Ten years ago, Cheng Yanfei was only a third mate on one of the owner's ships, mainly responsible for the maintenance and management of life-saving equipment, but at that time, he had already seen the ferocity of pirates, and at the same time he had exercised his courage.

Although most of the crew members of the Xindu had not encountered this situation for a long time, and some of them had even encountered it for the first time, under the leadership of Cheng Yanfei, they resolutely took the simple blunt weapons they had found temporarily, and their morale was high and gathered on the deck.

There are also three basic security personnel on board the Xindu, who usually maintain order on board and protect the crew, ship and cargo.

However, in accordance with the practice of international civil shipping, as well as the maritime control laws of various countries and the regulations of maritime authorities, civilian merchant ships are not allowed to carry weapons, and the navies of various countries also emphasize that cargo ships on international voyages must not possess weapons, otherwise they will be regarded as pirates when they sail at sea.

In fact, the reason is very simple, if because there are bandits on a road, people who pass by this road are allowed to carry weapons, then the consequence is that every person along the way may turn into bandits who rob people at any time, and it will also cause a flood of weapons, which will increase the difficulty of suppressing bandits.

Therefore, countries can only spend a lot of money and send escort formations.

This led to the fact that when the cargo ships arrived at the ports of various countries, others were like great enemies, all kinds of inspections and guards, and some even refused to dock directly.

In fact, this is also understandable, and foreign merchant ships carrying heavy weapons are also not allowed to dock now, otherwise if they are mixed with KB elements, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Therefore, in 83, when the official navigation was achieved and the situation in the surrounding seas was eased, the regulations allowing merchant ships to carry heavy weapons were immediately lifted.

Therefore, the three security personnel of the Xindu only carried light weapons such as pistols, and when they really encountered this kind of pirate robbery, they at most organized the crew to defend themselves and scare the timid pirates with a few shots.

But in fact, the effect is very limited, after all, pirates usually hold AK47s with more firepower, how can they be afraid of small pistols......

As time passed, although the Xindu had completed a 360-degree U-turn, the distance between the five pirate speedboats was getting closer and closer.

The relative speed of the two sides was at least 40 knots, so it actually took less than five minutes for the pirates to catch up with the Xindu.

It wasn't until they got closer that Cheng Yanfei saw more clearly that their speedboat turned out to be the kind of ironclad dinghy with thick steel plates!

Cheng Yanfei suddenly couldn't help but ask the security captain Tan Zhihao: "How does this look like a military speedboat?" When did pirates have such speedboats? ”

Tan Zhihao put down the binoculars and shook his head solemnly:

"I haven't seen it either, it's possible that it's not from Somalia, and you pay attention to the weapons in their hands, although they are all AK47s, but they are all new, and there is a ...... carrying rockets on each speedboat."

"Boss Cheng, the situation is a little wrong this time, I think I can not be tough, try not to be tough......"

Da Da Da –

Da Da Da –

As soon as Tan Zhihao's words fell, he rushed to the speedboat at the front, and several pirates had already begun to shoot at the sky to demonstrate, constantly gesturing to the crew on deck, shouting words that everyone didn't understand, and couldn't hear at all.

Although some of the crew members were already stiffened nervously when they saw this posture, and their palms were sweaty, Boss Cheng didn't speak, and no one retreated, they just stared at the pirates tightly, ready to stop them from boarding the ship.

"Don't be afraid, they pirates rob ships in order to get money, they shoot just to intimidate us, they won't really shoot us!" Cheng Yanfei looked calm, and cheered everyone up in a timely manner, "What we have to do is to try to prevent them from boarding the ship and wait for rescue!" ”

His words really eased everyone's tension.

Because what Cheng Yanfei said is also true.

Under normal circumstances, pirates will try to avoid casualties among the crew, because after snatching the ship, the hostages are their 'money' and their gold medals, if they really kill or hurt people, they will anger the military of various countries and be targeted or hunted down, which will do them all harm but not benefit.

Therefore, when pirates board a ship, the most common picture is like an ancient siege battle, where the pirates find a way to climb up with props such as hooks and cables, and the crew uses sticks, fire water guns and other props to knock down the climbing pirates.

As for the pirates who shoot guns on the speedboat, they are actually members of the atmosphere team.

If they can't get up to the top of the country due to strong resistance, the pirates will usually give up decisively and look for the next target, trying to run into the pinched persimmon.

Therefore, in most cases, merchant ships will symbolically resist when they encounter pirates, and look at the softness and hardness of the other party, otherwise they will directly give up resistance when encountering pirates, and the success rate of pirates will not be 100%.

Of course, there is a certain risk in everything, and if you are unlucky and encounter a very small number of vicious pirates, you may also come up and make an example of them......

And this time, the luck of the Xindu is obviously very bad.

When the security captain Tan Zhihao keenly saw the movements of a pirate, he immediately screamed in shock: "Lie down! Lie down! ”

"Da ——!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a dense gunfire suddenly rang out, and at the same time, the hull and sides of the ship also made a dense metal grinding and crashing sound!

These pirates actually shot directly at the crew!

No one expected that after seeing that the crew of the Xindu was unmoved, looking like they were going to fight to the end, the little leader on the speedboat directly instructed his subordinates to raise the AK and start shooting at the crew on the side of the ship!

"Stand back, everybody stand back!"

After being stunned for a moment, Cheng Yanfei quickly came back to his senses, and asked loudly while lying down and retreating, "Is anyone hurt?!" ”

"Nope!"

"I'm fine!"

“……”

While the frightened crew members answered one after another, Cheng Yanfei also quickly glanced at the deck and was slightly relieved after confirming that there were really no casualties.

Somali pirates' marksmanship is very casual, and the best action is to hold the gun above his head, close his eyes and shoot wildly, coupled with the large ups and downs on the speedboat, even if he really wants to hit someone, there is actually a certain degree of difficulty.

But when they boarded the ship, it was too close to say.

Therefore, after seeing the ferocity of these people, Cheng Yanfei immediately gave up the idea of resistance, and directly picked up the walkie-talkie and said loudly: "The turbine crew quickly stopped all the engines and generators!" Remember to cut off the power of the whole ship! ”

"Everyone hid on the lower deck, locked the hatch and waited for rescue! Remember to stay in a group as much as possible, don't turn on lighting devices like flashlights, and don't make noise! ”

(End of chapter)

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