The so-called suspicious boat is a large fishing boat that is common here. According to Australian calculations, it has a displacement of about 80 to 90 tons. It does not fly a fishing license flag. Obviously, this is a poached boat that has not paid fishery tax.
Boat.
The ship was docking next to a sandbank in the sea, and seemed to be pulling in some seafood. Zhao Zhulong ordered the patrol boat to move over and prepare to detain the ship during inspection. This is a situation that is often encountered during patrols. Every time it comes out,
You can always encounter them once or twice on patrol.
Boats that refuse to pay the fishery tax will be arrested according to the rules and escorted to Hong Kong for processing. According to the rules, all the catches will be confiscated. If they are caught a second time, the boat will also be confiscated.
Although fishermen have always been an oppressed, exploited and discriminated class, it does not mean that they are good men and women or lambs that can be slaughtered. In the maritime world beyond the control of the government, people have always spoken with knives and fists. Of course, unruly fishermen
They will not be willing to have one-fifth of the seafood they have worked so hard to catch taken away, so the Coast Guard’s action of imposing fishery taxes at the Pearl River Estuary was initially met with a certain degree of resistance. The Coast Guard almost
Small-scale conflicts would occur during every patrol, and dead people and shipwrecks occurred from time to time. There were even incidents where fishermen gathered to resist with force, but in the end they were suppressed without any suspense.
After Hong Kong adopted both hard and soft policies, including carrots and sticks, including setting up fisheries, conducting public purchases and sales, issuing low-interest small loans, and organizing fishery associations, the hearts and minds of nearby fishermen were gradually won over. Now,
The fishery tax system has been fully established.
Although incidents of tax evasion have not disappeared, overall such incidents are becoming less and less. As for the Australians' reputation for violent resistance, armed resistance has not happened for a long time. Therefore, Zhao Zhulong did not follow the prescribed procedures.
Order the entire ship to enter a first-level alert state.
"Get ready for inspection!" he shouted. The patrol boat began to lower its sails. A soldier with a loud voice picked up the tin trumpet and shouted in Cantonese, Hakka and Hokkien in turn.
Several sailors began to prepare iron hooks, and a sailor climbed into the shooting position behind the bridge and pointed the typewriter at the fishing boat.
There were only a few fishermen in ragged clothes on the deck of the fishing boat. When they saw the battle, they all became panicked. Some ran around, while others ran to think of the anchor stone. When they heard the words "... put your head in your hands and squat down!"
, and the black "square cannon" came towards me, and they all squatted down with a huff. One of them held his head with both hands.
This is something that Zhao Zhulong and the sailors on the patrol boat are accustomed to. Even if they do not have firearms, the fishermen are no match for the systematically trained sailors in one-on-one hand-to-hand combat.
The iron hook caught the fishing boat, and the two boats were side by side. But not tightly. The members of the Tiao Gang boarded the deck of the fishing boat using a special boarding springboard. Zhao Zhulong was not interested in reading any more - below
The scene was already a routine matter. It was nothing more than the boss of the ship coming out to plead for mercy. He would have to spend a lot of time and might even have to sternly refuse the bribe from the other party. Zhao Zhulong was once very envious of these red envelopes: if he could get a few, it would be a huge blow to his savings.
It's not without a little help. But he knows that the leaders have spies everywhere, and nothing can be hidden from them. Moreover, every six months, part of the crew will be replaced to make up for the new recruits. He, the captain, may also change
If a ship is dry, it will never be able to recruit its own cronies, let alone conquer all the people on the ship.
Zhao Zhulong watched the repetitive scenes with boredom: the ship's boss nodded and bowed, the inspecting sailors shouted, and then suddenly seven or eight men and women, old and young, poured out from the deck. They were kneeling and crying, hugging the inspecting sailors.
On the thigh, some people were crying, some were howling, and some were kowtowing. It was a chaotic mess.
These Danhus just refused to pay taxes honestly. Zhao Zhulong took out a snuff bottle, picked a little and sniffed it. Although he was also a fisherman, he was not from a Danhu family, so he treated "untouchables" like Danhu
"It's very contemptuous. Since there are many officers and soldiers from Danhu origin in the Navy, the Navy strictly prohibits discrimination against Danhu and has also carried out a lot of publicity and education work. However, this sentiment has not really been eliminated among the naval officers and soldiers who are not from Danhu.
It just doesn't show on the surface anymore.
Just as the sailors' attention was attracted by the inspection on the port side, several wooden wine barrels quietly floated from the sea on the starboard side. The sailors on the starboard side who were on the lookout widened their eyes curiously, wondering what they were.
thing.
At this moment, short crossbow arrows were shot from several wooden barrels at the same time. With several screams, the sailors on the lookout were hit by arrows and fell into the sea. The sailors who were leaning on the typewriter on the starboard side were also shot down.
At almost the same time, the fishermen who were lying at the feet of the sailors and begging took action, dragging several members of the gang to the ground in an instant. They raised their knives and killed them instantly.
