Chapter 390: Operation Red Sea
In order to prevent the possibility of piracy fraud, Jackie Chan, who has always been violent and steady, chose to retreat to the corner of the passage.
He shouted to the pirate in English: "We are the ZG Navy Special Operations, and now we officially accept your surrender, and we must first throw the gun out of it according to our requirements, and then raise our hands and come out of it."
I warn you not to leave anything to chance, and not to be clever, otherwise what awaits you will be the most severe punishment. ”
Jackie Chan is tall and full of energy when he shouts, just like the bell, which is very shocking.
The pirates responded immediately, throwing their guns out of the room, three tattered and badly worn automatic rifles.
The butt of one of them was broken, and a steel bar was bent a few times and welded to it to make up the numbers.
Using such inferior weapons to come out to be pirates, Jackie Chan is really worried that these guys will explode and kill themselves when they shoot.
The three pirates who then came out of the room were even more shabby than the three broken guns.
The clothes worn are all cheap, whether they are shorts with a large tank top, or jeans with short sleeves, or "fashionable" models with holes or discoloration.
There are not a few taels of flesh on the body, and all of them are skinny and bone-ty.
The weight is estimated to be less than 100 pounds.
Seeing such shabby and destitute pirates, Jackie Chan really didn't know what to say about them, and could only be described in four words - extremely vicious.
The three Somali pirates were so frightened that they didn't dare to be cautious at all.
The whole process of surrender went very smoothly, and the three pirates came out of the room in a line, being held up with guns in the corner facing the wall.
After Zhuang Yan and Xu Sanduo's body searches, they were finally tied up with their backhands.
During this period, Jackie Chan asked the three pirates if there were any other accomplices who continued to hide besides the two pirates who were killed inside.
The answer was that there were only five of them, and that there were no other pirates scattered and hiding.
Jackie Chan asked the captain again, and he saw several pirates on board.
The captain had already discovered it when the pirates were chasing after him, and he tried various ways to do so, but in the end he did not succeed.
So he was actually very clear about how many pirates were coming.
The captain's answer was also five, and they were on two speedboats.
The division of labor among pirates is also very clear.
One of the ships was a combat ship, with three armed pirates in charge, who were responsible for controlling the attacking cargo ship and preventing the crew from preventing the pirates from boarding the ship.
When a crew approached, they were responsible for shooting them.
The other boat was a boarding boat, which was equipped with simple equipment for boat climbing, so the number of passengers was relatively small, and only two people were seated.
One of them was responsible for controlling the speedboat.
As they approached the side of the cargo ship and moved at the same speed, another pirate began to board the ship with his equipment.
With the skillful cooperation of the pirates, even if the freighter sailed at the fastest speed, it could not stop the pirates from forcibly boarding the ship.
The captain witnessed almost the whole process, from the approach to the successful boarding of the pirate.
He couldn't do anything else but stare at it, and it was still easy to count how many pirates attacked.
Confirming that all the pirates had been found, Jackie Chan reported the situation to the Yangzhou.
After receiving the order to return to the Yangzhou at the end of the mission, Jackie Chan came out of the cabin and went to the deck with three pirates and two corpses.
Then he took the assault boat sent by Yangzhou Gao and returned to Yangzhou with the prisoners and corpses.
The reason why even the two corpses were brought back was not left on the Antai Mountain, or they were thrown directly into the sea and fed to the fish as feed.
One is that the crew members are just ordinary people, and it is very troublesome for them to dispose of the corpses.
The other is that the corpse is the proof.
In other words, to put it more bluntly, it means that it represents meritorious service and awards.
Actual combat kills are a great achievement!
The Yanlong team returned to the Yangzhou and handed over the pirate's live mouth and corpse to the ship's intelligence team, leaving the rest of the work to them.
The Yanlong team, which successfully completed the first mission of the trip, can enjoy the fruits of their victory from this moment.
Under Captain Zhang's special arrangement, the cooking class of the Yangzhou specially added a small stove to the Yanlong team to express their congratulations on the successful completion of the mission.
In the evening, a video and telephone conference was held, and the superior leaders highly praised the Yanlong team.
And it is hoped that in the next voyage, the Yanlong team will continue to live up to its mission and complete the sacred mission assigned by the motherland and the superior leaders.
To be able to get the affirmation and commendation of the superior leader, everyone in the Yanlong team must be very happy.
I'm more motivated!
……
Everyone was in a good mood when the Yanlong team opened, the blue sky, white clouds and blue waves were rippling, and they were looking forward to the next voyage.
The Suez Canal is a popular route, and the number of boats has increased significantly since entering the Gulf of Aden.
