In the waters of the Gulf of Aden, near the Red Sea, ships come and go like crucians crossing the river, and oil extracted from the Middle East must pass through here to be transported to Japan, China, Africa's natural resources, and Europe's bulk commodities. The cheap goods produced by China also entered the Mediterranean coastal countries from the Gulf of Aden, through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, and arrived on the European continent.

The Gulf of Aden, destined to be the busiest waterway between Asia and Africa, is known as the golden route of the sea, but it has also created the infamous Somali pirates who have wreaked havoc on the area for hundreds of years!

In the northern part of the Gulf of Aden, the war-torn Arab country of Yemen, and to the south is the African country of Somalia, both of which have long been in a state of disorder, with warlords, social unrest, and the collapse of civilization...... Most people choose to adapt to local conditions, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and the sea to eat the sea, and it is from this that Somali pirates were born.

An ocean-going freighter flying the Chinese flag is cautiously sailing on the waters of the Gulf of Aden, and the crew is on high alert to watch out for any possible danger.

As long as the ship sails into this sea area, everyone does not dare to take it lightly, and must keep their eyes open and observe closely, and one negligence may lead to annihilation.

"Captain, the wind is in our favor today, and one day we will be able to sail out of the Gulf of Aden. The second officer stood on the deck, holding a telescope in his hand.

The captain of this ocean-going freighter is a veteran helmsman in his fifties who has been in the Gulf of Aden for many years and has encountered several pirates, all of which have been resolved with luck and resourcefulness.

The old captain smiled and patted the second officer's shoulder: "I will retire when I go back this time, Xiao Wang, when I run this route in the future, I must remember that I will not be negligent for a second." ”

"What you said is that the situation in the Gulf of Aden is too complicated, and this time there is no warship to escort us, so we have to keep an eye on it......"

Before the second mate could finish speaking, a sailor on the deck suddenly shouted hoarsely: "Pirate!!"

What pirates?

Everyone was terrified, looking everywhere for the pirate's traces, and when they saw the white trails of arrows on the distant sea, everyone's face turned white!

"God, hurry, hurry up and call for help! Call the warship!" the captain shouted with his hands raised and pulled at his throat regardless of the image.

As far as the eye can see, on the ocean of the Gulf of Aden, hundreds of speedboats are rushing here, unstoppable!

Not to mention the young crew, even the old captain has never seen so many pirates, only the ocean-going freighter with high-pressure water cannons can't stop hundreds of speedboats!

"It's over...... This time it's over......" The second mate lost his soul and dropped the telescope in his hand on the deck.

The speedboats that rode the wind and waves and galloped wildly were already approaching the eyes, and the sailors could not afford to resist at all.

More than 300 Somali pirates, armed with all kinds of weapons, shouted loudly, like a group of ferocious and bloodthirsty sharks, pounced on the giant whales that were slaughtered by them!

The frenzied pirates began to board the ship, and the call for help had just been sent over the radio, and the distant water could not quench the thirst of the near, and the giant ship was about to fall.

The crew had no way to resist, the giant ship was surrounded by pirate speedboats, all kinds of climbing ropes were thrown onto the side and deck of the ship, and the barefoot Somali pirates, most of whom wore only a pair of pants, showed their dark skin, with a sharp machete in their mouths, guns pinned to their waists and backs, their movements and eyes were as sharp, and their climbing skills were comparable to those of professional mountaineering adventurers.

"Quick, get into the cabin!" In desperation, the captain had to beckon everyone to hide in the cabin, but for a while, how could they hide from the weapons in the hands of the pirates?

The sailors sealed the passage to the cabin with steel plates, and through the gaps in the deck overhead, they saw pitch-black figures leaping onto the huge ship!

"What to do, Captain...... It's over, we're going to be kidnapped by them, I don't want to die, my family can't afford to pay the ransom......" A sailor covered his face and cried, kidnapped by Somali pirates, and it was impossible to be released unless a huge ransom was paid.

Historically, huge ships that have been hijacked have to pay astronomical ransoms before they can be released back into the Gulf of Aden by pirates, and the ships have to pay a ransom and the people have to pay a ransom, which is non-negotiable.

