America's Road to Fame

Chapter 351 Somali Pirates

The Gulf of Aden is a very famous place, especially in the past few years, there have been many incidents of pirates hijacking merchant ships that have shocked the world in the Somali waters. According to statistics, at most, there can be one incident of pirates hijacking merchant ships in a week on average. .

Therefore, when the "Future" passed through the Red Sea and came to this sea area, the whole ship entered a state of alert, and the members of the Southern Cross Security Company began to pay close attention to the surrounding situation.

Although they have a vigilant attitude, William Chen and the others are not particularly worried about this. Although the "Future" is just a yacht, it is not without defenses. In addition to its design, pirates cannot climb through the ship's side at all. Apart from yachts, members of the Southern Cross Security Company are all armed with live ammunition, all equipped with regular army equipment purchased from the United States, including firearms, rocket launchers, and grenades.

And his biggest reliance is the AH64 armed helicopter, which is painted in blue and white camouflage and has a name called Apache.

This armed helicopter is an active-duty armed helicopter purchased from the United States by Southern Cross Security Company. It carries the famous "Hellfire" anti-tank missile (Hellfire, transliterated "Haierfa", free translation "Hellfire").

This is a heavy anti-tank missile developed by the United States, model AGM-114, which is a special helicopter-mounted anti-tank weapon specially equipped for its "Apache" gunship (AH-64).

This kind of weapon gained a lot of limelight in the Gulf War, and it can even be called a sledgehammer to deal with small Somali pirates, and it will only be used under special circumstances.

At the beginning, the Southern Cross Security Company purchased 5 Apache gunships and supporting weapons and equipment from the United States, two of which were placed on the Poseidon frigate, and two were used for daily defense patrols on Atlanta Island. One, along with the Eclipse, drove to Hamburg, Germany. After the Eclipse entered the shipyard for maintenance and the Future began its maiden voyage, this Apache helicopter gunship was deployed on the "Future" super yacht. above, for safety defense during navigation.

As for Chen William directly deploying the active armed helicopters of the American army on his super yacht, the Germans naturally would not say much, they could only complain silently, Yankees really know how to play!

However, it is precisely because the Somali pirates are too rampant at this time. In the past few years, even in Huaguo, William Chen has been very famous for these Somali pirates. Escort to the Gulf of Aden to protect the route of merchant ships.

In the past two years, merchant ships including the United States, China, and Russia have been frequently attacked by Somali pirates, which can also be seen that pirates are rampant here at this time.

So at this time he chose such a route, besides himself on the boat, there are so many stunning beauties, it is impossible not to prepare.

But one thing is, most of the pirates here hijacked ships just for money, and demanded millions of dollars in ransom.

The reason why pirates are so rampant here in Somalia, especially in recent years, is due to many reasons.

One is the location of the Gulf of Aden. You can see from the map that this golden waterway from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean is one of the busiest waterways in the world.From the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea, it passes through the Gulf of Aden, so this is the main point of guarding the waterway.

The second is that Somalia is a country that is too poor. It has been colonized by the West before, and then fell into civil war. There are a lot of extremely poor people in the country. So when organized by those who want to, they will take risks and form large and small pirate groups.

To put it bluntly, it is to rely on mountains to eat mountains, and to rely on water to eat water.

In the Gulf of Aden today, the sea looks relatively calm, and the waves are not big.William Chen and the others knew that it was precisely in this kind of weather that pirates were most likely to appear.

Because they often approach merchant ships through small assault boats, relying on the speed of the small boats to intercept them.If it is when the waves are relatively large, it will not be a big problem for a huge merchant ship, but for a small assault boat, the surge is too large, and if it is accelerated to intercept it, it may capsize if it is not careful.

Therefore, this relatively calm sea is their favorite weather, and they can fully utilize the speed advantage of the small assault boat.

But when the "Future" finally passed the narrowest part of the Gulf of Aden, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, members of the Southern Cross Security Company sent an alarm. Through looking around, they found a self-made boat approaching from a distance, and it seemed that it was deliberately approaching the "Future".

And through the yacht's radar, it can be found that there is a relatively large ship not far away, following them closely.

This time, Macie Lowry, the person in charge of the Southern Cross Security Company escort on the yacht, came over and told William Chen that they were probably being targeted by pirates.

The opponent will often follow closely with the main force, and then send a small group of forwards to test. If they can force a stop, they will all come over, otherwise they will continue to send multiple groups of small boats to encircle. forward ship.

Sure enough, the small boat quickly came to a stop only 30 meters away from the "Future".

At a distance of 30 meters, they could already see each other clearly from the boat, and they did not approach recklessly, but followed them leisurely.

There were four or five black guys on the boat, wearing tattered clothes, one of them was manipulating the boat, and the rest were carrying guns, including AKs and submachine guns. There was even a machine gun on the front of the boat.

One of the black buddies started shouting in English, telling William Chen and the others to stop the boat and hand over all the money, or they would get on the boat and shoot people. While he was talking, he shot a bunch of bullets into the sky for the sake of effect. .

At this time, William Chen was standing on the upper deck of the yacht, looking down through the glass, but he was not afraid, because all the glass of this yacht was bulletproof glass, and with their weapons and distance, they could not pose a threat to William Chen at all.

It's just that the girls around him saw this kind of scene for the first time. Although they didn't scream out in fright, they could clearly see the worry on their faces.

William Chen naturally couldn't show timidity at this time, and said to Maciej Lori with a smile: "Should we speed up and get rid of them, or play with them?"

"I listen to you, boss. But I suggest that even if it's just for fun, just get rid of this boat. There is no need to stay too long. After all, we are not an army, so there is no need to eliminate these pirates, and the pirates here rely on We can't finish it, and safety comes first."

William Chen naturally understood these reasons, just like the boat they were facing, not only were the gangsters on the boat dressed in tatters, most of them even had no shoes.Even this small boat is worth less than a "Hellfire" on my Apache. Using that kind of big killer is simply a waste.

With his current equipment, there is really no sense of accomplishment to deal with these so-called "pirates" who look like beggars. William Chen is not some bt in the American army who likes to torture and kill civilians...

To be honest, these pirates were really the civilians who couldn't survive and took them to the sea to work for the pirate leader.

And even if these Somali people don't know that the person on this boat is William Chen, but just looking at the appearance of the yacht, it is also a fat sheep that is fatter than ordinary cargo ships. If you delay here, I am afraid it will attract more pirates The siege is a bit dangerous.

Even if it does not cause harm to personnel, those bullets and shells hit the ship, and they still need to spend money to repair them when they go back, just like people who just bought a new car will cherish the paint, and William Chen does not want himself to do this. There was a scratch on the "Future" that had just made its maiden voyage.

Therefore, at this time, when William Chen noticed, the pirates did not stop the ship when they saw the "Future" and were still driving at the same speed.

The leader yelled something, and the others all stood on the deck from the cabin with their weapons in their hands, and when they pointed their guns in a threatening gesture, they said to Maciej Lori:
"Send the Apache over there, send them away, tell the captain, speed up and get away from them, don't let them hurt our ship's paint."

(End of this chapter)