A thousand chapters
Fireworks constantly go off the deck and then explode high in the sky. Brilliant fireworks fill the night sky, and if this were a weekday, it would surely cause cheers.
But at this moment, the deck was full of terrified people.
The bow of the ship began to sag, and the sailors had begun to put lifeboats into the water.
Dolgon didn't understand these Westerners, it's all at this time. The ship's orchestra is still playing on deck!
In the case of life and death, Mrs. Margaret Brown no longer shies away from it. She took her retinue and came to Dolgon's side.
Astor followed him like a puppy, but Dorgon still saw a trace of extreme hatred in the way he looked at him.
Although he hid it well, he was seen by the perceptive Dorgon.
"Women! Old man! Children get into the lifeboat first. First mate Murdoch on deck shouted loudly, in order to maintain order on deck. He has a revolver in his hand!
Captain Smith stood inside the wheelhouse, and in front of him stood the designer Andrew. Because it was a maiden voyage, Andrew was also on board.
"Sea water has flooded one bow tip compartment, three bow cargo compartments and the No. 6 boiler compartment, and sea water has overflowed from the top of the submerged water-lock outlet and is beginning to pour into the third class.
Further covering the upper H deck, the bow began to sink slowly, and the fate of the inevitable sinking was in fact already sealed.
The maximum limit of water that can be carried into the watertight compartment is four, and the part of the cabin that can be flooded exceeds the limit of five rooms.
A large number of workers in the No. 6 boiler room are trying to remove the stagnant water, but the rate of water inflow has not been affected much. ”
While looking at the drawings, I listened to Captain Smith's briefing. Andrew's brows were greatly twisted into a Sichuan character!
After five minutes of nervous calculation, Andrew reluctantly said to Captain Smith: "It's over!" The ship could not be saved. ”
"Isn't this ship said to be unsinkable?" Smith looked at Andrew in exasperation.
"Captain Smith, you're an old sailor too. Is there a ship in this world that will not sink? Andrew asked rhetorically, and Smith had nothing to say.
He sat down in a chair in a decadent manner, according to Western custom. As soon as a ship sinks, the captain usually dies with his own ship.
"Captain Smith, there's a big problem." Andrew thought for a moment, looked at Smith helplessly, and said.
"What worse news could there be." Smith looked at Andrew irritably.
"The lifeboat on the ship can carry one thousand one hundred and seventy-eight people. But the total number of people on our ship ......, two thousand two hundred and twenty-four.
In other words...... more than half of the people can't get into the lifeboat. At the current water temperature, the body will lose temperature if you lie in the water for ten minutes.
And then ......, it will be swallowed up by the Atlantic. ”
Andrew said a very bad news, and Smith looked at Andrew in shock: "Why are there not enough lifeboats?" ”
"Because, the company believes that the Titanic will never sink. And...... The same goes for you! ”
"Damn it!" Smith slapped the table hard.
"Now we need to look forward to the fact that there are ships passing by here. Otherwise, more than a thousand people would surely have died. ”
"The news must be blocked immediately and Murdoch must be allowed to organize women, children and the elderly to get into the lifeboats first. Men stay at the end! Smith made a quick decision.
"Are you sure that people will have a scruple about being a gentleman in the event of life and death?"
"So what do you say?"
"Since lifeboats are not enough, then block the news. Because once the news is leaked, more people may die. ”
"Alright! How much time do we have left? ”
"At the current rate of water intake, it will be an hour at most."
"Alright! May God bless you! Captain Smith spoke, and went to the deck except for the door.
The message needs to be blocked, but the first mate Murdoch needs to know. At this time, I can't trust anyone, so I can only tell him myself.
There are no impermeable walls in the world, and Lady Margaret Brown had already learned the news before Murdoch when Captain Smith stepped onto deck and had not yet told Murdoch the news.
"Dorgon, there's bad news."
"What could be worse?" Dorgon looked at the deck full of people.
