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This is Cape Haphon, the easternmost part of Somalia, and in just a few months, it has been occupied by another professional pirate group after a gang of semi-fishermen and half-pirates entrenched here was wiped out by the national special forces six months ago. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

They are welcome to the inhabitants of the sea, whether they are 'amateur pirates' in the past or professional pirate groups in the present. Because these pirates are entrenched here, the usual expenses must be not small, eating, drinking and playing can bring more income to the residents here, if it is some special times, the pirates will also temporarily hire some locals to participate in the action, although not to say that they are as popular and spicy as those official members of the pirates, but compared with the life of many residents in the interior, it is undoubtedly much better.

On this day, this pirate organization called the 'Gulf of Aden Hunters' issued notices in several settlements, announcing that it would recruit a group of temporary employees, and there were many requirements for temporary employees, such as priority for those who can use weapons, priority for those who are brave and not afraid of death, priority for those with excellent water surnames, and even those with fierce appearances...... The corresponding salary is also very high, this batch of temporary employees is in demand for about 30 people, each person can get a commission of $100 per day, and the expected working time is 3-5 days.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately aroused serious concern among the residents of Cape Hafeng, who were extremely fierce, and each of them could be said to have engaged in illegal activities, and the relationship with pirates was extremely close, and many families had or still had experience in piracy.

The 'Gulf of Aden Hunters' pirate gang is treated very well, with a commission of $100 a day, and $4 to 500 after three to five days, which is enough for a family of four to live for several months.

The inhabitants of the peninsula instantly filled several recruitment points, many experienced and young men at sea, waving their arms and begging for a position, and even among them, some of the women wrapped in turbans were no less impressive to sign up.

Who doesn't know the benefits of being a pirate, even if they are only temporary employees, they are a high-paying profession, and the risk of this profession is very small, because pirates generally hijack those civilian ships, basically no weapons, only water pumps and water cannons and other weapons that are not strong, while pirates have guns. The most important thing is that even if they unfortunately encountered the Gulf of Aden Mountain Escort Fleet during the transaction, they did not dare to shoot directly at the pirates, at most they drove them out, and their lives were basically safe.

Baburu was hidden in a recruiting point this time, looking at these excited residents, he couldn't help but secretly shake his head, these people don't know if they are poor or adventurous, but not every business is simple and easy, such as this time......

A day earlier, the Gulf of Aden Hunters pirate group had successfully hijacked a South Korean freighter in northeastern Somalia and northwestern Indian Ocean, loaded with machinery with a total value of $50 million. However, in this hijacking operation, its whereabouts were exposed, and it was discovered by a destroyer "Choi Ying" belonging to South Korea in the waters of the Gulf of Aden, and the other party only tracked the pirate ship of the "Gulf of Aden Hunters" and the South Korean freighter, and tried to rush up to rescue the hostages several times, but they were intimidated and retreated by the "Gulf of Aden Hunters".

The purpose of recruiting temporary employees now is naturally to support the confrontation in the eastern part of Cape Acer, to preserve the harvest as much as possible, and to ensure the loss of its own personnel.

Most of the pirate members in the 'Gulf of Aden Hunters' are elites who have been cultivated over the past year, and neither Bablu nor the 'lone wolf' are willing to lose one of them.

The South Korean destroyer 'Choi Ying' pressed forward step by step, making both Babulu and 'Lone Wolf' feel that something was wrong, and immediately planned to recruit more members to confront the South Korean Navy. Baburu couldn't do so much to limit the life and death of these temporary employees, because he had been hinted at from above that in areas where piracy was rampant, sometimes some special means could be used to deal with these people who were fishermen in normal times and pirates in special times.

So don't have any sympathy for these Somalis who have pirate surnames and even yearn for pirates far more than being a peaceful and docile citizen. However, these people should also be treated differently, and some of them, who have to take risks because of embarrassment or even despair, should recruit these people into the pirate group as much as possible, rather than letting these people serve as cannon fodder.

In general, it is necessary to use those who have low loyalty, unruly, and difficult to change the pirate surname, and at the same time eradicate them as much as possible, and for those who have a cultivated surname and have talent in the pirate profession, they can be cultivated by the pirate group and become the backbone of the pirate group.

Li Mo's purpose is to let them break into the pirates, win over and divide, defeat a group of evildoers that are difficult to control, and gradually bring the Somali pirates together. And control them. In this way, it not only solves the problem of Somali pirates, which has been criticized by the world, but also has a very important hole card in hand, which can be described as a plan to kill multiple birds with one stone.

Baburu is now slowly comprehending Li Mo's thoughts, so he is very attentive in this matter, he is here today, just to observe and understand it personally, it is best to be able to distinguish the two kinds of pirates in his mind, the purpose of cannon fodder is naturally to send weapons and foreign teams to fight, and the future backbone that can be cultivated is naturally to share some less dangerous work as much as possible.

