Chapter 654 Gibraltar

On the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, a narrow peninsula on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, sits a triangular rocky area.

There are neither rivers, springs nor arable land here. The vegetables, food and fresh water needed by the residents are all supplied from outside. It can be said that almost no one wants to live here.

However, the geographical location here is very important. Its north is connected with the Gibraltar region of Spain, and the east, west and south are bordered by the Mediterranean Sea. The southern part of it faces the Strait of Gibraltar, which is the chokepoint that guards the sea passage between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Yes, this is Gibraltar. Due to its unique geographical location, although it is only a small piece of land with limited resources, the United Kingdom and Spain have been fighting for it for more than 300 years.

Gibraltar is the bridgehead on the northern shore of the Strait of Gibraltar, which can effectively restrain the sea lanes. It is only a dozen kilometers away from the port of Ceuta on the south bank of the strait, and it is easy to block the strait.

In particular, with the opening of the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal together play a role in shortening the maritime distance between the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean.

In 1588, an unprecedented naval battle was fought between England and Spain, which ended in the destruction of the Spanish Armada. This war established Britain's status as the world's number one naval power, and the foundation of the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" was laid.

The rise of the United Kingdom began from here. After that, in 1704, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands launched a war against the West and captured Gibraltar, which became a British colony.

From the perspective of territory, Gibraltar is completely on the territory of Spain, but it has become a colony of the United Kingdom. Therefore, Spain has never given up its claim to regain Gibraltar sovereignty over the years. Unfortunately, there has been no progress.

As an empire on which the sun never sets, the United Kingdom has a strong military. Now, the United Kingdom is building various military bases in Gibraltar, which is one of the most important strategic locations in the United Kingdom.

It is a pity that the British fleet is no longer the glory of the past.

With the annihilation of the H fleet, the British maritime hegemony is once again facing serious challenges, including the hegemony of the Mediterranean!

The British have been battered all the time, but, what they didn't expect, even the French actually launched an attack on them!

Perhaps, in the eyes of the British, they were not bad if they didn't fight others, especially France. In their eyes, it was France who did something wrong. They surrendered to Germany and stood with their own enemies. together!

The French navy should all be transferred to the UK and accept the British command. This is correct!

As for the French actually fighting back, this is indeed something that no one thought of.

The sun slowly slid down from the west, and when the last rays of the sunset disappeared on the sea to the west, the whole of Gibraltar also entered darkness.

This place was originally a small place. It can even be said that the residents living in Gibraltar now mainly live by serving the British army, and now, just as it was dark, the place stopped.

If you look at the topographic map, you can find that a huge mountain range occupies almost the entire eastern and central parts of Gibraltar. This is the Rock of Gibraltar.

As if it had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, standing as majestic as a rock towering over the sea, there are few places in the world more memorable than Gibraltar Rock.

This 1,396-foot-high mountain belongs to the limestone mountains of the Jurassic period. It is majestic and is the product of the violent collision of the African and European plates about 55 million years ago.

Therefore, this rocky mountain is also a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In particular, after the British occupied this place, they built a complex system of underground exits and tunnels, which can be said to be impregnable.

Otherwise, the Spaniards would have already sent troops to occupy this place.

At the same time, in the west of this rocky mountain, it is a flat land and a natural harbor. The main residents live in the middle of the west side of the rocky mountain.

Although there is a power station in the northern part of the urban area, which is dedicated to the use of the entire city, but during this period, priority is given to supplying electricity to the troops, and ordinary citizens are in a state of darkness at night.

On the high rocky mountain, a Mk lV-Mk Vl radar is in working condition, and the continuous power, through its antenna, radiates out, transforms into electromagnetic waves, and scans the sea.

In this era, Germany's radio technology has come to the forefront, especially the development of transistors, allowing Germany to leapfrog this era. At the same time, the British electronic technology is also unique.

In 35 years, the United Kingdom also invented the radar, and now it is deployed here, which is the sea surface search radar specially developed for the naval coastal defense force.

As long as you occupy Gibraltar, you can control the strait here, which is equivalent to blocking the throat of the Mediterranean Sea. This strategic location has always been attached great importance to the United Kingdom.

Now, in the engine room, several British soldiers are on duty.

Next to the radar, there are high-power searchlights. Generally speaking, they only turn on the searchlights after the radar finds the target. After all, the radar can observe much farther than the searchlights.

Time passed little by little, and the radar soldiers kept rubbing their eyes. This kind of task was quite boring and eye-consuming.

Suddenly, a snowflake appeared on the radar screen in front of him.

In an instant, he was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but shouted in confusion: "John, our machine is malfunctioning again!"

The reliability of radars in this era is quite low, and various failures often occur. Generally speaking, the possibility of electronic tubes being burned is the greatest.

For radar soldiers, checking for faults is also a basic task.

Hearing his shout, John walked to the cabinet next to him and opened the door outside. Inside, there were dense electronic circuits. You could see the "light bulbs" lit up one by one. These light bulbs were electronic tubes.

Which one is black, it means there is a malfunction, they were all experienced before.

But this time, when I opened the cabinet door, I didn't see that the light bulb was black.

Oops, trouble if the other electronics fail! The two immediately frowned.

"Report to the commander that our radar is broken, and ask them to send engineers to repair it," said the radar squad leader.

Well, in the next time, they can have a good night's sleep.

In general, ships sail from here during the day, what can there be at night?

Leaning on the back of the chair, they soon fell asleep, and they didn't know that their comfort had made a big mistake!

Their radar wasn't broken, those snowflakes were jammed by a high-powered jammer in nearby Spain!