Chapter 3016
Chapter 3016
Chapter 3016
Masquerading as armed pirates and indiscriminately attacking merchant ships of other countries passing through this sea area, this errand sounds simple, but after careful consideration, it is not so easy to complete.
For this kind of mission of a dirty nature, the identity must never be revealed, at least no conclusive evidence can be obtained.Otherwise, the outside world will immediately link this matter with the Xingdao authorities, and this is obviously not the purpose of the task assigned by the superior.
Shao Tianhu carefully read the content of the telegram again, and there were no clear instructions such as "killing people for profit", "clearing alive", "sinking the target".He believes that this is not an oversight by his superiors, nor is it a careful wording, but that these practices have not been included in the items that must be completed.
That is to say, the strength of the attack operation needs to be mastered by the commander himself.It doesn't hurt or itch, and it may not achieve the purpose of the action, but if the attack is too harsh, it may not be the result that the superiors are happy to see.
At this time, you have to think about the real purpose of the superior's deployment of this task.And the multitude of questions now being asked by his officers only disturbed his train of thought.All he can think of for the time being is to try to prevent the identity of the fleet from being easily identified.
Shao Tianhu waved his hand, signaling to his subordinates to calm down first, he needs to sort out the clues before making a judgment.
Although Shao Tianhu was young, he was a senior military officer with a professional background and was quite prestigious in the mercenary regiment. Seeing this, everyone immediately silenced themselves, waiting for him to issue orders.
In the telegram, it clearly pointed out the location and target of the operation, which were merchant ships from other countries entering and exiting the northern end of the Strait of Malacca.Only attacking merchant ships without touching the coastal areas is undoubtedly to disrupt the normal shipping order in the Strait of Malacca and create a chaotic situation that is enough for Haihan to profit.
No particular country or power was targeted, and it was clearly not aimed at hitting a single commercial competitor.The sea area of action was designated to be north of the Strait of Malacca, but not within the Strait of Malacca where it was easier to catch targets. Shao Tianhu believed that this was probably to allow the mercenary group to better hide their whereabouts.
Of course, he also keenly thought of another possibility, that is, the superior may need to create an appropriate excuse to intervene in the situation in the northern part of the Straits of Malacca.
Now that the purpose is to create chaos, the means should be considered.If people kill people during the looting process, or even sink the ship with people, then the news will not be spread to the outside world, and it will be difficult to achieve the purpose of creating chaos.
Thinking of this, Shao Tianhu seemed to understand why the telegram did not put forward clear requirements for the strength of the action.To muddy the water and create panic is the real purpose of this mission.
Of course, if you don't understand the details, it is easy to understand the task as simple burning, killing and looting. Once the mercenaries get a taste of the "sweetness" from it, Shao Tianhu may have a hard time considering the military discipline of the mercenary regiment. Restrain the people below.
"Bring the sea chart." After Shao Tianhu figured out the key points, it was easy to make up his mind.
"You see, the northeast side of this sea area is the territory of Siam and Kedah, and the southwest side is Sumatra Island. There are only two main trade routes outside the Strait of Malacca, one goes north along the northeast coast, and the other goes west across the Great Strait between our position and Sumatra."
"But because the city of Banda Aceh is on the south side of the Great Strait, there will be naval patrols from Aceh from time to time. If we choose to do something in this area, it will be easy to expose our whereabouts."
"So I think it's safer to choose the side closer to Siam and Kedah. Siam's navy is mostly concentrated in the Gulf of Siam on the east side of the Malay Peninsula, and Kedah has no decent water at all. Army, there is no adversary in this area who can threaten us."
Someone asked: "Commander, should we find a temporary place to stay in this sea area?"
Shao Tianhu said: "Is there anyone among us who is familiar with the situation in this area? You can make suggestions."
Someone responded: "I have a platoon leader who is Siamese, and his hometown seems to be nearby."
"Call someone here quickly." Shao Tianhu gave the order without hesitation.
After a while, the Siamese platoon leader rushed to the meeting place, and after listening to Shao Tianhu's request, he quickly gave a suggestion: "There is a big island near the coast of Siam, where there are many bays for us to temporarily park. "
Shao Tianhu looked at the location he pointed out on the chart, where there was the name of the island marked in Chinese characters: Phuket Island.