"There aren't enough lifeboats, and only half of the people here will survive." Mrs. Margaret Brown whispered.
"I knew it wasn't going to be that simple. Ada, Tabai, go back and copy the guys. At Dolgon's order, Ada and Tabai rushed back to the cabin with five of Dolgon's men without the slightest hesitation.
"This ......!" Mrs. Margaret Brown was astonished, and if he ordered his men to go down to the cabin now, they would have refused.
Now she was sure that Dolgon was a nobleman.
"There is no gentlemanly demeanor in life and death, only the strong can survive." Dolgon pulled Lady Margaret Brown and Elizabeth as she slowly approached a lifeboat.
The bottom cabin had already begun to flood, and Ada and Tabai were knee-deep in their cabins.
But they still found their own salute and didn't care about anything else. Everyone pulled out two box cannons and a bullet bag!
The box cannon has as many as 20 rounds of ammunition. The firepower is definitely not comparable to the revolver.
It can be said that these seven people and fourteen box guns are already the pinnacle of firepower on the ship.
A few people rushed to the deck with wading through the water, and the water that was still knee-deep just now was waist-deep.
The sea water was cold and cold, soaking his pants and freezing his bones.
Dolgon saw a few sailors and approached him to put the lifeboat down. Behind them were a large group of women, the elderly, and children.
"Get out of the way!" A strong sailor slammed Dolgon away with his shoulder.
"What?" Dorgon asked viciously.
"Let the elderly, the children, and the women get into the lifeboat first, do you have the gentlemanly demeanor.
Oh, it turned out to be an Oriental, no wonder. Seeing Dolgon's complexion, the sailor sneered playfully.
The people behind him also sarcastically mocked Dorgon.
Ignoring the men, Dorgon simply pulled out his revolver and pulled the trigger on the sailor's head.
"Bang!" The bullet passed through the sailor's head, and the huge inertia carried half of the head directly into the sea.
The corpse fell on the deck with a "poof".
"Ah......h The women let out heart-rending screams and fled in all directions!
The remaining two sailors also raised their hands and slowly retreated.
"The gentlemanly demeanor of bullshit, the strong deserve to live." Dorgon pointed his gun at everyone, though he knew he only had five bullets in his hand. But no one dared to rush up and eat Dorgon's bullets!
"What do you do?" Murdoch also rushed over with a revolver, followed by a dozen able-bodied sailors.
"Go away, we've booked this lifeboat." Dorgon didn't look at Murdoch and his revolvers.
"You're so shameless, go away, and if you don't go away, I'll kill you." Murdoch grimaced, this was the first guy to openly snatch a lifeboat.
He still has a weapon in his hand, damn it, how did he bring a gun on the boat.
This bird must be defeated, otherwise the order on the ship will be thrown into chaos in an instant.
"Put down your gun, or I'll shoot you." Elizabeth's revolver, directly on Murdoch's head.
"You think you have more guns to talk to me like that, you look back." Dolgon had a sad smile on his face.
He doesn't care what the others do, I'm just alive anyway.
Murdoch was a little puzzled, and the man in front of him had a mysterious confidence on his face.
But he turned around, and he saw a platoon of gunners with guns he hadn't seen before.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ……! The gunshots rang out, and the deck, which had just been somewhat orderly, was instantly chaotic.
Fourteen box guns fired wildly at the crew, only five or six meters away. Before the sailors could return fire, they were shot and killed.
After all, they are just sailors, and Dorgon's men are all elites who have survived on the run for more than ten years.
"Bang!" Elizabeth pulled the trigger, and Murdoch's head was shattered. The smell of blood splattered Elizabeth.
"Quick, get on board with your men." Dolgon propped himself up and jumped into the lifeboat first.
"Oh!" Mrs. Margaret Brown never dreamed that Dorgon would dare to come to the rescue of the lifeboat.
And! How did they get on board with so many of my small arms?
Mrs. Margaret Brown was accompanied by a dozen men, including a cowering Mr. Astor.
