Section 6 Almost Got Killed

  The Ellemeno cargo ship finally appeared in the view of Ma Hou, shining brightly with its navigation lights, and was easily discovered by Ma Hou's far-sighted eyes. Of course, due to the negligence of the crew from Captain Norden to the lowest-level boiler worker, the Ellemeno arrived a full 3 ke (a unit of time) later than Mao San and Mao Si had estimated.

  The signal was transmitted from the top of a 70-meter-high reef to the Qinglong, and the new and old pirates who had been waiting impatiently immediately took action. The iron anchor was pulled up, the wind sail was also pulled towards the wind, the gunners entered their combat positions, the charcoal fire burned fiercely in the sea breeze, and Li Dage led the "Elite" team members to appear, all wearing black clothes, covering their faces, with flying hook ropes and flying knife axes on their bodies, and of course, there were also Browning left-wheel guns inserted at their waists. They owed such equipment to the successful sniper attack by the Mao Four Brothers that night...

  "Third Master, shall we raise the flag?" Huang Tuo asked a question he shouldn't have asked. The answer came from Mao San's angrily wide-open eyes.

  "Damn it, are you brainless!? It's a British ship! Do you want to be chased by the British warship all over the world?" After scolding, Mao San felt a bit relieved. It had been almost three years since he last made such a big deal. To be honest, his heart was racing with anxiety just now, but after venting out, he felt much more relaxed.

  "Brother, let's wait until the boat turns to our side before making a move, so that the distance won't be too far and give them time to prepare." The one speaking was Mao Si. This foolish idea of his actually made sense and was quite useful. None of the other pirates on this side had thought of such an idea! What a difference, this is the difference between normal people and fools!

  "Did everyone hear that? Don't panic, don't rush, calm down!" Mao San's words were more to himself. A 400-ton wooden sailboat against a 3,000-ton iron ship was a tough business, and because it was a close combat plan, the 20, no, 21 cannons were useless, and his brothers could only complete this task with the 50 long and short guns in their hands and other handy weapons. As the commander, how could he not have his heart racing at such a critical moment?

  "Third Uncle, what am I to do?" The beautiful He Xiangu also came to meddle, adding about XX kilograms of burden to Mao San's heart. At this time, the beauty was indeed stunning, her tight outfit revealing her wonderful body curves! Unfortunately, except for Mao San and Mao Si brothers who were close by, no one could see clearly. Because the setting moon was blocked by rocks, in the shadows, 5 meters away, it was already impossible to see a person's appearance.

  "Miss, you're in charge of watching the boat, keep a close eye on it. Later, some brothers with guns might fall into the water, and you'll be responsible for arranging people to rescue them. The other side has 18 armed men." Mao San's head was still very clear-headed, after all, he had experienced many bigger scenes than this before, only this time he became the commander. The last sentence was clearly a threat to the uncooperative Miss.

  "Uh, uh......"

  "Give up, Frost!" Idiot Mao Si had already formally changed his way of addressing the beauty in a short period of time and received her nod of approval and encouraging gaze, which can be considered as rapid progress and extraordinary results. At this moment, seeing that this brain-damaged (who knows whose brain is damaged) beauty was about to take risks, he immediately stopped her without hesitation. "This kind of thing is for men." As soon as Mao Si finished speaking, he realized that his words were problematic. If he didn't go, what would he be? Not a man? This title cannot be worn in front of the beauty. Damn! He was willing to waste a few more 9MM bullets, and regretted not bringing the Type 81 rifle, the Type 88 Mauser was really hard to use.

  Actually, he is the most powerful person playing Mauser on the Qinglong ship! His current job is: standing at the bow of the ship to shoot, shooting at all the foreigners who dare to resist, shooting at any light that dares to be lit, and shooting at all armed personnel (of course including anyone, who can see clearly in the dark) who try to escape by jumping into the sea! However, now he has decided to climb onto the enemy ship like Li Guoliang and others, fight bravely, and never disappoint the expectations of the beauty and the care of the leader (Mao San).

  The Elma appeared lazily on the horizon, portside!

