The medium-sized speedboat Buo in the distance also seemed to have been watching the movement on the Ranger, and after noticing that the rangers and lookouts were watching them with binoculars, it immediately sped up and quickly overtook the Ranger. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This is a very common speedboat with a displacement of almost 100 tons on the Red Sea coast, and smugglers are very fond of smuggling with this speedboat. Since the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden are inland seas with little wind and waves, this 100-ton speedboat, which has no market in other regions, has since become the favorite mothership of pirates.

As it passed by, everyone except the two sailors in the cockpit was hidden in the cargo hold. However, this further and more proves their suspicions.

Zhou You turned back to Lin Jiapei and said: "We are about to enter the Gulf of Aden, either tonight or tomorrow morning, the other party will definitely do it, because after entering the Gulf of Aden, the sea will be hundreds of kilometers wide, and the other party will take more time to find us again." You immediately contact China now, and ask Lin Wei to report this matter to the navy, and try to get their instructions to use guns. Remember, let her calm down and don't let my wife know about it too. Chakr, you now immediately gather all the idle crews for a pre-war mobilization. Eighteen of the twenty guns you send to the crew members who volunteered to use force, telling them that each person has a reward of $50,000, and a reward of $10,000 for killing an opponent. ”

In fact, anyone who is a crew member is well aware of the dangers of piracy. If the Ranger were an ordinary merchant ship, the crew would still have a chance to live, as the pirates regarded the crew as their most valuable asset. But the Ranger is loaded with five billion dollars worth of wealth, and in the face of these riches, the ransom of one or two million dollars is not worth mentioning at all, and the pirates will definitely kill all the crew members of the Ranger for the sake of secrecy.

Even if Zhou You doesn't give a reward, all the crew members will fight hard for their lives, and Zhou You is willing to give a reward of $10,000 a life, just to boost morale.

In less than 20 minutes, Zhou You received a call from Pan Li, the chief of the Singapore Navy. For travel, not only is the head less important, but the navy is also quite important. Not only because Zhou You promised to donate a medium-sized destroyer to the Navy, but also because Zhou You has various cooperation with the Navy, he also needs to serve in the Navy for a period of time every year, mainly because Zhou You's future is more worth looking forward to.

A billionaire worth billions of dollars, for a navy of only more than 4,000 people, traveling around alone can feed them, and a little leakage between their fingers can make their lives much better.

Although, when recruiting retired soldiers from the navy, Zhou You was authorized by the Singapore authorities, and all crew members were given the status of armed guards, but the use of firearms must also be authorized by the navy.

Each of the guns on board is equipped with a special GPS, which is regularly inspected by the navy, and if it is used without authorization, there will be trouble traveling around.

"Are you sure each other is really a pirate now?"

"At present, it is only a suspicion that at the moment when the other party did not make a move, no one can be sure of the identity of the other party."

"I can give you permission, but you don't need to guarantee that the Ranger will always be in an internationally recognized international waterway and will not enter the waters of other countries."

Zhou You laughed. "Of course, I'm even more reluctant to make trouble for myself."

He said: "If I persuade you to stay in Djibouti for a short time, will you be willing to listen?" ”

Zhou You asked, "Is this an order or an exhortation?" ”

"Advise!"

Zhou You said with a smile: "I prefer to solve the problem by myself." ”

Pan Li sighed and said, "I knew you would say that...... So be it, I hope you are all well. ”

The second call came from the young master, Zhou You was about to go down to the activity room on the first floor to talk to the crew at this time, and received a call from him.

He inquired about the specific situation and asked with some concern, "Can you really solve this matter on your own?" ”

"I'm 80% sure I can solve this problem perfectly. The Ranger is a warship, not a merchant ship, and the protection on board is not comparable to that of ordinary merchant ships. As long as we hide in the cabin, it will be difficult for the other side to attack us. According to my research, there are only two or three hundred professional pirates in Somalia at most, and we have 20 guns, enough ammunition, and strong protection, and the other side has no way to take us. ”

Thankfully, this is not a decade from now, and since 2008, most of the Somali pirates have also changed their guns and even armed with MANPADS. If the opponent is equipped with such a weapon, then Zhou You will not dare to fight easily.

When he arrived at the activity room on the first floor, Lao Cai and his two sons also stood with everyone and listened to Chakel's division of labor. Although they didn't understand it, almost all of the crew members spoke good English and could translate for them.

Due to the large number of people required to salvage the Royal Merchant, there are currently a total of forty-three crew members on the Ranger. Including Lao Cai, there is no one with poor physique, and only a satellite equipment engineer recruited by Zhou You later can be regarded as powerless.

Due to the fact that the crew receives a lot of training every day, and in the past, they have also been instilled with countless group combat strategies, so there are not many people to be afraid at this time, and the morale is quite high.

Chakel has been an officer for more than ten years, and the arrangement of the battle naturally makes it impossible to find fault with Zhou You. With a crew of forty-three, the Ranger needed at least five to seven men to sail, that is, thirty-six or seven who could organize themselves to fight.

Ten of them were assigned to water cannon squads, two large water cannons controlled by three people each, and two small water cannons with two people each. Since the stern of the lowest side of the ship is the main boarding area, there will also be eight gunmen in the operation room facing the stern, as well as two military registrars.

On each side of the hull, two gun-wielding crew members and a military merit registrar will be placed on each side of the ship to intercept pirates who come on board from the side.

As for the front hull, there will be four crew members with guns to protect them, they will be responsible for guarding the first floor, one will guard the roof of the engine room, guarding the middle of the hull, and the other will guard the balcony on the fourth floor, guarding the bow of the ship.

The rest of the men have no direct mission and will serve as a reserve to fill in if they are injured at the same time.

After observing Zhou You, the crew with guns is still mainly Singaporean crew, because they are originally soldiers and are familiar with rifles. Although the morale of the people coming from the mainland is higher, the marksmanship is not as good as that of these military-born crews.

As for Chakel, he also shared a gun, and at the same time he was the commander-in-chief of the operation. After listening to Chakr's arrangement, Zhou You thought about it, clicked on the structural diagram of the ship and said: "I will guard the cable room on the second floor of the operation room at the stern, which is condescending, and add an iron plate to the window, and I will not be in any danger." ”

With these tasks arranged, it is now necessary to retrofit some of the ship's positions with steel plates. These things are very simple, because the things are ready-made, the tools are also ready-made, and hiding behind these steel plates also gives the crew an extra kind of protection.

(The word count of October is 143.81, and this month must exceed 1.6 million words, I hope you will supervise.) Tomorrow the war will officially begin...... ）

(To be continued.) )