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Chapter 1285 [Don't dismantle it. It's not that the wires don't have copper]

The two 052D destroyers had now sandwiched the "Bowditch" on both sides, like a sandwich. This situation immediately made the captain of the "Bowditch" panic.

In a panic, he immediately shouted to the 052D destroyer through the microphone: "Don't get me wrong! We are passing harmlessly! We are passing harmlessly! I forgot to turn on the transponder just now, your army must not open fire!"

At this moment, the captain of the "Bowditch" almost wanted to die, and at the same time he did not forget to greet his superior in his heart. Sure enough, something happened. He knew when he came that turning off the transponder was not a good thing. What he feared would come true.

A few hundred dollars a month is really a life-threatening thing.

Soon after, he heard a response in not very standard English from 052D, with a somewhat angry roar: "Take a good look at the back of your ship. I can clearly see that your towed sonar has not been collected yet!"

The captain of the Bowditch froze in silence, and his crew members hurriedly whispered, "Sir, this happened too suddenly, and we didn't have time to retract the towed sonar."

Good fellow, the captain's face was stunned when he heard it, and his face was full of embarrassment. This was extremely embarrassing, but he also hurriedly said without blushing or beating his heart: "Quick, quick, quick, put away the damn sonar for me, don't piss off their commander, we don't have any ability to fight back now."

At this moment, the "Bowditch" was connected to a long line and thrown into the sea, and a towed sonar was hung on the tail of the ship extending underwater. This line is actually a special steel cable with a length of about one thousand meters. It was thrown into the sea from the back of the ship. The towed sonar can dive to a depth of more than 500 meters. Its main function is to collect underwater hydrological conditions or seabed topography. Its search radius can usually reach one hundred nautical miles.

The "Bowditch", which was surrounded by two 052D destroyers on both sides at lightning speed, had no time to put away the towed sonar and only remembered this at this time.

Just as the Bowditch was about to retract its towed sonar, the sailors on the deck saw several fishing boats suddenly appear, and the captain of the Bowditch was suddenly startled when he saw the scene.

It turns out there are more than two 052D warships!

Moreover, the "fishermen" on these fishing boats are all young and strong guys with full energy, short hair, and strong bodies. Moreover, these fishing boats have obviously been modified.

These fishing boats quickly approached the steel cable towing the sonar, and without saying a word, they hooked the steel cable with hooks, dragged it onto the deck and started the electric saw to work. The captain of the "Bowditch" sawed the steel cable with a crackling sound, causing sparks to fly, as if the scene sixteen years ago was replaying itself.

"Hurry up and keep an eye on the anchor for me. Don't let it get stolen like last time." The captain shouted to his crew members.

At this moment, the sailors on the deck of the "Bowditch" were almost frightened by the following scene, including the captain of the ship, who trembled and called "God" in his heart, because a specially modified fishing boat was actually rushing straight towards the "Bowditch".

The moment of the head-on collision was accompanied by a low crashing sound, and at the same time, all the crew members of the "Bowditch" clearly felt the violent shaking of the entire ship. The part of the left side of the bow that was hit was completely deflated, and there must have been a hole in it.

However, this wave of operations will not put the "Bowditch" at risk of sinking. It will definitely be able to sail back. There is no real intention to sink the ship. If that happens, the situation will escalate and become difficult to control and end.

After all, they have already turned on their transponders. Sinking a ship with a transponder is tantamount to declaring a war, which would make our side disadvantageous. However, the warning must be given.

Now is not sixteen years ago, let alone twenty or thirty years ago.

However, this scene was a horror story from the perspective of all the crew members of the "Bowditch". They did not think so, and they did not know the other party's intentions, but the scene gave them the intuitive feeling that they were not going to let them go.

Everyone was terrified at this moment, and some even felt that they were really doomed this time.

Because this fishing boat stuck close to the "Bowditch" after it collided head-on, without keeping any distance, and then the fishermen threw out hooks and boarded the ship along the bow. With murderous eyes, some sailors on the deck of the "Bowditch" were so scared that they dared not move.

On the deck, a brave sailor shouted to the fishermen in English: "Stop dismantling it, stop dismantling it. It's not an electric wire. There is no copper in it, no..."

One of the fishermen turned around and gave him a look that scared the sailor so much that he shut up immediately.

At the same time, the captain of the Bowditch heard his men report: "Sir, our anchor has been removed by them."

The captain was stunned when he heard this: "Damn it——!"

The crew member next to him whispered, "Sir, should we send sailors to stop them?"

As soon as these words came out, the captain of the USS Bowditch came back to his senses and suddenly shouted angrily: "Are you crazy? Not to mention the two missile destroyers next to us, we can't even defeat this group of fierce fishermen. All crew members stay still and listen carefully. You must not conflict with them and let them demolish it!"

Everyone felt from the bottom of their hearts that the captain's order was extremely wise. A line from a certain film or TV work perfectly reflected the mentality of all the crew members of the "Bowditch" at that moment: a few hundred dollars a month, what's the point of playing with your life?

So, they just watched helplessly as a group of fishermen boarded the boat and started dismantling it. The anchor had already been moved away, but the fishermen were obviously not satisfied with this.

The captain on the bridge couldn't help but close his eyes when seeing this scene. The deck was already a mess and it was really unbearable to watch.

These fishermen could still commit such a scene, which was even worse than the last time. It was really too brutal.

After a while, most of the things that could be dismantled on the deck had been dismantled, and then a dozen young fishermen were not satisfied with dismantling the things on the deck, so they rushed into the "Bowditch" with great momentum, and passed by several sailors of the ship. These sailors hurriedly made way to the side, sticking to the hull, with an attitude of "I won't mess with you gentlemen, and you don't mess with me. You can take whatever you like."

Anyway, it’s not your thing, but your life is your own.

The fishermen carried some submersibles directly from the boat or carried them to the deck in a swaggering manner, and then put them on the fishing boats. They even shouted "one, two, three" in unison, and the whole scene was in full swing.

The captain of the Bowditch was furious when he saw this scene, because he was caught in the act. However, he could not help but curse angrily when he saw the scene of the robbery: "Robbers! They are just a bunch of robbers!"

Seeing this scene made him cry out in pain. Although he had warned his superiors before coming here that he could shirk the blame, it seemed impossible to completely shirk the blame after the "Bowditch" suffered such a tragic looting.

However, he did not forget to order the crew to weld the doors to some key areas before the fishermen arrived, especially the bridge, so that the fishermen must not be allowed to break in.

He even made the worst-case scenario plan in case the bridge was broken into, and began to order the crew to be ready to destroy some confidential archival information at any time. These secrets must not be intercepted under any circumstances, otherwise it would not be a question of whether or not to shirk responsibility.

Finally, after more than three hours, the fishermen stopped moving and left the "Bowditch" survey ship. They had almost emptied out everything that could be moved or that they thought was valuable, such as submersibles and towed sonars. Everything they caught and saw was moved away, not even a screw was left behind.

Soon after, the ship received a call from 052D to leave. The "Bowditch", which was in a mess inside and outside the ship, finally felt as if it had been pardoned. The captain quickly ordered to leave quickly and ran towards home without looking back, for fear that the other party would suddenly change their mind halfway.

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(End of this chapter)