Chapter 299

As the sun sets over Haishi, the Greyhound has seen the coastline of the British coast.

Despite crossing the Atlantic many times, everyone felt that the coast was so intimate at this time.

As the sun sets, the British coastline seems to be gilded with a layer of gold.

"It's finally here!" Frank breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that it was about to get dark, and the coastline was in sight.

It looks like the cargo can be unloaded smoothly to Inverness this time.

As soon as they get the money, they will leave the UK overnight. Take advantage of the darkness to drive as far as you can.

The Ming people may not attack a merchant ship returning to the United States.

Mike also looked at the coast, still feeling a little apprehensive in his heart.

It's almost two hours before sunset, and the damn sun hasn't gone down yet. Mike swears that this is the time in his life when he wants to get dark sooner.

The Greyhound sails at full speed to the port of Inverness. Getting closer, they can even see the lighthouse not far from the port.

"Look, Daming's plane, they're here again!" A sharp-eyed crew member suddenly saw a plane flying in the sky.

The plane was quite fast, and this time it reached the skies over the Greyhound in less than five minutes.

It was the first time for many people to see an airplane so closely, and everyone was nervous to look at the sky. Mike's fingernails have been inserted into the palm of his hand!

The red blood dripped out, but Mike didn't notice it at all, just watched in a daze as the plane in the sky gradually lowered its altitude.

A total of six Ming aircraft came, and four of them began to reduce altitude. By the end of the day, the planes were flying almost close to the sea level.

The crew was surprised to find that the planes were flying at an altitude not much higher than the waves.

The planes flew and flew and threw a long thing into the sea.

Not to throw bombs!

Frank and Mike, almost at the same time, breathed a sigh of relief. The two of them wiped the sweat from their foreheads, although they didn't know what the Ming people threw into the sea and what the purpose was.

But, as long as the bomb is not dropped on the head. As for the purpose of the Ming people, whatever!

As long as they don't sink their ship, they can do whatever they like.

Lacking military knowledge, they didn't know that the thing dropped by the Ming plane was called a torpedo.

At this time, four torpedoes were swinging a torrent under the surface of the water and crashing into the Greyhound.

After the torpedo bombers dropped the torpedoes, the noses of the planes were raised, and then they began to climb rapidly.

The waterline hit the side of the Greyhound in front of and behind!

Because the Greyhound did not make any evasive moves, all four torpedoes hit.

These were all high-explosive torpedoes with a charge of 800 kilograms, and at the moment of the explosion, Frank and Mike's bodies were bouncing on the ground like two ping-pong balls.

They didn't understand what was going on, or what was attacking them.

But seeing the smoke billowing from the cabin, the two of them quickly made a judgment regardless of the blood on their heads and faces.

"Abandon ship and release the lifeboat." Mike shouted in a hurry.

Frank, on the other hand, was already rushing towards the lifeboat.

Both of them knew that the ship was carrying more than a thousand tons of munitions in addition to weapons.

If these munitions explode......!

A thousand tons of munitions can directly tear the Greyhound to shreds.

The lifeboat was lowered into the sea as fast as they could, and Mike and Frank jumped onto the lifeboat with a few crew members and rowed desperately.

They all know that if they don't leave the burning ship quickly. The blast wave of the explosion will blow them away like pieces of paper!

"The Great Luo of the Worlds"

The torpedo explosion caused a fire that quickly engulfed the Greyhound.

Many crew members jumped into the rough seas with fire on them.

They don't understand how the ship under their feet is made of steel and can burn. Can steel burn?

But they couldn't think about it so much now, and the captain and first mate had already run away in the lifeboat.

Moreover, their lifeboats were still rowing, hoping to get away from the Greyhound as soon as possible.

Now that all those who are in charge have fled, they have no scruples. The crew untied their lifeboats one after another and released them into the sea.

Everyone shook the scaffolding desperately, and this was the fastest they had ever shaken.

While they were desperately shaking the scaffolding, the fire had already spread to the cabin of the ship containing the munitions.

The blazing air scorched these flammable and explosive products. Soon, the ammunition box with the munitions burned.

"Boom......!" A huge fireball suddenly rose from the surface of the sea, and the brightness of the fireball was comparable to that of the sun, which was slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea.

As the fireball exploded, the Greyhound was ruthlessly torn to shreds. Frank and Mike, all of whom were in the sea, were hit by countless debris.

The lifeboat was also overturned in the sea by the huge waves set off by the explosion.

After the explosion, all that remained on the surface of the sea was billowing smoke except for the sinking wreckage of the Greyhound.

"Second master, we sank that ship on the edge of the British coastline." An hour and a half, with the last ray of light on the horizon, Chen Laohu handed over a telegram.

Li Xiu picked up the telegram and glanced at it, and only said one sentence: "In the future, it will be handled accordingly!" ”

"No!" Chen Laohu immediately agreed.

Of course, he knew what it meant to do so.

That is, in the future, ships from either side will be sunk as soon as they get close to the British coastline.

No matter which country it is, as long as it is not allowed by the Ming Dynasty, it will be sunk.

The Ming Navy is so domineering.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister!

The American freighter Greyhound, which we hire, was sunk with much-needed weapons and ammunition.

But now ......! ”

The Secretary of War panicked into Winston's office at 10 Downing Street.

"Got it!" Winston rubbed his temples helplessly.

All I heard all the bad news today was the Dover front, the Germans had already begun to attack.

On the first day of the engagement, the British barely withstood the German offensive. But the Germans still advanced five kilometers!

Now the British are retreating to the next front under the cover of darkness.

As long as anyone with some military common sense knows, such a retreat is only a stopgap measure.

Tomorrow morning the Germans will continue to attack, as long as the Germans are allowed to gain a foothold on the seashore.

They were able to exploit their numerical superiority and push the British back step by step until they retreated into the city of London.

By that time, the Londoners, the British, and the entire British Empire had no way out.

They had to rely on London and fight the Germans.

Of course, there is another way, and that is to surrender.

But now whoever dares to say the word surrender will definitely be torn apart. After death, it will also be recorded in the history books and will never be turned over.

PS: The old lady is still on the ground, and tomorrow may be condemnation again, him! I really want to have a book in the Ming!