After failing the college entrance examination, I relied on fishing to reach the top of my life

The Strait of Malacca is a long strait with a total length of 1000 kilometers. It is an important international waterway connecting the Pacific and Indian Oceans and is known as the crossroads of Southeast Asia.

For many countries in Asia, this strait is a veritable "maritime lifeline."

Because most countries in Asia rely on imports of crude oil, but the best way to transport oil back from major producers is by sea, and Malacca has naturally become the best waterway due to its geographical location.

According to statistics, more than 8 ships pass through the Strait of Malacca every year, which translates to more than 200 ships a day, of which commercial transport ships account for the majority. It is one of the busiest sea areas in the world.

The goods transported on these freighters are often extremely valuable, and will inevitably arouse the covetousness of interested people.

Pirates, like bandits on land, are a very ancient profession.

As long as there have been ships on the sea, there have been pirates.

The skull and crossbones flag, black mask, iron grappling hook, and three-masted sailboat are just standard features of pirates in many novels and film and television dramas, but pirates in reality are not like this.

In Malacca, most of the pirates here are actually impoverished fishermen from neighboring countries. Due to human overfishing and ocean pollution in recent years, the income of the fishermen has plummeted.

In order to survive, they can only adopt some "necessary" means of getting rich.

The Strait of Malacca is shallow, with only over 20 meters at the shallow end and less than 200 meters at the deepest point. Part of the area is very narrow, and there are many ships passing by, which gives this group of pirates great convenience.

These guys will take advantage of the darkness or thick fog to quietly climb onto the cargo ship to steal. They don't pick at all and just take whatever is there. There have even been cases where the crew members' shoes were stolen.

Therefore, some people joke that the pirates in Malacca are not pirates, but sea "steals".

Of course, there are also more ferocious guys who will openly rob with knives, or even kidnap hostages for ransom, but even if they have knives, such pirates are just a mob and are very easy to deal with. Although guns and ammunition are not allowed on commercial ships, there are high-pressure water cannons and anti-piracy wire fences. As long as you use these, you can repel these guys.

But there are still some pirates who are much more professional.

They learned from the experience of their Somali counterparts, and with the idea of ​​becoming bigger and stronger and creating greater glory, they began to carry out robberies in an organized and targeted manner. Of course, there were some dirty deals with local departments. In short, they could always choose to the appropriate target.

And what they hold in their hands is no longer knives, but rifles, submachine guns, and even heavy weapons like RPGs!

Once they encounter such well-trained pirates, ordinary merchant ships, unable to prevent the other party from boarding the ship, can only ask the crew to hide in the cabin, cut off the stairs to the cockpit, and then lock the watertight door.

The next step was to use the satellite phone to call for help and pray that the patrolling navy would arrive soon.

Unfortunately, Malacca is an area jointly managed by three countries, so it often happens that everyone is managing it but no one is managing it at the same time.

Moreover, the navies of these three countries are not strong, so violent robberies have occurred frequently in recent years.

For example, in a robbery case last month, an oil tanker encountered pirates in Malacca. In the end, millions of dollars worth of fuel on the oil tanker was robbed, and several people were killed, which shows how dangerous this place is.

The above are all what Su Mo saw on the news. Although he is very strong now, he has actually done enough homework beforehand.

Even if Long Yiyi didn't remind him, he would still be prepared to keep vigil from today.

And he devised a strategy to deal with the pirates!

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At noon, as the local pilot disembarked, the Mosasaur officially entered the Strait of Malacca.

Because of the size and tonnage of the Mosasaurus, it can only choose to sail in the deep water area to the east, and the coast here is an uninhabited area, either an uninhabited island or a large mangrove forest.

This terrain undoubtedly provides the best hiding place for the pirates' small speedboats.

However, it is still broad daylight, and the weather conditions are very good. No matter how rampant these pirates are, they will not choose this time to attack.

But just before lunch, people who were queuing up to eat suddenly heard Su Mo's order from the radio, asking everyone to gather on the deck.

And when everyone came to the deck before they could figure out the situation, something even more shocking happened.

"Everyone has worked hard these days. In order to thank everyone for their cooperation, I decided to hold an outdoor barbecue party at noon today."

Hearing Su Mo's words, everyone on the deck was stunned. You must know that Su Mo has been very strict with the management of the ship these days. The second-generation ancestors who governed by various rules complained and scolded him behind his back every day.

But he suddenly wants to have a barbecue party today? What a hell!

After thinking about it, these people didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Su Mo Gourd, but they quickly became excited because a group of crew members actually carried out several simple barbecue grills, and the chefs also moved All kinds of ingredients came to the deck.

Seeing everyone's stunned expressions, Su Mo said with a smile: "Okay, now everyone can eat to their heart's content. Oh, by the way, go and move the beer out of the warehouse, give me 10... No, move 30 boxes out!”

Hearing this, the second-generation ancestors immediately cheered and shouted "Long live the captain". They had been holding it back these days, and now they could finally have fun, how could they not be excited.

Soon, curls of smoke rose from the deck, and a puff of smoke floated in the wind. People were enjoying barbecue beer in groups, and there was endless laughter. A few women even took out the stereos they brought on board. Singing and dancing started, it was so lively.

This scene makes people feel that this is not the vast sea, but a noisy night market in summer.

"Everyone is open to drinking today, and no one is allowed to leave until they finish drinking!"

"Put the finished beer bottles back into the box. Don't break them. I want to recycle them."

Su Mo wandered among the crowd, like an attentive host. This undoubtedly brought him closer to everyone. For a time, the resentment of the second-generation ancestors towards him dissipated a lot, and they even took the initiative to talk to him. Chatted.

But there are also people who are very dissatisfied with Su Mo's actions.

After Long Yaoyi heard what happened on the deck, she immediately went to the door with a cold face, then grabbed Su Mo's clothes and dragged him away.

This scene is very similar to the scene when the husband secretly goes out to drink with his buddies and is caught by his wife.

Upon seeing this, a cheerful whistle immediately sounded on the deck.

Although Long Weiyi knew that it would be easy to be misunderstood, she still pulled Su Mo to the corner regardless, pushed him to the wall, and then pressed one hand on the wall next to Su Mo's ear, as if to knock the wall. Same as him.

Seeing Long Yiyi's glaring look, Su Mo smiled: "I'm sorry, Captain Long, I'm not accepting this. If you really want to, I think our positions should be changed."

Seeing that he was still thinking about joking, Long Yiyi slammed his hand on the wall and said coldly: "I don't have time to flirt with you, but to talk to you about business. I have already told you that there is someone here." Pirates, you actually let them drink! You are kidding everyone’s safety!”

Hearing this, Su Mo also put away his playful smile and became serious.

"Since we are talking about business, please call me captain!"