You were asked to repeat your senior year of high school, and you took advantage of the opportunity

Chapter 683: Pirates of the Arabian Sea
A round moon as big as a jade plate hung obliquely in the sky.

The bright moonlight shines on the calm sea.

It was as if a thin veil was covered over the sea area.

Off the Arabian Sea.

A cargo ship flying the national flag of Dongda was sailing on the sea.

The freighter's first mate, Xie Zhiyao, stood in the cockpit, holding a telescope in his hand and observing the surrounding sea with a serious face.

But this area of ​​sea is empty.

Look around.

Except for the sea surface covered with a veil.

There is no other scenery.

This freighter is like a lonely traveler walking in the endless wilderness.

However, Xie Zhiyao really enjoyed this kind of loneliness.

no way.

Although this sea area is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, countless large and small ships pass through here every day.

But the busy waterway gave rise to another, even older industry - robbery!
The ones who occupy the mountains and rule the land are bandits.

Pirates are those who rob ships on the sea.

The Arabian Sea is located between the Horn of Africa (on the Somali Peninsula) and southern Asia (the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian Peninsula) and is part of the Indian Ocean.

It includes the two busiest shipping lanes on the planet: the Persian Gulf and the Suez Canal.

Especially the Suez Canal.

It is the only way to connect Asia and Europe by sea.

Some people may say that you can go from Asia to Europe via the Cape of Good Hope instead of the Suez Canal.

Excuse me.

Even if you take a detour around the Cape of Good Hope, you still have to pass through the Arabian Sea.

In addition, the Persian Gulf area accounts for 60 to 70 percent of the planet's oil and gas resources.

Therefore, there are countless large and small ships passing through the Arabian Sea every day.

Many countries along the Arabian Sea are the poorest and most turbulent regions on the blue planet.

For example, Somalia, for example, Yemen.

Especially Somalia.

It has become a hotspot for pirates.

The country's GDP is almost entirely supported by its traditional industry of piracy.

Over the past decade.

At least hundreds of ships were robbed by pirates, causing direct economic losses of tens of billions.

In order to deal with the increasingly rampant pirates.

Many countries on the Blue Planet have organized naval escort fleets to rush to the Arabian Sea for escort.

As early as 2008, Dongda began to carry out fleet escort missions in the Arabian Sea (Gulf of Aden).

But the Arabian Sea is too big.

Even if this sea area is filled with warships from various countries.

The pirates still found loopholes to exploit.

Don't think that pirates are only found in Somalia.

Don't think that pirates only rob passing ships in the Gulf of Aden.

Actually.

Any fisherman in these waters has the potential to become a pirate.

The various islands scattered in the outer seas are also the lairs of these pirates.

Every time a ship is successfully robbed, the forces behind the scenes will immediately take over and demand a ransom.

This industry has long been industrialized and systematized.

In Somalia, there are even financial services and wealth management products for pirates.

Every time he passed through the Arabian Sea, Xie Zhiyao would be extra careful, for fear that he would be unlucky enough to run into those damn pirates.

But I've been lucky these two days.

This cargo ship, sailing from China to Amsterdam, Europe, has been sailing in the Arabian Sea for two days.

If we sail about another 100 or 200 nautical miles west, we will probably be able to meet up with the domestic escort fleet.

As long as we join up with the domestic escort fleet, we will be completely safe.

"Brother Xie, why don't you take a rest? We are here to take care of it." A seaman said carelessly in the cab.

Another young seaman also said, "That's right, you have been watching in the bridge for two days, go and take a rest."

Xie Zhiyao shook his head and said, "Forget it. It's not peaceful to go back and rest. I'll just stay here."

"There is no sign of a ghost in this sea area, so you can put your heart at ease."

"Yes, we will soon join the escort fleet. There are more than a dozen national fleets escorting the Arabian Sea. This sea area is not far from a US military base. Those pirates should not be so bold."

Xie Zhiyao sneered and said unhappily, "Do you know what 'the darkest place is under the lamp' means? Besides, the Americans don't care about our life or death."

"Everyone, cheer up. We will be completely safe only after we have joined our own naval fleet."

Others saw him saying so.

I had no choice but to shut my mouth.

It is now past eight o'clock in the evening local time.

The sea was still calm.

"what?"

at this time.

A crew member suddenly showed a trace of doubt on his face, and asked uncertainly, "Is there one... no, two small black dots over there?"

"Where?" Xie Zhiyao also quickly picked up the telescope.

"Eleven o'clock." The crew member's face changed immediately after he finished speaking, "Fuck, it's not a small black dot, it's a fucking speedboat, a fucking speedboat, and a big speedboat. Pirates, pirates are coming!"

There was even a slight tremor in his voice.

Xie Zhiyao's face also changed drastically, and he shouted to the other dumbfounded crew members, "What the hell are you still standing there for? Sound the alarm, wake everyone up, open the public channel and call them, tell them we are being robbed by pirates, requesting rescue, requesting rescue."

A few seconds later.

The shrill alarm sounded throughout the freighter.

The snow-white searchlights have also been lit up.

The strong light pierced towards several speedboats speeding in the distance.

far away.

A total of three speedboats were speeding towards the freighter at a speed of fifty knots.

These speedboats.

More than twenty pirates wearing turbans and holding AK-47s and rocket launchers looked at the freighter in the distance with excitement.

It was like a group of hyenas seeing a fat prey.

The leading pirate raised his AK-47 with one hand and shouted in Arabic through the communicator, "Warriors, that ship over there is a gift from the Prophet. Let's rush over and make those cowardly prey kneel before us and beg for mercy."

"Let them know that we Arabs are never cowardly, let them cry when they hear our names~~~"

He finished each sentence.

No matter the pirates were from this ship or the other two ships, they would cooperate and make the "Ah Ah" howling sounds.

The chicken blood is finished.

The pirate leader started to make promises again, "After we complete this operation, each of us can go to the market and choose several women. We will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of our lives and be the superior people for the rest of our lives."

"Even if we die in battle, as the most devout believers of the prophet, we will go to heaven."

"Not only is there honey flowing there, but there are also seventy-two virgins waiting for us."

The effect of drawing cakes is indeed more obvious.

The pirates were already getting even more excited.

Not only did they howl loudly, but some of them even raised their AK-47 rifles and pulled the trigger.

Ta da da~~~ta da da~~~
The piercing sound of gunfire and the howling of wild beasts.

This sea area looks like hell.

But just as this group of pirates were howling and rushing towards the freighter.

The horizon is far away.

There were unexpectedly bursts of rumbling thunder.

The sound is getting louder and louder.

It even suppressed the howling of the beasts.

The beasts all raised their heads and looked straight ahead.

Just then, I saw a small black dot covered in moonlight appearing in the camera's field of vision.

(End of this chapter)