industrial overlord

Chapter 629 Fierce Battle

"Where is the chief, what do you think should be done?"

Seeing the pirate ship getting closer every minute, Xu Hongyi asked He Lan.

Normally speaking, outsiders like He Lan cannot make decisions on the ship, and Xu Hongyi can completely decide how to deal with the current situation.On board Hanyuan No. 4, there was a whole set of plans for dealing with pirates. The first officer on board led several people to quickly cut off the ladder from the living area deck to the cargo deck, and closed the iron rail between the two. Door.The second officer quickly sent a telegram to the IMB anti-piracy center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the shipping company that they had been attacked by pirates.

All the crew members gathered on the cockpit and the platform of the living area, and everyone held tools such as iron bars that they could find in their hands to prevent accidents.

Under such circumstances, Xu Hongyi asked He Lan to hear what the director and cargo owner thought about this matter. He remembered that He Lan said just now that the ship cannot be delayed and must arrive at Sudan on time. port.

"Captain Xu, what do you think?" He Lan knew that she was a layman, so she dared not express her opinion casually.

Xu Hongyi said: "According to the routine at sea, we first try to avoid letting pirates board the ship, but this is basically impossible. Their speedboats are much faster than ours, and ours is a very large piece of equipment. The transport ship has a very low side, which is also conducive to pirates boarding the ship. Generally speaking, after the pirates board the ship, in order to avoid casualties, the captain should order to give up resistance, obey the pirates' arrangements, and then wait for the shipowner to negotiate with the pirates."

He Lan turned to look at the crew members around, and said in surprise: "Captain Xu, why do I feel that you don't seem to be planning to give up resistance?"

Xu Hongyi nodded and said: "Yes, the crew on our ship had discussed this issue in the past, and everyone agreed that it is not our style to abandon the ship if you don't resist. We should try our best to compete with the pirates and wait for the anti-piracy alliance's decision." Warships and helicopters came to the rescue. However, the risk of doing so is also very high. If we fail to defend the living area and are attacked by pirates, they may take retaliatory measures and endanger everyone's lives. Therefore, I must first Ask Director He, what do you think about it?"

He Lan said firmly: "Captain Xu, I firmly support your plan. Now is not the time to consider personal safety. This ship must not fall into the hands of pirates. This is related to whether our Chinese power plant equipment can enter The African market thing."

"Great!" Xu Hongyi said, "Director He, with your words, we are more determined. How about this, you go to the cabin to hide for a while, the pirates may shoot later, you stay on the deck There will be danger."

"What about everyone?" He Lan asked back.

Xu Hongyi said: "People must be kept on the deck of the platform, and we must find a way to stop the pirates, otherwise they will board the platform of the living area."

"Then I'll be with you too!" He Lan said.

Xu Hongyi looked at He Lan's eyes, nodded, and said, "Well, you can stay with me, the cockpit will be safer."

While they were talking, the three speedboats of the pirates had rushed to the position parallel to the No. 4 wheel of Hanyuan. While waving the RPG, Liv yelled loudly in English: "Stop, stop!"

With a calm expression, Xu Hongyi held the steering wheel tightly in his hands, ordered to move forward at full speed, and at the same time responded to the pirates through the loudspeaker on the ship: "Go away, go away!"

"Da da da——" a series of gunshots rang out. It was a pirate holding his AK47 and firing at the sky.

He Lan did not follow Xu Hongyi's order to stay in the cockpit, but ran out to stand with the crew on the platform of the living area, relying on the protection of the platform railings, looking down.Hearing the gunshot, she shrank her head subconsciously and reached out to cover her ears.

"He Zhichang, don't be afraid, they are scaring people." Said a crew member squatting next to He Lan. He Lan knew him as Qiu Shuangxi.While talking, Qiu Shuangxi put a safety helmet on He Lan's head, and He Lan gave him a grateful look.

"Director He, you see, these guys look very vicious, and they still have guns in their hands, but their combat quality is simply scum. You can tell by the way they hold the guns. They have not received the most basic military training at all. I reckon that if you lead a cow and stand 10 steps in front of them, they will definitely miss it." Qiu Shuangxi commented on the pirates on the water leisurely, as if talking about the plot of a movie.

"Old Qiu, have you ever been a soldier?" He Lan asked curiously.

"Of course." Qiu Shuangxi said proudly. He pointed to the crew members around him and said, "Seventy percent of the crew members on our ship are veterans. Our captain used to be a company commander in the army." .”

"No wonder..." He Lan said softly, she suddenly understood why the ship commanded by Xu Hongyi made a different choice when facing pirates than other ships, because in the dictionary of a group of veterans of the People's Liberation Army, there is no such thing as out the word surrender.

"Tap-tat-tat--" The pirates were enraged when they saw that the firing of guns hadn't worked. They all raised their guns and fired at the platform of the living area of ​​the No. 4 Hanyuan ship.Bullets clanged against the railings of the platform.Some bullets hit the outer wall of the cockpit, bounced off, and landed at the feet of the crew.

