"According to the response signal, the target ship has reached position 2.4N, 123.3E, 30 kilometers due west of us, heading due east."

"It is expected that in 1 hour, we will meet the target ship."

"Without aerial reconnaissance, we would not have been able to obtain specific information about the ship's location."

"We have to be at least two kilometers closer to the position of the ship with the naked eye."

"I suggest that we move west directly to meet the cargo ship based on the ship's answering signal."

"The shorter the waiting time, the less likely there is a deviation."

"If we miss it, we also have the opportunity to make a second adjustment."

On the transportation ship of the Dongfeng Corps, Buck said as he looked at the charts.

He was not an experienced "sailor" or "navigator", but combined with the information provided by the captain, his proposal was indeed much more complete than Chen Shen could think of on his own.

So, Chen Shen immediately nodded and replied:

"Yes, let's go now. What are the combat conditions like? ”

"It's perfect, the wind and waves are very small, and the ambient brightness is relatively high, which is conducive to us finding large targets on the surface of the sea."

"We can turn off most of the lights and rely on navigation to move forward."

"We'll be able to spot them before they find us."

"No problem!"

Chen Shen replied decisively, and then, the order was conveyed to the wheelhouse, and the traffic ship was fully powered and headed towards the target area.

At full speed, the speed of the ship can reach 36 kilometers per hour, and in addition, it only takes 20 minutes at most to find the traces of the cargo ship at sea.

Chen Shen stood at the bow of the ship, holding a telescope in his hand and constantly scanning the distant horizon, while Buck held the bow railing tightly, while observing the glimmer of light on the sea with his peripheral vision.

A few minutes later, when Chen Shendu had not yet found any trace of the ship, Buck suddenly spoke:

"It's coming!"

Chen Shen immediately followed the direction of his finger and observed with a telescope, and after some searching, he saw a cargo ship moving on the sea.

From his point of view, he couldn't see the ship's port, but from the appearance, it was undoubtedly the Bang Ao cargo ship they were looking for!

"Discover the target! The distance is about two kilometers! ”

"Turn off the lights and be silent!"

"Put down the speedboat, everyone board, and get ready for the assault!"

"Roger!"

The order was given, and in an instant, everyone moved.

With the assistance of the sailors on board, the two dinghies quickly completed the entire process from inflation to launching, and at this time, the lights of the Bang Ao gradually became "conspicuous".

Chen Shen led the team to be the first to board the ship, and then he turned to pick up Buck, who was injured in the head and had difficulty moving.

——

In order to ensure that the wound was not soaked by seawater, he wrapped it around his head with plastic wrap, although the air permeability was not good, it was not a problem to stick to it for a while.

The electric motor of the dinghy has been activated, and the noise of the propeller is not harsh in the wide sea environment.

Shi Dakai and Li Bang, who had been trained to drive ships before, operated two rubber boats respectively, chasing the direction of the cargo ship.

In calm seas, the maximum speed of a rubber boat can reach 40 kilometers per hour, while the speed of a cargo ship is only about 25 kilometers per hour.

In just a few minutes, the rubber boat intercepted from south to north had already approached about 500 meters away from the cargo ship Bang Ao, but Chen Shen did not order to help directly, but made an arc to pass by the cargo ship and advance along the cargo ship's wake from the rear.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Dongfeng Corps quickly made an observation of the deck of the cargo ship.

"Recognize that there are guard posts at the bow and stern of the ship, two of them!"

"There is a searchlight at the stern, but the light range is small and the brightness is insufficient, so it should be set up temporarily."

"The sentry is not very vigilant, you can get close!"

"Understood."

Chen Shen replied in a low voice, and then ordered:

"Turn off the engine and approach with an artificial paddle."

At this time, the two rubber boats of the Dongfeng Corps were still nearly 400 meters away from the stern of the cargo ship, and it stands to reason that the speed of manual rowing was at most more than 20 kilometers per hour, and it was impossible for them to catch up with the moving cargo ship.

However, this is also a key tip that Buck taught to the Dongfeng Corps, that is, "ride the waves".

Relying on the wake caused by large boats, the rubber boat with a small draft can already obtain a forward acceleration, and with the reaction force of artificial paddles, the speed of the rubber boat can even be pulled to more than 35 kilometers!

Moreover, with the cover of the wake, the noise generated during the paddling process is also masked, and the concealment is further increased.

