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For the British and French navies, the naval battle that broke out in the Red Sea on December 11, 1902 was fundamentally an asymmetrical naval battle. The British and French navies, which were attacked by submarines, lost most of their capital ships, and the remaining fleet, compared with the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy, was completely at a disadvantage. Although the British government and the French government strictly ordered them to fight until the last moment, they still failed to complete the task. Until the battleships 'Dreadnought' and 'Paris' were sunk, they were not able to severely damage any of the capital ships of the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy!

At 8:32 a.m., the battleship "Paris" fired a salvo, and in this salvo, a 305-mm naval gun hit the rear main gun of the "Prince Fusu". It's just that the armor of the main gun of the battleship 'Taizi Fusu' is 343 mm thick, and the main gun of the rule of law is too powerful, and the armor-piercing shell penetration performance is not enough. After the shell hit the main gun of the 'Prince Fusu', it did not penetrate the armor of the main gun. Although, the violent explosion shook all the Chinese naval soldiers in the turret to death. However, no damage was done to the main gun. Replaced with a spare gunner, the main gun continued to pour fire on the 'Paris'. And this was the only result that the battleship 'Paris' achieved before it became silent.

When the battleship "Paris" hit the "Prince Fusu," the thousands of French naval officers and men on the battleship "Paris" cheered one after another. They thought that this time they would at least be able to hit the 'Prince Fusu' hard. However, in less than ten minutes, the rear main gun of the 'Prince Fusu' began to pour shells again. This undoubtedly shattered the confidence of the French. In the ensuing battle, the French navy seemed to have lost confidence, and the table was very bad.

Compared to the French Navy, their ally, the British Navy, was very tenacious. It's just that God doesn't seem to be on their side. In this naval battle, the battleship 'Fearful' never caused fatal damage to the battleship 'Qin Shi Huang'. Although, they hit the battleship 'Qin Shi Huang' twice. At one time, a large hole was blown out in the foredeck of the battleship 'Qin Shi Huang'. But apart from the killing of a dozen sailors on the foredeck, there was no other result. The second time it hit the side of the 'Qin Shi Huang' and blew up two secondary guns. If this shell can move a few meters further down and explode near the waterline. Then the 'Qin Shi Huang' is in big trouble. Unfortunately, there can be no assumptions about war.

The Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy, from the very beginning of the naval battle, occupied an advantageous position. Originally, the lead ships of the Indian Ocean Fleet did not have an advantage over the British and French navies. Moreover. With the help of the geographical advantages of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the British and French navies can completely blockade the strait lightly, and the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy may have to pay a heavy price if it wants to break through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. But. The Chinese Navy boldly used submarines to carry out sneak attacks on the British and French navies, and achieved very satisfactory results. This not only dealt a heavy blow to the British and French navies, forcing them to cede the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. It also created favorable conditions for the Chinese Navy and even the squadron to win this war.

Ten submarines of the Chinese Navy were involved in this battle, except for one that was sunk. The remaining nine submarines all escaped the pursuit of the British and French navies. However, two submarines were damaged by depth charges from the British and French navies, and the shells of the submarines cracked and could no longer continue the operation. But even then, in exchange for four battleships at the cost of three submarines, it was already a huge profit. At this moment, while the capital ships of the Navy and the British and French navies continued to fight fiercely, these submarines had returned to their respective submarine carriers. They will continue north, led by submarine carriers. According to the plan, after the squadron seized the Suez Canal, they would be deployed to the northern part of the canal to continue to deter the British and French navies to ensure China's control of the Suez Canal.

