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According to the plan, it will take more than a day to sail from here before entering the coastline of Israel. At that time, it will be safe, and the most dangerous time is during the time of leaving Egypt.They didn't know that the ship was not heading for Israel at all, nor was it heading for Lebanon.

Since the Achille's accident, Egypt has sent helicopters to monitor the ship's movements from a distance.

Looking at the sea in front of him, looking at the gradually darkening sky, Edha in the cockpit, while monitoring the driving of the crew, looked outside, the damn helicopter has been flying in the distance, He really wanted to kill a hostage or two to force the helicopter away.

They have already locked the way from the lower deck to here, and the hostages are relatively concentrated, so their actions are impeccable.

They are also dealing with the worst possible situation. If armed personnel really come up to rescue them, they will start shooting the hostages without hesitation.

The night gradually darkened, and the surrounding sea was pitch black without moonlight.

The roaring sound in the distance finally disappeared. After all, the helicopter had limited fuel, and they had no fuel, so they could only return home. With no one watching, Edha's nervous mood relaxed a little.

Eighty kilometers away to the south, which they couldn't see, an Iraqi early warning plane modified by Yun-[-] was flying, and it had already taken over the surveillance work of the helicopter.

After reaching an agreement with Mubarak, Qusay did not hesitate, and immediately dispatched his forces to carry out this armed rescue work.

Originally, Qusay wanted to dispatch the Rattlesnake Special Forces, but the most skilled means of transportation for the Rattlesnake Special Forces is the helicopter. In this dark night, when the helicopter lands from the opponent's head, the noise is relatively loud. It is easy to be discovered by the opponent, so another special force, the Marine Corps, who has also received anti-terrorism training, received this task again at this time.

The Marine Corps is mainly to perform maritime missions, and it is relatively close to the purpose of their establishment. In particular, Hades’s sense of seeking war is too strong. The last war in Syria made him very unsatisfactory. There was no big battle to fight, so Qusay entrusted him with this mission, and Hades patted his chest to guarantee that no hostage would be injured.

At the same time, the Messiah Bureau has compiled all the information, especially the various information on the ship, the various layouts on the ship after renovation, and analyzed the places where the hostages may be held. On the deck, the other is the singing hall on the third floor, and during the day the Egyptian helicopters have discovered that there is no one on the deck, so the place where the hostages are held is in that singing hall.

Although most of the hostages rescued this time were Westerners, Hades still had no complaints. He strictly followed President Qusay's order and formulated a careful action plan. This operation must succeed and cannot fail!

Apart from visual search and surveillance, Egypt could hardly come up with any better means to monitor the hijacked cruise ship, so, proposed by Qusay, Mubarak agreed that the Iraqi police plane passed over the Sinai Peninsula and entered the Mediterranean Sea , remotely monitor the cruise ship's voyage, and provide support for its own personnel operations.

In later generations, pirates in Somalia were extremely rampant. Although there were many escorting warships, once a ship was hijacked by pirates, few countries were willing to use armed rescue methods. Most of them used ransoms in exchange for the safe return of the hostages. Because the Somali pirates are familiar with the environment, skilled in technology, and act rashly, the possibility of failure is very high.

However, the militants who hijacked this time did not have so many methods. They may not even be familiar with navigation. No matter how you look at it, their ships sailed on the wrong route. They wanted to hijack the ship to Kerry. Isle of Tote or Cyprus?

For this operation, there should not be too many people dispatched. Hades selected [-] of the most capable personnel from his own hands to form the rescue force this time. They brought their own equipment and their transportation The tool is a helicopter and a rubber boat.

In the already darkened night sky, two helicopters were flying in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Although they could only hear the roar of the propeller stirring the air, it could be judged from the huge roar that this was definitely a large helicopter. It can only be seen when it is very close. This kind of helicopter is a little different from ordinary helicopters. It has no tail fins, and there are two huge top propellers at the front and back.

