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At night, the stars twinkle.

A [-]-ton cargo ship was moored quietly at the port.

Suddenly, a group of military vehicles drove up. I don't know how many there were, and there was no end in sight.

The convoy stopped at the port.

The wooden boxes were unloaded one by one, first loaded into containers, and then lifted onto the ship by a tower crane.

The soldiers who boarded the ship in advance took the wooden boxes out of the container and stacked them on the deck.

A total of nine hundred boxes.

The soldiers got off the ship immediately after transporting the boxes and drove away.

Only two men and three women were left, and they quickly boarded the freighter. Within a minute, the freighter set sail.

Leaving Yangon Port at high speed.

……

A port official witnessed the whole process and quietly picked up the phone:

"The cargo ship Meng Jiangnu left the port, heading towards the Strait of Malacca and Indonesia, with a speed of [-] knots.

There were only two men and three women on board, and there were 150 boxes of goods carried by military vehicles. Each box should weigh more than [-] kilograms and required two soldiers to carry it. It was probably all munitions. "

"Are the two men Xia Chuan and Lao Dao?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen it, but one is very tough and strong, and the other is more gentle. The three women are all wearing military uniforms. But none of them have weapons. There are no weapons on the ship. It is the holding company's ship. It was urgently mobilized. Everyone on the ship who came here is useless.”

"That's right. But you got one thing wrong. It can't be arms. Xia Chuan doesn't need arms from Burma. But your money will not be less. It may be more valuable than arms. Well, maybe Kunsha The wealth, maybe Suu Kyi’s reward, maybe, both.”

The same message was delivered by different people in different locations.

……

Eight hundred soldiers got out of the box, quickly rearranged the boxes neatly, and then transported boxes of food to the freezer for storage. The cooking team was in place, the engine team was in place, the first mate was in place, the second mate was in place, and the sentries were in place. On alert, other soldiers hid in the cabin to rest.

There were really no weapons, no weapons at all.

The old man was looking at the electronic chart in the captain's cabin. The three women looked at him tenderly, their eyes full of nostalgia. They just hoped that he would say "Waiting for a while" and then they would all nod.

It's a pity that the old man is full of pirates.

Poor Xia Chuan, sleeping alone in bed.

The first mate walked in, saluted and reported: "Captain, everyone is in place."

Mei Miao chuckled.

The old man said: "Tell me about pirates, everything you know."

The first mate immediately began to tell.

Myanmar has an area of ​​only 68 square kilometers, but its coastline is 3200 kilometers long.

It borders the Andaman Sea to the south and the Bay of Bengal to the southwest.

The Bay of Bengal is one of the six sea areas in the world frequented by pirates.

Myanmar is close to Bangladesh. Both are poor countries and have hardly developed navies, laying the foundation for pirates to run rampant.

But the truly ferocious pirates are all in Indonesia.

Southeast Asian piracy alone costs the world economy US$250 billion every year.If global piracy is included, the losses are as high as $700 billion.

In 1992, an oil tanker carrying 24 tons of crude oil was attacked by Indonesian pirates in Malacca. All the people on board were tied up. After the pirates stole the property, the oil tanker was allowed to sail at high speed on its own.

The deck of this ship is larger than two football fields and is more than 7 stories tall. Once a shipwreck occurs, the consequences will be disastrous.

Fortunately, a crew member broke free after 20 minutes and immediately slowed down the ship, thus averting a horrific ecological disaster.

Generally speaking, modern pirates have five main areas of activity, namely the West African coast, near Somalia, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, the coast of the Bay of Bengal and the entire Southeast Asian waters.

Among them, the waters of Southeast Asia are the most dangerous, with more than half of the world's pirate robberies occurring here, while the waters of Indonesia are the most dangerous among dangers, with the highest concentration of pirates.

Speaking of Indonesian pirates, they are almost famous in recent years.

90% of the world's trade is transported by sea, and 33% of the sea transport passes through Southeast Asian waters. In the first nine months of this year, 9 pirate and robbery incidents have occurred in Southeast Asian waters, among which Indonesian pirates are the most rampant, with a total of 271 incidents.

