The straight-line distance from the battlefield to Kampong Som Bay is less than 100 kilometers, but this distance makes the end point an unattainable dream for Admiral Gervais. The three battleships accelerated their speed to the limit, holding back the billowing smoke and heading towards the sea at full speed.
To the north, more than ten kilometers away from them, four Chinese warships were shooting targets leisurely. The flames from the muzzles were like the screams of demons in the eyes of the French. The huge shells roared across the sea, like meteors.
It hit them, and the steel and flesh were shattered into pieces in the deafening explosion.
What makes the Gallic roosters even more unbearable is that they are unable to resist in this battle at all, and can only suffer silently like a group of little animals being suppressed by gorillas. This sense of humiliation is even far stronger than the physical injury.
Except for the four one- and two-level main guns of the Cholejibeli at the rear, under the crazy ravages of the twenty 24-level zero-speed cannons on the opposite side, it could occasionally make a few weak protests, and even hit because there was no fire.
control system, so they had to close the distance to ten kilometers to fight it. Outside the two ships of Wangwu and Emei, the Charles Martel and Bouvet in front have still not been able to cause any damage to their enemies until now.
But even at such a distance, the four forty-five-caliber main guns of the Jorge Bailey, using shells with impact fuses, would not be able to penetrate the alloy armor of these two battleships, even if they were only
It is an armored cruiser of a lower level. A simple external explosion is just scary to look at. It is of no importance to such a tightly protected warship, even if the French cannonballs are loaded with powerful picric acid.
But every shell they hit the French caused damage that could be described as severe.
"After this naval battle, all the old battleships can be refurbished for steelmaking. No wonder the emperor is so confident about this war." In the command tower of the Kunlun, Zheng Donghan looked at the three French battleships that were submerged by gunfire in the distance.
He said with emotion that actually before the war started, the naval generals were quite worried. After all, the French had an advantage in the number of battleships, and they were all prepared to suffer certain losses. But judging from the current situation, the original worries
It's a complete joke.
"But why would the emperor give such good things to foreigners? It would be better for us to keep them ourselves. If the Eighth-Eighth Fleet is really completed, and those foreign devils are all old battleships like this, we can say that we are walking sideways on this sea.
"Then he said very doubtfully.
"If you don't give it to them, how can they fight with each other? We have all the good things here. No matter how bad our relationship is with those foreigners, they still have to work together to deal with us. It's so good now that every family has this thing. No one is convinced by the other.
, sooner or later they have to start fighting? It’s like two people quarreling. When they are unarmed, at most you punch me and I kick you, but what if someone gives them a knife! Then I’m afraid they will have to stab each other.
Our emperor is giving them knives all over the world!" Liu Buchan said sinisterly.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a huge fireball suddenly arching up under the front deck of the Bouvet in the distance, including a 305 main gun. Countless steel fragments flew into the sky, and even
Even the bow of the ship in front jumped sharply upward in a terrifying way.
"The ammunition exploded!" Zheng Donghan shouted excitedly.
A 280 shell that penetrated into the ammunition depot under Bouvet's main gun easily ended the lives of the battleship and hundreds of sailors on board. In just a few minutes, it disappeared on the sea.
A huge whirlpool is left, swallowing everything around it.
After the Qinling sank the Bouvet, the Kunlun at the front immediately accelerated to thirty-two knots. It gave up its fighting position and went directly to the left side of the Charles Martel. At the same time, the Qinling stepped forward to fill its vacancy.
The two ships formed a pincer attack situation. Twenty 280 main guns continued to pour shells from both sides at the already riddled battleship.
However, this battleship has not sunk yet, which surprised Zheng Donghan.
"It's 12,000 tons. As long as the ammunition doesn't explode, it won't be so easy to sink." Liu Buchan said.
"Commander, the Far East Fleet from Cam Ranh Bay has come out." At this time, an officer reported.
Liu Buchan nodded casually. There was no need to worry about Lin Taizeng's fleet watching over there. The French had two first-class battleships, the Carnot and the Messina. It would be a fantasy! In fact, Lin Taizeng felt that
He has a bit of excess strength, otherwise he wouldn't have sent two more Princess-class ships here.
The Wisconsin alone was enough to defeat the two French battleships. This trophy brought back from the United States was not equipped with main guns at the beginning, and only had two main gun positions at the front and rear, so Emperor Yang simply used it as a pawn.
