The so-called suspicious vessel is a large fishing vessel that is common here. According to Australian calculations, it has a displacement of about **10 tons. It does not fly a fishing license flag. Obviously, it is a poaching vessel that has not paid fishery tax. . [Read the latest chapter] Visit and download the txt novel※※
This boat is docked next to a sandbar in the sea, and it seems to be pulling in some seafood. Zhao Zhulong ordered the patrol boat to move closer and prepare to detain the ship for inspection. This is a situation that we often encounter during patrols. We always encounter it once or twice every time we go out on patrol.
Vessels that refuse to pay the fishery tax will be arrested in accordance with the rules and escorted to Hong Kong to await processing. According to the rules, all catches will be confiscated. If caught a second time, the boat will also be confiscated.
Although fishermen have always been a class that has been oppressed, exploited and discriminated against, it does not mean that they are good men and women or lambs that can be slaughtered by others. In the maritime world beyond the control of the government, people have always spoken with knives and fists. Unruly fishermen will certainly not be willing to have one-fifth of the seafood they have worked so hard to catch taken away, so the Coast Guard's action to impose fishery taxes at the Pearl River Estuary was initially met with a certain degree of resistance. of. Small-scale conflicts occur almost every time the Coast Guard patrols, and dead people and shipwrecks occur from time to time. There were even incidents where fishermen gathered to resist with force, but in the end they were suppressed without any suspense.
After Hong Kong adopted both hard and soft policies, including carrots and sticks, including setting up fisheries, conducting public purchases and sales, issuing low-interest small loans, and organizing fishery associations, the hearts and minds of nearby fishermen were gradually won over. Now, The fishery tax system has been fully established.
Although tax evasion incidents have not disappeared, overall such incidents are becoming less and less. As for armed resistance, it has not happened for a long time due to the reputation of Australians for their thunderous methods. Therefore, Zhao Zhulong did not order the entire ship to enter a first-level alert state in accordance with the prescribed procedures.
"Get ready for inspection!" he shouted. The patrol boat began to lower its sails, and a soldier with a loud voice picked up the tin trumpet and shouted in Cantonese, Hakka and Hokkien in turn.
Several sailors began to prepare iron hooks, and a sailor climbed into the shooting position behind the bridge and pointed the typewriter at the fishing boat.
There were only a few fishermen in rags on the deck of the fishing boat. When they saw this battle, everyone was in panic. Some people were running around, and some were running to think of the anchor stone. When they heard the words "... put your head in your hands and squat down!", and the black "square cannon" came over. , and they all squatted down with a hula. One holds his head in his hands.
It is a common thing for Zhao Zhulong and the sailors on the patrol boat. Even if they do not have firearms, the fishermen are no match for the systematically trained sailors in one-on-one hand-to-hand combat.
The iron hook caught the fishing boat and the two boats came alongside. But not closely next to each other. The jump gang members boarded the deck of the fishing boat using a special boarding springboard. Zhao Zhulong was not interested in reading any more - the following scene was already a routine matter. Unless the boss of the ship came out to plead for mercy, he would have to spend a lot of time, and maybe he would have to refuse the other party's bribe righteously. Zhao Zhulong was very greedy for this. Red envelopes: If you can get a few, it will be a great addition to your savings. But he knew that the chiefs had spies everywhere, and nothing could be hidden from them. Moreover, every six months, part of the crew would be replaced to recruit new people. He, the captain, might even try another ship - he would never be able to recruit his own followers, let alone conquer the whole ship.
Zhao Zhulong could not help but watch the boring repetitive scenes: the boss of the ship nodded and bowed, and the sailors on inspection shouted six. Then suddenly, seven or eight men and women, old and young, poured out from the deck. They were kneeling and crying, holding the legs of the sailors who were inspecting them. Some were crying and some were howling. Some people kowtowed. There was a commotion.
These gangsters just refuse to pay taxes honestly. Zhao Zhulong took out a snuff bottle, picked a little and sniffed. Although he is also a fisherman, he is not from a Danhu family. Therefore, they looked down upon "untouchables" like Danhu. In the navy, there were many officers and soldiers from Danhu. Therefore, the navy strictly prohibited discrimination against Dan households and carried out a lot of publicity and education work. However, this sentiment has not really been eliminated among naval officers and soldiers who are not from Danhu, but it is no longer shown on the surface.
Just as the sailors' attention was attracted by the inspection on the port side, several wooden wine barrels quietly floated from the sea on the starboard side. The sailors on the starboard side who were on the lookout widened their eyes curiously, wondering what they were. thing.
At this moment, short crossbow arrows were shot from several wooden barrels at the same time. Following several screams, the sailors onlookers were hit by arrows and fell into the sea. The sailor leaning on the typewriter on the starboard side and looking around was also shot down. At almost the same time, the fishermen who were lying at the feet of the sailors and begging took action, dragging several members of the gang to the ground in an instant. They raised their knives and killed them immediately.
