Song Heping was busy fighting at the bow of the ship, while Jiang Feng was equally engaged in a fierce battle at the stern.
Five speedboats approached from the direction of the stern, putting Jiang Feng in a situation very similar to that of Song Heping; he had to run back and forth, suppressing one side before rushing to the other. Carrying a PKM machine gun, three ammunition boxes, and his full gear across the several dozen ters width of the ship was like running sprints with a heavy load.
Soon, he found himself like trying to plug a leaky barrel, completely overwheld.
"Old squad leader, I can't hold on here anymore."
Although his firepower was superior to Song Heping's, his greater burden reduced his agility compared to Song Heping.
The PKM machine gun had fierce firepower, ideal for suppressing targets at a certain distance, but once the fight beca close-range and he was getting attacked from both sides, it really wasn't as effective as an assault rifle.
"If you can't handle it, find a high point and delay them. If they head to the bow, you must alert ."
"Alright. I'm planning to climb onto the container."
Jiang Feng was already drenched in sweat, and Song Heping could hear his breathing becoming heavier over the headset.
If not, they would have to retreat.
This was agreed upon beforehand, as stubbornly resisting offered no benefits.
Jiang Feng quickly climbed onto the container.
This position was higher and offered a better view, making it easier to control the approaching pirates.
Soon, he had results as two pirates who just climbed aboard from the rear port side were gunned down by him on the deck, terrifying a few others who were still on the ladder and daring not to continue.
"Co on, you sons of bitches! Co on up if you dare!"
Jiang Feng was quite proud of himself.
However, his lesson ca quickly.
After all, the pirates had been in this line of work for a long ti, and they knew it was difficult to forcefully board when there were ard security personnel around.
The leader in charge of this hijacking imdiately ordered the piracy speedboats on both sides to split two boats, one on each side, to keep a distance of about fifty ters from the ship and proceed alongside it. They then set up machine guns on the boats and opened fire on Jiang Feng, pinning him down on the top of the stern container, unable to raise his head.
Actually, if Jiang Feng had previously adopted Song Heping's tactic of using hand grenades for aerial bombardnt, the effect would have been better with a larger lethal area.
Unfortunately, he was using the PKM machine gun, and the combined weight of the ammunition and the gun was more substantial than Song Heping's, hence he carried fewer grenades.
Thus, in usage, he wasn't as liberal as Song Heping and didn't utilize the grenades in ti to suppress the enemy, resulting in him being suppressed in return and realizing that grenades were no longer very effective when he wanted to use them.
After all, accurately throwing a grenade to explode just above soone's head from a distance of over fifty ters was not an easy task.
Taking advantage of the mont Jiang Feng was suppressed, under the leader's urging and threats, the pirates had no choice but to bravely keep climbing upwards.
As a result, they actually managed to board the ship.
Seeing that the situation was lost, Jiang Feng could only run towards the pilothouse while informing Song Heping about the situation at the stern.
Song Heping knew it was also ti for him to withdraw from the bow.
If Jiang Feng's position was lost and Song Heping did not imdiately escape to the pilothouse, he could easily be trapped and killed on the forward deck, where even jumping into the sea would be a dead end.
Song Heping quickly ran up to the pilothouse, then from a high position, he kept watch on the forward deck, eliminating anyone who climbed up.
The piracy speedboats at the bow soon adopted the stern's tactic as well, intending to split two boats to advance parallel to the ship, then perform left and right suppressive fire.
However, the impact of Song Heping's earlier wave of hand grenade attacks had by then beco apparent.
Song Heping had used four grenades, killing six and injuring more than a dozen.
Now on the bow side, out of the five boats, only a dozen n were left uninjured, and worse still, shrapnel had damaged the engines of two of the speedboats, causing them to leak oil. Splitting two intact boats to suppress Song Heping was feasible, but after dividing the boats and n, those left to board were all injured, making it very disadvantageous to climb aboard.
