Chapter 1 Pirates
The South Pacific Ocean, the high seas bordering southeastern Philippines and Indonesia.
An ocean longline fishing boat with a red flag was using two water cannons on the boat to flush the six small fishing boats approaching with maximum water power, and panic appeared on everyone's face.
Although the six fishing boats are small, each of them has more than a dozen thin South Asian fishermen, each with crazy malice on their faces.
Gunshots kept ringing. Although this kind of earth gun and the rear-mounted gun during World War II were much worse than regular weapons, it was an unarmed weapon for the unarmed Chinese fishermen.
However, these fishermen who turned into pirates were unwilling to kill people unless they had no choice but to shoot at the sky to intimidate everyone.
Although this kind of long-range fishing vessel is much larger, its economic speed is only fifteen nautical miles and its ultimate speed is only twenty-two nautical miles.
In contrast, small fishing boats can run at a speed of 25 nautical miles, so they cannot be escaped for the time being.
In the cockpit, the driver Zhou Youjin kept changing long and short-wave radio stations and wanted to contact the surrounding coast guards, but this place was too remote and had no effect at all.
There was only a thorny sound in the radio station, without any response.
Zhou Zhen was holding a maritime satellite phone in his hand, and the Indonesian police contacted him were unwilling to come to the sea area 200 kilometers away from their North Maluku Islands to enforce the law.
I called the Philippine Coast Guard again, but the other party ignored it. The same is true for the countries of New Guinea. They cannot be counted on the high seas.
As for the Solomon Islands, which are not far away, we can't count on them.
Zhou Zhen threw the satellite phone in front of Zhou Youjin hatefully. "Uncle Jin, call the country to see if there are any ships from our country around. It seems that it will be impossible not to fight desperately!"
Around Zhou Zhen, the translator Zhou Yougen trembled all over. "Xiao Zhen, surrender. As long as they do not resist, these pirates who have transformed into fishermen will not kill people."
Zhou Zhen looked back at Zhou Yougen, whom he was most flattering to him, and a hint of contempt appeared on his cold face. "Uncle Yougen, it's not yours to join the boat, so you don't feel sorry for you!
This is a ship worth 20 million! For this ship, my family is still carrying tens of millions of debts! The ship is taken away and nothing is gone!”
"I'm gone, can the ship be kept?"
"I don't know who wins and who loses!" Zhou Zhen ignored him, rushed to the port side of the ship, and shouted at a strong man who controlled a water gun at the belly of the ship: "Zhou Tai, come up."
Zhou Tai, who was controlling the water gun, did not hear Zhou Zhen's words, and was patted by the people around him before turning his head to look at him. "Brother Zhen!"
Zhou Zhen said loudly: "Come up and get the gun!"
Before he finished speaking, a bullet hit the glass in the cockpit. This glass was not bulletproof. The bullet shot in and left a small hole in the glass, and the entire glass turned into a spider web.
Fortunately, the bullet did not hit the person, and rebounded on the bridge, leaving a deformed bullet mark.
Zhou Yougen, who was startled, sat on the ground, and his body shook like a sieve.
Zhou Youjin cursed: "You depressed guy, get away, you will feel unlucky when you see you."
Zhou Zhen had no time to deal with the two old brothers, so he quickly ran to the captain's room behind the control room, opened a secret box at the bottom of the bed, and pulled out two shotguns and two boxes of bullets from the reserved secret box in the hull.
These are two Remington M870 shotguns, not new guns, but old guns exchanged with Chilean fishing boats the previous year.
Although it is an old gun, Remington is known for its reliable performance. Zhou Zhen fired several shots every few days. As the baby is kept, both guns are protected well.
On the boat, Zhou Zhen had two most trusted brothers, one was the commander's cousin Zhou Di, and the other was the second deputy, cousin Zhou Tai.
Compared to Zhou Di, who is much more stable, he has not yet gotten married. Moreover, Zhou Tai, who is rude, is a more reliable thug. These two guns are the ones they play the most.
Zhou Tai's face was not afraid, but instead ran in with joy. "Brother Zhen, give me a gun and I'll help you guard the port side."
Zhou Zhen's cold face showed a hint of sinisterness. "Dare you dare to kill someone?"
Zhou Taitian, who is less than twenty years old, is not afraid of it. "If you don't kill someone, you will be killed. What's the point of not daring!"
Zhou Zhen nodded, filled the gun with seven bullets, and handed him one. "Aim and shoot, be careful not to get hurt."
He nodded and took the gun excitedly.
A box of forty-eight bullets, two people each one at a box. "I'm right, you left, let these South Asian monkeys know how powerful we are."
Zhou Tai nodded, turned around and left with a gun, but was grabbed by Zhou Zhen again. "When I get home, I will take you to South Korea for a walk and arrange two tours for you. You must live a good life for me."
Zhou Tai laughed. "I agreed, two!"
Zhou Youjin in front of the rudder smiled with a slanderous face: "Xiao Zhen, I just need one in my body."
Zhou Zhen nodded seriously. "As long as you can escape safely, you can do as many as you like."