This is the CH-47 Chinook helicopter equipped by Iraq.

This kind of helicopter was first encountered by Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War. President Qusay personally seized an Iranian helicopter of this kind in the battle. This kind of helicopter has a large load capacity and can even hang vehicles or artillery.This is a capability that no Iraqi helicopter has.

Therefore, Qusay has always hoped to import this kind of helicopter from the United States. After responding to the oil production increase activities of the United States, Iraq gained the favor of the United States and imported the first batch of [-] such helicopters. This kind of helicopter is very popular. The level is no less than that of the Black Hawk helicopter.

Under Hades' efforts, the Marine Corps was also divided into two helicopters, and in this operation, these two helicopters played a big role.

Pilots wearing night vision goggles are flying stably on the sea. This kind of helicopter has advanced navigation equipment. Even if they only rely on instruments to fly, they can accurately find their own flight path. What's more, they also have night vision goggles. The help and warning machine keeps passing on the information.

After being equipped with the Iraqi army, these helicopters were simultaneously installed with Iraqi military data links.

"Continue to fly twenty nautical miles forward, and then fly five nautical miles in the direction of nine o'clock. It is on the route of that cruise ship. That is the most suitable sea area for airdrop!" The data transmitted through the data link of the pre-warning aircraft, The CH-47 captain spoke to the pilot on the left.

The two helicopters flew over the sea, leaving nothing behind except that the sea was disturbed by the propellers and quickly returned to calm.

Flying at ultra-low altitude, they are not avoiding the observation of the armed personnel of the hijacked ship. There is no radar on the Achille cruise ship, so they cannot be found at all. They do this to prevent others from being discovered, especially, the eastern The following are listed in sè.It is impossible for Israel, who has no pre-warning aircraft, to find them flying close to the sea.

In the cabin, Hades, whose face was covered with camouflage, looked at his subordinates viciously: "Just now I checked the actions again, do you understand?"

"Understood." The team members said. For their captain, they have always been in awe and full of love. Especially, in this mission, they overwhelmed the Rattlesnake Special Forces, which filled them with pride.

"Check the equipment. We will be in the cabin for a while. Our radio device may not work well. We rely more on gestures. What I need is not to hurt a hostage during the process of capturing the robbers." Hades said.

For this operation, they brought a lot of professional equipment, which is a tactic when dealing with pirates, and they have conducted many trainings.

Dealing with pirates is a part-time job of the Marine Corps, but now, when dealing with armed men hijacking ships, their action plan is somewhat similar to that of pirates.

After the inspection, I heard a voice from the front cabin: "We are about to reach the airdrop sea area."

Hades glanced out and could see nothing except the pitch-black sea. Their battle was about to begin.

If someone can see clearly from the dark now, they can see that in addition to the special nature of the helicopter, the bottom of the helicopter is also special. When it is flying, there is also a special thing hanging on it!

That thing is a rubber boat!

Rubber boats are a means of transportation for the Marine Corps. It gives them the means to navigate the sea. They cannot use helicopters to land directly. Otherwise, this mission belongs to the Rattlesnake Special Forces. They need to take rubber boats, secretly Close to each other, looking at the entire Iraqi armed forces, only they have this skill.

The Marine Corps is equipped with two kinds of rubber boats, one is small, all made of natural rubber, natural rubber has wear resistance, heat resistance, ozone resistance, acid and alkali resistance, tear resistance, flex crack resistance, gas Good density, high strength, light weight and other qualities are the best choice for rubber boats. This kind of inflatable rubber boat is easy to carry after deflation. When using it, first inflate it. However, this kind of rubber boat is only suitable for the coast Besides, there is no engine, so it can only be paddled by hand. This kind of rubber boat is not suitable for the current working conditions.

