It had been a peaceful few days before, and Li Zheng was almost exhausted.
I didn’t expect that this time I would either not come, or I would have two cases at the same time in one night, and both of them were extremely difficult situations.
Just as they were taking a helicopter to rendezvous in the waters where the Tiange was located, the special operations team led by Zhang Jian was already standing on the side of the No. 2 ship.
The command leader looked worriedly away from the Tiange, which was already in a black light state in the distance, and then said to Zhang Jian: "The Tiange is still sailing. It will be difficult for you to board the ship, and the pirates now estimate that You have boarded the Tiange. The situation you are facing is very complicated. First, we know nothing about the situation on the ship. We cannot contact you through communications. We don’t know whether people are being held hostage. Second, if you approach the Tiange, you will be captured. I found out that the pirates will definitely take advantage of the height of the ship to open fire on you..."
Having said this, the command team leader also felt that it would be very risky to approve this operation.
After all, pirates are looking for money. If the crew members enter the safe cabin, they will evacuate after plundering the ship. Sometimes, the captain will even deliberately leave some cash on the ship for the pirates to take away, so that they will not have to work hard to get it. Open a safe cabin and take hostages for ransom.
However, as a navy, it is impossible to watch pirates boarding a ship and do nothing, let alone bet on the luck that the pirates will not be able to open the safety cabin and leave on their own after taking the money.
No matter how dangerous it is, go ahead.
Zhang Jian expressed his position: "Team leader, please rest assured, we will be very careful."
The command team leader said: "The helicopter is coming back soon. Should we wait until they arrive before we act together? At least they can provide air support and protection."
Zhang Jian looked at his watch and said, "It's too late, let's go ahead. Besides, once the helicopter arrives, it will attract the attention of the pirates and make it easier for us to expose our actions."
Seeing that he was determined, the command team leader stopped talking and nodded: "Okay, we will also provide you with fire support and join them in attacking you. The weapons on our ship will also fire with them."
Zhang Jian knew that he had to enter the firing procedure as a last resort. The weapons on the ship were large in caliber and powerful. It would be dangerous to fire at the pirates on the Tiange. Not only would it cause damage to the ship's hull, he didn't know what would happen. It will not harm the crew members hiding on the ship.
The two motor rubber boats have been hoisted and are floating on the seaside beside the No. 2 ship.
"Set off!"
Zhang Jian waved his hand and took the lead in climbing down the rope ladder.
Soon, two motor rubber boats were ready.
The boat operator checked and determined that there was no mechanical failure, and immediately started the engine.
There was a slight motor sound, and the motor had started working.
"Target, starboard side of Tiange, move forward!"
The two motorized rubber boats gently cut through the sea surface, leaving behind a string of waves before quickly heading towards the starboard side of the Tiange.
Everyone lowered their posture as much as possible, and the special forces team member in front of the rubber boat took a prone position, with their guns pointed at the front for warning.
With the help of night vision goggles, whenever the pirates appear in the field of vision and fire at the rubber boat, the commandos will take them away in a wave with precise marksmanship.
But in anti-piracy operations, exchanges of fire are avoided as much as possible unless absolutely necessary.
Especially now, it is still unknown whether any crew members on the Tiange are being held hostage. If someone is really being held hostage, this involves the issue of rescue.
Zhang Jian felt the pressure on his shoulders growing.
…
On the Tiange.
Ten pirates, led by leader Samach, had just climbed onto the Tiange along the hook ladder.
Samach is an experienced old pirate. He is in his mid-thirties this year and has been doing this business for eight years.
The most successful one was the hijacking of a Greek cargo ship and a one-time extortion of US$5 million.
In addition to paying tribute to the organization's leader and the local religious boss, Samach personally received US$200,000 from the ransom.
It is said that this number is already considered a wealthy person in Somalia. Even if you raise a large family, as long as you don't spend money like water and don't work for ten or eight years, you can live quite comfortably.
It's just that ill-gotten gains are always easy come easy go. In less than two years, this money has been spent to the last few steel coins.
Returning to his old career this time, Samach is ambitious and plans to do something big.
He used the remaining money of the 200,000 to recruit personnel, purchase more arms, and then organized four ships and bought jamming equipment. He divided his troops into two groups and planned to attack at the same time - the plan was to attack two cargo ships at the same time. , even if one of the people fails, then the success of the other road can still gain a lot.
Moreover, both groups of people have promised that no matter who succeeds, if something happens to the other party, they will provide settlement expenses to the relatives of the other party.
If everyone succeeds, of course everyone will be happy and share the money and eat meat together.
Now, the other group of people has lost their way, and only our own group is left.
Just now, the crew of the Tiange tried to resist, throwing Molotov cocktails down and blocking nets. Those things were used to wrap around the propeller of the speedboat. If they got entangled, the speedboat could not move, and the cargo ship could take the opportunity to escape.
Samach did not allow anyone to block his development plan, so he took his AK47 and fired a full magazine of bullets at the side of the freighter. Then he grabbed his PK machine gun and sent half a box of bullets to the ship. The side of the ship was filled with flames, and the crew members immediately ran away, and no one dared to stand up again.
The subsequent boarding went smoothly without any further obstruction.
This made Samach very satisfied with his decision.
Just be ruthless.
It is difficult to achieve great things without being ruthless.
From the very beginning, we need to let the opponent see the value of force and see what machine gun suppression means. Most of those crew members have never even touched a gun. As long as the bullets are whizzing past their heads, Samach can defeat them in an instant as soon as he is confident. They feel full of need to pee.
"Boss, we're done!"
The gangsters who climbed onto the Tiange first were very happy, as if they had picked up money during the New Year. They stood on the side of the ship and began to ask for credit when they saw Samach coming up.
"I checked around and saw no one. I guess they hid in the cabin below."
"Boris, it's up to you now!"
Samach turned and raised his head at another of his men who had just climbed aboard.
"We don't have much time. The escorting navy is expected to arrive soon. You have fifteen minutes to find where they are."
"give it to me!"
Boris nodded to two people: "You, you, come with me!"
The three of them got into the watertight door on the side and ran along the gangway to the lower part of the ship.
Samach took out his cigarettes, lit one, and walked toward the driver's building in a swagger.
After taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped.
The men behind him didn't know what happened, so they raised their guns one after another.
Samach slowly squatted down, took out a flashlight and shined it on the deck. After a while, he stretched out his hand and touched the ground, rubbed two fingers together, and took a closer look under the light.
Sure enough, it was a bright red.
With a smile on his face, he turned to the men behind him and said, "Some of them are injured."
He stood up, picked up the intercom and started calling: "Boris, some of them are injured. Pay attention to the medical room on the ship and see if there are any clues there."
"Don't worry, boss, leave it to me!"
Boris's confident voice came from the other end of the intercom.
Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of chapter)
