Fox of France

When Jarvis and the others ran to the pier, the small sailboat had left the pier by more than 20 meters. Jarvis and the others didn't know the lightness of climbing over water, so it was impossible for them to fly into the boat with a loud roar, step on the right foot, and step on the right foot. But they all jumped into the sea without hesitation, just like a group of penguins jumping into the sea.

However, their swimming movements in the sea are far from being as flexible as penguins, but they are as clumsy as penguins when they are on the shore. Especially Captain Jarvis, his belt was full of gold coins, it was too heavy, which forced him to use more strength to float himself instead of pushing himself forward.

But the others were not much better, even if they swam a little faster, they couldn't compare with the boats, even if they were only sail-powered boats. Seeing that the boat was getting farther and farther away, the distance between them changed from more than 20 meters to more than 30 meters and then to more than 40 meters. No matter how they shouted and thumped, the boat was still getting farther and farther away.

Eventually, the cries for help and pleadings began to turn into curses. What king is a lunatic, what crown prince will have his head cut off, they all cursed out. These remarks are clearly contrary to the laws of the United Kingdom. But the British gendarmes on that boat trampled on their duty by not bringing the boat back to arrest them.

At this time, on the other side of the defense line, more and more "security forces" found themselves abandoned, and they shouted in shock, like a landslide. These "security forces" ran towards the port in a panic, and the dust they raised when they ran could be seen from a long distance away.

This kind of movement will naturally attract the attention of the independent army and the French over there. Captain Jarvis estimates that it won't be long before the French cannons will fire here.

Now the boat was more than a hundred meters away from them, but the boat suddenly slowed down, and finally even turned around slowly, and started to approach them!

"Thank God! They finally see us! I love the United Kingdom!" someone shouted happily.

"I knew that the United Kingdom would not desert any of her lackeys who were loyal to her," cried another, also full of joy. Because he was so happy, he accidentally choked on his saliva, coughed violently, and almost sank.

But although the boat came towards them, it didn't stop beside them. Instead, it passed them and headed towards the pier. On the trestle of the pier, a rhubarb was sitting there, wagging its tail and barking. Indeed, the United Kingdom will never abandon a dog that is loyal to them.

The boat slowed down and approached the trestle, a springboard was lowered and put on the trestle. The people on the boat were shouting the dog's name loudly: "Spike, Spike, where have you been? Come up quickly, come up quickly!"

Spike stood up, wagging his tail, and ran towards the plank in a hop and a run, but just as his front foot was on the plank, he suddenly hesitated, then turned his head and looked back-over there , there is a gray-blue cat walking slowly on the trestle bridge.

"Wow woof!" Spike yelled, turning around and rushing towards the cat.

"Spike, you stupid dog! Come back! Come back!" shouted a British gendarme, rushing from the boat.

"Spike is such a good dog!" Jarvis thought as he swam back quickly. He wanted to get on board the boat before the British gendarmes pulled that stupid dog—ah, no, it was a good dog, or else, with the behavior of the British, they might not have waited for them.

Just now, because of the drag of the belt, Jarvis was almost the slowest swimmer. But as the saying goes, it is a blessing in disguise, and he is also the closest to the pier now.

Jarvis lost the two large revolvers on his belt--these things were useless now--and swam desperately back. While swimming, he prayed that the dog could give them a little more time.

The dog was very helpful, or maybe the cat was very helpful, so until Jarvis re-swimmed to the shore, climbed up, and ran to the edge of the diving board, the dog and the British military police were still there. return.

But Jarvis was stopped by several gendarmes.

"What are you doing!" said the gendarmes.

"Sir, the Governor said we could come aboard," said Jarvis.

A leading gendarme frowned and said, "This is not the boat you want to board. Your boat won't arrive until a while later."

Jarvis glanced at the sea, there were no ships coming this way on the sea at all, and on the other side of the land, the noise was getting closer and closer - the remaining defenders had collapsed. Also, in the sky over there, a hot air balloon has risen - the attack of the Irish Independence Army, and the French bombardment are about to begin!

