The vast sea area between Cocos and Christmas Island does not fall within the scope of the world's major fishing grounds. However, the shallow water here is rich in fish and has many varieties.
I don’t know how the fishermen discovered this fishing ground that is relatively close to Australia and Indonesia, and I don’t know when they started fishing here. However, Li Hai always feels that this should be the fishing ground where Chinese fishermen have been operating since ancient times.
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The straight-line distance from Hainan Island is more than 4,000 kilometers, which is nothing to the hard-working Chinese fishermen.
In ocean fishing grounds, anyone can fish.
However, there are some savages who think that because it is close to the land where they live, it should belong to them. This is really ridiculous.
For such long-distance fishing operations, fishing boats of two to three hundred tons simply cannot reach it.
Ship No. 53 entered the mission area, and after contacting the leading fishing boat according to the given frequency, it learned that all the fishing boats operating here were organized fishing boats, and none were under 500 tons.
There is even an ocean-going fishing boat of more than 5,000 tons, which is the familiar "Gun Tuan 101" tuna fishing boat. This boat is equipped with ultra-high-pressure water cannons and is a large fishing boat with certain self-defense capabilities.
Li Hai's father once served as the captain of this ship. After becoming the general manager, he often went to sea with the ship.
It can be said that the fishing boat No. 101 of Gun Tuan is the flagship of Gun Tuan Fishing Company and a model worker.
With the presence of this boat, the safety of fishing boats in this area is guaranteed.
Ship No. 53 and fishing boat No. 101 of the Gun Regiment came to help. Li Hai brought several people on board the ship to understand the situation and held a meeting to discuss fishing protection actions.
The captain's name is Zhan Xiong, a southern man in his forties with a beard and a loud voice.
He introduced, "We have united more than 50 fishing companies to form a distant sea fishing fleet. There are more than 300 large and small fishing boats. This is Fleet No. 1. There are more fishing boats in the Southwest Pacific, including
There are more than five hundred, led by a 10,000-ton deep-sea fishing vessel, the second fleet."
The radar is continuously scanning, and the Chinese fishing boats within a radius of more than 100 kilometers are displayed on the radar screen through the transponder. They look densely packed.
Li Haidun felt a lot of pressure.
Zhan Xiong said with relief, "On Fleet No. 1, only our ship is equipped with ultra-high-pressure water cannons, and a small number of fishing boats have some high-pressure water cannons, but they are not of much use against pirates. You are here,
I can completely let go of my heart.”
"As long as we are here, nothing will happen to you." Li Hai said solemnly.
No matter how unsure they are, they must not let the fishermen worry.
Zhan Xiong introduced the grouping situation in detail, and then said, "Based on the distribution of aquatic products, our grouping can be adjusted at any time. We look for fish in a unified manner and catch them in separate sections."
Today's fishing boats are very advanced. They not only have radars, but also sonar for detecting fish schools. The fishing boat No. 101 of the Gun Group is equipped with everything. The shipboard radar can even detect air and water targets more than 200 kilometers away, and has certain tracking capabilities.
ability.
"How many days have you been here?" Li Hai asked.
Zhan Xiong said, "It's been five days."
"Tell me about the surrounding situation. Have you encountered any interference or threats?" Li Hai asked.
Zhan Xiong said, "The coast guard from Indonesia and Australia came once yesterday, but they didn't cause any trouble."
Li Hai sneered and said, "How dare they?"
They really didn't dare.
This is an ocean fishing boat, and fishing boats from any country can fish here. At this moment, there are fishing boats from more than a dozen countries fishing in this area, although the number is not as large as that of Chinese fishing boats.
There are some European fishing boats, usually several thousand tons in size. They travel all over the world. When the warehouses are full, they are sold nearby. After replenishing, they continue to travel around the world. It is normal for them to go to sea at the beginning of the year and return to port at the end of the year.