"Is there a Siamese government agency on this island?" Shao Tianhu was still more cautious and didn't want to cause any complications.
The Siamese platoon leader replied: "Don't worry, the battalion commander. Although this island is the territory of Siam, there are only some natives who live on the island, and they often migrate to other places. It should not be a problem."
After that, he briefly introduced the situation of these natives.They don't know how to engage in farming, and their livelihood is to be pirates and collect pearls. However, because they are limited by shipbuilding technology, they can only build some small sampans. They have to use these small boats and primitive weapons to rob the big ships entering and leaving the Strait of Malacca. The rate can be imagined.
"Native pirates? That's great, just come to take the blame for us." Shao Tianhu immediately made up his mind to use this place to implement his plan.
From the bay where the fleet is currently staying to Phuket Island on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula, the voyage in between is a thousand miles and takes about two days.During this period, Shao Tianhu can further improve his plan.
But on their way to Phuket, they met the target who came to their door.
The lookout on the mast found two Arabian sailing ships in the distance, sailing from west to east to the Strait of Malacca.Shao Tianhu immediately decided to attack the two boats and ordered them to approach at full speed.
An hour later, Shao Tianhu was able to distinguish with the naked eye the jib sails unique to Arabian sailing ships.
And the other party obviously also noticed that the sailing boats approaching with tails were menacing, with bad intentions, and were desperately adjusting their course, trying to turn south and escape to Banda Aceh.
After chasing for a while, the distance between the two sides was further shortened.Shao Tianhu confirmed the location on the chart. This place is still a hundred miles away from the city of Banda Aceh, but to catch up with these two ships, it will take at least a few tens of miles. By then, they may have already entered the Aceh navy. patrol range, there is a risk of exposure.
Shao Tianhu weighed the pros and cons, and finally ordered to give up chasing the two ships and continue heading towards Phuket Island.Although this pursuit failed to achieve actual results, there is still enough time to take action, and Shao Tianhu is not worried that he will not find a suitable target.
(End of this chapter)
Masquerading as armed pirates and indiscriminately attacking merchant ships of other countries passing through this sea area, this errand sounds simple, but after careful consideration, it is not so easy to complete.
For this kind of mission of a dirty nature, the identity must never be revealed, at least no conclusive evidence can be obtained.Otherwise, the outside world will immediately link this matter with the Xingdao authorities, and this is obviously not the purpose of the task assigned by the superior.
Shao Tianhu carefully read the content of the telegram again, and there were no clear instructions such as "killing people for profit", "clearing alive", "sinking the target".He believes that this is not an oversight by his superiors, nor is it a careful wording, but that these practices have not been included in the items that must be completed.
That is to say, the strength of the attack operation needs to be mastered by the commander himself.It doesn't hurt or itch, and it may not achieve the purpose of the action, but if the attack is too harsh, it may not be the result that the superiors are happy to see.
At this time, you have to think about the real purpose of the superior's deployment of this task.And the multitude of questions now being asked by his officers only disturbed his train of thought.All he can think of for the time being is to try to prevent the identity of the fleet from being easily identified.
Shao Tianhu waved his hand, signaling to his subordinates to calm down first, he needs to sort out the clues before making a judgment.
Although Shao Tianhu was young, he was a senior military officer with a professional background and was quite prestigious in the mercenary regiment. Seeing this, everyone immediately silenced themselves, waiting for him to issue orders.
In the telegram, it clearly pointed out the location and target of the operation, which were merchant ships from other countries entering and exiting the northern end of the Strait of Malacca.Only attacking merchant ships without touching the coastal areas is undoubtedly to disrupt the normal shipping order in the Strait of Malacca and create a chaotic situation that is enough for Haihan to profit.
No particular country or power was targeted, and it was clearly not aimed at hitting a single commercial competitor.The sea area of action was designated to be north of the Strait of Malacca, but not within the Strait of Malacca where it was easier to catch targets. Shao Tianhu believed that this was probably to allow the mercenary group to better hide their whereabouts.
