Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokutanga kweHondo yevagari vemo yeSpain, akaenda kuSpain, achisvika ikoko muna October 1936, mukati meHondo yeMadrid
. Akabatana neRomanian Motorized Artillery Regiment yeXI International Brigade, yaitungamirirwa naValter Roman. Muna 1937, akapinda muhondo dzeBrunete, Quinto-Belchite neTeruel. Muna December 1937, pakurwisana kwokupedzisira, gumbo rake rakakuvadzwa, asi Cristea akaramba kuiswa muchipatara, achisarudza panzvimbo pezvo kuramba aripo munhandare yehondo. Pashure pacho, akasimudzirwa kuva kaputeni ndokuva mutungamiriri we "Tudor Vladimirescu" Battery. Muhondo yeEbro, akaita basa rinokosha mukuyambuka rwizi. Akasunungurwa pamwe chete nevamwe vazvipiri muna December 1938, akaramba achirwa muCatalonia muna January-February 1939.