Chapter 370: Other countries are forced by someone to join
According to the plan of the three parties in advance, the main merchant ships to be guarded, including their own countries and friendly countries. As for other ships entering and leaving the Suez Canal, they are generally not protected because of their limited energy.
After two weeks of confrontation at sea, the Somali pirates gradually summed up some experience. When they were surrounded and suppressed by the combined fleet, they found that it seemed that the fleets of the three countries were mainly focusing on Russian merchant ships, Ukrainian merchant ships, and friendly merchant ships such as country Z. As for the ships of other countries, it seems that the maintenance rate is not high.
So, the confrontation at sea was carried out until the third week. The cunning Somali pirates shifted the target of attack to the merchant ships of France, Britain, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia.
For Russia, Ukraine, and the three countries of Z, they see it as if they don't see it, and they resolutely don't provoke.
Such a set of causal cycles has directly led to a sharp increase in the probability of merchant ships being robbed by France, Britain, Spain, and Italy! Even the unfortunate Italy was hijacked by Somali pirates three cargo ships in a row in just two weeks. The economic losses caused were as much as 200 million US dollars, and the Italian president was blown up......
"Isn't there a combined fleet of Russia and Ukraine stationed in the waters of Somalia? Why have three Italian merchant ships been robbed in two weeks? This situation is worse than before the crackdown on piracy?" "The Italian president asked at an emergency meeting very puzzled.
Their ships, who had been lucky before, had not been spotted by pirates when they passed through Somali waters. So I didn't bother to send a fleet to join Russia's encirclement and suppression operations.
However...... What the Italians did not expect was that the current situation was even worse than before Russia cracked down on pirates! In just two weeks, they were robbed by pirates three times. Why is it that the more encirclement and suppression, the worse the situation becomes......
Like the Italian president, there are also France, Britain, Spain, Turkey and other countries. Their merchant ships, when they returned home, gave back that Somali piracy was even more rampant than before! Now sailing back and forth, the probability of encountering pirates is greatly increased. I really don't know what pirates the Russian fleet is fighting ......
In fact, the nations do not know what they do. It is precisely because of the suppression of the combined fleet of Russia and Ukraine that the vicious Somali pirates have been greatly oppressed. So they doubled down on the merchant ships of other countries to take revenge on them. Almost as long as you see the nationality of another country, you have to grab it!
Finally, after investigation, it was found in the United Kingdom, France, Italy and other countries. It turned out that the tactics adopted by the joint fleet of Russia and Ukraine were mainly to defend and escort merchant ships. It is not the joint encirclement and suppression of the past, patrolling the sea.
In this way, their main energy must be concentrated on the merchant ships of their own country. As a result, the rate of robbery in other countries has increased greatly. This simply makes France, England, Italy, and Spain, angry. I didn't expect the Russians to become so cunning...... Worse than them British......
"Well, they won, and we'll send the fleet to join in. "The British Prime Minister quickly changed his mind and knew how to play this game. Although they do not have a good impression of Russia, Ukraine. But considering that those ships on the sea of their own country, even if they hate it, they can only focus on the overall situation and send a fleet to participate in the garrison.
So, with the addition of the British Royal Navy, the French were forced to follow suit. Italy, which was badly damaged, also sent warships to fight the pirates.
This kind of scene in which countries around the world take turns to stage the true fragrance theorem. and Russia's hat-trick of turning decay into magic made netizens who have been paying attention to the situation in Somalia laugh.
"Hahaha! The British and the French, also interestingly, said at first that they would not participate in the encirclement and suppression, because there were not many Somali pirates robbing them. Now it's good, I was afraid of being robbed, so I sent warships to participate in the attack. I really don't cry when I don't see the coffin. ”
"It's not the British and the French, the Italians are interesting. But Russia, which is really too cunning! They do not encircle and suppress pirates on a large scale, but only escort merchant ships waiting for Somali pirates to fall into the net. And then the merchant ships guarded were all from their own country. In the end, the pirates only dared to rob Britain and France, and ran away when they saw the Russian ship......"
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Ma Wei's series of plans can be said to be very effective. From the very beginning, only three countries were involved in the fight against piracy. Four or five weeks later, England, France, and Italy responded to the call and sent fleets to get involved. This simply came as a surprise to many.
The Spanish Navy and the Egyptian Navy have also announced that they will join our joint fleet in the fight against Somali pirates. On the other end of the phone, the representative of the Russian Navy said happily to Mavi.
The more countries involved, the greater the burden to be shared. Such a pirate's good life will come to an end. In the future, not to mention robbing Italy and Spain, I am afraid that even Libya and Algerian merchant ships will not be able to rob them.
"That's great, then it's going to be a scale. Ma Wei said on the phone with a smile. Once many countries join the encirclement and suppression, then the Suez Canal will be a shipping route, and the oil tankers of his group will be able to sail with peace of mind.
"Yes, Mr. Mavi. In addition to this good news, our fleet has learned a lot of experience in the confrontation with Somali pirates. For example, the direct sunlight is used to make it difficult for pirates to see what is ahead. This way the warship can get as close as possible to the pirates and then give them a fatal blow......"
Because the tactics and strategies at the beginning were all provided by Mavi. And it's very effective. Therefore, representatives of the Russian Navy often discuss tactics with him on the phone, so that the Navy can better combat pirates and increase actual combat experience.
The direct sunlight he just mentioned is when a merchant ship is at sea and encounters pirates. You can directly change the course and go straight in the direction of the sun. Somali pirates who are in hot pursuit, in this way, will be dizzy from the direct sunlight. When the warship appeared, they were arrested or killed before they could react.
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Piracy off the coast of Somalia is no longer a problem. Ma Wei can then focus a little on his arms business. For example, the latest investment in research and development of the Guardian-class frigate, many countries are very interested in this warship.