The World of American Drama: From the Los Angeles Patrol

Chapter 243 An episode of the return journey
As for the two lightly wounded who were sent back to report, I don't know if they fled home directly, or if no one is interested in rescuing their captured leader, it seems that this is the end of it.

Since last night, no matter whether it is the more advanced two-generation Reaper drone that came to take over, or the night vision goggles worth tens of thousands of dollars, the PMCs have been on guard all night, but no one has been found. Signs of a spy in the rainforest.

No one tried to contact them to communicate about the exchange of hostages.

It seems that the anti-government forces on the island, whether it is the "Abu Zayaf" organization or other extreme terrorist organizations, were all frightened by the road ambush.

There is not a complete direct route from the abandoned mine to the sea, so the convoy drove very slowly, but everyone was in a state of excitement, and the hope of escaping from the sky was close at hand.

Compared with PMCs who could only obtain real-time battlefield information captured by Predator drones through high-priced satellite data traffic at a price of thousands of dollars per minute, SEALs are always in the information command chain of the US military.

The most advanced Reaper drone was in place before the arrival of the seals, replacing the obsolete goods used by the PMCs, and in the command center where I don't know where, there are always people staring at the screen 24 hours a day, monitoring real-time image.

The advanced multi-spectral imaging system and synthetic aperture radar equipped with drones can effectively monitor the tropical rainforest in clear weather.

Unless they encounter Yue G who can dig tunnels and pretend to be big trees, the seals will receive an early warning.

Therefore, for those passengers who have to squeeze into the back compartment of the pickup truck, the uneven road and the vines and branches that slap their faces and bodies from time to time are the biggest threat.

The two all-terrain vehicles driven by the seals who were in charge of opening the road have been stuck in mud pits several times. Fortunately, the body is light enough to get rid of it easily with a pull and a drag.

It took nearly 10 minutes to travel less than 40 kilometers, and the convoy finally arrived at the beach safely.

Considering that the beach is unobstructed, the convoy stopped at the forest line between the rainforest and the beach and waited for the navy to pick it up.

"We have guests."

The seals reported a news that didn't sound very good, but Jack didn't see any frustrated expression on Jason Hayes's face, instead there was an indescribable weirdness.

"Ah?" Jack was stunned. The journey was safe and sound, and his perception didn't detect any abnormalities. Could it be that the drone found something.

"Come with me." Jason Hayes shook his head, signaling him to come with him.

Because this is neither a port nor a wharf, it is naturally impossible for the destroyer "Milius" to come to the beach, and can only berth far away from the reefs.

The two came to the beach, Jack took the binoculars handed by the other party, and looked at the shadow of the small boat on the sea in the distance.

Then someone couldn't help but exclaimed.

"My God, I've heard that Somali pirates have attacked warships. I didn't expect such 'warriors' among Southeast Asian pirates."

The USS Milius guided missile destroyer, serial number -DDG69, is the 19th ship of the Arleigh Burke class destroyer, with a displacement of more than 9200 tons. It was built in 1995.

For a person, 25 years old is the age of youth, which belongs to the age of N times a night, of course, it is definitely not about getting up at night.

But for destroyers, the usual technical lifespan is about 30 years, and 25 years old is a proper old age.

But even if the "Milius" is regarded as a 70-year-old elderly man, it is also a fully armed elderly man. How can it be two armed fishing boats with a tonnage of less than 500 tons and several armed fishing boats? Machine guns of the dinghy can threaten.

What Jack saw was this funny scene. Two dilapidated fishing boats of unknown faction were charging towards a large destroyer with a displacement of nearly [-] tons, emitting black smoke.

Surrounding the broken fishing boat, there are more than a dozen small boats advancing together. At first glance, it looks a bit spectacular.

"What are they going to do? Are they going to try to capture an Aegis ship?"

Hearing Jack's question, Jason Hayes didn't know how to answer it for a while.

Seeing the pirates getting closer, the "Milius", which had been quiet for a while, finally reacted.

In Jack's binoculars, the 5-inch main gun installed at the bow of the ship, which does not look majestic at all, quickly turned the turret and pointed at the approaching fishing boat.

The caliber of the 5-inch naval gun is equivalent to 127 mm, which is exactly ten times the caliber of the Barrett that Jack used before. It belonged to the younger brother of the naval gun during World War II, and it is not as thick as an ordinary girl's thigh.

However, the rate of fire and power of modern naval guns are obviously not comparable to those during World War II, such as now.

"Bah!"

A huge cannon sound came from a distance, and a puff of black smoke exploded instantly on the fishing boat closest to the destroyer, followed by two more rounds.

After three rapid-fire rounds, the entire upper half of the fishing boat exploded like a morning glory.

Because the two sides were separated by at least three or four nautical miles from the coast, Jack couldn't see clearly through the binoculars whether the bodies that fell into the water were thrown into the sea by the explosion or jumped off by themselves. Presumably there were no living people on board.

As the main gun fired, the 25mm machine gun on the side of the island also sprayed flames, which should be aimed at the small boats.

Less than a minute after the first fishing boat exploded, another fishing boat was also hit by three rapid-fire shots from the destroyer's main gun.

This ship was even more unlucky. I don't know if the hull below the waterline was hit by shells, and it actually went into the water and capsized after holding on for less than 5 minutes.

In this way, a naval battle ended anticlimactically.

When the mini-Gatling rubber boat on the bow was sending the passengers of Pioneer Flight 119 to the destroyer "Milius", except for some messy floating objects and oil stains on the choppy sea, Not even a corpse to be seen.

The one-armed leader of the Abu Zayaf group, Radulan Shahiron, died on the beach, and the leader of the PMC team, Shebek, ended his suffering with a pistol round.

It took more than ten hours for the "Milius" to send the passengers to the beautiful country's military base on Palawan Island. Everyone was admitted to the hospital, including the four girls who were rescued by them.

Tropical jungles are not so easy to live in. Many people have tropical diseases with different symptoms, and some people are even infected by ticks.

After enduring three days of irregular blood draws, filming, and various means of inspection, Jack and Jiejie were able to bid farewell to everyone and set foot on the military plane back to Los Angeles.

(End of this chapter)