The Red Sea is located between the Arabian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, with the Gulf of Aden in the south and the Suez Canal in the north, with an average depth of 600 meters and a maximum depth of 2,500 meters.

Due to the narrow shipping lanes of most of the sea, the ships need to slow down slowly, coupled with the hardships of the surrounding residents, poverty and war have driven most of the people to a dead end, due to the terrain restrictions, this is known as a pirate's paradise and the most dangerous shipping lane on the home planet.

The Home Star Union has a North American-led fleet here, which is responsible for escorting the cargo ships of the Community of Interest across the Red Sea.

In 01, the Huaxia Sea Department had not yet risen and was unable to join the escort team, even if the home star combined fleet was here, the Huaxia merchant ships did not dare to arrive here, but completed the transshipment business in the Maliu Strait.

For example, when Huaxia exports rare earths, a Huaxia freighter arrives at a port in the Maliu Strait, transfers the rare earths to the freighters in the 'Beiyue' alliance, pays a high transportation fee to the other party, and entrusts the other party to transport the rare earths to the surrounding countries in the Mediterranean.

The same is true for imports.

Zheng He's fleet, to put it bluntly, is a transoceanic foreign trade led by Chinese private enterprises.

Even if Huo Dun, KS and other companies join, even if Horton dares to point at the North American governor and scold, the two sides are still in a hostile state in the economic field.

Before the Holden consortium completed the 'cosmetics' deal, the fleet encountered pirates, and the North American fleet would help, and now that Holden has emptied the goods and the fleet has crossed the Red Sea, the North American fleet is already very lucky not to secretly make stumbling blocks, let alone come to help escort the ship.

Therefore, the two Apache left in the fleet in a hurry to leave with fuel long before entering the Gulf of Aden.

As for Horton's words about guaranteeing the safety of the fleet in Europe......

Just listen to it, this old man is 'too young', how has he ever experienced 'war'?

Having encountered the second group of pirates before, Horton was frightened and scolded.

After leaving Somali this time and entering the Gulf of Aden, Horton was almost scared out of a heart attack when he saw another pirate appearing and the opposing lineup......

More than a dozen retired warships blocked the channel ahead, and on the embankments on both sides like scorched earth, countless 'refugees' suddenly appeared......

What's even more terrifying is that the artillery fire roars from the rear of the fleet, as if these pirates want to rely on their own ships and block their own way.

At this moment, Horton seemed to find the main reason why Zheng He's fleet was repeatedly attacked by pirates.

The ships are loaded with retail goods, and what these poor people lack is daily necessities, clothing, shoes and hats, food and drink......

Nearly a thousand cargo ships, billions of cargo, this is more tempting than the gold, silver and jewels thrown into the robbers' den......

Whoa......

Several speedboats came from the pirate warships ahead, and the 'refugees' from the embankments on both sides jumped into the sea like dumplings, and rushed towards Zheng He's fleet......

Woo oh ~ woo oh ~~~

Unlike the previous electronic prompts, today's sirens are particularly dull and urgent.

"Attention all employees, the fleet has entered the first level of alert, this time it is not a drill, not a drill, not a drill!"

"Please quickly put on your work clothes, wear protective equipment, and have each team leader and team leader conduct safety checks and report their respective conditions. ”

"Weapon Compartment Access Enabled ......"

"Escape Boat Access Enabled ......"

"Collective entry into the ...... of combat readiness"

"Say important things three times, please pay attention to all employees......"

Horton was stunned for a long time, and seemed to remember something, "Ge, why didn't you have this kind of alarm before?"

"Before?"

I used to fight fake pirates!

Ge Xiaotian was slightly stunned, "Oh, although we have conducted anti-piracy exercises, Tianwei is not skilled in the business at sea, and when I encountered pirates before, I was nervous and forgot." ”

“......”

"Fortunately, I have met a lot, and everyone is familiar with it. ”

Ge Xiaotian changed into his overalls and glanced at Horton and the others, who were also neatly dressed, "You are in the safety cabin, I believe that Tianwei can deal with them." ”

"Ge, I have contacted the North American fleet, but the warships in the Arabian Sea have not returned from the pursuit of the first two groups of pirates, and the warships in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea are being repaired and will take time. ”

"There's no rush. ”

Although the home star combined fleet is dominated by North America, and Zheng He's fleet encounters pirates, the other party will definitely delay time, but it is not that he will not come, otherwise it will be difficult to get over the face of the home star federation......

Ge Xiaotian didn't care, and took out two handfuls of small biubiu specially made by Nong Qijiu for the big boss......

Bang Bang ......

Horton was startled, quickly put on the earmuffs, pulled down the goggles, and immediately found ......

"This ...... This biubiu is not live ammunition?"

"Narcotic bombs, after all, I am a private company, and I must abide by the law. ”

“......”

Thundered......

At that moment, on the battleship next to the treasure ship, a trebuchet swung and projected a thing the size of a football into the sky.

The orb burst into the air with a sound far beyond an explosion......

On the sea below, more than a dozen of the fastest 'refugees' who swam rolled their eyes and fainted......

Almost at the same time, the mechanical arm of a nearby ship flicked, cast a metal net, and quickly pocketed it, and more than a dozen refugees who had fallen into a coma and had not yet sunk into the sea were quickly salvaged and put into the fish hold......

Dozens of strong men swarmed up......

Immediately after, three spheres rose into the air and erupted with a dazzling light that even if you were wearing goggles......

Many of the pirates who wanted to get close to the ship stopped firing and covered their eyes in wailing......

More than a dozen strong men jumped along the rope and snatched each other's speedboats......

“？？？”

Just as Horton's face was full of confusion, there was a broadcast in the sky exchanging several languages:

"Solemnly warn that this is the NT fleet, and we have every right to carry out the NT standard when attacked, and send the captured lawbreakers to the polar regions and underground, and provide unpaid labor for us for N years until our losses are paid off. ”

"The polar fish farm is located at 65 degrees north latitude, and the temperature is below ...... all year round"

"The underground mine is located 1,300 meters underground in South Africa, and the temperature is 42 degrees Celsius all year round......"

"Compared to the labor intensity, I believe that this is your paradise......"

"Say important things three times......"

Sudden ......

No matter how the broadcast is summoned, the pirates will not have the audacity to pull the trigger until they have suffered a major setback......

And when the sea area near the fleet was emptied, Tianwei controlled the rhythm of the battle, and the neatly dressed Tianyu crew appeared one after another, and rushed to the ships that were planned to be robbed by pirates in their own speedboats.

Ge Xiaotian secretly contacted Nong Qijiu.

In this attack, the enemy was not the main force to snatch the large iron lumps, but by spreading the cargo of Zheng He's fleet, which attracted the real ?? Pirate.

Although Tiancheng wants cheap labor, he has no eyes for knives and guns, and if he can't guarantee his own safety, he may use hot force and cause a large number of casualties.

Boss Ge is a kind person.

Therefore, it is necessary for Nong Qijiu to control the pirate offensive to facilitate his own capture......

Horton and others were a little confused by Tiancheng's operation.

In particular, the ironclad ships distributed in the front, middle and rear began to drop smoke bombs, and the alarm even reminded them to wear masks to prevent coma......

"Ge, what are we doing?"