Chapter 43: The Passage of Terror
On June 4, 1909, in front of the Fuming River and the first Bagua River of the river, dozens of fleets with British ships stopped on the river. The fleet consisted of two light cruisers, four destroyers, six gunboats, and about 20 merchant ships.
Donakin stood on the bridge in high spirits, dressed in a brand-new military uniform, and felt a dilemma as he looked at the complex river that crisscrossed the river. I thought that Lieutenant Colonel Williamt was greedy for life and afraid of death, and exaggerated the situation here, but I didn't expect this river to be like this. These small rivers all look similar, and you don't know where to get in. But going back like this, Donakin felt very shameless and unwilling.
"Lieutenant Commander Williamt, please order two light cruisers and two destroyers to advance!" Donakin ordered as he stared at William with dead eyes.
"Yes!" Williamt said with a helpless salute.
At this time, the commander of the infantry regiment, John Hanney, came over and said, "Your Excellency, I suggest that each ship be tied with a long rope, and even if we get lost in it, we can find them by the long rope." ”
After Donakin heard it, he felt that it made sense, or John Hanney had a good head, unlike Williamt, a pig-headed, who wanted to back down when he encountered difficulties.
Soon, two light cruisers and two destroyers were tied to the side of the ship with a large bundle of long ropes. Under Donakin's orders, four ships slowly sailed into the Fuming River to block the Bagua Passage of foreign enemies.
Seeing that the battleships had sailed into the channel, Donakin stared at the four battleships with a smile on his face, and even laughed at Williamt in his heart, a fool, who couldn't even think of such a simple way.
However, after Williamt saw the four battleships enter the complicated channel, his face suddenly became full of sadness, the environment inside has been experienced by himself, and only dragging that large bundle of long ropes can not solve the problem at all.
Now that Donakin hated himself, and his uncle was a naval officer of the British Empire, he could never offend him again. Only by letting him understand the horrors of this channel will he change his opinion of himself.
The captain of the cruiser Mary, Michael, only learned the complexity of the channel after entering the channel, and the more the ship went inside, the more complicated the channel became, and he did not know which channel to take. There are hundreds of waterways in this area, large and small, and some of the trees on both sides of the waterways even block the airway completely, and even a ray of sunlight can't penetrate it.
Fortunately, however, there was a large bundle of long ropes, and the battleship moved forward slowly, while one person put the rope on the side of the ship, so that even if he got lost, he could drive back along the rope.
"Captain! Captain! Look there! A sailor cried out in horror by pointing to the root of a large tree.
Michael looked in the direction of the water finger, and saw a huge python entrenched at the base of the big tree, and saw the huge head raised high, constantly snorting at the red core.
Python, Michael has seen it, but it is the first time he has seen such a huge python, this giant python weighs at least a few hundred pounds, which is very terrifying.
"Oh God! How could there be such an evil animal here? Michael exclaimed casually.
"Captain, do you want to destroy it?" Another sailor asked.
"Yes! Kill that evil animal for me right away, no matter how powerful the animal, it's shit in front of the warships of the British Empire. Michael said proudly and loudly. No matter how powerful the python is, it can't resist the attack of the naval guns.
The 40mm gunners heard the captain's agreement to destroy the python and began to reorient the guns.
Soon, the battleship's guns roared, and orange-red flames erupted from the barrels.
Boom! Boom! Boom! The gunners fired three shots in succession, and in an instant the giant python was torn apart, and the huge corpse was broken into several sections.
These guns are rapid-fire guns, so the fire speed is very fast, and the giant python is not in a hurry to react, and it is wiped out by the ruthless artillery.
Hahaha! Michael laughed arrogantly as he saw the giant python killed by a few shots, standing on the bridge. What shit, under the guns of the British Empire, there is only the fate of death.
Donakin and Williamt, who were outside the channel, heard the sound of artillery, and both of them were very nervous, not knowing what was happening, but they couldn't be contacted at all. Although the fleet of the British Empire dominated the world, and the British Empire was rich, it had not yet reached the point where every ship was equipped with telegraphs. Therefore, now the two can only be in a hurry.
"Lieutenant Colonel Williamt, you've been here, what do you think they've encountered?" Donakin asked anxiously, this Williamt is not very likable, but he is an experienced naval officer, and he is an officer who has personally passed through this waterway, so Donakin had to ask him.
Williamt thought for a moment and then said, "Your Excellency Colonel, if I guess I'm right, they must have encountered a python and then opened fire to strike. But that would be a big problem, there were a lot of pythons in there, and if those feared creatures went berserk, the sailors on the four ships inside could be wiped out. ”
Williamt has personally experienced these things, and remembers that he also ordered to shoot those giant pythons, but later he was retaliated by countless giant pythons, and many soldiers were ruthlessly strangled or dragged underwater by the giant pythons.
What the? Donakin couldn't believe these explanations, how could the python take revenge on humans, this was completely the lie of those wizards, how could Williamt, a dignified British Imperial naval officer, also tell such nonsense?
"Lieutenant Colonel Williamt, I order you to rescue them anyway, and order the remaining warships to sail into the channel at once to rescue those suffering children." Donakin was also really worried that the four battleships would never return, and in this case, he would definitely be severely punished.
Donakin is not a fool and does not dare to gamble with his future. There is a saying in the East that Lin believes that he has it, but he can't believe it.
"Your Excellency Colonel, based on the estimation of time, it will be useless for us to go in now, it will only add additional casualties, and I suggest that it is better to withdraw the troops quickly." It's not that Williamt doesn't want to rescue his men, but the pythons in there are very terrifying, and there are so many of them that as long as those creatures go berserk, it will be difficult to rescue them.
"Nope! You greedy for life and fear of death, you are not qualified to be an officer of the great British Empire Navy, you are just a selfish fellow, I must report you and remove you. Donner Blonde yelled frantically.