Chapter 13: The Frogman

I have admired Tie Jun's wisdom more than once, and the more I pondered it, the more I felt that his plan this time was perfect.

Now the occasion is not suitable for us to talk about in detail, so we simply stop in moderation, and Tie Jun also shouted outside the storage room.

The fat second mate appeared again with two sailors, and as soon as he came in he asked, "How are you thinking?" ”

Tie Jun shook his head, but that didn't mean we didn't agree to work with him. During the frowning of the fat second mate, Tie Jun continued, "We don't know anything like antiques or treasures, and we don't have an accurate idea of how much the captain's belongings are worth, so let's do it, we will ask for 20 million, if you can give it, we can pat our chests and guarantee that we will do things to your satisfaction in a while." ”

The fat second mate didn't think much about the 20 million at all, and after listening to it, he laughed cruelly, and said again and again that it was decided. We also agreed that when the captain and the pirate were settled, the fat second mate would think of getting the money together.

We didn't sign any agreements, but when dealing with these kinds of Taoists, I know that they all pay attention to promises, and their verbal promises are just as effective.

The two of us left the storage room together. Next, not only the crew, but also us stowaways were assigned work by the one-eyed captain.

I guess Captain One-Eyed was trying to show respect for the pirates when he came into contact with them, so the White Shark was completely grounded, and we were all cleaning.

We stowaways were all assigned the most tiring tasks, such as us, who were in charge of the aft deck.

We all took a large mop and walked side by side, pushing the mop forward, and when we got to the end, we turned around together, and we just went back and forth like this carpet.

After a few hours of talking, all of a sudden, the bell of the White Shark rang. We all guessed something and stopped what we were doing.

A sailor soon appeared and said, "Assemble at the bow!" ”

We hurried over without delay, and when we got to the bow of the boat, we saw a black spot on the sea in the distance, and it was expanding little by little.

We stowaways and most of the sailors had nothing to do for a while, and one of the flag-bearers stood on a platform and waved the flag in the distance.

I don't have enough eyesight, but I'm sure someone on the pirate ship must have seen this move with a telescope, and they responded with a whistle.

After about half an hour, I could fully see the pirate ship. I noticed that the boat was a bit panicked because there was a pattern of two eyes on the hull.

This eye is gloomy, and even looking at the material, I guess it also has the function of luminous light. It also broke an impression on me. I remember old pirate ships with skulls as markers.

We watched the pirate ship in silence. The boat had no sails, but it was full of horsepower, and the helmsman definitely had two brushes. He let the ship closer, then turned around again, and ended up alongside the White Shark. The maximum gap between the two ships is also less than five meters.

Come to think of it, these are all large ocean-going vessels, not private cars. I had to praise it in my heart.

The current one-eyed captain, dressed in a suit designed for a single man, muttered a few words at the pirate ship.

And there are also many pirates on the deck of the pirate ship, they are dressed in uniform and somewhat alternative sailor clothes, and they are all masked. I didn't understand a word of Captain One-Eyed's words, but they all understood, and someone immediately responded with a grunt.

I continued to observe the pirates, who were upright and strong, with a faint military temperament. Based on this, I am more sure that the fat second mate did not lie to us in this regard.

After the captain had spoken to the other party, the leader of the pirate ship appeared, surrounded by several men, and after approaching the ship's railing, he made an inviting gesture to the one-eyed captain.

The one-eyed captain had always looked very proud and fierce in front of us, but he looked a little humble to the pirate leader.

He smiled politely, and beckoned one of his subordinates to take a "gift".

This subordinate is actually the first mate of the White Shark, and he is still a man in his fifties. I have very little contact with him, but I can taste it, he was very powerful when he was young, and he must have been very agile, but he can't help the ravages of the years, and now he is an old wolf who is about to lose his teeth.

He was carrying a travel bag and was bulging. I estimate that there are 1.8 million in it. At this time, several men on the pirate ship set up a ladder horizontally between the two ships.

Captain One-Eyed, with the first mate and four henchmen, stood on the ladder together and walked over little by little.

I stared at the back of the one-eyed captain, and said in my heart that if I left the White Shark this time, he would probably never come back, and I could only blame him for looking away, so I found a second mate who looked like a white-eyed wolf.

The pirate leader ended up running to a cabin with the one-eyed captain, presumably chatting and catching up.

The rest of the White Shark didn't wait, they were commanded by the second lieutenant, and they all went to work, and during this time, the pirates took a seemingly unintentional posture and kept watching us.

My brother and I went back to the stern, but we didn't continue to clean the deck, just some odd jobs. Not long after, a sailor called out to us.

