The M213 small radar installed on the Jiaolong supply ship detected a medium and large target at a position of 30 degrees south-east and 28 nautical miles, which should be a freighter or passenger ship, because it is now in the far sea, if it is a warship, it is impossible for a single ship to act.

According to the report of the Jiaolong members, the position of the ship has not moved, and now the waves in this sea area are very fierce, even if it is to moorth the ship, it should not be in this area, so Jiang Lin speculated that the ship should be in danger.

"Change course and get closer to the target at full speed!"

Frowning slightly, Jiang Lin decisively gave the order.

He used to be a Chinese soldier, and his mission was to protect the lives and property of the Chinese people.

After hearing Jiang Lin's order, nearly eighty Jiaolong pirate groups quickly changed their course and moved in the direction of the target, and under the searchlight, eighty speedboats turned their rudder in one direction at the same time, setting off a neat wave, and the scene was indescribably spectacular.

"Report! We've found the target! It was a medium-sized Chinese cargo ship, and it was visually observed that their ship was damaged, the hull was flooding, and the hull was constantly sinking. ”

Half an hour later, the Jiaolong pirate group came to the target sea area, and after searching, the Jiaolong pirate group finally determined the target location.

Hearing that it was Huaxia's cargo ship, Jiang Lin's heart suddenly tightened, because there were probably his compatriots on board, and there were compatriots he had spent nearly ten years of his youth guarding them.

"Everyone, immediately rush to the target location and quickly carry out rescue."

Without hesitation, Jiang Lin decisively gave an order, and the Jiaolong speedboat that carried out the search mission quickly approached the target sea area.

"First mate, first mate, hurry up and fill the rudder on the left, the rupture of the hull is getting worse and worse! The boat must be tilted to the left! Otherwise, the ship will sink! ”

In the cockpit of the Huaxia cargo ship, a big man with a big head was controlling the rudder, trying to fill the rudder to the left according to the report.

In the first few seconds, the hull slowly tilted to the left and began to sail to the left, constantly bending in the water, so that the gap on the right side of the ship was mostly exposed, reducing the amount of water entering the hull, but this was only a drop in the bucket, because the rift in the hull was getting bigger and bigger, and it was a matter of time before the ship sank.

However, this situation did not last long, as one of the two turbines on board the ship was overloaded and eventually broke down and lost power.

Now only one turbine is working properly, and the power of this ship cannot support such high-intensity work.

"What about the captain, where is the captain? One of our turbines had a failure and had to be repaired immediately. ”

Looking at the fault prompt on the dashboard, the first mate's face turned pale, grabbed the walkie-talkie, and yelled loudly.

"The captain is repairing the crack, and now the hold is almost flooded."

The first mate slumped on the bridge, the hull was badly damaged by the wind and waves, and now one of the two sets of engines was out of order, and now the sea conditions were so bad that it was impossible to be rescued, knowing that it was now on the high seas.

"Is there a distress signal issued?"

After a few moments, the first mate sat up again and questioned the assistant next to him.

"When there was a crack in the hull of the ship, I had already sent a signal for help, and our country's escort group carrying out tasks in the Ma6ka Strait was rushing here urgently, and it is expected to arrive in five hours."

When the assistant cracked in the hull, he had already sent a shipwreck call signal, but the rescue fleet of the surrounding sea countries did not reply, because the current sea conditions are too bad, they are not willing to come to the rescue at all, and the escort formation of Huaxia in Ma 6jia to carry out the escort mission will take five hours before they can arrive here, but according to the current situation, the ship will not last five hours and will sink, and the result is that most of the more than 200 Chinese people on board will be buried in this sea area.

Seeing that the deformation of the hull was becoming more and more violent, and the power system was damaged, Zhang Baiqian finally gave up repairing in despair, and urgently ordered more than 180 Chinese people on board the second cargo warehouse to board the splint, including women and children, and immediately cries and screams mixed together, and the scene was chaotic.

Commanding the crew to put only seven lifeboats into the sea, Zhang Baiqian yelled at the panicked crew: "Everyone calm down first, we have an emergency, the boat will sink within an hour, but we will have seven lifeboats after that, each lifeboat can carry five people, now let women and children get on board first." ”

Hearing that there were only five lifeboats, at this time the conflict between human nature and desire to survive broke out, and in the face of death, no one was calm, and they all wanted to get on the ship first, morality? Human nature? At this time, no one wants to give up the opportunity to live to others.

The people on the boat scrambled to board the lifeboat, looking at the out-of-control scene, Zhang Baiqian was helpless, and his voice was hoarse, but still no one paid attention to him.

The two dozen crew members stood tightly together, and if they wanted to, they could abandon the rest of the crew and use the lifeboat to save their lives, but their professional ethics dictated that they could not do so.

"Comrades, after today, maybe we won't be able to work together, but you are all brave and qualified."

Zhang Baiqian looked at the crew members, and finally closed his eyes, at this time it was impossible to describe his mood with despair.

"Captain, look!"

At this moment, a crew member pointed to a point of light on the sea in the distance and shouted to Zhang Baiqian.

"Huh?"

When he opened his eyes, Zhang Baiqian also saw a faint point of light appear on the sea in the distance.

He didn't think that the rescue ship was at this time, because the wind and waves were very strong now, and it was impossible for the surrounding rescue ships to come to the rescue.

However, immediately after, faint points of light appeared in the sea around the freighter, and they were constantly approaching this side, and Zhang Baiqian, who was experienced in boating, quickly determined that this was a group of small ships, and according to the speed of movement, these ships should be speedboats.

"First mate Xu, hurry up and ask Senior Officer Xu to turn on all the heading lights."

Although I don't know what these ships are for, but now the cargo ship is about to sink, so Zhang Baiqian must try to grasp this life-saving straw, no matter what the outcome, he must be responsible for the whole ship.

"The personnel on the other side, we are the cargo ship Huaxia 05186, and now we have encountered a shipwreck, our ship is about to sink, please ask for your rescue! I beg your help! Please answer when you receive, please answer when you receive it! ”

Quickly adjust the communication channel to the public frequency, and the first mate turns on the distress signal light while sending out a distress signal.

Less than a nautical mile away from the freighter, Jiang Lin heard the distress signal issued in Chinese and English from the ship's broadcast, and a sense of mission came to his heart, picked up the walkie-talkie, and turned on the broadcast mode: "Compatriots on the other side, I am Jiang Lin of the Jiaolong Pirate Group, please hold on, we are about to rescue you, in order to rescue quickly, please maintain the order of the personnel." ”