Unknowingly, Li Zheng had been at sea for almost 20 days.
Since entering the Gulf of Aden, the escort mission has almost never stopped.
Here, there is always a shortage of warships and endless protection of merchant ships.
And pirates?
That depends on luck.
With good luck, the water was calm and the river was flying for several days in a row, and the channel was quiet.
Unlucky, for several days in a row there were calls from everywhere saying there had been pirates.
Li Zheng has gradually become accustomed to life at sea.
The life of naval special forces is very different from that of land special forces.
What Lu Te faces every day is training, training and retraining, or running around in various harsh environments across the country, training in the most difficult places, or being sent abroad to perform tasks.
Haite is different. Like the Jiaolong Commando, once they go on a escort mission, they have to stay at sea for several months.
Every day we welcome the morning glow and send away the sunset glow. The warships carry people and sail tirelessly between sunset and sunrise. The sky, the earth, the sea and the sky are all the same color. The sea is boundless. What you can see in front of you is the blue sky and white clouds, which is the sea water.
There isn't even a training ground here. The only thing that can be practiced is to put up a few targets on the deck and practice rapid fire when the ship-based helicopters enter the hangar without missions.
Or release a buoy target on the sea surface to practice shooting at sea targets.
Every few days, the captain will organize a vbss training, and the simulated merchant ship will always be the largest comprehensive supply ship.
The biggest problem is physical training.
There is no venue here, so don't even think about armed off-roading. The ship is only a hundred meters long and a dozen meters wide. Even if you run around it, you don't know how many laps it takes to calculate a five-kilometer radius.
So most of the time, physical fitness is completed on the deck or in the gym on the ship.
After adapting to this kind of life, Li Zheng once felt that he had entered a period of boredom for a while.
Because everything in the escort operation was proceeding in an orderly manner, the pirates did not appear for some days. The excitement at the beginning gradually faded away, and instead, everyone felt a little bored.
Being a soldier in the Special Forces is a profession that does not interfere with loneliness.
The officers and soldiers who can join and willingly undergo severe tests to join this team are eager for challenges. Once they lose the challenge and have to be trapped on a small warship, the irritability in their hearts will grow unconsciously.
Other sailors on the ship have their own jobs, and all departments are busy every day. In addition to standing guard, the special operations team is responsible for anti-piracy. If the pirates don't come, they will only stand guard.
After being laid off from work, I can only use my time to sleep.
Do you want to chat with someone?
Sorry, except for my teammates, no one has time to spend time with you.
There are nearly two hundred officers and soldiers on the No. 2 ship. Each officer and soldier has his own combat position. They have a heavy task. They are busy maintaining the ship every day to keep it operating normally without any problems. Moreover, everyone sleeps at different times.
In the cabin, a warship is divided into several floors. There are multiple cabins on one floor. Many of them are strictly confidential and are not allowed to enter. If you want to visit, you can't even enter.
After spending 20 days in this kind of time, Li Zheng became a Buddha.
In addition to training and duty, he was overly energetic and either used up his extra energy in the gym, or sat down on the edge of the bed, facing his laptop and began to review the various things he learned during this period of life in the Naval Special Forces.
The tactics were refined and summarized, and some papers on joint operations topics began to be written.
That night, the channel that had been quiet for several days finally received another message from a merchant ship asking for help.
Ship No. 2 had just completed an escort mission without incident and planned to return to the eastern waters to conduct a regional patrol from east to west.
At this time, night had just fallen, and the hand of the electronic clock on the cabin wall had just pointed to 19 o'clock, when a rapid cry came from the international maritime public channel, attracting the attention of the watchman.
"I am the 'Tiange'. I am the 'Tiange'. We are currently located at xx degrees xx minutes north latitude and xx degrees xx minutes east longitude. We were pursued by two unidentified small boats. Our ship has now increased its speed to 21 knots.
, turned off all lights, and alerted other ships to pay attention!”
It is a common practice for merchant ships to escape from distress and international practice to alert other ships on the public channel.
The message sent by this merchant ship attracted the attention of the leader of the formation command team on duty at this time. He looked at the chart and found that the No. 2 ship was not far from the merchant ship at this time, so he immediately made contact with them.
"I am the No. 2 ship of the ZG Navy Escort Group. I am performing patrol missions in the nearby waters. If there is an emergency, please contact us."
The team leader immediately notified the ship and another merchant ship "Xinghe" that was also nearby on the radar.
The identity of these two ships is also very clear. They are both merchant ships of our own motherland.
Soon, the "Tiange" which was the first to send the warning message responded.
"I am the "Tiange", thank you to the navy of the motherland..."
The voice of the captain of the "Tiange" was full of surprise and excitement.
However, his call was soon interrupted by sudden whistles and various noises.
It can be heard from the background sound of the channel that something unexpected happened on the ship.
The call was interrupted for a while.
"'Tiange', what happened, please answer."
The leader of the command team called several times, but there was no response.
"problem occurs!"
He put down the radio microphone and felt an ominous premonition in his heart.
The signal squad sergeant on duty at the command center reported: "The Tiange's signal has been interfered with. According to the clutter characteristics, this is a typical interference mode adopted by pirate gangs."
This is the age of technology.
Don't think that Somalia is a small African country and those pirates really don't understand anything.
They are also very capable of keeping up with the times.
When many pirate gangs hijack ships, they will use electronic jamming methods when pursuing approaching merchant ships.
Although their equipment is backward and far from the level of the most advanced military jamming equipment, once the distance is close, it can still interfere with merchant ships to a certain extent, making the ships unable to seek help from the outside world and completely becoming an isolated island at sea.
Slowly slaughter.
The command team leader immediately ordered the personnel on duty in the signal shift to switch to another channel and maintain contact with the Tiange on a different international channel. Then he began to sound the alarm and issued the order.
"Quickly enter the first-level combat deployment, the ship turns and increases its speed to move closer to the Tiange, the special operations team enters a state of combat readiness, strengthens observation of the sea surface situation, and the helicopter team is ready for dispatch!"
In the darkness, the No. 2 ship, like a group of galloping horses, pounced towards the sea area where the merchant ship was in distress.
The signal squad continued to send notifications to the Tiange to calm their emotions.
"Please keep sailing at a high speed and in a certain direction. Our ship is approaching you and will accompany you to your right after rendezvous. Please stay calm. We are here, don't worry!"