The distance of 400 meters was constantly shortening, and in the final stage, Chen Shen commanded two rubber boats to overtake the cargo ship and approach from the starboard side.

At this time, the ship's sentry did not know anything about this, and the two small boats even turned on their engines "for a long time" and continued to maintain a position parallel to the cargo ship in a low-speed manner.

The poplar tree in the back patted Chen Shen on the shoulder, and Chen Shen looked back, and he made a series of gestures, which meant "the bomb is ready".

Chen Shen nodded and responded with gestures, and then commanded Shi Dakai to speed up, and according to the structural diagram that he had already familiarized before, he found the predetermined blasting point.

The vessel has a total of four watertight transverse bulkheads, and according to design standards, even if three of them are lost, the ship can remain afloat at an extremely high waterline when fully loaded.

And if all the watertight compartments were lost at once, the ship would sink completely, and it would take at least 3 hours.

This time is more than enough for the crew who need to be evacuated, but Chen Shen can't really blow things up.

Because in the unlikely event that the ship's watertight compartment is flooded differently than expected, resulting in an imbalance or even breakage of the hull, the chances of the crew in the cabin escaping will be greatly reduced, and a "rescue operation" is likely to turn into a "terrorist activity".

Therefore, Chen Shen had already found the structural engineer of Tsingshan Group and calculated the best blasting point for the Daao cargo ship.

After arriving at the blasting point, Chen Shen did not drop the explosives immediately, but smashed the prepared oil-based fluorescent agent into the hull of the ship.

Now that the marking has been done, it is unlikely that the operator in charge of dropping the explosives will deviate much, even if the light is dim.

Everything was ready, and Chen Shen ordered in a low voice:

"Start dropping explosives."

"Understood, let's start delivering."

After a brief reply, four "long sticks" stretched out from the two rubber boats.

On top of the four long sticks, there is C4, which has set the explosion time in advance.

The yield of two kilograms per bomb is enough to tear the hull apart, and after the bomb explodes, the simultaneous flooding caused by the four large holes will cause the cargo ship to tilt to the right in an instant.

——

Of course, it won't tip over immediately.

All cargo ships go through a series of stability tests, and if the water inlet angle is below the threshold, there is a high probability that a ship can quickly reach a new equilibrium.

Tilted balance.

Chen Shen wanted this effect, he didn't believe that those IS-K members could have much experience in sea navigation, and after the ship tilted, they were most likely the first to lose their ability to move.

Soon, all the bombs were planted.

Chen Shen ordered the engine to be turned off and moved away from the cargo ship by means of artificial paddles.

"Countdown to the explosion for 3 minutes."

"The transport boat is ready, and it will be close to my coordinates to respond."

"Be prepared to rescue, someone could fall overboard!"

"Understood!"

The sound of Pingchuan left behind came over the radio, and Chen Shen took a deep breath and turned off all the lights on the rubber boat.

For a moment, the sea became "silent" again.

The Bang Ao with the noise of its diesel turbines faded away, and its speed of 25 km/h was enough for it to travel a kilometre in three minutes.

The stern searchlight never worked, after all, its brightness was too low and the coverage was too small.

Everything went extremely smoothly, looking at the Bang Ao in the distance, Chen Shen took a deep breath and ordered:

"Everyone be ready for battle!"

"Get close to the target at full speed!"

"The enemy is likely to take the crew hostage and evacuate, pay attention to screening!"

"Pay attention to the overboard situation of the crew of the cargo ship, report it to the traffic ship in time, and the traffic ship will carry out the rescue!"

"Understood!"

The sound of reply came from the earphones again, Chen Shen let out a breath and silently watched the watch count down.

20 seconds.

10 seconds.

He raised his head, and immediately after, the starboard side of the Daao erupted into four tragic sparks as scheduled!

"Boom!"

The sound of a violent explosion swept across the sea, but because of the pre-planned blasting location, the flames of the explosion did not damage the main hull structure and did not ignite the most dangerous fuel tanks.

From a distance, the sentry on the deck was stunned by the explosion.

The man who was napping jumped up and subconsciously picked up the gun in his hand, but he looked around, but he didn't find any enemies!

Of course, he can't see the enemy, because now, their worst enemy, is at their feet!

