There were only two hours left for the 189th exploration ship, and the sudden compression of time from the original estimate of ten to twelve hours to the current two hours made the atmosphere highly tense.

The speed of the 189 ship is the slowest, so in the entire exploration formation, including all the coast guard law enforcement vessels, all actions are based on the maximum speed of the 189 ship as the basis for calculating the speed. The 189 ship was able to smoothly withdraw from the sea area that Shirley was about to pass through, and there was naturally no problem for other ships.

On the one hand, Li Mu asked Director Zhang to be responsible for immediately stopping the exploration work and collecting personnel and equipment, and on the other hand, he dragged a handheld radio and took a few people to the upper class A quickly, and personally commanded the speedboats and frogmen that appeared.

The diving team of the 189th ship has been put on standby.

In the telescope, two speedboats swayed in the waves and quickly approached the 189th boat. With Li Mu's previous temper, he would directly order the heavy machine gun to be lifted out and open fire on the speedboat. However, working in this area is completely different from the Gulf of Aden. Taking into account national political factors, all actions are severely restricted.

As usual, loudspeakers shout.

The helicopter tracked the strange speedboat and kept shouting warnings.

But the strange speedboat was stunned and did not react, nor did it respond to Chabe's inquiry. They did not identify themselves, but it was convenient for Li Mu to act.

"Boss, the diving team asked to get into the water. Wang Guoqing leaned over and whispered for instructions.

Li Mu shook his head decisively and said, "No, we don't need to take risks." ”

"Yes. Wang Guoqing immediately replied to the diving team.

The strange speedboat entered a distance of 500 meters, and it was already clear to the naked eye. At this time, the visibility is still very good, and the sea can be seen clearly under the sun's light. But the rougher waves signaled that the bad weather was not long before that.

Song Xiaojiang watched the two speedboats being thrown up and put down by the waves, and when he saw it, he was shocked, and said, "These monkeys are dying, we just don't arrest people, and they can't go back to such sea conditions." ”

"What are you talking about, what nonsense, does it have anything to do with the weather?" Li Mu turned his head and glared at Song Xiaojiang.

Song Xiaojiang knew that he had said the wrong thing, and lowered his head in embarrassment.

If you should arrest someone, you should arrest someone, even if it is a knife, you should not arrest someone, even if it is calm, you can't sell it, the two are two different things.

"Chief, what should we do?" asked the staff officer beside him.

Li Mu said lightly, "Let them come and prepare to rescue those who have fallen into the water." ”

"Yes!"

Although he did not understand why the chief did not understand why such a strange order was given, the staff officer still faithfully carried out the order.

In the distance, a wall of waves rolled over, the crest of the wave was like a cloud that was speeding up, and the top of the crest was a strip of white, indicating that the wave was very turbulent.

Li Mu had already seen the waves coming from the south, so he decided not to take any measures against the speedboat for the time being.

In less than a minute, the two speedboats also spotted the crest of the wave that was rapidly covering them, and they turned around in panic and began to flee. However, the speed of the crest of the wave is very fast, and the rough sea limits the speed of the speedboat.

Without any suspense, the crest of the wave covered the two speedboats with a ten-thousand-foot overwhelming momentum!

Li Mu gave the order decisively, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Save people!"

"Yes!"

The rescue helicopter was ordered to take off immediately, and after the crest of the wave passed, it took more than ten minutes to rescue the three people who had fallen into the water. Obviously, there could not be only three people on two speedboats. Li Mu still ordered the rescue helicopter to continue the search and rescue, and at the same time ordered the nearby coast guard ship to come over and coordinate the humanitarian rescue.

Both speedboats have capsized, and in such sea conditions, the chances of survival of those who have fallen into the water are very low. Of course, Li Mu's side naturally wouldn't deal with a few casual copies, and he also searched wholeheartedly.

Several large fishing boats came quickly from afar, and the 189th boat received a call from an international communication channel. The fishing boats wanted to allow them in to search and rescue people who had fallen overboard.

Director Zhang got in touch with Li Mu and said, "We can evacuate here in fifteen minutes." ”

Li Mu immediately said, "Understand, then let them in to save people." ”

"What about the people we rescued?" asked Director Zhang.

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "I will send a boat to escort it back, and after the investigation is clear, I will negotiate with them for the transfer." ”

That's the job of the Coast Guard.

"Zhang Ju, you can give them an update on Shirley's situation. Li Mu said.

"Good. ”

Director Zhang immediately asked Shirley to update the Vietnamese fishing boats on the situation. Naturally, Vietnamese fishing boats are not unaware of the risks. At most, they only have more than half an hour of search and rescue time, beyond which they will not be able to protect themselves.

After counting all the personnel and equipment, the command group issued an order to evacuate the sea area, and the formation turned eastward, avoiding Shirley's movement path and carrying out a wind-sheltering maneuver.

Prior to this, Li Mu returned to the 9527 ship by helicopter and returned to his command position.

Directing hundreds of ships to evacuate the current sea area is not an easy task, and it tests the ability and quality of the commander, otherwise you will not be able to complete it even if you are given a perfect command team.

The operation is planned, but even so, when encountering an emergency, the commander must adjust the plan according to the actual situation.

The operating area is located west of the central part of the South China Sea, closer to the Indochina Peninsula. From a distance point of view, it is best for the exploration operation formation to go west, or simply enter the harbor to avoid the wind. But for official law enforcement ships, that is undoubtedly a fantasy.

As a result, the exploration squadron had to retreat eastward, with all ships sailing as fast as possible to widen the distance between them and Shirley. There is still a possibility whether Shirley will change direction again and return to her original trajectory. In that case, the formation of exploration operations will also be affected.

Li Mu is actually not very worried about this, the ships under his command are all more than 1,000 tons, unless they encounter a frontal attack of a 12-level typhoon, they can still ensure that the ships do not have accidents to the greatest extent. What he needs to worry about is whether the Chinese fishing vessels fishing in this area have received the latest situation briefing from the Observatory, or have received the forecast but have not had time to leave the relevant area.

Isn't the purpose of the Coast Guard to escort lawful activities on the sea? The stall that the fishery administration was in charge of back then was also integrated. The coast guard force must dispatch any fishing boats of the broad masses of the people that need help.

Therefore, Li Mu left the four boats 9527, No. 3, No. 5, and No. 7 to the end, which was not only the rear detachment of the exploration operation formation, but also could respond as soon as possible after receiving the signal for help from the fishing boats in the sea area.

The four ships he chose were all coast guard ships with aircraft, all of which were more than 3,000 tons, and the 9527 ship even carried two helicopters.

Looking from the rear, you can see that the fishing boats are desperately searching for the location of the capsized speedboat. However, the waves that had reached a height of four meters shook the ship very much, and the search and rescue work was very difficult.

Li Mu put down the binoculars and shook his head regretfully, "They're out of play." ”

"Well deserved. Song Xiaojiang snorted and said, "Even these broken boats dare to fight with us, a bunch of poor ghosts." ”

Wang Guoqing said, "Vietnamese people are not poor, but the Vietnamese government is poor. The people in South Vietnam are still generally wealthy, and their state is similar to that of when we started to carry out reform and opening up, and their lives are getting better and better. ”

Li Mu smiled and said, "Compared with the ruling party of North Korea, the ruling party of Vietnam has a bit of brains." These people should not be underestimated. ”

The three of them chatted for a while, and wave after wave of crests with a height of ten meters hit them in the south, rolling towards the sea area where they were doing their work. More than an hour later, the exploration operation formation safely sailed out of the operating sea area and entered the relatively calm eastern sea area.

(End of chapter)