The more than 30 crew members on the boat, even if they arrange a tour to Jeju Island, each of them will only have tens of thousands of dollars in total.
As long as you can escape safely, it is nothing compared to a ship worth 20 million.
Zhou Zhen carried his gun to the side of the ship on the second deck, looking at the pirate fishing boats gathered over, and a hint of coldness appeared on his face.
Southeast Asia is the area with the most pirates. Although they are not as cruel as Somali pirates, they are more numerous.
Most of the time, they are obedient fishermen, but when they encounter opportunities, they become pirates.
Zhou Zhen returned home from the South Tai this time. In order to save some money on gas, he took the route closer to New Guinea Island.
Unexpectedly, I really encountered these pirates who turned into fishermen.
However, now is not the time to regret it. The pirates turned into by these fishermen are not very difficult to deal with. As long as they cannot take advantage of it, they will retreat.
What I am worried about now is that there are more guns on their ships, which will cause casualties.
However, for Zhou Zhen, even if a few people die and pay millions of dollars, it is better than the result of the boat being stolen.
Their family also carried tens of millions of debts and was stolen. Their family was going to suffer a big blow this time.
There are no storms and waves in the Western Pacific Ocean, located within the fifth level of the equator. These pirates installed a high-power diesel engine on the ship, and ran faster than their seaship.
If you simply want to run, you can't get rid of these fishing boats.
The main problem is to control the speed and sway left and right, so that the small fishing boat can't stand.
Then guard the middle of the hull at the lowest side of the ship so that the other party cannot board the ship.
As long as the other party cannot get on the boat, they will prevent the other party from blocking the propeller. When it gets dark, they will have to leave.
Zhou Zhen came to the upper deck about seven or eight meters high from the sea, and lay on the side of the ship to observe the enemy situation.
There are three ships on the starboard side. Their ships are small and dare not get too close or follow behind. They can only approach slowly from the side.
But if there is a water cannon to deal with them, they will have no idea how to start for a while.
They could only use gunfire to shock Zhou Zhen and his ship, but half of the more than 30 seafarers on the ship were relatives of Zhou Zhen's family, and they all believed Zhou Zhen, so there was no phenomenon of disagreement.
Their ocean-going fishing vessel is several meters taller than the small fishing vessel. As long as they do not surrender, the other party will be unable to rely on their own attacks and kill a few people.
Zhou Youjin drove the boat and kept walking the S route, but the other party didn't dare to get too close.
Zhou Zhen has not yet chosen the target to shoot, and Zhou Tai on the other side has already shot.
Hearing the completely different gunshots, the pirates who were originally swaying on the deck of the fishing boat and were still shouting and threatening everyone were stunned for a moment, and retreated back into the cabin in a panic.
It seems that they are not very brave!
Zhou Zhen didn't have time to think too much, so he raised the gun in his hand and fired a middle-aged man who was about to raise his gun to shoot on the nearest ship.
At a distance of twenty meters, the power of this shotgun is more deterrent than that of a rifle.
Zhou Zhen saw with his own eyes that the other party's chest was sunk and blood spurted out.
The other party's gunfire immediately became dense. The crew members who were holding harpoons on the belly of the boat were so scared that they quickly lowered their bodies and hid behind the side of the boat, trembling one by one.
Only Zhou Di lowered his body and was still spraying water columns with water cannons.
After firing the first shot, Zhou Zhen's wild beast seemed to be released. He shot continuously at the pirates with guns in his hand, and a trace of fear in his heart had long disappeared.
With seven shots in succession, Zhou Zhen's upper body felt a little numb. All the pirates on the small fishing boat hid in the cabin and did not dare to be exposed.
But the dense gunfire shot at the cockpit, breaking almost all the glass in the cockpit.
Zhou Youjin squatted in front of the rudder with a short body, adjusting his course back and forth while making a phone call.
There are no roads on the sea, there are roads everywhere. The seabed here is relatively deep and far away from the archipelago, so you are not afraid of hitting the reefs.
He dared not keep walking in a straight line, because in this way, it would be easier for the other party to board the ship.
Zhou Zhen filled the gun with bullets again, and he didn't dare to keep firing. There were less than a hundred bullets in total, and there were still six or seven hours until dark, so he had to save money.
At this time, he suddenly felt like he was pushed hard by someone and his head hit the steel plate on the side of the ship.
A severe pain and a little confused.
There was no one around. When he saw the blood coming out of his right shoulder, he realized that he had been shot.
Unlucky, it was a stray bounce back, hitting the right arm, tearing a large piece of meat open.
Because it hurts so much that I feel numb for a while.
He struggled to get up, but the blood flowing from his forehead blocked the sight of his left eye. Just as he was about to wipe it, he suddenly felt a stinging pain in his left eye, and then his eyes were shining with golden light...
When he was a child, because his eyes were knocked on the door frame, he had experienced the feeling of stars, but his eyes were full of golden light...
The golden light changed from a light curtain to a ball, like a small sun, and then it shrank continuously until the end, and entered his eyes.
Then, he felt his soul and body being pulled together by the ball and entering an inexplicable world.
Chapter completed!