C2035 British Gibraltar (1/2)

The British troops of Gibraltar, who had been waiting for a long time in the middle of the night, began to move quickly at the governor's command. The kerosene lamps that had been prepared were lit and hung in front of the windows and under the eaves of every building.

A pile of lard chopping firewood was ignited by the torches. The flames from the rolling black smoke rose into the air. Who knew how many kerosene lamps and bonfires were prepared in the fort. The entire fortress had already become a city of flames.

The British soldiers inside the fortress only felt the heat, but on the Zhiyuan Warship four or five kilometers away, it was a different scene.

In the darkness of the night, the fire in the north was very obvious. The piles of bonfires, the strings of oil lamps, and even the candlelight from the windows of the buildings all formed a magnificent picture.

That was the outline of the entire Gibraltar stronghold, the Nightless City!

”Cannon!” Look, the cliffs to the south are full of cannons! ”Some of them even hide within the cliffs …”

”They've hollowed out. The British have hollowed out the entire mountain, and it's filled with cannons …”

”Look at the bay to the west of Gibraltar, that's the military port... There are ships everywhere, and god knows how many! ”

Xiao Letian was no stranger to this fortress. During the Second World War, Germany had once planned to attack here, but unfortunately, due to various reasons, they were stranded. The key was that although Government of Spain supported Fascism and Germany's close relationship on the surface, but during the whole process of the Second World War, he still maintained his neutrality.

This was evident from the postwar punishments. Spain had not been cleared by the Allies, which meant that the neutral policy had worked.

Although Nazi Germany did not attack the fortress of Gibraltar, the British were equally frightened. The Germany of the Blitzkrieg was truly terrifying, and the intensity of the Second World War was far greater than Britain had imagined. At that time, the British Three Islands were on the verge of falling.

Even the British mainland was in peril, not to mention Gibraltar, an enclave where the Allies had spent a great deal of manpower and force throughout the Second World War to expand the military fort, ultimately making it a world-class miracle.

Xiao Letian had seen the black and white image of the fort at that time, which was an aerial photo of a plane flying through the air. The entire area of Gibraltar was a peninsula in the picture, with a sharp triangular shape, piercing straight into the sea from north to south.

It was just like a dagger from the Iberian Peninsula, stabbing into the straits. It was very imposing.

The entire peninsula was a limestone mountain with cliffs on three sides. This mountain peak was called the Gibraltar Rock Peak by the locals. It was obvious that the entire mountain range was made up of a large chunk of limestone.

The southernmost of these cliffs, known as the Windmill Terrace, is 125 meters above sea level and is a typical military terrain that is difficult to defend.

The British controlled this place through war. Their guns could be mounted on cliffs, commanding the whole strait from above. Any ship was within range of the guns.

Not only that, there were also a large number of warships stationed in the western straits, which created an excellent situation that allowed them to attack and retreat.

Britain was on the side of the Spanish succession war in 1701. The British side won, and this small peninsula became a British enclave.

Since 1713, Britain had been building this place. When the Suez Canal was building it, Britain had predicted the future prosperity and strategic advancement of the Strait of Gibraltar, so they had devoted everything they had to the expansion of the fortress.

After 156 years of hard work, one could imagine just how grand the fortress was.

Zai Chun was already dumbstruck, at the end of his line of sight, there was only a bunch of lights flashing around town, near the coast. But now, the lights had spread out, illuminating the entire stronghold's mountain.