What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 34 Firepower Crushing
Is this reasonable?

This is unreasonable!

At this place and at this time, something totally unreasonable happened!

How could there be a pirate who drives a yacht and openly flies a skull and crossbones flag?

This is Dongsha. Any pirate who can read the sea chart would not be so bold as to hang around here.

There are almost no cargo ships or passenger ships passing by Dongsha, only the Pacific Fleet and patrol police boats. Are they trying to rob the water police?

Although he couldn't understand what pirates would be so bold, the lieutenant immediately became alert and hurriedly entered a state of combat readiness.

The patrol boat that was originally preparing to approach the yacht was also directing the next big turn, keeping a distance and observing first.

Second Lieutenant Gao Weilun was also shocked when he saw the bridge tilting violently due to the turn.

From a distance of about one thousand meters, through a telescope, you can see several masked figures standing on the yacht, and there seems to be someone doing something at the stern.

The "Corsair" didn't seem to have any intention of starting, but just stayed where it was as if it was doing something.

There was no reaction to the arrival of the patrol boat, and it seemed as if it was just watching coldly.

Gao Weilun picked up the intercom, tuned to the public frequency band and started talking:
"Unidentified vessel, please inform us of your nationality, organization, registration number, and purpose, otherwise I will have the right to request a boarding inspection.

Repeat, unidentified vessel..."

Gao Weilun shouted several times in a row, but there was nothing in the public frequency band, which instead aroused the questions of his teammates on the island.

He quickly reported that he had spotted a potentially hostile pirate ship and requested support.

There are seven or eight patrol boats on the island, the largest of which weighs more than 30 tons.

After hearing Gao Weilun’s report, the guards on Dongsha Island were also in an uproar.

They were equally shocked by the "pirate ship". When the officer, who had just gotten up for breakfast, heard the news, he immediately ordered the remaining ships to rush to support.

At the same time, he did not believe that there were pirates near Dongsha, and asked Gao Weilun to confirm the other party's identity first.

The entire communication process took more than ten minutes. Gao Weilun followed the instructions and kept shouting, but the "Corsair" still did not respond at all.

In fact, Tang Wen heard everything, but he never responded.

Because responding is meaningless, there are only two options no matter what: escape with all your might, or engage in battle.

"Quick, keep setting the hook!"

Tang Yi's eyes were red as he lay on the side of the boat, staring at the trajectory of the falling steel cable.

No matter what, he had to search the area thoroughly and not miss the Oak just because he gave up the last chance.

The Oak was a ship of more than 10,000 tons, and its position was unlikely to change much after sinking.

He asked Tang Wen to persist for at least an hour, and give up if there was no result within an hour.

The latter estimated the time it would take for the water police support to arrive. Even at the fastest speed, it would take about 40 minutes, which was not too troublesome.

Just don't let the first 3563 interfere with you, and escape at full speed as soon as the enemy's support arrives.

Gao Weilun was shouting until his mouth was dry, but there was no response.

Through observation, he found that something must have gone wrong with the "Pirate Ship" and that was why it remained motionless. So he made a bold decision:

Try to get close enough to board the ship before friendly forces arrive!

He carefully instructed the patrol boat to turn a corner and slowly approach, while his deputy, Sergeant Yang Xing, held up a telescope and observed the "pirates'" every move at any time.

When the distance was about 800 meters, Yang Xing exclaimed:
"What's that? Something's covered up next to the bridge."

In the magnified field of view of the telescope, an object about the height of a person was covered by a three-color waterproof cloth, which looked a bit strange.

Gao Weilun didn't take it seriously and casually grabbed an M16 and threw it into Yang Xing's arms:
"We have guns, body armor, and support. Don't be afraid."

"They're just some pirates. What can they possibly do? At most..."

"bang bang bang"

Suddenly, a metallic impact sound similar to that of a punch press was heard in the air, and at the same time, a series of splashes appeared on the sea surface in front of the patrol boat.

Soldiers all over the ship recognized the sound.

"Back north, it's a machine gun!"

The helmsman screamed, lowered his head automatically without Gao Weilun's order, and swung the rudder hard, sending the confused lieutenant flying.

But the latter not only did not complain, but fell to the ground, grabbed his hat, and shouted:

"Fight back, fight back!"

"We also have automatic rifles, fire back immediately!"

There were ten water police officers on the patrol boat. They instinctively hid behind steel plates and guardrails, and immediately opened fire after receiving the order.

Don't even think about aiming when you're hundreds of meters away on a shaky sea. Just pull the trigger in roughly the right direction.

Four or five M16s fired intermittent bursts, and the noise was so deafening that the crew on Y1 were afraid of stray bullets and had to bend over or even lie down.

