Chapter 175: Persuade the pirates to surrender
As mentioned before, with this experience, Jiang Chen and the four of them quickly searched most of the rooms in this corridor. Because most of the rooms searched were with the hatch wide open, Jiang Chen and the others only needed to poke their heads into the hatch in an instant to see the situation inside.
For those closed hatches, Jiang Chen and the others would first knock on the iron door of the hatch to see if there would be some movement inside. If there were really pirates hiding inside, it was very likely that these panicked pirates would make some noise, and then Jiang Chen and the others outside the door would be able to hear it.
If there is no movement after knocking on the door, Jiang Chen and the others will try to open the hatch. Of course, if the hatch is directly locked inside, it means that it is very likely that there are pirates hiding inside, but so far, Jiang Chen and the four have not encountered such a situation, let alone seen a pirate.
In addition, during the entire search process, from beginning to end, in addition to controlling the sound of Jiang Chen's footsteps, the communication department between the four of them relied on simple gestures, and did not even say a word.
After reconnoitering most of the rooms in the corridor, Jiang Chen, who was at the forefront, was about to search the next room, when a slight movement came into Jiang Chen's ears.
Seeing this, Jiang Chen decisively turned his head and made a boo gesture to the three people behind him. After seeing the gesture, the three of Lu Haiyang, who knew that Jiang Chen had discovered the situation, also quickly controlled their breathing and listened carefully to the movement.
Soon, after the entire corridor was quiet, Jiang Chen and the others immediately heard the conversation between the two people, although the voice was heard clearly, Jiang Chen and the others couldn't understand it at all, because it was obviously an African language.
Of course, if Jiang Chen could understand what was being said between these two people, he would hear one of them asking, "How long are we going to hide here!"
The other person would reply, "Hide until after the Huaxia Navy leaves, and when the time comes, the boss will come back with someone." When the time comes, we'll go out and take control of the entire merchant ship!"
And that's what these pirates are trying to do in the merchant ships. In fact, although the pirates were driven away, they still lingered not far from the merchant ships, waiting for the special operators of the Huaxia Navy to leave, and then they would come back and try to attack again.
At that point, the pirates hiding in the merchant ships will hear the movement outside and come out again.
One can imagine how surprised it was that a few pirates suddenly appeared from among the merchant ships as all the crews of the merchant ships were working together to deal with the pirates surrounding the merchant ships.
It's just that these pirates' plans have already failed before they have started, because in the corridor outside the room, Jiang Chen and the four of them have already heard the conversation between the two clearly.
Although Jiang Chen couldn't understand what the two were talking about, Jiang Chen and the others had already guessed that the two guys who made the sound were pirates hiding in the merchant ships.
Soon, Jiang Chen and the four of them quietly found the room where the voice came from, a small room located in the corner of this corridor, according to the voices of the two of them.
Moreover, the doors of several nearby rooms were open, only the hatch of this room was closed. There was no other possibility at all, and Jiang Chen and the four of them directly locked this room.
Immediately, the other two team members stood on both sides of the hatch with automatic rifles, while Jiang Chen and Lu Haiyang stood at the door of the hatch.
After putting his rifle behind him, Jiang Chen, who carefully drew his pistol, nodded at several people, his expression was very serious. Seeing this, Lu Haiyang and the three of them also nodded, indicating that they were ready.
Then, after gradually calming down, Jiang Chen, who was holding a pistol in one hand, slowly approached the hatch with the other, and then gently knocked on the metal hatch a few times.
"Buckle button!"
"Whoa!"
At this time, there was no sound coming from inside when a knock was heard.
But this time, at the moment when the knock on the door just rang, there was a sound of bullets loading in the room across the hatch, although the pirates inside did not speak, but Jiang Chen and the others could vaguely hear the pirates inside panting because of nervousness.
Jiang Chen, who was finally sure that there was indeed a pirate hiding inside, slowly touched the doorknob of the hatch with one hand, and then slowly turned the handle, trying to open the hatch.
Lu Haiyang and the three of them looked nervous at the hatch at this time, and if someone broke out of it during the process, the three of them would not hesitate to pull the trigger.
However, this time, Jiang Chen did not open the hatch, because the hatch of the room was locked by the pirates inside.
"Report to Captain Lu immediately!"
Since the hatch was locked, it seemed that the pirates inside would not dare to come out for a while, and Jiang Chen, who had become a lot bolder, spoke directly.
"Understood!"
