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While the Yinhe formation was speeding up crazily, the Xunlong Commando on the other side received instructions to slow down and try to maintain economical endurance. On the one hand, it was to wait for the support of the Yinhe formation, and on the other hand, it was to give them Leave more leeway.

But the crew on the Xindu felt uncomfortable.

This group of pirates were trapped among capable people. After taking control of the Xindu, it only took them twenty minutes to crack the merchant ship's control system and restart the engines. The interrupted power on the merchant ship was also restored. was restored, making it faster for pirates to find crew members.

It only took them more than thirty minutes to complete the search of the living deck of the bridge, and began to divide into two groups. More than ten people entered the lower deck, and more than ten people went to the container area on the upper deck.

Although the area of ​​these two areas is very large and the structure is extremely complex, if the rescue is delayed, it will only take an hour or two for the crew to be found.

At this time, security captain Tan Zhihao was hiding in a cabin near the stern of the ship with more than a dozen crew members. It was so quiet that only everyone's breathing could be heard. The tense atmosphere made everyone's spirits highly tense.

Tan Zhihao was also putting his ear against the cold iron wall at this time, trying to discern the progress of the pirates' search through the sound.

Da da da--

A sudden gunshot shocked Tan Zhihao and the crew. Tan Zhihao subconsciously clenched the pistol in his hand.

However, it can be argued from the size of the gunfire that the pirates are still some distance away from them.

The shooting was purely to intimidate them, but this intimidation did have some effect.

One of the timid crew members felt that the pirates had come, and was so frightened that he immediately opened the door and ran away. Fortunately, Tan Zhihao had quick eyesight and quick hands, and covered his mouth and pulled him back.

"Don't move, stay quiet, they haven't come yet!"

"Hmm...but...Captain Tan, what if we prolong the process and anger the pirates?"

"That's right. If we keep waiting like this, we will be found sooner or later. It's better to go out and negotiate with the pirates directly and let the shipowner pay the ransom. After they receive the ransom, they will naturally let us go!"

"Hush! Be quiet!" Tan Zhihao glared at the two grumbling sailors, "Our navy is on its way. As long as we can hold on, we will definitely be able to wait for rescue!"

"Rescue? The Zhoushan ship is three to four hundred nautical miles away from us. How can they rescue us? Even if the helicopter comes, it will never return!"

"That's right! We are now isolated and helpless. Wouldn't it be better to contact the shipowner as soon as possible to pay the money? Do we have to wait for them to catch everyone in Somalia and lock them in cages to be redeemed!?"

"Lao He! Can you shut up your crow mouth!" Tan Zhihao, who was already a little irritable, pulled Lao He directly, glared at him and shouted in a low voice, "Didn't you just see the ferocity of these pirates? I bet that as long as you dare to go out, in order to get the ransom as soon as possible, they will definitely find someone to scare the monkeys, and that chicken will definitely not be Boss Cheng or me!"

"..."

After hearing Tan Zhihao's threats, the crew members immediately became well-behaved.

However, as time passed by, the clanging sound of metal and the occasional gunshots became louder and closer, and everyone's hearts suddenly rose to their throats again, until a beam of light suddenly After the light came in through the glass window, everyone seemed to have stopped breathing.

The pirate outside the door tentatively opened the door. After discovering that it was locked, he immediately called his accomplices to come over, and soon there was the sound of prying metal outside the door.

It’s over!

Although Tan Zhihao was holding a pistol, this thing could not bring him any sense of security. It was even more dangerous to hold this thing. Therefore, at this juncture, he gently placed the gun on the ground, ready to raise it at any time. Ready to surrender...

Buzz buzz——

However, just when the pirates were about to break open the door, everyone suddenly heard a different sound, and the pirates' walkie-talkies suddenly sounded a burst of rapid bird singing. After listening to the words of the walkie-talkies, those responsible for searching for the crew The pirate immediately dropped what he was doing and ran back!

The crew members, who already felt that they were doomed, were immediately confused.

What's going on?

Just when they were about to be found, the pirates withdrew on their own?

