Codename Doctor, Moved to Hong Kong

Chapter 99 Defeating the Pirate Ship

The Gulf of Aden, a name that makes people shudder. In this sea area, it is like a corner shrouded in darkness and is notorious as the "world of pirates".

This sea area, located in the southern part of the Red Sea and closely connected to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, is a busy and dangerous area.

Here, pirates frequently appear and their behavior is so rampant that it has become a shadow in the hearts of ships from various countries.

Among these pirates, the most notorious are the Somali pirates.

They act recklessly in this sea area, plundering passing ships, which makes people shudder.

They have committed countless atrocities on countless merchant ships, which are horrifying.

In later generations, in order to maintain maritime security, our country once launched an important military operation - the escort in the Gulf of Aden.

At this moment, the Crystal Palace was slowly sailing towards this dangerous sea.

As they got closer to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the atmosphere on the ship became increasingly tense.

The crew members began to stop their usual jokes and laziness, stopped drinking and having fun, and instead, under Captain Crane's orders, began to take turns on duty and remain vigilant.

Klein was well aware of the dangers of this sea area, and he dared not relax at all. If he had a choice, he would rather take a detour through the Atlantic Ocean and go to the Pacific Ocean.

While asking the crew to remain vigilant at all times, Crane distributed one hundred Garand rifles to the crew as their duty weapons.

Fortunately, the pirates of this era all used spears from World War II, as well as a few cannons from before World War I.

These artillery pieces from the World War I era were more of a deterrent and posed no threat to a 50,000-ton ship.

In addition to the rifle, Zhang Chaoyang also took out twenty rocket launchers and placed them in his room for use.

These heavy firepower weapons are extremely powerful and are extremely lethal to pirates.

But their presence also made the tense atmosphere on the ship even more intense.

These heavy firepower weapons are naturally inconvenient to distribute to the crew and can only be controlled by Xu Jie and others.

As the security force on the ship, they are responsible for protecting the safety of the ship and passengers, and are also the people Zhang Chaoyang trusts the most.

The tense atmosphere on the ship also infected all the passengers.

They began to consciously stop going out to the deck to bask in the sun and instead stayed in the cabin drinking and chatting.

Just as the cruise ship was about to pass through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a series of rapid alarms suddenly sounded on the cruise ship.

More than a dozen pirate ships appeared on the sea in the distance.

Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Several shells fell into the sea several hundred meters away from the cruise ship, causing waves.

This is a common trick used by pirates. No matter how powerful the artillery is, they will fire a few shots first to scare the enemy.

At the same time, the pirates on the pirate ship continued to shoot at the cruise ship.

At this time, the pirates were still a thousand meters away, and firing shots was also a deterrent to prepare for the subsequent boarding.

Klein was very experienced. He stood in the captain's room, holding a walkie-talkie, and calmly commanded the crew.

Let some crew members continue to work and the cruise ship continues to sail forward.

The other crew members with guns remained alert, waiting for the pirates to approach before opening fire to fight back.

Zhang Chaoyang came to the top deck and looked at the pirates in the distance.

The pirate ship driven by these pirates is really shabby.

They should all be ships from the World War I period. Although they are iron-hulled ships, they are very backward in terms of power and size.

Standing at the bow, Zhang Chaoyang, with his extraordinary eyesight, could see the pirates' ships clearly.

The Somali pirates of this era had not yet grown in size. The so-called pirate ships were actually fishing boats, iron-hulled fishing boats with diesel engines.

The largest pirate ship was nothing more than an old destroyer discarded by a certain country, and it looked shabby. And those so-called speedboats were rusty and full of bullet holes, as if they would fall apart at any time.

It's a miracle that such a speedboat can be driven out at all.

Zhang Chaoyang finally understood why the pirates chose the Bab el-Mandeb Strait as their ambush site.

On the vast ocean, their ships could not catch up with the Crystal Palace at all.

As long as they choose to ignore these pirates, the pirates will have no way to do anything to them.

The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is a narrow channel that connects the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Pirates choose to set up an ambush here, taking advantage of the terrain to attack from all sides and increase their chances of success.

Zhang Chaoyang took out a Mauser 6k sniper rifle with a 98x scope, aimed at the approaching pirate speedboat, and felt the speed of the wind in the air.

One thousand meters, eight hundred meters, six hundred meters.

As the distance shortened, Zhang Chaoyang's heartbeat became steadier and his breathing became long and slow, as if blending into the flow of the surrounding air.

Five hundred meters, four hundred meters.

Zhang Chaoyang decisively pulled the trigger.

boom!
click!
boom!
click!
boom!
A series of gunshots rang out.

Zhang Chaoyang quickly pulled the bolt to load the bullet and pulled the trigger.

This Mauser 98k sniper rifle is single-shot loading.

As crisp gunshots rang out, bullets cut through the sky and hit the target accurately.

The pirates on the pirate speedboat, who were originally showing off their might, fell to the bottom one after another. The speedboat lost control and drew an arc on the sea, heading away into the distance.

Zhang Chaoyang did not stop, but continued to pull the bolt quickly, load bullets and shoot.

Without giving them any chance to breathe, they fired continuously, and each bullet hit the target accurately.

At this time, Zhang Chaoyang entered into a magical rhythm. His breathing, heartbeat and gunshots blended together. To put it in a more mysterious way, it is the unity of man and nature.

As Zhang Chaoyang opened fire, Klein finally gave the order to fire back. One hundred Garand rifles fired at the approaching pirate ship.

"boom!"

A line of fire streaked across the sea, accurately hitting a pirate ship and overturning it.

The one who fired the shot was Xu Jie.

Xu Jie's firing was just the beginning.

The members of Xu Jie's group also carried a rocket launcher, aimed at the pirate ship, and fired continuously.

The sudden bombardment directly crushed the last bit of the pirates' morale. The surviving pirates turned the ship around and fled for their lives, crying.

However, the people in Xu Jie's group did not intend to let them go and continued to fire at the pirate ship.

Xu Jie and his men suddenly opened fire, which not only crushed the pirates' morale, but also scared the crew.

They didn't expect that the cruise ship was equipped with such heavy firepower.

If they had known about the bazooka, they wouldn't have worried about the pirates.

The pirates' equipment in this era was still very backward, and a frigate eliminated in World War II could dominate Somalia.

Looking at the fleeing pirates, Zhang Chaoyang put away his sniper rifle with a rather grim look on his face.

Although he had accepted the original owner's memories, the original owner's memories showed that he had killed countless people, if not a thousand, then at least several hundred.

But it was just a memory.

(End of this chapter)