When Li Zheng heard the siren, he, Fatty Wei and Hou Jun were all in the gym.
Special operations team members have good physical fitness and recover quickly, but this becomes a disadvantage on a warship.
I recovered too quickly. I was still energetic even after working for several hours. I couldn't sleep at night for several days.
Fatty Wei often wakes up in the middle of the night and sits by the bed, and he cannot turn on the light against the rules. Sitting in the dark is like an owl standing in a tree hunting.
Therefore, every time a few people are laid off from work, they go to the gym to train hard and use up some of their excess energy before going back to the rest cabin to sleep. At least they can fall asleep earlier.
"Did you hear that? First-level combat disposal!"
Fatty Wei wiped the sweat from his face with a towel, raised his head and listened to the sharp sound of the alarm and the announcement of the attendant on the radio. The excitement quickly climbed up his face, and his little eyes gleamed.
"Let's go! Go back and change clothes!"
Hou Jun put down the dumbbells, stood up and took the lead in running to the rest cabin.
Fatty Wei and Li Zheng followed closely behind, and the three of them returned to the rest cabin.
The lights inside are already on.
When Zhang Jian saw the three people coming back, he hurriedly said, "If you don't come back, I'll post a missing person notice!"
Fatty Wei said while changing clothes: "You know we must be in the gym, there is no need to post a missing person notice!"
Several people quickly put on their combat uniforms, picked up equipment and guns, and quickly walked to the deck to gather.
The command center of the No. 2 ship was also very busy at this time.
The busiest ones are the correspondents who need to update the numbers.
They kept switching channels and contacted Tiange through different channels.
Tiange remained silent.
This made everyone in the command center feel their hearts in their chests.
We have been escorting for 20 days. The previous missions were very successful. At least we successfully drove away the pirates every time and ensured the safety of the merchant ships.
In particular, none of the ships of our own country suffered any losses.
This time, we lost contact with the merchant ship for the first time.
The other party actually interfered with the merchant ship's communications, which meant that the pirate boat was very close to the merchant ship.
Because the power of their interference equipment is limited, they cannot achieve large-scale interference. Generally, they have to enter a range of two hundred meters or even closer to achieve this.
High-end methods such as jamming equipment are not available in ordinary pirate gangs. The equipment costs money. It is difficult to buy such equipment in Africa, but it is not easy to buy it.
Especially in places like Somalia, it is really not easy to buy them because many military and sensitive materials are not allowed to be transported here due to years of war and chaos.
The pirate gang that can obtain this kind of equipment shows that it is still very strong.
What is so-called strong?
People are more professional.
The equipment is more advanced.
Weapons are more advanced.
Therefore, although there are only two pirate ships that the Tiange faces now, they are by no means ordinary ones.
Contact is now interrupted and we don’t know if the pirates have boarded the ship.
Once pirates board the ship, according to the anti-piracy precautions of ordinary merchant ships, the crew will take shelter in a secret room. This kind of secret room is actually a safe house. The iron plate is thick and cannot be penetrated by guns. Even if explosives are used, it will not be easy to explode.
The safe house is equipped with food and water. It can last for a few days, and then sends a distress signal and waits for rescue.
When ordinary pirates board a ship and see the crew entering the safe house, in most cases they will choose to plunder the ship and then evacuate quickly.
After all, they couldn't sail the ship without the crew.
The lives of the crew members are money, and they can be used as hostages to demand payment from the company.
If the man cannot be caught, the ship robbery is half a failure.
But there are also desperadoes who actually blow up the safe house to catch the people inside.
It depends on how the pirate leader himself weighs it.
After all, every minute you spend on the boat is every minute you risk.
The Gulf of Aden is no longer what it used to be. It is full of warships from various navies. If you leave late and are driven over by warships, you will be arrested if you fail to hijack the ship.
In fact, pirates are not afraid of arrest, because the navies of various countries are still very civilized. Except for Da Mao, there is basically no danger to their lives. After trial, most of them are handed over and there is no risk to their lives.
The most distressing losses are equipment, ships, weapons, and equipment.
That’s all free money!
Li Zheng and his special operations team entered the war room, where they quickly received a briefing on the situation. Then, Li Zheng went to the aft deck apron. The Haizhi 9C had already ascended and the pilots were in place.
Li Zheng and Hou Jun greeted them, got in, and sat there ready to take off at any time.
"Unexpectedly, after these days of calm, it is finally our turn to take action..."
The pilot in the main driving position, while checking the bridge instruments, sighed to Li Zheng and the others: "We have nothing to do these days. It is rare to have an air patrol and let the crew of the No. 1 ship fly. I want it."
I’m so idle that moss grows…”
Hou Jun continued: "We are the same. We can't sleep at night. We have insomnia. No, we were both in the gym just now... Hey, I said, if you have nothing to do, just go to the gym..."
The first officer said: "The situation tonight is a bit urgent. We still can't contact the target merchant ship. I guess the communication has been cut off. Maybe the pirates are on board now."
After speaking, he looked at his watch.
"I said, why haven't we taken off yet? What are you waiting for?!"
"Don't worry, we're probably still in contact, try your best to find out the situation!" The main driver looked like he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai.
Li Zheng was immersed in checking his night vision equipment, only listening but not speaking.
Hou Jun asked him: "Do you have the signal gun on you?"
"I brought it." Li Zheng patted his tactical bag: "Here it is."
Hou Jun said: "Bring a few more rounds of ammunition. I think this thing will be used more later. When we get to the sky later, I will be responsible for firing the flares and you will be responsible for the sniper rifle."
"no problem."
…
While Li Zheng and others were waiting on the helicopter to take off, another bad news came from the command center.
Over here, the Tiange has not yet made contact, but suddenly another merchant ship, the "Xinghe", has sent an emergency request for help on the international public channel.
"This is the Xinghe, currently located at xx degrees xx minutes north latitude and xx degrees xx minutes east longitude. We have an emergency here. Two pirate ships are approaching us. Requesting naval support! Requesting naval support!"
Galaxy?
Two more pirate ships?
The already frowning brow of the command team leader on duty was completely twisted into a ball.
What happened tonight?
The matter on the Tiange has not been resolved yet, will something happen to the Xinghe again?
Or two pirate ships...
Is today an auspicious day? The pirates are all out together?
He quickly came to the electronic chart, found the location of the Galaxy on it, and roughly estimated the distance.
"It's hard to handle..."
He took a breath of air.
The Tiange and Xinghe are both in this sea area, but they are about 60 nautical miles apart, one to the left and one to the right.
The No. 2 ship is now about 20 nautical miles away from the Tiange and is still approaching at full speed.
But if you go to the location of Tiange, you can't go to the location of Xinghe.
It seems that the troops must be divided into two groups.
"Inform Captain Zhang of the special operations team to come to me! There is an urgent mission, hurry!"
The leader of the duty command team issued the order.