After confirming that the pirates had gone away, Tan Zhihao couldn't help but open the door and carefully walked into the opposite cabin near the sea. As soon as he entered the cabin, the buzzing sound became louder.

Tan Zhihao opened the glass boat with trembling hands and looked out. Then his heartbeat suddenly accelerated and an expression of ecstasy appeared on his face.

"It is indeed a helicopter! Look, everyone, a helicopter from our Chinese Navy is coming!"

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In a container on the third floor of the upper deck, when Cheng Yanfei heard the sound of the helicopter, a surprised expression appeared on his face, and then he carefully popped out to observe. However, the view from his position was not good. No helicopter was seen.

But he was very sure in his heart that this was the helicopter sent by China!

Different from their joy, the pirates immediately fell into a brief panic after hearing the sound of the helicopter. After all, so far, they have been very unlucky, and they have not even been able to find a hostage...

However, after a brief period of panic, they quickly regained their composure.

Because they did not find the Chinese escort warship, and the sound of the helicopter was very loud, when they heard the sound, the helicopter was still a long way away from them.

This gives them ample time to react and prepare.

All the pirates looked at the three mercenaries who were wearing black hoods and sunglasses and were much taller and stronger than the Somalis.

"Mr. Flanley, the Chinese rescue helicopter has arrived. Should we give up the operation?"

"Don't worry, it's just a helicopter. Their warship is still far away. Let the people below get back to the deck immediately. Let's shoot that thing down!"

"Take down the helicopter? Are you crazy!?"

"What? Do you have any objections? I forgot what General Wayebach told you when we set out?" Flanley stared at the little pirate leader and said viciously, "You all have to obey my command, and those who disobey will die!" Hurry up and get ready!"

Under Flanli's strong pressure, the little pirate leader only lasted less than two seconds before he was defeated. He turned around and began to instruct his younger brothers to prepare their weapons and wait for the arrival of the helicopter.

At the same time, in the waters more than a hundred nautical miles south of the Xindu, the USS Remiji destroyer of country M had turned off its power a few hours ago and had been floating quietly on the sea.

However, their radar has always been in working condition. As early as half an hour ago, they had discovered the whereabouts of the Velociraptor Commando.

But it was not until the signal moved directly towards the Xindu, with only two hundred kilometers left, that the commander of the Remiji, Leondre, finally believed that this was the rescue helicopter sent by the Zhoushan.

"It's unbelievable... The commander of the Zhoushan ship actually made such a bold decision. Are they so confident that they can successfully land on the Xindu?"

Vice Captain Pereira smiled: "In fact, their confidence is understandable. After all, they don't know what kind of pirates boarded the Xindu..."

"Having said that, such a bold plan is exactly the same as the Doolittle Air Raid, and even more dangerous... At that time, the B25 bombers only needed to drop the bombs and run away, but what they wanted to carry out was a surprise boarding. "

"Well... I can only say that you are brave."

"Report, sir!" While the two commanders were chatting, a radar soldier suddenly said, "Three unknown signals were found in the northeast of our ship, with a distance of 406.7 kilometers, an altitude of 12,235 meters, and a moving speed of... 680KM/ H!"

! ? ?

The two commanders were immediately filled with question marks.

More than 10,000 meters high and a speed of more than 600 kilometers per hour?

This obviously cannot be a helicopter, let alone a civil aviation aircraft, because for the sake of flight safety, passenger aircraft in various countries usually disclose real-time flight data, and they must report when passing over the skies of other countries, and these aircraft are all on their radars. marked.

"Maybe it's a sightseeing plane of a certain company, or a private jet of a rich camel tycoon?"

"Maybe the White Elephant Kingdom is playing with their new toys again."

"Haha, no matter what, it's impossible for China's aircraft carrier to arrive at Baixiangyang."

"So what if they come? Do you expect to use fighter jets to blow up all the pirates on the merchant ship?"

"That's true."

"..."

After a brief period of curiosity and discussion, they put the matter behind them.

