As a British overseas territory, Gibraltar is appointed by the royal family as a governor and commander of the garrison, responsible for foreign affairs, defense and law and order.

The sound of the explosion woke up Brigadier General Eddie Walt, the Governor of Gibraltar.

When he got up from the bed, before he could put on his boots, the door was pushed open: "General, general, no! ”

Of course it's not good, listen to the voices outside, you can know that your side is being attacked, Brigadier General Eddy said: "Order, all the fighters gather, ready to turn to the counteroffensive, is it the Spaniards calling?" ”

Gibraltar was taken from Spain by Britain by force, so there is no doubt that the enemy of Gibraltar is almost the Spaniards, and now, this explosion, in the judgment of Brigadier Addy, should belong to the bombing of the Spaniards, and next, the Spaniards are going to attack, right?

In short, show the bravery of the royal army to come and resolutely defeat the enemy!

Brigadier Addie certainly knows how important this is.

However, the next words made him fall into an ice cave.

"It's not the Spaniards, it's the French, it's the French fleet, it's coming!"

French? How is that possible, are the French crazy?

He hurriedly put on his boots and walked out of his room, and before he even made his way to the headquarters, he saw a sight that he would never forget.

One after another, the shells streaked across the sky, and the sea in the distance kept shining, which was the flame of the ship's guns!

It's like death is coming.

"Boom!" A huge cannonball hit the power station in the north of the city, and in an instant, billowing smoke came out of the power station, and huge flames filled the sky, illuminating the darkness before dawn.

The boiler of the power station was blown out! The blazing burning object even flew into the sky and became a gorgeous firework, and this scene actually had a miserable beauty.

With this explosion, the whole of Gibraltar was de-energized.

"Quick, start the emergency generator set immediately, quick!" He shouted loudly, putting on his military hat as he ran towards the headquarters, at this time, he needed to sit in command, and he needed to deal with this terrible battle!

In the whole rock mountain, they built a lot of fortifications, many of which were inside the mountain, and these fortifications needed huge blowers to continuously blow in fresh air, otherwise, the soldiers in the inner fortifications of the mountain would suffocate to death due to lack of oxygen.

Normally, it relies on the power provided by the power plant, but in the event of such an emergency, it must rely on a generator to supply the power.

Just at the foot of the rocky mountain, there is a high-power generator, which uses a large diesel engine for the ship as the power, and provides enough electricity for all the fortifications inside the mountain, and even an electric oven can be used to make bread.

When the other side's shelling began, this side was awakened, and several soldiers were scrambling to get ready to start.

Large engines, the starting method is special, the manpower shaker is delusional, and the electric motor does not have so much propulsion, it can only rely on compressed air.

Yes, large diesel engines, almost all of them are started with compressed air.

Turn on the switch, let the compressed air into each cylinder, push the piston in order, the whole engine, it will be running, and then you can inject diesel fuel and start successfully.

A soldier pushed the switch, but found a huge diesel engine, there was no sign of rotation at all, and when he looked at the meter above by the bright light of the explosion, he immediately cursed: "Damn, the compressed gas cylinder doesn't have any pressure!" ”

Compressed air starts, which requires compressed air, and now, there is no air pressure in the huge quadruple cylinder, which is still full yesterday!

Without compressed air, the generator cannot be started, and if the generator cannot be started, the wind cannot be blown, and the soldiers inside the fortifications are at risk of being suffocated.

Although there are vents, it is far from sufficient.

What to do?

Brigadier Addie, who didn't care about it at all, immediately turned his attention elsewhere after giving the order to turn on the backup generator.

Take off the torpedo machine!

As an important port, they have an airport runway here, just to the north, on the side of the port, they have a runway of thousands of meters, which is enough to take off and land large aircraft.

And now, they have at least one squadron of Swordfish attack aircraft here, immediately let the Swordfish take off and attack the French fleet!

Also, those ships in the port, although there are no big ships, the largest is only a destroyer with a displacement of several thousand tons, and they can't rest! Dispatch now!

His orders were conveyed, but it was not so easy to carry them out.

The French, it was a sneak attack.

A sneak attack meant that the enemy was not prepared for anything, the French Navy suffered a loss, and now it was the turn of the British.

If it was a battle, then the Swordfish could take off in a matter of minutes, but now, absolutely not!

Gasoline is volatile, so usually the plane is filled with fuel before takeoff, and at the same time, it is even more so when it is loaded with weapons and ammunition, according to the different targets of the attack, it can be loaded with different ammunition, torpedoes or bombs, whether the torpedo hits submarines or surface ships, whether it hits large warships or small warships, all need to be determined before take-off before attacking.

And now, at a critical juncture, the British naval aviation was indeed well trained, and by the time General Eddy's order arrived, they had already begun to prepare.

The refueling truck drove to the side of the plane, the thick fuel pipe was stuffed into the mouth of the plane's fuel tank, and the fuel pump rumbled to refuel the plane.

At the same time, the ground crew was also in a hurry, pushing the torpedo out and preparing to mount, after all, they already knew that the shelling was coming from the sea, and it must be the enemy's warship.

And the pilots also ran over to help the ground crew mount together.

However, they were still too late!

A distinctive sound, increasing in frequency, attracted everyone's attention, and when they looked up, they were surprised to see the cannonball that was dragging a graceful arc.

Oh no, the other side is firing at you!

Gibraltar is a small country, and its strategic objectives are clear. And the fire that started at the power plant lit up the neighborhood.

The lead ship of the French Navy, the "Brittany", has 10 340-mm naval guns, and now, the four naval guns in the bow of the ship, have aimed at the runway here and fired their own shells.

"Boom!" The 340-mm high-explosive bomb exploded about 200 meters near the runway, and in the huge explosion, the entire ground shook like a magnitude 7 earthquake!