Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 669 God of Protection

On the Ark in Medan, the captain Sidney Strachey has been suffering for the past few days.

As the captain of the Ark, Sidney Strachey was not only responsible for the Ark, but also for the twelve hundred new immigrants on the Ark.

The actual carrying capacity of the Ark is only 800 people, but there are many supply stations along the way from Qing Dynasty to southern Africa, so it is not surprising that it is temporarily overloaded. Relatively speaking, the Ark is relatively humane. Some ocean-going transport ships are overloaded in the same number times more, that is the real canned sardines.

The first officer, Sean Alley, came back from the cabin and walked into the bridge muttering "terrible" incessantly.

Sidney Strachey knew how bad the situation in the cabin was without asking. In order to allow women and children as much space as possible, the Ark set aside some cabins for women and children. As a result, the lives of men The space is further compressed, and some cabins that were originally a room for four people have to squeeze more than a dozen people, that is, Chinese with super endurance can endure this situation.

"When will we get out of this damned place?" Sean Allie casually put his hat on the operating table, took off his bow tie regardless of the image, and picked up the coffee in front of Sidney Strachey. drink up.

"Wait a minute, the umbrella company's ship has already appeared, and the officials of Lion City are also negotiating with the Dutch, maybe we can set off tomorrow." Sidney Strachey also had no choice, the Dutch really wanted to die, It really can't be stopped.

"Maybe the Crocodile Nile was just passing by—" Sean Ally's disappointment was palpable. The Crocodile Nile appeared outside the port of Medan in the morning, making the crew on the Ark ecstatic. Instead of entering the port, they sailed directly north, which disappointed the crew on the Ark.

"Calm down Sean, the lord will not ignore us, even if we ignore our Ark, he will not ignore the more than 1000 Chinese on board." Sidney Strachey persuaded Sean Allie while also convincing himself.

It was impossible to say that Sidney Strachey was not anxious in this strange environment.

But anxiety can't solve any problems. As the captain, Sidney Strachey must force himself to calm down, stabilize the mood of the crew, and appease the frightened new immigrants in the cabin.

These new immigrants had just left the precarious environment of the Qing Dynasty, and they had great uncertainty about the future. As a result, they encountered this kind of thing again when they arrived in Medan Port, that is, the new immigrants did not know what happened to them. The crew had to deceive the new immigrants into thinking that the reason why the Ark was stranded in Medan Port was because of a storm in the sea ahead, and the Ark could not move on until the storm subsided.

"Sidney, don't be stupid, don't you know those nobles well enough? They don't care about the life and death of ordinary people like us. We are just pawns to them. What they want are rights, money, and those Delicate roses, we are all cannon fodder that can be discarded at any time." Sean Ali was furious, but luckily Sean Ali would only complain in front of Sidney Strachey, once he left the bridge, he would appear In front of the crew and the new immigrants, Sean Alley is still a qualified first mate.

"You're half right, those noble gentlemen in Europe are indeed like this, but it doesn't include us in Nyasaland, otherwise you wouldn't let Casey and the children come to Nyasaland—oh, I haven't Let me ask you, how is the standard of public schools in Port Edward?" Sidney Strachey broke the topic, and now he wanted to talk about something that could give people hope.

Sure enough, when mentioning his wife and children, Sean Alley immediately forgot the terrible reality on his face: "It is definitely above the standard. You know that if our children are in the local area, they will have no chance to receive education at all. The local public schools are all Bunch of hooligans, expensive private schools I can't pay my kids, but in Port Edward my kids go to the same school as the mayor's kids, wear the same clothes, eat the same food, they're even in the next class , sharing the same teacher, what is there to complain about?"

When mentioning the child, Sean Alley immediately talked endlessly, and Sidney Strachey smiled. Of course, Sidney Strachey also knows the specific situation. He also lives in Port Edward now, and the child is also in Port Edward of public schools.

"The Dutch are idiots. They don't know how powerful we are in southern Africa. They should really ask the Germans. Now Nyasaland should know about our situation, right?" Sean Alley looked expectant.

"The crowd is excited, not just Nyasaland, but the entire federal government. Newspapers are full of articles demanding that the federal government pay blood for blood. People spontaneously took to the streets to demand that the government take us back as soon as possible. The army has already started to move, maybe Tomorrow the Northern Rhodesian Division will appear outside the port of Medan—" Sidney Strachey, smoking a pipe and crossing his arms, pretended to be deep, as if he had witnessed it.

