(Sincerely ask for red tickets, ask for collection)

After a good night's sleep, when Duke woke up, he found that it was already past eight o'clock the next morning, and the sun was already shining outside. Under the blue sky, the boundless Indian Ocean is extraordinarily quiet and deep today.

"Boss, good morning, breakfast is ready", as soon as Duke walked out of the hatch, Xie Yunfeng walked over and greeted with a smile. "We are now in the target area, less than a hundred kilometers away from the designated desert island. Captain Qu and the others had already sent planes to reconnoitre, but they did not find any suspicious signs. ”

There is nothing suspicious, that is, there is no conspiracy in this kidnapping case. Duke finally heard a nice piece of good news, and if that was the case, then all that was left for the day was a bargain.

If the amount of ransom demanded by the kidnappers is small, Duke plans to give them directly, if it is a lion who opens his mouth, then I'm sorry, although for Dong Feng's safety, Duke will still agree, but this kind of huge transaction, there will inevitably be a lot of traces in the middle, and Duke will follow these traces to find out who is behind the scenes.

Just like the boss of the Li family back then, I can give you the money happily, but whether you have the life to spend it with the money is another matter, and it is not too late to settle accounts after the autumn.

Duke nodded, indicating that he already knew the situation, and walked into the restaurant on the yacht, and in his dedicated dining position, he had prepared his favorite fried eggs and milk cakes and other foods.

Before Duke could finish his breakfast, Xie Yunfeng hurriedly barged in.

"Boss, Captain Qu, they have found out." Xie Yunfeng said excitedly, "There is a speedboat parked next to a deserted island more than 40 kilometers north of us, and according to preliminary analysis, it is very likely that it is the kidnapper who negotiated. ”

Hearing the news, Duke sped up his meal, gobbled up his breakfast, wiped his mouth and asked, "Is the contact equipment ready for negotiation?" "According to the previous agreement of the kidnappers, after they arrive at the target sea area this time, they will negotiate through radio intercom on the same frequency.

Duke was worried about the kidnappers' schemes, and the kidnappers seemed to be afraid of Duke and what they would do, so he demanded that the distance between the two sides should not exceed 10 kilometers when negotiating. At this distance, with the exception of super-perverted things such as anti-ship missiles, basically most conventional weapons cannot endanger each other's safety.

However, weapons of mass destruction such as anti-ship missiles are by no means available to ordinary people, and even underground arms are extremely difficult to obtain, not to mention that special professionals are needed to use this thing.

In the captain's cockpit, Qu Feng, Gao Weilie and Sovalz are studying the current situation together, "Judging from the appearance obtained now, this speedboat is very similar to a retired speedboat of the Ah San type, about 49 meters long, about 7.5 meters wide, with a displacement of 320 tons, a maximum speed of 35 knots, and a water jet propulsion, with good maneuverability." The main armament was 1 30-mm cannon. ”

Qu Feng knew the ships of neighboring countries well, and quickly deduced some in-depth information about his opponent from the information obtained from the current reconnaissance.

"Then from the point of view of firepower, this speedboat is not a great threat to us." After listening to the introduction of the music style, Gao Weilie frowned and said. "It's just that Ah San is quite strict about the control of retired warships, how could this kind of thing fall into the hands of kidnappers? It's weird. ”

The whole kidnapping case has progressed to the present, and they vaguely feel the outline of a conspiracy, but several places are now looming, so it is very puzzling.

"Don't think about it so much, since we have only found such a speedboat in the vicinity, although there are some dangers for us, but as long as we cheer up, it has no chance to get close to us, even if it is faster than the yacht, but we have two semi-armed helicopters, if something happens, we can be the first to launch a long-range attack. So we just need to keep a certain distance. Qu Feng said.

Sovalz listened to the two of them, nodded, but said nothing, just silently steered the helm and continued to sail towards the destination, constantly shortening the distance between him and the speedboat. Anyway, it is the soldiers who will block the water and cover the earth, no matter what his intrigues and tricks, now Duke's yacht has strong firepower after a short transformation, even if the other party is a real small warship, there is no need to be afraid, let alone decommissioned.

Suddenly, the high-power wireless communication station, which had been pre-turned on and adjusted to a certain channel, suddenly heard the voice of the kidnappers' call.

"I'm Kamel, I've seen your plane, please reply when I receive it." A burst of English with a thick South Asian accent came over the loudspeaker of the wireless communication station.

"Boss, Kamel is the kidnapper's contact for us. Listening to the accent, this person must be Kamel himself, who contacted me. After listening to the kidnapper's call, Xie Yunfeng explained to Duke in a low voice.

"I'm Duke, and we've arrived as promised." Duke took a deep breath, calmed down some of his excitement, picked up the interlocutor and pressed the dialogue button. "Now let's start negotiating."

The voice on the other side paused for a moment, obviously discussing something, and then continued to speak, "May I ask if your Excellency is Dr. Duke, the owner of SAL and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology?" ”

"Yes, I am." Duke replied without hesitation.

"Okay, there's an island not far in the direction of your right, and that's where our negotiations take place." The kidnappers suddenly put forward a new condition, calling for face-to-face negotiations, a change that caught Duke and his party by surprise. "Of course, in order to show our sincerity, you can send someone to the reef to inspect it first. At the same time, we negotiators do not carry weapons when negotiating. ”

After hearing the kidnapper's condition, Qu Feng shook his head at Duke, indicating that this condition was unacceptable. There are a number of islands and reefs in the area, some of which are about a square kilometre in size, with dense jungles like the island of Rahsf in Duke.

More often than not, there are some small bare islands and reefs of only a few hundred square meters, and judging from the situation of aerial reconnaissance just now, there are at least dozens of them scattered and scattered.

"Mr. Du, we can't agree to enter the kidnapper's preset venue, there are too many uncontrollable factors in this, so let's negotiate with the kidnappers, and we will choose one of the nearby islands and reefs as the negotiation venue, there are so many islands and reefs here, the kidnappers should not be able to do anything on all the islands and reefs, as long as we choose one, the security is much higher."