On the flagship, the colonel looked serious and stared at the two approaching warships.
"Prepare for battle!"
The colonel waved his white-gloved right hand suddenly and issued the order.
In an instant, all the British soldiers on the flagship were holding their guns and getting ready. Although the soldiers were in neat formation, their erratic and flickering eyes showed that these soldiers no longer had the confidence to fight with all their strength.
"Wow!"
After the flagship leaked, seawater continued to seep in, causing the flagship's hull to slowly sink.
The bow of the flagship sank first, causing vortices to gradually appear under the bow, and even brought up waves of sea breeze. At the same time, the hull of the flagship tilted slightly, and the British troops who had just stood neatly staggered around.
Yes, some British soldiers were even unable to stand firm and fell directly to the ground and slid towards the bow of the ship.
This is true for the British soldiers, and the same is true for the French soldiers on the ship.
The British and French soldiers all lost their composure.
At this moment, the British and French allied forces, who were showing off their might, were like drowning people, without any energy.
"Colonel, the flagship is leaking and the hull is sinking. If we continue to stay on the ship, we will sink to the bottom of the sea together with the battleship." The flagship tilted and began to sink, and the French staff hurried over.
However, before the French staff could reach the colonel, he fell to the deck because of the tilt of the flagship. Then he slid to the tilting bow of the flagship. Since the side of the ship had been blown up, the French staff flew out directly.
It landed on the deck, flew in the air in a parabolic arc, and then quickly fell into the blue sea and quickly disappeared from sight.
The corner of the colonel's mouth twitched slightly, with a sad look on his face, feeling sad for the death of the French staff officer. The colonel took a look at the situation on the flagship deck and knew that he would be dead if he didn't get off the ship.
"Put down the boat, everyone get off the boat."
The colonel gritted his teeth and accepted the advice of the French army staff.
"Mr. Colonel, I still have two thousand kilograms of opium on the ship, so I can't give it up. If the battleship sinks forever, and all the two thousand kilograms of opium I spent all my money to buy sink into the sea, I will lose everything."
The British businessman looked pleading, as if he were a dead dog that had fallen into the water.
The colonel was in a bad mood and had no intention of paying attention to the businessman. He shouted coldly and loudly: "If you don't get off the ship, you will die with the opium." After a pause, the colonel ordered again: "Everyone get off the ship. Hurry. If it's too late, we'll do it."
It sank to the bottom of the sea.”
The British businessman stood on the deck in a daze as if he were mourning for his heir.
No one paid attention to the businessman, and everyone wanted to escape.
Even the merchant's retinue was running around, just thinking of getting off the ship to save their lives.
The businessman looked around blankly, lost his mind, and murmured to himself: "These two thousand kilograms of opium have used up all my savings. If I lose all my money, how will I make money? How will I repay the debt? You can't give up, you can't do this to me!"
The businessman ran to the colonel again and begged him.
Even if he takes away more than a hundred kilograms of opium and resells it, he can still make some money back.
The colonel said indifferently: "Your Excellency, do you know who is more important, opium or the lives of soldiers? Obviously the lives of the empire's soldiers are more important. More than a hundred kilograms of opium is enough to occupy the position of a soldier, and even cause the death of two people in the empire.
This soldier has no place and can only stay on the ship to wait for death. It is shameful for you to ignore the lives of soldiers for the sake of money. I reject your unreasonable request."
"unreasonable??"
The businessman laughed with a sarcastic look on his face.
In fact, the battleship was about to sink, and all the British and French soldiers on board had to escape, and there were not many ships prepared. It was impossible to carry opium instead of soldiers, so the merchant's request was not allowed by the colonel.
The businessman was crazy and laughed: "Without us selling opium, would the people of the Qing Dynasty have weakened? Without us selling opium, would the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty be vulnerable? Without us selling opium, could the empire open the door to the Qing Dynasty?
?”
After hearing this, the colonel's eyes were cold and his white teeth were exposed, shining with cold murderous intent.
The businessman's words angered the colonel.
However, the moment the colonel's hand grasped the gun, he let go again.
"Don't save me, don't save my life, hahaha..." The businessman walked tremblingly to the side of the ship, his messy hair looked more like a chicken coop when blown by the sea breeze.
The businessman's clothes rustled under the sea breeze, and the clothes clung to his body, exposing lumps of fat. The businessman looked down at the sea below the ship's side, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes. In an instant, the fear in his eyes was replaced by
Despair replaced, and then turned into a determination to die.
"ah!"
The businessman roared, grabbed the railing of the ship's side with his big fat hands, and turned over.
In an instant, the fat body fell off the side of the ship.
As his body fell, countless thoughts flashed through the businessman's mind, and scenes from the past unfolded before his eyes, making the businessman feel that what he had done was unnatural and unreasonable. The moment his body fell into the water, a Chinese saying came to mind.
It’s not that I won’t report it, the time has not yet come!
"Wow!"
The water splashed everywhere, and the businessman fell into the water, causing ripples.
"Gulu! Gulu!"
Bubbles kept rising in the sea water, and soon it became calm.
On the deck of the flagship, the captain glanced at the businessman who had jumped into the sea, with a look of indifference on his face, and even felt that it was natural for the businessman to jump into the sea.
The colonel looked serious and said in a cold voice: "Quick, everyone get off the ship!" As he spoke, the colonel also began to disembark quickly, not daring to stay on the deck any longer. The British and French soldiers on the other two battleships also began to disembark one after another, and took a boat
A small boat leaves.
The colonel got on the boat and shouted: "Speed up, otherwise you will be sucked into the whirlpool."
The bow of the flagship sank, causing a vortex to form. Once the boat was affected by the flowing seawater and then involved in the swirling current, it would definitely be a life or death situation. All the colonels kept urging them to leave as soon as possible.
One small boat after another quickly moved away from the ship.
Similarly, the other two battleships were also covered with small boats, crawling out like ants.
Li Zhen stood on the deck, looking at the British and French soldiers fleeing from a distance, with a cold smile on his lips. The British and French warships began to sink, and Li Zhen ordered to stop moving forward to avoid being affected by the vortex caused by the sinking warships. Jing Jing
Waiting quietly for the boats of British and French soldiers to arrive.
First, it's time to pay off the debt.
Li Zhen ordered: "Send the order to Zhu Wu and ask the soldiers to shoot the British and French soldiers who fell into the water."
"Yes, I'll go right away."
Lu Shaochuan responded excitedly and immediately asked someone to convey the news.
Upon hearing Li Zhen's order, the special forces of the Jian Dao Battalion quickly raised their guns, aimed at the British and French soldiers sitting in the boat, and fired. In an instant, continuous gunshots were heard, and bullets were shot out like a downpour.
The British and French soldiers in the boat were killed one by one. The British and French soldiers kept dodging the flying bullets, causing the boat to sway back and forth and unable to remain stable.
Some small boats capsized directly, and the embarrassed British and French soldiers were as panicked as dogs. The colonel gritted his teeth, and on the one hand he organized the soldiers to fight back, and on the other hand he ordered the soldiers to row boats to break out.
Fight out and there's still a chance to survive.
Ps: The second update of the third update. In fact, I really want to write about the sinking of the island country’s warships. Let the British test the water first. Okay, please give me flowers.