What is the detailed process of the naval battle of Elephant Island?

What is the detailed process of the naval battle of Elephant Island?

The French fleet is approaching the anchorage of the Thai ship, and the fleet is divided into three units as planned to advance at full speed. Ramon Piguet went east, Mondeville gunboat and Marshal Shana went middle, while Tahu and Mann went west.

At this time, the weather is fine, the sea is calm, and the battle opportunity is excellent. A reconnaissance plane flew over a Thai ship, and Raul-130 reported the discovery of two torpedo boats. The reason is that Royal Lee arrived that night to replace Royal Zhu Wen so that he could return to Shadaxi for maintenance the next day.

After reporting to the flagship, the seaplane tried to bomb first, but it was given up by fierce anti-aircraft fire. The French fleet now clearly knows that the enemy's strength has been strengthened, but it has lost the unexpected factors of fighting.

Thai ships have anchored and raised fire to prepare for war. As soon as Ramon Piguet approached, she opened fire and sank two torpedo boats.

Ramon Piguet's lookout reported that the coastal frigate "Royal Witton Wu Li" was heading northwest at 10000 meters ahead, and the two ships immediately opened fire on each other. The firepower on the Thai ship is fierce, but it is not accurate enough. Moreover, shells were blocked by islands from time to time, and fires were found on Thai ships.

At this time, her captain velappan was killed. She not only exchanged fire with Ramon Piguet, but also the French gunboats "Mondeville" and "Marshal Shona" came to reinforce, and the Thai ship was in an extremely unfavorable position.

Wu Li believes that if you hit the smaller Marshal Shona first, it will easily cause damage. She concentrated eight-inch cannon volley at Xia, and soon stirred up a water column around her, but there was no direct hit.

Ramon Piguet's shot hit her rear turret, and he had to run back and retreat to shallow water.

French ships dare not get too close for fear of being stranded. At this time, the fire on the swallow Wu Li was out of control. Moreover, the ship hit the beach and leaned heavily to starboard. Although the forward run is still intact, it can only be launched into the sky because the ship's side is tilted.

Ramon Piguet fired a torpedo at Dun Wu Li at a distance of15000m, but it didn't hit. The remaining nearly an hour, French ships to clean the battlefield, Behringer ordered to retreat. At this time, the Thai Air Force plane arrived and dropped several bombs on the Ramon Piguet. There was only one direct hit but it didn't explode.

The flagship fought back fiercely with anti-aircraft guns, and the subsequent attack failed. The last wave of air strikes ended, and then the French fleet returned to Saigon all the way to celebrate the victory.

Ai Tong House was a mess on the sea, and the Royal Weitun was hit hard and ran aground on the shallows of Wenhe River. Later, it was salvaged and sent to Japan for maintenance, and it experienced the baptism of war until it was retired.

Shortly after the French fleet left, the Thai transport ship "Royal Guardian Elephant" arrived and quickly dragged her out of the shallow water to avoid sinking. However, the torpedoes Vesuvius Spring Li Wu and Vesuvius Sonka were sunk at the beginning of the battle. The Royal Rayong rescued the surviving sailors. Three Thai ships were originally moored in the nearby waters, but chose to hide and not participate in the fighting and survived.

The elite of the Thai navy was wiped out in the naval battle for more than three hours. Only the submarine force was not damaged. This naval battle ended with France winning a decisive victory similar to Japan's naval battle against Malaysia.

The brave spirit of Thai sailors in the battle is also worthy of being called. France's victory in this war did not achieve the expected strategic effect. The Japanese government intervened in the war between the two countries.

It was soon realized that Thailand had merged the occupied disputed land, but peace did not last long. Japan invaded Malaya and Thailand.

After the Second World War, Thailand returned her occupied land to France for fear of French retaliation and rejection of Zina, a French Indian, to join the United Nations. The Royal Wittenberg was salvaged by the Thai Navy and sent to Japan for overhaul. Then it served as a training ship until it was retired after the war. Her old battery was removed and transported to the Naval Academy in Segong Prefecture for preservation as a war souvenir.

Some surviving Thai sailors and some fishermen near Elephant Island insisted that the artillery fire of the Royal Tombury had dealt a severe blow to the French ship Ramon Piquet, which was reportedly overhauled all night after returning to Hong Kong.

The Royal Thai Air Force launched a counterattack against the French fleet. Captain Chamraj Moungpaseart dropped a 50 kg bomb on the pirate ship V93S biplane, which hit the French flagship, but the bomb did not explode, otherwise it would cause great casualties. Captain Shanla retired as a lieutenant colonel of the Thai Air Force.