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In October 1901, after the Chinese government announced the resumption of the French Concession in Shanghai, French Prime Minister Waldeck. Rousseau ordered the French Rear Admiral Raymond. Karl sailed six French ships from the Far East to Hainan and occupied Hainan Island. After the republicans came to power in the 70s of the 19th century, in order to conquer the world at the same time with the European powers, France trained the army for a long time, especially the navy, when the French Navy had 36 main armored warships, and has always been the second maritime power after Britain, and also took advantage of the contradictions between China and Tsarist Russia to form an alliance with Tsarist Russia, Song Xiaofei decided to use submarines to teach the French a lesson, so he asked the British ambassador to China Zhu Erdian to come forward to persuade the British government to form an alliance with China.

At that time, there were territories of the British Empire in 24 time zones on the earth, so Britain was known as the "empire on which the sun never sets", and its territory covered an area of more than 30 million square kilometers, spreading from the British Isles to The Gambia, Newfoundland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, India, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Malta and countless islands. French infiltration into Morocco through Algeria threatened the strategic British point of Gibraltar, which was a matter of life and death across the sea, while Spain, adjacent to Gibraltar, negotiated with France and Russia in early 1901 to join the Franco-Russian alliance. If Gibraltar were to be lost, Britain would inevitably become a tiger in Egypt and the road to India would be cut off. Song Xiaofei wanted to take advantage of the civil strife in France to take out the French fleet in the Far East, and China and Britain hit it off and immediately formed a Sino-British alliance to deal with the alliance of France, Russia, and Spain.

You must know that in 1901, France's steel output was only about 560,000 tons, and the British Empire, which dominated the world, produced 4.9 million tons of steel in the same year. With the support of the British Navy, Song Xiaofei ordered Deng Shichang, deputy commander of the Chinese Navy, and Rear Admiral Fang Boqian to lead 10 warships, including the "Republic" and four "Qianlong" submarines, to Hainan Island to attack the French ** ship. In fact, France has long coveted Hainan Island. In 1894, the French built two lighthouses on Hainan Island at Lingaojiao and Xiuying to facilitate future invasions of Hainan Island.

It was a calm day, with blue skies and blue seas. The Chinese fleet led by Deng Shichang marched in parallel columns in the Qionghai Strait, riding the wind and waves, and this formation turned faster than a long snake formation, and at the same time could transmit the signal of the flagship at the head of the central column to the entire fleet through searchlights or flags. In the case of a long snake formation, it often takes ten minutes or more for the signal sent from the flagship at the head of the column to be transmitted to the last ship of the column, because the battleships at that time were still burning coal, and the black smoke coming out of the chimney made it difficult for the officers and men to distinguish the signals sent from front and behind with the naked eye, and each ship had to repeat the message received to the ship in front of it. And since many messages must be acknowledged by each ship before they can be implemented, the time wasted can be doubled.

French Rear Admiral Raymond. Carr, who was on the cruiser which was monitoring from the shore, received a report from the reconnaissance ship, and with a beaming face, said to Adjutant Nelson. Rousseau said: "The commanders of the Chinese Navy are really stupid. I don't understand naval battles, but I actually advance in parallel columns! You know, when attacking enemy ships, the ideal situation is that our huge ships are horizontal in the path of the opposing fleet, forming a T-shaped or T-shape, so that all of our front and rear main guns and all the gunwales on one side can be aimed at each other. The opponent only has the ship at the front of the column, and the main guns in front of the ship can return fire. We must seize this opportunity to teach the Chinese fleet a hard lesson! I immediately sent my order, 'The enemy ships are at sea, and our warships are advancing in two horizontal formations, ready for a full attack.' ”

And on the deck of the Republic. Deng Shichang and Fang Boqian held binoculars and carefully observed the condition of the sea. Fang Boqian asked, "Lord Deng, do you think the French will fall for our plan and drive out the column that attacks us?" ”

Deng Shichang said: "Don't worry. The French have always been conceited, plus their six warships are all 7,000-ton armored cruisers, fast and fierce, and if we form a column, they will definitely come out to attack and call the brothers of the submarine detachment to be ready for battle. The warships also raised their heavy guns and prepared for pursuit. ”

At 11:30 a.m., the six warships of the French Far East Fleet, "Paris", "Frogaux", "Ancalle", "Rousseau", "Farincogaard", and "France" lined up, and approached the Chinese fleet. Carl found that the Chinese fleet still did not change the formation of the column, so he ordered the fleet to move forward at full speed, ready to bombard the ** ship, he did not expect that the Chinese Navy has now been designed by Holan with four submarines and is waiting for them.

