At this moment, on Suzhou Ocean near Lin'an, a fleet was heading towards Lin'an.

The so-called Suzhou Ocean is an ancient name, which refers to the ocean surface after going to the sea in Hangzhou Bay.

When this fleet arrived here, the Qiantang River mouth was not far ahead.

If you sail west along the Qiantang River, the fleet will reach the city of Lin'an.

This huge fleet is the navy under Shen Mo. Now, on the fleet's flagship mast, the seven-haired green fish flag representing the Tongzhou Navy General Shi Baoying, is flying in the sea breeze.

Shi Baoying stood on the bow of the ship, watching his officers constantly adjusting the ranks and gaps of the fleet, so that this huge fleet could move forward smoothly.

Shi Baoying is less than 30 years old this year, and his years of life at sea have made his skin look light bronze.

The days of leading the navy to fight in the east and west also made his face more resolute, and the lines on his face became more sharp and profound.

Compared with the little Pelicans in Lin'an back then, this young naval general is obviously more powerful and more majestic.

However, the high fighting spirit that flashed in his eyes always showed that he was still the passionate heroic boy back then.

When this fleet arrived near the Qiantang River mouth, the fleet began to slow down slowly, and the tall naval battleships that were escorting gradually stopped.

Because these giant ships sailing at sea have too deep drafts, they are difficult to cross the canal to reach Lin'an Wharf even if they enter the Qiantang River estuary.

So their escort mission ends here, and the rest will be left to let the Lin'an squadron in the team move forward alone.

When Shi Baoying stepped down from the flagship, his flag of Navy General was also lowered on the flagship.

It was not until he boarded the Black Pearl steamer that his flag was slowly rising on the steamer.

Sixteen huge main warships on the sea put away their sails, anchored at the Qiantang River mouth, and temporarily moored here.

The general Shi Baoying led the Lin'an squadron and headed west along the Qiantang River estuary.

...Although this fleet is called a squadron, its scale is actually astonishingly large.

In this fleet, there are more than 20 steamships built by Shen Mo in the past few years.

Some of these steamships served as naval warships in Shi Baoying's troops, while others served as inland gunboats, which specifically provided support for the commander's combat operations in the inland.

The most numerous here are twelve steam tugs. They are not big in size and have low drafts, but they are suitable for various sea conditions and river navigation.

Moreover, the steam engines they load are all the latest reciprocating models, with extremely strong power.

With just one tug like this, you can tow a long row of wooden flat-bottomed cargo ships like trains and advance in the inland rivers.

For example, the tasks of transporting ammunition and raising supplies from the Henan people who used to fly in the past are now carried out by them.

For example, in this battle of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, these tugboats transported troops along various rivers in the Yanyun area, making great contributions.

Moreover, in the final stage of the battle, they transported a large number of heavy artillery to various defense nodes.

In addition, the flat-bottomed inland shallow water gunboats looked murderous compared to the tugboats, because their bodies were filled with gun barrels! During the Jin Dynasty’s invasion battle a few years ago, these small inland gunboats protected the entire northern wall of Lin'an City with a few ships.

This made it difficult for Wanyan Shouxu's army to invade Lin'an, and he made great contributions.

These inland gunboats have also been verified by war, proving that they are very effective weapons.

Especially in the southern areas where rivers are crisscrossing, they can often appear in unexpected places of the enemy's army, providing shelling support to their inland troops.

Therefore, Shen Mo also ordered the construction of four such gunboats, which made the total number of inland gunboats with strong adaptability and powerful firepower in Shen Mo's army sequence reach eight.

In the Lin'an squadron, in addition to these twenty-four steamships, there are also a large number of cargo ships.

Now these cargo ships and merchant ships are protected under the wings of gunboats like chickens.

In fact, Shi Baoying allowed the fleet to maintain such a formation, but only followed the Navy's regulations to act.

From a combat perspective, there is actually no need for them to face a great enemy like this.

In this era, let alone a small Qiantang River estuary, no fleet dared to challenge Shen Mo's navy in the entire Pacific Ocean! Moreover, the only country that can build ships and artillery is Mongolia, but they have almost no warship that can threaten the Tongzhou Navy.

...Now these cargo ships are all filled with people coming from Tongzhou and overseas. They are Shen Mo's personal team and direct troops.

Now when they gradually approach Lin'an with this huge fleet, everyone on the cargo ship was also excited.

At this moment, Shi Baoying had already seen a large number of Japanese Blood Cherry Warriors soldiers lined up neatly, kneeling down and bowing towards Lin'an... Because this is the place where their master and commander Shen Mo are! These Japanese people seem to kowtow whenever they have the chance and bow when they find an excuse.

At this time, before the Lin'an city wall was looking at Ying'er, the group of people began to worship, which made Shi Baoying on the deck laugh.

There were several other people standing next to Shi Baoying, among which were his capable subordinates in the navy, Lieutenant General Jiang Xuanzi and his big chin.

In recent years, Jiang Xuanzi made many military achievements and has become the second-ranked figure in the navy.

The big chin Baotian was sent to America by Shen Mo because he made a mistake before.

After passing through the American ranks, the big chin was considered a loss of merit and re-entered the sequence of the navy generals.

After years of maritime hardships, Bao Tian is indeed much more stable now.

Bao Tian was promoted to Lieutenant General by General Shen Mo for his contributions to the American fleet.

At the same time, as a member of the expedition team, he was also worth an astonishing amount.

But compared to these, our big chins value more is to return to the naval sequence and become a member of the naval warrior again.

At this moment, Bao Tian looked at Lin'an City gradually approaching in the distance, and also hoped to go further with the commander and make greater contributions in future battles.

On the other side of Shi Baoying was the rising star in his navy, Wu Jun, the big tongue boy back then.

This Wu Jun is agile and brave. He once led the warship "Flying Henan People" to make several great achievements.

Now his tongue has passed an arrow wound that penetrates his cheek, and has basically restored his normal speaking function.
Chapter completed!