The members of the Yanlong Team diverged their thoughts and expressed their opinions. With only pitifully little intelligence information, they conducted an extremely extensive deduction of the case.
Captain Zhang Xuebing summarized the discussion and immediately made targeted deployments.
In order to ensure that anyone injured during the rescue process can receive timely treatment, the Yangzhou ship's medical team initiated first-level combat readiness rescue.
Various medical first-aid kits were prepared in advance.
Including but not limited to simple splints, large and small bandages, absorbent cotton, tourniquets, etc.
We also conducted simulations on the sand table regarding how pirates would be encountered and the crew situation of the Antaishan, and discussed the best response plan.
This is an extremely time-consuming and energy-consuming process, but it is also a very necessary process.
Only by being fully prepared in advance can you maximize your combat effectiveness in action.
the next day.
Early morning.
The sky has not yet fully lighted up, and the Yangzhou has arrived near the target.
The Antaishan, with a total tonnage of more than 50,000 tons, looks like a giant beast lying on the sea from the perspective of the Yangzhou.
No light, no sound, as silent as a ghost ship.
The Yangzhou approached the Antaishan from the bow direction and used infrared detection under the cover of night to conduct reconnaissance and search of the cargo ship and the surrounding waters.
Captain Zhang was originally planning to send a helicopter into the air to approach the cargo ship for close reconnaissance.
But Jackie Chan stopped him!
Assuming that there are still pirates on the ship, there is a high probability that the ship is not aware that a warship is approaching, and vigilance is at its lowest.
This is a great opportunity to sneak aboard.
Special operations are about infiltration first, and what is needed is when the enemy relaxes.
If a helicopter is sent for close reconnaissance, it will do more harm than good by alerting the pirates.
And Jackie Chan not only meant that the helicopter took off, but also asked the warship to turn off all the lights and approach the Antaishan in silence.
At 20 nautical miles, all engines on the ship were shut down and the ship slid along by inertia.
After the Yangzhou's inertia was exhausted, the Yanlong team used a kayak to glide all the way over and quietly boarded the ship for reconnaissance.
People boarding the ship to search is more effective than any remote search method.
After the Yanlong Team completes landing on the target, the Yangzhou will use reconnaissance methods, and the effect will be completely different. It can play a role in alerting the enemy, and will not affect the Yanlong Team's landing rescue.
As long as the rescue team has successfully boarded the ship and alerted the pirates to lure them out, knowing where they are is better than blindly searching.
Captain Zhang listened to Jackie Chan's advice.
After all, Jackie Chan is a "master" with a great background. The absolute main force in this inspection has the same rank and position as the captain.
In addition, Jackie Chan is only in his twenties now, and Captain Zhang is already in his thirties.
Jackie Chan is so young and promising, Captain Zhang has no choice but to accept him.
With the new round of orders conveyed by Captain Zhang, the Yangzhou officially entered combat mode, and all units were in their respective positions and ready.
The warship stalled twenty nautical miles away, and relied on inertia to slide for seventeen nautical miles.
At this time, the warship has not completely stopped, but its speed is already very slow.
The six members of the Yanlong team who had been prepared for a long time, under the personal leadership of captain Jackie Chan, took a rubber boat and approached by paddling.
Only Chengcai and Shi Dafan did not get on the rubber boat.
As the team's snipers, observers and medics, their role in assaulting the ship was far less than providing vision and critical fire support to the team at the rear.
A helicopter will take off later, and that is the "tool" the two of them should ride on.
Among the six people who set off in the rubber boat, the other people's equipment was very standard, either Type 95 rifles or squad machine guns.
Only Jackie Chan is still so perverted.
Even though the internal structure of the cabin was too small and he did not bring his exclusive 89-type heavy machine gun, he still brought the 87-type automatic grenade as the main weapon.
Thirty-five millimeter grenades are used on ships, and they are still the best in small spaces.
If the pirates encountered Jackie Chan, it would be difficult to find a complete body.
It took nearly twenty minutes to row the three nautical miles, which was not fast but not slow either.
By the time the kayak approached the Antai Mountain, the sky had faded away from darkness, and a hazy glow began to envelope the land.
Through some visual inspections, Jackie Chan did not find any pirates outside the freighter.
"superior!"