Four huge openings pierced through all of the Da'o's watertight compartments, and the sea water poured in at an extremely high velocity, and in just a dozen seconds, the ship's hull was already tilted.

The lights on the cargo ship were all turned on, and the crew and crew, who had not yet fallen asleep, quickly ran to the deck.

But at this moment, the deck was already a little different from the deck they were familiar with, a crew member who was obviously not familiar with sea navigation just got out of the hatch and fell, and after finally getting up, he fell down again because of the unstable center of gravity!

Soon, the Daao sent out a generic distress signal in the GMDSS system, and the cause of the accident they reported. The engine exploded.

That's right, they could not have imagined that the ship was blown up on its own initiative.

Because it doesn't correspond to their perception at all.

The sailors were already on the move, and they went down the stern ladder to get a rough idea of where the leak was.

Everyone was screaming nervously or in horror, but in contrast, everything on the side of the Dongfeng Corps seemed extremely calm.

They silently looked at the crew members who were struggling to survive, and they had no intention of coming forward to rescue them.

This is Chen Shen's plan.

——

Or rather, Buck's plan.

They had to wait for all the crew members of the ship to evacuate to the lifeboats, and then rely on the advantage of firepower and maneuverability to control them.

At this time, the captain of the Daao had already found out the damage to the ship and confirmed that it was impossible to save the ship again, so he quickly organized and began to launch the lifeboat, but at this critical moment, the JD elements on the ship began "infighting" as expected!

One crew member who was trying to board the ship was forced back to deck at gunpoint, and the others tried to resist, but after the first round of gunfire, the unarmed crew members scattered in all directions.

The crew members who had not had time to escape continued to lower the lifeboat under the coercion of a JD element, and Chen Shen counted the number of crew members boarding the lifeboat one by one. Then he was pleasantly surprised to find that this lifeboat could only fit 24 people.

And this is the only lifeboat on the entire freighter.

——

In fact, the crew capacity of a cargo ship of this tonnage is about 20 people, and the Daao runs an offshore route, so the number of crew members is even less.

It stands to reason that one lifeboat is enough for them, and there is no need to configure more.

This gives the Dongfeng Corps a huge advantage in its operations, because it means that there are and only JD elements on the crew of this lifeboat!

Faced with the muzzle of gun, the crew of the cargo ship Daao was almost desperate.

In fact, they don't know the identity of these militants, they just take some people's money, like all ships sailing on this route, and then do something less "legal" for some people.

They don't know how many times they have done this kind of task, but they never thought that this seemingly ordinary task might kill them!

Looking at the "passengers" who were constantly boarding the lifeboat, someone in the crew was shouting angrily, but his voice seemed to anger the JD element in charge of surveillance, who did not hesitate to raise his gun and aim it at his head.

The crew took a step back in cringe, but the already dazed JD had no intention of letting him go.

He struck the crew on the head with the butt of his rifle, as if blaming him for the "accident".

Seeing this scene, Chen Shen quickly made a decision.

There is no need to wait any longer.

Now, there are a total of 21 JD elements in the lifeboat, 3 on deck, two of whom are completely exposed to the firing range of the Dongfeng Corps.

This is the perfect time to launch a raid.

A little earlier, the personnel were not gathered, and the killing efficiency was greatly reduced.

Later, when these JD elements react from the panic, they will not be able to make a murderous move to vent their anger.

So, he immediately opened his mouth and ordered:

"Sniper ready, clear the target!"

"Strafe the lifeboat and knock out all the people on it!"

When the words fell, what responded to Chen Shen was a series of gunshots.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Yang Shu and Shi Dakai's two shots accurately hit the JD molecules on the deck at a distance of two hundred meters, knocking them down directly.

The M240 held by Li Bang and Bantam kept spewing flames and pouring bullets onto the lifeboat.

At this moment, no one can escape the sanction of firepower.

Someone tried to climb back to the deck, but his body was shot down in mid-air and plunged directly into the deep black water.

In just a few seconds, 23 JD elements had fallen, and the last person that the Dongfeng Corps could not see had already been shot dead by the crew who picked up the gun!

Everything went extremely smoothly, and it can even be said that it was far more smooth than Chen Shen imagined.

——

But at this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of a helicopter in the air.

His heart pounded, and then, he made an almost instinctive judgment.

"Help! Board the ship! ”

"Damn, the Yankees are here!"

(End of chapter)