Chiba Island ——

This is a magical gift from nature to mankind, and it is also a bright pearl in the western Pacific Ocean, the altitude of the common coral islands is generally not more than 10 meters, and the higher ones are only 15 or 6 meters, which is already very rare, but Chiba Island stands in the vast ocean, the highest point even reaches 68 meters, it can not be said to be unique, enviable.

Looking at Chiba Island from the sea, the shore seems to be a thousand cliffs (of course, it is not so high, but for a flat boat on the sea, there is indeed such a feeling), and the top of the wall seems to be more abrupt in the air than the bottom, like a slightly open mushroom umbrella skirt. Hundreds of millions of years of coral-formed flake reefs are layered on top of each other, like huge black leaves with jagged edges slowly starting from the sea level to a height of tens of meters; to use a slightly figurative analogy, this cliff is like a huge mille-feuille, each piece seems to be independent, ready to peel off and slide into the sea, but each piece is very honestly stupid in place, the pieces are pressed against each other, and they are chimeral, as if there is a strange force at work.

In fact, this coral island structure has a more professional name - Chiba Rock.

The speedboat departed from Guanjin Island, passed through a mysterious waterway with twists and turns, and then sailed south for 5-6 nautical miles, and then came to this steep mille-feuille cliff, at this time there was only a very faint light on the sea, but this rugged wonder could still be seen faintly, Li Yiting was also secretly amazed in his heart, if he didn't know that there was a group of vicious gangsters entrenched on this island, he really wanted to find a leisure time to come and enjoy the beautiful sunset, he could even imagine the spectacular scene of the golden light at dusk sprinkled with Chiba Rock. Wang Song said that the garrison base on Chiba Island is not far away, but there is not much time left for the two to investigate, and they can only use the time of astronomical morning light and nautical morning light to carry out reconnaissance, and the reconnaissance time will not exceed an hour, otherwise it is very likely to be discovered by the island's lookout personnel or observation equipment.

Taking advantage of the moment of speaking, Wang Song took out a miniature camera from the backpack he carried with him and handed it to Li Yiting, briefly introduced the use of it, photography and video is not a difficult thing for Li Yiting, he also tried to take a photo of the thousand-layer cliff, and put it upside down to see, although the light is slightly weak, the effect is not bad, I didn't expect this Yingying to hold the quality of such a good thing.

"It's a low-light camera with built-in IR shooting, and it's extra waterproof. Wang Song spoke, pushed the joystick forward a gear, the speed of the speedboat increased again, about 30 knots, although the sea was calm, but the bow of the boat suddenly rose high.

Li Yiting stumbled, the camera almost fell, and he smiled bitterly: "Can you let me know if you accelerate." ”

At this time, the voice of the host of the speedboat was already very loud, Wang Song didn't know whether he didn't hear it or didn't want to pay attention to it, and said loudly: "You will get used to it soon, and we may have to shoot in high-speed sports later, you can feel it first." ”

"Uh...... Why?" said Li Yiting.

Wang Song smiled: "There is a lagoon in front, and the line of sight is almost unobstructed, so we can only quickly cross it from a distance, and then take pictures of the scene inside the lagoon, and then return home." ”

"Lagoon?" Li Yiting was a little confused, but he didn't ask again, the machine was too noisy, and it was very difficult to speak, he thought that he should be able to see the so-called lagoon with his own eyes later.

The speedboat sailed like light smoke against the cliff wall, and Wang Song, who was familiar with it, escaped the eyes of the lookouts by the darkness of the night, and evaded the radar observation on the island through the cliff.

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After the speedboat passed the thousand-layer cliff, the height of the coral reef plummeted, and soon only about half a meter was left to expose the water, through this half-meter coral reef, Li Yiting finally understood what the lagoon was, it was an open sea area surrounded by coral atolls, just like a huge basin of water; the width of the surrounding corals was about ten or twenty meters, and the sea area inside was about 2 square kilometers, and the entire lagoon only had a narrow passage in and out of the port, and the width would not exceed 100 meters, and it was probably excavated manually. At this time, the lagoon was brightly lit, and the stars were connected together, and when he got closer, he realized that it was a cluster of lights, emitted by hundreds of objects that looked like ships.

The speedboat is about 1-2 nautical miles from the edge of the lagoon, the closer it is to the core area of Chiba Island, the more cautious Wang Song is, especially not daring to get too close, Li Yiting hurriedly picked up the miniature camera and began to record, but he soon found that it was not good, the video shot in this way, the dotted lights have been connected into many rays of light because of the speed, and the content of the shooting is not visible at all. He had to pat Wang Song on the shoulder vigorously and motioned for him to slow down as appropriate.

Wang Song looked sideways, and frowned, he thought about it for a long time before he reluctantly stepped back the joystick and said loudly: "Hurry up, this position is very dangerous." ”

"Good. Li Yiting is not talking nonsense, now the speed of the speedboat is only a dozen knots, and the picture taken is really much clearer, and he also intermittently changed the mode, and captured a few distinctive pictures from all angles that can reflect the whole picture of the lagoon.

About ten minutes passed, and Wang Song asked anxiously, "How is it, is it okay?" It's almost dawn......

Li Yiting didn't answer in a hurry, his eyes inexplicably fell on the outbound channel in the distance, and he clicked and took several photos.

