The crowd immediately rubbed their hands together, gearing up for the task.
Gibraltar's importance to England rivals the homeland itself; to attack here is essentially to engage England in all-out war.
Earlier, though Spain fought fiercely with England and the British Army in Portugal, it never quite reached the scale of a full-blown national war.
Joseph pondered, "If we want the Spaniards to have confidence, we must first send troops. At least 5,000 men, and a large number of heavy cannons over 32 pounds."
Indeed, the difficulty of capturing Gibraltar is immense; Spain would hardly be willing to tackle it alone.
Gibraltar is itself a rocky mountain by the sea. The side facing the land is extremely steep, accessible only by a winding mountain road several hundred meters wide, and as long as cannons are positioned atop, no matter how many soldiers are thrown at it, none could hope to storm up.