The Yangzhou frigate, which was flying the five-star red flag, had a sharp increase in the probability of encountering a big ship along the way, and it was no longer as unmoved as before, and it would not see a ship for several days.
The vast majority of the ships were extremely surprised when they saw the warship flying the red flag, and they couldn't believe it was true.
And many of them don't even know each other!
After all, China's warships rarely leave the coastal zone, and the outside world's knowledge of warships is extremely limited, let alone appear in the Gulf of Aden, thousands of nautical miles away.
It is difficult for ships from various countries to see ZG warships for the first time, and it is not surprising.
On the way, I also encountered an escort warship, flying the NATO flag, and a British flag, and I was also surprised by the appearance of the Yangzhou.
But.
No matter how surprised they were, they didn't come closer, and the two sides faced each other nearly ten nautical miles apart, and they passed by without even connecting the radio.
Actually, I don't know what to say, so it's better to just pretend I didn't see it.
Only ships from ZG will excitedly shout on public channels when they see warships, paying tribute to warships from the Motherland.
I also hope that the warships from the motherland can make the Gulf of Aden peaceful from now on.
In the blink of an eye, another day has passed.
The Yangzhou has gone from the open sea of Somalia to the Gulf of Aden, and at the front corner to the north, it leads directly to the Suez Canal, the world's largest artificial canal.
However, just as the Yangzhou was about to go north, it suddenly received an emergency radio signal.
Time goes back to twenty minutes ago.
The Canton container ship, which sailed to Pirate Alley, was targeted by a group of Somali pirates.
It was the same method as the hijacking of the Antai Mountain, still two speedboats approached quickly, one covering the action of the other, and climbed onto the container ship in a few minutes.
On the Guangdong, which is more than 300 meters long, there are two security escorts hired for money.
Despite the best efforts of the two security guards, the Canton was too long for the two security guards to take care of, let alone resist the pirates from boarding the ship.
"The pirates are coming, the pirates are coming, everyone is running."
The crew, who was nervously observing from the deck, saw the pirate climb up, and immediately turned and ran in the direction of the bridge, shouting a warning as they ran.
The two pirates who climbed up chased after them, warning as they ran: "Don't run! Run again and I'll shoot! ”
The Somali pirate spoke in Somali, and the few ZG crew members running in front could understand it, and all that was left in their minds was the need to flee for their lives.
"Da Da Da..."
Seeing that shouting had no effect on the crew, the pirate took his gun and fired a shuttle of bullets.
Stop.
The marksmanship is very accurate.
When they shoot, they also know to stop and aim, and it can be seen from this that this group of pirates is not ordinary, and they are more professional than the others.
One of the crew members at the back of the line was unlucky, and was shot in the left calf and threw himself forward and fell to the ground.
The one-eyed dragon pirate chasing after him immediately reminded loudly: "We only need hostages, the hostages are all money, don't kill them." ”
Hearing the one-eyed pirate say this, the pirate who ran ahead immediately stopped firing.
Seeing that the pirates were not shooting, the other crew members did not give up on the crew members who were injured in the foot, and two people ran back, one on the left and one on the right.
Under the chase and escape of both sides, they soon came to the bottom of the bridge.
The crew all ran up, instinctively trying to find the captain and ask him to find a way to save himself, and the captain was in the wheelhouse at the moment.
Both of the security guards were holding shotguns, which looked bluffing in their hands, and they were also very lethal at close range.
It is suitable for use as a weapon of self-defense!
However, the pirates are all AK automatic rifles, and they are obviously trained professional pirates, so there is enough protection in marksmanship.
The escort security guards on the second floor of the bridge were killed within twenty seconds of meeting.
Seeing that the situation was not right, the second escort security guard immediately withdrew to the third floor, and all the crew members followed and ran up, and the personnel became more and more densely packed as they went up.
The pirates, however, were not in a hurry to chase after them, but chose to divide their troops into two ways.
Continuing to press up the cockpit, the other way into the cabin through the entrance on the first floor.
While blocking the way for the crew on the bridge to get down and run to the safety cabin to hide, take control of the ship's core engine room first.
The pirates had even greater ambitions, and they were ready to turn the ship around and hijack it into Somali territorial waters.
And so it goes.
Even if there were escort warships nearby, they did not dare to cross the coastal line and enter Somalia for rescue.
In order to make the ship smoothly drive into Somalia, the most important thing is, of course, the wheelhouse on the bridge, followed by the heavy oil engine that is responsible for the forward movement of the container ship.
The captain has been in the wheelhouse on the top deck, watching the pirates and security.
Thinking that if the escort security can be kept, I will be able to escape today.
