Chapter 998: Love at the critical moment of life and death
Just as Jack and Rose finally confirmed their feelings for each other, the crisis of the Titanic gradually emerged.
In other words, from the very beginning, Lin Fan had been conveying dangerous information to all the audience bit by bit through Ruth Carr's high-end dinners.
The crew on the ship told the captain more than once that there were signs of icebergs ahead, but the captain ignored them every time.
The captain firmly believed that the Titanic was an indestructible, perfect dream ship, and that the ice floating on the sea would not cause any harm to the ship at all.
But this time, it was obviously not just an insignificant piece of ice as the captain thought, but an iceberg.
It was so close that the naked eye could see it! Almost instantly, the romantic atmosphere of Jack and Rose's love was replaced by the iceberg crisis that was about to be encountered in front of them. All the crew members on the ship started to move, and the engines began to turn at full speed. Fortunately, at the last moment, the bow finally avoided the iceberg! But the crisis was not resolved, because the bottom of the Titanic still collided with the protruding part of the iceberg.
The dream ship that was said to be unsinkable began to take on water. The cargo hold was instantly submerged by sea water, followed by the boiler hold. The waterproof door was closed urgently, which barely stabilized the situation.
But looking at the iceberg passing by the ship, everyone knew that the crisis was far from over.
At this time, Carl, who knew nothing about the iceberg crisis, successfully framed Jack, falsely accused Jack of stealing the Heart of the Ocean, and had Jack abducted.
The captain, who had never taken the iceberg seriously, finally realized how terrible this crisis was. Because the captain had been thinking about a glorious retirement, he was bewitched by the chairman of the shipping company and wanted to show the world the unparalleled speed of the Titanic, so the speed of the voyage was always very fast.
But at this time, five cabins of the Titanic had been flooded with seawater, and the bow had begun to sink, but they only had less than two hours left.
More importantly, the Titanic was not equipped with enough life rafts because too many life rafts would make the deck unsightly.
There were 2,200 lives on board, but there were only life rafts that could hold 1,100 lives, which meant that fully half of the passengers could not be rescued.
The crew members urgently notified everyone to put on life jackets and prepare to escape. At the same time, they also lowered the lifeboats on the deck and were busy.
But the group of rich people complained that it was too cold outside, so they hid in the cabin and continued to sing and dance, without any sense of crisis about escaping.
The only thing to be thankful for was that the captain's distress signal was responded to, but it would take another four hours for the nearest cruise ship to arrive.
Under the arrangement of the crew, the rich people in the first class boarded the lifeboat one after another. Rose also learned the truth about the sinking of the Titanic, and realized that Jack did not steal the Heart of the Ocean, so she turned to find Jack.
The passengers in the third class cabin were still trapped in their cabins, unable to come out. The cabin where Jack was detained also began to take on water.
Rose came to the bottom floor and saw the corridor was full of water. She found the room where Jack was imprisoned, but she couldn't find the key to unlock the handcuffs. Rose had no choice but to go back and ask for help.
But water was filling the cabin very quickly. Rose finally found a man and wanted to ask him to help save Jack, but the man pulled Rose to escape. Rose had no choice but to punch the man away and try to find a way to save Jack herself.
Fortunately, Rose found a fire axe and successfully rescued Jack.
Rose and Jack returned to the third-class cabin, but found that the door was still closed, allowing only the elderly, women and children to pass through. They came to another door, where there were fewer guards, and they worked together to open the door and escape.
On the deck, the group of rich people began to riot.
The lifeboats were originally capable of carrying 65 people, but for the sake of so-called first-class treatment, only 20 people were allowed to disembark, and some even only had 12 people on board.
At first these rich people were able to hold themselves back, but as the bow of the ship gradually sank, their human nature began to show in the face of disaster, and fortunately they were temporarily suppressed by the crew.
Jack and Rose finally came to the deck, where there was a lifeboat, but only women and children could get on board.
Carl, who had paid to get on the boat, couldn't help but go find Ruth when he learned that she was on the other side, and put his coat on her with heartache.
Rose refused to get on the boat and wanted to be with Jack, but Carl said he had made arrangements and would let Jack get on the boat with him. Only then did Rose get on the lifeboat.
But in fact, Carl only prepared a way out for himself, and Jack obviously knew about it.
The lifeboat slowly descended, and at the last moment, Rose jumped off the lifeboat and returned to the Titanic. She wanted to be with Jack forever.
Jack also rushed down and hugged Rose tightly on the lower floor. This scene deeply stimulated Carl, who pulled out the gun from the servant and forced Jack and Rose to the lower floor.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Jack and Rose escaped to the third class cabin and saved a little boy. However, the boy's father was not grateful and pushed Jack away. The moment he turned back to get his luggage, the flood broke open the door and swallowed them.
Jack and Rose were also washed out by the flood. They finally climbed up the stairs, but the door was locked. The waiter that Rose met last time ran past her again, but this time, he chose to turn back.
But in the panic, he lost the key. Fortunately, at the last moment, Jack finally found the key, opened the door lock and escaped.
On the other side, Carl was about to board the lifeboat, but the crew threw money in his face. At this time, a civilian was pushed up, and the crew accidentally killed him in panic. The guilty crew chose to commit suicide the next moment to make up for their mistakes.
Carl picked up a lone child to get through and eventually got on the lifeboat.
At this time, the bow of the Titanic had already sunk into the water. The remaining people crowded to the stern, holding on to the railings tightly. The circuits on the ship began to short-circuit. The Titanic, which was brightly lit the previous second, became completely dark the next second.
Suddenly, the entire ship began to break apart. The huge hull was torn apart in the middle. The stern, which had been raised high, lost its support and fell back to the sea level! However, the hull was not completely broken after all. The bow that sank into the water, dragged the stern and raised it high again, almost standing upright on the water! (End of this chapter)