On November 16, the third day of the Spanish-Portuguese War, the fighting between the two sides became more and more intense, and the number of casualties increased.
Because Spain occupied a favorable terrain for defense, its casualties were less than those of Portugal. They had a casualty ratio of over 3:1.
As the attacking party, although Portugal was well prepared, it still lost more than 3,000 people during the beach landing attack, while Spain, as the defending party, suffered casualties of less than 1,000 people.
Spain and Portugal have not been at war for a long time. After two days of conflict and initial fighting, the Spaniards initially determined that they could hold on longer and that the Portuguese were not that scary.
Since the beginning of the war between Spain and Portugal, the two countries are now exchanging fierce fire except for Catalonia, which needs time.
The border between Spain and Portugal is mainly dominated by rivers. Portugal did not perform very well in the initial landing battle. Although Portugal had practiced many times, in actual combat, Portugal still suffered a considerable price when facing Spain.
However, the Portuguese experienced two days of arduous fighting and achieved results after paying heavy casualties. They established a firm foothold on the other side of the river and stabilized their defense line without being pushed into the river.
The terrain at the junction of Spain and Portugal is actually very conducive to defense for both sides.
The border between the two sides is mainly dominated by rivers and mountains. Even if it is a river, both sides of the river are covered with mountains, which are higher than the river bottom, forming a canyon-like place. This is why Portugal suffered so much damage as the attacking party.
Even if Portugal has a firm foothold by the river, Spain is standing on the high ground, with a formidable top and bottom. The defense is still favorable and it still has a big advantage. This is also the reason for Spain's optimism.
Amid the optimism of the Spanish, the war situation was secretly tilting towards Portugal.
After establishing a foothold on the other side, there will be no more brutal fighting for beach landings. Next, Portugal's superior armaments will be brought into play.
Portugal's armaments, whether at the upper division level or lower level, have an advantage over Spain.
With no natural danger and the arsenal in the rear having been destroyed, Spain had little potential for war, but now it is just facing reality.
In the ensuing battle, the casualty ratio between the two sides was definitely the other way around.
At 9:15 on the 16th, in Cedillo, in the Pisa Highlands of the Tejo River, the 2nd Regiment of the Portuguese 17th Division launched an attack on the 1st Regiment of the Spanish 3rd Division stationed there.
"The Second Regiment will launch an attack and request the division headquarters to bombard the Pisa Heights with heavy artillery within ten minutes!"
At the command post the year before last, Max, the commander of the second regiment, appealed to his superiors.
"receive!"
Tens of seconds later, the division headquarters responded again.
"Commander Max, the division headquarters approves the bombardment."
"Thank you for your support." After Max said this, he hung up the phone neatly.
That's right, on the Portuguese battlefield, telephones are used to communicate between superior and subordinate military departments.
In this era of battlefield communication, communication between superior and subordinate armies mainly relies on the combination of communication troops and homing pigeons. The use of telephones in Portugal is definitely epoch-making.
In this era, telephones are now a luxury product, but Tang Ning has the following knowledge. Although the distance is far away, the telephone is not used, but in the case of a gathering of heavy troops and the distance is not far, telephone communication is still enough.
The victory or defeat of a war often depends on timing and intelligence differences between the two sides.
Although Portugal spends a lot of money, as long as they can quickly knock out Zedillo, it will be worth it.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
…
At 9:21, the Spanish Pisa Highlands came under heavy attack from Portuguese heavy artillery.
"Brothers, fight with me for Portugal!"
Before the bombardment was over, Captain Drake took the lead in attacking the high ground.
"Come on!"
"For the sake of the emperor, rush!"
"Kill for the Portuguese Empire!"
…
At about the same time, the second regiment, one battalion and three companies launched an attack on Pisa.
The Spaniards in the Pisa Highlands were attacked by division-level heavy artillery. They covered their ears and hid in the trenches to endure the explosion damage.
Five minutes later, the Portuguese heavy artillery attack ended, and the 1st Battalion had reached 500 meters of Spanish Town and was crawling in the dug ditch.
