Leaving aside the direction of the distress signal sent by the "Queen of Bertha" cruise ship via satellite phone, the critical situation is the robbery scene.
When the captain saw two helicopters taking off from the stern decks of two armed pirate ships, his whole body went cold. How did pirates who were so armed to the pores appear? Faced with such pirates himself and more than 5,000 people on the ship
How can we have the ability to resist?
Fortunately, he listened to the warning and stopped the ship. If he tried to speed up the resistance, he was afraid that the pirate helicopters would easily come over and drop the armed pirates on the ship to carry out retaliatory killings and looting. The captain had never seen any storms and waves, and he did not know how many times he had encountered Somali pirates.
The pirate knew it all too well, so he was very keenly aware that the pirates in front of him, whose armed force was comparable to that of a small fleet, were definitely murderous pirates.
From the fact that they directly opened fire and bombarded the "Queen of Bertha" before approaching and shouting threats, it can be clearly seen that this group of pirates is very professional and brutal. If they are professional, the captain is not very worried. Professional pirates are just seeking money.
They know very well how to kill the goose that lays the eggs, so professional pirates usually do not kill innocent people indiscriminately, provided that their financial requirements are met. Brutal pirates are different. They use killing as one of their methods, and some extremely vicious pirates even kill people.
Put it first.
Professional and brutal pirates are undoubtedly the most terrifying. They will not only squeeze every last dollar out of the hijacked ships, but also go on a killing spree to satisfy their various purposes.
Every robbery carried out by the remnants of the West Pacific pirates left no one alive, because they were worried that their information would be exposed. After the devastating blow to the West Pacific pirates, the remaining people were afraid of being attacked, so they would naturally take everything
Make it secretive, the more secretive the better.
Under such preconditions, the robbed merchant ship suffered.
The West Pacific pirates want both money and lives, but they have never encountered a large cruise ship carrying more than 5,000 tourists and crew members. Some people would think that they can't kill more than 5,000 people, right?
Two pirate helicopters landed on the flight deck of the cruise ship. A dozen armed pirates rushed down and went straight to the cockpit and engine room of the ship. These two parts are the most important. Controlling the engine room will control the power system of the cruise ship.
Controlling the cockpit controls the cruise management system.
It can be seen that the remnants of the West Pacific pirates are quite professional, and they themselves are paramilitary armed criminal gangs.
The two armed pirate ships also moved very quickly. They quickly boarded the "Queen of Bertha" cruise ship and established a boarding channel. Two hundred fully armed pirates boarded the "Queen of Bertha" from the two armed pirate ships in a steady stream.
Cruise ship.
These people moved very quickly, and they acted directly as a group, with no delay or panic. It was obvious that they had obtained the blueprints of the "Queen of Bertha" cruise ship before, and made a rigorous
plan, and must have conducted many simulated preemption exercises.
A cruise ship of more than 100,000 tons is like a small city, and its complexity is even greater than that of a city on land. Thousands of cabins are divided into several areas. Even the crew will get lost in this behemoth without the guidance of an instruction map.
To complete the control of the entire ship in the shortest time, strict planning and sufficient simulation exercises are necessary. Moreover, considering that more than 5,000 people will be robbed, if you want to shorten the plundering process, you must have a good plan.
A well-coordinated action plan.
It is the work of low-level pirates to rush onto a ship with a gun, roar and rob it, and low-level pirates will never be able to control a behemoth like the "Queen of Bertha" cruise ship. Why do many pirates not choose cruise ships to attack? Because there are people on board cruise ships
So many!
No matter how many crew members there are on a cargo ship of over 100,000 tons, there are no more than thirty people. A few pirates armed with automatic firearms are enough to control the entire ship. It is unimaginable to control thousands of people with such power, no matter how stupid it is.
The pirates also knew that this was a recipe for death.
The plunder of the "Queen of Bertha" by West Pacific pirates can be regarded as a classic case of pirate plunder.
They first used the broadcast system and video system to coerce crew members, waiters and other staff to organize all the tourists into several groups and gather them at designated locations. Then armed personnel robbed these people in small groups. There were also several mobile groups based on inquiries.
Visitor information arrived and some of the cabins were plundered.
Naturally, those who live in luxurious first-class cabins are rich people, while a large number of second-class cabins are simply given up by them.
On the other hand, the cruise ship itself is also a treasure house. A pirate leader is responsible for interrogating the captain and other management personnel to extract the most valuable items from the cruise ship.
At first, of course, there was a lack of cooperation or delay, but in the end, the armed pirates shot and killed these people on the spot without hesitation. The bloody scene was right in front of them, and no one dared to be perfunctory or not to cooperate anymore.
Life is more important than money.
The damage caused by organized and planned robberies was so great that the remnants of the West Pacific pirates even did not miss the gold ring on the little girl's ankle! These pirates with hundreds of years of plundering experience are so experienced.
Nothing of value can escape their eyes.
Bags after bags of money, boxes after boxes of valuables, were carried or carried by the coerced crew members and young and middle-aged passengers. The assembly line work was generally carried to the deck, and then slid from the slide to the pirate ship. In just a short time
They actually organized such a thorough transportation system within a short period of time. It seems that they will not stop until the "Queen of Bertha" cruise ship is emptied of valuable items.
The captain noticed a dangerous signal, and the pirates released all the lifeboats and liferafts on the cruise ship. They directly used the suspended high-speed lifeboats, and released a large number of liferafts and then destroyed them.
He protested, but the answer was bullets.
The strange thing is that this time the remnants of the West Pacific pirates did not rob and kill as before. After more than an hour of robbery, they did not kill anyone else unless they encountered resistance. This is very inconsistent with their robbery style. According to
They estimated that the entire robbery process would take three hours to maximize value.
The "Queen of Bertha" cruise ship is too big. It is impossible for two thousand-ton pirate ships to eat all the passengers, crew and belongings on board. However, the West Pacific, which has been exhausted, continues to make a comeback with hard currency.
The remnants of the pirates are absolutely unwilling to give up any copper that can be loaded on the ship.
So they made a plan to plunder for three hours.
At this time, the distress signal from the "Queen of Bertha" cruise ship finally reached Li Zhan...