"Don't be afraid, there is a country...... The state will not sit idly by...... ...... will save us," the captain whispered to comfort everyone, but his words were of no avail.

One of the pirates began to rant in English, coercing and luring the people in the cabin to come out and surrender.

Click-

A shuttle of bullets shot into the sky, intending to frighten the sailors, and several timid young crew members burst into tears on the spot.

"Get out of here and surrender, or we'll kill everyone on this ship!" the pirate leader continued to shout threats, and the deck was already full of figures.

"What to do, what to do, Captain, you have a word!"

"Surrender is death, not surrender is death, we fight with them!"

"Yes, blow up and sink this ship!"

There were also a few men with strong blood on the ship, who were unwilling to be captured by pirates, and thought of the shipwreck, as long as the gasoline was ignited, the tens of thousands of tons of olive oil carried on this ship would explode violently!

"No, it doesn't matter if we die, what will happen to the company's losses? Who will take care of our parents, wives and children?" The captain calmly rejected the proposal of the crew, bombing the ship is the stupidest idea, in case of danger, force cannot solve the problem, you have to use your brains.

But there was no other way to think of it than to surrender.

"Surrender! Just when the old captain was anxious and didn't know how to choose, a voice suddenly popped up in his head.

"Who?" the captain looked around, and the rest of the crew looked at him with strange eyes in the crowded cabin.

"Who was talking just now? Who was telling me to surrender?" The old captain's situation at this moment made everyone's hearts furious, was he scared out of his mind? No one told him to surrender, did he hallucinate?

"It's me. In the crowded cabin, the voice of a strange man floated from the corner.

When everyone heard this, they all looked around, and they all looked there, how did he get on the boat? He was a stowaway? But look at this bearing, this dress, it really doesn't look like it.

"You...... Do you want me to surrender?" The old captain didn't care about how Ye Fan appeared at the moment, he just wanted to know what way to deal with the immediate threat to his life.

"Yes, Mingzhe protects himself, endure for the time being, I can ensure that you return home safely. Ye Fan smiled.

At this time, he can still laugh and dare to say such big things, either from a mental hospital, or he has real skills! The old captain stared at him and hesitated for a few seconds, and then made a ruthless decision: "Okay! I will listen to you, surrender! Open the hatch, keep the green mountains here, and we are not afraid of running out of firewood! Let's make a bet!"

The captain's words were the final decision, the situation was out of their control, and perhaps surrender was the most conservative option.

The hatch opened, the crew walked out with their hands held high, and a group of Somali pirates shouted and fired their guns into the sky in celebration, and the crew was all tied with their hands behind their backs and held on the deck.

"Huaxia people, very good, very interesting!" one of the pirate leaders shouted with a machete, "Go and have a look in the cabin." ”

Several Somali pirates immediately rushed to the bilge to search for the loot, and after a while, the pirates shouted excitedly, and each of them moved out a large number of gold bars.

"Gold! It's gold! At least a ton of gold! We're rich!"

"Haha, there's gold hidden!"

The pirates were in a revelry, and the old captain and the crew crouched on the deck, looking at each other in great amazement, how could this be possible, when did they have an extra ton of gold on their freighter with only olive oil?

But the pirates did bring out gold bars and gold bricks, which must have been on the ship, could someone have secretly put them in?

This thing is so strange that the old captain can't figure out who put a large amount of gold into the hold, and when the cargo is loaded, he personally led people to squat in the Greek port, there can be no problem, and it is not possible to carry a ton of gold, which can not be completed in three or two clicks......

Suddenly, he thought of a man! The man who had just appeared out of nowhere! What about the man? The old captain searched the crew on deck, but he could not find the man, he was not among the hostages!

Where have the living people gone? Although the ocean-going freighter is large, it is impossible for the pirates to have a place to hide unless they jump into the sea......

This series of strange events made the old captain a little delirious and his brain was insufficient, and the pirates set sail happily in the direction of the Somali coastline, and there were bursts of excited screams on the deck.

The gold seized on this huge ship alone was worth tens of millions of dollars, plus a shipload of hostages and a ransom that a freighter could extort, enough money for the pirates to squander for a month or two.

No one saw that in the ship's cabin storeroom, in the middle of a large pile of potatoes, lay an inconspicuous stone......