Chapter 21: Mercenaries
Qin Tian climbed onto the freighter through a rope.
Before that, Qin Tian had deliberately stayed in the sea for a while longer, and he had noticed a detail before...... The freighter's superstructure is located in the rear, and most of the pirates are concentrated in this area, and it is easy to be spotted by the opponents when firing rope guns from here.
So Qin Tian continued to wait in the seawater, still a "dead corpse", and let the sea slowly carry him to the bow of the ship, where containers were stacked again and again, which was a good place to deal with pirates.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Qin Tian opened his eyes, carefully untied the rope gun from his back, aimed it at the edge of the freighter and pulled the trigger.
With a "whoosh", the head of the gun flew onto the freighter with a rope.
The head of the spear is something like an anchor, with three forks, each of which is barb-shaped, and only needs to be pulled back after shooting, and two of the barbs will inevitably hook something, such as a railing, cornice, and the like.
Qin Tian tried to tighten it and slowly climbed up the rope from the seawater, because if the movement was too big, it would bring some noise, and it would be useless to alarm the nearby pirates.
The first thing Qin Tian did when he climbed the rope was to untie the plastic bag wrapped around the pistol with his mouth and hands...... The plastic bag is tied with a slipknot, so it is not difficult to do this.
In this way, if there is an emergency, Qin Tian will not be without a gun.
After finishing, Qin Tiancai continued to climb up along the rope. Although his whole body was covered in water and his equipment was a little heavy, Qin Tian, who had had relevant training before, still climbed onto the freighter smoothly.
As Qin Tian expected, the area was empty, which gave Qin Tian some time to prepare to remove the waterproof plastic bag from the equipment, and then sneak towards the superstructure with the AK cat on his waist.
Not long after walking, there was a burst of gunfire overhead.
Qin Tian was startled, he hurriedly stopped his steps and hid against the container.
There were people in the container, and there seemed to be more than one.
At this time, Qin Tian couldn't help but miss the silencer a little, if he installed it, he could kill the opponent silently, and then the next one, and then the next one...... By the time the enemy found out that something was wrong, Qin Tian was almost done.
But now......
Qin Tian reluctantly walked along the container to the side, and found something like a ladder stacked with these boxes on the other side.
Taking a deep breath, Qin Tian rushed up the ladder as fast as he could, and then raised his gun while jumping onto the top of the container...... Two pirates in camouflage uniforms are lying on their stomachs and shooting condescendingly at the beach.
Qin Tian's sudden appearance caught them at a loss, but they still reacted immediately.
Of course, Qin Tian would not give them this opportunity, and with a flick of his index finger, several bullets flew out of the chamber of the gun, killing them on the spot.
Due to the close distance, Qin Tian could even see the blood arrows fired when the bullets pierced their bodies, one of them was shot in the head, his head exploded like a watermelon under the kinetic energy of the AK47 bullet, the brain pulp and blood sprayed in a blur of the white and red of the container, and the sea breeze also brought a few wisps of fishy smell.
Qin Tian didn't dare to stay, because he knew that these few gunshots had already exposed him, and if he continued to stay here, he would only become a target for other enemies, so he turned around and jumped down the box stairs again.
At this time, Qin Tian felt that something was wrong...... These pirates are not like pirates.
As mentioned before, Somali pirates are mostly unorganized and poorly qualified, and all they have to do is buy a few guns from the black market, rent a few speedboats, and see which unarmed cargo ship catches up and climbs up...... Then a few shots were fired into the sky to announce that it had been hijacked.
Organized pirates are not uncommon, and some even have their own mother ships. But the cargo ship they grabbed simply could not be so encircled by the "coast guard" as it is now.
However, Qin Tian recalled the scene just now: when he rushed up, he only had two seconds of reaction time for the two pirates.
If it were ordinary people, they would not have any reaction at all in these two seconds, they would only watch Qin Tian's black hole muzzle, and then shoot a few bullets from it with their lives.
But the two men had time to turn over and draw their guns, and they were very skillful.
Qin Tian didn't have time to think about it, and continued to move forward with his gun, but suddenly a gunfire rang out in front of him, blocking his way.
This once again proved that Qin Tian's idea was correct, these people were not ordinary pirates, they were more like mercenaries, at least second-rate mercenaries, which could be seen from their reaction speed and would also alternately cover up and approach Qin Tian.
Looking at the rear, Qin Tian took out a grenade, pulled out the safety bolt, and threw it around the corner.
There was a "boom", and an explosion came from behind him.
At the same time as the explosion sounded, Qin Tian rushed in the other direction of the container and circled the container half a circle to the other opening......
This is actually a kind of trick to steal beams and change pillars.
The point was not on the grenade, Qin Tian knew that the grenade could not pose any threat to the other party.
The focus is on the explosion sound of the grenade, which obscured the sound of Qin Tian's running footsteps, and even the enemy's hearing was affected to a certain extent for a period of time after the grenade exploded.
As a result, the enemy took it for granted that Qin Tian was still in his original position.
Sure enough, several guns still took turns shooting at the position where Qin Tian was before.
Qin Tian's momentum continued unabated, and then he jumped sideways forward...... The trigger was pulled the moment his body slid out of the container from the sleek plank.
"Da da da" bullets on both sides are flying everywhere.
The enemy had three people.
However, due to the misjudgment of Qin Tian's position, most of the bullets were on the high side, and only a few of them flew almost close to Qin Tian's ears due to timely adjustment.
Although Qin Tian didn't shoot many bullets, he didn't miss a shot...... Three enemies screamed and fell in pools of blood.
After hiding in the container again, Qin Tian changed the magazine for his rifle, and then warned John in the walkie-talkie: "John, they are not pirates!" ”
"What do you mean?" John, who was once again taking a speedboat to attack the freighter, asked suspiciously, "What is it if it's not a pirate?" ”
"They are our peers!" Qin Tian replied: "I don't know what's going on!" ”
It's a bit ridiculous, could it be that someone hired a second-rate mercenary team to hijack a freighter? And then use it to extort a ransom?
While it is true that mercenaries are willing to do anything for money, they are not enough to do this kind of business...... Mercenaries will have a long-term stable income if they find a good employer, while pirates will not only be short-term, but also discredited and discredited.
"Hold on!" John said on the walkie-talkie, "We'll be there soon!" ”