"Huh...... Mr. Wang, take a look, why does it seem that there is a green light moving on the other side of the channel?" Li Yiting asked puzzled.

Wang Song looked in the direction of his finger and said disapprerovitically: "Hehe, there is a ship leaving the port, and it is the navigation light on the starboard side." ”

Li Yiting said strangely: "But judging from the photos, how does this not look like a ship?...... Look, why does this boat seem to have two wings?" he enlarged the photo and handed it to Wang Song.

"How is that possible?" Wang Song took the camera and looked at it carefully, the photo was quite blurry and the target was extremely small, but the more he looked at it, the more frowning he became, and finally stopped the speedboat.

"Is it an airplane?" Wang Song muttered to himself, "I haven't seen this thing either." ”

Li Yiting sneered: "Have you ever seen an airplane flying so low and so slow?...... By the way, how far are we from it now?" he immediately thought of the question, the object in the photo was just too small.

Wang Song looked at it and said, "It's about four or five nautical miles......

"Can we get closer, as long as we get a clear shape, we will retreat immediately. Li Yiting's curiosity was quickly hooked, after all, so far, there is basically no discovery.

Wang Song looked a little hesitant: "If it is discovered, it will be troublesome, this kind of ship that is sailing must have someone in charge of looking out the sea...... Maybe the ship is still armed, and we'll be in for a long time. ”

Li Yiting also calmed down a little, he was not a reckless person, after a little thought, he quickly asked, "What is the maximum speed of such a large ship?"

"All large surface ships will not sail at more than 35 knots, and this is still a warship, and in general, a merchant ship of this tonnage in the photo will not sail at more than 20 knots. Wang Song still has some professional knowledge, and he is right, but he is referring to the common monohull.

Of course, Li Yiting didn't know these details, and he continued to ask: "What about the maximum speed of our speedboat? How many knots ......?"

"45 knots, emergency use, up to 36 knots in peacetime. Wang Song said patiently.

Li Yiting nodded: "Is there a time limit for the speed of 45 knots?" He is not as rookie as he was when he first went to sea.

"Half an hour sailing at most. Wang Song also understood what he meant, and he calculated with his heart, "You mean it can't catch up with us at all?"

Li Yiting looked at him with a smile: "That's right, do you dare to try?"

Wang Song silently calculated in his heart, and then said very rationally: "With this tonnage of the ship, and the current light intensity, I estimate that we can take a picture of the whole picture about 1.5 nautical miles away from it; with the radar reflection area of our dinghy, as long as it is 6 nautical miles away from that boat, it should be difficult for it to detect us." In other words, if we get close to that target unexpectedly, take a picture of the steering moment, and then drive away at high speed, the whole process will not take more than 10 minutes at 45 knots. ”

Li Yiting bowed his head and hurriedly asked, "Well, can it work?" He naturally knew that this was a very risky move, but it was extremely difficult to come here, and if they returned in vain, they were not very willing, and it was really difficult to say whether there would be this reconnaissance opportunity next time.

Wang Song glanced at him secretly, this person's eager eyes almost scorched him, alas, in terms of courage, who can compare to this landlubber?

He didn't say anything more, just said lightly: "Stand firm, the time for us to take pictures may only be a few seconds, don't blame me for missing the opportunity." ”

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Nautical morning light time.

The joystick was decisively pushed to the last gear, and the speedboat was speeding on the sea like an arrow from the string, and the towering bow almost blocked all of Li Yiting's vision, but the speedboat was not facing the target, and it was not a problem to take pictures when turning.

Early in the morning was the most lax time for the seafarers, and the large ship on the opposite side, which shimmered green, apparently did not notice this ill-intentioned, high-speed approaching small target, and continued to move slowly along its original course, and by this time had gradually moved away from the lagoon harbor.

Neither of them squeaked, Wang Song's right hand holding the joystick trembled slightly, and his palms were a little sweaty, but Li Yiting held the camera and calmly looked for the fleeting good opportunity.

Five nautical miles, four nautical miles, three nautical miles, two nautical miles......

As we got closer, the silhouette of the departing ship was almost discernible to the naked eye.

The speedboat slowly steered and the speed decreased, Li Yiting did not hesitate to press the shutter, and for the sake of safety, he chose the method of continuous shooting to prevent the problem of clarity and motion blur in a single photo.

"Okay, that's it!" Li Yiting shouted loudly, and patted Wang Song's shoulder with his hand to signal him to return.

Suddenly-

An extremely intense white light suddenly shone from a distance, instantly enveloping the turning boat in a dazzling light, as if a divine soldier had descended from the sky.

Wang Song shouted anxiously: "Searchlight...... Oh no, they've spotted us, get down. The two of them bent down in a panic, trying to hide in the back of the bridge, and Wang Songman made a 180-degree turn of the speedboat, turning the stern towards the sudden white light.

I'm dripping!

The two of them now wanted the dinghy to fly out of the water.

The white light vanished, but the ship had apparently changed course and was tracking straight towards them.

The speedboat did not fly as expected, but the boat tracking behind it was accelerating sharply, although the distance between the two boats was widening, but it was not as easy to get rid of as they expected, five minutes passed, and the boat behind was still clenching.

"Oh no, it's a seaplane chasing us!" Wang Song said to Li Yiting in frustration.