To the east of Cape Acel, 70 kilometers northeast of Somalia's territorial waters, a silver-gray destroyer is slowly heading southeast at a speed of 12 knots. The destroyer is the South Korean Navy's missile destroyer Choi Ying, which is carrying out an escort mission in the Gulf of Aden, but at the moment, her mission is to track a South Korean cargo ship that has been hijacked by pirates and find an opportunity to rescue the 21 hostages on board.

Above deck, in addition to the vigilant sailors, there were several strangely dressed people who were talking to the destroyer captain in low voices, and from time to time they looked up at the three black dots at the end of the sea.

"Lieutenant Colonel Cui, are you sure?" The captain of the missile destroyer 'Choi Ying', Zheng Jae-ho, asked with a gloomy face, and a lieutenant colonel officer wearing a green special combat uniform beside him. At this moment, a day and a half has passed since the time when the freighter was hijacked, and although the destroyer 'Cui Ying' tried to approach the freighter several times, it was forced to retreat due to the threat of pirates intimidating and killing the hostages, and they were waiting for the opportunity and support.

And the lieutenant colonel officer beside him, who was not tall but very strong, was the main force in rescuing the hostages, and was a squad leader of one of the South Korean Navy's special forces, the Navy's all-weather strike team. The South Korean Navy's all-weather strike group is one of the most elite special forces in South Korea, nicknamed the 'Sea Man-Eating Shark', and this 'Sea Man-Eating Shark' special force has always been the world's most famous amphibious special forces, and even South Korea's old adversary, North Korea, is very afraid of this force.

This special operations team has 12 members, fully equipped and well-trained, and their commander is Lieutenant Colonel Choi Chang-ki.

"The intelligence from the United States is that this group of pirates has 13 members, armed with light and heavy weapons such as AK-47s and rocket launchers, and as far as I have observed, this group of pirates is different from the pirates I have seen in other countries before, they are well trained, and they must have received rigorous military training, as can be seen from their unhurried and orderly use of hostages and other advantages against us after encountering our deterrence. Besides, Captain Zheng, didn't you notice that this group of pirates didn't panic when they encountered us? They are no ordinary pirates. ”

Commander Choi Chang-gi's special operations team did not come from domestic support, but has been carrying out escort missions in the Gulf of Aden, but usually they mostly rest at the base provided by a certain country, and this time he took the team out to operate, but received orders from home. Unlike in the past, in order to ensure the safety of the hostages and not offend these murderous pirates as much as possible, they were all resolved through peaceful negotiations, but this time, his superiors ordered him to exterminate this group of pirates and spread the prestige of the Republic of Korea's special forces all over the world.

To enhance the reputation of the 'Sea Man-Eating Shark' special forces, Choi Chang-gi is eager to do so, and the special forces also have their own honors. But he was puzzled by the purpose of his superior's order. Exterminating this group of pirates can increase the prestige and reputation of the South Korean special forces, but it also completely offends the Somali pirates. And Somali pirates, unlike pirates from other regions, do not kill people and have no other political needs, just for ransom. Such pirates are 'peaceful' pirates, but in any case, they are all pirates, and in order for pirates to survive, they must have something to make their opponents suspicious, and bloody revenge on those forces that fight pirates without mercy is an effective means of deterring other forces.

Does Korea want to eat a crab? Not to mention that all South Korean freighters passing through here will face naval retaliation in the future, even the current Somali political axe will not turn a blind eye to this. South Korea, not the United States, does not have the ability to project a large-scale military force here, and besides, South Korea's military power is only enough to counter North Korea.

Taking a deep breath, Choi Chang-gi thought of the information provided by the US allies, this group of pirates is a group of pirates that has recently emerged and is different from other pirates, with more than 50 people, currently entrenched in Cape Hafeng, Somalia, with a number of speedboats and high-speed fishing boats, fully armed, and even some heavy weapons. Moreover, unlike other pirates made up of fishermen and criminals, this group of pirates is clearly militarily trained and not to be underestimated.

The other party now has only 13 members, and in front of his special combat team, it is not worth mentioning, but Cui Changji vaguely feels that this matter is not so simple, and the domestic order seems to be a little reckless.

"Captain Zheng, I want to postpone the operation, and I hope to be able to get all the movement in this area." Cui Changji thought for a while, and said.

Unlike the thoughtful Choi Chang-ki, Jung Jae-ho is a thorough-through 'Korean republicist', in his thoughts, except for the United States, South Korea is the strongest in the world, and the others are not to be worried, and this group of pirates in front of him is like ants, and it is easy to eliminate them, but the lieutenant colonel of the special forces in front of him seems to be too cautious, and the ugly thing to say is that he is as timid as a mouse, and in the face of the same number of pirates, as the commander of the special forces of the Republic of Korea, he actually retreated.

(To be continued)