In order to be able to recover Palawan Island as soon as possible, the Filipinos received their weapons and barely stopped at all, and the five ocean-going freighters immediately honked their horns to signal that they were ready to leave the port. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The British government did not carry out too many formalities on the freighter, and directly chose to let it go, and it can be said that this time the Filipino freighter was almost all greenlit in all British ports.

Although the crew was very reluctant, after all, this was the last time the ship was on the British mainland, and they hoped that they could spend the night on land, but at the urging of the British government and the Filipino bonus, they set off in the middle of the night.

The sea is breezy and the weather is clear, and the UK's unreliable Met Office predicts that there will be no bad weather in the coming week.

Although the crew was distrustful of the Meteorological Bureau, they were still very happy with the good weather, so that the next few days of sailing would not be any problems.

The only thing that could happen was crossing the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal and then into the Gulf of Aden, where there could be a little bit of danger, a place that sailors from all over the world would not want to set foot in.

After all, the whole world knows that the Gulf of Aden is an active territory for Somali pirates, who rob cargo ships passing by all over the world in the Gulf of Aden, even if all countries send escort fleets, but the effect is not very good, and piracy is intensifying.

These pirates also divided the freighters at sea into classes, among which the most like the British and French ships, and there are some freighters from small countries at the same level, such as the Philippines, and this fleet meets this condition, and it is completely a fat sheep.

The British are afraid of death, and they have money, and the French are similar, compared to Chinese freighters and American freighters, the armies of these two countries are also easier to deal with, and the same kidnapping of freighters of small countries will not have too strong military retaliation.

This time, however, the Philippine government has not only hired a British frigate, but also a multinational fleet near the Gulf of Aden to escort their merchant ships.

A single frigate is generally enough for a merchant ship to safely cross the Gulf of Aden, but Somali piracy was much more rampant than ever before in this era.

In particular, an organization called the Black Self-Rescue Association, whose leader is called Black Cat, can be said to be a tyrant in the Gulf of Aden, and once hijacked warships of small countries, and after learning this news, the Philippine government was immediately frightened, and immediately spent some money to hire four multinational warships that were escorting ships in the Gulf of Aden.

If it weren't for the fact that its own navy was really not sure that it would be able to safely cross the Indian Ocean and reach the Gulf of Aden safely, the Philippine government would be ready to send its own fleet to meet it.

When the last ocean-going freighter left the port, the whole port slowly fell silent, and a group of workers cursed each other as the Filipinos slowly left the port and went home.

No one noticed that when the last freighter left port, a figure on his side was sneaking out of the side of the ship, and the black clothes slowly merged with the night.

Lin Qing had already arrived in Swansea in the afternoon, a little earlier than the arrival time of these ships, and after observing the port, he found a place to lurk, quietly waiting for the arrival of the freighter.

It wasn't until about 6 p.m. that the ships slowly arrived, a little slower than expected.

Lin Qing needs to observe which freighters these freighters will place their planes on, and when the time comes, he can directly start without having to look for them one by one.

But here, Lin Qing found that he had made another fuss, or that something had happened that he hadn't thought too much about.

These F-16 fighters were not on these freighters at all, and the five freighters were only transporting tanks, anti-tank guns, surface-to-air missiles, air-to-surface missiles, and some accessories for F16 fighters and other things.

patted his forehead in annoyance, Lin Qing felt a little worried about his IQ, he had made a mistake again, and it was a matter of common sense.

These F-16 fighters sold by the British to the Philippines are considered to be very well maintained in combat effectiveness, and there is nothing wrong with them, and they can go to the battlefield with live ammunition.

You can take off directly from any airfield on the UK mainland, pass through an air base in the Middle East, or an air base in a friendly country, and then land directly at the Philippine military airport in Manila.

Moreover, Lin Qing guessed that with the urine nature of the Philippine government, it must be preparing to hold a very big welcome ceremony to welcome the arrival of these combat forces.

In contrast, all the Dutch F16 fighters that Lin Qing purchased before were transported to Palawan by sea, after all, these fighters are very old, and several of them are older than Lin Qing in terms of combat effectiveness.

In order not to damage the combat effectiveness, the Dutch government proposed sea transportation, and Lin Qing, who had never bought or sold fighter jets, thought that all fighter planes were transported in this way, and it was difficult to make such a big oolong.

