The rest was simple, as the compromised pirates opened the closed hatch, and the special operators outside entered the room and took control of the four pirates hiding inside. In the corner not far away, four loaded AK rifles were dropped.

"Do you have any companions hiding in the boat?"

Lu Zihao, who walked into the room, looked at the pirate who looked a little frightened, and then asked in English.

"No more!"

One of the pirates who heard this replied.

"Take it down, and the other teams will continue to search and ensure the safety of the entire merchant ship!"

Although Lu Zihao knew that the pirate was telling the truth, in order to truly ensure the safety of the entire merchant ship, Lu Zihao still ordered the remaining team to continue to conduct a thorough search of the rooms inside the merchant ship that had not yet been searched.

Half an hour later, the entire merchant ship was finally searched, and more than a dozen special operators returned to the deck to assemble.

On the deck, the original places that had been ignited by the Molotov* bottles had long since been extinguished, but the charred deck and the smell of gasoline in the air still indicated that the fishing boat had been robbed by pirates not long ago.

"Squad Leader Wu!"

Looking at the grateful appearance of the crew of the merchant ship Haijie not far away, Lu Zihao, who was also a little touched in his heart, opened his mouth and ordered.

"Here!"

Hearing this, squad leader Wu stood up from the ranks.

"Take your people and expel the pirates in the nearby seas and drive them out of this sea area completely!" Lu Zihao said.

Although the pirates had long been driven away, because the pirates planned to wait until the navy of Huaxia was withdrawn, they would join forces with the outside to do it again.

Therefore, if you raise the telescope and look around at this time, you can see that there are still many pirates surrounding the merchant ship of the Haijie.

Although the distance is a little far, these pirates still "remember" this merchant ship.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Hearing this, squad leader Wu did not hesitate at all, and immediately took the soldiers of his squad and ran towards the deck of the bow of the merchant ship.

After receiving the order, a carrier-based helicopter hovering above quickly stopped on the deck of the Haijie merchant ship, and squad leader Wu and the soldiers of his squad immediately boarded the helicopter. Then the helicopter slowly took off and flew towards the sea not far away.

"Let's go!"

After explaining to the captain of the merchant ship, let him rush to the reserved sea area and join the formation as soon as possible, and Lu Zihao, who had finished ordering everything, immediately said to Jiang Chen and the others.

Soon, after leaving a squad of marines to stay on the merchant ship Haijie, the remaining special operators returned to the escort formation in carrier-based helicopters, and the four captured pirates were also taken back in two helicopters.

"Captain Lu, why do you want to leave a squad member on the merchant ship?"

On the helicopter, while feeling the roar of the helicopter, while looking at the marines guarding the deck of the merchant ship below, Jiang Chen, who looked very puzzled, asked.

Although Jiang Chen's actual combat experience can be said to be very rich, in the face of the first escort operation, everything is new to Jiang Chen, and he also needs to understand all the situations clearly, so that when he can command the operation alone, there will be no mistakes!

"Generally, after a pirate attack on a merchant ship and the pirates are successfully expelled, it is necessary to leave some members of the team to remain on the merchant ship. If the pirates make a comeback, be able to respond in time. In the escort operation, everything must be fully prepared, and there must be no mistakes!"

Seeing this, Lu Zihao also explained very patiently, and his tone was also a little serious.

"Understood!"

Jiang Chen, who heard this, also nodded, and Lu Haiyang, who was behind, also nodded solemnly after listening to these words...

Soon, the helicopter that returned to the escort formation successfully landed on the deck of the warship, and after reporting to the commander, Lu Zihao took Jiang Chen and a few people to rest.

Nearly an hour later, the merchant ship Haijie, which had successfully defused the crisis, finally successfully arrived at the predetermined sea area under the protection of a squad of marines, and then quickly sailed into the formation and entered its own position.

Ten minutes later, accompanied by bursts of whistles, a formation of more than 30 merchant ships, escorted by four guided missile destroyers, began to set off.

A few days later, the formation officially entered the waters of the Somalia-Gulf of Aden, and the entire formation quickly entered the first level of combat readiness, and the four escort warships intensified their patrols, and almost every hour, a carrier-based helicopter would take off to carry out patrols.

And all the merchant ships that were protected, in order to prevent pirates from climbing onto deck during an attack, the crews of the merchant ships laid a ring of barbed wire.

For various reasons, in the nineties of the last century, from the beginning of Somalia into war, pirates began to appear in the coastal areas, and after witnessing the huge profits brought by piracy, more and more pirates began to appear.

The Gulf of Aden, which is located between the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, is strategically located as a choke point from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.

As a result, more than 10,000 ships pass through the Suez Canal every year, the vast majority of which pass through the waters of the Somalia-Gulf of Aden, providing a large number of targets for Somali pirates.

At a time when piracy was rampant, a merchant ship was robbed almost every few days. Millions of dollars can be ransom for a single merchant ship compared to low-cost robbery, which is simply disproportionate.

Moreover, with the development of time, the activities of pirates robbing merchant ships are more like business, and these pirates are doing a lucrative business, as long as the money is in hand, these pirates will not kill.

After the vast majority of merchant ships are robbed, shipowners generally spend money to protect the lives of their crews.

Moreover, when these shipowners encounter pirates robbing their ships, in their minds, as long as the pirates are willing to bargain, the shipowners will generally agree to the other party's conditions.

Because what the shipowner fears most is to turn a sale into a shootout, and the pirates who fail the negotiation are likely to shoot the crew, and then the shipowner will lose an entire merchant ship.

Faced with such a situation, the insurance company will adjust the marine insurance premium to a sky-high price, which will cause greater losses to the shipowner.

This is also a big problem facing the world now because of piracy, rampant piracy makes marine insurance premiums rise!

