Son of Heaven

Chapter 210 Seven: Li Ji's mouth is opened

The sea breeze is warm and cool. At this moment, the cargo ship that the Chaoyang people are on has entered the subtropical waters. The weather is unspeakably warm and sunny. A group of men and women are sitting on the deck blowing the sea breeze and basking in the sun. He pulled out the sea pole and caught fish in the sea.

The freighter has entered the waters of Malacca, which is also the only sea passage from Asia to the east coast of Africa.The Strait of Malacca is about [-] kilometers long, connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. It is the second busiest seaway in the world after the English Channel. It is also the only way for European ships and Middle East tankers to go to East Asia.

British writer Isabella Bird once described Malacca in her travel notes: "In many ways, there is a kind of medieval heritage here. The hustle and bustle of the modern world has only the faintest echo here." However, Malacca is no longer peaceful.One side is the hustle and bustle of the city, and the other side is the rampage and madness of pirates.

From the mid-90s to the present, Malacca pirates went to sea in groups to commit crimes, ransacked crew members, and shot and killed hostages. Such news is not uncommon. There were even nearly [-] crimes in one year, which is not crazy. [

However, with the rise of Somali pirates in recent years, the limelight has overwhelmed the Malacca pirates, and the Malacca pirates seem to be gradually declining. Anyway, this seaway has become much more peaceful in recent years.Of course, this also has a lot to do with the armed escort of naval fleets from all over the world.

However, no matter how peaceful it is, these ruthless guys on the Chaoyang cargo ship don't care. They are idle now, and they can't wait for pirates to rob them, just to add some fun to the boring sea voyage.

"Well, don't they say that Somali pirates are rampant now? It is said that after they bought a new type of ship, their crime radius has reached as high as [-] nautical miles, which is close to Malacca. I really want to see their splendor." Li Ji Diao Smoking and waving the fishing rod, he didn't catch a single fish for a long time, so he threw the fishing rod on the deck and said in annoyance.

Ma Tao next to him happily picked up the fishing rod and started fishing. Li Tie turned his head and glanced at him, "I think you really have nothing to do. If you have that time, why don't you go to study English or something? When you get there, talk to others. Communication. Why do you want to fight pirates when you have nothing to do? You want your boat to be robbed once, is there something wrong?" While talking, he pulled up the rod neatly, and a half-meter-long tuna kept twisting on the sea rod. The body was thrown on the deck.

The two were talking, when they suddenly heard someone shouting from the observation tower above, "Look, look, there seems to be something wrong with the two ships in front."

As soon as he raised his head, Zhang Da was jumping and shouting non-stop facing the telescope, looking very excited.It's no wonder that the life of sailing at sea is too boring, they can't do anything, they can only count their fingers and chat helplessly, or a group of brothers gather together for training, which is really boring.Therefore, every surprising discovery in the sea made the guys fuss and comment.

"Two ships that are not right?" Li Ji became interested, picked up the binoculars on his neck and glanced at the distance Zhang Da was pointing at. Two ships appeared in the field of vision, one big and one small.