Chapter 662 (1/2)

The news about the fort of gibraltarian came from the men who sneaked into Europe.

At present, the distance of radio transmission can not cross the Atlantic Ocean, so the information about Europe can only be transmitted by the most primitive way, that is, by boat.

That is to say, all the news about Europe that the stone bear has got now is what happened two months ago.

For this point, the stone bear is also very helpless.

On land, he can relay information from one end of the continent to the other in a short time, but on the sea, he can't.

Even now that the distance of radio transmission has reached 1000 kilometers, the stone bear can't get several ships to stop on the Atlantic Ocean thousands of kilometers wide as relay stations

Fortunately, the same is true of transatlantic communications in other countries.

However, the stone bear still felt a little blocked after receiving the news about the fort of gibraltarian.

The reason why I worked so hard to help the British and the army was to make the war more intense and last longer.

Although our own efforts have made part of this goal come true, we have not extended the expected war time to 123 years.

The Spaniard's obsession with the fort of gibraltarian is so strong! Since the Spaniards were defeated by the Anglo Dutch forces in the war of succession to the Spanish throne in 1704, they have lost the fortress of gibraltarian, which is the throat of the Mediterranean Sea.

Since then, the Spaniards have been trying to get gibraltarian back.

Unfortunately, in the 80 years from 1704 to 1783, the Spaniards have not been able to take back gibraltarian. Until the outbreak of the war of independence, especially when the French declared war on Britain, the Spaniards saw the hope of recapturing gibraltarian.

In the 16 months since France declared war on Britain, the Spaniards have been watching the independent war, which has evolved into an international war. When the Spaniards found out that the French navy had indeed restrained the British navy, they declared war on Britain decisively.

Of course, the Spanish did not declare war on Britain in order to capture the thirteen colonies of the British in North America. Compared with the 13 British colonies in the new world, the Spanish colonies in central and South America and the vast colonies west of the Mississippi River are not comparable to the 13 British colonies.

As for the colony, the Spaniards had no idea. The only thing they wanted to take back was gibraltarian.

As a matter of fact, since the British forcibly occupied gibraltarian in 1704 and the Spanish ceded it to the British in the Utrecht contract signed by Britain, France and the Netherlands in 1713, the Spanish launched a large-scale attack on gibraltarian in 1727, the fourteenth year after the Utrecht contract was signed.

In 1727, Spain besieged gibraltarian with 25000 troops and a large fleet. At that time, there were only 5000 British garrisons on the peninsula. However, with strong fortifications and advanced tactics, the British garrisoned for five months and finally defeated the Spanish army.

The defeat of that battle made the Spaniards swallow the bitter fruit and also reminded the British.