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Wang Dahong has been working as a captain of an ocean-going cargo ship in Dongda for more than 20 years.

He travels between the East and the West all year round and is a genuine old captain. This is his last time to go to sea, and he is returning to Shanghai from the Port of Rotterdam in Europe.

"Captain, things are not peaceful in the Middle East. I heard that a few days ago, the Eagles hired a ship from the White Elephant to deliver supplies to their aircraft carrier, but it was sunk by Hussein."

"Should we take a detour this time and just go around the south of Africa? Although this will delay some time, it will be much safer." Second mate Lin Xiuwen suggested.

Wang Dahong shook his head and said, "What are you afraid of? They have already said that they are targeting Eagle Sauce and the Six-pointed Star, not us."

"The relationship between Husaylab and our family is very good. You should pay more attention to Blue Star News. What is the relationship between the Husaylab commander and our factory director Li Yunfei?"

"As the saying goes, don't judge by the monk, judge by the Buddha. Don't worry. I don't believe we can withstand a firecracker from Hussein Arab. Show our national flag and hang it higher."

"By the way, identify yourself on the public channel to avoid being hurt by mistake."

Second mate Lin Xiuwen looked at his captain, who was full of confidence, and swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

This is indeed the truth, but as a Fujianese, he has great trust in Mazu.

After he woke up this morning, his right eyelid kept twitching, which definitely meant that something bad was going to happen.

Lin Xiuwen has always believed in his intuition because it has been very accurate since he was a child, but when he tells others about it, they always complain that it is feudal superstition.

As time went by, he stopped explaining and just secretly perked up and stayed alert.

"We are about to enter the waters of the Houthis. Please fly our flag higher and quickly identify yourself on the public channel."

"Everyone, be alert and be careful. You all know the current situation in the Middle East. Don't let anyone have any misunderstandings." Lin Xiuwen, the second mate on the ship, warned everyone through the walkie-talkie.

After he finished speaking, he began to walk around the ship, checking safety issues everywhere and eliminating various hidden dangers.

half an hour.

The alarm bells on the ship rang loudly.

The crew member on duty in the captain's room shouted in a panic on the intercom: "Captain, second mate, it's bad, there are more than a dozen small boats approaching us quickly."

"Looking at their posture, they feel like pirates. What should we do now?"

Wang Dahong and Lin Xiuwen quickly ran back to the captain's room. They looked at the dozen or so small spots of light approaching their ship on the radar and instantly took a breath of cold air.

"Captain, these are pirates. They must be pirates. I saw pirates from Somalab when I was on this route a few years ago."

"I told you not to take this route, but you insisted. Look what happened. I told you that a twitching right eyelid is definitely not a good thing." Lin Xiuwen couldn't help but complain.

Wang Dahong frowned and asked, "Lao Lin, why are you so anxious? Our ship's sides are all surrounded by barbed wire, right?"

"It's all surrounded. I just checked it several times."

"The high-pressure water guns used to defend against pirates should all work properly."

"Of course it can. I have tried them all and they all work."

"Then you take the crew to the safe room. I will stay to control the ship. If the pirates really get on board, I will communicate with them." Wang Dahong gave the order calmly.

Because of the rampant Somali pirates, cargo ships sailing on this route have developed a set of methods to deal with pirates.

Including sending all crew members to the safe room on the ship to protect their lives.

Barbed wire is tied to the ship's sides, and automated high-pressure water cannons are used to prevent pirates from boarding the ship. Some ships also hire security personnel armed with AKs for protection.

Wang Dahong sat in the captain's room and increased the speed of the ship to the highest level. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He had been sailing on this route for a long time. Although pirates were not uncommon, this was the first time he had seen a dozen small speedboats of this scale.

The speed of small speedboats at sea is much higher than that of cargo ships. They will use scrapped fishing nets to entangle the propellers of cargo ships and force them to stop.

Then use the AK or RPG in your hand to threaten the people on the boat and lower the ladder to board the ship.

"Dear friends from Dongda University, please don't panic. We are the maritime escort fleet of Hussein. We are here to escort you safely through our Linhai."

"Don't panic, please turn off the high-pressure water gun on the ship's side, thank you."

When a dozen small boats approached, the sound of the horns on the boats immediately confused Wang Dahong.

He seriously suspected that this was a scam by local pirates, but looking at the Houthi Arab flag on the boat and the uniforms on the personnel, it really didn't look like it.

Wang Dahong asked again and again in the public channel and finally confirmed the other party's true identity. They were indeed the Houthis' maritime escort formation, not pirates.

These poor guys are extremely poor. There is only one maritime public channel service center in the country, and it has just been established without any rules and regulations.

When they found out it was a cargo ship from Dongda University, they sent people to escort it without communicating with the cargo ship.

This is the center of the world's shipping lanes. Dozens of ocean-going cargo ships pass through here every day, and their identities need to be confirmed by the Maritime Public Channel Service Center.

Today, they have discovered several cargo ships heading to the Hexagram and have no energy to take care of this side.

Wang Dahong turned off the high-pressure water gun on the side of the ship and asked the second mate to bring the crew out of the safe room through the intercom.

"Captain, did I hear correctly? The Hussein maritime escort fleet will escort us?" Lin Xiuwen still couldn't believe it until now.

Wang Dahong said with emotion: "I asked you to pay more attention to the news, but you always trusted your sixth sense."

"They are here to escort us, so we won't mistreat our friends. We can give them some of the extra supplies in our warehouse."

"Oh, right, the supplies fell into the sea because of the big waves. We don't know anything about it. It's normal to have some losses in ocean freight, don't you understand?"

"Captain, you don't have to explain. We understand the ways of the world." Lin Xiuwen nodded.

Dongjia has been a country of etiquette since ancient times. If someone comes to help an ordinary person's family when something happens, they have to offer him a cigarette.

Not to mention escorting in this sea area, it is a great deal to spend little money to accomplish great things!
A modern ocean-going cargo ship, even one of 300,000 or 400,000 tons, only needs 19 to 24 crew members.

Every time we go sailing, we carry a lot of extra supplies on the ship, including a lot of canned food, which will not be touched at all during the entire voyage.

However, those things are very precious and good things to Huserabi.

When the Hussein escort team saw the cargo ship drop a container of supplies, they thought it was an accident and stopped the ship to help salvage it.

When they learned that it was a thank-you gift to them, these simple old guys were deeply moved.

The commander of the team personally used a loudspeaker to express his gratitude and said that with them around, safety would absolutely be a problem.

"My dear friends from the University of Tokyo, we are almost at the border of our territorial waters. Don't panic. We have already made the contact for you."

"There is a Somalab escort fleet ahead to take over from us. They will protect you as you pass through this sea area smoothly." The commander of the Husselab escort fleet shouted through a loud speaker.

When Wang Dahong and Lin Xiuwen heard this, they almost thought they were hallucinating.

Who?
Somalab Escort Fleet?

I've only heard of pirates in Somalabe before, but never heard of an escort fleet in Somalabe! (End of this chapter)