Ballistic Silence of Special Years

Chapter 881 A Special Hijacked Ship

This time it was good, Li Zheng didn't even eat two bites of rice, and he was about to throw down his rice bowl and gather to prepare for deployment.

Fatty Wei crazily picked up a few mouthfuls of rice, drank two mouthfuls of soup, and finally grabbed two buns, stuffed one into his mouth and held the other in his hand, and said indistinctly: "Damn pirates! , and don't let people stop..."

Everyone filed out from the restaurant and went to the deck to assemble, while Zhang Jian, as the captain, went to the command center to accept the task.

While waiting for Zhang Jian, everyone stood by the deck and chatted, guessing which ship had the accident this time.

Wang Haiyang said that it must not be a cargo ship from our own country, this time it must be a foreign ship.

It is not unreasonable for him to say this. The mission of the escort is to protect the cargo ships, goods and personnel of the motherland safely through the dangerous waters of the Gulf of Aden.

The second most important person is to assist the United Nations in carrying out some protections for international organizations such as the World Food Program to deliver humanitarian supplies to ensure that these relief supplies will not be snatched by pirates.

As for escorting other foreign ships, it is an international obligation, because there are not only the navy of Rabbit’s own family, but also the navy of other countries, and they also have their own warship escort, unless some small countries do not have a navy here, so they can only apply for formations from other countries convoy.

When it comes to applying for escort, there are procedures.

First, the cargo ship arrives near the Gulf of Aden. Before entering the pirate active area, the company to which the cargo ship belongs will apply to a certain country’s naval fleet for escort according to its own situation and schedule. The usual way is to contact the country’s military or shipping management first. department to apply.

Take Rabbit as an example. To apply for Rabbit Naval Escort, you must first apply with the Ministry of Communications. After the application is approved, you will be notified of when and in which sea area the captain will be waiting.

Therefore, ships such as the Pengcheng were escorted by this method before.

And some cargo ships that have not applied for escort can temporarily call for help through the international channel when they pass through the active pirate sea area and encounter pirate pursuit, but that mode is often only luck.

You need to happen to have an idle, non-mission naval ship near you in order to rush to rescue you.

Usually, there are few warships and many cargo ships, so it is more than ten times more difficult to find a warship without a mission than to see a doctor on the expert ship.

Once there is news that a cargo ship is being chased by pirates, even if there are warships nearby, they are often already performing escort missions. away from pirates.

Therefore, such a sudden situation as when Li Zheng and the others received a first-level combat deployment notice just after returning to the ship, it must not be a planned escort mission, but an emergency.

There must be a ship that couldn't wait for the schedule and tried its luck without authorization to enter the Gulf of Aden alone. As a result, Yintang turned black and really encountered pirates.

While chatting, a navy sailor on the deck also came to join in the fun, and the few people were chatting, and the sailor said, I heard it was a boat owned by a local tyrant, Camel.

When everyone heard this, they were taken aback for a moment, and then couldn't help covering their mouths and laughing.

It's not that everyone has any contempt for the Luotuo family, there is no such thing at all.

It's just that the camel's boat had a stalk here in the Gulf of Aden. No one can break this stalk so far, and it has become a legend.

In the words of everyone's jokes, which pirate doesn't have eyes and wants to rob the camel's ship?

It is said that the pirates hijacked the ship in order to seek money, and if the robbery was successful, the money would come rushing in. Unless they were unlucky like Li Zheng and the others who broke the engine and returned empty-handed the night before, otherwise, as long as the hijacking is successful, there is absolutely no possibility of losing money.

But the world is so big, and there are all sorts of strange things.

There are really ruthless characters who let the pirate buddies in Somalia successfully hold hostages and lose money in the end, and finally want to beat the drums to send the hostages away.

And this ruthless character is Brother Camel, a big family in the Middle East.

This happened a few years ago when a cargo ship "Eisberg" from the Camel Emirate sailed into the most active sea area of ​​Somali pirates with a large amount of cargo and 23 crew members.

At this time, the captain of the "Asperger", Alisila, was 72 years old and had sailed on the sea for more than 50 years. It can be said that he was an experienced old captain. This time they came from Departing from Yemen, crossing the Suez Canal, crossing the Red Sea, and preparing to return to the Camel Emirate.

Although the previous voyage has been very smooth, in the eyes of Asirilla, his group is likely to be in danger, because the sea area that is about to enter is Somalia, once they are entangled by these evil wolves Then not only will the ship and the cargo on it be lost, but I and others will be detained in Somalia and become meat tickets in the hands of these pirates, demanding a sky-high ransom from the country to which I belong.

