The ship was tall and majestic, like a huge whale floating above the sea. A huge black flag was flying on the top of the mast on the ship.

On the flag, there is a white Big Dipper pattern, fluttering in the sea breeze.

"That is the naval flagship Dingyuan battleship, and the... Tiangang flag is hung on it!"

When Shu Lu saw the pattern on the flag clearly, his body instantly shook!

He shouted loudly:

"The commander is here!"

...

Just as the sea and sky were filled with white sails, huge warships appeared in the clouds and mists, and their tall figures were as majestic as a city wall.

These warships are heading towards Danluo Island.

Originally, this naval flagship was Shi Baoying's ship, and it should be Shi Baoying's "Seven Seas Flying Cloud Flag". But today, the "Tiangang Flag" was actually fired, which means that the commander was on that ship.

In fact, this is not a practice of Shen Mo's performance, but a practice of later navies.

Because as long as the ship enters the port, the waiting specifications are fixed. The purpose of hanging the flag is to tell the port who is coming from afar. In fact, this is also to facilitate the other party to prepare in advance.

For example, when Shen Mo is now at Najin Port in Japan, he will fire 21 cannons at the port as a welcome ceremony. This is the national system and cannot be careless at all.

But if there was no such flag, if the ship stopped until it stopped, it would be too rude to find that the ship was the commander. Then the port hurriedly summoned people to greet him.

However, Shen Mo did not pay attention to red tape at ordinary times. He once ordered that no salutes were allowed to be fired for the commander in domestic ports.

However, if Shen Mo went abroad, things like this would be very careless.

So, this is what Shen Mo said to be the commander's flag in advance today.

Here I want to talk about the matter of fire salutes. In fact, the habit of fire salutes originated from the British Navy.

In later British navy, once foreign ships entered the port, in order to show no hostility, the troops in the port usually fired artillery on their warships and shells in the shore defense cannon chambers into the air to show their friendliness.

Therefore, in Shen Mo's era, firing a salute became an important part of the navy's welcome ceremony.

Among this kind of etiquette, the highest welcome specification is to welcome prime ministers or kings from all over the world, and the number of salutes fired is twenty-one.

Shen Mo's trip to Danluo Island was actually within his own sphere of influence, so he did not hold those grand welcome ceremonies. However, it was still necessary that he set off a flag in advance to let the local supreme commander come to the dock to greet him in advance.

So when Shen Mo's ship stopped at the Danluo Island military port, he saw Shen Mo wearing military armor, riding down the bridge on a war horse, and directly following the plank road into the port.

Behind Shen Mo was the guards of the Mo-like camp of hundreds of cavalry. For a moment, the black armor surrounded Shen Mo and drove all the way into Danluo City.

At this time, Shen Mo was surrounded by Navy General Shi Baoying and Army Commander Jiang Baoshan.

When they walked outside the Danluo City Gate, they saw the bright yellow umbrella in the distance, and the Danluo royal family was waiting respectfully.

Shen Mo drove all the way to the front. Then he jumped off the war horse and helped King Gao Ruolang of Danluo and his sister Gao Ruolun who were kneeling to welcome him with both hands.

"In the future, the king does not have to go out to welcome the city, he just needs to welcome the city gate, nor does he need to kneel down." Shen Mo changed this set of welcome etiquette that was close to the welcome to the Danlu royal family without saying a word.

At this time, Gao Ruolang's whole body was already trembling!

Now he only thought of one sentence: "They brother and sister should be the master of the gods from beginning to end, Mr. Cui Minshi, who regards them as gods. He also has a god in his heart, that is the General Shen Mo in front of him!"

So now the King of Danluo was so nervous that he didn't even know where to put his hands. He only knew to look down at the tip of his shoes, and was timid and didn't know what to do.

"Come! Send His Majesty the King back to the palace."

Seeing the king's current appearance, Shen Mo knew that whatever he said would scare him to death, so he immediately ordered someone to send him back.

Then, Shen Mo turned his head and said to Gao Ruoshun: "I heard your master mention you... you are a good child."

"I dare not praise him as a lord." At this time, Gao Ruoshun bowed down. The girl thought for a long time but didn't know what to call General Shen Mo, so she simply chose the title of "lord".

"You brother and sister do your best. With me protecting you, you don't have to worry about anything." Shen Mo smiled and said to the two brothers and sisters.

Then he waved his hand and asked someone to send the two brothers and sisters of the Danluo royal family away, while he got on his horse again and ran towards the military camp.

...

This time Shen Mo went on a war, he brought seventeen huge warships, which is the full strength of their naval battle.

According to Shen Mo's naval battle ideas, in a fleet, it is best that the speed of all ships can meet the unified standards in order to exert all their strength during combat.

So under this idea, once a model of warship is established in Shen Mo's naval shipyard, they will continue to produce unified standards and models of warships like the assembly lines of later generations for naval combat.

The advantage of this method of ship building is that no matter whether it is a long-distance raid or continuous combat in naval battles, no warship will fall behind because the ship speed cannot keep up.

Moreover, once a warship is damaged during the operation, the crew on the warship only needs to disembark and board another warship and can immediately enter the battle.

Because the layout and structure of each warship are almost the same, from sailing to helm, from artillery to boarding battles, these naval soldiers do not need to re-familiarize the ships.

In later navies, after almost every type of warship was designed and finalized, 4 to 8 ships were usually built in batches, and upgraded immediately to make the next batch of warships built with better performance.

But that is because of the fierce technological competition and the ever-changing technological updates, it is necessary to do so.

Now, the navy under Shen Mo's technical advantages are far ahead of the world's countries. It is no exaggeration to say that even if other countries are given three or four hundred years, they will not be able to catch up.
Chapter completed!