To the west of the Strait of Malacca, beyond the location of the island, is the Andaman Sea, which is the northeast of the Indian Ocean, part of the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, with an area of 798,000 square kilometers, which is an important artery connecting the ports of Southeast Asian countries, and is much calmer than the Indian Ocean. It is already close to the Strait of Malacca, standing on the high lookout, it seems that you can still see the land in the distance, the sea breeze blows gently, it seems that the waves are not as high as before, the fleet is slowly sailing by, the sun is slowly setting, this is the anchorage site that has been selected for a long time, most of the ships have stopped, even the frigates, only a few are left in charge of guarding, the rest are all resting, most of the time, this is safe.

It is not unlikely that pirates will be present here, as there are not many islands in the Andaman Sea, and even more so in the places where they are located, where most of the movements can be spotted. The low sound of the motor sounded, and from the Strait of Malacca, two 10,000-ton freighters came out, with the German flag on them, and the destroyers in charge of vigilance, after a little attention, they didn't care, two only, and they were not pirates with a large number of ships, besides, the average 10,000-ton freighter could not become a pirate ship, and the most important thing was that the German flag was hung on it.

Zhang Haoran stood at the bow of the freighter, nervously looking at the fleet in front of him, according to the telegram contact, he drove out of the Strait of Malacca at about 6 o'clock in the evening as agreed, and followed the route to this side (coming, when he arrived near this position, it was already about 8 o'clock in the evening, and finally saw the traces of the large number of ships. He was also relieved that he would finally reconcile. After knowing the pirate's movements, Yang Yuanzhao in particular asked him to send the personnel over as much as he could. He knew that these military personnel were very important to the regiment.

There are not many people standing on the deck, all the soldiers are in the cabin, and it is relatively simple to carry 600 people on an ocean-going freighter of about 10,000 tons, and there is no need to carry a large number of munitions, just carry the necessary guns and weapons, and most of the space is used to carry people.

Huge clumps of boats. The black shadow formed, and some searchlights kept flashing outward, learning the lesson of pirates attacking at night, even if it was wasteful, it needed to be played, and Zhang Haoran's ship did not enter directly facing the ship group, but turned slightly sideways, according to the command of the telegram, pretending to be a passing cargo ship. Brushed past from the side of the flotilla.

The cargo ship probably walked to the southeast side of the ship, and under the cover of a large number of ships, the two destroyers suddenly flashed one light and two extinguished. Rhythmic lights, the promised signal, quickly turned the bow of the boat. Here was the side of the German destroyer, which quietly showed a gap. Through the gap, it entered the fleet.

Yang Yuanzhao was also waiting nervously. In the fleet, the number of destroyers of the British is more, almost accounting for more than 8% of the protection of the entire fleet, if you rush directly from here, it will definitely not work, maybe just take a reason, go on the ship for inspection, this is absolutely not allowed, 1200 heavily armed fighters, and in the Indian Ocean far away from China, even if you want to explain, there is no way to explain, only through the German side, before communicating with the German side in advance.

The Germans were still difficult to speak, and with the relationship they had established in the Admiralty this time, and Fabian's help, the fleets also came in smoothly, and when Fabian was helping with this, he asked strangely what these people were doing. Yang Yuanzhao casually pushed it over, for the time being, it was still inconvenient to let Germany know about the immediate piracy, so he had to make all the arrangements here, and then inform them at the final stage.

The ship quietly entered the fleet, no one found out at all, the Strait of Malacca is definitely a busy international shipping lane, it is absolutely normal to meet a few ships, under the night, no one knows, the ship is leaving, especially the shelter of the fleet, entering the fleet, densely packed with hundreds of ships, more than 2 ships, it is not inconspicuous at all.

Yang Yuanzhao heard the report, Zhang Haoran and they had already come in, then put his mind at ease, the two cargo ships were still docked at the periphery, but they had already prepared small boats, one by one to place them in various positions, with the help of the existing staff and military personnel, all the arrangements have been made, 5 parts, the main ship group of 600 people, the remaining 2 200 people and 2 100 people, the main ship group is directly arranged in place, and the other ship groups will be contacted by the liaison boat tomorrow morning. Send people up quietly.

After leaving the port of Colombo, Yang Yuanzhao began a series of adjustments, at present, Yang Yuanzhao's ship group is the largest ship group, after the adjustment, some smaller, slower ones have been wrapped in, there are about 270 ships, the total tonnage is more than 400,000 tons, the remaining 800,000 tons, the total number of ships is only 240, the average tonnage is almost doubled.

