Chapter 133

The Rainbow was ahead of the foreign warship by some distance. If it were to sail at full speed diagonally forward, it should be able to collide head-on with the enemy warship before it reached Rainbow Island.

but.

The Rainbow was originally a scrapped small transport ship, and after being modified, it now only has the function of an ordinary cargo ship.

That is to say, this ship does not have offensive weapons, but the opponent may have them, and there may be guns pointed at them at any time during the whole process.

The Rainbow's defense capabilities are also poor, after all, it is an old and retired ship.

In addition, Lu Yuanzheng and the others were all out on private business, so they all disarmed.

In other words, none of these officers and soldiers had guns, bullets, or ammunition.

The company commander, whose rank was second only to Lu Yuanzheng, frowned subconsciously and objected: "No!"

After saying this, he realized that the tone was inappropriate and immediately saluted, "Captain, it's not that I'm greedy and afraid of death. It's mainly because there are military wives and ordinary people on our ship."

"That's why I asked you to come here." Lu Yuanzheng was a little embarrassed.

If there were only a few of them, Lu Yuanzheng would have driven the boat over and hit them without saying a word.

Based on his understanding of the Rainbow, he knew that even if it collided with the enemy battleship, it would not be able to stop it.

It was the most advanced battleship in the world. Lu Yuanzheng had seen its photo at a fleet meeting before coming to Rainbow Island.

At the meeting, everyone was envious and discussed when their own countries would have such a warship.

At the current distance, we are still too far from the island, and we are afraid that even our own people may not be able to see the warning.

Our boat is not as fast as others, so we definitely can’t catch up.

The only thing that could be done was to cause the two ships to collide.

This would definitely cause a lot of noise, attracting the attention of Rainbow Island and even the archipelago, and would also delay the opponent's speed, buying some time for defense.

As long as they can deploy defenses in advance, no matter what the battleship's purpose is, it will not succeed.

Lu Yuanzheng glanced at his watch and said, "No time for discussion. I'm going to drive the boat. From now on, the boat must sail at full speed in a straight line to ensure it will not hit the other party."

He calculated the time and distance and had little time to hesitate.

The company commander said with a worried look on his face: "What about the sisters-in-law? They are just ordinary people!"

"Call all the sisters-in-law to the cab and I'll discuss this with them."

Lu Yuanzheng entered the cockpit and took over the driving again, driving at full speed towards the right front.

The company commander frowned, "The battalion commander's speed..."

"I know." Lu Yuanzheng's face was calm and he would not tolerate any arguments. "The choice I gave my sisters-in-law was not to escape by boat. It would be a waste of time."

Generally, large ships will carry several rubber boats for escape in case of distress.

Of course there were some on the Rainbow, but it would take a lot of time to lower the small boat and then slow down to allow the sisters-in-law to get on board one by one.

Compared with that battleship, the speed of the Rainbow is basically the same as that of a bicycle or a motorcycle.

If they delay any longer, they will not be able to catch up with the other party.

There was really no time to change boats for my sisters-in-law.

Soon the sisters-in-law came to the cockpit.

The cockpit could not be opened and I stood in the corridor outside the door.

Everyone now realized that Rainbow's speed and direction were wrong.

Lu Yuanzheng was relieved that the term "military wife" did have the word "military" in its name.

If it were an ordinary woman, she would have been so scared that she burst into tears and screamed by now.

But the military wives, although they all looked worried, were all very quiet.

No one was out of control because of fear.

Maybe it's trusting them.

Maybe it's because they are brave.

"The incident happened suddenly, and there is not much time left for everyone to think. I won't waste time talking to you sisters-in-law." Lu Yuanzheng glanced at Xu Wen, and his eyes also fell on Xu Wen and Sang Xiaoqing.

"There is an enemy ship ahead. Our only best option now is to ram it. But my sisters-in-law and my brother and sister-in-law, you are just ordinary people. Logically, we should swear to protect your safety first..."

One of the sisters-in-law interrupted Lu Yuanzheng and said, "Lu Ying, stop talking! You call us sisters-in-law every day because we are military wives. No matter what, we are still military wives. Go ahead and don't worry about us."

Sang Xiaoqing had never expected that after finally getting on a boat, she would encounter such a life-and-death matter. For a moment, she looked at Xu Wen in shock and fear.

Xu Wen was so seasick that his face turned pale, but since he had wanted to join the army, he would not back down now. He held Sang Xiaoqing's hand tightly and said, "You don't have to worry about us. We are not soldiers, but we are also members of this country. We will not let you down."

Although Sang Xiaoqing was very scared, she nodded bravely because Xu Wen was by her side, and there were so many soldiers and their wives with her. "Yes! We are fine."

At this moment, the one she couldn't bear to part with the most was of course her son Chunsheng.

The only thought in my mind was: Fortunately, I left descendants for the Xu family.

After all, Xu Wen and Xu Wen were both on this boat.

"Salute!" Lu Yuanzheng ordered.

The officers and soldiers led by him saluted in unison with a standard military salute to all the civilians in the cabin.

