[Titanic] I can't help myself

I suddenly felt that this story was a bit familiar. After thinking about it carefully, I suddenly found that I seemed to have read this story in a newspaper run by Viscountess Waynes.

"My God, isn't it called "The Love of No.30 Six"?" I stared at Dan with wide eyes, and then nodded slightly, "What a coincidence, the founder of that newspaper I know Viscount Waynes' new wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Waynes."

"Oh, that Miss Elizabeth Longley who had a scandal with her brother-in-law?" John responded very quickly, "I remember that she was very beautiful, but I didn't expect her to be a career-oriented woman. Her husband agreed with her Do these things?"

Dan's focus is not limited to these lace news: "She is also very creative. We used to discuss the plot of the story through letters." Dan said very seriously, "Honestly, I think that even with that scandal , nor can it hide the fact that she is a wonderful woman."

"That kind of woman, of course, has a lot of stories in her mind, otherwise how could there be such an earth-shattering scandal." John retorted disdainfully, "No wonder such a frivolous woman can marry, she uses her wisdom Confused you fool!"

"But what I said is the truth." Dan looked at him and argued seriously.But John seemed to be very disgusted with the topic of what are the advantages of the Viscountess Wayans. He interrupted Dan directly and changed another topic bluntly.

Dan was not angry either, he just looked at John exaggeratedly telling a joke with some doubts, and quickly let go of the topic about the Viscountess, and devoted himself to the current topic.

I looked at it quietly for a long time, and the more I looked at it, the more something was wrong. It was not until the dinner started and when everyone was walking towards the dining room that I stopped John, pulled him to deliberately step behind Dan and the other students, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with you? You and Dan doesn't look right."

John's whole body became stiff immediately. He looked at me with his neck straightened and squinted his eyes. After a few seconds of silence, he gritted his teeth and said, "My dear Henry, my good friend, what's going on with you and that American friend of yours? ?”

"What happened to you on the battlefield!" I exclaimed in a low voice, not caring about what happened to Karl and me, "Before joining the army..."

"I don't know." John looked very depressed, "One day, we were sitting in the trench smoking together, and I was too lazy to light a cigarette, so he put the just lit cigarette in his mouth into my mouth , At that moment, I suddenly felt..." He paused, his face turned red quickly, "That's it."

"Does Nadan like you too?" I shook his shoulder, "Or do you mean you have confessed to each other? Congratulations!"

"Come on!" John sulked as he waited for Dan's back. "I've hinted at it several times, and he didn't respond at all. Sometimes I think he doesn't like me, but he's always been very nice to me, and I... hook When you seduced him...don't laugh, yes, I just seduced him! He would be shy and react, but he didn't say anything!"

Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, staring blankly at our constantly advancing toes, and suddenly cheered up again: "I decided to make it clear to him this time! It must be made clear!...Henry, you know Well, apart from me and Dan, there were originally ten classmates who shared the same place with us, but now with the two of us, there are only five people left. I don’t know if we can still...” He didn’t say clearly , seems to be afraid of bringing bad luck, "I don't want to..."

I don't want to leave regrets.I knew what he meant, and I felt a sudden desolation in my heart.At this party, one fifth of the students could no longer come.There are also some students who are seriously injured and are still lying in the hospital waiting for God's judgment.Everyone understands that maybe after a while, some faces here will disappear forever, but for now, everyone is just sitting together, pretending to be relaxed and joking.None of us mentioned the future, fearing that if we talked too much and planned a happy future too full, it would lead to bad luck contrary to our ideals.The students all drank a lot of wine, as if this was the last dinner together.

In the summer of 1916, the situation began to change somewhat.The British and French allied forces decided to launch an offensive, trying to push the German army back to the German-French border.Starting from the morning of July [-]st, the semi-infantry began to attack the German positions with the support of artillery fire. On that day, the French army and the British army in the main attack direction broke through the first German position, while the British left wing had nothing to do. progress.

