0673 Ran Away

The feeling of sailing on the sea is sometimes not very good, especially for those who are prone to seasickness.

The person responsible for keeping an eye on the money was holding onto the handrails of the ship's side with a pale face, and his fingers could almost poke holes in the steel plate.

After his vomiting was suppressed again, he glanced at an officer standing not far away and leaned over, "You must keep this money!"

His expression was a bit ferocious, partly because the swaying waves made his newly subdued vomiting head tilt up again uneasily, and partly because the money could not be lost.

It seems that all parties contributed a little bit of the money, but in fact it was all contributed by the Meghan Consortium.

Solan paid five million, but this money was actually equivalent to paying the later payment in advance. In the final analysis, it still belonged to the Megan Consortium.

The federal government also provided three million, but this three million was originally an export subsidy given to some subsidiaries of the Megan Consortium. Now this money has been moved here. Next, the products of the Megan Consortium can enjoy financial subsidies. When leaving customs, you will no longer receive financial subsidies until the subsidy that should have been paid reaches 3 million.

In addition to the eight million they paid themselves, it can be said that basically all of this money is the Meghan Foundation's own money.

They are making such fuss because they actually want to reduce the financial pressure on the consortium's books.

In the eyes of the board of directors of the Megan Foundation, they are just a group of crew members and products made from some accumulated raw materials. These things are not worth 16 million at all.

They even want these people to die, and then go door to door to give a high pension, one hundred thousand to each person, and how much money can be spent. Why are these people now worth 16 million? ?

Before this guy came, people on the board of directors had been telling him to take good care of his money. If necessary, he could discard people and goods, but he could not lose the money.

The officer glanced at him sideways and said solemnly, "Just do your best!" The expression on his face already explained the situation. It was a kind of disgust, a kind of disgust for the indifferent people.

The military is a relatively simple group. This does not mean that people in the military are all fools. It just means that their likes and dislikes are very simple, and the way they express their emotions is also very simple.

If you like it, you just like it, if you don't like it, you don't like it. You won't dislike it in your heart, but on the surface it shows a kind of philistine approval. This does not include soldiers in the Ministry of National Defense.

At this time, the 16 million raised by various parties were packed in eight boxes and tied to a buoy.

At this time, the warship they were traveling on was far out of sight of the trading location. If so many warships sailed past together, I am afraid that the robbers would just break up and leave, although the people on the board of directors of the Megan Group did think so.

The current plan is for the person in charge of the transaction to go there with the money, and then take the person back after seeing that nothing happens to the person, or return to the freighter, and then contact through radio, and the navy will swarm them.

For the task force, they do not believe that the boats of this group of robbers can outrun warships. After analysis by the Navy, it is believed that pirates are unlikely to use speedboats as transportation in the open sea.

It is understandable that when using speedboats near the offshore and continental shelf, the waves are relatively gentle, but once you leave the continental shelf and enter the open sea, the waves will become particularly scary.

Sometimes even on a sunny day, if the wind is just a little stronger, it can bring up waves of several meters or more.

Ships like speedboats have no basis for sailing in the open sea. The pirates must have ships on the back of the island where they rest, or some kind of base inside the island. In short, they will definitely not be able to escape.

In order to ensure the maximum safety of those who meet the hostages, someone in the task force proposed this idea.

Tie the money to the buoy and tow it with a boat. If the robbers don't intend to be reasonable and don't intend to accept the money and let them go, it won't be easy to get the money for a while.

In this way, the safety of the people who go to negotiate can be guaranteed, at least they will not be killed on the spot.

If the robbers were reasonable and willing to abide by the rules of the deal, they would only need to tighten the rope to pull the buoy and the money over.

This idea was approved by everyone as soon as it was proposed. It is safe, does not constitute a breach of contract, and is quite flexible.

Not long after, a small boat dragged the buoy away from the fleet. Seeing it gradually disappearing on the distant horizon, everyone's emotions rose.

After a while, a lookout from a high place on the island in the distance saw the small boat in the distance at a glance.

It's not that small, but it's just not that big compared to warships or large freighters.

The lookout blew a whistle, and soon the whistles became one, and Connie, who was dazed by the sun, was kicked and woke up from his drowsiness.

He sat up, licked his lips, looked blankly at the crew members who were tied up in a row around him, wrapped up some smelly saliva in his mouth, and stood up loosely.

These past few days have been the most relaxing time for him. These pirates are actually not as scary as people thought at first.