The old captain who had just entered this sea area was already fully armed. He ordered the sailors on the deck to see the surrounding situation clearly, and arranged manpower in the captain's room. The country to which he belonged sent a distress signal, and the four armed guards on board had also received orders from the old captain, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

Half of the voyage of the "Eisberg" in this dangerous sea area soon passed, and everything seemed safe and sound. Just when the old captain secretly breathed a sigh of relief and thought that he would soon be able to retire honorably, the distant sea Then came the sound of a few motorboat engines.

The experienced old captain was shocked when he heard the voice, and ordered the sailors in that direction to see what was going on. Soon the information came back, and the crew in charge of observation said that it was 6 motorboats.

When the old captain heard it, half a catty of cold sweat dripped down his back, secretly calling that this time it's over.

Sure enough, after the motorboat caught up, it was a group of Somali pirates with live ammunition.

Seeing this, the old captain immediately sent a distress signal to the Camel Emirates, and the four armed men on board also raised their guns and aimed at the pirates.

However, the distant water cannot save the nearby fire. Before the camel chieftain received the distress signal, the six motorboats had surrounded the ship and soon exchanged fire.

The 4 guards on the ship also shot directly without hesitation. Although they knocked down two pirates, there were still more than 10 pirates boarded the deck. Suffering from the immediate loss, working a job does not mean that you have to fight with others, so you immediately put down the gun, knelt down and raised your hands in surrender.

Soon these pirates took full control of the "Eisberg", and the whole process took less than half an hour.

At this time, the pirates were very happy, because they hadn't "cooked meat" for half a year before, and they didn't expect to catch a fat sheep so smoothly this time, and as for the two companions who died, they had long been "" Selective disregard".

After taking control of the freighter, the pirates first searched the cargo on the ship. They were just some common daily necessities, and they were not worth a lot of money. They were imprisoned and sent a signal to the Camel Emirate: "I, pirate, pay money, or the hostages will die!"

After sending out, I drank cold drinks on the boat and raised my little feet in flip flops to wait for the good news.

But I never expected that after the signal was sent out, there was no response for two or three days.

At first, the pirates thought they had sent the wrong number, and the leader angrily dragged the guy who sent the message out and threw him into the sea to feed the sharks.

It turned out to be checked several times and the number was correct.

I sent a few more messages, but nothing came of it.

The camel seemed to be blind and deaf, and there was no response.

So these pirate leaders slapped their thighs: "What's the matter? Look down on us? Then let's cross the border and learn from terrorists."

They got the crew together, dragged out a few sap-beaters, and took a video of them.

In the video, they let the crew members cry miserably, saying that they wanted to go home, and hoped that the Camel Chieftain would not abandon them. If they did not pay ransom to save them, they would be chopped up and fed to the fish.

Seeing the crying of the crew members, the pirates were very satisfied with the effect, and then sent the video to Camel Emirates, and also clarified the amount of ransom, which is 800 million US dollars!
Not a penny less.

This is obviously opening the lion's mouth!
At that time, the market price was generally 200-300 million US dollars per boat, 800 million, which was simply a sky-high ransom. Those who didn’t know thought they had tied Jack Ma up.

But thinking about it, I can understand that the target of their blackmail is the Camel Emirate. For the Camel Emirate, these pirates don’t think they are much better off, but feel that they are already very "kind", because the 800 million US dollars sounds Although there are many hairs, it is undoubtedly a drop in the ocean for the Camel Emirate, a hair on the body of the African bison, not even a hair...

As we all know, isn't Dubai the most populous city in the Camel Emirate?In Dubai, the official cars driven by the police are all Bugatti. As for other luxury cars such as Ferrari and Maybach, they are almost "poor people's cars" in Dubai.

There is a joke: Even if you go to Dubai to beg for food, you can spend tens of thousands of dollars a month.

Moreover, the country of the Camel Emirate relied on oil to make a fortune. If there is oil, will there be no money?

Thinking of this, the pirates felt that in exchange for 800 million with 23 crew members and such a large ship, the Camel Emirates definitely "earned".

But after this video was posted, there was still no response, and the pirates felt that something was wrong. When they checked the website of the Camel Emirate, there was no news about the abduction of these people.

So they comforted themselves again——

It is very likely that the Camel Emirate has received too many letters, and it is not my turn yet, so let's wait a little longer.

Two or three months have passed since this wait, and the Camel Emirate still has not made any negotiations with these pirates, let alone sent the ransom to redeem the people and the ship.

Therefore, these pirates finally couldn't wait any longer, and sent a message to the Camel Emirate for the third time, and found out that the company of the "Eisberg" was a shipping company named Azar, so they went Send a message directly to Azar Shipping Company: 800 million US dollars, no less, otherwise you will tear up the ticket and destroy the ship.

These pirates feel that they have "precisely positioned customers" this time, and they should give themselves a reply!
Unexpectedly, soon, Azar's reply came back, but it didn't inform them where the ransom was, but told them that Azar's company had announced to give up the ownership of the "Eisberg".

