Chapter 405: Do It! 【2nd Update】
"A Chinese freighter, it doesn't look small, general, do you want to do it?" While Haraday was stunned with the binoculars, the black man beside him also watched through the binoculars, and only when he spotted the lone freighter flying the Chinese flag did he suddenly speak.
Naturally, pirates use a combination of various means to detect targets, including radar and telescopes.
The weather is good today, the visibility is high, and now it is broad daylight, and the ship target is large, so telescopic reconnaissance is also a good means.
The Chinese freighter that appeared was not heading in their direction, but was slanting slightly northwest at a great distance, but they were heading due east, and if they kept the same direction, they would only stagger the two sides far away.
"Why don't you do it?" When he heard this, Haradai frowned, and said very hideously.
Why not get your hands dirty? Although he came here to plunder the original Indian merchant ship, the problem is that those targets did not appear at all, since he ran into this Chinese cargo ship in his own anger, the other party still did not have a warship to follow, only this one cargo ship, it would be an idiot not to rob it.
That freighter is still far away from here now, but if they chase after it, they will definitely not be able to escape from their palms, not to mention anything else, only a large number of speedboats on their side, even if they are far away from the pursuit there, can they escape?
The speedboat is known as the champion of sprinting in the warship, and the fastest speed can reach 40 to 60 knots, and the speedboats he is equipped with are basically more than 50 knots, with a speed of 50 knots per hour, it is absolutely easy to take down the freighter in front, after all, the speed of the freighter is too slow. Even the fastest container ships have a speed of about 30 knots at most, and ordinary freighters only have a speed of more than a dozen knots.
The ship in front is not a container ship. About three times the speed, isn't it easy to eat it?
He has five fishing boats at his disposal. 25 speedboats, dealing with a lone freighter is a bit overkill, just send seven or eight speedboats to outflank it, you can easily get it.
"Turn around, and once you find that they have a tendency to flee, let the speedboat chase them!" Frowning coldly, Haradai's frustration finally has a place to vent, since this freighter flying the Chinese flag has unfortunate appearance here, let's take it down and let him vent his evil anger.
Now several of their fishing boats are as camouflaged. All Seychelles fishing boats in camouflage, after all, Somali pirates are notorious, how to do without camouflage, but even if there is camouflage, they are afraid that they will flee when they see their ships turning, and now too many people in the world know that the Maldives and the Seychelles are already in the range of Somali pirates.
It is really because the pirates' original paradise in the Gulf of Aden is blocked and cruising by the navies of more than 20 countries, and they can only make a profit there, so they can only make a fortune in the farther ocean, and even with the stationing of warships from various countries, the activities of Somali pirates are becoming more and more frequent. It is a great irony that hijacking ships are much more efficient than they were in the past, when there were no warships.
And when you encounter different ships in the vicinity, and suddenly one side changes course and chases you, it is simply normal for ordinary merchant ships and freighters to retreat directly. But even if they escaped now, it wouldn't be too late.
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"Boss, those five fishing boats in the southwest have been diverted and are heading towards us." Almost five fishing boats just turned. When approaching in the direction of the Chinese freighter, Heber, who was also looking at the freighter with a telescope in the distance, smiled directly.
"I guess we've run into pirates." With Heber's words. Xiong Kun on one side also opened his mouth with a smile.
"And it looks like the pirates this time are big thieves, five mother ships. I just don't know which of the four big thieves in Somalia is it, or is it some improvised patchwork together? Zhang Beiwang also smiled, "Maybe they think we will be big fat sheep." ”
This sentence also caused a lot of laughter in the neighborhood again.
This cargo ship flying the Chinese flag is naturally Zhou Mingluo and his entourage, which passed through Sri Lanka a few days ago, and in the waters leading to the Maldives archipelago, they have long been mentally prepared to face pirate harassment at all times.
Somali pirates may be heard of by ordinary people, but that's only for real merchant ships, freighters, fishing boats, etc.
It's a joke to them.
Knowing clearly that the pirates' charge was only landed by speedboat, so what was there to be afraid of?
Moreover, the pirates' speedboats are not combat ships such as fish and missile boats, but a group of pirates with weapons such as submachine guns and bazookas sitting on ordinary speedboats.
Again, the ships disguised by Somali pirates, under the pressure of the combined navy of more than 20 countries, naturally cannot and dare not easily get warships, and combat ships are not good, so the target is too obvious, it is not easy to hide, and it is too easy to be attacked.
