Chapter 6: Capture the Heart of the Ocean
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Taking a deep breath, Smith and his party came to the telegraph room heavily. Designer Andrew pointed to the drawings and said: "The front cabin, the three cargo holds, and the No. 6 boiler have all entered the water, and now there is nowhere to enter the water." The ship is sinking. โ
"When are you going to sail?" Ishme, chairman of the White Star Company, was dissatisfied.
"It's okay if four watertight compartments are broken, but now there are five. He was about to sink, and the bow of the ship sank first, and the sea water poured from the bow to the stern, and finally ยทยทยทยทยท"
"Is it okay to use a pump?" The captain asked unrelentingly.
"It's useless, only a few minutes of delay. No matter what you do now, the Titanic has nothing to ask for. Andrew said in frustration.
"This ship won't sink!" Izmay roared unwillingly.
"He's made of iron, he'll sink, I'm very bookish." Andrew said firmly.
"How much time is left?" Smith didn't bother to argue about these frivolous questions, he had a hunch before Andrew came, and now let's do something practical.
"One hour, up to two hours". Andrew replied after a pause.
"Shhh When those present heard it, they felt that the air was cold.
"How many people are on board?" Although Captain Smith's face was calm, his heart was already turbulent.
"Two thousand two hundred!" First mate Mu replied.
"It's really in the headlines!" Smith said in despair. You know, if it weren't for this guy who doesn't know anything about it, how could he risk giving the order to keep going at full speed? I also blame myself for being old and obsessed, and I still want to retire with honors, and now I finally made a big mistake. Smith regretted it
Tears are about to fall out.
Back in the telegraph room, the ship's advanced telegraph machine finally got down to business, and the rich people were not there to shoot telegrams from the New York Stock Exchange. It's a pity that the telegram it was going to send turned out to be "The Titanic is about to sink." โ
Unfortunately, after the telegram was sent, only the nearby Cauchy Pea received a response, and it took four hours to reach the area of the accident at the earliest. In fact, there was an American steamer near the Titanic at that time, but unfortunately, the American steamer in this sea area was warned by icebergs, and it didn't dare to start the ship at night, and what made people even more desperate was that the telegraph transmitter of the American steamer actually turned off the phone and went to sleep. The most beneficial and powerful rescue of more than 2,000 lives on the Titanic was lost because a telegraph operator turned off the phone and went to sleep.
It's a pity that they don't know these Smiths, and even if they do, they can't change the outcome of the disaster.
They are organizing sailors to plant transport boats. Among them is Situ Nan, who is now under Mu, and he has followed Mu since the accident, because the captain and Mu have the most right to know, and the escape work is also arranged by them.
While there was still some time, the people in the first class were still in line. Mu walked over and pulled Situ Nan aside and said, "I should listen to you, if you hit the iceberg directly without turning it, the Titanic will not sink!" It's all my fault. Mu's eyes were full of regret.
"No, it's none of your business. You've done your best. It's not something you want to see. You are a wonderful first mate, and I am very proud of you. Situ Nan comforted Mu, "Now hurry up and organize the escape work, and try to have as many people as possible!" โ
Although he didn't know that this cousin seemed to have the ability to predict, Mu thought that if he could do what Situ Nan said, the result would not be like this. But it's useless to talk too much, so let's try to make up for it. Mu looked at his cousin Situ Nan holding his young face, and strangely, he didn't seem to be flustered at all, and really assisted himself in putting down the traffic boat in an orderly manner.
He's still so young, he must be allowed to live. Mu secretly made up his mind.
What Mu didn't know was that Situ Nan had foreseen this moment since the first day I crossed, and he had been depressed and under a lot of pressure before the Titanic hit the iceberg, but now that it has finally happened, there is no need to suffer from gains and losses, and all the pressure seems to be gone all at once. Situ Nan just wants to fight hard now.