The makeshift machine gun team consisting of two shooters was still firing back, manipulating the "Pheasant Neck" to continuously fire short bursts, forcing patrol boat No. 3563 to retreat repeatedly.

In fact, after confirming that it was a heavy machine gun, the patrol boat decisively gave up the idea of ​​approaching.

Machine gun bullets and rifle bullets are two completely different concepts. Patrol boats can block rifles, but steel plates without any armor structure can be easily penetrated by heavy machine guns.

Moreover, the latter has a bracket and the accuracy is not at the same level.

It wasn't until they were over 1500 meters away that Gao Weilun stood up in a panic, grabbed the intercom and shouted in fear:

“The pirates were heavily armed. They had machine guns, smaller than 0.5 inches but very powerful, and they kept firing at us!
Requesting support, requesting support!"

At this time, the supporting patrol boat had just left the port. When it heard the heavy machine gun, it quickly retreated and temporarily looked for someone to suppress the heavy firepower.

The Marine Police also have machine guns!
Not only that, it’s also the M2 Lao Gan Ma, a 12.7mm heavy-duty model.

The commander on the islands was shocked and angry. He picked up the intercom and ordered Gao Weilun:
"Second Lieutenant Gao, hold them back, don't let these criminals get away.

Daring to use heavy firepower, this is no longer an ordinary pirate, we must use a heavy punch!"

"Yes!"

Gao Weilun was in tears. The enemy had fire suppression and had an absolute advantage within a distance of 1000 meters. There was no way the patrol boat could get close.

Hold the opponent back? The Corsair has six motors, so we can't catch up even if we chase it.

But due to orders, he could only let the patrol boat circle around the "pirate ship" and fire a few shots of faith from time to time, as if to execute orders.

On the yacht, Tang Wen, from a third-person perspective, could clearly see the trajectory of any enemy or friendly ammunition. Seeing that the other side was firing randomly, he simply remained motionless. Anyway, the target was deadly.

Unlike No. 3563, Tang had considered the combat situation early on, and important parts were equipped with 10mm reinforced armor, so there was no need to worry about danger as long as he was in the cabin.

As for outside the cabin...

"Commander, we've hit bottom!"

[Steel Found: 375.4 tons (90% recovery rate). Will it be recycled?]

"It's a shipwreck!"

Tang Wen shouted excitedly, more than 300 tons, it can only be the debris of a shipwreck!
This is a large piece of debris, which means the main body must be nearby!

[Steel Found: 12.4 tons (93% recovery rate). Will it be recycled?]

[Steel Found: 852 kg (94% recovery rate). Will it be recycled?]

As the hook slowly dragged across the seabed, system prompts kept ringing in Tangwan's mind.

All they had access to so far were small fragments of the upper layer or cargo from the sunken ship, but the dense clues clearly proved that the shipwreck was beneath. After recovering more than a dozen wrecks, the warehouse immediately gained over 600 tons of steel and other supplies.

Although the most critical hull has not been found yet, the dawn of victory is already in sight.

However, at this moment, Tang Wen felt as if the entire boat was being pulled hard.

Before he realized what was happening, Tang Yi, with his quick eyes and hands, stepped forward and grabbed the wire rope that was about to break.

Due to the sudden density of debris, the hook got stuck on a piece of debris.

Since there was no consideration for actual salvage in advance, the wire rope was not thick. After all, a rolled-up wire rope of more than 100 meters would be very large. If it was too thick, the yacht might not be able to fit it.

The consequence was that the natural ups and downs of the sea water alone made the wire ropes unable to bear the weight, and several of them broke directly, leaving only the central part supporting the structure.

The broken wire rope almost hit the crew member next to it. Fortunately, Tang Yi was watching it and quickly grabbed the wire rope.

The other crew members reacted immediately and were about to step forward when they heard Tang Yi shout:

"Don't come over here, be careful not to break it and hit someone!"

Once the taut wire rope breaks, the force will be enough to whip a person to death, and Tang Yi doesn't want to lose anyone's life.

Tang Wen, who had already understood what was going on, quickly retrieved the fragment, but the rope was still stretched tight, as if it was about to break completely at any moment.

Because it is a steel wire rope, it weighs almost 300 kilograms when lowered more than 100 meters, and is also very heavy.

But fortunately, the load has been greatly reduced, and even only a few steel wires can bear this weight. But they must not get stuck again, otherwise the wire rope will inevitably break.

If you fail, you can only try hard to find the coordinates again next time.

The sea is not land. If a positioning point is off by a few kilometers, you can only be thankful. Who knows how long it will take to find it next time.

Tang Yi's mind raced, and he quickly ordered someone to turn the winch back a few meters to prevent the fragile part from continuing to bear the stress.

