Cam Ranh Bay, November 1, 1911, 2752 AD.
"Boom boom boom" With the thunderous roar, mushroom clouds continued to rise around Cam Ranh Bay Fort.
Six giant ships were cruising back and forth on the sea 18 kilometers away.
From time to time, the black main guns emitted dazzling fireworks and roars, and then there was a roar like a speeding train in the sky, and finally there were violent explosions around the fort.
The Chinese Navy's strategy of firing one shot at a time is obviously playing tricks on the cat.
Well, according to Commander Gao Yujie, this is actual combat training.
It's rare to have such a good target.
If you don't take the opportunity to practice hard, you'll be sorry for the fort built by the roosters, isn't it?
Although Cam Ranh Bay is the best port in Indochina, the French did not initially operate it as a military port, but focused on commerce.
In addition, their main attention is in North Africa, so the defense of Cam Ranh Bay is not Too caring.
Especially after the signing of the Anglo-French Agreement in 1904, the French thought that they could sit back and relax, and the defense of Cam Ranh Bay was not taken seriously.
Seriously speaking, their thinking is not wrong.
After all, at that time, except for the United Kingdom and its younger brother Japan, which could threaten the Indochina Peninsula, other countries were either beyond their reach or lacked strength.
Well, the Qing Dynasty has this strength and is very close, but do they dare?
As long as they reconcile with Britain, there is no need to worry about the Indochina Peninsula.
Later, although New China was established, it also showed strong combat effectiveness and a completely different style from the Manchu government.
However, their impression of China did not change so quickly.
It still stayed in the Manchu and Qing Dynasty.
Under this inertial thinking, they did not enhance the military strength of the Indochina Peninsula.
So when China's Pacific Task Force blocked the door, they regretted it.
The largest gun in the entire Cam Ranh Bay Fort is the 1884 240mm heavy cannon, and there are only three of them.
This kind of gun is an old-fashioned gun with only a diameter of 26 times, a maximum range of only 17 kilometers, and an effective range of less than 12 kilometers.
The most important thing is that this thing is a retractable cannon, and its designed rate of fire is one shot every 2 minutes, which is fast.
The six giant ships in the Chinese fleet have 24 each of 360, 280, and 240 mm heavy guns.
They are all new guns, with at least 45 times the caliber.
The actual rate of fire can reach 1.52 rounds per minute, not to mention the range.
The Qingcheng-class heavy cruiser's 240mm 50-fold main gun has an effective range of 25 kilometers and a maximum range of 33 kilometers.
The Qinling-class large cruiser's 280mm 50-fold main gun can reach 30 kilometers, with a maximum range of 40 kilometers.
The most powerful Fuxi-class battleship's 360mm 45-fold main gun has an effective range of 34 kilometers and a maximum range of 45 kilometers.
Although in theory, when shore guns and naval guns are bombarded, shore guns have the advantage.
But that means that under the premise of the same level of artillery, under the current situation where the performance of the artillery between the two sides is very different, this theory is completely inappropriate.
Now these six giant ships are just outside the maximum firing range of the Cam Ranh Bay fort, and they are enjoying target practice.
Although no volleys were used, if it were the previous style of play, the hit rate of a single shot would be relatively low.
But now there are several aircraft and turrets hovering in the sky, constantly sending cultivation data back to the battleship.
Under the correction of the Water Reconnaissance 1 "Sea Duck" water reconnaissance aircraft, even with a single shot, the hit rate is quite impressive.
Reinforced concrete coastal defense turrets were lifted one after another.
In less than twenty minutes, the three 240mm heavy cannons that threatened the most were blown away.
Then there are secondary targets such as 203 mm, 193 mm, and 164 mm.
The French Far East Fleet hid in Cam Ranh Bay, watching helplessly as its forts were blown away one by one, but they did not dare to fight.
There is no way.
Compared with the Chinese Pacific Task Force blocking the door, the French Far East Fleet is too weak to be on the table.
The main force of the Far East Fleet is the two Leons.
Gambida-class armored cruiser Jules.
Ferry, Leon.
Gambida, these are two first-class armored cruisers launched in 1902, with a displacement of 12,400 tons.
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The main guns are 2 twin 193mm turrets, 16 164mm secondary guns, 4 single turrets and 6 twin turrets. , 24 3-pounder Hotchkiss rapid-fire cannons, single-mounted profile guns, and 2 460mm underwater torpedo tubes.
The side armor belt was 71–152 mm Krupp armor, and the main turret and conning tower had 200 mm armor.
From the data point of view, these two warships are barely good, but the French warship's main gun caliber is still small, the weakness in firepower is too great, and the speed can only reach 22.5 knots.
There are also two Friant-class protected cruisers, Friant and Chaserlu Porobat, with a displacement of 3,630 tons, 10 152mm main guns, and a speed of 20 knots.
This is an old product from 20 years ago.
It is said that the maximum speed is 20 knots, and it would be good to run to 16 knots.
In addition, there are about thirty torpedo ships and ten auxiliary ships, which are also old-fashioned goods.
This pile of warships looks okay in quantity, but compared with China's, they are all goods that can be thrown away.
Not to mention the two super-dreadnoughts, even if the other side dispatches two Qingcheng-class heavy cruisers, they can send the entire Far East Fleet to the bottom of the sea.
It is precisely because of understanding this that Rear Admiral Montcalm, commander of the Far East Fleet, made up his mind.
I am just a turtle and can't get ahead.
According to his original idea, as long as he didn't take the initiative to go out, the Chinese would not knock on the door.
After all, we still have Brother Niu to protect us.
With this little face, the Chinese dare not wait until the Chinese fleet starts to be transferred and demolished.
