"Chief, you can rest here in peace, and I'll report back to you later!" After Li Haibin rushed out, he remembered that Zhou Tian was still in the cabin, and quickly ran back, saluted Zhou Tian at the door, and then turned around and ran.

With Zhou Tian's ability at this time, he could clearly investigate the one on the small battleship with a sweep of his divine sense. But he didn't do that, after all, this is a military operation, and as a soldier, he will not break the rules unless he has to.

However, the view of the cabin he was in was good, and he could see through the window the sea in three directions, and after a few moments, he saw the battleship change course and head southwest.

He already had a general idea of the sea, a group of islands to the southwest, which happened to be on the sea border, and it was the best place for pirates to hide, and the Soma pirates and the native pirates who had previously operated in the area were hiding in that area.

At this time, the soldiers of the entire battleship moved, the sound of footsteps, assembly, orders, and mechanical operation was constantly heard, the motor roared, the speed of the battleship became full speed, and the sea water quickly parted to both sides.

About half an hour later, the naval lieutenant who had come to report ran in, saluted Zhou Tian with a snap, and said loudly: "Report to the chief, the commander of the seaside company invites you to come over." ”

Zhou Tian returned the salute and smiled: "Lead the way ahead!" ”

"Yes!"

The naval lieutenant snapped around and led Zhou Tian towards the command room.

Walking out of the hatch, you can see that the soldiers are ready for battle, the muzzles of the guns are erected, boxes of shells are lined up next to the cannons, there are soldiers holding cannonballs waiting for orders, and the whole battleship exudes a sense of slaughter.

The warm sea breeze blew, Zhou Tian frowned slightly, stopped, and looked in one direction.

"Chief, what's wrong?" When the naval lieutenant saw Zhou Tian stop, he couldn't help but wonder.

"What's that place over there?" Zhou Tian didn't answer, but asked in one direction.

The naval lieutenant seemed to be extremely familiar with the surrounding waters, and said without thinking about it: "That is the direction of Tiannu Reef, about thirty nautical miles away from here, and it is currently occupied by the Xiaoyue Kingdom. ”

Zhou Tiandao: "Where are we going now?" ”

The lieutenant said, "Our destination is Daxian Reef, which is also the island occupied by the Xiaoyue Kingdom. ”

Speaking of this, the lieutenant's face showed indignation, but he couldn't help but scold, glanced at Zhou Tian and said: "A group of pirates intercepted our Huaxia cruise ship near Daxian Reef, and more than 400 of our Huaxia tourists on board disappeared, and now it is initially suspected that it was hijacked, and it is estimated that the pirates will have news soon." ”

Zhou Tian nodded, didn't say much, and continued walking.

He had just seen a blood light looming in the direction of Tiannu Reef, and when he looked closely, the blood light disappeared again.

The current situation is uncertain, and he is not easy to make any inferences, and he needs more information before he can make more accurate calculations.

In the command room, there was tension.

Six people were gesturing and discussing at a table with a high-resolution map of the South China Sea.

Li Haibin looked up and saw Zhou Tian coming in, immediately stopped, took two steps forward, and saluted him, and the other five people saw him like this, and they also saluted and saluted respectfully.

Of course, except for Li Haibin, the rest of the people were quite unimpressed with this "chief" who was a little too young, because Li Haibin only told them that this was the chief from above, and did not tell them the true identity of Zhou Tian.

And Li Haibin is not a reckless person, he was able to invite Zhou Tian over because he had previously sent a verification message after reading Zhou Tian's documents, and he had just received confirmation and a reply from the top.

The reply is simple: confidential, you can ask for their support!

"How's it going?" Zhou Tian was not polite to them, he already felt that this matter was not simple, involving the safety of the lives and property of more than 400 Chinese tourists, if there was a place where he needed help, he was duty-bound.

Moreover, the situation in the South China Sea is very complicated, and it would be less dangerous to rescue these people sooner rather than later.

Through the introduction of Li Haibin, Zhou Tian also knew the detailed situation.

In the past few years, although the situation in the South China Sea has been tense, in order to demonstrate the sovereignty of the South China Sea, China has still opened a special line for traveling in the South China Sea.

The group of tourists who lost contact with each other were a group from the Tianjing Nanhai Travel Agency, who arrived at Taiping Island in the South China Sea the day before yesterday, and their itinerary was mainly on several islands currently controlled by Huaxia, and at the same time they took a circle around the Nansha Islands to see the sea area of Huaxia.

On the way back from Huayang Island today, he suddenly lost contact near Daxian Reef, and when the garrison of Huayang Island rushed over, they only saw an empty ship floating on the sea, and a total of 467 people on the cruise ship, including tourists and seamen, were missing, but there were clues left by pirates on the cruise ship.

"The list of tourists is not in our hands at the moment, and our task now is to go to the vicinity of Daxian Reef to search for clues and cooperate with the search and rescue mission of the South China Sea Brigade Fleet." Li Haibin said with a stern face.

A one-haired second lieutenant pointed to the chart and said solemnly: "Although Daxian Reef is occupied by Xiaoyue Kingdom, it is located between Huayang Island and Zhenghe Reef, and these two islands and reefs are controlled by our Huaxia. And this is where the Tiannu Reef is located, which was occupied by the Xiaoyue Kingdom in the past, and after the tough measures and solemn negotiations of our Huaxia, it is currently under the joint control of our Huaxia and Xiaoyue Kingdom.

"In other words, how did these rampant pirates quietly steal nearly five hundred people from cruise ships right under our noses? Of course, this is not the point, judging from the clues we have so far, we initially suspect that this is related to Xiaoyue Country, so our mission this time is in the sea area between Daxian Reef and Jinghong Island. ”

Zhou Tian asked, "Do you suspect that the pirates were Chinese hostages taken in collusion with Xiaoyue Kingdom, and then evacuated between Daxian Reef and Jinghong Island?" ”

The naval lieutenant nodded and said, "Yes, this is the result of speculation over there, and it coincides with the results of several of our discussions, because only by going south or east from this sea area can it be easiest to escape our tracking and finally enter the Eastern Regions outside the Huaxia border."

"Because there are dozens of reefs between our last reef, the Great-Mother Sands, and this sea, when they sneak into this reef, it is equivalent to rats entering a maze, and it is difficult for us to find them, so we must intercept people before they escape from the sea, otherwise it will be very troublesome."

Zhou Tian walked towards the window with his hands down, and after a while, he suddenly turned around and said in a surprising voice: "I don't agree with your opinion, I will immediately search in the direction of Tiannu Reef." ”

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