 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa mumhuri yechiuto, akapinda muToledo Infantry Academy muna 1909. Akagamuchira chinzvimbo chemutevedzeri muna 1925 uye akapinda muRif War semukuru muGroup Ceuta No 3 yeRegular. Panguva yechiSpanish coup yaJuly 1936, akabata chinzvimbo chemutungamiriri weboka rimwe chetero reRegulares muCeuta. Akabatana neboka reNationalist muSpanish Civil War uye achitungamirira chikwata cheRegulares akayambuka Strait yeGibraltar ari muchikepe chinoparadza , achidzika muCádiz uye achichengetedza guta. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mutungamiri, akatamira kuJerez de la Frontera, kwaakatungamira makoramu akati wandei akaumbwa nevanorudyi uye varidzi venyika vaakapinda navo mumabasa akasiyana ehondo mumatunhu eCádiz neSeville, vachitora Arcos de la Frontera naOlvera. Gare gare chikwata chake chakabatanidzwawo mukufambira mberi kuenda kuMadrid, kuyambuka Extremadura uye rwizi rweTagus rwizi. Munguva yekurwisana kwakasimba neSpanish Republican Army yekudzora guta guru, akarwa muCasa de Campo, Carabanchel, Ciempozuelos uye Hondo yeJarama. Muhondo iyi akazviratidza nebasa rake rehondo mukudzivirira Pingarrón; Gómez-Zamalloa akakuvara zvakaipisisa nemoto wemuvengi, aine maronda ehondo gumi nemapfumbamwe uye akakuvadzwa mu87 yemuviri wake. Nokuda kwokuzvibata kwake paJarama, akashongedzwa neMilitary Medal uye neLaureate Cross yeSaint Ferdinand muna 1940; akawana chinzvimbo chemutevedzeri wemutungamiri gore rimwe chetero. Kubva muna Chikunguru 1941 akarwa kuEastern Front yeHondo Yenyika II, mumauto eBlue Division , , kana 250th Infantry Division yeGerman Wehrmacht; akapiwa Pimentel Regiment. Muna 1942 akapiwa Iron Cross 2nd Class. Muna May wegore iroro akadzorerwa kuSpain. Pakudzoka kwake akasimudzirwa kuva colonel uye akatungamira battalion revarwi veBazi reMasoja, 1st Infantry Regiment yeMadrid uye iyo. 