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    The battleship Jean Bart is parked quietly on the sea. Although the boiler has not turned off, the steam turbine is not running. Now the battleship's task is to block the main channel of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. It only needs to aim the main gun at the main channel.  That's it. Once the Chinese navy's capital ship dares to enter the main channel of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, it will inevitably be hit by overwhelming and violent artillery fire. The salvoes of 60 305mm main guns from 6 battleships are enough to knock out any battleship.  Sent to the bottom of the sea in an instant.

    The British and French navies and the Chinese navy have been confronting each other in the Bab el Mandeb Strait for two months. During this period, the Chinese navy did not try to attack the Bab el Mandeb Strait. This convinced the British and French navies that the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet was afraid and would not come to die.  of.  This made the British and French navies less vigilant.  However, even so, the British and French navies still made perfect preparations. They deployed a large number of cruisers and destroyers near the main channel of the Bab el Mandeb Strait. Once the Chinese navy intends to attack the Bab el Mandeb Strait, they will immediately launch an attack and use  The sound of cannons warned the battleships behind.  Under such precautions, both the British and French navies believe that it is simply impossible for the Chinese navy to break through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.  However, they never thought that the danger did not come from the sea, but from below the sea.

    It is only five o'clock in the morning, and the French naval officers and soldiers on the battleship "Jean Bart", except for those who stayed on duty, have already fallen asleep.  They had no idea that the crisis was over.

    The No. 201 submarine of the Chinese Navy surfaced only 1,200 meters away from the battleship Jean Bart. At this position, with a heavy torpedo speed of up to 30 knots, it only takes 80 seconds.  After the two torpedoes came out of the torpedo launch tube of submarine No. 201, they immediately ran quickly towards the battleship Jean Bart, leaving two long water marks on the sea surface.

    After submarine No. 201 launched the attack, it did not dive immediately.  The captain, Commodore Su Leping, who was also the captain of the submarine brigade, found that the defense of the British and French forces was very lax, and immediately ordered the torpedoes to be reloaded in an effort to sink the battleship 'Jean Bart' at once.  A minute later, submarine No. 201 fired two torpedoes again.  The two torpedoes also attacked the battleship 'Jean Bart' at a high speed of 30 knots.  At this time, submarine No. 201 began to dive.  Once the battleship Jean Bart is hit, the British and French navies will definitely explode immediately.  At that time, it will not be so easy to escape safely.

    Submarine No. 201 was the first submarine to launch an attack on the British and French navies, and it was also the submarine that achieved the first result in this naval battle.  When submarine No. 201 began to dive, the first torpedo launched was less than 200 meters away from the submarine "Jean Bart".  At this time, the thousands of French naval officers and soldiers on the battleship "Jean Bart" did not even realize that the crisis had arrived.  The darkness of the night, which had not yet completely dissipated, hid the water marks left by the torpedo when it sailed at high speed.

    A French destroyer passed by the port side of the battleship Jean Bart.  A sailor above witnessed with his own eyes the whole process of the battleship Jean Bart being hit and then silenced.  Before the battleship Jean Bart was sunk, he found a water mark on the sea and quickly ran towards the battleship Jean Bart.

    "What is that? Is it a fish? No, damn it, it's a torpedo! Sound the alarm quickly, there is a torpedo attacking the battleship Jean Bart!" the sailor shouted.  However, his shouting was of no use at all.  The officers and soldiers on the destroyer looked at him in surprise, wondering if he was crazy.  At this time, the torpedo had already crashed into the battleship 'Jean Bart'.

    ¡°Boom!¡± A shocking loud noise suddenly erupted, and a huge ball of bow erupted from under the bow of the battleship ¡®Jean Bart¡¯.  The violent explosion caused the bow of the battleship "Jean Bart" to be lifted out of the water, and then hit the sea heavily.  All the French naval officers and soldiers on the battleship fell to the ground, and most of them were thrown directly from their beds to the deck.

    Immediately afterwards, another torpedo hit the stern of the battleship 'Jean Bart'.  The hundreds of kilograms of high explosives contained in the 533mm heavy torpedo directly blew the small half of the stern of the battleship Jean Bart into pieces.

    As the first new type of battleship of the French Navy, and at the same time using the design drawings of the British Navy, the 'Guba-class' battleship was also influenced by the British Navy's emphasis on firepower and speed and despise armor.  The side armor of the "Guba-class" battleship is only 270 mm, and the armor near the waterline is only 180 mm.  This kind of armor is no different from paper when faced with a 533mm heavy torpedo.  Although, in order to avoid being struck by lightning, the 'Guba-class' battleships have special anti-torpedo rooms on both sides.  But at this moment, after being attacked, these cabins had already flooded with water, and the French naval soldiers on the battleship were basically?There was no time to save the battleship.