Of course, he also keenly thought of another possibility, that is, the superior may need to create an appropriate excuse to intervene in the situation in the northern part of the Straits of Malacca.
Now that the purpose is to create chaos, the means should be considered.If people kill people during the looting process, or even sink the ship with people, then the news will not be spread to the outside world, and it will be difficult to achieve the purpose of creating chaos.
Thinking of this, Shao Tianhu seemed to understand why the telegram did not put forward clear requirements for the strength of the action.To muddy the water and create panic is the real purpose of this mission.
Of course, if you don't understand the details, it is easy to understand the task as simple burning, killing and looting. Once the mercenaries get a taste of the "sweetness" from it, Shao Tianhu may have a hard time considering the military discipline of the mercenary regiment. Restrain the people below.
"Bring the sea chart." After Shao Tianhu figured out the key points, it was easy to make up his mind.
"You see, the northeast side of this sea area is the territory of Siam and Kedah, and the southwest side is Sumatra Island. There are only two main trade routes outside the Strait of Malacca, one goes north along the northeast coast, and the other goes west across the Great Strait between our position and Sumatra."
"But because the city of Banda Aceh is on the south side of the Great Strait, there will be naval patrols from Aceh from time to time. If we choose to do something in this area, it will be easy to expose our whereabouts."
"So I think it's safer to choose the side closer to Siam and Kedah. Siam's navy is mostly concentrated in the Gulf of Siam on the east side of the Malay Peninsula, and Kedah has no decent water at all. Army, there is no adversary in this area who can threaten us."
Someone asked: "Commander, should we find a temporary place to stay in this sea area?"
Shao Tianhu said: "Is there anyone among us who is familiar with the situation in this area? You can make suggestions."
Someone responded: "I have a platoon leader who is Siamese, and his hometown seems to be nearby."
"Call someone here quickly." Shao Tianhu gave the order without hesitation.
After a while, the Siamese platoon leader rushed to the meeting place, and after listening to Shao Tianhu's request, he quickly gave a suggestion: "There is a big island near the coast of Siam, where there are many bays for us to temporarily park. "
Shao Tianhu looked at the location he pointed out on the chart, where there was the name of the island marked in Chinese characters: Phuket Island.
"Is there a Siamese government agency on this island?" Shao Tianhu was still more cautious and didn't want to cause any complications.
The Siamese platoon leader replied: "Don't worry, the battalion commander. Although this island is the territory of Siam, there are only some natives who live on the island, and they often migrate to other places. It should not be a problem."
After that, he briefly introduced the situation of these natives.They don't know how to engage in farming, and their livelihood is to be pirates and collect pearls. However, because they are limited by shipbuilding technology, they can only build some small sampans. They have to use these small boats and primitive weapons to rob the big ships entering and leaving the Strait of Malacca. The rate can be imagined.
"Native pirates? That's great, just come to take the blame for us." Shao Tianhu immediately made up his mind to use this place to implement his plan.
From the bay where the fleet is currently staying to Phuket Island on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula, the voyage in between is a thousand miles and takes about two days.During this period, Shao Tianhu can further improve his plan.
But on their way to Phuket, they met the target who came to their door.
The lookout on the mast found two Arabian sailing ships in the distance, sailing from west to east to the Strait of Malacca.Shao Tianhu immediately decided to attack the two boats and ordered them to approach at full speed.
An hour later, Shao Tianhu was able to distinguish with the naked eye the jib sails unique to Arabian sailing ships.
And the other party obviously also noticed that the sailing boats approaching with tails were menacing, with bad intentions, and were desperately adjusting their course, trying to turn south and escape to Banda Aceh.
After chasing for a while, the distance between the two sides was further shortened.Shao Tianhu confirmed the location on the chart. This place is still a hundred miles away from the city of Banda Aceh, but to catch up with these two ships, it will take at least a few tens of miles. By then, they may have already entered the Aceh navy. patrol range, there is a risk of exposure.
Shao Tianhu weighed the pros and cons, and finally ordered to give up chasing the two ships and continue heading towards Phuket Island.Although this pursuit failed to achieve actual results, there is still enough time to take action, and Shao Tianhu is not worried that he will not find a suitable target.
(End of this chapter)