Chapter 228: Saving Professionals
It was half past ten o'clock in the night, and Fernando and Anton Cell had already woken up, and since they woke up, looking at the corpses on the ship, and listening to Gao Yang explain the situation, the two of them were all furious.
Farah told all he knew, that the ship would have to sail for twelve hours before it reached land, and that it was impossible for them to catch up with another pirate ship escorting the crew at sea, and that both fishing boats were moving at full speed in order to get the hostages ashore as quickly as possible.
According to the agreement, the first mate would lead his accomplices to sail the ship to land, and although there was no port to berth, and it was impossible for large freighters to approach the shore, it would be no problem to enter within twelve nautical miles of the coast, and after entering the territorial waters of Somalia.
Ironically, it is not an exaggeration to say that Somalia is a pirate country, but as long as it enters the territorial waters, no matter which country's warship it is, it will not choose to forcibly board the ship to settle the hostages, because that would infringe on the sovereignty of Somalia.
As for the crew members who are not in the same boat as the first mate, they will be sent to the shore to be guarded, and they will be used as hostages to extort ransom, and in the same way, as long as they go ashore, no one on the warship will be forcibly rescued, and the reason is the same, that would violate the sovereignty of Somalia.
At present, the Somali pirates still have more than a dozen ships in their hands, and they are still negotiating the amount of the ransom with the shipowners, and some of the crew members have been detained for more than a year, and if they are not released, it is likely that the same fate will be if the crew of the Koroldilin is also detained.
There were three pirate ships that robbed the Korol Dillin, all of which were fishing boats of about 100 tons towing two speedboats. One of the fishing boats remained there on the Korol Dillin. The ship's pirates also remained on the merchant ship. The other two fishing boats were escorting Gao Yang and the crew back to land.
The destination of the pirate ship escorting the crew was a small village on the shore, where all the pirates or their families were gathered, and there were at least 200 people who could pick up guns and fight.
Six people have to be in the hands of more than 200 people, this choice is too difficult, and it can almost be said to be an impossible task. They had every reason to abandon the rescue operation and instead rescue the merchant ship from the pirates, although there were eight pirates left behind on the merchant ship, and it was very difficult to force the ship, but it was undoubtedly more feasible than rescuing the crew from the shore.
After listening to Farah's introduction, Fernand was silent for a long time, and after a long time, he said with a painful face: "Personally, I tend to save people first. But the reason this is the way it is because something went wrong with my crew. I can't ask you for anything, so it's up to you to decide what to do. ”
Gao Yang can completely leave the Koroldilin alone, because if they only have to face pirates, they will never fall into such a field, and if the Koroldilin has a problem with itself, then all the consequences will have to be borne by themselves, the truth is right, but Gao Yang doesn't want to leave things like this.
Gao Yang's many things and equipment are still on another pirate ship, although they can be bought again, but Gao Yang doesn't want to just give things to those pirates, and he can't let go of the first mate who put him along, there is revenge, it is not Gao Yang's style.
For Gao Yang, there were only two options, either to rescue the crew who were escorted to land first, or to rescue the merchant ship that had fallen into the hands of pirates, and the option of leaving was not considered.
After a moment of silence, Gao Yang looked at Anton Sail and said, "I want to hear your opinion." ”
Anton Sale only takes over the work, but he doesn't care about the battle, and of course it is not his turn, so whether to save people or leave now, Anton Sale only has the right to make suggestions at most, and cannot make decisions.
Anton Cel didn't hesitate so much, and said in a deep voice: "I think it's time to save people, to rescue the crew who didn't rebel, but it's up to you to decide whether you can save it." ”
Gao Yang nodded, and said: "When you took the work, you promised that the ship protected by us would never have any risk, we are one, so this is equivalent to our promise, and now that the merchant ship is hijacked, no matter whose responsibility it is, at least we have not done what we promised, so I decided to save them, at least after making an attempt." ”
Gao Yang still has a layer of meaning that he did not say, that is, they want to set up a maritime security company, if something happens to the merchant ship protected this time, this is a stain that cannot be washed off, but if it is in the current situation that the merchant ship itself has a problem, which has caused an extremely unfavorable situation, it will also rescue people, which is undoubtedly an extremely beneficial publicity for their future security company.
Fernando was mixed and said, "I'm glad you are willing to help us, but I hope that there will be no casualties among the crew in the rescue operation, otherwise I would prefer to pay the ransom." ”
Gao Yang nodded and said: "Understand, we will understand the situation, if we can't save it, then we leave, if there is a chance to do it again, okay, since we have made a choice, then we should sail the boat over now, we have been delayed for more than three hours now, and we can't waste any more time." ”
There were two captains on a small fishing boat, and they controlled a small fishing boat to get caught, asked for directions, and the fishing boat, which had been drifting with the waves for a while, immediately began to set sail again.
Before the four of them woke up, Gao Yang first counted all the weapons, they now have two sniper rifles, and there is no shortage of bullets, and there are three AK rifles, more than 460 rounds of ammunition, even if the guns are broken, the number of bullets is not too much, and the other is three pistols, but the pistols can play a very small role.
As for the protective equipment such as body armor and helmets, there is no equipment that can improve combat power such as night vision devices, and now there are two night vision devices mounted on guns, but according to the time, it was already daytime when Gao Yang landed on them, so unless he planned to wait until night to attack, the night vision devices were useless.
The current weapons do not have suppressive firepower, nor heavy firepower, and even the automatic rifle has too few bullets, so it is okay to fight a short surprise battle, but the problem is that he still has to rescue the hostages, and if he fails to solve the problem quickly and the situation is scorched, then it will be a big trouble.
Gao Yang has been thinking hard about how to fight this bad battle of rescuing hostages, and at the same time sighing that he seems to be on the bar for the task of rescuing people, whether it is active or passive, thinking about the last few battles turned out to be all about rescuing hostages, Gao Yang felt angry and funny, they simply don't call mercenaries, it is appropriate to call them professional rescuers. (To be continued......)