But the price is that the height of the grappling hook increases, making it more difficult to hook the sunken ship and taking more time.

“We need time!”

"Roger that!"

Tang Wen replied, and then messages popped up in his mind.

【Unknown target discovered! 】

【Unknown target discovered! 】

【Unknown target discovered! 】

【Unknown target discovered! 】

【Enter combat mode! 】

After four consecutive warnings, Tang Wen entered combat mode without hesitation, and red signs immediately floated above the four approaching boats in his field of vision.

Steel No. 3563, which had been hiding outside, also regrouped and approached them again.

……

The four small boats that came to support were smaller than No. 3563 because they were faster than the large ship.

But what surprised Gao Weilun was that there was an M2 Lao Gan Ma heavy machine gun mounted on the bow of each boat, which gave them an absolute advantage in firepower.

Three of them have separated and are trying to go around the side of the "Pirate Ship" to encircle it.

If the encirclement is successful, then Tang Wen will be suppressed in all directions.

Since they knew in advance that there were heavy weapons, the several encircling boats kept a distance of about 1000 meters and would gradually shrink the encirclement after it was formed.

Tang Wen looked at the movements of the five small boats on the small map and immediately knew the other party's intentions.

The 12.7mm M2 Lao Gan Ma is very powerful, and it is difficult for the yacht's steel plates to provide full protection.

And there is no need to penetrate the hull. Just destroying the external motor or causing casualties will cause big trouble.

Gao Weilun was participating in the siege while also watching the pirate ship's every move through a telescope.

The two "Pirates" operating the Type 92 suddenly stood up and hid in the cabin with machine guns.

He was just happy that the reinforcements had scared the pirates, but he saw the three-colored cloth that Yang Xing had mentioned earlier slip off, revealing what was hidden underneath.

There was a flash of fire.

Unlike machine guns, the 25mm cannon is designed for air defense and is an anti-aircraft gun.

In order to make it easier for shooters to observe the trajectory, a tracer bullet is mixed in every few shells. It burns and glows during flight to produce a trajectory that can be observed with the naked eye.

Unlike the Type 92 which requires manual operation, the warship controlled by the commander does not need to be reloaded or replaced. The ammunition is fed into the magazine by the force and spits out flames crazily.

As the saying goes: level the guns and the military courts.

Although the caliber is only 25 mm, the anti-aircraft gun has a huge amount of propellant and a very high initial velocity.

When the MK1 machine guns on both sides of Y7 were fired at the same time, everyone saw the flaming red bullet belts sweeping towards them.

Gao Weilun's mind went blank. There was an anti-aircraft machine gun on Dongsha Island, and he immediately recognized what it was.

What a fart!
If bullets can only kill people, machine guns are enough to directly sink several small boats.

"Da da da... da da da..."

The originally planned encirclement deployment was interrupted in an instant, and the radio was filled with cries of grief.

"Machine gun, it's a machine gun..."

"I'm hit, I'm hit!"

"Retreat, the intelligence is wrong!"

Several small boats immediately dispersed and fled for their lives, and at this time they had no time to care about their friendly forces.

The 25mm machine gun is very ferocious. If it just brushes against you, you will get hurt, and if it touches you, you will get killed!

[Through penetration*1, Breakthrough*1 (Damage +460)]

[Through penetration*2, ricochet*1 (Damage +180)]

Damage notifications from the hits kept popping up in Tang Wen's mind, and he could already see that the health bars of two of the boats had thinned a bit.

However, his main purpose was to expel the enemy, and there was no sighting equipment on the ship. He fired hundreds of shells with the naked eye, but the hit rate was less than 10%.

But the random artillery shells were scary enough. There was no need to bring out the terrifying 152mm cannon. The two anti-aircraft guns alone were enough to kill everyone.

The public radio was filled with chaotic cries for help and curses, and no one dared to approach them.

Water police boats usually just bully fishermen. Where have you ever seen a scene of real guns and live ammunition?
When the real "bandit" appeared, the five small boats did not dare to fight back!

Just as Tang Wen cautiously drove away the patrol boats, a message flashed through his mind:
[Steel (mixed): 8195.2 tons (recovery rate 89%), should it be recycled?]

Aluminum alloy found: 154 tons (92% recovery rate). Will it be recycled?

【Discover……】

Tang Wen confirmed it immediately without hesitation.

【Recycling successful! 】

7294 tons of steel, 52 tons of rubber, 138 tons of aluminum alloy, and 16 tons of oil have been stored in warehouses.

Congratulations! You have achieved energy reuse through shipwreck recycling and made an indelible contribution to environmental protection.

[Awarded the "Green Model" medal: commemorative only]

(End of this chapter)