Jackie Chan slashed forward with his palm turned into a knife, making a decisive tactical gesture.
Zhuang Yan took out the hook gun he brought over and fired a shot at the side of the ship, which was about ten meters high. The hook with the rope flew up in a whoosh.
There was a crisp "ding" sound.
The hook flew to the top and hooked the railing. It circled twice in response to the force and hooked on a main railing that was five centimeters thick.
Zhuang Yan grabbed the rope and pulled it with his hands to make the rope tighten and test whether the rope was tight.
After confirming that the triangular hook above the rope was secure, Zhuang Yan turned to look in the direction of Jackie Chan and received the tactical instructions from Jackie Chan.
Zhuang Yan immediately put the gun on his back, grabbed the rope tightly with both hands, and kicked his legs on the hull.
Using the wall-climbing skills that I have mastered to my bones, I climbed up steadily with my hands and feet, without any accidents during the whole process.
When we got to the top, we didn't go up immediately. Instead, we exposed our eyes and observed the surroundings of the deck.
After confirming the situation and structural terrain on both sides of the deck and finding no enemies, Zhuang Yan grabbed the railing, climbed over and climbed to the deck.
As soon as you get on the deck, you take out your gun and aim to the right as a warning to cover for subsequent teammates.
At the same time, stretch out your right hand and point your thumb downward.
Although both the left and right sides need to be alert, when there is only one person, Zhuang Yan can only judge the dangerous side through judgment.
The deck on the right leads to the bridge and pilothouse, which is obviously the most dangerous direction.
After receiving the signal, the other members of the Yanlong Team began to climb up the ship one by one according to the order of the boarding battle queue. The second one to go up was the assaulter Xu Sanduo.
The assaulter is always at the front of the line.
The Yanlong team here successfully approached the Antaishan and began to board the ship one after another. There were no pirates to disturb them during the whole process.
Seeing that the situation on the Yangzhou side was good, the Yangzhou began to carry out synchronized operations as planned.
First, a helicopter was dispatched to inspect the cargo ship from the air. It used infrared thermal imaging to scan the cargo ship from above.
As a result, no target was found on the deck, and not a single person was seen.
Within a few nautical miles of the surrounding area, no pirate ships were seen, as if they had become an isolated island, standing here all alone.
The Yangzhou did not confirm the pirates' situation, and then fired detonating bombs over the cargo ship.
"Three air burst bombs are ready and fired."
As the order was issued on the ship, three air burst bombs were fired serially from the artillery.
In this early morning when everything was coming to life, the sound of three consecutive air explosions could be clearly heard even from several nautical miles away.
Assuming there are pirates on the ship, there will definitely be a reaction at this time.
After waiting for a few minutes for no response, Captain Zhang ordered the helicopter to make a call in three languages: Somali, Arabic and English.
The pirates are warned to give up their resistance and surrender voluntarily, otherwise our warships will take strong strikes.
However.
The Antai Mountain remained deathly silent.
No crew members ran out to ask for help, and no pirates ran out to resist. There was no sound, and no reaction at all.
Through this series of circumstances, Captain Zhang determined that the pirates had most likely left.
Order the rescue operation to begin!
The six members of the Yanlong team came over first and were already in position on the bow deck. After receiving the order, they immediately pushed towards the stern.
The bridge and the entrance to the entire site are at the stern, where is the core of the entire ship and where pirates may exist.
A group of six members of the Yanlong team rushed in from the right side of the ship in a full defensive formation.
Since it is uncertain whether there are pirates on the ship at this time, it is necessary to search every corner of the ship to prevent enemies from appearing behind the butt.
The Antaishan's bridge has seven floors in total, and each floor has corresponding cabins.
This greatly increases the workload of the platoon!
In order to speed up the search efficiency, Jackie Chan divided the team into two three-person teams to investigate the bridge of the ship under the suppression of the helicopter's view.
The two groups of team members cooperated very well and the search speed was also very fast.
During the search and investigation process, the teammates saw some shocking scenes and had some concerns about the safety of the crew.
There were many bullet holes on the bridge, and there were a lot of debris on the ladder going up.
Apparently, in order to stop the pirates, the crew tried to block the stairs with debris to block the pirates from going up.
At the same time, a large number of burn marks can be seen on the stairs on the second and third floors.
