Chapter 492, retreat (4)
When Jarvis and the others ran to the dock, the small sailboat had already left the dock and ran for more than twenty meters. Jarvis and the others did not know how to climb the water, so they naturally could not roar and soar into the air, step on their left foot and fly onto the boat with their left foot. However, they all jumped into the sea without hesitation, just like a group of penguins jumping into the sea.
However, their movements of swimming in the sea were far less flexible than penguins, and they were clumsy as they were when penguins were on the shore. Especially Captain Jarvis, whose belt was filled with gold coins, was too heavy, which forced him to use more power to float himself up instead of moving forward.
However, the others were not much better. Even if they swam a little faster, they could not compare with the ship, even if it was just a sail-powered ship. As the ships were getting farther and farther, the distance between them changed from more than twenty meters to more than thirty meters, and then more than forty meters. No matter how they shouted or flew, the ship was still getting farther and farther.
Finally, the call for help and begging began to turn into a curse. What kings are crazy, what princes will be cut off? They are scolded. These remarks obviously violated the laws of the United Kingdom. But the British military police on the ship trampled on their duties and did not drive the ship back to arrest them.
At this time, on the other side of the defense line, more and more "security troops" have found themselves abandoned. They shouted for impeachment, just like a mountain collapse and a crack in the ground. These "security troops" ran towards the port in a mess, and they could see the dust raised when they ran from a distance.
Such movements will naturally attract the attention of the Independence Army and the French. Captain Jarvis estimated that it would not take long for the French cannons to fire here.
The ship has now left them more than a hundred meters, but the ship suddenly slowed down and finally turned slowly and began to approach them!
"Thank God! They finally saw us! I love the United Kingdom!" someone shouted happily.
"I knew that the United Kingdom would not abandon any lackey who was loyal to her." Another man also shouted happily. Because he was too happy, he accidentally choked and coughed violently, and almost sank.
But although the ship came towards them, it did not stop beside them, but passed them and headed towards the dock. On the pier, a big yellow was sitting there, wagging its tail and barking. Indeed, the United Kingdom would never abandon any dog that finally them.
The boat slowed down and approached the pier. A springboard was put down and put on the pier. The people on the boat were shouting loudly about the dog's name: "Spike, Spike, where have you been? Come up quickly, come up quickly!"
Spike stood up, shook his tail, and ran towards the springboard, but just as his front foot stepped on the springboard, it suddenly hesitated, then turned his head and looked back - there, a gray-blue cat was slowly walking past the pier.
"Woom!" Spike screamed, turned around and rushed towards the cat.
"Spike, you stupid dog! Come back quickly! Come back quickly!" a British military policeman shouted and rushed down from the boat.
"Spike is such a good dog!" Jarvis thought so, and swam back quickly. He wanted to rush back to the British military police to pull the stupid dog-ah, no, it was a good dog to get on the boat, otherwise, the British would not have been waiting for them.
Just now, due to the burden of the belt, Jarvis was almost the slowest swimming. But as the saying goes, it is a blessing that he is now closest to the pier.
Jarvis threw away the two large revolvers hanging on the belt—the thing was useless now—and swam desperately. While swimming, he prayed that the dog would give them a little more time.
The dog was very helpful, maybe it should be said that the cat was very helpful, so until Jarvis swam back to the shore, climbed up, and ran to the springboard, the dog and the British military police had not returned yet.
But Jarvis was still stopped by several military police.
"What are you doing!" said the military police.
"Sir, the Governor said, we can get on the boat," said Jarvis.
A leading military policeman frowned and said, "This is not the ship you want to board. It will take a while for your ship to come."
Jarvis looked at the sea. There was no ship coming to this side at all. On the other side of the land, the noise was getting closer and closer - the remaining defenders had collapsed. In addition, in the sky over there, a hot air balloon had risen - the attack of the Irish Independence Army and the shelling of the French were about to begin!
"Sir, please! Look, where are you waiting for the boat now?" Jarvis said, carefully blocking other people's sight with his body. He reached out to find a bag in his shirt pocket (that was something Captain Jarvis used for in case, with several gold coins inside), and stuffed it to the military police who led the team. The military police captain who led the team weighed the small bag with his hand, looked at the military police next to him, then put the bag away, and said, "Forget it, look at the deck there is still some place, let you come up! There is only a place on the deck, and you can find a place on the deck yourself."
"Thank you, sir, thank you." Jarvis said as he got on the deck. After him, several other "hard-core rape" also came on board after handing over the money to buy the road.
This ship is not big, it is an old-fashioned brig. In the past, there were several iron cannons on the deck of this ship. However, now, this type of iron cannon is as outdated as this ship. However, although this ship is no longer suitable for running in the ocean, it is still possible to run along the coast, while those iron cannons are completely useless. Therefore, the ship is still in use, but the cannons are no longer there.
The boat was not big, so after loading so many people, even the deck was quite crowded. But for Jarvis and the others, as long as they could get on the boat, everything else was not tolerated. Anyway, as long as they arrived in Britain, everything would be fine.
At this time, the sound of a train running came from the sky. Everyone changed their faces - this was the sound of the French 280mm cannon shells passing through the sky. This shell is powerful, like the brig ship where Jarvis and his current place are, not to mention being hit directly by such shells, even if the shell explodes a little closer, it can easily kill the ship.
The whistling sound became louder and louder, and then the shells hit the Port Authority's office building about 300 meters away, and then exploded violently. The walls of the Port Authority's office building were like leaves in the strong wind, being rolled up by the explosion airflow and flying high. Some small gravels even fell onto the ship.
However, the landing of the shell gave everyone a sense of security - the fire rate of this cannon is very low, usually at least four or five minutes before it can complete a shooting. So everyone is still safe within at least a few minutes.
But then two smaller shells fell down, but fortunately they were all far away.
In fact, just from the artillery consideration, the so-called last line of defense is obviously a scam. As the positions were constantly abandoned, the French artillery was getting closer and closer to the port. At first, only 280 guns could get the port, and later the 203 guns could also hit the port. If one more line of defense was abandoned and retreated to the so-called last line of defense, 100 guns could shoot the port.
"Why haven't come back yet?" The military captain was a little anxious. He kept looking at his pocket watch, almost giving orders to let the ship leave.
"Why haven't that stupid dog returned yet? Damn, don't mind that stupid dog! If you don't leave, you will be bombed!" Jarvis thought in his heart. Just now, he called the dog a "good dog" and hoped that it could run farther, but in a blink of an eye, the dog became a stupid dog. In fact, the dog itself has not changed, it is only his position.
Just like in later generations, when some people sit on the seats of cars, they will feel that the guys riding electric bikes are running around, which is really of low quality; and when their butts are placed on the seats of electric bikes, they will feel that the zebra crossings of cars do not slow down and are chaotic, and they are really unqualified. Rather than seeing that the butt determines the head, it is really an eternal human nature.
Just as the military police captain couldn't help but give an order to set sail immediately, he saw the military policeman running over with the stupid dog, waving and shouting at them while running.
When this person and dog got on the boat, you could see more people running towards this side, all running while waving and shouting.
These people were the soldiers of the "Public Security Army" and low-ranking officers who found something wrong. But they were still far away, and the military police's ships had left the dock, were covered with sails, and headed towards the outer sea.
Jarvis stood on the deck and looked at the dock more than a hundred meters away. A large number of "Security Army" soldiers ran to the dock in chaos and shouted at the ships. Because more people also squeezed over, the people could not stand and fell into the sea one by one, just like the ghosts jumped into hell from Charon's ship.
Chapter completed!