The World's Richest Man: Start with the Daily Intelligence System

160: Chapter 160 A FarceThe fishermen, who were already idling about, noticed the ships in the distance.

Everyone ran to the decks to watch the commotion, including Captain Lin on the yacht, completely unaware that danger was approaching.

The two ships, one chasing the other, were now less than a nautical mile away from Zhang Wei and his group.

The Coast Guard Ship was the first to detect the danger: ”Sound the siren to warn the fishing boat in the distance. Activate the water cannons! We must not let the other party cause any harm to the fishermen!”

Soon, the Coast Guard Ship began sounding its siren, and the water cannon at its bow roared to life.

A jet of water, over a meter in diameter, rained down upon the fishing boat.

The water cannon was unleashing its power.

From a distance, it looked as if the Coast Guard Ship was merely washing the fishing boat, seemingly harmless.

However, only Qiluola, who was bearing the brunt of the attack, knew how terrifying this thing truly was.

It should be known that the electric water cannon equipped on the Coast Guard Ship could reach a maximum pressure of 145 megapascals.

That was four hundred times the pressure of a water cannon on a fire truck; its power was comparable to a thermal weapon.

In truth, Qiluola was already soaked through in the cockpit.

The moment the water cannon struck, all the glass on the fishing boat shattered.

The entire cockpit was in a state of utter chaos.

He had no choice but to hide behind a corrugated iron wall, his eyes fixed intently on the fleet in the distance.

Fifteen fishing boats were scattered across a small stretch of water.

In the middle, a white yacht was clearly anchored.

Like a phoenix in a chicken coop, it was incredibly conspicuous.

”This is the boat, no doubt about it!” Qiluola gripped the ship’s wheel tightly with both hands, his eyes filled with hatred.

And so, under the relentless assault of the water cannon, the fishing boat stumbled its way straight toward the yacht.

Watching the fishing boat draw closer and closer, Captain Lin finally reacted, scrambling toward the stern.

He had never expected to be attacked; to get the yacht moving, he first needed to raise the anchor.

However, an anchor chain over a hundred meters long couldn’t be raised in a short amount of time.

Captain Lin could only watch in terror as the fishing boat drew nearer and nearer.

Finally, with a loud crash, the fishing boat slammed directly into the center of the yacht.

Instantly, a large hole was torn in the hull, and a massive amount of seawater began pouring into the yacht’s bilge.

”Old Lin, don’t blame me. Just consider it your contribution to the motherland’s military industry.”

Watching Captain Lin, who was frantically trying to save the yacht like a madman, Zhang Wei silently offered a three-second moment of silence for him in his heart.

From the very beginning, he had planned for the possibility of the yacht being rammed.

After all, relying solely on fishing boats to fish in these waters wouldn’t stall for long.

Only by inciting an international dispute and focusing all attention on this area could he trust that the Pretty Country would not dare to act rashly.

He believed he could stall for at least a month.

By the time Tang Liansheng’s fishing fleet arrived, it would be too late for the Pretty Country to discover anything.

Zhang Wei had already made up his mind to buy Captain Lin a new boat later as a personal form of compensation.

He estimated it would cost at most a million or so, which was completely trivial.

The Coast Guard Ship arrived at this moment and hauled up Qiluola, who had jumped into the sea beforehand.

Subsequently, nearby fishing boats also sailed over to conduct rescue operations for the yacht.

”Old Lin, stop trying to save it, come back first!” Zhang Wei shouted toward the yacht.

Because the hole caused by the collision was too large, the speed at which seawater was rushing in far exceeded the speed at which Captain Lin could pump it out.

The entire yacht was visibly tilting to one side.

Remaining on the boat would put his life at risk at any moment.

At this time, the Coast Guard officers jumped into the water and, disregarding the danger to their own lives, climbed onto the yacht.

They carried Captain Lin back to the Coast Guard Ship.

”Let me go! My boat can still be saved!” Captain Lin struggled violently, wanting to go back and rescue it.

But two Coast Guard officers held him tightly.

”Comrade, try to look at the bright side. If the boat is gone, you can buy another one, but if you lose your life, that’s the end of everything. Besides, you can seek compensation for your losses from the perpetrator.”

Less than an hour later, the yacht had completely capsized, leaving only its hull exposed on the surface of the sea.

The Coast Guard had called in two more rescue boats.

Unfortunately, the force of the impact had been too great; this yacht was destined to sink to the seabed from the very beginning.

Watching the yacht sink bit by bit, Captain Lin collapsed onto the deck and wailed.

This was something he had bought with his life savings.

Thinking of the years of memories he had shared with this boat, he felt a grief so deep he couldn’t breathe.

At this moment, Qiluola, who was handcuffed to the railing nearby, sneered and said in broken Chinese.

”Count yourself lucky, Chinese man. You’re lucky you didn’t end up in the fish’s belly along with that murderer on the boat.”

”You’re the one who destroyed my boat?” Captain Lin’s wailing stopped abruptly.

He lunged at Qiluola, the veins on his hands bulging as he grabbed him tightly by the collar.

”Speak! Why did you destroy my boat! Why!”

Qiluola tilted his head back, looking at the clear, azure daylight, letting Old Lin shake his body.

He couldn’t help but burst into wild laughter.

He had already avenged his father, and he had survived.

As soon as he was repatriated from China, what awaited him would surely be the treatment of a national hero.

Plus, there was that huge commission to squander.

He would never have to carry those baskets of stinking, rotten fish again.

The Coast Guard officers finally reacted and hurriedly pulled the two apart.

Then, looking nervous, they asked Captain Lin, ”Is there anyone else on the boat who didn’t make it out?”

”This guy is a lunatic! There was only me on the boat, and I don’t even know him!”

Not finished yet, he pointed at Qiluola and cursed, ”Don’t think that just because you’re a foreigner you can do whatever you want. You are going to compensate me for every single cent of my boat!”

Having spent years hanging around docks, Qiluola naturally understood Chinese.

He looked stunned: ”How could there only be you on the boat? Didn’t a high-ranking Coast Guard official charter your boat? Where is he?”

Captain Lin shouted angrily, ”Someone did charter my boat, but he went to another fishing boat today and wasn’t on the yacht at all. And he’s not some Coast Guard executive; he’s a big boss of a jewelry company, okay? You lunatic!”

Thinking of Zhang Wei, Old Lin felt a wave of regret.

If he had known, he should have agreed to join Zhang Wei’s fishing company earlier; perhaps if the boss felt guilty about the collision, he would have just counted it as work-related injury compensation.

”Impossible! You’re lying to me, right!” Qiluola was completely falling apart.

If the so-called ”high official” didn’t exist in the first place, then what was everything he had done for?

A clumsy farce?

This was a cruel reality he absolutely could not accept.

”This is China’s territorial water. Behave yourself!” The Coast Guard wouldn’t tolerate his behavior.

Thinking about how they had allowed the other party to cause an accident right under their noses, the Coast Guard officers’ expressions were grim.

”We now strongly suspect that you are a terrorist sent by the Philippines to deliberately sabotage our country’s production. We hope you will cooperate honestly with our work. Do not put up any meaningless resistance.”

The Coast Guard captain looked serious.

From the conversation just now, he had already realized that this was no simple ship collision accident.

Not to mention how they would escort Qiluola back to Hainan for interrogation, at this moment, the Pretty Country naval base was in total chaos.