It doesn't look like it was burned by pirates, but more like the crew poured fuel on their own initiative to ignite the fuel on the stairs to prevent the pirates from climbing up.
The results are equally obvious!
The pirates with guns had an absolute advantage and fired at the crew with their guns, leaving a large number of bullet holes. The crew quickly gave up resistance.
The fuel poured on the iron stairs flowed everywhere, unable to gather in a pile, and burned very quickly.
It also didn't last long before it lost its effect.
but.
Taking the initiative to pour oil on the stairs to burn and block the path had a very good effect. At least it gave the crew a lot of time to evacuate to the bottom cabin.
Because neither the first group led by Jackie Chan nor the second group led by Wu Zhe found any blood stains on the bridge.
No blood stains were left, which means no bullets were fired and no crew members were injured.
Jackie Chan reported the situation to the Yangzhou and learned that the crew members were most likely uninjured. The captain, political commissar and others were very excited.
Realize that the possibility of a perfect rescue is extremely high!
Jackie Chan led a group to the top and entered the cab that controlled the entire ship.
It's even more chaotic inside than outside. There are traces of gunshots everywhere. The glass on the door and the glass in front have all been broken.
All the instruments and equipment in the cab and the joystick for controlling the ship were all smashed.
Are these violent acts committed by pirates out of anger and anger, or are these acts of sabotage carried out by the captain to protect himself before leaving?
Jackie Chan currently has no way to determine.
But Jackie Chan was already sure of one thing, the pirates were still on the ship.
As for why the sound of helicopters, air bombs and shouting were heard, but there was no movement during the whole process, it is also unknown at present.
Pirates can still harm hostages at any time, and may even be harming hostages already.
Whether the armed rescue can be successful is still unknown.
If the crew has been controlled by pirates, there is definitely a way to rescue the crew, but it will be very difficult to achieve a perfect rescue.
Deaths and injuries may be inevitable!
Moreover, the structure of this ship is very complex. The bottom tank, cabin, bridge and cargo hold have a total area of more than 10,000 square meters, which is no less than searching an entire building.
I don’t know how many pirates there are and where they are hiding.
As long as the pirates control the hostages, they will be emboldened and may hide in any corner at any time to launch a sneak attack on the rescuers.
It is easy to hide from an open gun, but difficult to guard against a hidden arrow.
Even though all the members of the Yanlong Team are well-trained, it is not the case that all of them are wearing see-through gear and are completely helpless when being shot to death.
Now we don't know where the pirates are, nor where the hiding crew members are.
The Yanlong team is under great pressure!
However, no matter how much pressure the Yanlong team is under, their mission is to rescue the crew. This is a mission given by the country, no matter how dangerous it is, they have to do it.
Since you can't see where it is, continue searching, even if you search the entire ship.
No pirates or crew were found on the bridge. The Yanlong team met at the entrance of the cabin and formed a team to enter the cabin to search.
As soon as he entered, Jackie smelled a burnt smell and a smell of burning sulfur compounds.
"There's a fire in the cabin?"
This thought popped into Jackie Chan's mind, and his expression became serious.
If a fire breaks out in a narrow passage, the smoke will gather together and have no way to spread, which will hinder people's breathing. It is very harmful.
Zhuang Yan and others also realized the same problem, and their faces became extremely solemn.
As the Yanlong Team continued to deepen, the smoke in the cabin became thicker and thicker. From the thin smoke at the beginning, it became so thick that it choked the nose.
The further you go in this situation, the smoke will definitely get thicker and thicker.
Jackie Chan had to order the entire team to wear gas masks.
At the same time, with the thermal imaging scope, we continued to conduct in-depth searches and investigations in the thick smoke, and increased our vigilance again by reducing the search speed.
There's nothing we can do about it!
The environment is too harsh, and the enemy has too much room for sneak attacks.
In order to prevent the boat from capsizing in the gutter, Jackie Chan had to think about the safety of his brothers and take them back when the time came when no one was left alive.
As for the longer search time required, there is nothing we can do about it.
The premise of rescue is to ensure your own safety, and then do your best to rescue others, and never play the bloody plot of exchanging lives for lives.
This is Jackie Chan’s bottom line!
Each special forces soldier is extremely precious, and a lot of financial and material resources and funds have been spent on training them. How can they be sacrificed so easily?
(End of chapter)