He Now that I realize it, it seems that China is not the polite and polite country that I am in Qing Dynasty.
Jules.
Quinette, the captain of the Ferry, said urgently: "Commander, we can't wait any longer.
If we don't rush out, our fleet will be finished."
Montcalm glared at him: "The opponent is two new super-dreadnoughts and two dreadnoughts.
Can they rush out?
We are here, and we can let the torpedo ships cooperate with the defense.
If we go out, we will only be beaten."
Quinette was anxious: "But we can only get beaten here.
If we rush, we can always rush out a little bit."
The officers were immediately divided into two groups: the main attacker and the main defender, and they started to quarrel.
Rear Admiral Montcalm is not an excellent naval admiral.
He only came to the Far East to retire.
When encountering such a thing, it is really beyond his ability.
Just when he was struggling, he suddenly heard someone shouting.
"Airship China's airship, God, it's a Yunray-class strategic airship," the lookout whistle screamed at the top of its lungs.
I saw eight huge airships speeding from the northeastern sky, just like the giant beasts in the sky heading towards their prey.
Colonel Liu Chenxu on airship No. 101 looked at the neatly parked French warships in Cam Ranh Bay with salivation and laughed out loud with joy.
"Wow, wow, wow, wow, great luck for our family today.
The good start for our Yunray is them.
Each boat is in position, 250 kilograms of armor-piercing bombs are ready, and targets are assigned immediately."
A few minutes later, the liaison officer reported: "Report to the commander, the target has been assigned and the bomb preparation is complete."
Liu Chenxu imitated his old boss Lin Shenhe, holding a tea cup, and waved his hand pretending to be calm: "Start attacking."
From the perspective of the French officers and soldiers below, the huge shadows of the airships almost blocked half of the sky.
The oppressive feeling similar to that of an apex predator aroused their genetic fear and made them almost unable to stand still.
"They are going to attack the anti-aircraft weapons.
Hurry up and attack all the ships.
Hurry up and weigh the anchors.
All the ships will rush out of Cam Ranh Bay immediately."
At this time, Major General Montcalm's cry made them come back to their senses a little.
Although the commander has mediocre abilities, he still has experience.
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Now he no longer has to worry about whether to attack or defend.
If you don't leave, you will be bombed.
Fortunately, the boiler was always burning and there was no need to light a fire to preheat.
The officers and soldiers on each ship were busy weighing anchor.
At this time, a lookout screamed in horror: "They dropped the bomb!"
I saw the baffles under the pods of the eight airships opened, revealing the dark bomb openings, and then a string of bombs fell.
The fan safety behind the bombs rotated rapidly, and the low-resistance shape made them fall extremely fast.
The anti-aircraft gun positions at the Cam Ranh Bay base and the anti-aircraft guns on the ship were also firing desperately, but the airship was too high and their small-caliber anti-aircraft guns could not reach it.
Two of the first bombs of "Boom Boom" fell on the flagship Jules.
At a position 30 meters away from the port side of the Ferry, two water columns of more than ten meters high suddenly rose from the sea.
"Bombing" a torpedo ship was probably too close.
A bomb originally aimed at the Friant hit its chimney, penetrated the deck, and exploded in the cabin.
This torpedo ship is only over 300 tons, so it cannot afford a 250-kilogram bomb.
With a bang, the central part of the torpedo ship bulged, and then there was an earth-shattering explosion, and a large ball of fire enveloped the entire hull.
When the fireball disappeared, the torpedo ship was no longer visible.
Only the oil and debris floating on the sea could prove that there was a warship here just now.
The miserable situation of the torpedo ship scared the cocks to the point of peeing.
Several anxious ships did not even want anchors and were cutting the anchor chains hard.
However, it was too late by this time.
The calibration on the airship had been completed and the bomb was dropped as if it was free of charge.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The entire anchorage kept rising water columns, like a strange snow-white forest.
The picture looks wonderful and beautiful, but for the Far East Fleet, it is an out-and-out nightmare.
The Zhaseru Porobat, which had just cut off its anchor chain, had just started.
A bomb dropped from the sky and hit its port side.
It penetrated the deck and exploded.
A violent shock wave swept across the port side, leaving human bodies and broken steel everywhere.
Flying heavily, a 152mm main gun and two rapid-fire guns were blown into the sea together with a dozen gunners.
A torpedo ship suffered two near-misses.
A hole more than 2 meters long was opened in the hull.
A large amount of water poured in, and it sank to the bottom of the sea in less than three minutes.
Leon.
The Gambida was also hit by one bomb each on its left and right sides, and three secondary battery turrets and several rapid-fire cannons were blown away.
"Come out, rush out, fight freely, fight freely and fight the Chinese," Major General Montcalm roared at the radio.
Jules was targeted as the focus of the attack.
However, the Ferry had a strong character and never took any bombs.
Of course, this is also related to the captain's control level.
Jules.
The Ferry was running at full speed, galloping across the sea in a zigzag pattern, and rushed out of the port.
The other ships followed the flagship and rushed out under a heavy rain of bombs.
After sinking 4 torpedo ships, the airship bombs finally stopped.
After all, it was a high-altitude bombing.
Although it had inertial guidance, the hit rate was relatively low.
In fact, the attack effect was not very ideal.
The panic effect caused is even greater.
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"Assholes, bastards, those bastards in the Air Force, Lin Shenhe, your second uncle."
Captain Liu Chenxu of the Air Force was so happy, but Gao Yujie outside the port was so angry that his veins were popping.
Damn it, no one would be anxious if a monster was snatched away.
"Attention all ships, the battle formation is heading towards Cam Ranh Bay."
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