Fireworks continued to fly into the sky on the deck, and then exploded high in the sky. The gorgeous fireworks filled the night sky. If this were on a normal day, it would definitely arouse people's cheers.

But at this moment, the deck was filled with frightened people.

The bow of the ship began to droop, and the sailors began to launch lifeboats into the water.

Dorgon didn't understand that these Westerners were still playing on the deck at this time!

At the critical moment of life and death, Mrs. Margaret Brown no longer avoided it. She came to Dorgon's side with her entourage.

Aster followed behind like a puppy, but Dorgon still saw a hint of extreme hatred in the way he looked at him.

Although he was well hidden, he was still seen by the keen Dorgon.

"Women! Elderly people! Children get on the lifeboat first." Murdoch, the first mate on the deck, shouted loudly, holding a revolver in his hand in order to maintain order on the deck!

Captain Smith stood in the wheelhouse, and in front of him stood the designer Andrew. Because it was the maiden voyage, Andrew was also on board.

"Seawater has flooded a forward peak tank, three bow cargo holds and the No. 6 boiler room. Seawater overflowed from the top of the flooded watertight chamber outlet and began to pour into the third-class cabin.

As the upper H deck further covered the ship, the bow began to sink slowly, and the fate of sinking was actually sealed.

The maximum withstand limit for water ingress into a watertight compartment is four, while five cabins with water ingress exceed the withstand limit.

A large number of workers in the No. 6 boiler room are working hard to remove the accumulated water, but the speed of water inflow has not been affected much."

While looking at the drawings and listening to Captain Smith's briefing, Andrew's brows furrowed into a big frown!

After five minutes of intense calculations, Andrew said helplessly to Captain Smith: "It's over! This ship can't be saved."

"Isn't this ship said to be unsinkable?" Smith looked at Andrew angrily.

"Captain Smith, you are also an old sailor. Is there an unsinkable ship in this world?" Andrew asked back, but Smith had nothing to say.

He sat down on the chair dejectedly. According to Western practice, as long as the ship sinks, the captain will usually be buried at the bottom of the sea with his ship.

"Captain Smith, there is another major 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 hold 1,178 people. But the total number of people on our ship... is 2,224 people.

In other words... more than half of the people cannot get on the lifeboat. With the current water temperature, a person's body will become hypothermic if he lies in the water for ten minutes.

Then..., it will be swallowed by the Atlantic Ocean."

Andrew told 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. Just like... you!"

"Damn it!" Smith slammed the table.

"Now we need to hope that there will be ships passing by. Otherwise, more than a thousand people will definitely die."

"The news must be blocked immediately and let Murdoch organize women, children and the elderly to get on the lifeboat first. Men should stay at the end!" Smith made a quick decision.

"Are you sure that a person would still care about gentlemanly behavior in a life-or-death situation?"

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Since there are not enough lifeboats, then block the news. Because once the news is leaked, more people may die."

"Okay! How long do we have?"

"At the current rate of water inflow, it will take up to an hour."

"Okay! God bless you!" Captain Smith said, then opened the door and went to the deck.

The information needs to be blocked, but First Officer Murdoch needs to know. You can't trust anyone at this time, you can only tell him yourself.

There is no airtight wall in the world. Before Captain Smith walked on the deck and told Murdoch the news, Mrs. Margaret Brown already knew the news before Murdoch.

"Dorgon, there is bad news."

"What could be worse?" Dorgon looked at the people on the deck.

"There are not enough lifeboats. Only half of the people here can survive." Mrs. Margaret Brown said softly.

"I knew it wouldn't be that simple. Ada, Tabai, go back and copy the guy." Dorgon gave the order, and Ada and Tabai rushed back to the cabin with five of Dorgon's men without any hesitation.

"This...!" Mrs. Margaret Brown was surprised. If he ordered his men to go into the cabin now, they would definitely refuse.

Now she is sure that Dorgon is really a noble.

"There is no gentlemanly demeanor in a life-or-death situation. Only the strong can survive." Dorgon pulled Mrs. Margaret Brown and Elizabeth and slowly approached a lifeboat.

