Chapter 354 Driving away, the pirate ship robbed by the open fire and the staff
In the port of Gudar, the formation of ships of the Chinese Navy felt the deep friendship of the people of Baggystan. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
During the two days of docking, the navies of the two sides held extensive exchange activities.
The Chinese Navy went ashore to play a friendly basketball match with the Bajistan Navy and participated in a grand reception.
The Bagistan Navy visited the ships and played a friendly table tennis match with the Chinese Navy.
The admirals of the two countries had exchanges at a higher level.
Moreover, the deputy commander of the Chinese Navy called on the commander of the Pakistani Navy and the Pakistani defense minister, and signed a series of memorandums of cooperation on the next step of the Navy's exchanges and cooperation, especially on the construction and use of the Gudar naval base.
Leaving the port of Gudar, the ship formation headed west, along the edge of the Arabian Sea towards the Red Sea.
After sailing for three days and two nights, the warship reached the Gulf of Aden.
The Gulf of Aden is a stretch of Arabian Sea water between Yemen and Somalia, which is connected to the Red Sea in the north by the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, named after the seaport of Aden in Yemen.
The Gulf of Aden is a convenient port for ships to travel between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, and is an important waterway for oil from the Persian Gulf to Europe and North America. Due to the rampant piracy in the area, the Gulf of Aden is also known as "Pirate Alley".
The water area is 530,000 square kilometers. On the west side of the Gulf of Aden, there are Aden ports on the north bank and Djibouti ports on the south coast, which are important fuel ports and trade transit ports for the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, and have an important strategic position.
Approaching the Gulf of Aden, the fleet slowed down. The fleet commander ordered the entire crew to remain on alert and to make rapid sorties in case of any situation.
Because, since the civil war broke out in Somalia in the nineties of the last century, the Somali government has lost control of the situation, and the warlords, big and small, have started the idea of freighters coming and going.
They often use large fishing boats as cover, with a few small runabouts in them, and when the camouflaged large fishing boats get close to the oil tanker or freighter, they release the small boat, and the pirates approach the freighter or oil tanker in the small boat and jump on the boat.
Since freighters or tankers do not carry weapons, the crews could not resist pirates with automatic weapons and bazookas.
The owners of the hijacked freighters could only spend money to avoid disaster and redeem the freighters and their crews.
And the warships of various countries have great firepower, and the pirates are helpless. However, when warships of various countries pass through here, a clear rule has been formed: if a cargo ship or oil tanker is surrounded or hijacked by pirates and calls for help, the warships in the vicinity must rush to the rescue as soon as possible. There is no need to be based on nationality.
The formation of ships sailed slowly in the Gulf of Aden. The bay is also full of fishing boats.
As you know, there must also be pirate ships mixed in with the fishing boats, staring at which freighter the conditions are ripe and taking a bite.
The formation was sailing, and suddenly a distress signal was received on the radio, and a South Korean freighter Goryeo was chased by a suspected pirate ship speedboat at xxx degrees ×× x minutes east longitude and xx degrees ×x minutes north latitude.
Yang Wenbin looked at the coordinates, which were about ten nautical miles away from the formation, and thought, maybe we are closer.
Sure enough, the captain ordered the helicopter to take off urgently with the special operators and rush to the rescue.
The ship turned around and headed at full speed towards the area where the hijacked cargo ship was located.
As the only army officer on the ship, Yang Wenbin was ordered to lead two marines to take a helicopter to the rescue.
The helicopter roared and headed for the area where the accident occurred.
From the air, there are matchbox-sized ships floating in the bay.
It's really hard to tell which is a freighter, which is a fishing boat, and which is a pirate ship.
After about 10 minutes, the helicopter drove over the area where the accident occurred.
The pilot pulled the plane as low as possible, and Yang Wenbin and two marines used binoculars to zoom in on the sea surface, looking for a target.
Yang Wenbin asked the navigator to switch the radio to the frequency of the hijacked freighter, and shouted in English, asking the ship's accident to light a fire on the deck to make it easier to find.
After a while, black smoke rose from the deck of a freighter in the distance.
The helicopter adjusted its direction and flew over the freighter.
Sure enough, the three speedboats were biting the boat, and the freighter was driving at full speed, but because of its huge body, the speedboat was only one or two meters away from the freighter, and it was about to catch up.
"Loaded bullets, lower altitude, warning shots", Yang Wenbin gave the order.
The helicopter circled over the boat gang, and Yang Wenbin took the lead in firing, and the bullet caused a splash on the water between the boat gang and the speedboat.
When the pirate ship saw that the fat sheep in its hands was about to be lost, it became angry and angry, and instead of slowing down, it accelerated and rushed away.
"Da da da", another shuttle of bullets went out, this time hitting the boat gang, and the warning was escalated.
However, the pirates got into the cabin and hid.
At this time, Yang Wenbin saw a rocket launcher stretched out at the door of the rear cabin of the dinghy, so he immediately made a decision in the air, aimed at the shooter, and killed it with a shuttle of bullets.
Bazookas aren't for fun, and if he runs into a dead mouse, helicopters are in danger.
"Concentrate fire, target engine." The three men concentrated their fire, and the bullets rained down on the pirate boat's engine.
"Da-da-da, da-da-da......", the engine stopped roaring and stopped.
The other two dinghys, as soon as they saw that their friendly boats were disabled, panicked, slowed down, and stopped the pursuit.
The South Korean freighter also took the opportunity to pick up speed, disengaged and sailed away from a safe distance.
And the helicopter also increased the distance, hovering over the pirate ship, vigilantly monitoring the pirate ship's every move.
At this time, the warship formation also arrived.
"Goryeo freighter, please continue to sail, the Chinese ship formation will escort you!" The captain with the radio with
The captain of the rescued cargo ship communicated.
"Thank you to the Chinese Navy! The entire crew of the Goryeo salutes you!" The captain said on the radio.
As soon as the words ended, the Goryeo horn sounded three flutes and set sail.
After confirming that the pirate ship had not moved, the helicopter also flew back over the mothership and landed on the aft deck.
After escorting the cargo ship for more than ten nautical miles, the fleet also began normal sailing after confirming its safety.
"Good luck on the road to the Goryeo," the captain sent a farewell message, sounded his flute three times, turned around, and continued to drive northwest.
"Have a safe journey!" The freighter replied, whistled three times, and sailed according to the established course.
The stated goal of the ship formation was to cross the Red Sea, cross the Suez Canal, and visit Europe on the northern shore of the Mediterranean.
Shuttling through the busy Gulf of Aden, from time to time I see the warships of country M, Y, F, E, and even R, escorting the merchant ships of their own country or other countries.
The formation of our two ships is quite small.
These powers only exist at all times because they have overseas bases that can be replenished at any time. But we can only carry it with the ship, if we don't bring a supply ship, it will be difficult to move an inch!
brought a supply ship, but it was useless to improve the combat effectiveness, and the main thing was to live with supplies.
The navy still has to become stronger!