    ¡°The captain of the battleship ¡®Jean Bart¡¯ was thrown out of bed when the explosion occurred.  However, it suddenly woke him up.  He rushed out of the cabin before he even had time to put on his clothes.

    "Enemy attack! Damage control immediately reports the damage and conducts damage control!" the captain shouted loudly.  At this time, the stern of the ship was hit by a torpedo again, and the fate of the battleship "Jean Bart" was almost certain.

    The battleship Jean Bart was hit, and the violent explosion shocked all the British and French navies.  A large number of battleships began to move immediately.  If you continue to stand still, the conductor will become a target for attack.  However, it was already too late at this time. The submarine forces of the Chinese Navy, which had already completed the surface, began to attack their selected targets one after another after the No. 201 submarine attacked first.

    "Boom! Boom!" One minute after the battleship "Jean Bart" was hit, two loud noises were heard again, and two groups of fire broke out amidships of the battleship "Jean Bart".  Obviously, two torpedoes hit the battleship "Jean Bart" again, which directly sentenced the battleship "Jean Bart" to the battleship that had already been severely damaged.  After being hit by four heavy torpedoes, even if God appeared, he could not save the battleship 'Jean Bart'.  Ferocious seawater poured into the battleship 'Jean Bart'. This battleship, with a displacement of more than 20,000 tons, sank into the icy sea in less than two minutes.  Of the thousands of French naval soldiers on the battleship, only a few dozen survived. Others, including the captain, were all buried under the sea with the battleship!

    "Oh God! What is going on? Are the Chinese attacking us?" Lieutenant-Admiral Howard, commander of the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, stood disheveled on the bridge of the battleship 'Formidable', looking at the slowly  The sinking battleship 'Jean Bart', eyes full of horror!

    "General, it's a submarine! The Chinese used a submarine to cross the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and attack us!" Lieutenant General Howard's adjutant reported.  At this moment, the sea surface was completely boiling.  Dozens of light cruisers and destroyers from the British and French navies quickly shuttled across the sea. The dazzling light from their searchlights scanned the sea back and forth, looking for traces of Chinese submarines.  The attack by Chinese submarines has already begun.

    "Torpedoes! Avoid quickly, two torpedoes are attacking us from the 3 o'clock direction!" The sailors on the battleship Formidable warned loudly after discovering the torpedo attacking from the right side.

    When the battleship "Jean Bart" was attacked, the British naval soldiers on the "Formidable" had already taken action.  The real steam turbine has begun to operate, and the battleship has begun to move.  However, it will take some time to go from standstill to high speed.  At this time, a Chinese Navy submarine had already launched an attack on the battleship "Formidable" and launched a torpedo two kilometers away from the battleship "Formidable".

    The two destroyers quickly rushed to the place where the submarine appeared. After launching the torpedo, the Chinese submarine had already begun an emergency dive. It dived to fifty meters of water before leaving this dangerous sea area.

    "Fire! Knock out those two torpedoes!" The gunnery officer on the "Formidable" gave the order with a pale face, even though this seemed to be the last desperate struggle!

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The 13 76.2mm rapid-fire guns on the starboard side of the battleship 'Formidable' began to fire wildly on the sea in an attempt to destroy the two torpedoes.  However, it is not easy to destroy a high-speed torpedo!

    At this time, a British Navy destroyer bravely rushed forward and used its own body to hit the right side of the battleship 'Formidable'.  Prepare to sacrifice yourself to ask for help from the battleship "Formidable".  This fearless spirit is touching.

    "Boom!" A heavy torpedo hit the destroyer.  This poor destroyer has a displacement of just over a thousand tons.  In the face of the terrifying power of the heavy torpedo, there is no resistance at all.  The violent explosion directly blew the destroyer into two pieces.  None of the dozens of British navy sailors on board survived.  However, the British sailors on the battleship HMS Formidable breathed a sigh of relief.  With the armor of the "Formidable" battleship, if it was hit by only one torpedo, it would be very likely to withstand it.

    The battleship 'Formidable' had pretty good luck. Another torpedo made a mistake. Because the depth was set too deep, the torpedo passed under the belly of the battleship 'Formidable' and did not hit the 'Formidable' battleship.  'Cause any damage to the battleship!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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