1855 United States Tycoon

After that, the evacuation went smoothly. After the women and children in the first and second-class cabins got on the lifeboat, Smith opened the iron gate and was already prepared, and waited in the third-class cabin in front of the iron gate. The women and children started to walk on the deck. Dana, Alice, and Smith also followed them onto the deck. At this time, the tilt of the ship was already obvious, and Dena estimated that the ship had already tilted more than ten degrees. In fact, if it were not for the efforts of the crew, the degree of tilt of the ship might have been even greater.

One by one women and children boarded the lifeboat. Dana and Alice stayed behind, but the speed of lowering the lifeboat was quite fast. After a while, it was Dana and Alice's turn. Dena and Alice got on the lifeboat. As for Smith, he was a man and not a sailor controlling the ship, so he could only wait for the next trip. Even on the next trip, he can't get on the lifeboat first, because Dana is taking the risk of gaining reputation for the family as a member of the McDonald family. As an employee, he can't be destroyed by eager to get on the lifeboat. Dana's efforts discredited the McDonald family. Therefore, he must wait until all the adult men in the first class have boarded the lifeboat before he can board the lifeboat.

Dana's lifeboat has been put on the sea. The sailor swung the oars and rowed the lifeboat away from the cruise ship. Because when a cruise ship sinks into the sea, it will inevitably form a huge vortex on the sea. If it gets too close, the lifeboat will be sucked into the vortex, and then sink to the bottom of the sea with the ship.

"Aymar, is the telegram for help sent?" Dena asked the sailor who was sitting next to him.

"Ah, Miss Dena. It has already been shot." The sailor had also had some contact with Dena in the previous few days. But he didn't know that at that time, this seemed a bit too naughty, Miss, was actually a member of the McDonald family of the rich family. Today, such a noble Miss actually stayed on his own initiative. Together with the women and children in the third-class cabin, this spirit of self-sacrifice made Aimar even more shocked. So when he answered Dena's question at this time, his tone was almost as if he was answering Captain Grant's question.

"So there is a reply?" Dena asked again. It is impossible to cross the vast Atlantic Ocean with a lifeboat alone, and it is even impossible to sustain the survival of the people on the lifeboat for a long time. Although every lifeboat is equipped with some fresh water and food, these alone cannot last long. Fortunately, the place where the ship sank was on a relatively busy route. There should be a lot of other ships nearby. If they received a distress telegram, they should not be able to use it, and they would be rescued.

"There are four boats around here. They are all coming here. It is estimated that they will arrive in the early morning of tomorrow." Aimar replied.

Hearing Aimar's answer, everyone on the ship felt a lot more relieved. At this time, the last batch of lifeboats began to be put on the sea one after another. When the last lifeboat was put on the sea, Dena lowered her head and glanced at the watch on her wrist. It was already in the afternoon. It's about six o'clock."Dana Miss, Dana Miss!" Smith's shout was heard in the distance. Dana looked over there and saw Smith standing there on a lifeboat, shouting loudly while shouting. look around. He saw Dena suddenly, and immediately waved his hand to Dena happily, shouted, and then lowered his head and said something to the sailor on the lifeboat, so the sailor rowed the lifeboat towards where Dena was. The lifeboat approached.

"Dana Miss, I finally found you." The lifeboat approached, and Smith said to Dana happily. After such an accident, fortunately, Dena Miss has nothing to do, otherwise I really don't know how to report back.

"Dana Miss, look! Look at the ship!" Alice suddenly shouted.

Dena turned her head and looked in the direction of the cruise ship. She saw that the ship was now completely tilted, and its deck was almost perpendicular to the sea surface, and then this behemoth, under everyone’s attention, slowly turned over, faster and faster, and finally jerk. The child buckled on the sea. The golden red glow of the evening shines on the orange-red bottom of the boat and the barnacles all over the bottom, reflecting a dark red light.

"God!" someone whispered.

"There may be a storm tonight." Sailor Aimar said suddenly, "Look at the sunset in the sky, it is red like this, I am afraid it will be windy at night."

"Will the wind and waves be big, will it be dangerous?" Dena asked.