I was combined with the troops James led and were assigned to the left flank.What is even more tangled is that we are at the very edge of the left wing, and we have been hit by a strong counterattack, and we can hardly hold on.Although this is not the first time I have commanded an operation in a dangerous situation, this time the situation is the most critical.

The Germans, having isolated us from the rest of the left flank, were attacking us with heavy fire.The shells fell densely on our trenches, especially the few planes in the sky that had been hovering over our positions.We don't have planes, and the military's latest research tanks didn't even get a single one. The enemy is killing us with intensive firepower that is several times that of ours. It seems that they intend to wipe us out first, and use this as a position to continue to counterattack.

James, I, and a few other officers were huddled in the simple command post, trying to think of ways to delay the time as much as possible.Outside, the drop point of the bomb is getting closer and closer to us. Every time it explodes, the dilapidated small house will shake a few more times, and a pile of dust will fall.The walls made of wooden boards shook the roof and made a hoarse sound, as if it was about to be unable to bear it and collapse.

We have sent a distress signal to nearby troops, who always promise to come to help, but can't say when.

"God, they didn't say when they'll be here!" I finally lost my patience and shouted at the signal soldier on the side. The signal soldier immediately turned his head and sent a telegram quickly. It will take two hours!"

I cursed in a low voice, and coughed again, choking on the dust.Another shell landed in a nearby trench, kicking up dust that nearly covered the map on the table.

"I suddenly think of someone now." I whispered to James, but in this case, if I want the other party to understand what I'm talking about, I can only shout loudly, "I think of the Titanic Captain!"

"Why do you have this association?" James also roared back.

"I was wondering what it must have been like for him to ask for help from nearby ships when he knew the ship was sinking, and finally knew that those ships would take at least four hours to arrive." I said, "Now I can finally understand. God , I hope our ship can continue to persevere!"

"Sure!" James said firmly, "God, Carol's belly doesn't know if it's a boy or a girl! I hope it's a girl! Then I can teach those brats who dare to covet my baby , haha! So I must go back alive, otherwise who will protect my little baby in the future!"

The last time James came home from vacation, he accidentally got his wife pregnant, and it has been five months now.Ever since he learned that his wife was pregnant again, he has been extremely excited every day.

"Me too..." I grabbed the pocket watch in my pocket through my clothes, and there were two photos in it, one of my mother and one of Carl.

Death is close at hand, we are in a dilemma, and can only hope that the support troops will arrive soon.The loud explosions and vibrations continued, and I couldn't help but wonder if we had been abandoned.But as soon as the idea came to me, I forced myself to put it behind me and focus on the discussion of strategy.

We slightly changed the way of defense, which effectively stopped the German attack and greatly boosted everyone's morale. What we need to do now is to perfect this strategy as much as possible, let us persist for a while.

But the situation is still deteriorating extremely rapidly, and we are almost unable to hold on.

"Sir, I think you'd better change to another place!" A major rushed in and said, "The shells are falling more and more densely in this direction. I suspect that the German army has discovered our command center."

I exchanged glances with James, and James immediately said, "Transfer immediately!"

Everyone quickly packed up the documents and left the simple command office under the escort of a few soldiers, but before we could take a few steps, a shell roared and landed on our right side.

"Lie down!" James pulled me to the ground. I almost broke my nose and ate a mouthful of dust.

Fortunately, the place where the shell exploded was still a certain distance from us, and we were just shaken severely.

"Go east." James took a brief look around and came to a conclusion.

But the second shell followed, and by the time we heard the shell rushing towards us with a screech through the air, it was too late.

We desperately ran away from the cannonball, struggling to escape from death. The few seconds were infinitely lengthened. I heard the whistling sound getting closer and harsher, and then, as if a century later, a loud sound The sound of the explosion sounded behind us, followed by a huge thrust, which carried air and dust, and ruthlessly pushed me forward, hitting my limbs, back and brain.

I lost consciousness almost immediately, and in the last second of my consciousness, I felt that I fell to the ground with a thud, and then, what seemed to be fluid from my forehead, but I felt no pain.And immediately followed by overwhelming darkness.