The Gulf of Tonkin is like a spoon linking the Red River military port with the sea in the southeast, and the narrow meeting of the two fleets can be described as chaotic to the extreme. No matter how fast the "Dole" is, unless you want to ram the enemy ship, you will be killed. Otherwise, it would not be possible to break through the encirclement of the six warships of the Qing army.

"Triumph" did not have any temptation against "Aiso", and directly attacked the main gun against the main gun. The two sides were originally brothers from the same shipyard, but now they are facing each other on the battlefield.

And the "Changsheng", under the cover of several gunboats, was still at ease against two cruisers. The secondary guns on the left and right sides of the chord inflicted a great blow on the two cruisers at the same time, and several gunboats also bombarded the cruiser "Lu Xin" fiercely under the cover of the flagship's great power.

The cruiser "Door" was equipped with more than 30 guns and concentrated on the fierce attack on the surrounding gunboats, and the gunboats produced by the Jiangnan shipyard, "Nan Yong" and "Nan Min", had only a thin layer of steel plates, all of which were made of wood. It was simply impossible to withstand the bombardment of the 160mm, 190mm, and 240mm armor-piercing shells of the "Duer", and after several rounds of fierce bombardment, the two gunboats "Nanyong" and "Nanmin" were already in flames.

The two armored cruisers "Nanji" and "Nanxiang" could barely support the bombardment of "Duer", and their main guns also counterattacked "Duer" from time to time. Their main task was only to entangle the other party's flagship, waiting for their own flagship to deal with the French cruiser and then come over and take "Tour" in one fell swoop. ”

The rear ship of the "Aiso" originally had a large hole that had not been repaired, but now after several rounds of confrontation, the rear deck of the ship was on fire. Unable to fight any longer, the white flag was hoisted. Surrender to the Great Shimizu Division.

Immediately, two gunboats approached the "Aesau", boarded the "Aesau" and escorted all the French sailors into the gunboats and sailed out to sea. Left the Gulf of Tonkin.

In the battlefield of Beibu Gulf, there are three ships missing, "Aiso", "Nanhuo", and "Nanfeng", and the space seems to be much larger. At this time "Triumph" joined the ravages of the two remaining cruisers of the French army.

On the other side, "Nan Yong" and "Nan Min", who were burning with fire, went crazy and crashed into "Duer". "Nanji" and "Nanxiang" bombarded "Duer" with their main guns on the flank, while "Nanwei" and "Nanwu" attacked "Duer" horizontally. The whole battle was like an eagle catching a boy, fleeing left and right of the "Door", looking for a breakthrough.

The two French escort cruisers were slowly sunk under the destruction of the two capital ships of the Dashimizu Division. When "Changsheng" and "Triumphant" turned around and closed to "Duer".

"General, Lu Xin and Niko have already been sunk. Now the Qing army's two ironclad ships and several gunboats have surrounded us, and they are less than 5,000 meters away from us. The adjutant said anxiously.

Billy saw that the tide was gone, like a defeated rooster. Wuxin commanded the battle, and said to the adjutant: "We lost, order to stop shooting." Hang up the white flag. ”

"General......" the adjutant said bitterly.

"Marshal, we've surrounded that flagship. Give the order and send them directly to feed the fish. A pro-soldier said.

"Report, Observation Tower Report. The enemy ships have lowered their national flags and raised their white flags......" The herald rushed over.

"What, such a bear. Surrender as soon as it is surrounded. That guy destroyed a lot of our gunboats, and Chao Yong and Yang Wei were also sunk by it. Commander, you can give the order and destroy it. A pro-soldier said indignantly.

Zuo Zongtang had a hot temper, and originally wanted to pretend that he didn't see the white flag and sink it directly. But thinking that the imperial court had destroyed almost all the warships for this war, and now the enemy surrendered such a powerful warship. What a pity it was broken, holding back his anger and ordering: "Move closer to the enemy ship and prepare to accept surrender." ”

"Handsome ......"

"Let's do it!"

"Wow."

After taking over the "Door", the warship continued to sail towards the Red River military port. Several badly damaged gunboats and an unprotected cruiser "Sinlilands" were docked in the military port. Either it needs to be overhauled, or there is a lack of fuel, a lack of supplies.

After destroying several batteries with little effort, the "Victory" occupied the Red River military port, a major military stronghold in Vietnam.

At this point, the balance of victory in the Sino-French war has tilted in favor of the Qing Dynasty!

Zuo Zongtang left Deng Shichang's "Triumph" and several gunboats, and he led "Duer", "Xinlilans", and several seriously damaged gunboats to the Jiangnan Zaoshipyard under the escort of "Nanji" and "Nanxiang".

The port of Dagu in Tianjin finally welcomed four German-built jumbos and one state-of-the-art cruiser purchased. So far, the ironclad ships of the Great Shimizu Division have ten ships: "Dingyuan", "Chaoyuan", "Jiyuan", "Weiyuan", "Changsheng", "Undefeated", "Triumphant", "Victory", "Juyin", and "Yongwu" (formerly Aisuo, now renamed Yongwu). The total tonnage reached more than 50,000 tons. In addition, there are five cruisers, "Chengfeng" (a cruiser purchased by Germany, of the same class as Doer), "Breaking Waves" (the former Tour, now renamed Breaking Waves), "Nanji", "Nanxiang", and "Yangfan" (the former Xinlilans, now renamed Yangfan), although the number is not very large, but it has super cruisers like "Riding the Wind" and "Breaking the Waves", which were very rare in the world at that time, and the strength can be seen.

The news of the victory and the return of the German ironclad ships reached the capital at the same time. Since Guan Xuqing started the war between China and France, today is his happiest day.

The sailors of the Great Qing Dynasty have developed in the bitter battle, although they have lost a lot. But more was gained, and in the constant war, officers and soldiers also gained training and experience from actual combat. This is much more precious than what is in the textbooks, and Guan Xuqing has begun to build a powerful imperial navy.

From the beginning of the Mawei military port fiasco, the Fujian Navy Division was annihilated. The sneak attack in the East China Sea was successful, and the prisoners were "triumphant", but they also paid a heavy price. Almost 20 warships were lost. and then to the victory in the South China Sea, from the dispatch of warships to the use of tactics, they have slowly matured. and then to the current melee in the military port in the Gulf of Tonkin that directly and completely defeated the French fleet spiritually and won a lot. This is the history of the slow growth of a strong navy, from which painful lessons, blood and tears have been paid. Guan Xuqing thought about it, and unconsciously had tears in his eyes.

The next step is the decisive battle of the army in Vietnam, as long as the French army in Vietnam is eliminated in one fell swoop. Then the battle is basically over.

When the news of the total destruction of the new Far Eastern Fleet reached France, the whole country was in an uproar.

"How could we lose to such an inferior nation as the Qing State? The yellow monkeys, uncivilized savages, still have long braids. How is this possible? What the hell. Knowing the news of the total annihilation of the Far Eastern Fleet, Fejuli roared hoarsely.

In fact, there has always been opposition in France to Fijury's policy of outward expansion by compromising with Germany, and people are thinking about when to reclaim the land seized by Germany, rather than expanding in the Far East.

If the war had been won, the people might have nothing to say, and the finance capitalists would have been able to gain benefits in the new land. But when the news of the defeat in the war came back, all these contradictions inevitably broke out.

Feduli was forced to resign, and the cabinet was dissolved.