Chapter 225 The threat of kidnapping and the hopeless Philippine monkey
Jack calculated in his mind that ten thousand square miles is almost twenty-five thousand square kilometers, and Hainan Island is only thirty-five thousand, such a big place Finding twenty or so people is almost like finding a needle in a haystack in a literal sense.
“Are you sure we may have landed on Jolo Island?” The Chinese co-pilot’s face became very ugly. It was still some time before dawn, and the temperature was not too high, but his forehead It was already covered with dense beads of sweat.
"What's wrong?" Everyone looked at him in confusion, not understanding why he was so nervous.
“Jolo Island is the base camp of the ‘Abu Sayyaf’. The Philippines only rules this island in name, but in fact it is managed by terrorists and separatists, and most of the local people are also Be a sympathizer and supporter of these people.”
The Chinese-American co-pilot, who was said to be from Xiangjiang but had a complete English surname, had a slightly trembling voice, probably thinking of the bloody videos circulating on the Internet.
Jack also heard about the "Abu Sayyaf" organization in his mouth. Kidnapping and beheading foreign tourists is their specialty. Almost every year, foreign tourists are kidnapped in the Philippines, especially the southern islands.
Now the more than 20 tourists and crew members who have landed on this small island due to a plane crash are like pie from the sky. Jack can already imagine a series of events after they were caught. Operated.
Men will be violently abused, women will be tortured, then videotaped, a few heads chopped off, negotiations, and a few more heads chopped off.
Then the ransom is received and the extortion continues. Eventually, a few hostages may be released, but the rest can only become slaves on the plantation and slaves used to vent their animal desires.
The slogan of this organization is to build its own religious kingdom, but apart from occasionally creating some bombings, most of its skills are focused on kidnapping and extortion. It can be said that it has already had a complete set of assembly-line standard operations.
This is really a big trouble. If given a choice, Jack would rather fall into the sea and crash land on the sea. Well, Southeast Asia is densely populated with islands and there are many pirates. Strictly speaking, there is not much difference.
“Do we have a chance to wait for the rescue from the Philippine government?” Captain Brandy, the fallen captain, looked at the two FBI.
Jack spread his hands, "We are the domestic FBI, not the CIA, and we don't know much about overseas situations. However, as far as I know, the 'Abu Sayyaf' organization mentioned by the first officer was cleared by the Philippine government. It has been paid for thirty or forty years, but the scale has been expanding."
As he said this, he turned to look at the first officer, "Also, I don’t recommend having too much confidence in the Philippine government, if I remember correctly. Yes, ten years ago in Manila, a bus full of tourists from Hong Kong was hijacked.”
The first officer nodded with a bitter look on his face, "I was still in college at the time and watched the entire Xiangjiang TVB live broadcast. A total of eight people died and seven were injured at the scene. The murderer only caused less than half of the casualties, and the rest were all caused by the police. One of them died directly from the hammer that broke the window."
Everyone looked at each other in shock at these words. In fact, Jack knew of a more explosive incident, but this was obviously not the right time to further stimulate the crew members' nerves.
"Then what should we do? Do we need to hide this from the passengers?" Captain Torrance was overwhelmed for a moment. Although the captain does not have almost absolute responsibility for the crew and passengers like the captain, he Not bad either.
Although this responsibility is theoretically relieved after leaving the aircraft, in actual circumstances, the captain still has the obligation to rescue and organize self-rescue.
Neither Jack nor Jiejie will take the initiative to take over this responsibility. After all, it involves the lives of more than 20 people. It only depends on whether the captain can convince the public.
However, he still gave some suggestions, "Give me a map and I will try to confirm our specific location. But in my opinion, the most important thing now is to find a way to contact the outside world."
"Although the military and police here are not trustworthy, there are still many US military bases in the Philippines. Although there are not many passengers on the plane, they should all be from different countries. At least there should be rescue."
“But in view of the risks we will face, it is best to collect as much supplies as possible first, take everyone with us and hide for the time being.”
80% of them have been discovered. , such a large plane flew over at low altitude in the middle of the night, the residents on the island could not be unaware, and someone would definitely come looking for it after dawn.
Although the dirt road where they made an emergency landing was full of potholes and dilapidated, it could definitely be considered a main road in such a poor tropical area, and maybe the place would soon become lively. "Okay, okay, let's do it one by one. I'll comfort the passengers first, and then we can all unload the luggage on the plane and pick out useful things to take with us. I'll try to see if I can fix the radio."
Captain Torrance gritted his teeth hard and puffed up his cheeks, as if cheering himself up in his heart. Then he seemed to have thought of something and pulled the two FBI agents aside.
"I just saw you unlocking the handcuffs of the prisoner. Is this safe? I don't want him to do anything that would endanger other passengers."
"I will keep an eye on him. Rather than letting him become an unstable factor, it is better to release some goodwill first. As long as he is not hopelessly stupid, he should choose to cooperate with us."
Jack's current physical fitness and fighting skills. , a mere mercenary from a lawless corps didn't take it seriously, not to mention that Jiejie still had a pistol in her hand.
"Okay, I trust your judgment." Captain Torrance took a sip of the mineral water handed by Bonnie and walked towards the passengers gathered not far away.
Seeing the captain approaching, all the passengers started making noises.
“What is going on now?”
“We need an explanation, can you give a positive response?”
“What should we do next?”
Torrance patiently waited for them to quiet down before speaking loudly.
"Please be quiet and thank everyone for your cooperation. It is a pity that such an accident happened. I know that everyone has a lot of questions. I will tell you what I know so far. "
"Several consecutive lightning strikes caused us to lose the battery and communicator on the plane. I believe everyone has witnessed the rare ball lightning before."
"In the current situation. Now, we have no way to make a call."
The passengers started making noise again.
"What? We can't call for help?"
"Are you kidding, how is this possible?"
"Please stay calm, everyone." Torrance made a hand-down gesture , and tried to raise the volume.
“After the plane cools down and there is no risk of fire, I need everyone to get organized, return to the cabin, take out the luggage, collect water and food, and then discuss what to do next.”< br>
Asking for a monthly ticket! ! !
(End of this chapter)