After the meeting, the commanders of each warship also made a series of arrangements after returning to their respective warships.

In the early morning of the next day, after confirming that all the more than 30 merchant ships belonging to the escort formation had arrived in the sea area, the escort formation began a new round of escort operations under the escort of two warships.

A few days later, the convoy re-entered the waters of the Somalia-Gulf of Aden and began one of the most dangerous and stressful journeys of the formation.

Similarly, after the formation entered this sea area, the pirates operating in this sea area once again set their sights on this huge piece of fat. However, because of the two warships and the helicopters that hovered in the sky almost 24 hours a day, the vast majority of pirates still gave up on the idea.

Although there were only two warships escorted this time, with the experience of the last escort, in the face of some pirates who entered the warning area and tried to probe them, the escort formation would certainly not let them provoke in front of them.

Almost every day, pirates try to drive speedboats into the warning waters, and even some daring pirates drive speedboats and move directly around some merchant ships, making it look like they are about to be hijacked.

Faced with such a situation, of course, the joint operations team and a platoon on the Marine Corps side, which could not sit idly by, also frequently took helicopters and began to drive away these pirates. Some pirates generally choose to retreat directly when they see the helicopter, and some pirates will not be willing to retreat until the members of the combat team come up with real guys to deter them.

Almost every few days, the sound of stun bombs and bullets is heard. Although it is sometimes very sudden, for the merchant ships in the entire formation, for these crews, it is the most reassuring voice, because there is a group of people who are silently protecting them and protecting the absolute safety of this route.

Although the pirates frequently provoked the escort formation, after a few days, all the merchant ships of the escort formation did not suffer any losses, and any pirates who approached the formation were expelled at the first time.

Just when everyone in the escort formation felt that this escort mission had ended successfully, the accident happened again, but this time the accident did not happen to the escort formation, but happened elsewhere.

In the headquarters of the formation, accompanied by a telegram order sent to Zheng Mingchuan's hands, Zheng Mingchuan, who quickly ordered to start the first-level anti-piracy deployment, ordered the joint operations team to quickly go to the conference room to assemble and hold an operational meeting.

In the past, joint operations teams would normally go straight to the deck and board the plane to prepare for the mission of driving away pirates. And this time, when they knew that they needed to go to the conference room to hold a special combat meeting, they knew that the combat team with a large task quickly rushed to the conference room after putting on their weapons and equipment.

"Stand up..."

In the conference room, when Zheng Mingchuan walked into the conference room, Jiang Chen had just said the word stand up, and when the other team members just wanted to stand up, Zheng Mingchuan, who looked extremely serious, directly waved his hand and said, "The task is urgent, and other things will be waived!"

After hearing this, all the members of the combat team hurriedly sat down and listened to Zheng Mingchuan's mission briefing with great seriousness.

"Two minutes ago, I just received an order from my superiors that an oil tanker belonging to my country was hijacked by pirates dozens of nautical miles away from my formation!"

"This oil tanker, although it has not joined the escort formations of countries around the world, but it has hired a group of personnel from the security company, and it has not encountered much problems in the first few voyages, although it has also encountered things that pirates want to hijack, but they have all been repelled by the people of the security company!" Zheng Mingchuan said.

If before, after hearing the unfamiliar name of the security company, the members of the combat team may feel confused, and some people will even raise questions, but after gradually coming into contact with the escort operation, the members of the combat team also have a familiar understanding of this security company.

Although the Huaxia Navy sends a considerable number of warships to escort operations every year, as Huaxia enterprises continue to go out, the demand for escort is far greater than the supply, and many merchant ships cannot join the escort formation.

At the same time, cunning pirates are constantly expanding their range of activities, often attacking ships that are outside the mileage of the escort formation. It is in this context that private security companies have come into being.

In the early days, Huaxia enterprises could only hire foreign security companies, but for various reasons, Huaxia enterprises were not satisfied with foreign security companies, and they also desperately hoped that the same but suitable security companies could appear in China.

As a result, in recent years, more and more Chinese state-owned enterprises have begun to get involved in overseas security business after being recognized by the state and government.

These personnel who joined the security company and performed maritime escort tasks are all retired soldiers of special forces, scouts and marines, with rich combat experience, and a management style comparable to that of the troops.

In the face of the pirate hijacking, these elite soldiers who retired from the army were issued with live guns and ammunition, almost like the marines in the escort formation, and stuck to their front-line posts until the pirates were expelled.

Although these security companies have only been established for a few years, they have carried out thousands of overseas escort operations, ensured the lives of tens of thousands of Huaxia seafarers, and also made great contributions to the maritime trade of Huaxia.

And the oil tanker that Zheng Mingchuan just mentioned is in charge of security by a well-known security company in Huaxia, and there are five security personnel on the oil tanker to carry out all-day security.

"According to the information from the superiors, the number of pirates who have gathered near the oil tanker has reached hundreds so far, but the security personnel on the oil tanker are only five. At this time, they are also about to run out of ammunition and food!"

In the conference room, after hearing this, all the members of the combat team gasped.

Although they had only been carrying out the escort operation for a month, they had already encountered countless batches of pirates during this period, but the vast majority of these pirates were only a few speedboats, a dozen pirates, and at most only a few dozen.

But this time, there were hundreds of pirates around the trapped tanker. This also explains why the tanker sent an emergency distress signal.

Indeed, after entering the waters of the Somalia-Gulf of Aden, the tanker was indeed targeted by pirates, and several pirates did want to try, but were quickly chased away by the five security guards on the tanker.

However, after discovering that the tanker was an independent tanker, as more and more pirates gathered, the captain of the tanker soon discovered that the safety of the tanker could not be guaranteed at all by five security personnel in close proximity.

In addition, tankers such as oil tankers and chemical tankers generally have a low freeboard, which pirates can easily climb on, and the tankers are loaded with oil destined for China, which is even more tempting for pirates.

After discovering this serious situation, the captain of the tanker quickly reported the news to China, which also quickly handed over the information to the navy, and when it was discovered that a new batch of escort formations was nearby, the news was transmitted to the escort formation.

"That's the situation, the helicopter is ready, you need to get to the area of the incident in the shortest possible time, drive out all the pirates, and then escort this oil tanker to join our escort formation. At the same time as your actions, the formation will also dispatch a destroyer to take over your actions!" After briefly finishing the mission briefing, Zheng Mingchuan, who looked serious, said, "This mission is directly issued by the navy, I hope you can successfully complete the mission!"

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Hearing this, the combat team stood up in unison, straightened their chests, and they responded in unison, their eyes full of battle intent.

"Report!"

At this time, Jiang Chen, as the captain, suddenly opened his mouth.

"Any questions?"

Seeing this, Zheng Mingchuan asked.

"Commander, if we leave, another frigate will be dispatched to meet us, what will happen to the formation?"

Jiang Chen, who looked a little worried, asked.

After hearing this, the few team members who didn't react just now reacted.

In this operation, the escort formation not only sent a joint combat team, but also sent a frigate to respond to the operation, which is already half of the combat effectiveness of the formation, and if the formation encounters a large-scale pirate gang, the entire formation will be in huge trouble.

"Don't worry, all the members of a platoon of the Marine Corps have been handed over to our ship. Besides, a missile frigate is not only armed with light and heavy machine guns, I have been authorized by my superiors, if it really comes to that point, I will let those pirates die in this sea area!"

Zheng Mingchuan, who said this, showed a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen and the others couldn't help but tremble, but the worries in their hearts were also dissipated at this time.

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