Following the label, Li Qing searched for a moment in the library, but did not find what he wanted.
He stopped in front of the bookshelf and frowned. After thinking for a long time, he returned to the registration desk step by step and asked the librarian: "Do you know about Titanic?"
"What is that?" the black administrator asked with a question mark on his face.
Li Qing shook his head, returned to the bookshelf, and looked through all the event record books before and after 1912, but found nothing about the appearance of the Titanic, as if the incident in his memory never happened at all.
Maybe it really didn't happen?
Although I had prepared for it a long time ago, when I really thought about it, I found that there was no sign of this happening at all.
Li Qing sat at the reading table, took out a pen and paper, and began to write the keyword "Three Hours of Despair" one stroke at a time.
He wanted to write about the tragic sinking of the Titanic, and not only did he want to write it, he also wanted to film it!
This idea already made him tremble when he first came up with it.
After learning that the Titanic incident most likely did not exist in this time and space, this desire became even stronger!
That year was April 14, 1912.
That day, the last three hours before midnight...
The Titanic, known as the "unsinkable ship", is sailing rapidly on the dark and cold ocean at a speed of 22.3 knots, or 45 kilometers per hour!
Like a dagger, it cut a huge hole in the black velvet cloth regardless of the fairy clan!
At that time, the maximum speed of the entire ship was 23 knots.
It can be seen that the ship's speed is close to the limit.
It is very difficult to "brake" such rapid progress in an emergency. A professional shipping company will never make such a stupid mistake.
So, why does this ship drive at such a fast speed on the Arctic Ocean?
This has to bring up the owner of this giant ship, "Bruce Ismay".
Ismay was the chairman of the British White Star Line, one of the most famous shipping companies in the world at the time.
As the head of the family, Ismay saw that the cruise ships built by his competitor Cunard were being sought after all over the world. He became jealous and spent huge sums of money to build three of the largest cruise ships in the world at that time.
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Namely Olympic, Titanic and Giant.
Just looking at the name is enough to overwhelm all competitors.
This is what Ismay wants, but it is not enough.
Just being huge obviously cannot satisfy Ismay's vanity.
Because he not only had to overwhelm his competitor Cunard Company in terms of size, but also in terms of speed, so after the launch of the first giant ship Olympic was slightly frustrated, the second giant ship Titanic was launched by Iraq.
Smei had all her high hopes, and just after launching into the water, she went ahead at full speed regardless of everything!
In 1912, it happened to be a mild winter, and the icebergs in the Arctic Ocean moved further south than in previous years. Therefore, the number of icebergs appearing on the established routes was much higher than in previous years!
Therefore, ships traveling in the North Atlantic often receive reports on iceberg conditions from other ships. Everyone understands each other, transfers information to each other, and helps navigate.
The tycoon "Titanic" is certainly no exception.
The captain ordered the lookout to pay close attention to the icebergs floating on the sea.
But what makes people speechless is that on the Titanic, which attracted so much attention, there was no binoculars that could be used for observation!
It is said that the crew member in charge of the telescope carefully locked the telescope in the cabinet, and then did not get on the ship himself...
So the lookout could only rely on human eyes to identify in the sea breeze.
It was a calm journey along the way.
But it was just too calm that led to the tragedy that followed.
Because even if there is a little wave undulating, as long as it is photographed on the iceberg, the movement produced can be observed and judged by the naked eye. However, because there is no telescope, the lookout cannot notice the movement hundreds of meters away in the dark night.
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As time goes by, it's approaching midnight.
When the lookout spotted the dark shadow of the iceberg, he saw that the tip of the iceberg was growing in size at a very fast rate.
He woke up immediately, quickly rang the alarm bell on the bridge three times, grabbed the phone and yelled: "There is an iceberg directly ahead!".
After receiving the report, the deputy captain immediately ordered: "Slow down all engines! Full left rudder! Reverse propeller No. 3!".
Although it has been confirmed that the command to full port rudder was a fatal mistake, the Titanic was less than 4 meters away from the iceberg at that time. After the lookout discovered the iceberg, reached the starboard side of the ship, and hit the iceberg, it only passed a short distance forward and backward.
37 seconds.
In the dark night, when the ship's hull collides with the iceberg at extremely fast speeds, any decision is made in a single thought.
37 seconds later, because the hull of the Titanic was too large, the rudder was too small, and the speed was too fast, it was unable to stop and turn in time, and rushed towards the iceberg diagonally.
Based on physics knowledge, we know that the phenomenon of "tip of the iceberg" looks like an iceberg floating on the sea. In fact, it is even more dangerous below the sea level.
