"Commander, you ......"

"What are you? If I didn't call you back, were you really going to shoot? ”

Wang Lei looked at Chen Ming's speechless appearance for a while, and thought that Chen Ming was also kind, so he softened his tone.

"Chen, I know you are also kind. But if you do shoot, do you know what it means? Even if you shoot glass, you still aim your gun at our compatriots. ”

Hearing the word "compatriot" in General Wang Lei's mouth, many staff officers in the headquarters of the 169 ship formation let out a cold snort of disdain.

"If they want to go, let them go. I'll report this to the United Nations Blue Shield Command, and I'll report it to the Navy and the Ministry of Transportation. How to deal with the door number, including the Hongyuan Trading Company behind the door number, is not something we should worry about. ”

Wang Lei took into account the emotions of the officers and men of the escort formation and patiently explained. To be honest, the first time an escort mission encountered such a disgusting incident, it really dealt too much damage to the enthusiasm of the escort officers and men.

"Our mission is to ensure that the merchant ships under our protection pass through the waters of the Gulf of Aden safely and unharmed. Do you understand? ”

"Commander, I understand. But I personally suggest that the door number be blocked, as well as all the freighters of Hongyuan Trading Company. Our naval escort formations no longer accept their applications for escort. ”

As soon as Chen Ming spoke, he saw Major General Wang Lei's unhappy face. Knowing that General Wang Lei must have misunderstood that he was making trouble, he hurriedly added and explained.

"Commander, please listen to me slowly. I'm not making a fuss, I'm thinking about the future. For the time being, we have only been authorized for one year, but based on the data increase during this period, I personally speculate that this year is definitely not enough. ”

"You all know about the Somali government, plus they don't have a navy of their own. Coupled with the fact that they themselves are getting more and more lively, the number of pirates will not only not decrease, but will increase. ”

Hearing Chen Ming's narration, Xiao Weiguo was very clever to put the pirate attack report data on the big screen at the same time as the 5 years after entering 09 years and the 5 years in 08.

"Today, we have three warships to protect four merchant ships, but we all know that this is just for us to adapt and practice. In the future, the number of merchant ships in each batch of escorts will not be less than 15 according to my estimates. After all, the Gulf of Aden, as a necessary place to enter and exit the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, will pass through less than 30% of the world's maritime transportation. ”

"In this case, if the door number leaves the team without permission, he is not severely punished. If the merchant ships in the future are all like this, what else will we do in this escort work? ”

Chen Ming also became a little excited when he got to this.

"Everyone here today has seen it. In the case of our three warships protecting four merchant ships, there are pirates who dare to touch and investigate. When the number of merchant ships increases, everyone learns the door number like this, and they can leave without permission if they want to, so how do we do our escort work? ”

"It's not even just us who have blocked it, I personally recommend reporting to the Blue Shield Command. It is proposed that the combined fleet be escorted to enforce this blockade order. In the event of a breach of the terms of contract by a merchant ship that has submitted an escort application, the remaining navies will no longer provide protection to it. ”

General Wang Lei looked at the dazzling 300% year-on-year increase in pirate attacks on the big screen, and his heart was already shaken, but after hearing Chen Ming's words, he couldn't help but sneer.

"Okay, I understand your concerns. I will hand over the opinions of our escort formation to the country. As for your Combined Fleet blockade, just think about it, we don't have that much face right now. ”

"Commander, I admit that our country's current navy is not as powerful as the Bald Eagle. But now they are all members of the joint escort fleet, and this kind of proposal is beneficial to the navies of all countries. ”

"Okay, okay, if you feel sure, you can swim yourself. This matter, this is the end of it. ”

Chen Ming saw that Major General Wang Lei's face was already a little unpleasant, and he suddenly realized that his words when he was emotional behind him did offend his authority as the commander of the formation. After hearing Wang Lei's words of sending off the guests, he immediately stopped pestering, raised his hand and saluted, walked to the helicopter deck, and returned to the 168 ship in a helicopter.

The first escort mission ended peacefully. But none of the officers and soldiers were happy after completing their tasks, because they were all waiting for a reply from home.

One later, the three ships of the escort group and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Williams, of the Bald Eagle Navy's Fifth Fleet, converged. Jointly escort merchant ships preparing to enter the waters of the Gulf of Aden.

And this time, as Chen Ming expected. The total number of merchant ships that need to be escorted has reached 44, and the marshalling of merchant ships has been completed in a period of time, and the formation is waiting for the assembly of the formation.

Such a large fleet of 48 ships, consisting of 4 warships and 44 merchant ships, began to flow in the direction of the Somali monsoon current.

The domestic reply has already reached the command of the formation. When Chen Ming received the reply that was passed on, the anger came up again.

The Ministry of Transport said that they had not considered it well before, and did not specify such a penalty clause in the contract for applying for escort, and that Hongyuan Trading Company was a Hong Kong enterprise after all, so it needed to be given a certain amount of care. Therefore, the proposal of the escort formation was rejected, and only the door number was given a warning and the decision to be fined.

At the same time, they said that all subsequent treaties applying for escort will be added to the clause that the application for escort means that the applicant agrees to accept the command and dispatch of the escort formation. There will never be any more such incidents.

Seeing such a reply, there was no place for the fire in Chen Ming's heart. Because of the lack of experience, the contract terms in the early stage were not considered perfectly, which made the door number leak.

Although Chen Ming was unhappy, he was helpless. I have to be glad that this happened during the first escort mission, otherwise when I encountered a large escort like this later, a few more merchant ships left the team without permission, and then the matter would be troublesome.

Although it is impossible to effectively punish the door number for this behavior due to negligence in the preparation of the domestic stage, then it is necessary to find a way to make these captains who want money and death feel afraid.

Chen Ming became more and more determined to advocate the idea of signing a contract with the escort fleets of various navies to jointly resist such disobedient behavior.

"Captain Ray, I want to apply to communicate on the USS Williams next door."

"To the warship of the Bald Eagle? Oh, I almost forgot that your son once studied abroad at Bald Eagle. Okay, military exchanges with foreign navies were originally one of our escort missions, and I will give you instructions, and if you agree, I will help you make an appointment with the Williams. ”

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