Zhao Zhulong's reaction was quite good. He pulled out his pistol and just shouted: "Attention..." The side panels of the stern of the fishing boat fell down suddenly, and a puff of white smoke was instantly sprayed out, followed by the thunderous sound of cannons. Sea and sky.
Several iron nails swept across the deck of the patrol boat in an instant, and there was a scream on the deck. Zhao Zhulong's bridge was the first to bear the brunt. His head was beaten into a rotten watermelon by several iron nails, and none of the sailors on it were killed. He failed to escape with his life, the bridge was covered in blood, and even the typewriter had seven or eight holes punched through it.
"superior!"
With a howl, dozens of pirates poured out from below the deck and instantly climbed onto the deck of the patrol boat that had lost the cover of the typewriter. Several floating human heads also appeared under the barrel, and they climbed up from the starboard side using their hands and feet. The battle was short and brutal. Most of the sailors on duty on the deck had been killed or injured in the first bombardment, and the patrol boat completely lost its combat effectiveness.
The patrol boat has a small number of sailors and relies entirely on firepower to suppress enemies and "potential enemies." Now this sudden shot instantly destroyed its firepower advantage, so in less than ten minutes, the patrol boat fell into the hands of the pirates. The sailors on the ship were either killed on the spot or killed directly after being caught.
Although the pirates looked exactly the same as the fishermen at the Pearl River Estuary in appearance and clothing, their movements were clean and coordinated. Not at all like a noisy fishermen and pirates.
After the fighting completely subsided, a strong man walked out from below the deck of the fishing boat. He was dressed the same as the breathing pirates who were holding knives and guns. However, this group of pirates quickly made way for him. He fell down, stepping on the bodies and blood on the deck, and slowly walked to the stern of the ship. Then, after climbing up the bloody escalator on the bridge, he glanced at the typewriter that had been damaged by the cannon, turned it with his hand, and after observing the black iron thing for a moment, he removed the typewriter plate and looked at it carefully. A sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The pirate leader didn't speak, he only used gestures to direct everything. The pirates quickly mounted the corpses on cannons and threw them into the sea. Some repaired the broken sail cables, and some cleaned the deck. Ten minutes later, the entire patrol boat returned to normal preparation status.
The fishing boat was scuttled and the pirates boarded the patrol boat. Harbor Patrol No. 64 raised its full sail and took advantage of the wind to sail quickly toward the open sea.
Four hours later, news of the disappearance of Harbor Patrol No. 64 was returned to the Navy Department in Lingao: a single-masted patrol boat disappeared during a routine patrol at the Pearl River Estuary. There was a storm in the sea along the way at the time of the disappearance. A patrol boat was dispatched to conduct a search, but no trace of the missing patrol boat was found, so it could not be determined whether the ship sank due to hitting a rock. Now Lelin suspects that the ship has defected or been hijacked, and has expanded the scope of the search, but there is no result yet.
The Navy Department immediately started working nervously. This was not the first time that a patrol boat had been lost. Accidents and combat losses were not unheard of. But this is the first time that such a disappearing trace has happened. Chen Haiyang ordered all ships in and bound for Hong Kong to increase their alert level, and also warned ships everywhere that a single-masted patrol boat is currently missing.
"It's a pity that there is no 8154 in Hong Kong. Otherwise, if we send out a search, we will definitely find it." Chen Haiyang thinks that the possibility of the ship sinking is unlikely, and it is most likely that it defected or was hijacked. It's hard to say what the motive was. However, even if the crew defected, it was unlikely to be spontaneous, and it was most likely that they were bewitched.
If it was someone who was bewitched, then this incident would be a bit rare. Chen Haiyang couldn't think of anyone who could be so capable of bewitching the crew under their strict internal security system? After all, there are more than twenty people on this patrol boat. It can never be airtight.
"Read the weekly internal report of Harbor Patrol No. 64 immediately!" Chen Haiyang called the Political Office of the General Staff. The weekly surveillance reports of the Ten-man Regiment from the General Administration of Political Security are sent here. Then he ordered the roster of all personnel on the Coast Guard No. 64 to be retrieved, and their files were read according to the roster.
"...Call the Political Security Bureau again and tell them that we want to send a list and ask them to check if these people have other records and reports in the Political Security Bureau." Chen Haiyang put down the phone and walked a few steps in the office , secretly feeling bad in his heart, this matter may not be as simple as a crew mutiny. But when it came to hijacking, he really couldn't imagine anyone being able to hijack a patrol boat that was well-trained, experienced at sea, and armed to the teeth--the three typewriters alone were enough to curb all attempts to jump into gangs.
If anyone could do it, he would be the most dangerous enemy we have ever faced. When Chen Haiyang thought of this, he picked up the phone again and shook it a few times: "I'm Chen Haiyang. Don't go to the Political Security Bureau. I'll go there myself! Prepare the materials immediately."