  Ma San's raised hand suddenly dropped, and the beautiful woman next to him even clearly heard a "click" sound. The pirates drove the Qinglong number towards the Elime number, the sailboat that had eaten its fill of wind was heading towards the 200-meter-away merchant ship at a speed of 16 knots, under Zeng Er's control, the Qinglong number silently drew a beautiful arc, and the wooden hull tightly hugged the steel hull, but the 400-ton was at least three meters shorter than the 3000-ton.

  Just as the ships were about to collide, Li Guoliang and his four subordinates threw out their flying hooks and jumped out, using their feet to tap on the side of the Illyria Maru before flipping onto the ship. At the same time, a gunshot rang out, shattering the stillness of the South China Sea at midnight.

  The gun was fired by a Marine on duty on the Elma, but it was too hasty and didn't hit any target, only serving as an alarm. Moreover, the muzzle flash also exposed his position, which was taken into account by Mao Si. Raising the gun, aiming, firing, all in one go, the "bang" of the gunshot represented the fall of a life star.

  Li Guoliang led one person to skillfully control the navigation command tower (the bridge or the steering room), and the other two quickly moved to the position of the left cabin door. Then, another batch of pirates with long guns climbed up the Elma according to the rope, everything went very smoothly, so smooth that it was unbelievable. Just as Mao Siqi was about to climb up the rope, he hummed.

  The sound of "pa pa pa" gunfire suddenly rang out, mixed with the noise of shouting and screaming... The sailors, passengers and soldiers who had been entertaining until midnight only reacted at this time. Major Max immediately commanded several soldiers rushing out of the cabin to seize the cabin door, which was one of the two passages leading outside, while a few other soldiers rushed towards the exit at the stern of the ship, where they also had to be controlled, otherwise...

  The fool, Mao Si, got excited and jumped onto the Yilemei with a movement even faster than Li Guoliang's. He threw the beautiful woman, He Xiangu, who couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, onto the Qinglong. Although his heart was sweet and fluttering at this time, he remembered a warning from someone very close to him: "When taking action, one must be completely focused!" Therefore, he quickly put aside this feeling.

  Bullets were popping around the cabin door, a pirate had been hit and was lying crookedly on the deck, at the cabin door there was only one pirate firing back with his revolver, more people rushed to other places, preparing to control possible entrances and exits, and seize the opportunity to enter the cabin.

  The simple gunfire had no effect on Mao Four, he pulled away the pirate who was still shooting and quickly flashed in front of the cabin door. At least 5 guns were locked onto the cabin door from inside.

  Max's intention was to attract the attacker here, allowing other soldiers to go out from the back of the ship and attack from both sides! Unfortunately, this idea was doomed to fail from the start, and instead, one pirate held up five people, gaining crucial time.

  Soon, the stern of the ship also rang out with intense gunfire, and the cries in the cabin grew louder. More than two minutes after the first shot was fired, even the stupidest person knew what had happened. As a result, there were more and more crying women and more and more terrified men. At this time, they could no longer maintain the dignity of gentlemen and ladies, and temporarily put aside their beautiful dreams of getting rich. Life was the most important thing! The gunfire and chaotic shouts and footsteps around them were the greatest threat to life.

  "Calm down, calm down, it's just some pirates, the lieutenant and the warriors will eliminate them." The captain appeared in his pajamas in the corridor, remembering his duty, he began to maintain order inside.

  The captain's efforts were suddenly offset by a soldier rolling down the stairs, this hapless soldier had his head drilled into by a 9mm bullet, the perpetrator was clearly Mao Si. Next, another person rolled down, it was the respected Major, he was injured! An 11mm bullet hit his right shoulder, the powerful impact made him roll down involuntarily.

  "Attention, people inside! You are surrounded and the entire ship is under our control! Put down your weapons immediately and come out with your hands on your head!" A loud voice shouted in standard American English, startling the captain who even detected a New York accent.

