military expedition team, three cargo ships that set sail from Guangzhou at the beginning of the year also sailed to this port and unloaded a large number of weapons and equipment.

There were 19 people in the whole expedition team. Besides the four officials from the Ministry of War, there were nine from the army, four from the air force, and two from the navy.

This civil war is doomed to have no naval battles worthy of reference, so the Ming Navy is not concerned. Except for Zhou Changfeng, who represents the Marine Corps, the other person is also a naval aviation unit rather than a naval unit.

After resting at the hotel where he stayed for a night, early the next morning, He Yao, the chief of staff of the Metropolitan Government's Office who was in charge of the investigation, gathered everyone and assigned tasks one by one.

The Ming-made weapons and equipment that have arrived are being distributed one after another. The task of some people is to accompany these weapons and equipment to the Republican Army training unit and record their performance.

Another group of people went to the headquarters of the Republican Army in each city, and decided to inspect the combat mode and tactics on their own.

In this way, Zhou Changfeng was the only one left among the people present who had not yet been assigned.

He Yao was quite hesitant, he felt that this boy from the Marine Corps could go anywhere, but it didn't seem suitable for him to go anywhere.

So he simply decided to ask Zhou Changfeng himself for his wishes, "Do you have an idea? Let's hear it."

So much autonomy?

The latter was slightly taken aback, and immediately replied: "I heard that the two sides are fighting fiercely over Guadalajara, I think it is better there."

He Yao secretly lamented that this kid lived up to his name, and he chose dangerous places without any hesitation.He nodded and said, "It's not good for you to go alone...Chen Guangyun!"

"Here!" A young man wearing round glasses responded.

"You go with Zhou Changfeng."

"Yes."

"There are several divisions from both sides gathered in that place," He Yao's eyes flicked back and forth on the two of them, and he said earnestly, "You two must pay special attention to your own safety."

The Daming Military Expedition Team did not come to Iberia for vacation, so after assigning tasks, everyone quickly prepared to go to their respective destinations.

Zhou Changfeng's impression of his temporary partner Chen Guangyun is only two words - wretched!
Short, small eyes, wearing round glasses... Although judging people by their appearance is too one-sided, Zhou Changfeng feels that this guy's inside is also not good, and he looks disgusting.

His uniqueness lies in his proficiency in identifying ordnance. The weapons and equipment he has memorized by heart may have four digits. He can identify eight or eight by looking at them from a distance or comparing them to an unclear photo. Nine is not far from ten, it can be called a human flesh search software.

And this is also the fundamental reason why he was promoted all the way in the Daming Air Force. It can be said that he is the treasure of the reconnaissance aircraft unit.

"As of now, the two sides are still fighting each other on this long front, and the winner has not yet been decided. What do you think, Mr. Zhou?"

"On the southern line, the rebels have captured Cordoba and Malaga. Next, if they want to break the current deadlock, they must choose a location on the central line to break through."

"Isn't it Guadalajara? It is known that the rebel army has two brigades and two divisions of the Italian Intervention Army, with a total strength of more than 3 troops."

"The Republican Army has also joined the reserve team, and two international brigades have arrived one after another."

On the train from Barcelona to Tarancon, Chen Guangyun and Zhou Changfeng have been discussing the current battle situation.

Guadalajara is located [-] kilometers northeast of Madrid and is the only place to pass through to the latter, its importance is self-evident.

Prior to this, the Republican Army had struggled to hold off the rebel attack from the west towards Madrid.However, now, the enemy forces, mainly the Italian Intervention Army, are attacking Madrid from the northeast.

As a result, Guadalajara has become an inevitable duel.

About half a month ago, after giving the Republican Army a certain amount of tactical deception, the Italian Army took it by surprise and launched an attack suddenly.

They had the superiority in strength and weaponry. The Italian army of the two divisions successfully broke through the defense line laid by the Republican Army, which was caught off guard, and advanced [-] kilometers in depth, occupying more than a dozen villages and towns.

At the same time, the National Army detoured on the flanks to support the Italian army attacking from the front.

Facing the menacing enemy army, the Republican Army also quickly made deployments, dispatching a brigade reserve team, and two newly formed international brigades were also quickly transferred over.

As the spring warmed up, the snow melted, and the resulting mud affected the Italian army’s continued offensive to a large extent. Not only tanks and trucks often got stuck in mud, but even the runways of field airports were also the same, and the air force’s attendance rate was significantly reduced.

In this way, on the about [-]-kilometer front in Guadalajara, the Republican Army successfully stabilized its position and blocked the enemy's offensive.

However, how could the opponent easily admit defeat?
After arriving at Talankorn, Zhou Changfeng and Chen Guangyun took the pass and documents specially approved by the Republican Army Command, transferred to a three-axle six-wheel heavy truck produced by the German company Fuen, and headed north.

Naturally, the precious transport capacity cannot be wasted, so in addition to the two "Oriental VIPs", this truck is also loaded with more than a dozen boxes of spare parts such as road wheels, leaf springs, and spark plugs of the Panzer II.

The straight-line distance between the two places is only more than 10 kilometers. In later generations, it took a few gas pedals and a few [-] minutes. But now, the truck is shaking all the way, and it has not arrived after ten hours of bumps.

The car swayed suddenly, as if it rushed into the field from the road?The drowsy Zhou Changfeng suddenly lost his sleepiness and looked out vigilantly.

Sure enough, the driver really drove the car off the road - because a series of vehicle wreckage could be seen in front of him, dozens of corpses were scattered on the road about [-] meters long, and some militiamen with guns on their backs were organizing civilians to clean up the scene.

Looking at the smoking wreckage and bloody corpses, and looking at the craters, it is not difficult to imagine what happened here before.

Zhou Changfeng saw that there were many civilian cars among the destroyed vehicles, and most of the corpses on the ground were civilians.

Seeing this heavy truck going down the roadside field and trying to make a detour, a militiaman quickly ran over to block the car, beckoning, "Hey! Stop! Come and help pull these abandoned cars aside!"

The bearded driver directly refused. He raised his hand outside the car window and shook it, "No, no, no, the front line needs my cargo, it's very urgent!"

Suspicious militiamen walked around to the truck, and were immediately stunned.

Eastern face?Two Chinese?Is this the "goods" that the front line urgently needs?
"It's not them, it's the cargo, it's the parts of the tank!"

After pestering for a while, the militiamen did not stop them.

After driving far away, the driver turned his head to the window and explained in unfamiliar French: "My wife and son are still waiting for me, this time I can't break my promise again."

　See if you can save some manuscripts in the past two days, so you can add a little more at the beginning of the month.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)