The experimental product is directly equipped with two triple-mounted 280 main guns. The artillery used is exactly the same as the Kunlun class. Even without a fire control system, it is not something that old-fashioned battleships can provoke. What's more, there are ten ships including Dingzhen.
There are three old battleships there. These heavily modified old ships all have terrifying medium-caliber rapid-fire firepower. In front of them, the French's six protected cruisers are simply abused, especially ones like the Predator, Kaiyuan, and Wave Speed.
A monster that sprays dozens of cannonballs every minute
His confidence was completely justified, because less than ten minutes later, he received another telegram. The French fleet trying to break out of Cam Ranh Bay was torpedoed by a high-speed raiding Chinese destroyer in the narrow waterway.
Two protected cruisers were sunk, and the remaining ships withdrew as quickly as possible after realizing that there was no hope of breaking out.
At this moment, the Charlie Martel on the opposite side was also finished. Although this battleship had twelve watertight compartments, which was the main reason why it could survive until now, it was hit by 280 shells one after another.
After being ravaged, it finally capsized on the sea because of too much water, looking like a huge dead fish.
Now only the Cholejibeli is left at sea.
"Send them a semaphore and demand immediate surrender!" Liu Buchan ordered as he looked at the battleship that had been submerged in fire. In fact, the Cholejibeli had completely lost its combat effectiveness at this time, and even its speed had dropped to ten.
A little more knots, and if you don't surrender, you can only sustain the artillery bombardment for ten minutes at most.
As the semaphore was played, looking at the black gun muzzles on the left and right, and understanding that he had no choice, the white flag was finally raised on the Cholergibeli.
This naval battle that determined the fate of the Vietnam battlefield ended with a complete victory of the Chinese navy. The French expeditionary fleet lost all battleships and their fleet commanders, as well as six protected cruisers, ten destroyers, only five diesel cruisers and ten
Three destroyers escaped to Kampong Som Bay and relied on the closed environment there to survive, while the Chinese Navy only lost four destroyers.
The Chinese Empire used naval guns to formally establish its status as the maritime hegemon of East Asia.
Although the naval battle was over, the shock to the entire world was far from over. The French's tragic defeat clearly told all countries in the world that a new era had begun, an era of all large-caliber naval guns, and all old battleships had been kicked in
The perfect battleship is the real master of the sea. If you want not to lose the sea, then go all out to build this kind of battleship!
Although the price of diesel engines is a bit more expensive, and although it is easy for Yang Feng to pinch his neck, countries have no choice in order not to be expelled from the Ocean Club. Of course, with the development of technology, this kind of machine is no longer so out of reach.
Britain's best imitations have begun to be installed on destroyers. Although they are larger in size and have a higher failure rate, they clearly show hope.
"Negotiations? The French want to admit defeat so soon?" In the palace in Beijing, Emperor Yang said with some astonishment. Less than a week after the naval battle, France took the initiative to admit defeat. This is a bit exaggerated. Of course it is not their own.
He proposed to admit defeat. He could not propose such an admission of defeat.
It was proposed through the United Kingdom. Salisbury has officially announced that he will mediate the Sino-French war. Although he is very much looking forward to a war between China and France, both sides will suffer losses, but it will not be good if France is beaten unilaterally. After all, if the French are injured
If you use your muscles and bones, it will be difficult to have enough strength to fight against the Germans. In fact, the United Kingdom has begun to try to strengthen its friendship with France. Even Nigeria's oil has been released and can cooperate with France.
development.
For France, this war has also lost its meaning. The failure of the naval battle means that the French army in Vietnam has completely lost its logistical support. In this remote colony, they have no arms industry. The Chinese Army has begun
Going south in a big way, Gallieni can't use bayonets to fight against hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops, right?
Moreover, the anti-war voice in France is also very high. They have too many real enemies. China cannot even be ranked among the top three. Germany, Italy, and even the United Kingdom across the strait are just around the corner. This is what they need to be really vigilant about.
As for Vietnam, it is nothing more than a colony and not worth the huge investment.
Of course, there is another thing that is difficult to get on the record. The French are worried about continuing the war. In the end, they really angered Yang Feng and stopped providing them with high-power diesel engines. If that happens, France will not only lose Vietnam.
, even though China and France have declared war, in fact, until now, Yang's Power Systems Company has still not frozen the supply of diesel engines to France. Therefore, the French Navy's Dandong-class perfect battleship construction plan has not been affected, and even the diesel engine battleships already in service have not been affected.
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