Chapter 19 Freighters
The next day, John took Qin Tian and a group of thirty people, brought the necessary equipment, and set off in five cars.
This is one of the reasons why pickup trucks are popular, it is easy to load supplies, water, gasoline, food, and boxes and boxes of ammunition are thrown into the semi-open rear compartment, and then the canvas can be pulled.
The destination was not very far, three hours away, passing through a village called Zuglai, and then a freighter stranded a few hundred meters off the coast came into view.
However, before he could go far, he was stopped by several armed men with AK47s in their hands.
John rolled down the window, handed the pass up, and shouted as he pointed to the armband, "Ghost, we're Ghost!" ”
But apparently the armed men didn't react to Ghost, and they flipped through the pass, then handed it back to John and waved his hand.
"They're definitely new here!" John said stupidly, "Otherwise, no one would know about the 'ghost'!" ”
At this time, a burst of gunfire suddenly came from the beach, startling John and the others.
"What's going on?" John said, "Are they caught fire with the sea?" ”
Qin Tian looked out of the car window and said with some incredulous expressions: "No, they are shooting at the freighter on the beach!" ”
"Fuck it!" When John saw the firing point in front of him, he scolded: "They actually fired at the freighter with anti-aircraft machine guns, aren't they worried about hitting the hostages?" ”
As long as you have a little common sense, you will know that the pirates and the hostages are hiding in the freighter, and at the same time, the pirates are shooting at the shore through small windows, so it is useless to return fire.
But the armed men didn't care about this, they still "clicked" at the freighter with a shuttle bullet.
John jumped out of the car and yelled at them, "Ceasefire, ceasefire!" ”
An officer wearing a pistol pinned to his waist with the rank of captain stepped out from among the armed men, looked at John and his party fiercely, and asked, "Who are you?" ”
John was immediately stunned when he saw the officer, and hurriedly took out the pass from his pocket and said with a smile: "Sir, we are the 'ghost' security company!" ”
Qin Tian knew what was going on.
Don't look at this group of militants as unprofessional, but they are the local tyrants who actually control Kismayo.
They are the only ones who do not want pirates to appear in Kismayo, because it affects their interests and makes foreign investors lose confidence in Kismayo.
As a security company to survive in Kismayo, the "Ghosts" certainly need to have a good relationship with them.
The captain glanced at the pass, then nodded, and said, "We'll organize an attack in ten minutes, and you'll see how it goes!" ”
"But, sir......"
John wanted to say something, but as soon as he saw the captain's eyes, he hurriedly swallowed back what he was about to say.
"No problem!" John said, "Ten minutes later! ”
As a result, anti-aircraft machine guns continued to strafe the freighter, and a helicopter circled in the air, and from time to time a man would peek out of the helicopter and shoot down with an AK.
The pirates also returned fire with AKs from the freighter, which forced the helicopter to fly very high, as the helicopter was not a bulletproof gunship...... The Somali armed forces are not so advanced, and the use of a civilian helicopter for reconnaissance is already remarkable.
Ten minutes passed quickly.
Four speedboats, each carrying a dozen people, approached the freighter from four directions.
Looks like a good plan...... There are several anti-aircraft machine guns on the shore to cover, there are helicopters in the air to reconnoiter and warn and dispatch at any time, and simultaneous attacks from four directions on the sea surface can disperse the pirate forces.
If they work together, they do have a good chance of attacking the cargo ship and taking out the pirates.
But a shocking scene appeared...... The speedboat reached the bottom of the freighter, spun around, fired a few shots upwards and then returned in the speedboat.
"What's going on?" The captain asked angrily.
"Sir!" A communications soldier reported: "The rope ladder they brought was too short to climb onto the freighter!" ”
(Note: The above episode is taken from a real Coast Guard and pirate battle clip)
Hearing this, Qin Tian almost spurted a mouthful of blood onto the ceiling, and they rushed up without calculating the length of the rope ladder.
But this doesn't seem to be a surprise, because this is Africa.
The captain sighed a little helplessly, then turned his gaze to John and said, "It's your turn, what do you need our cooperation?" ”
John set his eyes on Qin Tian.
Qin Tian looked at the surrounding situation with a telescope, and then replied, "We need a speedboat!" ”
"Just a speedboat?" The captain asked Qin Tian.
"Yes, just a speedboat!"
The captain smiled and said, "It seems that you are nothing remarkable, using the same methods as us!" ”
"No!" Another officer answered: "They're using our methods!" ”
As he spoke, a few people let out a mocking laugh.
"Tell me, Qin!" John's face was a little unbearable: "You didn't use their methods!" ”
"No, I'm just using their methods!" Qin Tian replied.
"What?" John said, "Are you going to storm it?" We don't know how many of them there are, we don't know how many guns they have......"
"Do as I say!" As he spoke, Qin Tian took out rope guns, life jackets and other equipment from the rear compartment!
John had no choice but to order the others to prepare to follow suit.
As he walked in the direction of the speedboat, John couldn't help but ask, "Won't we also happen to attack the freighter in four directions?" ”
"Why not?" Qin Tian asked rhetorically.
"God!" "They use rope ladders, and rope ladders can shoot when they climb up the freighter, and we are ropes, and they only need a machete or an AK to seal us off!" ”
"They won't know!" Qin Tian replied.
"What do you mean?" John was a little baffled.
Qin Tian stopped, pointed straight ahead and said, "Do you see those waves?" ”
"Of course!" John replied.
"As long as the speedboat is in the right place!" Qin Tian said: "Those waves will wash the corpses under the freighter!" ”
"But what's the use of it?" John asked.
"Of course it works!" Qin Tian replied, "I am the corpse!" ”
John looked confused, but after thinking about it, he understood with his mouth half-open.
"It's a great idea!" John followed closely behind and said excitedly, "They will think that we are the Coast Guard, and they will think that we are still attacking like last time, so they are completely unsuspecting!" And they're going to shoot at us, and then someone gets shot and falls into the sea...... Of course, they don't know if it's really a shot! ”