So, in the dark night of the ice sea, the Titanic and the iceberg had a kiss of death.
A hole was torn open on the starboard side of the ship's hull by an iceberg below the sea level. The rivets broke at the front of the ship below the waterline, and seawater began to seep into the cargo hold rapidly.
Except for some passengers in the bottom cabin who witnessed the milky white iceberg passing by the porthole, the passengers in the first and second class cabins only felt a slight shaking and did not realize that a disaster was approaching, nor did they think that their lives had entered a countdown.
After all, this is an unsinkable giant ship that has been exaggerated by the media and guaranteed by relevant experts!
At this time, the time was approaching twelve o'clock.
In the first minute after colliding with the iceberg, 4 tons of seawater poured into the bow of the ship.
Fortunately, the waterproof panels were still functioning and the water seepage was still within control. The captain summoned engineers to begin repairs on the damaged parts.
When twelve o'clock came, more than 7 tons of seawater quickly poured into the bow of the ship. The water had already flooded the three bow cargo holds and further covered the upper deck.
The bow of the ship began to sink slowly.
Engineer Andrew inspected the damage to the hull and told Captain Smith: Seawater had flooded into the five forward compartments.
This means that this ship is hopeless.
The Titanic is about to sink, and no one can change it.
Captain Smith was silent for a moment and asked how much time was left. The answer was, at most two hours.
Five minutes later, Captain Smith gave the order to prepare to launch the lifeboat, but it was not until this time that people discovered that there were not enough lifeboats at all.
This has to mention Ismay, the owner of the Titanic.
As a cosmic-class luxury ship, there should be four standard lifeboats. However, in order to make the top deck of the Titanic more spacious, Ismay took the initiative and increased the number of lifeboats on the Titanic from the original four.
The number of ships was reduced to 16 ships.
There were more than 4,000 people on board at that time, and the 16 lifeboats, all filled with people, could only accommodate 117 people, and the total number of people on board was as high as 22.
Because Ismay's arbitrary opinions directly led to the tragedy
As the Titanic sank, 15 lives were buried with it and sank to the bottom of the sea.
"Is this true?"
Li Qing, who was immersed in writing, heard an incredible voice in his ears.
Li Qing turned around and saw the little Okinawa girl whom he had met at the Guangdong Airport before. She was looking at him with a shocked face. She was breathing rapidly and asked in disbelief: "In 1912, the Titanic sank. 15
Are people buried with you?”
Li Qing was noncommittal, and casually put away the draft that was filled with a whole piece of paper in his hand, and then said: "Do you think it is true?"
“So true!”
The shock on the little girl's face could not be erased for a long time: "This must be true."
"If you think so, then so be it!"
Li Qing stood up with a smile, turned around and left.
The little girl wanted to stop him, but finally held back.
She is a relatively shy person, and can even be said to have a dark personality, and many things will develop in a bad direction.
There are some things that can be done without bothering others.
She originally came to the library to rent two midnight books, but after accidentally seeing the article "Three Hours of Despair", her whole heart was affected. In order to verify the truth of this matter, she went to the library
I went to search for the story about the Titanic. After the search was fruitless, I turned to search for the major events that happened in 1912.
In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift.
Victor Hess discovered high-altitude radiation using a balloon.
Max von Laue discovered x-ray diffraction.
Auckland Docks Building in New Zealand built.
In 1912, the Norwegian expedition reached the Pole.
New Mexico joins the United States.
The African National Congress of South Africa is established.
Britain establishes its air force.
Paramount Pictures was established in the United States, and Universal Pictures was established...
"No, none..."
The little girl bit her fingers in distress. When the library was about to close, she looked through the historical records around 19 years ago several times, and finally she discovered a similar incident.
On April 4, 1911, the cruise ship Costa set out to sea and completed its maiden voyage, departing from Southampton, England, passing through Cherbourg-Octville, France, and Queenstown, Ireland. The planned destination was New York, the United States.
At 11:04 p.m. on April 1, 1919, the cruise ship Costa hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Two hours later, 113 people were buried at the bottom of the sea, causing the most serious maritime accident in peacetime at that time.
Could it be that the Costa is the Titanic?
The little girl looked at the numbers in the historical records. Although the Costa, with a total of 115 people on board, hit an iceberg and silenced the seabed, only 113 people were buried at the bottom of the sea because of the timely rescue and the presence of patrol ships nearby.
Compared with the 1,523 people on the Titanic, the number of 113 people will not be so shocking.
"Is that person a writer? It's based on historical events. What's written on that draft paper is just an outline of the story?" The little girl breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, it's not true, otherwise it would be really pitiful. Those