  The English shout to everyone in the cabin caused a misunderstanding, could everything be a misunderstanding? The ones outside were their own people, or civilized people, not pirates! It was possible! Similarly, several gentlemen who distinguished themselves as New Yorkers walked into the aisle. Surrounding the middle school and captain who had just struggled to get up.

  "Captain, is it Americans outside? It might be a misunderstanding. I'll go out and listen to what he has to say, then we'll understand."

  "Right, it's an American accent, very clear and standard, definitely not some Chinese pirate. Let's go."

  "What if pirates can speak English?"

  "No! I heard there are only some yellow-skinned pirates here, white-skinned pirates are on the other side in the Philippines."

  "Alright, everyone put down your weapons and walk out as he says. Don't resist, it's not worth being mistakenly killed like Bill (the soldier who was shot in the head). The lieutenant colonel finally made a decision, although it was very difficult for him to do so as a military man. He thought sorrowfully: if I hadn't agreed to the captain's request to slow down tonight, if I hadn't gotten drunk, if the guards on duty outside had been arranged more adequately... none of us would have to suffer this humiliation now. Even if those people outside are really Americans, British Royal Navy officers and soldiers wouldn't want to put down their weapons! But what can I say now? Should I say: I should have known better, I should have refused Norton's invitation and persuasion from yesterday, I should have refused the request of that greedy merchant and continued sailing at top speed - 19 knots! The biggest responsibility lies with me, for wanting to see my girlfriend in Hong Kong a day earlier... Alas! If only we had waited until the light cruiser "Bratton" arrived at Jinlan Bay..."

  Despite Lieutenant Colonel's thoughts, he couldn't stop the bleeding from his shoulder where he was shot, and the pain gradually intensified. In this situation, Lieutenant Colonel looked at the soldiers and gentlemen who had not taken any actual action yet, despite their fine words, and felt annoyed in his heart. Weren't they supposed to go out? Why were they still waiting? Ah! They were waiting for a scapegoat, and the first one to go out would undoubtedly be the most dangerous! Who knew whether it was really Americans outside or not?!

  The principal's thoughts and anger were immediately interrupted by a rolling human voice and a rolling black shadow...

  This dark shadow was poor Mao Si, who was looking into the cabin when a large number of pirates climbed up from the Qinglong ship. It is unknown which bastard pushed him from behind, and he rolled down the stairs into the corridor of the cabin, coincidentally rolling to the feet of Captain Max.

  Mao Si realized the danger while still rolling, the foreigners in the cabin hadn't come out yet, hadn't completely put down their weapons, and there were still sporadic gunshots at the back of the ship... All this meant that the people inside were still enemies, not surrendering or captured! Damn it! He was killed by some unknown bastard!

  However, Mao Si's reaction was still top-notch. As soon as he stopped rolling, he instinctively jumped up with a dizzy head and grabbed a person who seemed to be in a daze nearby. He pressed the Colt 1998 in his hand against the captive's head, flashed behind the hostage, and turned his left arm from grabbing to encircling the neck, firmly controlling the hostage.

  From danger to safety is just a few seconds! This is for Mao Si. For the unfortunate wounded officer Max, it's from temporary safety to absolute danger! Because behind his back, someone has wrapped their powerful arm around his neck, with a suffocating danger; and there's also a gun pressed against his right temple, which is even more deadly!

  "Nobody move! Drop your weapons or I'll kill him!" The New York accent was back, right in the lieutenant colonel's ear, extra clear.

  The midshipman couldn't see what the people behind him looked like, and the others in the cabin couldn't see clearly either in the dim light. However, they were basically certain that it was indeed Americans outside, so the soldiers and gentlemen put down their weapons, clasped their hands behind their heads as requested earlier, and muttered humbly, "Damn it, why are the Americans so arrogant? Didn't we just defeat Spain? Our great British Empire defeated the invincible fleet 100 years ago!" "What's wrong with American bastards? Can't even recognize a British merchant ship? I'll go to an American merchant ship and cause trouble another day!"