The bottom cabin has begun to flood, and the water in Ada and Tabai's cabin has reached up to their knees.

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 twenty rounds of ammunition. Its firepower is definitely not comparable to that of a revolver.

It can be said that these seven people and fourteen box guns are the pinnacle of the ship's firepower.

A few people waded through the water and rushed to the deck. The water was knee-deep just a moment ago, but now it was waist-deep.

The sea water was so cold that it soaked my pants and made my bones ache.

Dorgon saw several sailors and walked up to lower the lifeboat. Behind them were a large group of women, old people, and children.

"Get out of the way!" A strong sailor bumped Dorgon away with his shoulder.

"What?" Dorgon asked fiercely.

"Let the elderly, children, and women get on the lifeboat first. Are you being gentlemanly?

Oh, he turns out to be an Oriental, no wonder." Seeing Dorgon's complexion, the sailor laughed jokingly.

The people behind him also ridiculed Dorgon.

Dorgon ignored these people, just took out his revolver, pointed it at the sailor's head and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!" The bullet passed through the sailor's head, and the huge inertia directly brought half of the head into the sea.

The body fell to the deck with a "thud".

"Ah...!" The women screamed heartbreakingly and fled in all directions!

The remaining two sailors also slowly backed away with their hands raised.

"Bullshit gentlemanly behavior, only the strong deserve to live." Dorgon pointed his gun at everyone. Although he knew he only had five bullets in his hand, no one dared to rush up and take Dorgon's bullets!

"What do you do?" Murdock also rushed over with a revolver, followed by a dozen strong sailors.

"Go away, we have reserved this lifeboat." Dorgon didn't even look at Murdoch and his men's revolvers.

"You are so shameless. Go away. If you don't go away, I will beat you to death." Murdoch said with a sullen face. This was the first guy to openly snatch a lifeboat.

He actually had a weapon in his hand. Damn it. How did he bring the gun on board?

This presumptuous bird must be eliminated, otherwise, the order on the ship will be instantly disrupted.

"Put down the gun, or I'll kill you." Elizabeth's revolver was directly pressed against Murdoch's head.

"You think you can talk to me like this because you have so many guns. Look back." Dorgon had a sinister smile on his face.

He doesn't care what happens to other people, as long as I'm alive.

Murdoch was a little confused. The man in front of him had a mysterious confidence on his face.

But he still turned around and saw a row of gunmen holding guns he had never seen before.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!...!" Gunshots rang out, and the deck, which had been relatively orderly just now, instantly became a mess.

Fourteen box guns fired wildly at the sailors at a distance of only five or six meters. The sailors were shot to death before they had time to fight back.

After all, they are just sailors, and Dorgon's men are all elites who have survived for more than ten years on the run.

"Bang!" Elizabeth pulled the trigger, and Murdoch's head was directly smashed. The smelly blood splashed all over Elizabeth.

"Quick, get your people on board." Dorgon pushed himself up and jumped into the lifeboat first.

"Oh!" Mrs. Margaret Brown never imagined that Dorgon would dare to come to rescue the lifeboat.

Moreover! They actually brought so many small weapons on board the ship. How did they get on board?

Mrs. Margaret Brown's entourage consisted of a dozen persons, including the timid Mr. Astor.

Dorgon made a gesture to Ada and threw Elizabeth into the lifeboat. Finally, Ada and the others jumped on.

After boarding the ship, they rowed hard. Dorgon knew that they had to stay away from the Titanic now, otherwise when the Titanic was silent, the powerful vortex would be enough to suck the lifeboat full of people into the bottom of the sea.

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On the dark sea, the Titanic looked like a huge beast rising out of the water. Dorgon caused chaos on the back deck, and many people began to fight for the lifeboats.

Even in a short moment, many people formed alliances.

It's strange that most of the people who form alliances are first-class or second-class people. Those in third-class and bottom classes rarely form alliances.

When fighting at this time, the side with more people will naturally have the advantage.

Those in the lower cabin could only watch helplessly as those on the upper level occupied lifeboats one after another.

Defeated, they could only kneel on the ground and beg those people, asking them to do well and take away their wives and children.
To be continued...