These three signals were obviously not coming towards them. In addition, even commercial airliners were faster than them, and the threat to the destroyer Remiji was almost zero. It would not affect their enjoyment at all.

But not long after, a strange situation suddenly made them alert.

"Reporting, sir! The three unknown signals just started to lower their altitude and have now left the stratosphere!"

"Leaved the stratosphere!?"

Captain Leandre immediately took a look at the chart and said with some confusion: "There is sea nearby. There seems to be no airport for landing, right?"

"Then the White Elephant Kingdom should have brought their broken aircraft carrier to hang around here."

Leondre nodded: "Immediately report the situation to the USS Truman aircraft carrier and ask them to verify the situation with the White Elephant Kingdom."

"receive!"

While verifying the situation, Leandre also paid close attention to the movements of these three signals. It was not until they were getting lower and lower and getting closer to the Red Eagle merchant ship that he gradually realized that things did not seem to be the case. Simple.

"They..." Vice Captain Pereira looked at the radar screen in surprise and murmured, "Are they going to land on the merchant ship Red Eagle!!?"

"How is this possible!" Leandre immediately objected. "It must be a fixed-wing aircraft that can fly in the stratosphere. How is it possible to land on a merchant ship? The only one in the world that can do this is the V-22. Gyrocopter! I would rather believe that they encountered an accident and were preparing to make a forced landing at sea!"

"Sir, the aircraft carrier USS Truman has responded. The two aircraft carriers of the White Elephant Kingdom are still in port!"

"..."

No matter how unbelievable the people on board the destroyer Remiji were, the reality was that the three dots on the radar were slowly overlapping with the merchant ship Red Eagle.

Of course, they did not know whether it was an emergency landing at sea or a normal landing, so Leondre immediately proposed to the fleet command to call in reconnaissance satellites, but it was quickly rejected.

Because even Lao M has a limited number of reconnaissance satellites deployed over the sea area. At this moment, the Xunlong Commando finally arrived at the Xindu, where satellite reconnaissance is even more needed.

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On the No. 078 carrier-based assault helicopter, more than a dozen Xunlong commandos were already fully armed. Sniper Wu Haitao had already mounted his sniper rifle and was looking for the pirates on the Xindu through the scope.

"Found it! There are six pirates in the port side ship and two rocket launchers! There are three pirates in the wheelhouse, and no hostages have been found so far."

"receive!"

There were no hostages in the hands of the pirates, which was undoubtedly great news for the operation. The crew immediately adjusted the flight attitude and angle so that the snipers could better launch a sniper battle and strive to ensure the safety of the landing to the greatest extent.

call--

Wu Haitao took a deep breath, and at the moment he aimed at the pirate carrying the rocket launcher, he decisively pulled the trigger and fired the first shot of the rescue operation!

With a bang, the bullet quickly came out of the gun!

Unfortunately, because both sides were in an extremely unstable state of movement, the sniping was extremely difficult. The bullet did not hit the target and just missed the ear of an accomplice beside him.

Even so, these pirates were still scared enough. The pirate carrying the rocket pulled the trigger directly, and a rocket suddenly sprayed flames backwards and flew in the direction of the helicopter.

Although the target of the helicopter was larger, the pirates who were frightened and opened fire temporarily could not be accurate at all. After seeing the trajectory of the rocket, the pilot did not even make an evasive action.

As expected, the rockets missed and flew straight to the sea several kilometers away from a distance of more than 20 meters before exploding.

"Trash, let me do it!"

The young pirate leader cursed angrily, snatched the rockets from his younger brothers, and asked them to reload them.

At the same time, the firepower of several other pirates also began to lock on the helicopters, firing at them wildly with assault rifles. Occasionally, a rocket would be fired, and the sound of firefights continued for a while.

However, after all, these pirates are just a bunch of bastards who have not received professional training. Although the firepower seems fierce, it is just loud thunder and small raindrops, and the actual hit rate is basically zero.

In addition, in order to have more time to dodge the rockets, the helicopter kept a long distance from the Xindu. Therefore, due to the flexible evasive actions of the crew, the pirates fired six rockets but failed to hit the helicopter. .

