Chapter 351: Encounter with Pirates
Pacific Ocean.
An Iraqi-flagged cargo ship is sailing on the shipping lanes to South America.
On the bow of the boat, a person was looking at the calm sea, feeling the oncoming sea breeze, and there was a trace of anxiety on his brow.
In two or three days, he will approach the port of Chile, and even if this operation is successfully completed, for some reason, he always has an inexplicable feeling, as if something will happen on this smooth journey.
Virat turned his head to look behind him, and his good friend, the captain of the ship, Kasab, was beside him, using a theodolite to calculate something, which was already a very old method of navigation, using the sun to calculate his position.
"Kasab, where have we arrived?" Verat asked.
"We have reached 200 nautical miles off the west coast of Chile and if nothing else, we will be there in two days." Kasab said.
Suddenly, on the sea ahead, several bright spots appeared.
Casaboo was shocked, the other party's speed was so fast, it should be a speedboat, and the speedboat sailing far from the coastline must have set off on a nearby island.
And here, there is nothing worthy of the appreciation of rich people, so, on the speedboat, who is it?
Kasab thought of a terrible possibility, could it be a pirate?
"We're in trouble, Virat." Kasab said: "Look at these speedboats, they are coming at us. ”
Coming at us? Verat looked at the approaching other ship, showing his white teeth: "Whoever dares to attack our idea, then there will be only one result!"
Die!
"Boys, get ready to fight!" Verat said.
In order to prevent a situation on the way, when the ship departed, the special combat team members followed, because this time the situation was special, so the special combat team members were selected from the Rattlesnake special forces and were familiar with the water surname, and they had experience on the ship.
Otherwise, before you can get out of a hundred nautical miles, you will get seasick and even spit out bile, how can you fight?
They were all young and strong young men, who had been held in the boat for so many days, and had been facing the same face every day, and had long been impatient, and now they were all excited to see the people who came out to add fun to their lives.
The steel guns in their hands had long been played with skillfully, and they grabbed their weapons as soon as they walked on the more familiar ship to their pre-arranged positions.
The snipers were on the heights, and the others were on the boat gang.
Sniper rifles, automatic rifles, and even anti-tank missiles, have already been erected.
Soon, as the yacht approached, it was already possible to see the person on the other side.
With a mask on his head, an AK-47 in his hand, and two grenades hanging from some of them, what a pirate!
There were four speedboats in total, and the cargo ship was quickly surrounded.
"Listen, the people on the ship, as long as you listen to us obediently, we won't hurt you, we just want money." As one of the men below spoke, the demonstrator fired a barrage of bullets from his weapon into the sky, intimidating the people on board.
This trick is a jack of all, and next, it's time to climb onto the other party's boat.
"Kill that head first, don't leave one behind, shoot them all." Virat gave the order.
"Bang!" Overhead, the sniper fired first, and on the rocking ship, a bullet shot accurately into the pirate's head.
A huge hole appeared, and he was still demonstrating with a gun in one hand, but now suddenly there was no sound, his body shook twice, the gun in his hand fell to the boat, and then, his body fell backwards.
With this shot as a signal, the cargo ship, which looked like a rabbit, has suddenly turned into a tiger.
The pirates also wanted to fight back, but before they could shoot, they were shot one after another and fell on the speedboat.
There was a speedboat, because too many bullets were fired, as a result, the fuel tank was ignited, there was an explosion, and on the surface of the sea, turned into a fireball.
Soon, the pirates were almost dead, and a speedboat, seeing that the situation was not good, wanted to evacuate the scene.
Want to run? Where is it so easy?
On the bow of the ship, an anti-tank missile was ready, and the immediately pressed the button.
The AT-3 anti-tank missile, dragging tongues of fire, left the deck and flew straight towards the speedboat on the surface of the sea.
Although it was the first time he had used an anti-tank missile to hit a speedboat, he was also completely sure.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, the fleeing speedboat was reduced to pieces.
The other party comes quickly, and perishes quickly.
The sea is calm again.
"Kasab, are there any pirates here?" Verat asked.
"I haven't been here in a few years, but, according to the rest of them, it's always been calm, and there are no pirates." Kasab said.
Verat frowned, things are abnormal, they must be demons! The sudden appearance of pirates here shows that there must be something wrong here! Pirates are definitely not just a coincidence!
Thinking about the things in the cargo hold, Virat knew that the situation had become tricky.
