What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 33 Please Call Me Pirate Captain

The fuse of the anti-submarine depth bomb is fired at about 30 meters underwater. The more than ten kilograms of explosives contained in it are more powerful than 155mm howitzers,

The huge impact force created a brief cavity in the sea water, which then turned into a shock wave and spread in all directions.

The yacht was hit by the first wave of impact, and the monitor put down his headphones very accurately and then put them back on.

Compared with the active detection waves of sonar, the ripples of the explosion are many times stronger, and the echo is greatly enhanced after hitting something on the seabed.

The monitor's recording movements became increasingly rapid, and he wrote something down quickly on paper from time to time.

After about ten minutes, he put down his headphones and marked several directions on the coordinate chart with a pencil and calipers.

Tang Yi immediately began a precise search in every direction, turning on a high-powered metal detector and patrolling back and forth.

"Beep——"

"Stop the ship!"

Tang Wen maneuvered the yacht to slow down and turn, quickly stopping at the place where the detector emitted a sharp beep.

The sailor began to turn the capstan to release the grappling hook. Tang Yi said nervously:
"Commander, the warship is an extension of your mind and body. Carefully use the grappling hook to feel the material on the other end."

Tang Wen nodded, closed his eyes and merged with the yacht, including the winch installed on the hull.

He could feel the bubbles stirred up by the hook as it passed through the sea water quickly, and it was sinking rapidly towards the bottom of the sea.

After a while, the claw landed on the soft sand of the seabed.

"Have it?"

Seeing Tang Wen shaking his head, Tang Yi immediately said:
"Dive down again, repeat ten times, without adjusting the direction."

The claws were lifted and lowered again and again, but they either hit rocks or sand, and even killed a crab.

The threshold of the metal detector is very high, and any reaction is definitely not a false alarm, so Tang Yi did not give up. He just started to circle around the positioning point and keep looking for spots to hook repeatedly.

After more than an hour, when the claw hit a hard surface, the system finally responded:

Aluminum alloy found: 2782 kg (92% recovery rate). Should it be recycled?

[Titanium alloy (including rhenium): 502 kg (recovery rate 81%), will it be recycled?]

[Rubber found: 15 kg (94% recovery rate), should it be recycled?]

【…】

【Recycling successful! 】

2259 kg of aluminum alloy, 406 kg of titanium alloy, 14 kg of rubber, and other materials have been stored in the warehouse.

"..."

Tang Wen opened his eyes and said to Tang Yi, who was looking expectant:
"It's a piece of aircraft wreckage, probably an early jet, I don't know if it's an F4 or F86."

"..."

As soon as Tang Yi heard the material ratio, he believed this judgment, sighed, and decisively headed towards the next suspicious direction.

After more than an hour of effort, I got several tons of aluminum alloy... It's not bad, at least I didn't come away empty-handed.

It was already two o'clock in the morning, and the sun would rise at around four o'clock at sea, so they didn't have much time left.

……

It turns out that there are rich historical resources near Dongsha.

Because it is located at the exit below the strait, a large number of ships and aircraft pass through it both in wartime and peacetime.

There are quite a lot of human creations on the seabed near it, including a lot of airplane wreckage and ship wreckage.

Until five in the morning, the people on the yacht worked hard all night and went to four places. Although they did not find nothing, they still did not find the Oak.

At this time, the sun has risen completely above the sea level. The orange sunlight does not generate heat when shining on the body, but only brings coldness due to water vapor.

We brought sweet potatoes and a stove on the boat, and each person was given two roasted sweet potatoes for breakfast.

Tang Wen was already feeling tired, but two bites of half-cooked sweet potatoes made him feel a little better. He shook his head and stared at the wake created by the running gasoline motor.

There were still two final directions. If they hadn't found the Oak, then the information they had before departure might have been wrong. Tang Yi had no appetite at all. After swallowing half of the sweet potato in a few bites, he threw the rest into the sea and went back to looking at the nautical chart.

Although the plan could take up the whole day, he still felt a little anxious.

The outline of the entire Dongsha Islands has clearly appeared in the field of vision. 10 nautical miles is less than 20 kilometers away. As long as the guys in the watchtower on the island take a few more glances, the water police boat may already be on the way.

"Throw the hook!"

As Tang Yi's voice fell, everyone ignored their fatigue and immediately began to work busily again.

Tang Wen entered the bridge to control the yacht, while also vigilantly observing his surroundings.

After entering the third perspective, he also discovered a telescope-like function. From his current position, he could basically see the general shape of Dongsha Island.

Tang Wen was halfway through his routine ten hooks when he suddenly felt the control interface move.

Open the panel map, and there is a flashing red dot marked in the northwest direction.

He quickly opened the telescope and immediately saw a shadow undulating in the waves. He roughly judged that it was smaller than Y1.

【Target found! 】

[Do you want to mark it as an enemy target? If yes, enter combat mode immediately.]

Tang Wen could already see the searchlight on the other ship's bow and could even faintly hear the sound of the motor running at full capacity.

It’s just a few nautical miles, so it would only take ten minutes at most.

Everyone noticed the unusual movement at this point, but the search had just begun.

Tang Yi just glanced at it and said gloomily:
"Everyone, put on your face coverings and raise the black flag!"

The crew members who had been prepared took out the scarves used to cover their faces and wrapped them around their heads, then put on straw hats, leaving only their eyes exposed.

Two crew members carried out a Type 92 heavy machine gun from the engine room, and another person climbed onto the bridge and tied a black flag with a skull painted on it to the bare flagpole at the top.

——That’s why the Y1 yacht doesn’t have a hull number or a name.

Knowing in advance that there was a high possibility of encountering the water police on the other side, the boat was destined to be recycled and destroyed, and no one would show up to be on the safe side.

Now, there is no salvage team from the Gaijin Shipyard, only a group of daring pirates.

As time passed, Tang Wen could clearly see that the boat coming was a small white boat with a displacement of no more than ten tons and only a gasoline motor installed.

There are also numbers printed on the side of the hull: PP-3563.

The water police patrol boat was heading straight towards Tang Wen and his group, with no intention of slowing down at all.

After seeing the Y1's style and the six external motors at the rear, the water police also mistook it for a yacht.

However, Y1 did not have a hull number, and they had not received any past records, so they had to go forward and search it.

"Sir, six machines!"

"Nonsense, it's full of boats, it definitely isn't one of those poor fishing boats.

But if there's no hull number, it's a wild ship. Sergeant Yang, first observe whether they have weapons!"

"Yes!"

In the open bridge of Ship 3563, the two people who were talking were in uniform and were not actually very vigilant.

The lighthouse spotted the yacht in the early morning and thought it was another fishing boat from the mainland, so No. 3563 rushed over in a hurry to catch the person.

But after seeing the yacht, they relaxed a lot. Maybe it was a gangster or a rich man going out to sea for fun. They just didn't know why there was no hull number and no prior radio notification.

The Dongsha Islands are close to the war zone, and if you are found to be lazy, you will be punished.

"Wait, why are they flying a black flag on their ship?"

Sergeant Yang suddenly shouted. The second lieutenant in charge of the boat looked up, grabbed the telescope, and immediately jumped up as if frightened, cursing:

"Idiot, that's not a black flag, it has a skull on it, it's a pirate flag!
Everyone, get ready, we've encountered pirates!"

(End of this chapter)