And small attacks happen every day.

Before committing a robbery, a real group of pirates will first find out the equipment, route, number of people, cargo, etc. of the robbed ship, and then carry out the robbery.

After obtaining it, I immediately contacted the headquarters, changed the color, flag, and ship certificate of the ship according to the instructions, and drove the ship to the designated location to contact the connector. The whole process was very planned.

When many pirate gangs commit crimes, they usually first send an accomplice as an undercover crew member on the target ship. Once the target ship sails to sea, the undercover crew member will use the phone to notify the pirate organization of the target ship's location, navigation route, personnel and equipment, and other information. Act as an internal response for pirates to hijack ships.

Of course, Meng Jiang's female account definitely doesn't have it.

Pirates also use radar to determine the ship's location, communicate with insiders via radio, use motorboats and automatic weapons to attack, and can easily escape if they fail.

In order to make his men follow him wholeheartedly, the pirate leader usually deliberately arranges for each pirate to participate in the killing.

Therefore, some of the sailors on the hijacked ships were shot to death, and some were hit to death by heavy objects.

The most common practice of pirates is to put sailors into bags and beat them to death with sticks, everyone participates, and finally throw the people on the ship into the shark-infested sea.

Many pirate robberies occur at night. Pirates often use high-speed motorboats to rob ships and disguise them as maritime patrol boats. Pirates usually disguise themselves as well inspectors participating in inspections at sea.

Generally, pirates attack from the rear of the ship, seize the ship with their hooks, and then climb aboard the stolen ship.According to the survey, nearly 85% of the victims were not aware of the pirate attack until the pirates boarded the ship.

There are various reasons why piracy is becoming more and more rampant, which generally coincides with the trend of the world economy.

With the development of the times, the efficiency of maritime transportation has been greatly improved. Maritime transportation is obviously different from the past. Modern freighters only require a few manpower, and the loading and unloading of goods are all mechanized. When freighters sail on the sea, they only need to be equipped with a small number of crew members. Usually no more than 36 people.

This also provides great convenience to pirates.

Another reason for the intensification of piracy in Indonesia is the increase in poverty and unemployment.

At the same time, there are many shoals and sunken ships at the bottom of the Malacca Strait, and ships have to slow down here. The combination of the two has become a favorite hunting area for modern pirates.

Pirates in this area also include casual fishermen, common criminals, and criminal groups. Corruption of poorly paid maritime and port officials is also an important factor.

Nowadays, major pirate attacks in Southeast Asia are basically carried out by the five major criminal groups.

The Chinese fishing boat "Tianyu 8", the Ukrainian cargo ship carrying a large amount of arms such as main battle tanks, and the Saudi Arabian giant oil tanker "Sirius" have all been robbed by pirates.

They have formed a modern "pirate trust" with branches and employees in various regions. They provide news, deliver intelligence, sell stolen goods and ships, and have become part of the black ecology.

In addition, there are political motives hidden behind some pirate attacks, and they are related to Al Qaeda or other terrorist organizations.

What countries are most worried about is terrorists using container ships to carry out terrorist activities.

Because there are so many containers, customs officers cannot inspect them at all.Once terrorists hide chemical, biological or even radioactive weapons in a container and detonate them in a major port, the consequences will be disastrous.

At present, the Singapore Navy, Coast Guard, Maritime and Port Authority have formulated a set of plans to prevent maritime terrorist attacks and further strengthen the channel defense system in Singapore waters.

The plan includes: installing more radars and satellite systems to track the position of ships, responsible for monitoring cargo ships carrying liquefied petroleum gas and other flammable and explosive dangerous goods. Once they are found to deviate from their original routes or suddenly accelerate towards any sensitive facilities, the Navy and the Police Coast Guard will immediately take necessary interdiction and defensive actions.

In addition, some ships carrying valuable commodities will be escorted by the Singapore Navy when passing through Singapore waters.

Of course, they are not busy in vain. They have to pay tolls to pass through the Strait of Malacca. This is also to protect their own interests.