Expedition to Europe

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This cruise ship off the coast of Corsica is the victim of the Germans' unrestricted submarine warfare.

The so-called unrestricted submarine warfare means that German submarines can sink any ship bound for British and French waters without prior warning, with the purpose of blockading Britain and France.

The ships that transported personnel to France were of course also among the targets, so this cruise ship transporting Chinese people became a victim of unrestricted submarine warfare.

The German submarines were just carrying out their mission, but for the Chinese workers on the ship, this was a catastrophe.

"Go and organize rescue, quickly!" Qin Zhiyuan was anxious.

It's winter now, and the sea water is close to zero degrees. It's not a good experience to stay in the sea in this weather.

"There's a boat on the dock!" Ge Lifu and Xu Sheng were also anxious, and a group of people followed Qin Zhiyuan to the dock.

"Old Ge, send someone to make ginger soup and prepare warm clothes." Qin Zhiyuan did not forget to make arrangements while running.

"Okay, Mr. Qin, you stay on the dock, I'll go." Ge Lifu was worried about Qin Zhiyuan's safety.

The Germans may not have read "Han Feizi", but no one can guarantee that the Germans will not sit back and wait. Since the cruise ship has been attacked by torpedoes, the German submarines must be nearby. Maybe they haven't run away yet and are ready to sink the rescue ships.

Qin Zhiyuan didn't care about this, and quickly ran to the dock and jumped onto a British merchant ship that had just entered the port.

"Did you see that ship? Go over there immediately and rescue the people who fell into the water." Qin Zhiyuan rushed directly into the bridge and gave orders to the captain.

"No, no, no, we can't go. Maybe the Germans are still there. It's dangerous to go there now. I can't go. Now we should wait for the naval destroyer or anti-submarine ship to come. If we go alone, it may not be of any use. You know, when facing a submarine, this merchant ship has no defense ability." The captain, who was watching the excitement with a telescope, refused Qin Zhiyuan's order.

The captain's reason seemed to be justified, but there were only several ships on the dock at this time, and only this one had just entered the port. The other ships were all in a state of shutdown. If they wanted to restart, it would take at least half an hour.

"I order you to go immediately, otherwise, you will face more than just danger." Qin Zhiyuan drew his gun directly.

Standing in Qin Zhiyuan's position, he could see that the ship was gradually sinking. In order to prevent the passengers on the ship from being taken to the bottom of the sea by the whirlpool formed by the sinking ship, they were desperately swimming towards this side. Seeing his compatriots struggling in the sea water close to zero degrees, Qin Zhiyuan couldn't calm down.

"What are you going to do?" The captain's face changed drastically, and before he had time to speak, the young first mate couldn't help it.

"Be f*cking honest, start the boat right now, or you'll regret it." Xu Sheng also rushed to the boat, also with a gun in hand.

"Calm down, gentlemen, violence can't solve the problem." The captain tried to persuade.

"Don't tell me it's useless, start the boat right now, or I'll shoot you all and then I'll start the boat. You can sue me for abuse of power later, but now, you must obey my orders." Qin Zhiyuan pulled the hammer, murderous.

Since the dock incident, Qin Zhiyuan felt that he was increasingly inclined to use violence to solve problems, which was not commendable, but in the current environment, Qin Zhiyuan had no choice.

"Damn it, hurry up!" Xu Sheng didn't waste words, and kicked the first mate who was blocking the captain to the ground.

"You..." The captain was angry.

People who often run on the sea have a more irritable personality, especially the British, who even have pirate genes in their bones.

"If you don't start the boat again, I'll use a gun next." Xu Sheng was murderous.

"Go, if your ship is sunk, I will buy you a new one as compensation." Qin Zhiyuan proposed a plan that the captain could accept.

"Okay, I can go, but first, your men have to apologize to my first mate, General." The captain used honorifics, but not much respect.

"When the mission is completed, I will apologize in person, but if you delay any longer, I guarantee that your ship will also be sunk, and you will not get any compensation..." Qin Zhiyuan was grim.

"Okay." Facing the black muzzle of the gun, the captain chose to obey.

The place where the ship sank was not far from the port, probably only one or two nautical miles. The Germans dared to launch an attack at such a close distance from the port, and they also saw that there were no British and French warships near Corsica, so they dared to take risks. Otherwise, even if the German submarines sank the merchant ship, they could not escape. The speed of the submarine underwater is much lower than the speed of the warship on the water. As long as the warship is discovered, the submarine will have only one way to go.

Before this merchant ship left the port, more than a dozen fishing boats had already headed towards the sinking cruise ship. These fishing boats were more flexible and smaller, and the Germans would not attack such small targets, so the captains of the fishing boats had no hesitation and took the initiative to go out to sea to provide rescue without even waiting for the soldiers of the First Brigade to come over and order them.

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At this time, the cruise ship had sunk into the water because of a large amount of water entering the stern, and the bow was raised high, as if it was stuck upside down in the water. It was a rare scene.

Qin Zhiyuan had no intention of looking at the zoetrope and repeatedly urged the captain to speed up. At the same time, he ordered the lifeboats on the ship to be ready. After arriving in the distress waters, he immediately began to rescue people.

Just before the merchant ship arrived at the distressed waters, there was a "clucking, banging, banging" sound of metal breaking in the air. With a huge sound, the cruise ship that had been inserted upside down into the water was severed from the middle, and the bow of the ship hit the sea hard. It stirred up a shocking splash, and then quickly sank to the bottom of the water at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Swim quickly! Hurry!" Qin Zhiyuan's eyes were splitting, and he didn't care whether the Chinese workers in the water could hear him, so he rushed to the side of the boat and shouted.

When a cruise ship sinks, a huge whirlpool will appear on the water. If you get too close, you will be sucked into the water by this whirlpool. As early as when the cruise ship was first hit, some Chinese workers jumped into the water to seek self-rescue, but more Chinese workers were still on the ship. They did not jump into the sea in time and were still hoping that someone would come to the rescue.

The biggest bad habit of the Chinese is to wait. Unless a knife is held on their necks, they rarely take the initiative to do something to change their situation. But often when the knife is held on their necks, it is too late to try hard.

The current situation is like this. As long as the ship has not sunk into the water, many Chinese workers will not choose to jump into the sea. They will not choose to leave the ship until it is confirmed that it has sunk, but by then it is already too late. They tried their best but could not swim out of the whirlpool.

Soon, the first person was rescued on the boat. Qin Zhiyuan immediately took off his coat and surrounded the half-naked Chinese worker who had already taken off his clothes that were soaked by the ice water.

"How many people are on the ship, how many of us are there?" Qin Zhiyuan was anxious.

"6...More than 600..." The rescued Chinese worker's lips were purple, he was trembling and unable to speak, and he stuttered to answer Qin Zhiyuan's question.

More than 600 people. Qin Zhiyuan looked at the surrounding water and saw that there were at most 100 people in his sight.