In fact, this is completely because Lin Qing himself did not think clearly, first of all, the British have many air bases overseas, and there are also some transit stations that friendly countries can provide for aircraft supplies.

Although the Netherlands is an EU country, its military strength is very different from that of the United Kingdom, and there is no overseas military base, only the EU military base, but it cannot be used.

Secondly, the arms sold to Palawan have not yet been officially announced by the Netherlands, and even if they are announced, they are sold as retired and scrapped fighters, which is to put it bluntly, they are selling garbage.

If you say it's rubbish, how can you fly from Amsterdam or one of the military airports in the Netherlands to Palawan? Isn't this a slap in the face?

Has anyone ever seen a scrapped fighter jet that can fly tens of thousands of kilometers from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere, and also spare half a circle of the earth?

Of course, the most important point is that the Dutch military is really not sure whether these F16 fighters can safely fly to the Free Democratic Republic of Palawan.

Who's to blame if something happens along the way? They don't have the confidence that, like the British, there is nothing to do with the fighter jets flying to Palawan.

What if there is an accident on the way, the plane breaks down, the engine is not stopped, or the bird hits, and the plane is destroyed and people die, what if the Palawan government does not give the money? After all, only half of the deposit was given.

Will it be for the sake of these worthless fighter jets and the Palawan government? The Dutch government does not dare to play with fire and set itself on fire, after all, there is still a big business of tens of billions of dollars to be done.

At that time, if someone is cut off because of this kind of thing, then the Dutch government really has no place to cry, after all, the global economy is in a recession, if the rogue governments of the Yankees and Germans know about it, they will definitely want to get a piece of the pie, and making a lot of money in a muffled voice is the king.

The above are summarized for a variety of reasons, and finally a miraculous phenomenon was produced, the F16 fighter plane purchased by Lin Qing for the Palawan government actually relied on an ocean freighter to transport, which may be the first time in history, since the advent of the F16 fighter, the first time so aggrieved.

The thief is not empty, and now Lin Qing does not have the slightest awareness that he is a big man, and after finding out that his target F16 fighter was not on the freighter, he did not leave immediately, but chose to continue to lurk to see if he could find something good, after all, the Philippine government is bleeding heavily this time.

Not to mention, the freighter did load a lot of good things in Swansea, and Lin Qing himself saw with his own eyes that there were a lot of air-to-air combat missiles or air-to-ground missiles that hit the container, as well as some tanks, vehicle-mounted radars, etc., all of which were seen by Lin Qing at a glance when these Filipinos were inspecting the goods.

Among them, the most precious thing on the entire freighter is some F16 accessories, these things Lin Qing originally wanted to buy some in the Netherlands, but the price given by the Dutch government was very high, so high that Lin Qing couldn't accept it.

The price of several main accessories is already about the same as half a fighter, Lin Qing might as well buy a new fighter, and don't have to be so troublesome, and send accessories.

Accessories, the more expensive the thing, the more valuable, take the car as an example, a Chery QQ accessories may be hundreds, great thousands, but if it is a Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, Maserati and the like, there are more than hundreds of thousands of paint.

After all, the F16 fighter is one of the mainstream fighters in the world, and it is an American product, and there is a problem with American goods, which the whole world knows, that is, it needs maintenance, all kinds of maintenance, replacement parts, etc.

Therefore, the F16 fighter born in the United States also needs maintenance and accessories, but this thing Yankee sells very expensive.

However, this time the Filipinos just solved Lin Qing's needs, and Lin Qing's heart was already happy, so he sent the Filipino the title of the best transport brigade captain.

Palawan still has a certain demand for these accessories, he can copy one of the F16 fighters, and the copied F16 fighters are all the same, very worn, some of the worn parts do need to be replaced, but the price is very expensive, Lin Qing is a little reluctant.

But now everything is not a problem, some people are dozing and sending pillows, and the Philippines is suddenly a little tall in Lin Qing's heart.

At half past eleven o'clock in the evening, the ship slowly left the British territorial waters and sailed into the open sea, and the crew had begun to rest, this sea area is between the British and French territorial waters, which belongs to the international route.

These crew members on the freighter are very familiar with this sea area, as long as there are no strong winds and waves, this sea area is very safe, there are no reefs or undercurrents, and they can drive through with their eyes closed.

The ship began to become very quiet, and after a few crew members made a round, they all returned to their cabins to rest, except for two more Philippine government personnel who stayed in the wheelhouse and observed the surrounding sea. (To be continued.) )