Therefore, the pirate attack from the bow was much weaker than from the stern. After much hesitancy, they couldn't climb aboard, and one of the split boats had insufficient firepower. Soon, Song Heping was able to suppress them in return, killing two more n.
After Jiang Feng and Song Heping regrouped in the pilothouse, they each held down a direction, using the pilothouse as cover to continue striking the pirates.
But the pirates were nurous after all.
After fighting from the pilothouse for more than ten minutes, they realized that quite a few pirates had already boarded from the stern and many had entered the interior of the cabin.
This situation was extrely dire.
The cabins within the large ship were interconnected, and if the two continued to defend the pilot house, pirates moving through the passageways from the cabins below would soon trap them there.
They would quickly beco isolated troops, and if the enemies had brought RPG launchers and targeted the pilot house, they would have nothing to do but wait for death.
"Let's move down into the ship's hold," Song He said.
Song Heping imdiately made the decision.
"If we don't leave now, we'll both die here," he added.
Jiang Feng beca fiercely determined at that mont, not sparing any ti to think about tactical planning.
Fortunately, he didn't have to worry about these matters since Song Heping was there to take command.
"Alright."
Without a mont to spare, he followed Song Heping downstairs into the cabin area.
The cabin area of the ship had many rooms; "Man Tianxing" had three levels of cabins, each with different functions—so were sleeping quarters, others were operational cabins, and the areas near the stern were engine rooms. Therefore, the layout below was quite complex, with corridors going in all directions.
After boarding, Song Heping had walked through these layers of cabins and had carefully studied the floor plans, morizing the overall structure in his mind.
He led Jiang Feng down to the lowest level and then moved towards the stern through the corridors.
The power on the ship had been cut, so it was pitch black everywhere.
Song Heping wanted to drag the pirates, who lacked night vision equipnt, into the darkness. Moreover, the pirates had arrived in 10 speedboats, totaling more than sixty n. Currently, about a dozen had been killed, and at least twenty were wounded.
This ant that the number of fully able personnel available for combat—excluding those left to watch over and control the speedboats—was rely over twenty n.
It was nearly impossible for just over twenty n to completely control the three levels of vast cargo ship cabins.
Song Heping walked forward for a while, then suddenly stopped.
He turned back and gestured tactically to Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng understood that it was a signal for them to split up, one on each side, and hide in the adjacent cabins as enemies were approaching.
The two quickly split left and right, blending into the nearby cabins and disappearing into the darkness.
Since both had night vision gears, they could see each other.
Song Heping made another gesture.
Catching the hint, Jiang Feng pulled out a Shock Bomb and held it in his hand.
anwhile, Song Heping quietly waited in the dark with his AKM assault rifle.
Footsteps ca from the dense darkness akin to thick ink.
The pirates lacked professional military training, and their coordination and tactical movents were quite crude; although they attempted to move quietly, they couldn't quite manage it.
Slowly, Song Heping heard the footsteps drawing closer, reaching about ten ters away. He promptly signaled Jiang Feng to throw the grenade.
Jiang Feng imdiately pulled the pin and threw the Shock Bomb ahead.
The explosive delay of the Shock Bomb was very short, typically only about two seconds, much shorter than the typical hand grenade's three to five seconds.
Jiang Feng threw it high rather than rolling it on the ground.
Thus, before it even hit the ground, the Shock Bomb detonated just in front of several pirates hanging mid-air.
Bang—
The bright light and loud noise from the explosion of the Shock Bomb caused the closest pirate to faint on the spot, while others imdiately collapsed on the ground, their minds wiped as clear as washed white cloth.
The pirate furthest away was less affected, his mind muddled and disoriented, but he did not lose his combat ability and collapsed on the ground.
He, confused and panicked, raised his gun and blindly fired a burst of bullets without any sense of direction.
Unfortunately for him—and his comrades too—
not a single bullet hit the intended target, all catching his own n upfront...
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