"That's how it should be. How about your lord? What does your lord say?" Sean Ally didn't realize that Sidney Strachey was also detained in the Port of Medan these days, and he had no chance to learn about outside news.

"The Nile Crocodile that appeared in the Outer Harbor in the morning must have been sent by the Lord. The Nile Crocodile has been in Port Elizabeth, and it must be full of mercenaries. You know the character of the Lord. He will not give up on us, don't forget His position is Deputy Secretary of Defense, and we are citizens of Southern Africa—" Sidney Strachey swore, full of confidence in Rock.

"Yes, the lord will not leave us alone, God, I really hope we can leave here tomorrow—" Sean Allie muttered to himself, the Ark in adversity, Rock is their greatest hope.

"Captain, some gentlemen would like to see you—" came Bosun John's voice from outside the bridge.

"Who is it?" Sidney Strachey beckoned Sean Alley to answer the door.

"Hi Captain, I'm Hicks, Captain of the First Squadron of the Special Operations Brigade of Umbrella Far East Company. Nice to meet you." Hicks was wearing a combat uniform, a mask cap, full armor and oil paint on his face. Offered a hand to Sidney Strachey.

"God, you're finally here!" Sidney Strachey cheered, ignoring Hicks' outstretched hand, and hugged Hicks directly, feeling very sad on Hicks' stubbled face. A loud kiss.

Hicks was dumbfounded, and it took him a while to react, and immediately threw Sidney Strachey away in disgust.

"How many of you are here?" Sidney Strachey didn't mind Hicks' attitude.

"A squadron!" Hicks was annoyed, and then noticed that the atmosphere was a bit frozen: "But there are still 800 people in the Lion City, and people will arrive one after another tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. How is the situation here?"

Sidney Strachey could barely control his emotions, Sean Ally had opened his mouth wide and his eyes were red, and John was busy making coffee cheerfully.

"It's not very good. A small-scale infectious disease broke out a few days ago, so more than a dozen people died, but now the disease has been brought under control. After Mr. Fred from Lion City negotiated with the Dutch, the Dutch finally gave us Sufficient food and water have been replenished, but the situation in the cabin is very bad, we have to leave here as soon as possible.” Sidney Strachey is also very helpless, ocean voyages, the most feared are various infectious diseases, sometimes epidemics If it is more serious, a whole boat of people can die.

Nyasaland has always had high requirements for hygiene. Before boarding the ship, these new immigrants had already recuperated in the Qing camp for two or three months. On the one hand, they supplemented nutrition, on the one hand, learned the language, and on the other hand, cultivate hygienic habits.

If it weren't for good hygienic habits, the infectious disease this time would certainly not have killed only a dozen people.

"Can the ship start now?" Hicks said decisively.

"Can be—but—" Sidney Strachey hesitated. Whether the ship can sail or whether it can leave smoothly is another matter.

"Don't worry, no one can stop the Ark." Hicks said everything. As a combatant, Hicks' smooth appearance in front of Sidney Strachey already explained a lot of problems.

"Oh oh oh, okay—" Sidney Strachey woke up like a dream.

"I said long ago that we should go straight out, and these dwarf monkeys hired by the Dutch, they can't even beat our crew—" Sean Alley was about to ring the bell.

"Wait—" Hicks raised his wrist to look at his watch, and then at the dark and empty pier, as if waiting for something.

Sidney Strachey and Sean Ally didn't dare to speak or ask, but looked at Hicks expectantly.

Afterwards, Sidney Strachey insisted that at most only 5 minutes had passed, but Sean Alley believed that Hicks had waited at least an hour.

When two fires appeared on the pier more than 100 meters behind the Ark, Hicks smiled: "Let's go, captain, I wish you a smooth journey!"

Then Hicks put on his hat, grabbed his rifle and jumped onto the pier.

"Is that so?" John couldn't believe it.

"What do you think? They are umbrellas. Our patrons, Mr. Boatswain, have started work. We need to get out of this damned place as soon as possible." Sidney Strachey absolutely trusted umbrellas.

It is not enough to turn the key to start the ship. The Ark uses a large reciprocating steam engine. It takes at least two hours from the time the boiler is ignited to when it leaves Medan Port. Sidney Strachey does not know that the Umbrella Company has How many mercenaries, but since Hicks was so confident, Sidney Strachey chose to believe.

(End of this chapter)