The other is a large rubber boat, which is also made of rubber. However, this kind of rubber boat cannot be folded, because the bottom is not the same rubber as the side, but a hard bottom made of aviation aluminum alloy. There is also an engine at the tail. This kind of large rubber boat is convenient to use in low sea conditions. They brought this kind of rubber boat this time, so it can only be hung on the belly of the CH-47 helicopter.

After the helicopter continued to fly for 2 minutes, it began to hover, and then continued to slowly lower its altitude.

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"Plop!" With a loud sound, the water splashed, and the rubber boat weighing more than 150 kilograms fell from the belly of the CH-47 Chinook helicopter, smoothly contacted the sea water, and then floated on the sea surface.

There is a rope at the rear of the boat, which is connected with the engine room of CH-47.

"Prepare to land," Hades said.

A soldier expertly connected the hook on his armed belt to the thin rope, and then, his hand wearing a special glove slipped over the thin rope, and his whole body moved down smoothly, even though the rubber boat below It was shaking, but it landed on the rubber boat accurately.

There are many techniques for airborne landing on the sea. It is different from land. If you directly drop the rubber boat and then airborne, it is tantamount to seeking a sword. The water flow below is moving, and the airborne cannot land on the rubber boat. , will only fall into the water. In the dark night, although they all have the help of night vision goggles, it is still not easy to find the rubber boat.

But a simple rope can solve the problem. With this thin rope, it can be guaranteed that the rubber boat must be under the helicopter. The rubber boat only weighs more than 100 kilograms, and no matter how powerful it is, it will not drive the helicopter to move.

After the No.1 soldier descended on the rubber boat, he began to move forward, and then No.2 followed.

This large rubber boat is seven meters long and 1.8 meters wide. The tail is a high-speed marine engine with [-] horsepower, which drives a propeller at the tail. This rubber boat can carry ten fully armed soldiers. and their equipment.

A soldier at the tail was manipulating the cable of the marine engine and started to start the engine, while the four soldiers on each side were concentrating on observing the surrounding situation through the night vision goggles. It is a cold weapon with a powerful crossbow in front. The crossbow fires a hook with a rope at the end. As long as it is aimed at the target and the trigger is pressed, the hook will fly out with the rope.

"The target is five nautical miles from the landing point, and it will arrive in about 15 minutes. Observe closely." The early warning plane notified Hades directly through the radio.

"Got it." Hades said on the radio.

Two rubber boats, like ghosts in the middle of the night, wait on the dark sea, ambush his prey at any time.

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"Prime Minister, something unexpected happened." Nahum said hurriedly.

At this time, it was past nine o'clock in the evening, but Perez still did not leave his office, he was waiting.

So far, this matter has been developing according to their imagination. The Palestinians successfully hijacked an Italian cruise ship and took more than 400 tourists as hostages. This is a very representative behavior. Under the instigation of the Jews, they all began to publicize the despicable behavior of the Palestinians, which is of great benefit to the restoration of Israel's relationship with the United States. The United States is definitely willing to support Israel to curb this extreme rise power.

Even Perez is already thinking that maybe the situation can be changed. For example, Israel agrees to the other party's request and releases some prisoners, which will make it more real. In front of them, put on a more friendly attitude, and for the safety of the hostages on the ship, at the expense of their own interests, agree to the demands of those terrorists, and resolve this matter peacefully. In this way, in Italy, in front of the United States , Israel will definitely re-establish a good image, and this good image is the most important thing for Israel.

Moreover, doing so will encourage the extremists among the Palestinians. When they see the success of this operation, there will be another time. Next time, they will use this terrorist activity as a way to blackmail Israel. Weight, as everyone knows, this will completely anger the whole world. At that time, with the promotion of the United States, Israel can carry out a completely legal attack on Palestine. This idea is more like a poisonous snake, which has been spitting apricots at Peres .

However, now is not the time, and we need to procrastinate. After the international community becomes more disgusted with terrorists, Israel's actions will further reflect Israel's demeanor of a major country.