Don't talk about martial arts, I'm a war contractor

Chapter 509: Fishing Enforcement, Sleepless Night

"Yes, you are professionals in this field, unlike individual players like me who only need tank landing ships. The shipyard opened by Hedamen Shipbuilding Group in our country has received a contract to build an LST-100 tank landing ship for Nizhiliya. I plan to invest in one."

Lao Ha said that we have already played with second-hand warships, and this time we want to try a new ship.

However, the topic of how to "convert a tank landing ship into a yacht" is still very challenging, and Germany's Leshun can solve this problem.

The same is true for Hedamen. In addition to building warships, it is also good at building yachts. Its world exploration yacht can easily control the floating ice waters in the North and South Poles.

Based on the tank landing ship, the bow door is reinforced to the standard of an icebreaker bow, so that the ship can break the ice and escape on its own even if it is frozen.

"Amazing! Your Highness lives a much more carefree life than us businessmen."

Xia Yu gave a thumbs up and complimented sincerely.

When it comes to spending money and enjoying life, the princes are far better than him, a small business owner, and only personal collections can surpass them.

"Let's explore Antarctica together if we have a chance."

After being praised for being comfortable, Lao Ha extended an invitation.

"Of course, of course. When I was a kid, I saw on TV that a trip to Antarctica was quite expensive. 10 RMB was enough to buy our house in the city."

Xia Yu said with emotion.

Now this little money is just a string of numbers to him. The daily current interest on his account is more than this. However, this kind of superficial exploration of following a tour group and just watching penguins from the periphery is far away from him.

Apart from anything else, you have to drive a crawler across the ice sheet, plant a flag at the South Pole, and...

Xia Yu collected his scattered thoughts. These were all things for the future. Now they had to fight pirates in Southeast Asia.

On the waterway close to the Malay coastline, a blue-water sailboat with traces of time on its hull is moving slowly forward driven by the wind.

"Boss, what do you think of this sailboat?"

On a fishing boat less than two nautical miles away from the sailboat, a member serving as a waiter asked the captain, Shahjuan, who was in the cockpit.

"You are kidding me, how much money can a poor guy get from driving an old sailboat worth only 300,000 or 400,000 euros?"

Shahjuan said disdainfully, putting down the telescope.

As a rare intellectual in the organization, the leader entrusted him with the task of this long "hunting" trip because he saw his sensitivity to money.

Those who sail these old sailboats have sold their houses and cars to pursue their dreams on the sea. They have only tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash on their boats at most, making them the perfect target for pirates, but they can't satisfy the appetite of a large organization like them at all.

It’s not the kind of luxury yachts that are dozens or hundreds of meters long, and the extortion would be less than that from directly robbing merchant ships.

Only those who have the ability to spend tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars to enjoy yachting and can come up with a cash flow of more than ten million as a ransom will be worthy of their effort.

"How about that one?"

The guy who was scolded didn't get angry. He looked further away and pointed while speaking.

Shahjuan followed the direction of his finger and saw a slender warship?

He was almost frightened, but fortunately at the second glance he realized that it was just a yacht that looked like a warship.

"This boat must be nearly 150 meters long! We can't take it without 1 million yuan. We have hit a big fish."

The joy of catching the fish surged into Shahjuan’s heart.

It's not too much to take over this yacht, kidnap the owner and demand a ransom of 40 million US dollars, right?

Lao Ha said that it was not excessive at all. Compared with his assets which had appreciated by 300 billion in recent years, this amount of money was only his expenses for two or three months.

But why should we give this money to the pirates? Can't we just buy 40 expiring harpoons and give them to them?

Ha Xianxin wanted everyone to know his generosity, but when he looked through the porthole in the cockpit at the seven or eight fishing boats in the distance, he couldn't tell which one was the pirates and which one was the real fishermen.

We have to wait until night for the enemy to launch a surprise attack. If the enemy doesn’t move during the day, I won’t move either.

"Zhaxi, go back and call for help immediately. We will take over the tracking of this yacht. We must not let it get away."

Shahjuan picked up the walkie-talkie and contacted another fishing boat nearby.

Rich people may have bodyguards on their yachts, and the bodyguards may have guns. In order to avoid any setbacks, Abu Sayyaf has brought a luxurious lineup with him when he went abroad to work.

There were a total of 4 armed fishing boats of various sizes, 5 high-powered speedboats and 3 small boats. There were 150 people directly deployed at sea, and there were about 100 people stationed in the temporary camp on the shore.