The Chinese fishing boats that appear here only last for ten or twenty days at most. Once the warehouse is full, they will return directly to China and will not be sold nearby.
The reason is simple - the aquatic products caught are not enough for domestic consumption, so there is no surplus to sell to other countries, and the procedures are also cumbersome.
The self-sustainability of the No. 53 ship can theoretically reach thirty days. After rigorous calculation and allocation, Li Haisheng extended this time to forty days.
This is the result of adding dozens of tons of extra diesel from the Luoma Hu ship.
Even so, Ship No. 53 could barely wait until Fleet No. 1 had basically completed its operations. Fleet No. 2 set out seven days later than Fleet No. 1, and they were still on the road at this time. Therefore, Ship No. 53 had to wait until Fleet No. 1 completed the operation.
After the fleet protected the fishery, it was the third day after fleet No. 2 started operations when they rushed to the Southwest Pacific.
This time point is similar to that of Fleet No. 1.
Finally, Ship No. 53 will return home with Fleet No. 2, so the fuel on the ship is barely enough.
If the No. 53 ship had not undergone any modifications, it would not have been able to travel even one-third of the distance, let alone the exaggerated self-sustainability of forty days.
Tonnage limits everything.
"Captain Zhan, please call together the fishing boats that are responsible for the escort mission. We will send three soldiers to each boat for both escort and training." Li Hai thought about it and made some new arrangements.
There are many experienced soldiers on board No. 53, and sending twenty or thirty people will not affect the normal operation of the ship, let alone its combat capabilities.
In fact, when carrying out fishery protection operations, the missiles and torpedoes on the No. 53 ship are no longer needed. Small-caliber secondary guns cannot solve the problem. The new 100 mm caliber naval gun can play a decisive role.
When facing pirates or other armed ships, ultra-low intensity and direct artillery can solve the problem. Deployment of soldiers carrying light and heavy weapons on several fishing boats responsible for escort tasks will be more effective against those armed ships with small tonnage.
The most important thing is that there is a "little brother" under the command of No. 53. Otherwise, how can more than 300 fishing boats spread over such a wide area be taken care of.
Zhan Xiong immediately followed the instructions and summoned the fishing boats responsible for the escort mission, and parked them side by side at the selected anchorage, together with Fishing Boat No. 101 and Ship No. 53 of the Gun Regiment.
Li Hai selected capable soldiers and divided them into eight ship escort groups, each of which was stationed on eight escort fishing boats. Each group had three people, carrying two rifles and a squad machine gun, as well as standard ammunition.
Such a combat team has no problem dealing with a small group of pirates. When encountering well-equipped pirates with a large number of people, it only needs to hold them back for twenty minutes. The Old Dolphin ship-borne helicopter of the 53rd ship can reach any location in the mission area.
Provide air support.
The above arrangements were made, and the patrol ranges were reassigned to the eight escort fishing boats so that they overlapped each other to ensure that no areas were missed.
"The fishing boats that serve as escorts can get a considerable income even without fishing." Zhan Xiong said with a smile, "It is all the safety funds raised by various companies."
Li Hai nodded and said, "This is a good method, everyone should perform their duties."
Of course, the eight fishing boats are all militia ships on staff. They serve the people in peacetime and soldiers in wartime. They are very important combat support and support forces in the people's war.
Fishing Boat No. 101 of the Gun Regiment itself is a deputy regiment-level militia unit. After all, its tonnage is there, and it has the ability to transform into an armed ship with firepower in wartime.
Li Hai believes that the biggest threat is most likely to come from the direction of Indonesia. It is a country of ten thousand islands. The Indonesian government’s ability to control many islands is extremely weak. There are many places where “dirty people and people gather evil”, especially pirates.
paradise.
There is sufficient evidence that the pirates who appear in the waters of Malacca are from the Indonesian archipelago. There are more than 17,000 large and small islands. The pirates can't find them at all if they dig into them.
Facts have proved that Li Hai's judgment is extremely accurate. ()
