Soon, six warships of the two escort formations converged to form a new escort formation, which began to stand by in the sea area.

At the same time as the two escort formations converged, the command headquarters of the new batch of escort formations, commander-in-chief Zheng Mingchuan and political commissar Lin Guoze, moved to the headquarters of the previous escort formation with several officers. The joint operations team led by Jiang Chen also received the order, followed the command, and moved to the new headquarters.

"Lao Zheng!"

When Zheng Mingchuan took everyone and just boarded the deck on a speedboat, Fang Xu, the commander-in-chief of the formation, who had been waiting for a long time, and the political commissar Pan Jinhui hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, followed by several officers.

"Hahaha, old classmate, long time no see!"

After seeing Fang Xu, Zheng Mingchuan, who was also very excited, hurriedly stepped forward, and the two of them hugged each other directly.

Although Zheng Mingchuan was a high-ranking officer of the East China Sea Fleet, Fang Xu was an officer of the South China Sea Fleet. But back then, the two of them not only came out of the same naval academy, but also comrades who lived and died together on the same boat. However, it has been several years since the last time the two met.

"Oh, I really didn't expect it to be you!" After hugging him, Fang Xu, who let go of his hand, looked at Zheng Mingchuan in front of him, then sighed, and then said, "It's a pity, I haven't seen you for so long, if I don't have a task, I really want to have a drink with you!"

For men, the best way to get together is to get together, and then drink a few glasses of wine and chat.

However, whether it is Fang Xu or Zheng Mingchuan, the two of them are still on the escort mission, and they only have the opportunity to drink when they are on vacation.

"In this way, I will let the canteen make a few small dishes in the evening, and we will replace the wine with tea, and we will have a good chat!" Fang Xu, who thought of something, pointed at Zheng Mingchuan and said, looking like I would be anxious with you if you don't agree.

"Let's solve the task at hand first!" Seeing this, Zheng Mingchuan nodded, but quickly changed the topic to the main topic.

"Oh yes, let me introduce you, Pan Jinhui, the political commissar of our escort formation!"

After hearing this, Fang Xu, who remembered this time, hurriedly introduced Pan Jinhui, who had been standing behind him with a happy face.

"Captain Zheng!"

Seeing this, Pan Jinhui also hurriedly stepped forward and took the initiative to stretch out his right hand while speaking.

"Same as Lao Fang, call me Lao Zheng!" Zheng Mingchuan, who also stretched out his hand and shook hands with the other party, pointed to Lin Guoze next to him and said, "This is my political commissar, Lin Guoze!"

"Hello!"

Seeing this, Lin Guoze also shook hands with Fang Xu and Pan Jinhui very politely.

"This is our formation, the leader of the joint operations team, the lone wolf, and the vice captain sea eagle!"

After introducing Lin Guoze, Zheng Mingchuan pointed to Jiang Chen and Lu Haiyang, who were following him and were fully armed.

"Hello Chief!"

Hearing this, Jiang Chen and Lu Haiyang stepped forward in unison, then clenched the rifles in their chests and shouted in unison.

"You've prepared enough this time!" Looking at the thirteen special combat team members standing behind Zheng Mingchuan, Fang Xu, who nodded, also spoke.

After saying this, Fang Xu put his eyes behind him, and then looked at a major who was following him: "Lu Zihao!"

"Here!"

The major named Lu Zihao took a step forward in response loudly after hearing the name.

"The Marine Corps, the person in charge of the special operations team in this escort operation. There should be more topics to talk about between the few of you!" Fang Xu, who was pointing at Lu Zihao, opened his mouth and said, and then ordered towards Lu Zihao, "Lu Zihao, you take them down to rest, and by the way, familiarize yourself with the situation of our formation!"

Although the South China Sea Fleet does not have a special operations squadron directly under the General Staff Headquarters, such as the Haijiao Squadron, the South China Sea Fleet, which has three Marine Brigades, is the largest Marine Corps among the three fleets.

Every time the South China Sea Fleet carries out an escort operation, the South China Sea Fleet selects elite members from the three special operations brigades to form a special combat team, and its combat effectiveness is also very strong.

"Understood!"

Hearing this, Lu Zihao replied.

Subsequently, under the leadership of Lu Zihao, the thirteen members of the joint action team followed each other out of the deck and walked towards the place where they would live for a period of time in the future.

