When we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win, but if you are not courageous, it means you have already lost half the battle! ————"Quotations from Kongchen"
The sun was shining brightly, and battles were raging in the waters near Qunlan Island. The deafening roars of naval guns made the frightened fish swim far away from this area.
Seeing the battleship Provence capsize, the hull has gradually sunk into the seabed, leaving only a tall latitude pole standing on the sea surface, proving her former existence.
France flagship command room.
The French navy was at a disadvantage in the naval battle, which made Nelson, who had been so high-spirited before departure, feel crazy inside. The sinking of the Provence further dampened Nelson's confidence, and fear gradually spread in his eyes.
Nelson was able to serve as the commander of the Far East Fleet after Henri Jacques because of his background. His family has a very strong influence in France, France and politics.
And this time he was able to serve as the commander of the Far East Fleet at the age of more than 30 years old. The family had put in a lot of efforts. The purpose was actually to get him to come here for gilding. And in his eyes, the weak Hainan Army was under his leadership.
In front of the fleet, it is vulnerable.
He could see the "invincible" battleship sinking under the fierce fire of the opponent, and he felt irresistible fear in his heart. His life had just begun, how could he be buried in such a place!
"Send the order! The flagship turns the rudder and sails south, and orders the Dunkirk to break out! Prepare to withdraw the push!" Nelson said solemnly.
"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General?!" A brigadier general next to him hesitated and sounded a little confused.
In the fierce battle so far, one side of the Hainan fleet has also suffered serious damage. The Bohai has only escaped being sunk. As for the other two ships, the Nanhai has suffered minor damage and the Donghai has been seriously injured. No one is intact. With the current strength of the French fleet, it is still capable of fighting.
However, if the France suddenly turns to withdraw from the battle according to the order of Commander Nelson, the battleship Dunkirk will be directly trapped in the three battleships of the Hainan Army.
Although the flagship France was saved, the Dunkirk was in danger. He did not believe that Commander Nelson would not understand what this would cause!
"Execute the order! Where did all the nonsense come from?" Nelson's heart was already occupied by fear, and he did not want to ruin his promising future here.
He only had one idea, that is, he must go back to France, the romantic and safe Paris, France. He would be as far away from this damn place as possible.
The commodore sighed in his heart, and suddenly remembered his previous commander. If Commander Henry was still here, how could the fleet end up in this situation! But he is not the commander and has no right to interfere. He can only execute this order.
Captain Teller on the battleship Dunkirk turned pale instantly when he received the order from the flagship. How could he not understand that the commander wanted to escape and sold him to the Hainan Army?
As the French flagship France suddenly turned southward, the flanks of the hard-fighting battleship Dunkirk were exposed. Zhao Yujian immediately seized this opportunity and ordered the Nanhai to outflank the battleship Dunkirk.
On board the Hainan Army flagship Nanhai.
Seeing the French flagship France fleeing south and the Dunkirk being surrounded, Zhao Yujian breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh... it's finally over!"
What he had been worried about just now was that the commander of the other side ordered a head-on fight with his own side. The ships of the Hainan Army fleet have reached their limit. If they continue to be used up like this, the Hainan Army may lose.
"Commander Zhao! Are we going to let go of the French flagship? No pursuit?" a young naval officer asked doubtfully.
Our side had won, and the young naval officer's face was filled with excitement. From then on, they were free to swim in the South China Sea. However, when he saw that the French HMS France was about to break out of the battlefield and escape, he still asked.
"Haha, don't forget! We still have a group of sharks sharpening their knives!" Zhao Yujian said with a faint smile.
"Target locked, reload and prepare! Fire!"
The Nanhai, Donghai, and Bohai dragged their half-broken bodies and began to besiege the battleship Dunkirk. Although they were all scarred, victory was only a matter of time for the battleship Dunkirk, which was still struggling.
On the battleship France escaping south, just when Nelson was thankful to have escaped and ascended to heaven, a group of "sharks" were lurking under the sea not far away from them. They would swarm in like sharks that smelled fishy smell.
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Hainan Army submarine command room.
"Captain! The battleship France is coming towards us!" a captain reported to the captain.
"Send the order! Stop the engine and load the torpedo room with torpedoes!" the submarine captain ordered.
The captain kept turning the periscope and pointed it at the France to determine the distance scale. The body of the battleship France was gradually enlarged in the periscope, and the numbers on the scale in the periscope were also constantly beating.
"Scale 1300, switch to narrow angle launch!" The attack parameters were reported from the captain's mouth, and his subordinates quickly modified the attack parameters.
The two ready torpedoes in the torpedo room were pushed into the torpedo launch tube by the submarine officers and soldiers. The staff sergeant immediately reported: "The torpedoes are loaded! Please give instructions!"
"Standard 950, depth 2 meters. Launch!" the captain gave the order.
"Bang! Bang!" The compressed air made a dull sound in the torpedo tube. Two torpedoes sprang out of the torpedo tube and rushed towards the battleship France.
On the battleship France, a French observer saw the white wave marks made by the torpedo and exclaimed: "Torpedo! There is a torpedo on the starboard side!!"
Nelson followed the shouting and saw two white waves on the starboard side, approaching the French battleship. He immediately shouted: "Torpedoes! Full left rudder, evade at full speed!"
But at this time, the torpedo was already less than a hundred meters away from the battleship France. With the torpedo's rapid attack speed, it could be said that it would arrive in an instant.
Two torpedoes hit the starboard side of the battleship hard and made a close contact with the steel plate at a depth of two meters above the water level on the starboard side.
"Boom!" Following the loud noise, a column of water rose to the sky on the sea surface. A large tear appeared on the side of the hull of the battleship France, and sea water kept pouring into it.
Standing in the bridge command room, Nelson's face was very pale. He knew that he could not run away this time! The pencil on the command platform rolled to the ground as the ship's hull tilted.
After hesitating for a moment, Nelson still did not muster up the courage to commit suicide and said dejectedly: "Surrender! Hang the white flag!"
With the surrender of France, the battleship Dunkirk, which was still resisting, also announced its surrender.
The flames of war in the waters of Gunran Island gradually extinguished as night fell, but the French government far away in Paris still did not know that the French Far East Fleet, which they had high hopes for, had been completely wiped out here.
[End of this chapter]
————As for the naval battle, the battle with the French is over. The next naval battle will be the Japanese fleet heading south after the Battle of Songhu! The following is the land battle in northern Vietnam, so stay tuned! ————