"NND, call me!" The first officer on the ship was also annoyed, and issued an order to the entire crew.According to Qiu Shuangxi's introduction to He Lan, the chief mate was born as a scout in an authentic field army, and his skills are very good.Hearing the word scout, He Lan couldn't help thinking of the young veteran who protected himself under his body more than 20 years ago. He was also a scout in the field army...

Upon hearing the order, the crew acted together, picked up the beer bottles that had been prepared and threw them at the pirates.The pirate's speedboat is much lower than the platform of the ship's living area, and the beer bottles have an acceleration from top to bottom, and the lethality is quite good.In order to be more effective, the crew also filled the empty wine bottle with water to increase its weight.Of course, everyone is still reluctant to throw away unopened beer for a while.

"impeach!"

"impeach!"

A row of beer bottles were thrown at them, but it actually had an effect. Two pirates were hit, screaming in pain.Liv was dumbfounded. With his many years of experience as a pirate, he had never encountered a situation where a merchant ship dared to resist. The most important thing was that the other party obviously had no firearms in their hands, but dared to confront pirates armed with AK47 and RPG. , What kind of characters is this group of people!

"Rush up! Get on board!" Liv gave the order.

Xu Hongyi steered the ship, swinging from side to side, trying not to let the pirate's speedboat approach.The pirates drove the speedboat, chasing forward and backward, trying to stick to the freighter.The crew of the freighter on the platform sprayed down with fire water guns to stop the pirate ship that had just approached, and the pirates raised their guns to fight back, but as Qiu Shuangxi said, they couldn't even hit a cow in front of them. A dozen AK47 The bullets flew around, but it had no effect.

After the two parties quarreled for half an hour, a pirate speedboat finally seized an opportunity and boarded the freighter.The freighter was huge and clumsy, and it was difficult to avoid the pursuit of the speedboat. If the pirates hadn't had poor driving skills, they would have been able to come up to them long ago.

"Look, the pirates are on board!" He Lan shouted out loud.

Speaking of which, the pirates boarded the ship well.After they attached the speedboat to the freighter, they raised a ladder with a hook and put it on the side of the freighter, and then several pirates followed the ladder to the deck of the cargo hold.Now they are on the same ship as the Chinese crew, and the turbulence of the ship will not affect the accuracy of their shooting.

"Stop them, don't let them get close to the living area!" The first officer calmly shouted to everyone.

The anti-piracy plan on the ship showed its effect at this time. The cargo deck of Hanyuan No. 4 was very low, and it was difficult to prevent pirates from boarding the ship.However, there is a drop of seven or eight meters between the platform of the living area and the cargo compartment, and the pirates want to rush up, which is a bit like the ancient style of attacking the city with a ladder.

The crew no longer paid attention to the pirates on the sea, they picked up the beer bottles and threw them on the cargo deck.Several pirates who boarded the deck dodged left and right, in a panic.Suddenly, a pirate howled like a pig, and then sat down on the ground, hugging his feet and crying loudly.

"Haha, that guy's feet were pierced by shards of glass." Qiu Shuangxi looked at him and laughed loudly.

It turns out that the Somali pirates have never given up the African people's good character of liking barefoot, even when they boarded a ship for robbery, they were barefoot.The crew dropped so many beer bottles that glass shards fell all over the floor.The pirate stepped on glass shards just after taking two steps. How could this kind of little bastard have suffered such a hardship, and he sat on the ground and cried.

"People on board, give up resistance, or we will kill all of you!" Liv shouted loudly when he saw that the minions had a bad start.He also studied English for a few days for the purpose of robbing the ship. Although the grammar is not flattering, a few words can still express his meaning when put together.

"We will never give up!" He Lan gradually became more courageous in such a battle. She stood up, raised a beer bottle, and threw it at Li Fu with all her strength.

"impeach!"

I don't know whether He Lan was born a good pitcher, or Leaf's luck was too bad. The beer bottle hit Leve's head impartially, and he opened the scoop on the spot, blood gushing out.Liv was holding the bazooka in his hand. At this moment, he became furious and forgot the rule of not destroying the ship, so he pulled the trigger on the cargo ship's living area platform.

"boom!"

A ball of flames rose into the air on the platform, and He Lan seemed to be pushed by something violently, and fell seven or eight steps away, only feeling black in front of her eyes, and passed out.

　... On December 2008, 12, the ship "Zhenhua 17" belonging to Zhenhua Port Machinery Co., Ltd. was attacked by 4 pirates in the Gulf of Aden. The crew used beer and homemade Molotov cocktails to fight fiercely with the pirates for four hours, and finally came to the rescue With the help of helicopters, the pirates were driven away.The story in this chapter is based on this heroic deed.

　　
　
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