After putting down his hands, Lu Yuanzheng spoke: "I thank you on behalf of all the people and soldiers on the islands. But it has not come to this yet. At present, I can think of only one way for everyone to escape. All of our soldiers here can swim and their skills are very good! There are also life jackets on the boat. All of you except me must jump off the boat now. But..."

Lu Yuanzheng paused and looked at everyone. "The number of sisters-in-law is almost twice the current number of officers and soldiers. That means they can save two for every one of them. This is deep sea. At the current speed of Rainbow, no one knows what will happen if you jump in. Rescue will not come that quickly, and you may not even be able to wait for rescue today."

The hidden line is, if you don't jump you're almost certain to die. If you jump you'll have a narrow escape from death.

Xu Wen only said three words: "I won't leave."

The company commander reported: "Battalion commander, I request to drive the boat."

"Report, I want to sail, I am single and have no ties."

"Report, I request to drive the ship. Before I was transferred to the island, I had been serving in the fleet and I am more familiar with ships than anyone else."

"report……"

All the officers and soldiers wrote reports one after another, vying to sail away on the Rainbow, which was actually tantamount to vying to die.

Xu Wen and Sang Xiaoqing looked at them in a daze.

The sisters-in-law also saw their own men through them.

Out of sight, they are the first to rush forward when danger strikes.

This warrior who is ready to die may be a bit sloppy at home on weekdays, such as not washing his feet before going to bed or not washing the dishes thoroughly.

Maybe he is not talkative and has a bad temper.

But when faced with the enemy, they are only left with one name: soldiers.

"I didn't discuss this with you." Lu Yuanzheng said, "This is an order! Now everyone on the boat put on their life jackets and get on the deck, ready to jump into the sea."

Everyone left, leaving only Xu Wen alone.

Lu Yuanzheng said seriously: "Xu Wen!"

Xu Wen looked at him and only said: "I am not your soldier!"

So I don't need to take your orders.

Lu Yuanzheng: "..."

He didn't say anything else, but just stretched out one hand and shook her hand.

Xu Wen was a particularly stubborn girl. Since she had made up her mind, he could not convince her in a short time.

Since I can't convince him, there's only a little time left, and I can't waste it on talking nonsense.

Lu Yuanzheng smiled and said, "I'll try to drive faster. Maybe you won't feel the pain this way."

Xu Wen thought for a moment and replied, "It doesn't matter whether it hurts or not. But you must choose the right angle. My face cannot be damaged."

It's such a pity to ruin such a beautiful face.

Lu Yuanzheng really wanted to say that if the enemy launched a bomb or a missile, all of them would be turned into minced meat.

But I felt that it would be embarrassing to say these words at this moment, so I swallowed them back.

Lu Yuanzheng steered the ship with steady hands, and the ship was always at its maximum speed. Just as he said, the ship was heading in a straight line.

His eyes were focused and his words were affectionate: "Xu Wen, it's worth meeting you in my life!"

"I still feel a little regretful." Xu Wen said softly, "I haven't had enough of you yet!"

"I'm sorry!" Lu Yuanzheng said.

If he were just an ordinary person, he would have steered the boat away from danger at this moment.

"No." Xu Wen shook his head. "Even if you were an ordinary person, you wouldn't run away at this moment. You're not that kind of person. But, there's no need to say sorry. I do want to say thank you. Thank you for not insisting on me leaving."

"It's not that I don't want to, but I know you won't leave."

"Report!" The company commander knocked on the door to interrupt their conversation. Under any other circumstances he would never interrupt their sweet talk, but at this moment... he had no choice.

Lu Yuanzheng frowned: "Why haven't you retreated yet? Have you been on the island for so long that you don't know how to obey orders anymore?"

The company commander cried out with a bitter face: "No. The sisters-in-law refused to leave. They said their husbands were soldiers and never ran away, and they didn't want to run away either. They also said they couldn't swim well. Even if the soldiers could take them, each soldier had to take two people, and there was no place to rest or breathe at sea. They would only tire the officers and soldiers who were traveling with them to death. Rather than drowning in such an unclear way, it would be better to die with the enemy."

Lu Yuanzheng was silent for a while, then asked him, "Didn't you tell your sisters-in-law... that we were going to die one way, and if we got hit, we would be the only ones to die?"

The enemy's battleship is made of special materials and is bulletproof.

And if Rainbow hits it, it would be like a bicycle hitting a four-wheeled car.

Others may be unharmed, but you will definitely be in a terrible situation.

The company commander nodded: "Yes. But everyone has made up their mind." He looked at Xu Wen, "Including your brother and sister-in-law. How about you go up and persuade them?"

Xu Wen refused to go because she was afraid that she would be tricked into going and taken away by force.

Besides, my sisters-in-law refused to escape, and my second brother, a grown man, would never flee at this time.

If Xu Wen doesn't jump, Sang Xiaoqing naturally won't jump either.

Lu Yuanzheng could tell what Xu Wen was thinking at a glance, and said directly to the company commander: "Since they insist on not jumping, let them get down! Otherwise they will be crashed into the sea later."

