When the small and large Diomede islands appeared on the sea level in the bow direction of the ship, some of the people on board were already cheering, because the concept of "shuttling between tomorrow and yesterday" attracted many people to find that moment of great significance.

Chen Bin and Da Fei also stood at the bow of the boat and waited, and Zhang Dada even came out of his single room, wanting to experience it and join in the fun.

Both islands look like mountains floating on the sea, and as the ship approaches, you can clearly see the rocks on the cliffs along the coast. The top of the mountain is very flat, and if you don't look down from the sky, you might think that the top is the top of the mountain.

Wang Puhong let the "Snow Dragon" moor in the sea near the side of Little Diomede Island, which is basically where the International Date Line crosses. The islands on both sides of the "Snow Dragon" have their own characteristics, and the island of Great Diomede is farther away, so it looks about the same size as Little Diomede Island when you are on board.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the one on our left is 'Yesterday's Jeeplos,'" said Wang Puhong's voice on the radio, this time as a guest on the announcer.

"The direction on our right is 'Tomorrow's Rice Country.'" After a while, the "Snow Dragon" sailed to the side close to the island of Great Diomede and stopped.

"Haha, interesting," my body and the surrounding environment have not changed in any way, but the feeling in my heart is very different, as if I have witnessed something.

Everyone came to the deck, and some had already taken out their cameras to prepare for a group photo.

Several crew members gathered together to take a group photo with the island behind them, and after taking the photo, one of them lit up the screen of the digital camera to check the situation, and suddenly he used his finger to zoom in on the picture, and in it he saw several small dots on the sea.

He turned his head to look at the sea behind him, and saw that several small boats had rounded the island and were heading for the "Snow Dragon".

"Boat?!" The crew member shouted loudly as he pointed into the distance.

The people on deck, on his alert, also spotted several small boats that were getting closer.

Wang Puhong stood in front of the window in the command room, he noticed the strange appearance on the sea in the distance, so he quickly told everyone to leave the deck and return to the inside of the bridge.

"Keep an eye on those ships and see where they come from," the appearance of those strange ships made Wang Puhong's heart a little surprised, this is different from the ships encountered in the Tsushima Strait and near St. Lawrence Island, the ships that came over this time were obviously piloted.

"Is it the fleeing people or the ...... Pirate? Wang Puhong has traveled to places such as Somalia and the coast of West Africa, where piracy was rampant a few years ago, and kidnapping and robbery of ships were common. When his merchant fleet passed through those seas, he would hire private armed forces at sea to protect the safety of the fleet, and it would take days for the fleet to pass through those seas, and it was not a good thing to walk with danger, and Wang Puhong's fleet had crew members who died in such robberies.

"Let the people of the armed group and Xu Yihang's soldiers immediately arm the guard," the ships in the distance continued to approach, but the ships did not display any flags, nor did they show any intention to greet or communicate. Wang Puhong realized that he might have guessed the identity correctly, and immediately gave the task of protecting the safety of the ship.

Wang Puhong knew that pirates were generally not active in the vicinity of the polar regions, because there were no merchant shipping routes in these places, and even if they could succeed in robbery, the loot they would not reap much. Moreover, most of the pirates will only commit crimes in the waters around their own countries, they bring their own weapons, they are pirates when they go to sea, and they are citizens when they go ashore, and piracy is more like a profession than an identity for those people.

It's just that it would be a bit strange if there were pirates in the Bering Sea, not to mention that this place is located in the polar circle, and the left and right are the superpowers of the world today.

Wang Puhong watched, he guessed the identity and intention of the small boats, but he was also puzzled because of their presence here.

"Do you want to attack?" Xu Yihang rushed to the command room, he had no experience in naval combat, so he came to ask Wang Puhong for what he meant.

"We are mainly defensive, and we will give priority to preventing them from boarding the ship and repelling them," Wang Puhong ordered.

Approaching the "Snow Dragon" were three small boats of the speedboat type, each with several people standing on each boat. When they were about to get closer, Wang Puhong asked the ship's crew to call each other in English and Gipro to ask for their identities and warn them to stay at a certain distance.

The three boats apparently ignored the notice from the "Snow Dragon" and continued to rush towards this side, and Wang Puhong saw that the people on the boats were all armed with weapons, and a few were pointing fingers at each other.

For the sake of safety, Wang Puhong gave up the previous rule that he could not shoot directly, and at that time, the security company set the "rules of engagement" that security guards could not shoot directly when they encountered pirates, and at that time, they had to take a video before shooting to confirm that the pirates had weapons and to confirm the distance between the crew and the pirate ship.

"The opposing ship entered within 400 meters and fired warnings, and entered 200 meters to fire freely," Wang Puhong has very rich sailing experience and is also very decisive when in danger. At present, the most important thing is the safety of the "Snow Dragon" and its crew, and any signs of danger must be stifled in time.