In the first ten months of 09, the world's statistics showed that there were nearly 300 ships harassed by Somali pirates, but only more than 30 were really hijacked, and the probability of 1 in 10 is enough to explain a lot of problems.
Fish, missiles, and other combat ships are not only difficult to handle, they are easy to be seized by the navy, and it is easier to sink merchant ships and freighters, they are just to rob and make a fortune, and they are not guys who want to sink ships when they see them.
Therefore, the charge only relies on a variety of close-range weapons, and a group of fierce men who can spill their heads and blood, and are not afraid of dangering their lives, board the ship after approaching, and then force the ship to succumb, and then rob or extort.
But......
In this situation, in the face of the 30 world's top international mercenaries who are also armed to the teeth, they are really much more powerful than the pirates, whether it is more accurate than the pirates in marksmanship or rocket artillery.
Not to mention the fact that there are also underwater workers like the little brown bear and the krait.
If you are really impatient to dive under the surface of the sea, it will be easy to overturn the speedboat or the mother ship.
Before they actually arrived at the second salvage site, they were the first to encounter a wave of pirates, which seemed to be quite large, but they also found it quite interesting.
"Did you really encounter a pirate?" With the joking words of the mercenaries, Zhou Mingluo also pinched his chin suddenly, and looked at the five fishing boats in the distance with blazing eyes.
Somali pirates? I've heard a lot of it before, but this is the first time I've heard it.
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An hour later, the five fishing boats were in the bows, and as the two sides crossed sails, the two were getting closer and closer.
At today's distance, if you put down the speedboat, even if the other side immediately turns around and escapes, it is estimated that it will be possible to approach the range of the submachine gun in a maximum of ten minutes under the pursuit of the speedboat.
Such a distance can already be started.
But a hint of doubt flashed in Haraday's eyes, what was the matter, the ship that was not escorted by warships, as if it was a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, did not have the slightest tendency to change course and retreat when it saw their five fishing boats rushing past.
Could it be that they really didn't think they were pirates at all, and they weren't vigilant at all?
"General, that freighter can't be a novice, is it the first time to come to our Somali waters? It is stupid and pitiful to let us approach when he sees the ship approaching, and just let us approach...... even if he is a novice," not only Lieutenant Admiral Haraday, but also the black youth beside him grinned, as if he was speechless about the behavior of the freighter in front of him.
Nowadays, there are too many Somali pirates, and the competitiveness of their industry is also very great, there are many competing pirates, and the more merchant ships and freighters are robbed, which naturally makes other freighters and merchant ships more vigilant.
This has become basic common sense.
But the ship in front of it actually violated basic common sense, how not to surprise people.
It's really hard to explain, either the ship on the other side is not afraid of its own force, or it's stupid, and the naïve children who took this channel for the first time didn't raise their guard at all when they saw that their five fishing boats were flying the Seychelles flag.
And I have to say that he believes in the latter more, and the former is not afraid of the type of force at all, which is simply incredible.
After all, they can even attack warships, and they dare to attack the warships of France, the United States and other countries as long as they have one or two mother ships plus a few speedboats, and now there are five mother ships transformed from fishing boats, and more than 100 people in 25 speedboats.
The merchant ships escorted by the two warships dare to attack, just a bare-pole freighter on the other side, you say that the other party can eat them, who will believe it?
"Do it! The Seawolf and the White Shark, each with four speedboats! ”
Haradaike was also puzzled, but his doubts were similar to that of the black young man, the other party's freighter was definitely a child, and even a fool among children, he let them be bullied to such a close distance, it was not looking for death.
A single freighter really doesn't need him to show much strength, eight speedboats are enough, and it is more than enough to make a detour from eight directions, and charge to board the ship.
After all, they're all seasoned pirates, and they're experienced in dealing with this kind of thing.
At the same time, two of the five fishing boats soon lowered four speedboats, each equipped with three sturdy black men, one of whom steered the speedboat to quickly cut through the waves of the freighter in a zigzag shape, and the other two were either holding submachine guns, assault rifles, or shoulder-mounted bazookas, screaming and rushing towards the freighter.
The eight who control and operate the speedboat are all experts, and they can definitely drive the speedboat to fly elegantly, as if performing a stunt is pleasing to the eye, after all, their original goal was to rob the warship, and the speedboat driver was sunk by the warship with a random shot, and robbed a fart.
The sound of the buzzing motor cut through the clear sky, and eight sinuous and agile water snakes swooped down quickly, and the corners of Lieutenant General Haradai's mouth flashed a hideous smile. (To be continued.) )