After Jiang Chen and the others left, Fang Xu also took Zheng Mingchuan and the others into the formation headquarters.

Because from now on, until the end of this escort mission, the new batch of escort fleets will be integrated into the previous batch of escort fleets. The new batch of escort fleets need to really learn to escort in this escort mission.

"Old Fang, when are we leaving?"

After walking into the headquarters, Zheng Mingchuan, who was a little anxious, asked Fang Xu.

"Depart on time the morning after tomorrow!" Fang Xu, who heard this, said, "According to the plan, the merchant ships of all the countries we are responsible for this time will arrive here on time before the morning after tomorrow." The number of merchant ships and ships escorted this time has reached more than 30, from more than a dozen countries!"

"So much?"

After hearing this amount, Zheng Mingchuan was also taken aback.

According to the general escort operation, these more than 30 merchant ships and ships from various countries need to rely on two warships to escort them, and Zheng Mingchuan, who thought of this, suddenly felt that his pressure suddenly increased.

"In a general escort operation, the number of ships escorted is twenty or thirty, and it is basically necessary to divide into two or three columns in parallel. The entire formation stretched for almost twenty kilometers. In order to ensure the safety of the escorted ship, it is necessary to send special combat personnel to carry out escort operations on board. Carrier-based helicopters should also be ready to take off at any time to strengthen patrols and vigilance!" Fang Xu, who saw this, said.

After thinking that this last escort operation was escorted by four warships together, Fang Xu spoke again: "This time the number of escort ships has doubled, relatively speaking, it will be much easier! But when we leave, the tasks in the next few months will be handed over to you!"

"I understand!"

Hearing this, Zheng Mingchuan nodded, and his expression became more and more solemn.

"Don't worry, although during the escort operation, you will be attacked by pirates. But when a pirate is just approaching, we will detect it and expel it as soon as possible. Only those merchant ships that are lone will be targeted by pirates, and these pirates will board the ships and hold them hostage. If we encounter such a situation, we will need our special combat team members to board the ship for rescue!" Looking at the solemn expression on Zheng Mingchuan's face, Fang Xu said, "And in the process of escorting, the ships of the entire formation have a common contact frequency, and if there is an emergency, we will also know about it as soon as possible!"

"Hmm!"

Zheng Mingchuan, who heard this, also nodded, the expression on his face was a lot more relaxed, but there was also some nervousness in his eyes, after all, Zheng Mingchuan was also the first time to carry out an escort operation...

In the following day, as the departure time of the formation gradually approached, more and more merchant ships from various countries began to appear in this sea area, and after the escort formation contacted the merchant ship, it would order the other party to anchor at the designated position and wait for the arrival of other merchant ships.

As Tong Fang Xu said before, in the face of more than 30 large and small escorted ships, all the merchant ships were divided into three columns, and the length of the formation was also more than 20 kilometers, and the four fleets responsible for escorting were around this huge fleet.

However, on the morning of the third day, when Fang Xu entered the formation headquarters, something happened.

"Are all the ships in place?"

Seeing that there was only an hour left before departure, Fang Xu, who walked into the command headquarters, asked.

"Except for the merchant ship "Haijie", the remaining thirty-four merchant ships all arrived on time, and they have all anchored in the specified positions!"

Upon hearing this, one of the soldiers in the command stood up and spoke.

"Why hasn't the merchant ship Haijie arrived yet, and has it been in contact with the other party?"

After knowing that there was still a merchant ship that had not arrived, Fang Xu, whose face suddenly wrinkled, opened his mouth and asked, with a hint of anger in his expression.

If the merchant ship did not arrive in the area on time, the movement of the entire formation would be affected, and they would have to wait until the merchant ship arrived before they could depart.

"Three hours ago, the Haijie reported that there was a problem with the power system of the merchant ship and was rushing to repair it. But they'll make it here on time!" the warrior said.

"Report, received an emergency distress signal from the Haijie!"

After this soldier had just finished speaking, another soldier sitting next to him suddenly stood up and said, and the entire formation command suddenly became nervous.

"Level 1 anti-piracy deployment, contact the merchant ship "Haijie", ask them to report their location, turn on the reconnaissance satellite, and lock on the "Haijie" merchant ship!"

