Chapter 178: First Encounter with Pirates

Zhou Xuan was a little unexpected, Fu Tianlai really wanted to go!

Although Zhou Xuan and Fu Tianlai have cooperated because of the rescue, after all, Fu Ying and her parents have not been rescued, Fu Tianlai is worried, and secondly, he is worried that the Fu family consortium is in danger of collapse, so he is not in the mood to talk about anything with Zhou Xuan, and there are outsiders, Fu Tianlai is an old bird, what can be said and what cannot be said, he can distinguish very clearly.

The plane refueled once in Morocco and arrived in Nairobi, Kenya's capital, at 1 o'clock noon the next day.

Due to the early contact and agreement, Fu Tianlai's plane landed at a military airport on the outskirts of Nairobi, in the airport, Fu Tianlai also pointed out to Zhou Xuan a medium-sized plane parked in the airport, which was his special plane, which could carry one hundred and twenty people, this time because of the need, the rescue team composed of Fu Ying and Li Junjie and a team of twenty mercenaries was in close contact after setting off four days ago until two days ago, and reported the situation to Fu Tianlai at any time, but after arriving at sea, it was two days ago, and the contact was lost. The life and death of Fu Ying and her group of twenty-two people are unknown.

In a large hotel in Nairobi, Fu Tianlai and Zhou Xuan met with Fu Ying's pilot when they came.

The pilot stayed in Nairobi to wait for them, but as soon as the contact was broken, his contact with Fu Ying's team was also cut off, and basically no more information and information could be obtained from his mouth.

In the end, it was the charm of money, and Fu Tianlai and his party were also escorted by three police officers sent by the Nairobi City Police Department.

Because Nairobi is still 450 kilometers away from the ocean, it will take nearly five hours to drive there, and three policemen drove two cars, a police patrol car, a small container truck, the patrol car can seat eight people, Fu Tianlai and his party of six plus the policeman who drove the car, seven people, and the other small container was driven by two other policemen, loaded with the luggage brought by Fu Tianlai.

At about six o'clock in the afternoon, when I arrived at the coastal province on the edge of the Kenyan coastline, three police officers in Nairobi contacted a speedboat on the coast that could take seven people, of course, Fu Tianlai's bodyguard paid a lot of money, and the master who drove the yacht was very experienced, because he was extremely familiar with the waters around Somalia, and he was more aware of the scope of pirates' activities, but this matter was too dangerous, but no matter how dangerous it was, it could not withstand the temptation of money, and in front of the 10,000 US dollars thrown by Fu Tianlai, he happily agreed.

Five people plus the master who drove the yacht, a total of seven people, Brooklyn, Thomas, and Fu Tianlai's bodyguards carried a few boxes of luggage onto the speedboat, and then said goodbye to the three policemen who sent them over, and the yacht master started the yacht and slowly sailed away from the harbor.

It wasn't until ten minutes later, after leaving the coast, that they accelerated towards the vast sea.

The three of Brooklyn opened the luggage package again and took out the weapons inside, semi-automatic rifles are more suitable for use at sea, because the shooting distance is relatively long, and pistols are also available, but they can only be used at close range, but there are also two bazookas, this thing is easy to carry, lethal, the killing distance can reach more than 400 meters, and the strongest can even reach about 1,000 meters.

Among them are positioning systems and diving equipment, and it would be a fool to come to sea without diving equipment.

For diving, Zhou Xuan is no stranger to diving, and immediately thought of Fu Yinglai, and couldn't help but feel anxious, Fu Ying and the others are facing fierce pirates, and they are even more anxious, because they don't know where Fu Ying will be, is she just in danger, or has she fallen into the hands of pirates?

On the speedboat, Gao Yuzhen was the translator, Brooklyn, and Thomas introduced the details of the Somali pirates.

In the waters of Somalia, because of the surge in refugees, the number of pirates has increased, and because of the large number of successful kidnapping cases, the pirate gangs have obtained a large amount of funds and updated equipment, which used to be traditional means such as ropes and broadswords, but now high-tech means such as speedboats, heavy weapons, and modern global positioning systems and satellite communications have been fully applied in hijacking activities, so that the scope of pirate activities has expanded from the coast of Somalia to the high seas hundreds of kilometers away.

There are more than 20 pirate organizations operating in Somalia, large and small, and there are four of them that are more famous, one is the "Puntland Guard," which is the earliest gang engaged in pirate organizations in Somali waters, the second is the "National Coastal Volunteer Guardians," which is relatively small in scale and generally only plunders small ships sailing along the coast; the third is "Merka," which is a small fishing boat with strong firepower as a tool for committing crimes, which is relatively flexible and acts quickly, and the fourth is the "Somali sailors," which is the most powerful pirate gang. The range of activities is more than 200 nautical miles from the coastline.