The "Snow Dragon" gunfire rang out, and it was the soldiers and the armed group who fired warning shots, and the other side also began to shoot back. As soon as the gunfire rang out on both sides, the soldiers on the "Snow Dragon" had no scruples, and most of them only shot at the sea next to them when they shot before, but now that the other side had returned fire, they aimed directly at the people on the boat.

Someone in the boat began to fall overboard, and after a brief exchange of fire, the pirates realized that the big ship in front of them was a hard nut to crack. At one point, their guns subsided, and the men on several ships began to shout something to each other, and then the ships began to turn around.

Wang Puhong on the "Snow Dragon" saw the faces on those ships clearly, "It's white?!" ”

The pirates he had met were all black, and they were all from African countries. The economic situation of those countries is basically polarized, either rich or poor enough to eat, some countries because of poverty, the education of the people cannot keep up, many civilians have no skills to make a living, many people go to pirates.

Piracy has become a common profession in some countries, such as Somalia, which has the longest coastline in Africa. It is not surprising that black people are pirates, but Wang Puhong only saw the faces of a few black people on those ships, and the others were all white.

Wang Puhong noticed that those people wanted to escape, he didn't expect that the more than 30 soldiers led by Xu Yihang would cooperate with the firepower network formed by the armed group to be so fierce. Generally speaking, if the fleet is going to pass through an area where pirates are active, each ship will be equipped with one or two maritime security personnel, who are hired from security companies and carry not many weapons and ammunition, so if they can defend against pirates, they will be defended, and if they can't defend themselves, they will withdraw to the safety cabin and wait for the nearby escort fleet to come and protect them.

Previously, Wang Puhong was more conservative when he issued combat orders based on his own experience, and after realizing that the armed firepower on his side was beyond the reach of the other party, he suddenly had a plan to follow and pursue. Because the pirates who appeared here were a little weird, Wang Puhong was a little worried that if he just drove them away, these guys would follow behind and haunt him, and then take advantage of the negligence of the "Snow Dragon" to do something out.

The "thieves" are weak, so they have to chase and fight hard, otherwise who can stand the "Thousand Days of Thieves", and Wang Puhong also wants to find out their identities, he knows that these guys will definitely have a nest somewhere nearby.

"Let the Yellow River boat catch up, and the 'Snow Dragon' will follow behind for cover, and try to catch the live mouth as much as possible." This is the latest order Xu Yihang received from Wang Puhong before boarding the Yellow River boat. Chen Bin and Da Fei also wanted to follow, but Xu Yihang politely refused, so they had to stay on the "Snow Dragon" to standby.

Xu Yihang regarded the two of them as Professor Zhang Dada's people, and unless there was really no one available at his disposal, he would not let Chen Bin and Da Fei go to the front line of the battle.

Xu Yihang brought more than 30 people on board, one-third of whom followed him to the Yellow River boat, and several other people from the shipping team also got on the Yellow River boat, their main job was different from those soldiers, and they were responsible for the driving operation of the Yellow River boat.

The Yellow River boat carrying more than a dozen people chased after the three clippers, and there were many people on those three boats, and the number of people was not below the Yellow River boats. But they were just running, as if they had been frightened by the battle.

"Captain, they split their ways," the "Snow Dragon" followed behind the Yellow River boat, and the first mate saw that the three boats suddenly changed direction, no longer going to one side, but each of the three boats chose a square to escape.

"Inform the Yellow River boat and chase the boat in the middle," Wang Puhong's purpose was to find out the identity of those people and the location of their lair, the other party was now fleeing in three ways, and he didn't know if those people were planning to lure him into chasing after him. But as an old captain, his experience was especially valuable at this moment.

"Let him run a few ways, I will only chase one way, as long as I catch a live mouth, the rest will be easy to do."

The boats fleeing in the left and right directions saw the red Yellow River boat and the "Snow Dragon" chasing straight to the boat in the middle of the road, and after escaping some distance, they stopped, and followed far behind.

"Captain, they're speeding up," the ship's staff reminded.

Wang Puhong nodded, he had already noticed that the Yellow River boat had not closed the distance with the small boat in front of him during the chase, and the boat that had fled on both sides had turned behind him and followed.

The "Snow Dragon" is a scientific research icebreaker, it is very large, its speed is slightly insufficient, and it can only be used as a deterrent after the Yellow River boat. The speed of the Yellow River boat is faster than that of the "Snow Dragon", but it is slower than those speedboats.

Seeing that the other party's speedboat was getting bigger and bigger, Wang Puhong was a little unwilling to let them go.

The "Snow Eagle" helicopter was dispatched, and the Yellow River boat continued to pursue at full speed. ”