With nearly 300 troops on the sea and on the shore, they can completely withstand the first wave of attacks from the Marleyan military, and then break up into small groups and withdraw to the Philippines with the hostages, so that neither people nor money will be lost.

Shahjuan's considerations were very comprehensive, but it was a pity that he encountered concentrated fire defense.

Far behind the Yas, on a fishing boat pretending to cast its nets to catch fish, he had no idea that he was being framed for law enforcement. All he had in his eyes were the 40 million dollars that were walking by.

"Stop, let number 2 get on board."

After following the Yas for eight or nine nautical miles, Shahjuan decisively stopped the ship and let the armed fishing boat No. 2 in front of the Yas take over the tracking of the target.

Vehicle tracking: experienced security guards can spot and track vehicles in traffic, not to mention the vast ocean. It is necessary to change the tracking vessel to reduce the target's vigilance.

Technology can also be used at critical moments. For example, after nightfall, a fishing boat released a Wu-2 drone equipped with an infrared camera.

This was the equipment that Shahjuan purchased against all odds after he came to power. Although the bomb dropping and self-destruction functions had not yet been developed, they relied on the drone's reconnaissance function to evade several attacks by the Philippine military and even ambushed the enemy several times.

The same is true when you are out at sea and can’t see at night. Consumer-grade drones can act as their eyes, so they don’t lose track of the target and can also detect possible dangers in advance.

But the devil is always one step ahead of the good. Above the 2-meter altitude where the Wu-1000 was flying, a scanning eagle was patrolling at 4000 meters.

Its thermal imaging channel also spotted the consumer drone with a hot battery.

"Boss, something has happened!"

The drone crew immediately reported to their superiors.

It is not surprising to see drones at sea. Many yacht promotional videos and blue water sailing self-media require aerial footage. But it is very strange to take off a drone in the dark at night. Who do you want to track with thermal imaging?

"Calling Camel, this is Weasel, we have detected something unusual, please go to the nearest anchorage and stop sailing immediately."

Xia Yu turned on the radio and called Lao Ha Dao.

When they were shopping in the museum, Ha Xianxin was the captain of the squadron, but now that they are working together to fight pirates, his teammate is Camel.

“The camel understands!”

Lao Ha answered excitedly on the Yas.

The man is getting old and his beauty has lost its appeal, but people always have to have some hobbies and interests in life.

His Royal Highness's hobby is apparently to fight pirates with cool military equipment and enjoy this special and niche "hunting".

White leftists may think it is cruel, but maintaining maritime safety at one’s own expense may not win the Nobel Peace Prize, but a thank you from the seafarers is worth it.

The yacht accelerated towards the anchorage, until the anchor chain was released and officially anchored for the night in the image sent back by Wu-2. "I see, it's the first half of the night now, we'll start in the second half."

After hearing the report from his men, Shahjuan immediately replied.

Sleep soundly so that they can attack more easily. It would be best if they don't have to use guns.

There are other ships anchored in the anchorage, and the sound of gunfire at night will be very obvious. Anyone who hears it will contact the coast guard immediately.

The few shabby coast guard ships in Marley are not a big deal, but I’m afraid that what’s coming is a navy frigate.

So as long as they didn't open fire, they still had time to search every deck of this luxury yacht.

The ransom extorted later had to be handed over to the public, but the property looted during the kidnapping was considered as spoils of war that they could distribute freely. Shahjuan estimated that the valuables on such a luxurious yacht that could be taken away would be worth at least one million.

As the leader, he could get half of it, but he didn't know how to spend the more than 500,000 US dollars.

Pulling his thoughts back to their original state, Shahjuan continued to assign tasks.

The personnel in the onshore stronghold were on standby at all times. Two armed fishing boats and two speedboats were responsible for patrolling and supporting along the way. Only two armed fishing boats and three speedboats took action.

The more complete the plan, the higher the probability of success of the action.

But these three tricks were still not enough in Xia Yu's eyes. The fishing boat that recovered the drone with exhausted battery was marked first, followed by another fishing boat and two speedboats that met them.

Because he wanted to capture all the strongholds on the target shore, he would definitely not alert the enemy.

"This is Huang Weasel, help me get through to Chief Wang."

Xia Yu is going to communicate with Xi County to Marley and obtain the other party's fighter entry permit.

Marley was definitely unwilling to attack ordinary pirates and said that we could do it ourselves. However, the opponent happened to be the notorious Abu Sayyaf, and they were still confused and had no idea what to do.

