Chapter 69 The ship's hope

"Have you contacted Hu Zongnan yet?" Meng Xiang asked anxiously. Ma Si went everywhere to look for Hu Zongnan, but still couldn't find him. Meng Xiang didn't know that Hu Zongnan had left the North Bank at that time and was not prepared for a while, resulting in a deviation in the plan.

"Send more people to find him! You must find him!" Without Hu Zongnan's order, the first army on the opposite side would definitely strictly implement the order to shoot at the ships on the river.

With the blockade of anti-aircraft machine guns, the plane that had been flying for a long time finally retreated after exhausting its ammunition.

At this time, Xiaguan was already crowded with fleeing people.

There were originally two ferries between Xiaguan Pukou, which could carry up to 700 or 800 people at a time, and it took about 45 minutes to travel back and forth. If you can really master these two ferries, you can transport at least 30,000 people across the river. However, these two ferries were arranged to drive to Hankou. The only ones left by the Xiaguan River were a few small steamers and about 2000 civilian ships. There were so many people going to cross the river, but there were so few ships.

"Let go! Let go! The boat is about to capsize!" A captain grabbed the edge of a small boat with one hand and shouted loudly. In the river water under the boat, five or six soldiers were holding the edge of the boat, trying to climb up. While shaking, the edge of the small boat, which had already carried more than a dozen people, began to enter the water.

"Get out!" someone on the boat cursed.

"Sir, please be fine! Take us for a ride. I have seventy mothers to raise..." One soldier in the river begged, but the other tried hard to climb up.

"Damn!" "Ah!" With a scream, the soldier who was about to climb up had his hand cut off by the sabre drawn by the captain. In pain, the soldier who let go of his hand fell into the river. A wave hit him, and only a scream was left, and he disappeared again.

Even so, there will still be people who want to climb up, and finally the boat overturned suddenly while shaking, and the people on the boat fell into the river.

In the river not far away, a small boat was overwhelmed by a wave due to overload, and even the boat and people sank into the river.

"Don't panic, everyone! Come one by one! There are still boats!" Xiao Shanling shouted loudly, but there were many people and noisy people paid attention to it.

"The devils are here!" someone even shouted loudly. Immediately, another burst of crying came.

Although the Japanese have not yet attacked Nanjing, panic has infected everyone. In the group's actions, there is no way to maintain individual vigor. Even some officers know that the Japanese are still far away, no one remains calm and boards the ship in the noise under the group. Human instincts are already driving the safety that occupies the first place.

The scene was in chaos, everyone fought to cross, guns were fired everywhere, and countless people died after trampling on the river.

There are all kinds of rumors, and the crowd has begun to cross the river with all kinds of tools that can escape. Door panels, wooden barrels, bamboo poles, firewood, etc., anything that can float on the water is carried to the riverside. But what is the chance of survival of this method? People are crazy and don’t care about these.

"My house!" More than a dozen soldiers demolished a house by the river, and jumped into the river with a few beams together, leaving only an old woman crying behind her. The panic has made people forget the discipline. Although most of the direct descendants of the Central Army who have been strictly trained can still strictly abide by discipline and maintain a little rationality. However, this rationality also collapsed as the superior escaped alone.

"Sir, we only grab these buckets!" Three or four guards came to Hu Lian with a few dung buckets.

"Look for it again!" Hu Lian looked into the distance, his eyes full of black heads.

"Sir, you go first!" a guard advised.

"We want to go together!" Hu Lian said angrily, "What's the scary thing about the Japanese?"

"The men from the 2nd Legion of Wulong Mountain have retreated long ago, and the Japanese army will come soon!" The guard said with anger on his face.

Hu Lian remained silent.

"Sir, please go first!" The guard's tears were already flowing down, "Our family is looking for the boss to help him." Without saying a word, he tied four dung buckets with ropes to Hu Lian with other guards.

"What are you doing? Let me go! Let me go together!" Hu Lian struggled, but the guards tied up the manure buckets and carried him into the river.

"Sir, go all the way!" Several guards all shed tears. As long as Hu Lian was safe, their families would naturally be well placed. What is death in a war?

Hu Lian floated on the river and tears couldn't stop flowing.

"If you don't take revenge, you won't be a human being!"

"Boat! There is a big ship!" someone shouted loudly on the shore by the river.

The sensitivity of the ship made everyone look at it together. On the surface of the Blood Red River reflected in the dusk, the shadows of the three large ships are getting bigger and bigger.

"Here! Here! Come here!" The people on the shore began to shout in unison.

"Woo!" The long steamer whistle sounded, and the big boat was slowly sailing towards this side, causing the people on the shore to cheer in unison.

Meng Xiang, who had long considered the tight ships, asked Li Ting and others to contact the ships early in the morning. It was not enough to rely on two ships from Shanghai.

The Japanese had blocked the river surface, and it would be impossible to find a boat from Shanghai, so Meng Xiang set his sights on the middle and upper reaches.

But it is not easy to get such a big ship. At this time, all places are strategically retreating, and a lot of materials and property are being transferred. Everyone has tasks, so it is not enough to give money. Where can I get idle big ships?

In the end, Li Ting made the decision and snatched two big ships directly.

One was a passenger ship of Lu Zuofu. At first, he forced himself to use a gun. Finally, he heard that he was going to Nanjing to save people. The Chinese crew members were more active than the cloned soldiers standing next to him. The other was a cargo ship from a foreign company, and the captain was an Englishman.

"Your government will give us a satisfactory explanation." Will Carson raised his head proudly and looked at Li Ting disdainfully.

"He's the foreigners are quite rampant!" Li Ting spat in secret, but there was still a smile on his face. Hu Si next to him had no slightest scruples and directly ordered: "Det the ship!" The gun in his hand was the best order.

"As a citizen of the British Empire, he will not succumb to the threat of a few indigenous robbers!" That Will was a tough guy.

But the sailors under his command were not that tough, and a few of them were already busy.

"This is not a threat, it is a legal business practice of hiring and using money to trade. We gave it money!" Li Ting pointed to the check on the table.

"You are inhumane, we will not breach the contract and accept other requests!" Will said indignantly as the cargo on the ship was moved one by one.

"Humanitarian? We are going to carry out humanitarian rescue. There are a large number of refugees in the battle in Nanjing that need rescue. We need a great knight to dedicate his love!" Li Ting muttered. This was the passage that the priest said to several servants recruited by the local government when he robbed a priest.

At that time, the servants squatted directly on the ground, and Li Ting used this as a joke and remembered this passage.

"Refugees? Refugees from Nanjing?"

"Yes, sir!" Li Ting's face kept a smile that made people feel unbearable to refuse.

"My ship can rescue the elderly, weak, women and children! Never carry soldiers!" Will Carson looked at the large check on the table again, and Chinese language began to become standard.

"No problem, sir!"
Chapter completed!