Unexpectedly, as soon as there was an exchange of fire between the two sides, one of the escort security guards was killed, and the other could only run and came to the fourth floor to guard the staircase.
I thought that I was stuck at the staircase that came up, and I could hold a troll as steady as an old dog.
Come up with one spray one, come up with a pair and spray one pair.
As a result, the only remaining escort security guard, most likely went out without looking at the yellow calendar, his face was too dark, and he died very unjustly.
The pirates downstairs fired in the direction of the escort security station with a rifle shot.
"Dada......"
Two guns shot down in one shot.
The security guard, which was blocked by a thick steel plate in a straight line, was hit by a bullet that hit the iron gauntlet next to him, and the projection turned into a stray bullet.
And it hit the back of the head, and the bullet shattered the back of the head and went into the head.
The security guard was gone on the spot.
The corpse rolled down the stairs.
Seeing that the security was gone, the pirates below no longer had any scruples, and arrogantly came out of the bunker and stood under the bridge.
Among them, the one-eyed wolf pirate, who seems to be the leader, is even staring at the captain with one dark eye.
"It's over!"
Seeing that the last hope of defense was gone, and seeing the cold gaze of the pirate leader, the captain screamed in his heart that something was wrong, turned and ran to the wheelhouse.
Calling for help by radio through the public channel: "Emergency call, emergency call, this is the merchant ship Canton, we are attacked by pirates."
Repeat, we are attacked by pirates and urgently need emergency rescue, our coordinates are ......"
"Da Da Da ......"
The captain had just called out for help, but the response was a pirate bullet.
"Go to the safety pod, quick, go to the safety pod."
The captain who had completed the emergency call for help ran out and shouted to the crew to prepare to rush to the emergency passage and go down to the safety compartment of the cabin to avoid danger.
The crew also knew that this was the last hope, and ran in the direction of the emergency channel.
As a result, the crew members did not run down, but the crew members who ran in front stopped in front of the emergency passage stairs, raised their hands and did not dare to move.
I saw that under the emergency passage behind the bridge of the ship, there was already an additional pirate with a gun at some point.
In the face of Somali pirates armed with AK47s, the unarmed crew members are extremely vulnerable at this moment, even if they are outnumbered.
……
The Yangzhou received a distress signal from the Guangdong, and unlike the Antai Mountain last time, which was a few hundred nautical miles away, this time the coordinate distance was less than 50 nautical miles.
The hijacked merchant ship was so close to each other, and it was a Chinese ship.
There is no reason why the Yangzhou should not be saved!
So under Captain Zhang's order, the whole ship entered the first-level combat state again, and the Yanlong team immediately entered the full armed standby.
Immediately, the Yangzhou drew a large semicircle on the sea, turned around, and went straight to the direction where the Guangdong was located.
At the same time, the warship's satellite system was activated, China's Beidou reconnaissance satellite was invoked, and the Guangdong was locked from a high altitude through coordinates.
In this way, no matter where the Guangdong is opened, the Yangzhou can keep up in time.
I don't know what happened behind the ship, but more than an hour later, the Yangzhou arrived at the accident site, and the Guangdong only moved more than 10 nautical miles.
And it has completely changed course, from the return route from west to east, to a straight line for Somalia.
"The pirates are going to hijack the ship back to shore!"
Captain Zhang, Jackie Chan, and Political Commissar Xie, who were already in position in the wheelhouse of the warship, all guessed the pirate's intentions when they saw the ship's course.
Realizing that the Canton entered the territory of Somalia, it would lose the opportunity to rescue it at that time.
Captain Zhang immediately sounded the alarm of the warship, and as the whining siren sounded through the sea and sky, the speed of the Yangzhou increased again.
It was not until the Yangzhou was chased less than 2 nautical miles that Captain Zhang ordered the alarm to be stopped and began to send professionals to shout to the pirates.
"We are the Chinese Navy, please stop the ship immediately."
"This is the Chinese Navy, please stop the ship immediately."
"This is the Chinese Navy, please stop the ship immediately."
The three languages of Mandarin, English, and Somali shouted separately, and through the oversized loudspeaker on the warship, it was clearly transmitted to the Guangdong in the distance.
The pirates on board must have heard the shouts, but they didn't stop the ship.
On the contrary, it further accelerated the speed of the container ship, and the huge chimney emitted billowing black smoke.
The pirates apparently did not intend to give up and were ready to forcibly bring the ship back to Somali waters with the hostages in their control.
When the pirates went out to "rob", they obviously read the relevant international laws and regulations, and they knew very well how to deal with the "sanctions" of the coast guard and warships. (End of chapter)