Since there are only three winches on one side, only three traffic boats can be placed at a time. Thanks to the efforts of the sailors, the first transport boats were already mounted on the winches and were ready to board. But the infuriating thing is that at the moment of life and death, some passengers in the first class cabin are unwilling to queue up outside for fear of the cold and hide indoors. Some of them are posturing.
"Let the woman and the child go first." Situ Nan said to Mu.
"Wait, the captain hasn't given the order yet." Mu said.
"Still waiting for him? He was on the side of the ship, almost thirty meters apart, and it took a lot of time to go back and forth. Every second counts at this critical juncture, and even Captain Smith would do that here. If you don't hurry, it will be chaotic later. Situ Nan urged.
As Situ Nan said, on the other side of the ship, Smith was already completely panicked, and the second mate Murdoch next to him was about to shout loudly that he was reacting.
Mu immediately made a decision, stood up and shouted to the passengers who had already lined up: "Line up, women and children will board the ship first." Mu shouted as he instructed the passengers to wait for the boat.
Also on the other side, Murdoch also directed the passengers to wait for the ship.
The first transport boat loaded thirty men and was put down. Originally, the traffic boat was designed to carry more than 50 people, but the problem was that because the traffic boat had to be lowered into the sea, the traffic could not be fully loaded and then put down. Even so, there are people who are not satisfied.
"Are lifeboats graded? Let's hope it won't be too crowded! Situ Nan was about to instruct the passengers to wait for the ship when he suddenly heard a woman next to him say impatiently.
"Damn, what the hell is saying such cold-blooded things?" Situ Nan's heart was cold when she heard this, how could these people have such thoughts, now that they don't even have enough traffic boats, they still want to be comfortable, she doesn't know that one more vacant position will result in one more life and death.
Situ Nan looked back, it turned out to be Rose's mother, no wonder, this old witch, Situ Nan was about to teach her a lesson, but saw Rose strike first, Rose angrily dragged her mother and said, "Enough, don't talk about it." The sea is frozen, and these transport boats are not enough, and half of them will die. โ
"It's not the good half that dies." Hawke said with a sneer, that kind of indescribable pride.
Situ Nan was really speechless, how could these two people have a high sense of hierarchy so high that they could ignore the lives of others.
โ**youall.โ Situ Nan turned around and scolded, "You guys can't go or not, if you don't leave, give the opportunity to others, don't run for your life next to others." โ
"Come on, there's a place here." Mrs. Brown summoned to Mother and Rose.
Rose and Hawke didn't know what they were talking about, so Situ Nan didn't bother to pay attention, but when they saw Rose's mother's slow appearance, they became angry, walked over and hugged each other, and almost threw the old immortal into it. Seeing that this traffic boat was only loaded with about 20 people, and there were still many vacant seats, Situ Nan talked to Andrew, knowing that a search traffic boat could carry 65 people slowly and bear the weight of 70 people, and if this traffic boat was fired, it would mean that forty lives that could have survived would be buried in the sea.
Situ Nan thought to himself that he wouldn't let these people go so chic, and there happened to be two noble ladies who were not good at death, and they were still in the mood to chat, so without saying a word, he directly pulled them into the traffic boat. How could these delicate ladies be the opponents of Situ Nan, a rude sailor, Situ Nan ignored their chirping and protested, and said to his colleagues in a low and stern voice: "Hurry up, fill the traffic boat." โ
"It's dangerous to be fully loaded, you can't do this!" Someone protested.
"Shut up! You know? These boats are very sturdy, can carry the weight of 70 people, and if they are not full, more than 40 lives would be in your hands. โ
Although some people are not used to Situ Nan's rudeness, they usually don't dare to offend these first-class guests and crew members at all, and it is normal to be shouted and drunk by them. But now at the moment of life and death, under Situ Nan's somewhat brutal methods, those noble first-class guests don't care so much, it's important to escape, it's better to listen to this rude man's arrangement to escape early. As if robbing someone, Situ Nan saw the women and children passing by, so he half-persuaded and half-forcibly stuffed into the traffic boat, and immediately put the traffic boat down when there were enough people. This makes it a lot more efficient, and there are more people pretending to be than in history.