Ramon. Carl's aide-de-camp, Nelson. Rousseau stumbled upon what appeared to be something black in the sea in front of the fleet, and reported: "Sir, something seems to be moving ahead!" ”

Ramon. Karl replied, "What's moving?" Do you mean sharks? ”

Nelson. Rousseau's eyes widened, he stretched out his monoculars, stared at the water, and said, "It doesn't seem to be, it's like something made of steel." ”

Ramon. Karl was taken aback: "Iron monsters? ”

By the time they saw that the steel monster was a submarine, it was too late.

In the early days, due to the limitations of technical conditions, submarines often adopted the tactics of surface sailing, sneaking to approach after discovering the target, and withdrawing at full speed after carrying out a torpedo attack. When the submarine is turned underwater, the internal combustion engine stops working, and the electric motor drives the propeller to propel the submarine. At the same time, the electric motor also ensures the operation of the life support system and the command and control system on the boat. The basic means of combat of submarines are torpedoes and mines. Torpedo tubes are installed in the front and rear of the "Qianlong" submarine, and there are four 533 mm bow torpedo tubes, which can fire eight torpedoes at enemy warships. The submarine was unharmed, only when the bomb hit the water, it was hit by the water waves, and it shook slightly.

The Paris, flying the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, was hit by a torpedo fired from a submarine, causing a 13x39-foot breach, but it remained in the queue. "Frox" and "Ancalle" were not so lucky, "Frogx" was hit by three torpedoes, the turret instantly failed, and the flames rushed straight to the propellant storage, if the 70 tons of gunpowder there exploded, a terrible explosion occurred, and the "France" in the back had to turn to avoid the smoke and debris formed after the explosion, and actually crashed into the "Ancalle", and the officers and men of the "Ancalle" were struggling in the water, but soon they were sucked underwater by the whirlpool formed by the bombs, Of the 875 French officers and men on board, only 9 survived.

When it was discovered that the Chinese submarine was bombarding one torpedo after another at the French ** ship, Raymond . Only then did Karl realize that he had been deceived, and hurriedly ordered the fleet to change direction, and just as the French fleet was changing direction, the fleet led by Deng Shichang was divided into two columns and rushed over under full sails. The upwind column was commanded by Deng Shichang, and the downwind was commanded by Fang Boqian. Due to concerns about Raymond. Karl fled back to the port of Hainan, and Deng Shichang did not target the enemy's central front, but instead rushed towards the center of its avant-garde. Fang Boqian commanded the ships to attack the front of the enemy's rear guard.

"Fire", Deng Shichang gave an order, and the guns on the Chinese giant ship let out a thunderous roar,

When the "Republic" fired at the "Paris", the "Republic" continued to maintain its course, cutting between the French ships "Paris" and "France". The "Republic" bombarded the stern of the "France" with its port guns, causing heavy damage. Then the starboard guns were fired at the Paris. After 40 minutes of heavy bombardment, the "France" had turned into an uncontrollable empty hull and completely lost its combat effectiveness, with a crew of 304 dead and 236 wounded, and began to surrender under the flag.

The "Paris" was also immediately surrounded by three Chinese ships, the mainmast was blown off, and for a while not even a single shot could be fired. Nevertheless, it nailed the flag to the rear mast and continued to fight unyieldingly. Until a bullet came from the mast of the "Beijing", and the bullet entered Raymond. The epaulettes on Carl's right shoulder, which penetrated into his chest and landed on his spine. He threw himself on the deck, got up and said, "Chinese, they finally got rid of me...... My backbone has been shot through. He was carried into the cabin, and by 2:30 p.m., his heart had stopped.

In this battle, two of the six French warships were killed by Chinese submarines, three were sunk by Deng Shichang's fleet, and one was captured. Deng Shichang's fleet continued to move forward, reaching Lingaojiao and Xiuying on Hainan Island, and seeing the two lighthouses built by the French, Deng Shichang ordered, "Knock this lighthouse down!" ”

The heavy artillery on the "Republic" and "Beijing" was raised, and several huge cannon sounds were roared, and the two lighthouses were blown into ruins, and the French attempt to occupy Hainan Island was also wiped out with the rumbling cannons!

After Deng Shichang's fleet arrived at Hainan Island, he inspected the situation of Hainan Island in detail and proposed to Song Xiaofei that Qiongzhou should be changed to a province, "Fuqiongzhou is located in the extreme south, which is the only way for the Atlantic Fleet, and the gateway to the South Seas. ”

Song Xiaofei felt that what Deng Shichang said was very reasonable, and considering that Hainan Island was rich in minerals, including gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, tin, and coal, he issued a presidential decree to relocate 500,000 poor peasants from Guangdong, Guangxi, and other places to Hainan Island to develop Hainan Island and make it another province in China.