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Opened in 69, the Suez Canal is a sea-level waterway that runs through the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, providing the closest route from Europe to the Indian Ocean and the nearby lands in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of the most frequently used air routes in the world. It is also the border between Asia and Africa, and the main channel for people from Asia and Africa. The canal runs 90 km (05 nautical miles) from Port Said in the north to Suez City in the south, and is dug in the north of Port Said into the Mediterranean Sea to the south of Suez. Construction began in 59 years and took 0 years to complete. The initial plan was to dig a small canal and a southern spur canal from the delta along the Tumera River to Suez and a northern section to Port Said. The canal, which provides drinking water to other arid regions, was completed in 6 years.

Marx called the Suez Canal "the great waterway of the East". After the completion of the Suez Canal, the voyage from Asian ports to Europe has been greatly shortened, which can be roughly shortened by more than 000~0000 kilometers. It connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea and connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Indian and Pacific Oceans via the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal, making it an economically important and strategically important international shipping waterway.

In 59 years, the Canal Company hired thousands of Egyptian laborers at extremely low wages, forcing them to perform extremely heavy labor in the tropical desert area of the Suez Isthmus, and the construction site was very short of drinking water, and a large number of migrant laborers died of thirst. The amount of food provided by the company is poor, and one meal is not even enough for a child to feed the hunger, and most migrant workers are often in a state of semi-starvation. The sanitary conditions were very poor, bronchitis, hepatitis, pulmonary and dysentery and other diseases were extremely common, especially the plague epidemic, which claimed the lives of a large number of migrant workers.

In 6 years, typhoid fever swept through the construction site, and many migrant workers died suddenly; In 65, a cholera outbreak occurred at the construction site, and a large number of migrant workers died, so that no one could find the person who took the patient to the first aid post, and no one disposed of the dead migrant workers on the construction site. Egypt's 20,000 migrant workers died for the construction of the Suez Canal, with an average of 75 deaths per kilometer.

In 75, foreign debt forced the Pasha (said Pasha's successor) to sell his stake in the canal to the British. In 2, the British cavalry entered the canal, and in that year, the Congress of Constantinople declared the canal a neutral zone under the protection of the British Empire, and stipulated that the canal be open to ships of all nations, both in peace and in war. In addition, the Convention provides that there shall be no hostilities in the waters of the canal and that no fortifications shall be built along its shores. This allowed the British to take control of the main transportation artery.

On February '99, after a two-week voyage, the Japanese fleet arrived at the Suez Canal. In Port Said, there was a supply depot established by the British Navy. The Japanese fleet could replenish supplies such as fresh water and coal here. At the same time, it was also possible for Japanese naval soldiers to disembark and move around to relieve the fatigue of the journey. Because there was a high chance that they would encounter the Chinese navy on the way, Vice Admiral Heihachiro Togo wanted to keep the morale of his soldiers high, which was very important for the Japanese navy, which was at a disadvantage.

Port Said is located at the northern end of the Suez Canal, which has developed rapidly due to the opening of the canal. Here, not only all kinds of food and supplies are sold, but also sailors can go ashore for recreation. For example, the arrival of the Japanese fleet this time will contribute a large amount of money to the prosperity of Port Said. Many Japanese soldiers vented their long-held energy on these black Africans or Arab women.

And here, there are also warehouses opened by Chinese. When the Japanese fleet arrived at Port Said, it immediately sent the news back home, so that the Imperial Navy could accurately grasp the whereabouts of the Japanese Navy and make the necessary deployments.

On February, the replenished Japanese fleet once again crossed the Suez Canal into the Red Sea. At this moment, in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea, a Chinese Navy warship flying the blue background golden dragon flag is cruising here, this is the "Wuwei" of the "Tianshui class" light cruisers of the Chinese Navy. They were ordered to go here, wait for the Japanese fleet, and then follow and monitor the Japanese fleet, and report the movements of the Japanese fleet to the country.

In the bridge of the 'Wuwei', the captain of the ship, Lieutenant Commander Gao Hui, anxiously watched his watch. The Japanese fleet had already set off five days ago, so why hasn't it arrived yet? The Bab el-Mandeb Strait was the main route connecting the Red Sea and the Aden Sea, through which the Japanese fleet had to pass. That's why the 'Wuwei' waited here.

"Captain, relax! Now that the Japanese fleet has appeared in Port Said, they can only pass through here! The navigator of the 'Wuwei' said comfortingly to Gao Hui's anxious look.

"Yes! This time, little Japan knows that it will definitely die, so it will naturally drag on a little, which is completely understandable! The gunners of the 'Wuwei' also quipped.

"No matter how long it drags on, it's a dead end, it's better to die early and be born sooner! If you don't want to be Japanese in your next life, you won't be like this! Gao Hui said.