However, with the intervention of the United Nations and the dispatch of warships from all over the world to join the escort operations, piracy has indeed been greatly curbed. 、

However, after officially entering the waters of the Somalia-Gulf of Aden, the members of the joint operation team once again refreshed their understanding of the escort operation.

This is because this time, the purpose of the joint escort operation carried out by the escort formation is to familiarize the new batch of escort fleets with the escort operation.

Therefore, after the official start of the escort operation, the daily patrol and vigilance tasks, as well as the general task of driving away pirates, were all entrusted to the joint operations team and the Marine Corps. As time passed, the members of the entire joint operations team rushed to the slightest pressure.

In the face of this merchant ship, which numbered more than 30 ships, of course, it attracted the attention of many pirates, and on the screen of the warship's shipboard radar, unknown ships in the nearby waters could be seen.

However, after seeing the four escort formations and the warships flying the flag of the Chinese country, many pirates retreated. The deterrent power of warships is still fearful to these pirates.

Of course, there are also pirates who want to be rich and dangerous, and have been swimming outside the warning distance of the formation.

Some of these ships are fishing boats, and many more are pirate ships. Of course, when you see an opportunity to hijack, the former's fishing boat will turn into a pirate ship in an instant. And now, in front of the joint operations team, such a situation has been encountered.

At the end of the formation, a merchant ship did not know for some reason, causing the speed of the voyage to slow down, widening the distance from the merchant ship in front, and the pirate ship that had been wandering around for a long time, like a pack of wolves smelling blood, quickly began to slowly approach the merchant ship, trying to completely sever the connection between the merchant ship and the entire formation.

Faced with such a situation, the command of the escort formation immediately issued an order, and the helicopter carrying the members of the joint combat team immediately set off to expel the pirates near the merchant ships. At the same time, he also urged this backward merchant ship to speed up its movement and catch up with the formation in front.

"Mader, aren't these all fishing boats?"

On the helicopter, the Nalan Army, who had just finished the last round of patrol missions, looked at the several familiar boats he saw before, looked at the fishing tools piled up on the boats, and looked at the fishermen who held these tools in their hands before, but now they were holding AK rifles and bazookas, although it was not the first time he had seen such a situation, but the Nalan Army who saw this still couldn't help but scold.

"Less nonsense, get ready to fire a stun bomb!"

Jiang Chen, who was squatting at the door of the helicopter cabin with Nalan Jun, after hearing this, stuffed a stun bomb into the grenade launcher as he spoke.

"We are the escort formation of the Huaxia Navy ...."

However, before carrying out the deterrent, Jiang Chen still followed the rules and warned the pirates below who were getting closer and closer to the merchant ships.

"Bang!"

Jiang Chen never thought that his words would make these greedy pirates retreat, so after saying these words, he directly pointed at the sky above several pirate ships with his rifle in his hand and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

The stun bomb exploded in the sky above the pirates, and several pirates saw this, and the momentum of approaching was also reduced a lot.

As for the merchant ship, all the crew members were hiding in the wheelhouse at this time, shivering as they looked at the several pirate ships surrounding them. However, when he saw the helicopter getting closer and closer to him, all the crew members had excited expressions on their faces.

"Straight to the hard!"

After the Nalan Army fired a stun bomb, after finding that it still failed to make these pirates retreat, Jiang Chen, who had a ruthless face, stuffed a grenade into the grenade launcher again, but this time it was not a shock bomb, but a real grenade.

"Bang!"

With a dull burst of gunfire, a grenade shot straight out of the launcher and into the sea below.

"Boom!"

With a violent explosion, the grenade that burrowed into the sea exploded, and the sea water that was lifted up for several meters directly drenched the pirates on a nearby pirate ship.

"Boom!"

Another explosion was heard, and another column of water several meters high rose, once again giving these ill-intentioned pirates a great deterrent.

Jiang Chen and Nalan Jun's approach achieved great results, with the shouts of the pirates below, the pirate ship that was already close began to sail away from here under the control of the pirates, and soon sailed to a place beyond the warning distance.

"I have to go for real, I'm almost getting to know those pirates below!"

On the helicopter, watching the departure of these pirate ships, the Nalan Army, who slowly lowered their rifles, couldn't help but mutter.

The vast majority of the ships piloted by pirates are some modified speedboats, and the speedboats that can reach a speed of forty or fifty knots are much faster than the speed of the escort formation, and some pirates who do not give up will follow the formation of more than 20 kilometers, constantly looking for opportunities to attack, although Nalan Jun's words just now are a bit nonsense, but it also illustrates such a reality.

"Less nonsense, the mission is not over yet, continue to monitor the movements of these pirates!"

After reporting to the editor that he had successfully expelled the pirates, Jiang Chen, who had glanced at the Nalan Army, spoke.

In the following time, the helicopter carrying Jiang Chen and Nalan Jun kept hovering over the merchant ship, until the speeding merchant ship kept up with the escort formation and returned to their positions, Jiang Chen and Nalan Jun ended their mission and returned to the warship.

The helicopter had just stopped on the deck of the warship, and the helicopter was quickly pushed into the hangar by professional personnel. Soon, another helicopter was pushed onto the deck, and Lu Haiyang, the leader of the Sea Eagle Squad, and another member of the team were also ready to board the helicopter.

"Come on, I'll reward you with a big chicken leg at night!"

Looking at the two members who were about to carry out patrol tasks, Nalan Jun, who was passing by the two of them, made a gesture with the other party and spoke.

"Fuck off!"

Hearing this, Lu Haiyang directly raised a middle finger, and Lu Haiyang, who no longer paid attention to the two people, immediately took another team member, boarded the helicopter, and started their patrol mission.