"Boom! Rumble! "At 8:52 a.m., the battleship 'Qin Shi Huang' fired a fatal salvo at the battleship 'Fearful'. In this salvo, 8 shells, one accurately hit the 'Dreadnought' battleship, and one shell exploded less than twenty meters to the left of the 'Dreadnought' battleship, forming a close miss! Accurate hits on the shells of the battleship 'Dreadnought', where the hit was the rear main gun of the battleship 'Dreadnought'. Although the armor of the main gun turret of the 'Dreadnought' was 280 mm thick, it still could not withstand the frontal bombardment of the 305 mm main gun shells fired by the battleship 'Qin Shi Huang'. The shell tore through the armor of the turret and knocked the entire main gun over. The main guns of the battleship 'Dreadnought' were arranged in the bow and stern, one in the center line of the amidships, behind the boiler rooms, and one on each side symmetrically, between the two boiler rooms. Thus, the maximum single-side firepower is eight main guns, and the forward fire is up to six main guns. After the destruction of the main guns, the number of guns that allowed the Dreadnought to continue firing at the Qin Shi Huang was reduced to six. Compared to the shell that hit the battleship 'Dreadnought' directly, another near-miss shell caused more damage to the battleship 'Dreadnought'. The shell exploded below the waterline of the battleship 'Dreadful', and after the shell exploded, it formed a huge pressure, directly tearing through the underwater armor of the 'Dreadful' and creating a hole more than two meters wide on the left side of the battleship 'Dreadful' more than three meters underwater. A large amount of seawater, under the action of tremendous pressure, poured into the battleship 'Fearful'.

The damage management personnel of the battleship 'Fearful' immediately carried out rescue. However, the opening was too big, and the damage management personnel on the 'Fearful' battleship could not plug this loophole with great effort, and hundreds of tons of seawater had been poured into the 'Fearful' battleship. Even with the watertight compartment closed and a large amount of seawater poured in, the hull of the battleship 'Dreadnought' had tilted slightly to the left by 15 degrees. As a result, the performance of the main guns on the battleship 'Dreadnought' was also greatly affected. It can be said that the battleship 'Fearful' has already suffered heavy damage. It was only a matter of time before it was sunk.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, two more battleships of the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy appeared on the battlefield. After the battleships 'Yanhuang' and 'Shenzhou' joined the battlefield, they immediately joined the siege of the 'Fearful'. The battleship 'Fearful', which had already been heavily damaged, was powerless to parry.

At 9:12 a.m., the battleship 'Qin Shi Huang' fired a salvo that ended the battleship 'Fearful'. A shell hit the stern of the battleship 'Dreadnought'. Not only was the steering gear of the battleship 'Dreadnought' knocked out, but a huge wound was also created in the stern. A large amount of seawater poured into the battleship 'Dreadnought' from the stern. And the damage management personnel on the battleship 'Fearful' could not do anything about it. As a large amount of seawater poured into the Dread, the bow of the Dreadful was raised high and gradually detached from the surface. Ten minutes later, the battleship 'Dreadnought' sank into the sea with its stern down and bow up, leaving a coiled whirlpool on the surface. Vice Admiral Howard, commander of the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, gave the order to abandon the ship 5 minutes ago. Of the more than 700 British naval officers and men on the battleship, less than half escaped in time from the sinking battleship 'Fearful' and survived!

After the battleship "Fearful" was sunk, the captain of the battleship "Paris" gave the order to surrender very simply. The battle between the capital ships of the British and French navies of the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy ended here. The Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy, at the cost of minor damage to two 'Qin-class' battleships (which did not affect the battle), sank a battleship of the British Navy and captured a battleship of the French Navy. Together with the 'France' battleship of the French Navy that was captured earlier, two of the four 'Lone Class' battleships of the French Navy were sunk, and the other two were captured! It can also be seen from this that the French will to fight is much worse than that of the British.

After the battle between the capital ships was decided, it seemed that there was no longer any need to continue the battle between cruisers and destroyers. Of the five armored cruisers, three were sunk, and the remaining two surrendered outright. Many other light cruisers and destroyers were also sunk, but there were still a dozen or so light cruisers and destroyers frantically fleeing north. Even though they were defeated, they were not willing to be taken prisoner.

In terms of heavy cruisers, the Chinese side also paid the price of one heavy damage and two minor injuries. The light cruiser also lost two, and the destroyer lost four. The battlecruiser 'Wang Ben' was also very good in this battle, and the armored cruisers of the British and French navies were not his opponents at all. Of the three armored cruisers that were sunk, two were sunk by the battlecruiser 'Wang Ben'. On the whole, compared with the great results achieved, the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy has undoubtedly achieved another big victory. In this battle, one-third of the new battleships of the British Navy were sunk, and the French Navy also lost all the new battleships, leaving only a few old 'Danton-class' battleships to support the façade, which will undoubtedly have a far-reaching impact on the pattern of the world's navies. As a result, the naval strength of the Entente will be much regressed. Even if China does not help, the German Navy will be able to occupy an absolute advantage! If Britain and France had known that this would be the case, they would not have been involved in this war at all!