The Spanish 1st Regiment stationed on the high ground did not receive artillery fire for half a minute. It rushed out of the hole and moved towards the trench defensive position.
Just after the Spanish were in position, the Portuguese battalion-level and company-level firepower, which had already corrected their artillery positions, suddenly launched an attack.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
…
The 70mm Type 09 infantry cannon, the 50mm Type 09 grenade launcher, the 90mm Type 09 light mortar, and the 150mm Type 09 medium mortar. These medium and light artillery shells struck the Spanish positions in wonderful arcs.
In positional warfare, nothing is more useful than mortars. Although they are not as powerful as heavy artillery, they are good for close range control and explosive damage.
"Oh, it hurts."
"Ah! My hand is broken, my hand..."
"Mom, my legs seem to be gone."
…
The mortars, which had been in position for a long time, cleared the ground in three minutes. The Spaniards who had just rushed into the fighting position suffered heavy casualties and suffered heavy losses in an instant.
Under the bombardment of the Poji artillery, both the injured and the uninjured ran towards the potholes again.
"Come on!"
"Kill for the sake of the king!"
…
The Portuguese, who had been suppressed by Spain for two days, got up from the sinkhole and rushed forward as soon as the mortar bombardment ended.
Three hundred meters!
Two hundred meters!
One hundred meters!
Seventy meters away, the heavy machine gun group stopped and began to assemble the machine gun, and the grenade group also stopped and began to calibrate the gun position.
Except for the heavy machine gun group and the grenade group, the other battalion soldiers were still charging.
Twenty meters away, a battalion of soldiers began to lie down. Except for some Lewis light machine gunners, the remaining soldiers picked up a grenade, clicked it on their helmets, and then threw it towards the Spanish defensive position.
On the trenches, some soldiers who reacted quickly and ran from the pits to the defensive position saw the Portuguese soldiers rushing towards them in horror and quickly launched a counterattack.
But before these Spanish soldiers fired a few bullets, they were counterattacked by a well-trained battalion of soldiers and received a wave of grenades in the face.
After a wave of grenades, grenade launchers also launched an attack, followed by heavy machine gun output.
The defending soldiers in the Spanish trenches were harvested like fragile wheat, without the slightest strength to fight back.
After two rounds of egg throwing, the grenade ceased firing, and the heavy machine gun also suspended its attack.
At this time, a battalion of soldiers crawling on the ground stood up, shouted slogans, held rifles and fired light machine guns at the Spanish position.
The Spanish defense forces were stunned and severely damaged. After receiving successive attacks, very few of them could react and continue to fight back.
Soon, a battalion of soldiers rushed into the trenches. Faced with a tragic blow to the morale of the Spanish soldiers, the soldiers had no sympathy for the Spanish soldiers.
"I Have a Picture Book of Ghosts and Gods"
After being suppressed and beaten by the Spaniards for two days, now they have a chance. As a battalion of Portuguese soldiers, they just want to retaliate with violence.
War never requires sympathy.
The soldiers' rifle bayonets were red, and the Lewis light machine gunners suppressed them with close fire, beating the Spaniards into sieves.
Amid the shouts of killing, the Spanish soldiers in the trenches were quickly cleared, and then a battalion of soldiers began to clear out the Spaniards hiding in the potholes.
"boom!"……
The grenades roared and rang out.
Before the Spanish soldiers could surrender, they were taken away by a wave of soldiers from a battalion.
Within half an hour of launching the attack from Portugal, Spain's first line of defense failed.
Portugal's three-stage bombing, at the division level, battalion and company level, and company and platoon level. With the cooperation of these three waves of offensive, the Spaniards were crushed to pieces.
Engel, the commander of the first battalion who had been paying close attention to the battle situation, quickly entered the position accompanied by the guard squad and quickly directed the next battle without stopping.
"One company, quickly, quickly, quickly arrange defense!"
"Heavy machine gun team, grenade mortar, get ready."
"Second Company, Third Company, let me attack the Spanish position in front."