Although Fang Xu, whose face changed suddenly, was very shocked in his heart, he still gave the order in an orderly manner.

"Woo~~"

"Level 1 Anti-Piracy Deployment, Level 1 Anti-Piracy Deployment!"

Accompanied by a shrill siren, the voice of the informant of the command headquarters was suddenly heard from the loudspeakers installed in various parts of the warship. in several other directions.

At the same time, in several other directions, the entire escort formation, more than 30 ships, sounded the alarm almost immediately.

When the personnel on the warships were quickly in place, the crews of the ships that were escorted also quickly made deployments. A part of the crew quickly took control of the water cannons installed on the merchant ship, and the rest of the crew were all brought together.

If there are really pirates, if the pirates occupy their merchant ship, they will hide in the bottom safety compartment of the merchant ship as soon as possible, and then wait for the special forces of Huaxia to rescue them.

"Old Fang, what's wrong?"

At the moment when the alarm sounded, Zheng Mingchuan, who stepped into the headquarters for the first time, spoke directly, and although Lin Guoze, the political commissar who followed Zheng Mingchuan, did not speak, his face was extremely solemn.

The two did not expect that before the escort formation set off, the sirens sounded. And now, every time an alarm sounds, it means that pirates are coming.

"Something happened to the merchant ship Haijie, it should have been besieged by pirates!" Fang Xu, who had already guessed that the merchant ship Haijie had left the country, said.

At this time, on the other side, the fighters in charge of contacting the merchant ship Haijie had already learned the location of the merchant ship Haijie, and at the same time, according to the location they provided, the reconnaissance satellite also forwarded the situation in the sea area to the big screen at the first time.

Sure enough, when the picture was just shown, everyone in the entire command saw that a merchant ship of tens of thousands of tons was moored on a large sea, and countless containers were piled up on it.

However, at this moment, around this merchant ship, more than a dozen speedboats were surrounding the merchant ship, and on each speedboat, there were four or five pirates, some of them with AK rifles in their hands, and some of them with bazookas in their hands.

And on the deck of the merchant ship, several crew members control the water cannons on the deck, hoping that relying on the dozens of water jets shot by the water cannons, they can drive away these greedy pirates.

According to the plan, the Haijie merchant ship was indeed able to arrive at the confluence area ahead of schedule, and then arrive safely at the port under the protection of the escort group.

However, around the wee hours of the morning, there was a problem with the power system of the Haijie merchant ship, which was about to arrive at its destination, and the entire merchant ship could only stay where it was, waiting for the crew to repair the merchant ship before continuing to set off.

After several hours of emergency repairs, although the merchant ship was repaired, the merchant ship that remained in place for several hours was targeted by nearby pirates.

At dawn, just after getting up, the crew who was about to set off saw the pirates surrounding themselves, more than a dozen pirate speedboats surrounded the merchant ships of tens of thousands of tons, and the Haijie could only send an emergency distress signal to the escort formation that had not yet been seen.

Of course, while sending the rescue signal, the Haijie merchant ship was also actively preparing for defense, and all the weapons that could be used were used.

Facing the speedboat that was getting closer and closer to the merchant ship, there was indeed a bad luck speedboat that was hit by a water gun, and several pirates on the speedboat were directly washed into the sea by the water cannon.

However, at this time, the pirates also launched their attack, and it is not known what the pirates lost, and one by one the black things were thrown onto the merchant ship, and then a fire broke out.

"It's a burner!"

Looking at the clouds of black smoke gradually rising from the merchant ship, Fang Xu, who was standing next to Zheng Mingchuan, spoke.

After seeing the panicked appearance of the crew on the merchant ship, Fang Xu hurriedly said: "Immediately contact the merchant ship Haijie, and let all the crew members hide in the safety cabin to avoid direct firefights with pirates!"

Faced with pirates armed with AK rifles and bazookas, the only weapon on board the Merchant Ship was a water gun. The purpose of the pirates throwing Molotov* bottles on the merchant ship was to drive away the crew members on the deck of the merchant ship, because by this time there were already pirates who had already begun to try to climb onto the merchant ship.

If these crew members remain on deck, continue to fight the pirates. Next time, instead of throwing the flasks that intimidate the crew, the pirates will shoot the crew.