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    "How could this happen?" Lieutenant General Roslyn Wells was stunned when he saw that four forts were easily blown up by the Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft!  He didn't come back to his senses until the battleships of the Chinese Navy began to violently bombard the Fortress of Gibraltar!  Obviously, the Chinese are going to launch a landing operation. From the dozens of transport ships, we can infer how many landing troops the Chinese have prepared!  Currently, there are only more than 3,000 defenders in the Gibraltar Fortress, and they have to withstand the Chinese artillery fire. Under such circumstances, it is simply impossible to defend Gibraltar!  As for sinking a capital ship of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet, it is even more of a joke!

    "Lieutenant Colonel Thomas, take your people and guard the city of Gibraltar! If Major Gill falls, your people must ensure that the city of Gibraltar is under our control. We need time now!" Lieutenant Colonel Roslyn Wells  The general ordered to Lieutenant Colonel Thomas!  Lieutenant Colonel Thomas is the commander of the British Infantry Regiment in Gibraltar!

    "Yes, General, I will try my best! However, we may not be able to withstand the Chinese naval guns for long!" Lieutenant Colonel Thomas said!  Several forts in the fortress have been destroyed by Chinese aircraft. Now the Chinese warships can pour cannonballs on their heads arbitrarily.  This is undoubtedly a terrible disaster for the British army on the defensive side!

    "I know, go do your thing!" Lieutenant General Roslin Wells waved his hand impatiently.  After sending away Lieutenant Colonel Thomas.  Lieutenant General Roslyn Wells immediately ordered the Signal Corps to send a telegram to the Admiralty.  reported to the Admiralty the dire situation they now faced.  Ask the Admiralty to contact the Spanish and allow them to retreat immediately!  Lieutenant General Roslin Wells knew that if he continued to hold on, he might not be able to survive today, and if they, the British naval officers and soldiers, did not surrender, they would probably be killed by the cruel Chinese!

    While Lieutenant General Roslyn Wells was still waiting for a reply from the British Admiralty, more than a thousand officers and soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the 81st Regiment of the 8th Marine Division of the Chinese Marine Corps were already sitting in hundreds of landing craft and began to head towards Al  A landing operation was launched on the beach on the east side of Hessira Bay!  Responsible for beach defense.  It is a battalion of the British Marine Corps stationed in the Gibraltar Fortress. The whole battalion only has more than 700 people, guarding a defense line of about two kilometers long.  More than 700 people were scattered on the two-kilometer-long defense line, which seemed so sparse.  What's more, they have to suffer firepower from Chinese Navy warships on the sea!  The four 'Fuqing-class' destroyers arrived less than two kilometers away from the beach and fired crazily at the British position with four 88mm rapid-fire cannons and four 37mm rapid-fire cannons on the sides!  The dense artillery shells almost enveloped the British army's position. The soldiers of the British Marine Corps suffered heavy casualties under the shelling. They were unable to form a powerful blow to the landing force of the Chinese Marine Corps!

    8:15.  The first landing craft washed up on the beach, but the Chinese Marines on it had just jumped from the boat.  They were fired upon by machine guns from the British army. Several soldiers were shot dead on the spot, and the rest had no choice but to lie on the beach, unable to raise their heads!  The light machine guns installed on the bow of the landing craft began to suppress the British Marines.  However, just after firing a bullet chain, it was destroyed by a mortar from the British Marine Corps!

    The Marine Corps has always been the elite of all countries, and the same is true for the British Marine Corps.  Even though the current situation is very unfavorable for them, they still persisted in fighting and performed very bravely even when they did not receive the order to retreat!

    As more and more landing craft docked, the firepower advantage of the Chinese Marine Corps came into play.  A barrage of light and heavy machine guns began to fire at the British Marine Corps position. The British Marine soldiers were unable to raise their heads at all and could only huddle in the trench.  The mortars of the Chinese Marine Corps also began an artillery battle with the artillery of the British Marine Corps. At the same time, they also launched artillery attacks on the machine gun fire points of the British Marine Corps to clear the obstacles to the charge!

    At 8:26, most of the officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 81st Regiment of the Chinese Marine Corps had already landed. With strong fire support, they began to attack the position of the British Marine Corps.  After several charges, they finally broke into the British Marine Corps position.  Afterwards, they began to clear out the British Marines on the position.