Not only did they not kill any of the crew members unscrupulously, nor did they abuse them or anything, but they treated them well.

They gave all the crew members the necessary supplies, fresh water and food during this period. In addition, they did not need to work. They ate and slept all day long and had no worries at all.

At this moment, some people's tone when talking about the arrival of the person who sent the ransom did not have much expectation, but there was a weird "how the hell did you get here so fast?"

Connie also sighed, yes, how the hell did you come so fast, but this was actually a kind of excitement after seeing hope, not really hoping that the rescue would come slower.

The hands of all the crew members were locked with iron shackles, and the keys were in the hands of the pirates. They were then strung together with a chain, and the two pirates led them to the beach.

Not sure if it was an illusion, Connie's eyes were wandering around. After a while, he asked the person in front of him with some confusion, "Have you noticed that there are fewer pirates again?"

The sailor in front of him has known him for a while, and the two of them are familiar with each other. After all, Connie has an extra layer of relationship with the company. Even if he doesn't like this person, he will not offend him rashly, not to mention that Connie doesn't actually Not a nasty person.

The man in front of him also looked around for a while, but he was not as fussy as Connie, "It's a lot less than yesterday. It must have been hidden, or went to the other side?"

During the few days they were kidnapped, they occasionally talked about the robbers, such as their stupid behavior in asking for ransom.

Asking for ransom means exposing themselves. Once they expose themselves, how can they escape?

That's 16 million, enough for the company to form a group of people to besiege them!

In the end, they also came to the conclusion that there should be a ship on the back of the island, a big ship, a ship that could travel far.

After hearing what the person in front said, Connie stopped talking about this topic.

A group of people stood on the beach, watching a small black spot in the distance getting bigger and bigger, until a boat appeared in front of them, a fishing boat, with a few small fish that had not been dried hanging on the hoisted fishing net. You could tell it came in a hurry.

At this time, a guy wearing a short-sleeved shirt jumped from the boat. He raised his hands and slowly approached.

"That guy's shirt is good, it shouldn't be cheap." As a hostage, Connie didn't have the consciousness of a hostage at all at this time. He was still commenting on the people who came to rescue them.

People around him nodded. Short-sleeved shirts were once criticized by some as sacrilegious to formal attire, but they have finally become popular over the years.

It's hot in the summer, let alone wearing a full suit, even just wearing a long-sleeved shirt will be very hot.

Two pirates stepped forward to talk for a while, and then they got on the fishing boat. After a while, there was the sound of a motor starting, and at the same time, a guy wearing a short-sleeved shirt came over.

"Have any of you been killed or injured?" The unfailing concern on his face made Connie stop arranging him. Everyone looked at each other and said that pirates are not that bad after all.

Hearing this, the man breathed a sigh of relief.

Next came the process of checking the banknotes and releasing them. Watching the pirates dragging the cash box and disappearing quickly into the not-so-dense jungle of the island, the man who came to pick up the crew turned on the radio.

Not long after, four warships surrounded the place from four directions, but they could not find any trace at all. The pirates seemed to have completely disappeared.

"Will it still be on the island?" The guy responsible for supervising the money was going crazy. He was pulling his hair. Sixteen million disappeared under his nose. He could already imagine Get it, how will the board of directors treat him when he returns.

The officer who came to take charge of this military operation frowned and said, "We searched the entire island and found nothing unusual. We did not see any port on the back of the island, and no anchor was found near the shoal. Traces of movement.”

"Observing the hot air balloon, no trace of the enemy was found. They seemed to have completely disappeared..."

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This was bound to not be a successful rescue for some because money was lost.

Not only was the money lost, but the generator set on the ship was more or less damaged and could not be delivered immediately.

But for the federal society, this definitely reflects the superiority of the federation-life is extremely noble. Regardless of whether people believed it before or whether they will continue to believe it in the future, at least at this moment they believe it.

The investigation surrounding the pirates soon led to a surprising investigation. The pirates may have left in a submarine!

This is exactly in line with the description of the rescued crew members. There are fewer and fewer people on the island. Most of them left in submarines first, leaving only a few people waiting to collect money and leave.

It is precisely because this involves submarines, a "strategic" weapon that has yet to be solved, that federal high-level officials have paid unprecedented attention to it.

The results of their naval battle against Gefra were based on the use of submarines. If other countries can now use submarines for actual military operations, this is definitely not good news.

Knowing this possibility, Mr. President asked a question, "How do we counter submarines from causing harm to us in war?"