One of the team members who heard this nodded, and then quickly left here and went to the deck to find Lu Zihao.
At this time, the pirates in the room seemed to have guessed that they had been discovered, so the voice of the pirates also came from inside, although Jiang Chen couldn't understand what the few people were saying, but according to the panicked tone of these pirates, they should be discussing what to do now.
Soon, when Jiang Chen and the others blocked the only hatch in the room, with the sound of footsteps, Lu Zihao, who looked a little strange, appeared in the field of vision of Jiang Chen and the others.
"Captain Lu!"
After seeing Lu Zihao, Jiang Chen and the others, who had straightened their chests, saluted Lu Zihao with a military salute.
"What's the situation?"
Looking at the hatch tightly guarded by the three of them, Lu Zihao asked.
You must know that in the past, Lu Zihao thought that even if there were pirates hiding from the merchant ships, it should be his own people who found the pirates, not Jiang Chen, but the current situation is exactly the opposite of what he thought before.
However, when facing the right thing, Lu Zihao now forgot what happened just now and began to concentrate on the matter in front of him.
"A few pirates are hiding inside, the number of people should be about three or four, they locked the hatch!" Jiang Chen said when he saw this, from the different voices of a few pirates just now, Jiang Chen also judged that there would be no more than five pirates hiding inside.
After hearing this, Lu Zihao, who took a few steps forward, held the handle of the hatch, and after finding that the hatch could not be opened, Lu Zihao said: "Sure enough, the thief's heart is not dead!"
This idiom uttered by Lu Zihao describes these pirates very appropriately.
"Squad Leader Wu, I'll leave it to you!"
Lu Zihao, whose face was cold, turned around and said to a squad leader who had just followed him.
"Stand back, you guys, and leave it to us. In the future escort operations, you may also encounter such a situation, and now we are also covering up to you how to deal with this situation!" Seeing this, Lu Zihao turned his head and explained to Jiang Chen and the others.
Hearing this, Jiang Chen and the others nodded, and then hurriedly walked away, giving up their positions to the Wu squad leader and the others who had already taken over.
When squad leader Wu was leading three members of the Marine Corps to stand in a formation similar to Jiang Chen's four just now, squad leader Wu, who was holding a pistol, patted the hatch and said in English: "We are the escort fleet of the Huaxia Kingdom, I know that you are inside, I order you to open the hatch immediately, raise your hands and surrender." Otherwise, we will take coercive measures!"
"If you come out now, you can save your life. But if you continue to resist, we will attack and kill you on the spot!" Squad Leader Wu continued to warn in English.
Then, in the room through the hatch, there was a discussion between several pirates, although they were also incomprehensible, but from the tone of voice, it could be vaguely guessed that several pirates should be discussing countermeasures now, or rather making a choice.
While several pirates were discussing things, squad leader Wu, who was guarding the door, continued to warn the pirates in the room in English, and his tone became tougher and tougher, and even the force of slamming the door became stronger and stronger. If you don't surrender obediently, I'll attack directly.
Squad Leader Wu's approach was obviously putting pressure on the pirates inside. And in the process, the pirates in the room spoke more and more frequently, and their tone became more and more anxious.
"Click!"
At this time, several soldiers standing next to them pulled the bolts of their rifles one after another with a tacit understanding, and the crisp sound also entered the room, which also became the last straw that crushed these pirates.
"If we get out, will you shoot us?"
Sure enough, a pirate's voice came from the room, with a hint of fear and panic in his tentative tone.
"No, we will just return you to the government of your country and let them judge you!"
After understanding this sentence, squad leader Wu explained.
Of course, these pirates also have nationalities, and although their countries may still be in the midst of war, they are legitimate governments and countries recognized by the United Nations, and captured pirates are generally returned to the governments of these countries in accordance with regulations and procedures.
In addition to the pirates who were killed, more than a dozen pirates were captured in the last operation of the joint operations team, and these pirates may be returned to the governments of those countries for trial at that time.
As for how the governments of these countries tried these pirates, even if they were released quickly and then became pirates again, it was not something that Jiang Chen and the others could consider.
"Don't shoot, we surrender!"
Sure enough, after squad leader Wu said this, accompanied by a pirate speaking, the pirate inside chose to surrender.
"Throw your weapons aside, then put your heads in your hands and lean against the wall!"
After knowing that the pirates inside had surrendered, the look on Squad Leader Wu's face was also much more relaxed. Genius remembers the first three or five in a second