"Sir, I beg you! Look, how can you get a boat now?" Jarvis said, carefully blocking the sight of others with his body, reaching out his hand to find a bag in his coat pocket (it was Jia Captain Weiss used it just in case, which contained several gold coins), and stuffed it to the military police who led the team. The captain of the gendarmerie who led the team weighed the small bag with his hands, looked at the few gendarmerie nearby, then put the bag away, and said, "Forget it, there is still room on the deck, so I'll let you up! Only the deck You can find a place on deck by yourself."

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir." Jarvis said as he stepped onto the deck. After him, several other "hardcore rapists" also boarded the boat after handing over the road money.

This ship is not big, it is an old-fashioned two-masted ship. In the past, there would be a few iron cannons on the deck of this ship. But now, such iron cannons are as obsolete as this ship. However, although this ship is no longer suitable for sailing on the ocean, it is still possible to run along the coast, and those iron cannons are completely useless. So, the boat is still in use, but the guns are gone.

The boat is not big, so even the deck is quite crowded with so many people on board. But for Jarvis and the others, as long as they can get on the boat, nothing else is unbearable. Anyway, as long as we get to Britain, everything will be fine.

At this time, there was a sound like a train running in the sky. Everyone changed their faces - this was the sound of the French 280mm gun shells passing through the sky. This kind of shell is very powerful. Like the brig Jarvis and the others are now, not to mention being directly hit by such a shell, even if the shell explodes relatively close, it can easily kill the ship. Life.

The whistling sound became louder and louder, and then the shell hit the office building of the Port Authority about 300 meters away, and then exploded violently. The walls of the third-floor office building of the Port Authority were like a strong wind Like the leaves in the tree, it was rolled up by the blast air and flew high. Some small debris even fell on the boat.

However, the landing of the shells gave everyone a sense of security—the rate of fire of this cannon was very low, and it usually took at least four or five minutes to complete a shot. So at least for a few minutes, everyone is safe.

But then two smaller shells fell, but fortunately they were far away from them.

In fact, just considering the artillery, the so-called last line of defense is obviously deceptive. As the positions are continuously abandoned, the French artillery is getting closer and closer to the port. The artillery can also hit the port. If you give up another line of defense and retreat to the so-called last line of defense, 100 artillery pieces can bombard the port.

"Why haven't you come back yet!" The gendarmerie captain was a little anxious. He kept looking at his pocket watch, almost giving the order for the boat to leave.

"Why hasn't that stupid dog returned yet? Damn it, leave that stupid dog alone! If you don't leave, you'll be shot!" Jarvis thought in his heart. Just now, he called that dog a "good dog" and hoped that it could run farther, but in a blink of an eye, the dog turned into a stupid dog. In fact, the dog itself has not changed, only its position has changed.

It's like in later generations, when some people's buttocks are sitting on the seat of the car, they will feel that the guys riding the battery car are really low-quality; and when their buttocks are on the seat of the battery car, They will feel that those cars on the zebra crossing do not slow down and are in a mess, which is really lacking in quality. It can be seen that the ass determines the head, which is really an eternal human nature.

Just when the captain of the gendarmerie couldn't bear to give the order to set sail immediately, he saw the gendarmerie running over with the silly dog ​​on his shoulders, waving and shouting at them while running.

When the person and the dog got on the boat, more people could already be seen running towards this side, all of them waving and shouting while running.

These people are the soldiers and low-ranking officers of the "Security Army" who found something wrong. But they are still far away now, while the gendarme's boat has already left the pier, with full sails, heading towards the open sea.

Jarvis stood on the deck and looked at the pier more than a hundred meters away. A large number of soldiers from the "Security Force" ran to the pier in a panic, shouting at the ship, because more people crowded over, and those people stood up. Unable to stop, they fell into the sea row after row, just like when the ghosts jumped from Charon's boat into hell.

Jarvis let out a sigh, deeply pleased with his luck. He looked at those unlucky ghosts struggling in the sea, and looked forward to the better days in the future with happiness. He didn't notice that the captain of the British military police was peeping at them from the shadow of the sail, and he was with a group of military police, and he was biting his ears.