Gao Junshan very much agreed with his eldest son's decision to de-Westernize Nanyang, and called him back, ordering him not to be merciful to Kuala Lumpur.

"Jinling No. 1" rode the wind and waves on the Bering Sea, although the sea surface was turbulent, but the ice floes that appeared before are now gone, the fleet has been sailing on the Bering Sea for seven days, during these seven days, all the white fog is vast, no sunlight has been seen, fortunately every evening will disperse, through the lighting, the speed of the fleet's progress has been accelerated.

Because there was no sunlight and the sextant did not work, the fleet could no longer sail according to the route on the chart, and now it was only possible to know the approximate position of the fleet, but not to determine the specific position.

The fleet had been sailing at a speed of 9-12 knots, and in the middle of the night on September 8, a half moon appeared in the night sky in the east.

"The moon is out!"

I don't know who shouted, and this sound attracted a lot of people to come out of the deck to watch.

Gao Junshan also heard the movement, he wanted to get up to take a look, Liu Ru said thoughtfully: "Your Majesty, let's go again after dawn, it's easy to catch a cold in the middle of the night." ”

Gao Junshan said: "If the moon really comes out, tomorrow must be a good weather, and everyone has been suffocated to death in the past few days, and there are endless foggy days." ”

Liu asked, "If the sun comes out tomorrow, does it mean that we have arrived in the Americas?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "In terms of voyage, we should go to the Americas, hoping to see the land of the Americas tomorrow." ”

Gao Junshan still got up, Liu Ru couldn't resist him, as long as he went, he asked him to put on a fur coat.

Gao Junshan walked out of the rest cabin, and a guard on duty saw Gao Junshan come out, and hurriedly saluted, Gao Junshan said to him: "Let's go, let's go outside to see the moon." ”

On the starboard side of the deck, there were already many people looking at the moon, most of them were sailors and soldiers, and when they saw that the emperor was coming, they all made a way, and the high mountain went to the best viewing position, and looked up to the east, and half of the dark red moon hung in the sky.

The people on the deck cheered excitedly, and some began to shout long live the emperor.

Gao Junshan hurriedly gestured to everyone to be quiet, and only after the scene was completely quiet did he say: "We can see tomorrow's sun soon, at this moment we should seize the time to rest, you yelling on the deck will not only affect the rest of others, but also delay your own sleep, go back, after the sun comes out tomorrow, there will be more things waiting for you to do." ”

Everyone listened to Gao Junshan's persuasion, and all dispersed, Gao Junshan came to the cockpit, and at this time, the chief mate was on duty, and Gao Junshan asked him about the navigation of the battleship.

"Back to the mountain, the speed in the first half of the night was 9 knots, and the visibility in the second half of the night was excellent, and the speed increased to 12 knots."

Shen Baichuan reported the speed of the voyage to the high mountains, and his eyes never left the sea.

Gao Junshan said: "Pay attention to the speed and heading, it is likely that you will be able to see the land after dawn." ”

"The mountain chief can rest assured, the students will not miss it."

Gao Junshan returned to the rest cabin, and Liu Ru lay on the bed and did not sleep.

"Sleep!" Gao Junshan took off his coat, sat on the edge of the bed and whispered.

"Your Majesty, aren't you sleeping?"

"I can't sleep! For some reason, the closer I got to America, the more I couldn't sleep. ”

Liu Ru sat up from the bed and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine can't sleep with you." ”

Gao Junshan smiled and said, "You can sleep in peace!" ”

……

The next morning, the sun was shining and the waves were calm. The speed of the fleet was increased to 18 knots. At eight o'clock sharp, the sun burst out of the clouds, and the warm sunlight shone on the deck of the battleship.

At 10:15 a.m., a piece of land finally appeared.

"Land! Land! ”

The first to see the land was the lookout on the top watchtower, who shouted as he relayed the message to everyone in the cockpit.

The cockpit of the battleship is the command cabin, Gao Junshan stood in front of the command platform and saw the land in the distance, he held up his glasses and kept watching, hoping that the battleship would land immediately.

Captain Wang Wenliang excitedly picked up the microphone, and he wanted to announce to all the personnel of the ship that the voyage was coming to an end.

The speed began to decelerate, 18 knots, 15 knots, 10 knots, 6 knots......

The mainland is getting closer and closer, and the high mountains are already seeing a patch of green, which are mountain peaks.

Gao Junshan ordered: "Follow the coastline to find the mouth of the Cascoquam River." ”

The Cascoquam River is a river in the southwest of Alaska, originating from the western slope of Alaska Ridge, with a total length of 1,165 kilometers, a basin area of 124,000 square kilometers, and an average flow of 1,896 cubic meters per second in the estuary. The 800 km section above the estuary is navigable.

Then the battleship sailed some distance along the coast and realized that this was not a continent in the Americas, but an island.

The captain was a little discouraged, and he begged Gao Junshan: "Captain, can you camp on this island?" ”

Gao Junshan was full of confidence, and he encouraged everyone: "Don't be discouraged, we have already discovered the island, so it will not be very far from the mainland." ”

Then he gave the order to reorient himself and sail eastward, for he judged that the island he had now discovered was most likely Mekoyuk, and it was clear from the nautical charts that Mekoyuk was on the west side of the Cascoquim River.

"Right full rudder!" Captain Wang Wenliang gave the order to turn the rudder.

The battleship "Jinling No. 1" slowly changed course, and the fleet commander Zheng Chenggong conveyed Gao Junshan's order to all the ships behind it.

"Full speed ahead!"

This is an order issued by Gao Junshan, because the sea at this time is as calm as a mirror, and the long-lost sunshine makes people feel refreshed, and when will it not speed up at this time?

Two hours later, I found land again, and this time the land I saw was the real West Coast of America.

Since there was no wind on the sea, the battleship sailed steadily, and a flock of seagulls, seeing a huge uninvited guest, flew far into the deep sea.

The fleet sailed close to the coastline, and the speed had dropped to 5 knots.

Everyone's mood is relaxed and happy, after so many days and nights, today is finally "home".

Finally seeing the mouth of the Cascoquim River, the captain sounded his whistle and instructed the helmsman to adjust course and prepare to enter the river.

Gao Junshan ordered the battleship to drop anchor and sent ten speedboats along the river to reconnoiter the water situation.

After lunch, the fleet, guided by speedboats, slowly sailed into the Cascoquim River......

Finally stepping on the land of America, Gao Junshan stood in front of the command platform, looking at the scenery on both sides of the Cascoquim River with a telescope, and imagined a bright future for China in his heart.