Originally, these roles should have been done by Mu, but he was also busy directing a winch and couldn't handle so much, and at the same time, seeing Situ Nan's hideous face, he could shock the scene, why not?
As soon as the first batch of traffic boats was put down, a firework was launched in the sky, and the brilliant fireworks caused a commotion, and the passengers in the second and third class below saw the passengers in the first class and began to make a traffic boat to escape. All of a sudden, the passengers of the whole ship, especially the passengers of the second and third classes, poured up. It's a pity that the waiter who got the order blocked the staircase door, while still instigating to deal with the passengers who couldn't get up at the door and became more and more excited.
More and more people poured up on the deck, many struggling to escape. The sailors are blocking the wall and are trying to maintain order. When Situ Nan turned around, Hawke and Rose were gone, and the two seemed to have an argument just now, but Situ Nan had no time to pay attention to their complicated love triangle.
What made Situ Nan cry and laugh was that the band Lao Bi also ran to the deck with a few old guys to play, the first class is the first class, it is really worthy of the luxurious name of the Titanic, and even the rich people have music to accompany them to escape.
"Damn it, come here." Situ Nan happened to see Laura looking around with a box in her hand, as if she was looking for someone, so he shouted at Laura.
"Hi, Stoney." Laura laughed.
Damn, when is it and are you still in the mood to say hello? "Hurry up" Situ Nan didn't say a word, leaving Laura's box on the side, and then suddenly picked up Laura and stuffed it into the traffic boat.
Seeing that the traffic boat was almost full, Situ Nan motioned to the sailors to put the traffic boat down.
"Ahh There was a shout, and because the ropes lowered at both ends of the winch were of different lengths, the guide boat tilted, and the passengers sitting inside let out a scream.
Fortunately, the sailor had a lot of experience, and immediately adjusted his balance, and after a lot of hard work, he finally succeeded in putting the traffic boat down.
At this time, almost half an hour had passed, and Situ Nan had not had time to get on the traffic boat, and he was a little anxious.
Situ Nan looked at Mu and found that he was standing with Hawke, who seemed to be begging him for something. Mu began to ignore Hawke, Hawk suddenly stuffed something into Mu's pocket, this scene Situ Nan seems to be familiar, when he watched a movie in his previous life, didn't Hawke bribe Mu?
What a rich boy! Hey, it seems that the heart of the ocean is in the pocket of Hawk's coat, but he later gave the coat to Rose, but he didn't expect that Rose felt with Jack after getting on the traffic boat, so Rose suddenly jumped off the traffic boat. Hawke lost his mind because of the loss of beauty and diamonds, and snatched the bodyguard's gun to kill Jack and Rose. Now that the coat is still on Hawke, doesn't that mean that the heart of the ocean is in that coat pocket? I don't know how to think about it, Situ Nan suddenly had a crazy idea. He walked over, took Hawke by the arm with one hand, and said, "Mr. Hawke, hurry up and get into the boat." "It was like going to get Hokla into a transport boat.
Hawke thought that his money had worked, and Mu asked his men to send him on the boat to escape, and he couldn't help but praise Mu for his refreshment.
Mu took Hawke's money, and there was a ghost in his heart, thinking that he was seen by Situ Nan, so Situ Nan would take it upon himself to send Hawke to the traffic boat, and he didn't object for a while, as for the other sailor next to him, he pretended not to see it when he saw that Mu had no opinion, and he knew that he was a rich man by looking at Hawke, aren't those rich people like this? What's more, this sailor has a good relationship with Situ Nan.
In this way, under each mind, Situ Nan's conspiracy succeeded, and when everyone was not paying attention, he unknowingly took out a necklace in Hawke's pocket with one hand, and quickly put it into his pocket. Seeing that Hawke was about to wait for the traffic boat, Situ Nan felt a burst of pride in his heart.