We know business is coming. We went down the deck with the sailors and finally came to the bottom cabin. At this time, the bilge was guarded by another sailor, and there was no one here except for the second officer.

The second mate is smoking, in fact, he is not addicted to smoking, and now he is so anxious to smoke, which shows that he is under a lot of pressure.

There was also a big box in front of him, and we didn't have anything to do with him, so we all came over. Tie Jun asked first, "Are you ready for everything?" ”

The second mate sneered, skimmed the cigarette, and opened the big box casually.

I looked inside, and there were three wetsuits, a bundle of rope resembling an iron octopus, and a ballista, three daggers, and a waterproof walkie-talkie.

Loudmouth reached out and picked up the ballista. He couldn't help but complain, "This is our weapon? ”

The second mate nodded. In fact, I also understand that the crossbow gun is not as powerful as the pistol, after all, it belongs to the category of cold weapons, but its advantage is that it is silent when the crossbow arrow is fired, which is convenient for us to hide.

I told Bigmouth to put the crossbow down, and we were back in wetsuits with the Iron Army. It was the first time that Big Mouth and I wore this kind of stuff, after all, when we were police officers before, we didn't have access to this kind of stuff.

But in order not to appear very ignorant, the two of us have been keeping an eye on the Iron Army. How to get the iron army, we will learn from it.

After putting on the diving suit and dividing the dagger, Big Mouth hung the rope on his shoulder again, and Tie Jun held the crossbow and walkie-talkie.

The fat second mate took out a drawing, I don't know where he got it, anyway, it was a structural drawing of a pirate ship, he pointed to a place in the stern of the ship, and told us, "There is a dark bunker here, and there are cannons in it." ”

We all nodded in agreement, knowing that this was the target and destination of our pirate ship.

The second mate beckoned the sailors again, and together they pulled the floor of the bilge open, which was also an estuary. The fat second mate looked at us, especially before we dived, and he said very seriously, "Be careful." ”

Tiejun made an OK gesture. After we entered the sea, I didn't get used to it for a while, but with a wetsuit, it was much better than if I was holding my breath and pedaling in the sea.

We dived down more than ten meters first, and the iron army gestured to us again, which meant that we should separate from each other.

I know what this is all about, otherwise we would have swam to the pirate ship in a heap, and the bubbles we exhaled would have risen to the surface of the sea, and it would have been easy to show flaws.

We keep a distance of about three meters from each other. The Iron Army takes the lead.

During my dive trip, I suddenly thought of the Conch Butcher. I originally thought that he was a very powerful frogman, but now that I have become a frogman, I feel that this is a very difficult profession.

Think about it, people were originally land animals, but now they have swam into the water, and they will have to rely on a few of us to bring down the pirate ship. All this shows that we are the most important reason for changing the balance of "friend and foe."

I didn't do the math, but it would take me about ten minutes for us to swim around the pirate ship. The pirate ship has a deep draft, and part of its hull is underwater.

Tie Jun was suddenly very sensitive to a hull and looked sideways for a long time.

I noticed him nodding slightly as he watched. I looked at it curiously, and there was a row of words written on it, but it was neither Chinese nor English.

I guess it's either the model of the ship, or some other special meaning, like the number of the unit to which the pirates belong.

I also tried to memorize the letter in my head, but the problem was that these broken things were too hard to remember, and they were irregular. I had to take as much memory as I could.

Finally, the Iron Army waved his hand again. We left here, somewhere behind the pirate ship, creeping out of the water.

We looked up and there was silence nearby. Tiejun was pleased with the situation, and he asked Big Mouth to take the rope down.

He was holding the rope, and I swam to him with Big Mouth and dragged him along with him, which allowed him to borrow strength.

He shook the rope and finally threw the "Iron Octopus" on it. He was very accurate, and the iron claws stuck in one place at a moment.

Tie Jun told the two of us not to drag him and let him down. He tried the rope again, and said it was fine.

We were pressed for time, so we didn't do it in batches. Tie Jun took the lead first, dragging Tie Yaclaw upward, followed by Big Mouth, followed by me.

We all took off our frog flippers and threw them into the sea, and now we are climbing up barefoot. I found that this was a plus because I didn't make a lot of noise when I stepped on the pirate ship's hull.

We were both in good physical condition, and it didn't take long to climb half the way. I also lowered my voice and said to Tie Jun, "Strike while the iron is hot, and you can climb down in one go." ”

But Tiejun stopped suddenly, his feet tightly wrapped around the rope, which held his body in place. He took out the listening note again.

Big Mouth and I realized something was wrong, and Tiejun told us both to be vigilant.

He took the crossbow in his hand again and held it up against it. We didn't have to wait long, just above our heads, a human head appeared, and he looked down curiously.