Dorgon gestured to Ada and threw Elizabeth into the lifeboat. Eventually, Ada and the others jumped up as well.
Once on board, they paddled desperately. Dolgon knew that it was time to stay away from the Titanic, otherwise the Titanic would be silent. The powerful vortex was enough to suck the crowded lifeboat to the bottom of the sea.
On the dark sea, Titanic is like a desolate beast that emerges from the water. Dorgon caused chaos on the aft deck, and many people began to fight for lifeboats.
Even in a short split second, many people formed alliances.
Strangely, most of the guys who form alliances are first or second class. Those in the third class and at the bottom rarely form alliances.
In a fight at this time, the side with more people naturally has the advantage.
The people in the lower cabins could only watch as the people on the upper deck occupied one lifeboat after another.
Defeated, they could only kneel on the ground and beg those people to behave well and take away their wives and children.
Pleading sometimes helps, but most of them don't. At this time, survival is the most important thing. Mercy and gentlemanly manners, all luxuries.
"You! Boating, no one treats you as an uncle. Ada threw Mr. Astor a plank.
"You're ......!" As soon as Mr. Astor said a word, he saw Adana's eyes as fierce as a wolf.
No way, these are murderers who kill people without blinking. Mr. Astor could only pick up the plank and follow the stroke.
"You, take off your coat." Dorgon pointed at Mr. Astor.
Mr. Astor wears a very ornate mink coat, while Dolgon's coat is worn on Elizabeth's.
"I'm going to freeze to death!" As soon as Astor said a word, he was slapped in the face.
Tabai couldn't say anything, and put a gun directly at Astor's head.
"If it's cold, row hard." Dolgon put on his mink coat and felt much warmer.
Mr. Astor had no choice but to keep warm by rowing a boat.
In the distance, the Titanic was heard with music, and the lower part of the bow promenade deck had been submerged. The work on the side of the lifeboat gradually descended into chaos, and the sound of gunfire continued to pass through both the left chord and the starboard side.
After rowing forward for five or six hundred meters, everyone in the lifeboat was exhausted.
When I looked back, as more and more sea water poured into the bow of the ship, the stern of the Titanic gradually left the water and lifted high, exposing the three huge propellers at the bottom of the stern of the Titanic.
Everyone forgot about rowing, and they all stared dumbfounded at the huge steamer that was warped in the distance. They had never seen such a scene in their lives.
Such a huge ship was actually erected on the sea level.
"Don't be stupid, row, keep rowing. It's not far enough for the vortex to take us into the sea. ”
Dolgon looked at the erected Titanic, and his hairs stood on end.
The steel cable that held Chimney No. 2 in place eventually broke because it could not withstand the enormous water pressure, and then Chimney No. 2, which had already submerged into the sea level, broke and collapsed, sinking into the sea with many passengers who were stoned to death, and more people were sucked in at the break.
As the hull was no longer balanced, some of the passengers slid from the stern to the water as if they were on a slide. Quite a few people were sucked inside the hull and never came out again.
After rowing a distance of two or three hundred meters, a series of breaking sounds and explosions came from behind him, and the middle of the Titanic's No. 3 chimney and No. 4 chimney was blown apart.
The cocked stern collapsed and slammed into the water after the entire hull broke open, and the remaining two chimneys shattered. The main body is divided into two parts, but the bottom trunk is still disconnected.
The bow of the ship sank directly into the water, and the stern temporarily refloated because it was largely unflooded.
The water was bustling with people splashing in the water. The people on the boat were still jumping down from the boat like dumplings.
It only took five or six minutes before and after, and these people stopped fluttering. Most of them were wearing life jackets, so they were all floating on the sea.
Ten minutes later, most of these people were frozen to death.
Quite a few lifeboats rowed back in an attempt to save people.
Unfortunately, when the crew touched these people with their oars, they found that these people were like sculptures, hard and hard.
They all froze to death!