Chapter 162 Fes

A few days have passed.

In the face of the fierce fire of the Spaniards, the major coastal cities in Morocco have announced that they will no longer be fortified.

The Spanish fleet headed by three Castile-class ships carried out indiscriminate bombing on the coast of North Africa and the coast of West Africa.

Port cities such as Rabat, Casablanca, Deshian, Ajdir, etc. were all attacked by the Spanish artillery.

Morocco has a complex terrain, and most of the coastal areas are plains.

The inland is mountainous, represented by cities such as Morocco’s capital Fes and Meknes.

And beyond the mountains is the daunting Sahara Desert.

The Spaniards bombed the coastline, on the one hand, to facilitate the landing of the Spanish Army,

On the other hand, it is also to drive the Moroccans near the coastline to the inland and the desert.

And a large number of Moroccan troops originally stationed near Rabat had to retreat to the rear at this time.

Tangier’s defenders were also bombarding and had to retreat in the direction of the capital, Fez.

This also led to the accumulation of a large number of Moroccan troops in the capital Fes and the neighboring city of Meknes.

And in the Strait of Gibraltar, the Spanish Army has embarked on a boat from the port of Cadiz to Tangier.

Two divisions of about 32,000 troops landed in just one day, within a distance of less than a few dozen nautical miles.

After occupying the Tangier prefecture effortlessly, the attack began to the east.

The Spanish 10th Division, which was far away in Melilla, also encircled the Moroccan defenders in the middle to the west.

The Spanish army’s offensive can be said to be devastating.

Faced with the Moroccan army, which had been severely devastated by the Spanish navy, there was little decent resistance.

On 19 February, the three divisions of Spanish troops finally met at the border between Texan and Fes.

A full 48,000 Spanish troops began their march towards Fez, the capital of Morocco.

Near the Moroccan capital Fez, there are about 100,000 Moroccan soldiers standing by, waiting for the Spanish to attack.

On the way to Fes, Spain also began to encounter difficulties.

The road in the mountains hindered the advance of the Spanish army.

The Spanish army, which has a lot of heavy firepower, is different from the lightly armed Moroccans.

Whether it is artillery or machine guns, carriages are required for transportation, which also causes the Spanish army’s marching speed to never be improved.

But this is not difficult for the Spanish high command.

After a night of intensive deliberation, the Spanish army began to confiscated the nearby Moroccan wagons and any vehicles that could be used for transportation.

The 48,000 men ate horses and the ammunition rations required for all kinds of heavy fire put a great strain on Spain’s supply lines.

But because the war had just broken out, there were no guerrillas composed of Moroccans, which caused obvious harm to the Spaniards.

This is one of the few good news…

On February 30, 1877, the Spanish Army finally arrived not far from Fez.

About 150,000 people on both sides are about to start a decisive battle here.

For the Moroccan Army, this is the final hurdle for them to face the test.

The Kingdom of Morocco would cease to exist if it could not resist the attack of the Spanish army in front of me…

“Your Majesty, the Spaniards have already arrived, so let’s prepare to retreat…”

The Prime Minister of Morocco persuaded Hassan II, and the current situation filled Moroccans with pessimism.

In the face of the modern Spanish army, the Moroccans have little chance of winning.

Morocco’s ministers held little hope of being able to repel the Spaniards.

“Escape? Where can we escape? Now that the Spaniards are in the city, all we can do is fight them to the death.”

Hassan II directly rejected the Prime Minister’s proposal, expressing his determination to coexist with Morocco in his words.

As the twenty-seventh monarch of Morocco, he did not want to be the monarch of subjugation.

If the Kingdom of Morocco perished at his hands, he would have no face to live in the world.

The Moroccan prime minister saw that he could not change Hassan II’s thoughts, so he could only give up.

He did not have the same determination to live and die with Morocco as Kassan Ash, but he still wanted to bet 100,000 Moroccan troops outside. Able to repel the attack of the fallen Spaniards.

In a blink of an eye came the next day,

The Spanish army was already approaching the city, and the Moroccan soldiers had to stand in line and prepare for the Spanish attack.

The few dozen artillery pieces in the Moroccan town began to bombard the Spanish positions,

The Spaniards responded with the return of hundreds of shells.

The esp1875 equipped in the Spanish Army is an artillery with an amazing rate of fire and a very long range. It is completely crushed in the face of the Moroccans’ old-fashioned front rifled guns.

“Xu Jin Barrage!

Flood the Moroccan positions!

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There are about 350 artillery pieces accompanying the Spanish army, facing such a dense and huge Moroccan army, completely let go and launch frantically.

The shelling lasted for about an hour, and UU reading www.uukanshu.com made the opposing Moroccan positions no longer have the sound of fighting back.

The Moroccans’ old-fashioned rifled frontal guns had been destroyed 20 minutes before the shelling.

And the target of the Spanish artillery was not only the Moroccan positions,

The ancient capital of Morocco, Fez, behind them was also their target.

And Moroccan residents who have prepared in advance have already hid in their cellars,

This also made the Spanish artillery in addition to destroying the buildings in the city, but unable to cause effective damage to the Moroccans.

The worst losses were the Moroccan Army, which was on the defensive.

As an old-fashioned army lacking modern equipment, Moroccans also lined up to meet the Spanish attack.

“First Evolution”

This also made them suffer heavy losses in the Xu Jin barrage in Spain.

But the number of Spanish artillery was still too small, and after an hour of shelling, it was completely over.

The consumption of ammunition by the Esp1875 artillery is undoubtedly terrifying, and the mountainous area brings huge supply pressure to the Spanish Army.

After all, the Spanish artillerymen couldn’t carry out artillery bombardment as much as they did in Europe.

And the Moroccan army, who had been scared by the artillery, dared to come forward.

Hastily re-lined up to the Spanish position.

The Spanish army soldiers also began to march to the ancient city of Fez, Morocco.

And the Maxim machine gun is a bit bulky in terms of attack after all.

But the Spanish Army was obviously not in a hurry and moved forward slowly.

Finally, the two sides began to meet on the frontal battlefield, and the crackling of gunfire began to sound.

The frontal battle begins,

This is the link where the armies of both sides bring the other side’s living strength to kill the most, and it is also the most cruel and cruel link.