With a displacement of 3,600 tons, a body length of 115 meters, a width of 13 meters, and a draft of 5 meters, the "Princess" is an old ship produced in the 60s of the United States and has served in the United States Coast Guard for a long time......

Don't look at the Hamilton-class patrol ships are particularly old, but the strength of the hull, propulsion system, and electronic system are not too bad.

In 13, the United States said that it was giving the Philippines two Hamilton-class patrol ships, but in fact, the castrated patrol ships cost the Philippines nearly $200 million to get them back into operation.

In this way, the Philippines also appointed one of them as the flagship of its navy for the first time.

And Boss Qiao only spent 45 million US dollars, and then signed a document that the second transfer must be approved by the US Department of Trade, and got this basically uncastrated decommissioned ship.

Later, Boss Qiao sent the ship to Italy, and it cost nearly $60 million to complete the final transformation of the old ship.

It was only a small amount of money to be blessed......

Because when the uncastrated Princess was handed over to Boss Qiao, the ship's fire control system, radar system, including the propulsion system were all modified and put on board in 03.

These things are now considered relatively advanced models, so they save a lot of money when modifying.

The relatively old anti-submarine system of the original ship was dismantled, and the bow of the ship was replaced with an Italian-made Otto Melera 76 mm naval gun.

Compared with the early 127 mm large-caliber naval guns, the current naval guns seem to be less powerful, but the level of automation and intelligence and the amount of bombs have increased geometrically.

In addition to this, the ship had an Alto 25 mm naval gun in the stern of the ship, two 12.7 mm machine gun armament stations.

There are also two Avenger air defense systems and two Hellfire anti-tank launchers on the platform under the bow of the ship and on the platform below the plane search radar.

Compared with other 3,600-ton warships, the combat effectiveness of the 'Princess' is not worth mentioning, and at best it can only meet the tasks of maritime patrols.

However, the conversion provided ample space for the ship's 120 crew members, and freed up considerable space for supplies, extended the Princess's time at sea, and sometimes even used it to transport important cargo.

For more than a year, the Princess has been running 2~3 round trips in the Gulf of Aden every month, in order to support herself by earning escort fees.

But now they are relaxed, Djibouti is nearby to replenish, not only can the crew go ashore to rest every week, but even the ship's consumption has been reduced by half.

In the future, as long as Mukala and Bososa are on the right track, the Princess will even save the cost of port calls.

Now the 'Princess' is slowly moving around a sea battlefield 5 kilometers away in the Gulf of Aden......

A 40,000-ton freighter surrounded by dozens of pirate speedboats......

These pirate speedboats are like wolves on the sea, they scatter around the freighter, and whenever the defensive fire on the freighter is mobilized, several speedboats rush towards the freighter.

When these pirates approach a freighter, they also fire RPGs at the ship's deck to cover for others trying to board the ship.

Under normal circumstances, a freighter ship does not encounter such a large-scale pirate, under normal circumstances, a dozen pirate speedboats arrive close and launch RPGs, and the crew of the freighter should surrender.

But at this time, the people on the freighter were still resisting stubbornly, and the firepower had a tendency to become more and more fierce.

From the beginning of the automatic rifle, it has developed to a 12.7mm heavy machine gun......

Theoretically, the Princess should have helped disperse the pirates, even from a humanitarian standpoint, but when the Princess tried to get closer, the people on the freighter radioed it not to approach.

The Princess does not have maritime law enforcement powers, and under international law, the Princess Maritime Security Company can only open fire if it is attacked or if the ship it escorts is attacked.

Now the other party has not purchased maritime security services, and this sea area still belongs to the Somali waters, so the princess really didn't dare to mess around for a while.

By the time Joga arrived, the ship's firepower had evolved to RPGs and mortars, and it was on the verge of continuing to evolve......

The 'Eros' took the initiative to approach the 'Princess', and the two sides formed a formation 500 meters apart......

Joga radioed to the captain of the Princess, the Italian Cristiano, and then asked curiously, "Why haven't the pirates retreated after such a long time?"

What are these pirates? ”

Cristiano, a sixty-three-year-old man, replied in a deep voice: "Boss, I saw a ship flying the flag of Al-Shabaab earlier, and those pirates should be hired by Al-Shabaab.

They must have come specifically for the freighter called the Hansen......"

Joga held up his binoculars and watched the fierce battle at sea in the distance, watching several small boats bravely rush to the back of the freighter, attacking the freighter's thrusters with the RPG they carried......

"These guys are crazy? Stopped the boat, how did they get the boat away? ”

As Joga spoke, Dorian, who was also holding a telescope, suddenly shouted, "Oh shit, the pirates have boarded, oh, they have been knocked down......"

When Qiao Jia heard this, he quickly turned his gaze, and then saw two groups of people trying to forcibly board the freighter......

They hooked the deck with a hanging ladder with hooks, and then several men climbed up with guns under the cover of their companions in the rear.

But at a height of more than ten meters and at sea, in the face of the fierce counterattack of the ship's crew and mercenaries, they were quickly killed and fell into the sea.

The successive deaths seemed to infuriate the pirates, who began to concentrate their fire on bombarding the ship's deck with RPGs, and the pirates behind the cargo ship opened fire again......