When the news came out, it was like a bolt from the blue!
These pirates were confused at the time, thinking that this was simply outrageous to open the door for outrageous - outrageous home!

Give up ownership?

Thanks to the people from the Camel Emirate can figure it out!
But the Camel Emirate is awesome, I have money and I am self-willed!
I don't want this large freighter worth hundreds of millions of dollars. I don't care about the life and death of the crew on the ship. If you want to tear up the ticket, you can tear up the ticket, feed the fish if you want to feed the fish, and destroy the ship if you want to destroy it.

In an instant, these pirates collectively petrified.

No one knows whether this news is true or not, and no one knows the intention of Azar Shipping Company to do this.

After some discussion, these pirates came to a conclusion like a genius: a conspiracy!

This is definitely a conspiracy!
The Azar Company is playing the trick of "playing hard to get" to make us feel that this freighter is not important, let us give it up voluntarily, so that they can take the ship back without paying any ransom, as everyone knows, this strategy We have already seen through it, and Azar Company will definitely not be able to take advantage of this bargain!
So the triumphant pirates continued to send emails asking for ransom to Azar Company every week, and they still detained this group of people to prevent them from escaping.

Who knew that this waiting time has passed more than 200 days, and the Azar Company has been doing what they said—ignoring it!Love so and so!
After more than 200 days, this group of unlucky pirates finally gave up. It seems that the Azar Company really does not intend to take these people and this ship.

But now the problem came, this group of pirates met such an outrageous situation for the first time, and they didn't know whether they should let these people go or not.

If you don't let it go...

What's the matter, should I continue to support them?
Didn’t these people have to spend money on what they ate and drank in the past 200 days?

Even if it is based on the minimum standard, then I feel that the money cannot be thrown in for nothing.

What if we let it go?

That's it, I don't want to continue to "deduct meat tickets and ask for ransom" in the future. With this precedent, everyone will know that Somali pirates are not terrible. put it back...

How can I mess around in the future!
As for killing them, it would be even more uneconomical. If they were killed, then the "food expenses" for more than 200 days would really become "bad debts".

These pirates scratched their heads and couldn't figure it out. How could such a rich Camel Emirate be reluctant to part with the 800 million dollars?
However, the Camel Emirate didn't care about the life and death of these crew members, but the local Somali government felt that these pirates could no longer be allowed to run amok.

After some preparations, the Somali government established a Putlei coast guard base to use "maritime police" to deal with these "sea bandits". A group of former pirates "come to learn the skills of the pirates to control the pirates".

In order to prove its determination, Somalia also solicited countries from all over the world that had been kidnapped and blackmailed by pirates and asked them what they had lost.

At this time, the Camel Emirates seemed to remember.

Hey, is there still a crew on my side in the hands of Somali pirates?

So I told the Somali government that there are more than 20 crew members on my side who have been detained by pirates for almost two years.

When the Somali government heard this, it immediately stated that this is my first battle against pirates in Somalia in order to rectify the name of the country.

On December 2012, 12, the crew of the "Eisberg" who had been held and tortured by Somali pirates for nearly two years finally heard the sound of helicopters "rumbling" outside and the sound of machine guns firing. their voices.

But these pirates have roamed the sea for many years, and they are not so easy to deal with. They directly moved out two heavy machine guns, and fired at the helicopter of the Somali government in the sky. Originally, this group of coast guards should also respond with heavy machine guns Yes, but I didn't expect that when the heavy machine guns of the coast guards moved out and pulled the trigger, they didn't fire bullets at all. It turned out that these heavy machine guns were all out of order.

Somalia was too weak because of the country at the beginning. When I bought these heavy machine guns, I had no money. There were problems with the purchases. After such a bump on the helicopter, they all broke down.

This first encirclement and suppression of pirates could only end hastily like a farce.

Two days later, the Somali coast guard checked all the weapons and equipment, and after confirming that they were correct, they launched an attack on the Somali pirates again.

The attack went very smoothly, and the Somali Coast Guard soon besieged the pirates on the cargo ship "Eisberg". At this time, the "Eisberg" had been parked here for two and a half years. , already covered with rust.

Due to the large number of pirates, the coast guards have been unable to quickly take them down. The two sides have been deadlocked for a month. In the end, the pirates, who were out of ammunition and food, compromised and were willing to release all the hostages, but To let them go.

The Somali Coast Guard thought about it and agreed to their request. In this way, the crew who had been trapped on this ship for two and a half years finally saw the light of day.

Ever since, this stalk has spread here and become a joke among the locals.

The pirates also know that it is risky to rob the ship of the Camel Emirate, and they may lose money...

　Ask for a monthly pass!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)