Shen Hai led the fleet, escorting the transport ships of Shen Guo that were ready to reinforce the island, and arrived at the open sea off Dongwan Island three days later.
Because he had lost contact, he had already determined that Dongwan City was more likely to be in a dire situation than not. Yet he did not retreat but instead led the fleet to continue charging towards Dongwan City.
According to his plan, he intended to severely damage the enemy naval fleet in the open sea, and then command the land military troops to forcibly charge onto the docks of Dongwan Port and take back Dongwan City.
He was still very confident in this: on one hand, his naval fleet was large enough; on the other hand, the land army he was escorting consisted of elite soldiers.
The Shen Guo naval fleet included 15 Ming Wheel Ships—already a formidable force that could not be ignored in the western part of the Endless Sea.