    At 9:20 in the morning, the 1st Battalion of the 81st Regiment of the Chinese Marine Corps annihilated most of the British Marine Corps, and the remaining few troops returned to the city of Gibraltar.  However, the situation in Gibraltar at this moment is also very bad. The 11 battleships and 1 battlecruiser of the Chinese Navy anchored on the sea have been shelling the city!The city of Gibraltar was not big to begin with, but under the intensive artillery fire, it was almost reduced to ruins.  An infantry regiment of the British Army guarding the city also suffered heavy losses as a result!

    After seizing the beach, the Chinese Marine Corps began a large-scale landing and did not immediately launch an attack on the city of Gibraltar!

    When the telegram from Vice Admiral Roslyn Wells was sent to the British Admiralty, Lord Admiralty Sir John Fisher was already at work.  After the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet began its attack on Gibraltar yesterday, he began to go to work early in order to closely grasp the exact news about Gibraltar.  Although the Fortress of Gibraltar lost one fort yesterday, there are still four forts left.  Sir John Fisher believed that the Fortress of Gibraltar could hold out for at least two days.  In this case, Britain may be able to gain more benefits from its negotiations with Spain!

    However, the telegram sent by Lieutenant General Roslyn Wells made John Fishers immediately nervous.  If the Chinese navy captured Gibraltar before the Spanish entered it, then the Spanish would definitely not have the guts to fight the Chinese head-on.  When the time comes when Britain wants to provoke a war between China and Spain, it will be impossible!

    When he thought of this, Sir John Fisher immediately called the Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey!

    "Sir Gray, I have bad news for you! The Chinese just dispatched planes and bombed the Fortress of Gibraltar! Now several forts in the Fortress of Gibraltar have been blown up by the Chinese. The Chinese have already begun to launch a landing operation in Gibraltar  Now! Lieutenant General Roslyn Wells will probably have a hard time surviving today!" Sir John Fisher said with some frustration!

    "Hell! Tell that fellow Wells to hold on and I'll contact the Spanish right away!" Sir Edward Gray, the Foreign Secretary on the other side of the phone, was already roaring.  Originally, he wanted to use this to blackmail Spain, but Spain is not a fool. Gibraltar has already fallen, and the British still want to take advantage of them. How is this possible?  Do you really think Britain is still the world hegemon?

    After hanging up the phone, Sir Edward Gray immediately made an emergency appointment with the Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Bertalan.  This time, Sir Edward Gray did not put on airs anymore. He directly told Ambassador Bertalan that Britain was willing to hand over Gibraltar to them immediately.  However, the British side has a request, that is, the British garrison in Gibraltar needs to return to the UK via Spain, and the Spanish government must not obstruct it for any reason!

    Ambassador Bertalan was very confused. Why did the British attitude change so drastically in just one day?  You must know that the conditions proposed by Sir Edward Gray yesterday required Spain to pay Britain two million pounds as compensation for Spain's recovery of Gibraltar.  Now the British government does not mention money. Instead, it seems eager to hand over Gibraltar to Spain.  Ambassador Bertalan quickly guessed the reason. It was probably the Chinese navy's attack in Gibraltar that pushed the British to a dead end.  If Spain doesn't take over, Gibraltar will probably fall!

    Ambassador Bertalin immediately told Sir Edward Gray that he needed to report to the country!  Ambassador Bertalan's attitude made Sir Edward Gray very dissatisfied!  If it had been before, he would have kicked Bertalan out of the British Foreign Office long ago!

    Ambassador Bertalan immediately reported the change in the British government's attitude to the country. Spanish Prime Minister Torres immediately rushed to the palace to discuss with King Alfonso XIII.  Although they know that the Chinese navy is already attacking Gibraltar, and the British army in Gibraltar may not be able to resist it, so the British can't wait to transfer Gibraltar to Spain.  In this case, Spain is likely to offend China, and maybe it will trigger a war between Spain and China!  However, both Alfonso XIII and Prime Minister Torres pinned their hopes on German mediation. If Spain can regain Gibraltar, this will be of great benefit to Spain!

    Therefore, Alfonso XIII finally made a decision, and the Kingdom of Spain agreed to the British request.  And issued an order to the troops deployed north of Gibraltar, requiring the Spanish army to enter Gibraltar and take control there!

    At 10 a.m., the Spanish Army¡¯s 12th Division, which had long been assembled north of Gibraltar, began to advance towards Gibraltar.  The British troops guarding the rocky mountains north of Gibraltar have obviously received instructions from the country. They have opened up the passage and allowed these Spanish troops to enter Gibraltar!  This is the first time Spanish troops have entered Gibraltar after more than two hundred years!  This made the officers and soldiers of the Spanish Army's 12th Division feel full of honor!
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