The company commander nodded, and the soldier following him went up to call for help.

There was really nothing on the Rainbow, not even a walkie-talkie.

The sisters-in-law stayed quietly in the cabin.

The sniper with the best eyesight stood beside Lu Yuanzheng holding a navigation telescope and told him the distance.

"Captain, the enemy has discovered us."

Lu Yuanzheng nodded and ordered: "Everyone be careful. The enemy is a warship and may fire at us."

Then Xu Wen discovered that there was something wrong with the expressions of Lu Yuanzheng and the sniper, as if they had been slapped in the face, as if they had suffered great humiliation and were unable to fight back.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

Lu Yuanzheng pursed his lips and said nothing.

The sniper said, "The other side...the other side sent a flag signal saying 'We want to die, just crash into us.'"

It's like an adult saying to a three-year-old, "Come and hit me!"

This is contempt under the absolute disparity in power.

It also means that the other party is indeed not one of us.

If it is a warship of a friendly country, it will not harm ordinary people and cause a war between the two countries.

Warships from friendly countries will not openly enter our territorial waters without permission.

No one knew how long this battleship had been watching in secret, and it chose this opportunity to avoid its own patrol ship and sneak in.

The Rainbow now looks like an ordinary cargo ship.

The other party found out and was still so arrogant, he must not be a good person.

After a while, the sniper began to count down.

"Ten nautical miles."

"Nine Seas"

"Hakkai"

“…”

Xu Wen listened quietly.

Generally, cars and ships on rivers and lakes use kilometers as the unit of measurement.

However, sea vessels including warships often use knots to express their speed.

One knot means one nautical mile per hour.

The Rainbow's top speed is 27 knots.

In other words, they don't have much time left.

The most outrageous thing is that when the enemy battleship saw the Rainbow coming towards it, it not only did not dodge or avoid it, but also accelerated!

If both sides accelerate at the same time, it means that five nautical miles will only take a few minutes.

The sniper's countdown has changed from miles to seconds.

He put down the telescope that was no longer working and looked at the battleship that was getting closer and closer in his field of vision.

"ten."

"Nine."

"eight."

"seven."

Gradually, the rest of the officers and soldiers and the sisters-in-law joined the countdown.

"three."

"two."

At the last second, Lu Yuanzheng steered the boat and the other side also tilted slightly.

Both sides took a half step back, brushing past each other, based on each other's psychological bottom line.

At the moment when the two ships briefly touched each other, crackling sparks flashed in the darkness.

Everyone didn't understand what was going on and looked at Lu Yuanzheng.

Lu Yuanzheng said nothing and handed the helm to the young man who had been on the battleship before.

He ordered the remaining officers and soldiers: "Go and move all the inflammable items in the cabin to the deck."

Just two minutes later, the deck was filled with thick smoke.

The battleship was delayed only for a few seconds by the Rainbow, then returned to its intended course and sped away.

At the speed of the Rainbow, all he could do was watch it slowly shrink in his field of vision.

At the same time, Rainbow Island gradually appeared in the field of vision.

Soon, all the lights on Rainbow Island came on.

They could vaguely hear the rapid whistle on the Rainbow.

Xu Wen stood beside Lu Yuanzheng. He looked at the Rainbow Island getting closer and closer without saying a word.

Sang Xiaoqing looked at the smoking fire and asked Xu Wen in a low voice: "Why did you rather crash into it than light a fire to warn people just now?"

"It was too far away at that time. Besides, the reason for the long expedition was to save our lives. But if he wanted to charge forward, he would try to attract the attention of this battleship as late as possible, hoping to use the Rainbow to stop this foreign battleship.

However, now that the enemy has entered our territory, it is a little late to give us a warning.

After the near collision, they not only did not slow down, but accelerated and crashed into Rainbow Island."

Having said this, Xu Wen shut up. He was a little confused.

After seeing the Rainbow, the enemy did not slow down to avoid it, but they also did not attack it, at least they did not fire at them.

Moreover, it was accelerating at this speed. At this speed, although the coastal patrol warships could not catch up with it, it could not stop itself either.

At this speed, there is a ten million percent chance that the battleship will hit Rainbow Island.

A platoon leader standing nearby explained to Xu Wen: "Probably because their goal is Rainbow Island. They don't want to fight, they want to occupy the island."

Xu Wen seemed to be thinking about something.

Sang Xiaoqing and the other sisters-in-law all looked confused.

I don't quite understand what he means.

However, since it involves military matters, the platoon leader is reluctant to say more.

Rainbow Island's defenses were quickly put into place, and loud speakers were used to warn the enemy to stop.

The battleships turned a deaf ear and did not slow down at all, so they had to stop them by force.

But this battleship is too advanced.

Guns and ammunition could not catch up with its speed, and before the warship could even leave the port, the foreign warship had already crashed into the rocks in front of Rainbow Island.

There was a loud bang, and it felt like the whole island shook.

The rock was broken into pieces and a large piece was destroyed.

Then the battleship made a loud noise and half-capsized on the edge of the island.

Xu asked: ???

Sisters-in-law: ???