"Haha! Captain, you don't know! Little Japan believes in Shintoism, and the people are Amaterasu, which is different from the Yama King we believe in. Even if Little Japan dies in this life, it will be in the next life! Or can only be a little Japan! The gunslinger laughed.

"It's coming, it's coming! The fleet of Little Japan appeared! "Suddenly, the lookout of the 'Wuwei' issued a warning. Between that, more than twenty kilometers north of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a large cloud of smoke appeared, a sign that a large fleet was sailing on the sea.

"Holy shit, it's finally here! To prepare for a U-turn, we just need to follow them from afar! Gao Hui ordered. The endurance of the Tianshui-class light cruisers was not high, only 4,000 nautical miles, and they could only sail from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to the Strait of Malacca, and if they wanted to return home, they had to be replenished during this period. It's just that China has no supply depots in the Pacific Ocean, and the supply depots of the British will definitely not be open to the Chinese Navy. The Chinese Navy had to deploy a few supply ships in the Indian Ocean to deal with the emergency.

The 'Wuwei' was just a light cruiser, and it certainly did not contend with such a large Japanese fleet. Therefore, their task is only to monitor. With a maximum speed of 0 knots, it was enough to get rid of all the Japanese battleships.

"Your Excellency, Commander, a Chinese warship has been discovered, twenty kilometers south of us." Inside the bridge of the "Shikishima", a staff officer handed over the information to Heihachiro Togo.

"Yaga! These people appeared so early? What a damn one! Heihachiro Togo was furious. Originally, in order to bring the fleet back to China safely, he also planned to enter the Indian Ocean without going through the Strait of Malacca, from the Java Sea to the Guò Makassar Strait, and then from the Celebes Sea at the southern tip of the Philippines into the Pacific Ocean, avoiding the South China Sea, which is heavily guarded by the Chinese Navy. But now, the Chinese Navy's reconnaissance ship has actually appeared in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which suddenly makes his plan useless.

"Your Excellency Commander, send a destroyer to drive away that battleship!" The chief of staff of the fleet, Rear Admiral Onijima, built a road.

"Yes! However, it is estimated that it is not of much use! Lieutenant General Heihachiro Togo said.

For the speed of the light cruisers of the Chinese Navy, Heihachiro Togo has a deep experience. During the Sino-Japanese naval battle in the East China Sea, the Chinese Navy's 'Leshan-class' light cruisers gave the Japanese Navy a disadvantage, and the Japanese Navy had no power to fight back. And now, since the Chinese Navy dares to send warships to monitor the Japanese fleet, it must be fully sure.

Soon, the five destroyers of the Japanese fleet were at full speed and quickly chased after the 'Wuwei', and the speed gradually increased from 0 knots at the beginning to 2 knots. This is already their maximum speed.

"Captain, the destroyers of Little Japan are coming, shall we retreat or teach them a lesson first?" The navigator asked.

"Captain, it's only five destroyers, they can't catch up with us, we can sink one or two before retreating!" The gunner also said excitedly. These people, all militants.

The Tianshui-class light cruisers were armed with two twin 55mm guns, placed in the bow and stern. In addition, there are 6 05-mm rapid-fire guns as secondary guns, and the millimeter rapid-fire guns are mounted. In addition, 7-mm rapid-fire guns were installed on the sides of the battleship. Powerful firepower is simply not comparable to the destroyers of the Japanese fleet. If an attack were launched, even if the five destroyers of the Japanese fleet were to be on board, it was estimated that they would not be the opponent of the 'Wuwei'.

However, Gao Hui hesitated for a moment and gave the order to retreat. Relations between China and Japan are now very tense, but in general, there has been no formal war. He could not afford to provoke a war by one of his petty lieutenant commanders and captain of a light cruiser.

"In addition, send back the information about our encounter with the Japanese fleet!" Gao Hui ordered.

The soldiers on the 'Wuwei', although a little unwilling, still obeyed the order and began to turn around and retreat south. Smoke billowed from the chimney, and the speed of the 'Wuwei' quickly increased, until it reached 2 knots, which was also the same speed as the destroyers of the Japanese fleet, so that they could not catch up.

The destroyers of the Japanese fleet chased them out for dozens of kilometers, and only after finding that they could not catch up, did they return. And the destroyers of the Japanese Navy returned, and the 'Wuwei' followed, sticking to the Japanese fleet like a piece of kraft candy, leaving them with nothing to do.

After several times in a row, it was found that the 'Wuwei' could not be expelled, and the Japanese fleet died of this heart. However, the faces of the Japanese fleet were very bad. With the warships of the Chinese Navy following them all the way, then there is no secret at all about their actions. It seems impossible to escape the interception of the Chinese navy and return to Japan safely.

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