Not even a near miss.

"Stop! Stop!" the pirate leader waved his hand quickly, "They are tempting us to waste ammunition, wait until they get closer and then fight!"

So the pirates quickly stopped venting their fire.

Seeing that they suddenly became smarter, captain Yu Yong felt helpless for a moment.

At this distance and conditions, it was too difficult to deal with the pirates through sniping, but if they got closer, the threat of a few rockets would be too high, so both sides suddenly entered a situation where neither could do anything about the other.

This situation is obviously extremely disadvantageous for helicopters with limited endurance. They cannot just spend time with pirates like this.

Just when Yu Yong was in a decision-making dilemma, the sniper observer suddenly changed his face and shouted: "Stinger! They have Stinger anti-aircraft missiles!"

All the soldiers were stunned after hearing this, and even the captain Yu Yong's mind fell into a brief stagnation.

FIM-92 Stinger anti-aircraft missile!

This portable anti-aircraft missile developed by Lao M is not an ordinary anti-aircraft rocket.

It has guidance capabilities!

The helicopter is a living target for it!

"Quick, force board the ship!!!"

The moment he reacted, Yu Yong immediately shouted loudly, "Forcibly log in to Xindu immediately!"

"receive!"

After receiving the instruction, the crew members subconsciously began to control the helicopter to fly sideways towards the Xindu with both hands.

Seeing the helicopter suddenly heading straight towards the Sinto, Flanley, who was hiding on the bridge, finally couldn't help but press the trigger. A slender Stinger anti-aircraft missile quickly flew away from the gun barrel and completed in the air. Ignite the engine and accelerate towards the helicopter.

Although the crew tried their best to dodge while adjusting the flight direction, the stinger, just like its name, quickly adjusted its angle at a very vicious angle and hit the helicopter's tail!

Bang——

Accompanied by a violent explosion, the entire helicopter's tail suddenly fell apart!

The helicopter lost control of its tail and spun and fell in the air, emitting thick black smoke.

However, Yu Yong's subconscious emergency order just now played a huge role. If Yu Yong had chosen to let the crew members pull up and escape at the moment they heard the sting, their fate would definitely be to fall into the sea.

Because of this distance, it is impossible to escape the pursuit of the stinger!

But the decision to force the plane to land at Xindu left them with a glimmer of hope at this moment.

Although the helicopter that had completed the flight direction adjustment was out of control at the moment, it fell in the direction of the Xindu container container area, and the main rotor was still working, which greatly reduced the speed of their fall.

However, the rotation speed of the fuselage is still very fast.

"Report to the headquarters! No. 078 was shot in the tail and is about to crash into the Xindu! The enemy has Stinger missiles! Repeat, the enemy has Stinger missiles!"

Bang——

With another violent impact, the helicopter finally hit the Xindu heavily. The propellers collided with the container crazily and broke into pieces. After the entire fuselage slid the distance of two containers, it finally Hanging in the middle of two rows of containers.

The command room of the Zhoushan ship immediately fell into silence.

After a while, Hu Zhi finally picked up the walkie-talkie and spoke with difficulty: "Gray wolf... gray wolf? Vulture! Red snake! Can you hear me? Please answer if you hear me!"

However, the response to him was silence...

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"Cough...cough!"

About ten seconds later, Yu Yong, who had fallen on the Xindu, finally woke up, and then he immediately looked at his teammates in the cabin.

Thanks to the pilot's excellent driving skills, even though the entire aircraft was basically out of control, the final angle of the aircraft's fall was perfectly controlled, almost hitting the container at an oblique angle of more than 20 degrees.

Although it rolled twice more, the entire cabin structure was still relatively well maintained. At a glance, Yu Yong saw that except for sniper Wu Haitao and his observers, everyone was still firmly fixed in their seats.

Although many people were injured at first glance, at least their bodies at this moment were still intact...

And just like him, a few of them are starting to show signs of waking up.

"Vulture, Black Panther!" Yu Yong shouted loudly as he unbuckled his seat belt, "Wake up quickly and save people!"