The Chinese thunder finally started to stir up the land of the Qing Dynasty. Shanghai was just the first step, and then another fleet flowed upward from the Yangtze River Estuary to shock the entire Yangtze River Basin.

Lin Zhen was the commander of the Second Fleet, with the 7,500-ton Qinling being the temporary flagship, followed by the battleships, Minshan, Laoshan, and Yandang.

There were eight Chinese battleships in total. Xiang Ying brought out Yanshan, Taihang, Kunshan, and Lin Zhen was responsible for a wider area. He brought out Qinling Mountains, Minshan, Laoshan and Yandang.

The last finale was the 8,100-ton Tarzan, which is the latest battleship. Prussia has just been sent to the market for less than four months and is still running-in and debugging the equipment in the Pacific Ocean, and it has not allowed him to do this mission.

By the reputation of these mountains, you can also know the characteristics of the naming of Chinese warships. The greater the reputation, the more advanced the warship, and the greater the tonnage.

The four famous mountains only use one Mount Tai, and the other four mountains are useless. The Chinese people are definitely reluctant to use names such as Tianshan, Kunlun, and Himalayas.

If it is not the world's top warship, how could it be willing to use such a tall name?

Lin Zhen led four battleships, six cruisers and more than 30 small battleship gunboats, flowing upward along the estuary of the Yangtze River like a long dragon.

Wherever I went, the city and countryside were in an uproar. The banks of the Yangtze River were covered with people along the way, local gentry and even officials. They looked at the murderous fleet with responsibly expressions. Everyone knew that this day had really changed!

Many old gentry clasped their beards and said with emotion, "Press people with power! This is to suppress people with power... Without having to fire a shot or bullet, just relying on power, the Qing Dynasty would not dare to be a little disobedient..."

"Master Master! You have already shaken the hearts of the people without killing. Your luck has really changed, it has changed..."

"Yes! I remember that the long-haired hair was so powerful that the army passed by, forcing everyone to cut their braids and force everyone to believe in the foreign religion. Those who refuse to follow will be killed without mercy..."

"A lot of the countryside has become white, and all those who can run away have run away... That is to rule the hearts of the people with fear. Compared with the Xiao family, it is really a judgment on the superiority and inferiority!"

"The head of state does not kill people... just put its strength out like a mountain, it is as hard to shake. This is how to use power to suppress people!"

"After taking over the world, I still have to do this kind of kingly way! No, no... This is the way of the emperor!"

The people in Jiangnan have already begun. Through newspaper propaganda and the infiltration of new technologies around them, people have already understood what science and technology are and what new military is.

This place is different from other parts of the Qing Dynasty. People no longer see what kind of Western magic guns and cannons are. The superstitious colors in the past have gradually faded.

But when people learned the truth and broke their superstition, they became more respectful of this power. It turned out that this was not a magic of gods and devils, but a huge power invented and created by smart people.

When they figure this out, these people will admire these smart people who can invent and create powers that destroy the world!

There is no harm without comparison. When the Chinese and Qing dynasties compare with each other, it is clear that the people's hearts will go there!

Along the Yangtze River, it is close to the upstream, passing Baoshan, Chongming, Suzhou Changshu, and further ahead is the Jiangyin Fortress where the Chinese soldiers are located.

I saw the Jiangyin Fortress being entrenched in the dragon plate, and the entire fortress was directly inserted into the Yangtze River. The turbulent river water turned a corner here. The fortress was on ashore to prevent guns from standing on the shore, and the rotating muzzle could control the entire river surface!

All ships entering and leaving here are within the range of the fortress muzzle!

According to the details of the concession treaty signed by Emperor Tongzhi and the Chinese, the Chinese people in Jiangyin Fortress cannot have more than 600 Chinese troops! But today all the rules were broken, and Lin Zhen looked at the fortress getting closer and closer in front and sneered at the corner of his mouth.

The Jiangyin Fortress was already in full swing at this moment, and the six hundred defenders received the latest order. They already knew that the Chinese people wanted to control the entire Jiangnan.

The first-level combat readiness for the fortress to defend against all possible attacks. Of course, they also knew that in this era, the Qing Dynasty no longer had the courage to attack the Chinese.

All preparations for the fortress are to welcome the latest reinforcements!

The entire Jiangyin Fortress was filled with red flags, and the large fortress cannons with a caliber of 210 or above did not move, but the small rapid-fire cannons with a caliber of about 120 had already been loaded with empty ammunitions.

When the Qinling whistle sounded like a rainbow, the sound of cannons in the fortress was roaring, which scared the people of Jiangyin City at a loss. The officials of Jiangyin County were even more powerful. After hearing the cannons, Saya ran away, fled from the west gate with his wife and children, and headed straight to Nanjing.

The officials in the Qing Dynasty were not clean and they knew all their virtues. The group of people in the Shanghai County Government suddenly had no time to run away. Many of these local officials were afraid of settlement after the fall, so they simply didn’t become officials and ran away!

The Chinese people had no interest in these hamsters at all. Lin Zhen ordered a 3,000 troops to the Jiangyin Fortress and unloaded the three ships of weapons and ammunition to replenish them.

"Brothers of the fortress! Jiangyin Fortress is the throat of the Yangtze River. If you guard the Yangtze River Economic Belt here, you will not be bullied by foreign devils. The safety of all Chinese people is all about you!"

"The head of state has an order! Jiangyin Fortress will never fall...the soldiers entering the fortress...there will never be surrendered!"

Lin Zhen on the deck had no time to get off the ship, so the Qinling took him slowly to swim upstream. He stood on the deck and saluted to the fortress solemnly, watching the fortress leave his sight.

The morale in the Jiangyin Fortress was like rainbows, and thousands of defenders gathered to stand by!

"Jiangyin Fortress! There will never be surrendered soldiers!"

"Jiangyin Fortress! There will never be surrendered soldiers!"

"Jiangyin Fortress! There will never be surrendered soldiers!"

Not far from the fortress is the whole city of Jiangyin. There are the so-called 4,000 Banners Powerhouses in the city. It is said that they are just a group of ordinary people with family members.

The bannermen are just going to eat food when they serve in the army. Sometimes they are too lazy to be on duty and stand guard, so they spend dozens of copper coins to hire Han people to stand guard for them. Only these old men are impatient to endure hardships.

But today the Chinese military command of Jiangnan was fired, and the empty bags of Jiangyin Fortress fired, and all the Eight Banner soldiers on duty at the intersection fled home.

"Oh, mom! The Chinese people have entered... they are firing... we can't hold on... send a telegram to Jiangning, send a telegram to Zeng Jiushuai for help..."

It is not just Jiangyin. At this moment, all prefectures and counties along the Yangtze River that saw warships were asking for help from Jiangning. It was not the base camp of the Hunan Army, and it was also the only army in Jiangnan that could fight.

But does the Hunan Army dare to move? No one can underestimate Xiang Ying's determination. At this moment, another big excitement at the Shanghai Railway Station is taking place in full swing!
Chapter completed!