  Under the pirates' astonished gaze, soldiers, sailors, gentlemen and women walked out of the cabin in an orderly manner with their heads bowed. Of course, the hemp rope that had been prepared early on could also be quickly tied up in the dark. The inevitable things happened naturally, and some people inevitably reached out to grab the foreign women's full breasts and other places with dishonest hands, provoking a series of helpless screams and angry protests!

  The last to emerge was the commander, a lieutenant-colonel, who was escorted by the group of black-clad and masked armed men. The humiliated crowd followed down a rope ladder onto an old warship. The naval officers immediately recognized it as a French Navy three-masted warship that had been decommissioned long ago! When they heard the black-clad group's simultaneous cheers, all the British realized that they had fallen into the hands of Chinese pirates!

  The pirates drove the noble British guests down into the dark, cramped lower hold, closed the heavy hatches above them and left a few men on top to guard while listening to the British below sighing, quarreling, complaining and even brawling. Meanwhile more of them were busily coordinating in plundering everything that could be plundered from the Ile de France...

  Box after box, package after package, bag after bag, and piece after piece of spoils were sent to the Qinglong, causing this 400-ton ship to become overloaded quickly. In the end, Mao San chose only the necessary spoils under the suggestion of his foolish younger brother, while all other things were thrown into the sea. This task was naturally taken care of by Mao Si, and the pirate brothers also listened very much to the words of this "first meritorious person". So, progress accelerated!

  When the light cruiser "Brilliant", armed with eight-inch guns, arrived at Elephant Rock, daylight was already beginning to break. The naval officers and men saw a merchant ship quietly anchored below Elephant Rock, an empty merchant ship accusing the Royal Navy of pirate atrocities...

  Search and pursuit were impossible, the vastness of the sea and the complex terrain along Annam made searching for a pirate ship like looking for a needle in a haystack. After symbolically circling around, the light cruiser "Bratton" returned to Hong Kong under the command of Captain Wood. It was still wise to report to the Governor at this time.

  In fact, the Qinglong had left just an hour before the light cruiser "Bratton" arrived on the scene. The still overloaded Qinglong could only make 7 knots as it slowly made its way back to Mogu Island.

  The pirates on the Qinglong ship faced the rising sun, full of vigor! It's been three years, and the Black Shark Gang, which had no achievements to speak of, finally made a big deal again. The first ticket was so smooth, so clean and tidy, with such huge gains! At this time, if it weren't for Mao Si's reminder, Mao San strictly ordered everyone not to speak loudly, perhaps the entire South China Sea would hear the pirates' cheers! Because the harvest is indeed very rich, from London to Hong Kong, there are boxes and piles of banknotes, weapons, machines, and fine wines, and more than 70 foreigners were also taken, all of whom need to be ransomed...

  In a repressed joy, Mao Si was somewhat depressed and unhappy, even his closest friends, Mao San and Xian Gu, didn't know why. Let him be, anyway he's always been like this, weirdly.

  Mao Si is reflecting! This seemingly very successful deal actually had too many loopholes. Beforehand, they didn't understand the structure of this merchant ship at all, and the pirates didn't even know how many exits there were from the cabin to the deck; they hadn't fully investigated the British transportation plan, and almost got hit by the light cruiser "Bratton"; they weren't clear about the merchant ship's speed and armed personnel, and waited in vain for nearly an hour, losing two brothers (and a pirate was also killed at the stern), and himself almost got caught up in it; the receiving ship didn't arrive on time, and those non-essential and unimportant supplies were all thrown into the sea! If he hadn't suggested hiding behind the reef to ambush, if they hadn't attacked from the side, if they hadn't quickly controlled the cabin door, if he hadn't shouted out and luckily caught the most important hostage, this successful deal would have been delayed until the cruiser's cannons fired!

  The plan is too crude! This is purely a super adventure. The instructor once said that there is no 100% guarantee of adventurous action, but if an action does not have an 80% guarantee, it must not be taken! That's what they say in military school.

  And then, who was the one who bumped into me? Now that I think about it, he must have done it on purpose! Who would hate themselves so much? This matter should be paid attention to, or else I won't even know how I'll die in the future!

  It seems that being a pirate isn't as easy as it looks...