"Everyone, please be vigilant, there are less than 20 nautical miles to go from Somali waters, and they will be in within an hour."

The captain walked back and forth, alerting all the crew. In order to conceal the public, all the naval soldiers and special forces disguised themselves as the ship's staff, while the platoon commander temporarily took over the position of captain.

"Yes! Captain! Everyone responded energetically, not daring to relax at all.

"That, that one sweeping the floor, what's the fuss?"

Yang Fan looked at the direction of the cargo ship, as the distance continued to get closer, a faint trace of uneasiness sprouted in his heart, he had a bad premonition, but he hoped that he was thinking too much.

"Hey, what the hell are you thinking?"

The captain patted Yang Fan on the shoulder, looking like he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, he knew that the identity of the other party was not simple, he only knew that those people were all special forces who came to assist him in carrying out the mission.

"Huh? I'm sorry, I'm wondering if we should put up a few more flags so pirates don't mess with us easily. ”

"You seem to have some truth in what you said, after all, the people of the Reconstituted Republic have a special affection for China, and if it weren't for the compulsion of life, the pirates would never easily attack our merchant ships, but we don't need to do anything more, it will only make others unnecessarily suspicious."

Yang Fan smiled awkwardly, "Your analysis is very reasonable, just because I didn't say it." ”

"Work hard and don't show your flaws."

"Yes!"

The sun was scorching, and the sea was exposed to the sun, as if it was about to be boiled, and many fish poked their heads out and breathed heavily; From time to time, a gust of wind blows, beating on the face, it is hot, and the air is tumbling in the heat wave; The Chinese flag hoisted high on the ship is now drooping its head to resist the invasion of the heat.

A suffocating atmosphere envelops the sea.

"Report, three unidentified ships have been spotted ahead, heading towards us." A crew member hurried to the captain, looking nervous.

"How many are there?"

"About a dozen people."

"Stop moving forward, everybody stay calm."

The sound of high-speed machines resounding in the sea, and several speedboats with rocket launchers and machine guns appeared in people's sight, and they quickly threw hooked ropes as they approached the cargo ship, and began to board the ship with skillful movements.

The people on board did not come into direct conflict with the ship, according to the established arrangement, and they tried their best to suppress their panic and impulses, and watched as the pirates swarmed up and surrounded the cargo ship.

The pirate leader, led by the group, was armed with a submachine gun and shouted: "All go to the deck, do not resist." ”

Under the orders of the other party, the crew walked to the deck one after another, squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, and cooperated with each other unconditionally.

"Is there anyone else in the cabin?"

Hearing this question, the hearts of everyone present rose to their throats, their eyes focused on the entrance, and their body muscles tensed unconsciously, ready to fight hard at any time.

At this moment, the captain stood up with his hands raised in the air, and he walked slowly towards the enemy, and said with a smile: "No, all the crew members are here." ”

"Really?"

The two sides were locked in a stalemate and confrontation, and neither side backed down a single step.

The captain patted his chest, "I promise!" ”

The pirate leader looked at each other carefully, with a suspicious look on his face, and he nodded to the men beside him, "You, go in and search." ”

Before the crew on deck could resist, the captain warned everyone with his eyes not to move, and he hurriedly ran to block the door, and said excitedly: "Wait, wait." ”

"Bastard! What do you want? ”

"Big brother, I have something to say."

"What else to say, get out of here!"

The captain leaned closer, raised his hand and pointed to the flag above his head, just as a gust of wind blew at this time, and the red fluttered again, declaring his inviolable sovereignty.

He said in a consultative tone: "Big brother, we are just ordinary merchant ships in China, do you see if we can be accommodating?" After speaking, he took out a stack of RMB from his arms and stuffed them into the other party's hands.

The pirate leader's submachine gun was slightly lowered, his eyes lit up, and although there were not many of them, he still stared at the money in his hand intently, and was speechless for a while.

"You still know the rules, if you want to cross this sea, leave a passing fortune."

"Must, must, we all know the rules."

"But, at that's it, you don't know much about the market."

"No, no, no, it's just a small part, I'll get more and more money for my eldest brother right away."

"Hurry."

The captain did not dare to delay, and walked to the side of the locker with his hands and feet, and took out a large bag of money that had been placed in advance, and respectfully offered it with both hands.

The pirate leader simply threw the submachine gun aside, and the whole person fell to his knees with a thud, and began to pray sincerely. Later, he lowered his head, held the RMB in the bag in both hands, and counted them over and over again; Suddenly, he put the money under his nose again, sniffed deeply, and the smile on his face became more and more flooding.

"Big brother, do you think our sincerity is enough?"

"Yes, yes, I like people who take the initiative to cooperate."

"That's—" The captain glanced suggestively at the cabin, waiting for the other to react.