"Contact the people on shore immediately, and we will change the unloading location." Virat said to one of the team members behind him.
The ship also changed course and headed north for the port of Talka.
After receiving the news that the cargo ship had been attacked by pirates, the personnel of the Chilean Messiha Bureau also began to act, and Hekmat went directly to meet with Deputy Foreign Minister Manuel, hoping to get help.
However, Hekmat did not meet, Manuel had important things to do and did not have time to see him.
Soon, the Messiah Bureau, through the secretary of a political axe that had been bribed, got the news: the British diplomat in Chile had made an appointment to meet with Manuel.
British, how did you move so fast?
Could it be that something really went wrong in between? Hikmat's worst fears still happened, and before he came, His Excellency Qusay repeatedly reiterated that no matter whether the business was successful or not, he must not be discovered by British agents.
Because, at this stage, Iraq must not be on the British blacklist.
At this time, he received another message from Virat: modify the joint location, contact the Argentines directly, and no longer allow the Chileans to participate!
Virat also suspects that within the Chileans, there are people who are British agents.
Chile is a Latin American country, not very rich, and it is easy to be bought, and since Iraq can break into the top of the political axe in a few months, then Britain is afraid that it will not be a problem.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, above the cargo ship, two helicopters of the Chilean Coast Guard appeared.
"Listen to the cargo ship below, we are the Chilean Coast Guard, please stop the ship immediately and be inspected!" The loudspeakers on the helicopter were shouting incessantly, circling around the ship.
"This is an Iraqi cargo ship, and you have no right to inspect it without the consent of the Iraqi political axe!" Captain Kasab replied loudly.
In navigation, as long as the national flag of the country is hoisted, it is equivalent to the land of the country, and being inspected for no reason is a violation of the territorial sovereignty of a country.
Therefore, the attitude of the captain Kasab is very strict, and it must not be allowed!
At the same time, the news that the ship was inspected by the Chilean Coast Guard also reached the people of the Iraqi embassy in Chile, who immediately went to lodge a serious protest with the Chilean political axe.
Chile has a bitter word, if it is possible, how can he be willing to do so? However, the British side, the American side, have put pressure on them, and they must be checked!
And a few people who know the inside story are even more frightened, if they are found out, this transaction will fail, will the furious Galtieri think that he has made a ghost?
However, in the face of absolute strength, they have to do this, and the United States has already let out its words: it must be checked!
In the Americas, the United States is definitely the boss.
As a result, the Chilean Coast Guard had to send helicopters with a Briton and an American on board, and even if they wanted to cheat, it was absolutely impossible.
The situation suddenly reached an impasse.
When the news reached the country, even the Iraqi political axe authorities were outraged.
Saddam Hussein didn't know the secret of it, a small Chile, he didn't pay attention to it at all, they actually dared to search the cargo ships of their own country, where did they get the power? It's too much of a lack of attention to Iraq, right?
For a moment, the Chilean political axe was very difficult, but they had no choice but to make a choice.
Everything depends on the two helicopters.
After circling the sky three times, seeing that the shouting was ineffective, the coast guard finally made a choice: the plane landed on it and forcibly checked!
The helicopter released the sling, and several members of the team slid down.
"I protest, you can't do this!" Captain Kasab shouted.
Then he saw an Englishman sliding down after him.
Needless to say, everything is understood.
"I suspect that your ship has Exocet missiles smuggled to Argentina!"
"We don't know what missiles, we only know that you violated international maritime norms and boarded our ships at will!" Kasab said.
"Protests are ineffective." Then an American got on board and said, "We have to check." ”
They had to make surprise inspections, and as soon as the ship docked, they could smuggle out the Exocet missiles at any time.
Originally, MI5 agents had already hired a group of pirates at a high price, in a vain attempt to directly let the pirates rob the ship, and when the time came, they would slowly check it, and as long as there was a threat to them, no matter what method was used, they would achieve their goal.
However, after waiting for a long time, they did not see a reply from the pirates, and they knew that the situation had changed, so they used normal diplomatic channels to rule the Chilean authorities and inspect the ship, and they also knew what it would mean if they couldn't check it, but they didn't have a better way.
After gaining the support of their U.S. allies, they immediately put pressure on the Chilean political axe and finally obtained the right to search.
The crew members were furious and watched as they searched their boats.
(To be continued)