Zhao Zhulong reacted quite quickly. He pulled out his pistol and just shouted: "Attention..." The side panels of the stern of the fishing boat fell down suddenly, and a puff of white smoke was instantly sprayed out, followed by the thunderous sound of cannons.
Through the sea and the sky.
Countless iron nails swept across the deck of the patrol boat in an instant, and there was a scream on the deck. Zhao Zhulong's bridge was the first to bear the brunt. His head was beaten into a rotten watermelon by several iron nails, and none of the sailors on it were killed.
He could not escape with his life, the bridge was covered with blood, and even the typewriter had seven or eight holes punched through it.
"superior!"
With a howl, dozens of pirates poured out from below the deck, and instantly climbed onto the deck of the patrol boat that had lost the cover of the typewriter. Several floating human heads also emerged from under the barrel, using their hands and feet.
Climbing up the starboard side. The battle was short and brutal. Most of the sailors on duty on the deck had been killed or injured in the first bombardment, and the patrol boat completely lost its combat effectiveness.
The patrol boat had a small number of sailors and relied entirely on firepower to suppress enemies and "potential enemies." Now this sudden shot instantly destroyed its firepower advantage, so in less than ten minutes, the patrol boat fell into the hands of pirates.
.The sailors on the ship were either killed on the spot, or were killed directly after being caught.
Although the pirates look exactly like the fishermen at the Pearl River Estuary in appearance and clothing, their movements are clean and coordinated. They are not at all like the noisy fishermen and pirates.
After the fighting completely subsided, a strong man walked out from below the deck of the fishing boat. He was dressed the same as the panting pirates holding knives and guns. However, the group of pirates hurriedly made way for him.
Come. He fell down, stepped on the corpses and blood on the deck, and walked slowly to the stern of the ship. Then, after climbing up the bloody escalator on the bridge, he took a look at the typewriter that had been damaged by the gunfire, and spoke with
He turned his hand and observed the black iron guy for a moment. Then he removed the spring tray from the typewriter and looked at it carefully. A sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The pirate leader did not speak. He only used gestures to direct everything. The pirates quickly hung the corpses on cannonballs and threw them into the sea. Some people repaired the broken sails and cables, and some cleaned the deck. After ten minutes, the entire patrol boat
It has returned to normal maintenance status.
The fishing boat was scuttled and the pirates boarded the patrol boat. Harbor Patrol No. 64 raised its full sail and took advantage of the wind to sail quickly toward the open sea.
Four hours later, news of the disappearance of Harbor Patrol No. 64 was returned to the Navy Department in Lingao: a single-masted patrol boat disappeared during a routine patrol at the Pearl River Estuary. There were no storms in the sea along the way at the time of the disappearance. Patrol boats were dispatched to conduct a search.
, no trace of the missing patrol boat was found, so it could not be determined whether the ship sank due to hitting a reef. Now Lelin suspects that the ship defected or was hijacked, and has expanded the scope of the search, but there is no result yet.
The Navy Department immediately started working nervously. This was not the first time that a patrol boat had been lost. Accidents and combat losses had not happened before. But it was the first time that it had disappeared without a trace. Chen Haiyang ordered to sail to Hong Kong and sail to
All ships in Hong Kong have raised their alert level and warned ships everywhere that a single-masted patrol boat is currently missing.
"It's a pity that there is no 8154 in Hong Kong. Otherwise, if we send out a search, we will definitely find it." Chen Haiyang thinks that the possibility of the ship sinking is unlikely. It is most likely that it defected and was hijacked. As for the motive, it is hard to say. However, even if the crew defected
, it cannot be spontaneous, it is very likely that it is caused by others.
If he was deceived by others, then this incident would be a bit rare. Chen Haiyang couldn't think of anyone who had such great ability to deceive the crew under their strict internal security system. At any rate, there were more than twenty people on this patrol boat.
It can never be airtight.
"Review the weekly internal report of Harbor Patrol No. 64 immediately!" Chen Haiyang called the Political Division of the General Staff. The weekly surveillance reports of the Ten-man Regiment sent from the General Administration of Political Security were sent here. Then he ordered the
Check out the roster of all personnel on the outbound Coast Patrol No. 64, and check their files according to the roster.
"...Call the Political Security Bureau again and tell them that we want to send a list and ask them to check whether these people have any other records or reports in the Political Security Bureau." Chen Haiyang put down the phone and walked around the office for a few minutes.
Stepping forward, he secretly felt bad. This matter might not be as simple as a crew mutiny. But when it came to hijacking, he really couldn't imagine that someone could hijack a patrol boat that was well-trained, experienced at sea, and armed to the teeth -
Those three typewriters alone are enough to curb all attempts to jump into gangs.
If someone can really do it, then he will be the most dangerous enemy in our history. When Chen Haiyang thought of this, he picked up the phone again and shook it a few times: "I'm Chen Haiyang. Don't go to the Political Security Bureau. I'll go there in person."
One trip! Prepare materials immediately." (To be continued...)