1200 people, on average, on each ship, can only arrange a maximum of five people, plus the original personnel and armament, it is only 10, which is a great test of the ability to arrange, 5 parts, the easiest to attack is the largest where Yang Yuanzhao is currently located, I believe that the British when revealing the news, sued the pirates There is a lot of money here, and they will also sue them, Yang Yuanzhao's largest ship group is the richest, the pirates are for money, their biggest possibility is to attack this side, There has to be the best protection.

In several other places, two are mainly high-speed ships, with an average speed of more than 14 knots per hour, compared to warships, especially destroyers, it is nothing, you can keep up with the footsteps of the guards, in Yang Yuanzhao's secret adjustment, among the 110 ships in those two parts, the number of German destroyers is the largest, almost most of them are placed there, there is little possibility of problems, their position is one after the other in the position of the entire ship group, as long as the pirates have a target, they will not take the initiative to attack these two.

The remaining two, a little worse, but with Yang Yuanzhao's ship group, the distance is closer, as long as there is wind and grass, according to the order, they will no matter how the frigate moves, directly break away from this round, and the reunion is only less than 10 nautical miles away, as long as it is not an emergency to be targeted, there is enough time to get together, and the worst can also protect themselves, they have a little more personnel, but they are not as many as Yang Yuanzhao's main ship group.

Yang Yuanzhao in addition to the settlement of armed personnel, the most important thing is weapons, now there are fewer personnel, the most suitable for naval warfare is always artillery, but unfortunately except for a small number of artillery over 100 mm and some 75 guns, there are no more, there are few personnel, plus there are few qualified gunners, large-caliber artillery is not easy to place, plus these are civilian ships, large-caliber artillery can not be installed.

During the British investigation, on the light cruisers and destroyers, a lot of 20 mm cannons were found, some of them were twin cannons, relatively flexible, and the firepower was also very powerful, such small-caliber artillery, in the era of no air defense, the original purpose was to hit torpedoes, for warships, there was no lethality, most of the warships would not be arranged too much, and a few were arranged on the left and right sides, so it would be good to use them to hit torpedoes without dead ends. But this thing, for ordinary civilian ships, the steel plates of cargo ships, has a huge lethality, this time, it is not a warship that comes to attack, the pirates may not even have a frigate, at most it is a modified armed merchant ship, this thing is thin-skinned, it is not fought at all, the rate of fire is fast, and the powerful twin 20 mm cannon must be enough.

From the port of Colombo, Yang Yuanzhao spent most of his time producing weapons, especially this kind of double-linked machine guns, at that time it was just one more eye, if there was any problem, there was this protection, but now it is put to use, less than 500 ships, the number of machine guns is almost 2800, all of them are double-linked, even more than the fighters who operate. Powerful firepower is the foundation to ensure safety, and in the brutal pirate warfare, only with the help of this powerful firepower can we ensure that we are not attacked, and protect this batch of ships and goods to the greatest extent.

The 20 mm cannon has a longer range than the Maxim machine gun, reaching more than 2,500 meters, which is only the closest escort range for high-speed warships, and the main gun, which is often 20 kilometers, is the strongest attack point. The distance of 2.5 kilometers is no less than a road to death for a civilian ship, and 3 minutes more time is enough for the twin guns to fire more gunfire.

This is already the ultimate that Yang Yuanzhao can do, although he can make more than 200 mm guns, and even 14-inch naval guns, but the recoil of those naval guns is not something that civilian ships can bear, and even the artillery with 203 guns is placed, if it is not for Yang Yuanzhao to specially strengthen the battery, and use various methods to reduce shock absorption, it will definitely not be able to send out, even so, the ship with 203 guns installed, almost once used, the structure of the entire hull will be greatly damaged. These Yang Yuanzhao didn't care anymore, I was worried before, would it be too much to worry about, after contacting Zhang Haoran, all the Yiqiē were clear, and he armed as many people as possible.

The boat took advantage of the night, passing in all directions, the crew of each ship that had already been prepared, carefully picked them up, although most of the boats are foreigners, but the Chinese took the initiative to take over the task of duty vigilance, still very popular with everyone, and not too many people, each boat is up to 10 people, quietly, more than 1,200 people have integrated into more than 500 ships, except for some particularly small, especially old ships, no armed personnel, other ships, at least 5.

When most of the people were gone, Zhang Haoran and several officers of the reconnaissance battalion were left in small boats, swaying to the core of the regiment, the gorgeous 13,000-ton cruise ship, they needed to enter the command headquarters and face the next brutal naval battle with Yang Yuanzhao. (To be continued......) R1292