"Oh! Well," the pirate leader looked up and beckoned to his men, "no need to search, come back." ”

"But ......"

"But what's the matter, are you deaf or what's wrong? You don't understand my orders!? ”

"You all remember for me, Huaxia is an ally of our country, as long as the money is in place, we don't need to continue to embarrass each other, this is called Zhi'en Tubao, when you are a pirate, you can't forget your own principles!"

"Yes!"

Standing at the entrance of the cabin, the pirate, who had hesitated a few seconds ago, turned away silently after being scolded by the head.

"Whew-"

It was only at this moment that the captain exhaled a great sigh of relief, although his side had a huge advantage in numbers, and his military literacy would be many times stronger than these civilian pirates, but he knew very well in his heart that if there was a head-on conflict in this place, even if he could successfully destroy all the pirates, but the commotion caused by it would definitely expose himself completely, and the task would become even more difficult.

Endure the calm for a while, take a step back and open the sky.

"Retreat! Have a nice trip! ”

The pirate leader saluted in good shape, led his little brother to the speedboat, and disappeared into the vast sea not long after.

"Damn! What kind of allies do you say, if the allies don't take advantage of the fire, they won't take advantage of the fire. ”

"Next time I run into them, I'll have to teach them a good lesson."

"It's a good thing they didn't go into the cabin to search in the end, otherwise they would have been a goof."

“……”

The crew talked about it word by word, in addition to indignation, but also with a little rejoicing, the matter was finally resolved without danger. For such a result, they are also acceptable, after all, now the task of escort is important.

"All of us will return to our posts immediately, continue to be vigilant, and never relax." The captain interrupted the discussion and gave orders.

In a corner of the deck of the cargo ship, the five special forces still looked solemn, looking in the direction of the pirate's departure, lost in thought.

Yuan Dafei said solemnly: "I don't know if you have noticed, these pirates have been staring at our faces, as if they are looking for someone. ”

"Yes, I've noticed it too, and as pirates, they don't care about cargo or money, the first thing that comes to mind is whether there are any Tibetans in the cabin, which is a bit too much to say." Zhao Jie echoed and expressed the doubts in his heart.

After listening to this, Li Jiong asked, "But why didn't they choose to force their way into the cabin in the end?" ”

"Their rocket artillery and machine guns are all aimed at us, and every pirate still has weapons in their hands, so they don't need to give us face at all, is it because we are allies?"

"That's too far-fetched, isn't it?"

"But this is indeed possible, Somali pirates have always had a slightly better attitude towards China's passing merchant ships, and will never take the initiative to offend when they don't have to take action."

Yuan Dafei retracted his gaze and said in a firm tone: "Now, for us, there is no way to retreat, we can only continue to move forward, no matter how strange things are, what we can do is to strengthen our vigilance and protect the safety of the commander as much as possible." ”

After finishing speaking, everyone dispersed, leaving Yang Fan alone, and the uneasiness in his heart became more and more obvious.

"Hopefully, I'm thinking too much."

He shook his head, shook off extraneous thoughts, and bred himself to sentry.

The speedboat moving at high speed, leaving the cargo ship behind it far away, they were singing and cheering, as long as they had this large sum of money, then they could make their families live a better life, and every pirate had a happy smile on his face, except for one person.

That's the pirate who just wanted to enter the ship's cabin and search.

The pirate leader came over and said, "Hey, Phaedra, why are you so sad, aren't you happy?" When we have the money, we can buy a lot of food, and we can buy some wine, and we haven't drunk in a long time! ”

"Big brother, I can't be happy."

"Really?"

"Yes, big brother, have you forgotten the orders given to us by the rebels?"

"Yes, of course I do, they asked us to search every ship that passed by."

The pirate named Phaedra paused, and said worriedly, "However, we have not yet completed our mission, and if we are discovered, I am afraid that we will be very dangerous. ”

"Yes, I've thought of all your worries, but did you notice the scene?"

"I don't understand."

The pirate leader stared in the direction in which the cargo ship had disappeared, "Those crew members squatting on the deck, they are not ordinary civilians at all, in them, I don't see a trace of panic, when you want to force your way into the cabin, several people clench their fists and want to stand up, but fortunately I stopped you." ”

"Big brother, what do you mean?"

"They are most likely Chinese soldiers, and if there is a conflict, we are not necessarily their opponents."

"So, the one in the cabin is the commander!?" Phaedra almost screamed.

"Not sure, but we don't need to be sure."

"Why?"

"We sent a signal to the rebels as agreed, and handed it over to them to make sure for themselves, if the information is wrong, we can also say that the crew refused to cooperate and acted suspiciously, so in order to avoid startling the snake, we did not forcibly search."

Phaedra's bitter face shone with sunshine and smiled.

Not long after, a flare exploded in the air.