"The wind shouldn't be too big," Aimar said. "If we were still on that boat." He pointed to the cruise ship that was on the water. My brother shook a little bit harder, and the people in the cabin wouldn’t even have much feeling. But now we’re on the lifeboat, that’s different. You must be very careful at night. Everyone should pay attention to their companions. Especially children. Because if you fall into the water in the wind and waves at night, it will be very dangerous."

"Aren't we wearing life jackets?" asked a woman sitting next to her.

"Madam, we are now within the range of the East Greenland cold current." Aimar explained, "The water temperature here is only about 3 degrees. Once it falls into the water, depending on your physical fitness, it may only take more than ten minutes. It is paralysis, and it may freeze to death in half an hour. If it is a child that falls, it may only take ten minutes or even a few minutes to freeze to death. At night, once there is no moon tonight, the visibility will be It is very low. Once it falls into the water, it is difficult to see and find. Even the sound of calling for help may be suppressed by the sound of wind and waves. Moreover, if there are wind and waves at night, it will be very difficult for a small boat like ours to control it. Sometimes. Even if you see a person who falls into the water, it is difficult to row to the person who falls into the water in time."

Aimar's words clearly put more pressure on some people on the lifeboat, especially those with children. They all held the child tightly in their hands.

"How long will it take for this boat to sink as a whole?" Seeing that everyone's mood was very low, Dena changed the subject.

"I don’t know, I hope it can sink before it’s dark. Otherwise, at night, it’s pitch black and we accidentally get blown to the side of the ship that hasn’t sunk. Then at this moment, the ship suddenly sank, then we can It's miserable."

...

As the sun gradually set, as Aimar expected, dark clouds surged and the wind began to rise. The waves gradually rose up, and the small lifeboat rose straight up to the top of the wave as if sitting in an elevator for a while, then fell sharply, and the hearts of those who fell were lifted up, and then straight again. ascending.

It was dark all around, and only the flashlights in the hands of the sailors on the lifeboats flashed from time to time to confirm each other's positions and keep them from being too scattered by the wind and waves. In addition, the sea is completely dark, so dark that even people sitting face to face can't see the outline of the other person. Then a pale electric light suddenly appeared in the sky, followed by a rumble of thunder. Then big drops of rain fell from the sky.

The wind is getting stronger and stronger, the light of the flashlight dangling from the lifeboat, and when the flashlight is occasionally lit up, when the surroundings are instantly illuminated, Dena noticed that the distance between them and the other lifeboats is changing. Getting bigger and bigger...

...

After a night of wind and a night of rain, the sky finally dawned, and everyone on the lifeboat was very haggard. Dana looked around, only to see the vast sea on all sides, nothing else. Obviously, after one night, their lifeboat and other lifeboats were separated.

"Damn it!" Dena couldn't help uttering vulgar words. "We are separated from them. I don't know if the ships that came can find us."

"It should be possible to find it." Aimar said: "The wind was not too big last night. We won't be far away from them. And I guess. Most of the lifeboats were also blown away. So, they were found. Most of the ships will also search this area, so that most of them can also find us."

"I hope so." The other woman said shivering. The wind was blowing all night, and the rain was all night, most of the people on the lifeboat were frozen.

"Over there! There seems to be a boat over there!" Alice called out suddenly. Everyone turned their heads and looked in the direction pointed by Alice. There really seemed to be a boat over there.

"Quickly, whoever has a mirror, use it for me!" Aimar shouted.

"I, I have it here!" Another woman hurriedly handed Aimar a mirror. Aimar took the mirror, looked up at the direction of the sun again, and then began to use the mirror to sway the boat over there.

"I don't know if the people on that boat can see it." Many people are thinking this way. Just as everyone was worried, the boat really didn't seem to notice the reflection of the mirror, and continued to sail forward, without turning around at all.

"Bang!" Alice suddenly drew her pistol and shot it towards the sky. The crisp gunfire gradually spread over the vast sea.

Alice was carrying a gun by her side, which was the accident of the people on the lifeboat. Even Aimar's eyes widened.

"It's still not enough, the sound is still too small, and the distance is a bit farther." Aimar said as he watched the ship continue to maintain its original course, but still didn't mean to turn around.

"It doesn't matter, there is this!" Alice said, and in everyone's shocked eyes, she did not know where to conjure an offensive grenade...

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