With a barrage of rockets exploding, a little smoke rose from the tail of the freighter, which had been speeding up trying to get rid of the pirates, and then slowly stopped.

The strangeness of the cargo ship seemed to infuriate the people on board, and in the face of the pirate attack, the people above launched a ferocious counterattack......

Several RPG rounds and a barrage of mortars hit the pirate fleet, one of which accurately hit a speedboat.

Unfortunately, these people still underestimated the determination of the pirates, and the silence of a ship did not discourage the pirates from attacking, but made them act extremely crazy, and more RPGs hit the freighter.

Completely different volumes create a completely different effect......

The people on board are like fighting mosquitoes with cannons, and it is difficult for RPGs and mortars to hit speedboats traveling at high speed.

The pirates were different, they fired bullets and RPGs that didn't necessarily hit people, but they definitely hit ships, and most of them hit the containers on deck.

As the ship's power system was broken, and the containers on board were hit one after another, the people on board seemed to change their minds, and instead of trying to stop the pirates, they began to shrink their line, as if they wanted to put the pirates on them......

The funniest thing about the whole thing is that both sides are not very good and are familiar with international law......

The cargo ship was determined not to ask for help, and the pirates were even more so when the Princess did not exist.

With such a big guy as the princess next to them, they just beat their own and resolutely refused to approach the princess.

It was impossible for the Princess to intervene directly, as he was in charge of escort business, not the fight against piracy.

And this is not the high seas, but the Somali seas.

As soon as the video of their firing gets out, the maritime security companies that have been robbed of a lot of business will immediately take action, and the escort business of the great warlord princess will immediately be investigated.

It doesn't matter how well connected you are, as a legitimate maritime security company, you have to face a series of investigations if you get caught in pigtails.

Even if Boss Qiao can settle it, it will take a long time!

Experienced captains can choose to break in and intimidate the opponent with a ramming stance if they have to, but they must not be the first to fire.

Only if the other party is the first to attack, the Princess can gain the permission to counterattack.

For the government navy, this scale can be relaxed a little, because it is nothing more than a war of words.

But for private companies, this order must not be mistaken.

However, the freighter did not ask for help, so of course Boss Qiao would not make trouble for himself......

He was just curious and wanted to know why the two sides were fighting?

The telescope could only see one direction at all, and after thinking about it, Joga turned his head to Ronnie beside him and said, "Go activate the drone, I want to see what they will do in the end......"

Ronnie put down the binoculars in his hand, patted him on the Medic Bird, and pulled him into the cabin, where the two of them carried a large box to the tarmac on the back deck a few minutes later.

The Mistral missile system is built-in, and a little before activating does not prevent Ronnie from releasing a drone with a width of about 2 meters there.

As the drone took off, Boss Qiao, who was in the wheelhouse, finally saw the whole picture of the naval battle......

A large number of pirates circled around the stopped cargo ship, and the guys seemed to have taken stimulants, constantly shrinking the encirclement and greeting the cargo ship with bullets.

The defenders on the deck of the cargo ship could only lie on the hot deck, and the suppressed head could not be raised.

Joga held up his phone to take a picture of the side of the cargo ship when the drone captured it, and then he motioned for Dorian to keep an eye on it, walked up to the foredeck, took out his satellite phone and dialed Aaron......

"I'm busy right now, what's the matter with you?"

Hearing the phone, Riaron had an impatient tone, and Boss Qiao said unhappily: "What can you do as a prisoner?" Do you have a boyfriend in prison? ”

Boss Joe's 'vicious' words made Aaron stunned for a moment, and then this guy scolded as if he had eaten gunpowder: "Are you an idiot?

Do you know how busy I've been lately?

Do you think it would be easy to coordinate freight corridors to deliver arms to Yemen?

Do you think it's easy to steer the Edward Foundation into Yemen?

I'm also fucking monitoring the black trade so that something too advanced doesn't get into the hands of al-Qaeda in Yemen.

Even I'll have to take care of your little lover and cheap son, because the people of the 'Stairway to Heaven' have their eyes on her!

How did you, a fool who only knows how to shoot, get to where you are today?

Apologize to me quickly, or you won't get anything from me......"

Qiao Jia was stunned for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "The people of the Heavenly Stairway are eyeing Grace?

The Edwards of the Foundation have stepped on the line! ”

Aaron could feel Joga's gloomy tone over the phone, and he slowed down a little and said, "It's not clear if it's the Edward Foundation?"

Your little lover and cheap son is now a big landowner with 300,000 acres of land, and because he has a secret fund with Monica, he has funded 5 members of Congress!

The most important thing is that Big Mouth Don went to Ohio a few months ago to meet Grace and has been complimenting her.

Now there are rumors that Grace could become the youngest member of Congress in the United States......"

Joga frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Didn't Tom Reed react?" ”

Aaron listened and said funny: "Tom Reed is a big man, he is a senator, and he is not the only Grace child, he also has two sons and an eldest daughter who is married."

And there are other members of the Reed family......"

Joga instantly understood the meaning of Aaron's words......

(End of chapter)