At this time, Mu suddenly grabbed Situ Nan, and then put his hand into Situ Nan's pocket. In an instant, when Situ Nan thought that he was about to be exposed, his heart was about to jump out, and his face couldn't help but turn pale. If Hawke had known he had taken his diamonds, he wouldn't have shot himself with a gun. Situ Nan couldn't help but regret the greed just now, as if the ghost made the god worse, as if the body was not under his control, this feeling also appeared last time, when he saved Rose, Hawke's bodyguard gave him 20 dollars, and he also seemed to subconsciously control Hawke's money, almost without thinking about it. Before this, he was bent on running for his life, why did he suddenly do such a stupid thing? It seems that this body still has side effects, that is, habitual pickpockets! This quirk was left by his predecessor, damn it flare up when he was about to have a chance to escape, and Situ Nan could almost imagine the next second Hawke burst his head with a gun.
"Stoney, help me take care of Mary and Tom." Mu's hand quickly retracted. Situ Nan looked down at his pocket, and there was a large stack of banknotes in it, which was heavy. It's so dangerous, I thought my "crime" was exposed by Mu! It turned out that Mu asked himself to take care of Mu's family, that is, Situ Nan's cousin Mary and nephew Tom.
Situ Nan swallowed his saliva with difficulty, exhaled a breath of turbidity, and was relieved. "Would take good care of them. I swear. Situ Nan said to Mu.
"Okay." patted Situ Nan on the shoulder and smiled with relief, as if he was relieved. In fact, Situ Nan knew that most of the crew members on the Titanic were buried at the bottom of the sea with the Titanic, except for a very small number of sailors, they gave the opportunity to the passengers.
Situ Nan is one of the lucky ones, although he has his own deliberate planning, suggesting that Mu has helped a lot behind the scenes. It is a bit selfish to say for various reasons, but even if he does it again, Situ Nan will not regret his choice.
When Hawke was almost on the boat, his bodyguards appeared, and Hawke's bodyguards said to Hawke, "They're on the other side, with him." โ
Hawke hesitated for a while, only to hear him say, "If you want to die, let's go to hell together." With that, Hawke left with his bodyguards.
Situ Nan knew that Hawke had trouble with Jack and Rose, but Hawke tried in vain in the end, and Rose didn't even want her life in order to choose to be with Jack, and the two of them could see that they were deeply affectionate.
In fact, if you think about it, isn't Hawke the same for Rose? Although Situ Nan couldn't see all kinds of Hawke, but at this moment, Situ Nan felt that Hawke was also very manly. is the richest boy, Hawke can give everything to Rose, as for the discord between the two is another matter.
"Alright, we're ready to put the boat in the water." Mu said loudly.
At this time, while Mu was not paying attention, Ismay, the chairman of the White Star Company, who was standing next to the traffic boat, suddenly flashed in and picked it in. The chairman of the steamship company abandoned his customers at the last minute and escaped. Mu Yi turned around and saw Yi Shimei sitting on the traffic boat, but he didn't say anything, as if he hadn't seen it, but his expression was full of disdain.
"Be careful, put it down slowly, and pay attention to the balance." With Mu's gesture command, the traffic boat stabilized the groundwater. Not only Yismei breathed a sigh of relief, but Situ Nan also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and the more than sixty people on the entire traffic boat, including them, knew that they had finally been saved. Situ Nan looked at Mu affectionately, for this cousin, he had received a lot of help from him, and even came to take advantage of his feelings, because Situ Nan was no longer the original Situ Nan, but a soul from a hundred years, Situ Nan did not have too deep feelings for Mu during this time, until this moment Situ Nan suddenly felt deep guilt and gratitude for this person named Mu. This farewell will be eternal, rest assured, I will do what you have entrusted me with. It's a man's commitment.
Situ Nan said silently in his heart.
The traffic boat hit the water, Situ Nan and another sailor untied the ropes tied to both ends, and the lottery was drawn, and the traffic boat gradually moved away from the Titanic.
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