Brooklyn first excluded the National Coastal Volunteer Guardian and Merca, because the Fu's ocean-going freighter was a large freighter with a crew of up to 100 people, and it was not something that a small pirate organization could hijack.

Therefore, the pirates who hijacked the freighter could only be the Puntland Guard and the Somali sailors, and the Somali sailors in particular were the most likely, and now it was necessary to figure out which of the two gangs the hijackers was in order to determine the route, and the pirates who offered the ransom did not admit which organization they belonged to, which brought Zhou Xuan their first problem.

However, although the organization of Fu Jue's abduction is not clear, the location where Fu Ying and her last contact with Fu Tianlai was reported to Fu Tianlai, which was in the western part of the Gulf of Aden.

For this area, Brooklyn and Thomas have carried out missions here, the pirates operating in this area are Somali sailors, and they are also the largest pirate organization, and the pirate gangs also have an unspoken rule, basically each has a sphere of influence, Fu Ying came over this time, and can organize a squad of as many as twenty elite mercenaries, which is not something that ordinary pirate organizations can deal with, and in this water area, it is estimated that the reason for the loss of contact is most likely because of Somali sailors.

There are more than ten or twenty small groups that are basically not considered, because most of them are composed of refugees, in terms of experience, firepower, combat effectiveness, financial and material resources, it is impossible to be hostile to Fu Ying's organization, of course, there are other factors at sea, and there are many non-human factors that are unpredictable.

Zhou Xuan immediately decided to go to the western part of the Gulf of Aden, and Fu Tianlai had no opinion, but the yacht master was a little hesitant, because the pirates operating in the western part of the Gulf of Aden were Somali sailors, the most powerful and best-equipped pirate organization, and the most powerful weapons, so the danger was the greatest.

Fu Tianlai did not persuade him, but took out another $10,000 from his bag and threw it out.

The yacht master and Fu Tianlai did not understand the language, but they could understand the money, so he immediately picked up the money and put it in his bag and drove towards the western waters of the Gulf of Aden.

Sometimes, money is more persuasive than words, more direct and powerful.

Gao Yuzhen was translating, but she was a little confused and a little scared, although she wanted to rescue her father, but after all, she was a girl, and she had never experienced danger.

Zhou Xuan can understand her feelings, in the past, when she had not experienced the dangers later, she was no different from her, but now she is sophisticated, that is because she has more experience, and the most important thing is that she has ice qi in her body, which is one of the reasons for her to be the most confident.

Brooklyn and Thomas consulted and made two plans of action, the first was to search for pirates in the western part of the Gulf of Aden, and the second was to search for several deserted islands more than 200 nautical miles away in the western seas.

But Zhou Xuan considered whether this speedboat could support such a long voyage, but Brooklyn pointed to the two oil drums on the rear side of the speedboat, and the yacht master had long expected that he would bring two barrels of spare oil when he went out for a long distance.

Kenya is a neighbor of Somalia, and the sea area is naturally adjacent, basically as long as it goes out of the offshore waters, it enters the Somali waters.

Brooklyn, Thomas, and Fu Tianlai's bodyguards all took out their guns and prepared them, and loaded their bullets, because pirates could be encountered here at any time, and because Somali pirates were ruthless, there was no reason to talk about them, so they exchanged fire.

For a long time, because Somali pirates encounter international naval ships a lot, but they usually put the hostages on the deck as a shield, if the naval ships take strong measures, they will kill the hijacked personnel, in order to protect the lives of the hijacked personnel, the international navy will often give in, which makes the Somali pirates more and more arrogant.

In recent years, driven by profits, pirate gangs have even engaged in smuggling, drugs, weapons and smuggling transactions with some international organizations.

As soon as he entered the waters of the Gulf of Aden, he encountered a small fishing boat converted into a pirate gang, the yacht master was very experienced, and he turned course four or five hundred meters away, and the fishing boat chased for a while, and even fired a cannonball, and the shell fell in the sea between the two ships, blowing up a high sea water.

Zhou Xuan was still estimating whether it was a real pirate, but the other party also fired, so it must be, but the speed of the fishing boat was not as fast as theirs, although the number of pirates was more than Zhou Xuan, but the speed of the fishing boat was much slower, and later a double speedboat was released from the fishing boat, and the speed of this thing was much faster.

But Brooklyn lifted the bazooka to adjust the coordinates, aimed at the direction, and fired a rocket, this cannon blasted, after the launch was slightly off, fell between the fishing boat and the speedboat, the explosion also exploded seven or eight meters high waves, the speedboat was overturned by the waves, the two pirates fell into the water, and then were rescued by the pirates on the fishing boat, and before Brooklyn fired the second cannon, the group of pirates turned the bow of the ship and fled in a hurry.

For those who are stronger than them, the pirates will choose to flee, and under normal circumstances, no one will chase the pirates relentlessly.

The satellite phone in Fu Tianlai's small backpack rang at this time, it was Jonny's phone!

(To be continued)