At this time, let them focus on defense and enjoy the results. There is nothing wrong with that.

When doing business, the most important thing to understand is human nature. You can achieve your goal by prescribing the right medicine.

On the other end of the radio station, Director Wang immediately said that he would take care of the matter and he would fly to Jilong to facilitate this special cooperation face to face.

After ending the call, Xia Yu finally had some time to eat.

In the hangar, Fruit Bat had already sat in the cockpit of the Sea Harrier, waiting for his boss's order to attack.

It is definitely too late to raid dozens of nautical miles in a short time with the speed of the armed helicopter, and the AS 550's bomb load is not enough, so fixed-wing fighters must be dispatched for the attack this time.

In the face of Abu Sayyaf's large-scale attack, unmanned combat boats, air-cushion landing craft, and the Fire Mothership must be used.

Of course, Lao Ha’s Yas is also the main force this time.

The boss's frigate does not need to be wasted. Ha Xianxun, who has come all the way here, will not allow it. Xia Yu must grant him unlimited firing rights.

What can I do? Just give it to him.

Xia Yu quickly filled his stomach by covering the rice with the dishes, confirmed the locations of the unmanned combat boats and air-cushion landing craft that had been released, and then gave the order to release the second and third Scan Eagles.

The Yas, which was used as bait, did not need drones for this operation, so the Scan Eagles and crew members on their ship were temporarily deployed to the Fire Set.

Now all three drones have been launched into the air and are under the control of a control station. They are keeping an eye on the direction of the anchorage, marking the direction of the ship, and retrieving the situation along the coast of Marlay.

"Calling Weasel, your fighter entry combat permit has been approved. For the next 12 hours, the airspace along the coast of Marley is open to you."

At 22:04 local time, General Wang brought good news and the Marleyans agreed.

"Huangzhou understands. Thank you, Chief Wang, for all you have done."

Xia Yu expressed his gratitude over the radio.

"We are the ones who should say thank you. The anti-government armed forces in the Philippines should just stay in the Philippines. We, Malay, and India do not want to see them enter Natuna or even Malacca. Please, your company should completely destroy this pirate group. Please."

Director Wang, who is still in Jilong, said solemnly.

Abu Sayyaf, which is between anti-government armed forces and extremist organizations, has changed its career to become a pirate. It can be said to be a dimensionality reduction attack, and the countries around these shipping routes cannot ignore it.

"Then please have a good sleep, Director Wang. You will hear good news when you wake up tomorrow morning."

Xia Yu confidently issued the military order.

"Hahaha, I'll stay in Jilong tonight. I'll listen to you and wait for good news tomorrow morning."

Chief Wang ended the call with a smile. He believed in the strength of Xia Yu and Jihuo Defense.

"Calling Camel, how's the situation over there?"

It was getting late, so Xia Yu contacted Lao Ha again.

"Everything is normal. It looks like these guys won't board the ship to kidnap me until after midnight."

Ha Xianxin, who usually goes to bed at this time, picked up her fifth cup of coffee of the day, took a sip and said.

After all, he is almost 50 years old and cannot refuse to admit his age, but he is determined to get through this night.

"Your inference is correct. They will probably strike between 1 and 2 in the morning. Most pirates prefer this time."

Xia Yu looked at his watch and said.

"There are still seven or eight merchant ships here. I'm afraid no one will be able to sleep tonight."

Lao Ha said happily that there were many people who kept him company and stayed up all night.

On the sea less than 5 nautical miles away from the anchorage, Shahjuan, who looked a little tired, had his eyes wide open like bells.

The fishing boat he was on was the main force of tonight's operation, and the guys on the boat were all his direct subordinates.

He trusted their fighting ability, and it was the least controversial for them to collect and keep the spoils.

"Calling Tashi, you didn't run into the coast guard over there!"

Shahjuan contacted his men in charge of patrol and confirmed that nothing unexpected had occurred.

"No, we monitored them for a whole week last month. These guys go off duty at a set time and only come out when someone calls them on the radio."

Zhaxi does not take the Marley Coast Guard seriously, they are only worried about the Marley Navy.

There will not be a small sign saying "I am a warship" on the warships on the maritime radar. They will only reveal their identity when called by the radio. At other times, they look like merchant ships.

A certain merchant ship named Jihuo said that your concern is necessary. What they are acting out is a bulk carrier passing through the Strait of Malacca and heading north along the route.

"Still need to be more careful. We will officially take action in an hour."

(End of this chapter)