Debut
At sunset, when the sun had almost touched the horizon, a massive ship passed through the Danish Straits - a cargo ship over two hundred meters long. Based on the accompanying documents and waving flags, the ship was registered on one of the many islands of the Pacific Ocean, however, this did not surprise anyone, in one way or another almost all shipowners evaded taxes and duties. Judging by the documents, the ship was heading to Poland, and there were several tens of thousands of tons of fertilizer in its holds - after the cessation of the supply of fertilizers from Russia, this was not surprising.
Middlegame
In Poland, a new day began, citizens hurried to work. In different parts of the country, many drew attention to the clearly unmanned aerial vehicles with the identification marks of the Polish Air Force, although the majority did not attach much importance to this, after the completion of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, the Polish armed forces actively purchased new weapons. However, the UAV route was laid out in such a way as to avoid populated areas and crowded places. Having passed the densely populated coastal strip, the UAVs went deep into the territory of Poland, loitering over sparsely populated areas of its territory at the lowest possible height.
Meanwhile, the dry cargo ship continued to move towards the port of destination. At the agreed time, a mandatory radio exchange with the port services took place, and then the course of the ship began to gradually deviate from the direction to the civilian port of Gdansk, to which it followed, according to the documents, towards the Polish naval base (Naval Base) in the port of Gdynia, in which, in addition to Polish warships and submarines often housed ships from NATO countries. The change in course did not go unnoticed - an inquiry was sent to the bulk carrier about the reason for the change in course. In response, the "crew" of the dry cargo ship reported problems with the control system and began to reduce the speed, which somewhat reassured the port staff.
The ship was old and covered with numerous corrosion spots on all sides, but the rescue boat on board was new and modern, apparently, the owner of the ship cared about the safety of the crew. With the onset of darkness, the ship noticeably reduced its speed, and work began to boil on it.
All installed containers and equipment were thrown into the sea from the deck of the ship, all protruding structures were cut off by a grinder and autogenous - the deck of the dry cargo ship became absolutely flat. From the containers thrown overboard, metal structures were removed in advance, which were installed and fixed in the bow of the ship - in appearance they resembled a springboard. Characteristic marking lines were applied on the deck. It is characteristic that all work on the ship was carried out without the use of lighting - all crew members were wearing night vision goggles.
Quite large objects were raised from the hold onto the deck, resembling the well-known Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Bayraktar. When they began to hang something resembling a rocket in outline under their wings, it became clear that they are exactly what they look like.
After all twelve UAVs raised from the hold were placed on the deck, the crew plunged into a rescue boat, sailed away from the carrier ship and disappeared in an unknown direction. Meanwhile, the cargo ship continued to move towards the port of Gdansk. Moreover, its speed has increased - it was obvious that the ship has some kind of automation that allows you to control it remotely. Communication of unknown operators with the ship was carried out through the American commercial satellite communications system Starlink, which was backed up by the terminals of several other satellite operators providing services in the region.
At dawn, the UAVs began to move. One after another, they started the engines, taxied to a makeshift runway, accelerated and took to the air. After takeoff, they did not gain altitude, but, on the contrary, descended to the surface of the water to a height of about 10 meters. The courses of the UAVs gradually diverged, each of them moved along its own route. The UAV was controlled thanks to the same Starlink terminals integrated into the airframe design by unknown specialists.
At the moment when the dry cargo ship was at a minimum distance from the Polish naval base, but had not yet entered the forbidden territory, its course again began to change, and its speed increased, as quickly as it was possible for such a hulk.
The port manager was back in touch with the bulk carrier, a note of panic in his voice. Simultaneously with the dry cargo ship, they contacted the Polish naval base.
Nothing was clearly understood from the response messages from the dry cargo ship, something about a hacker attack, about problems with the control of engines and control systems, about the intention to safely land the ship aground. While the dispatchers of the naval base and the civil port were digesting the information received, the dry cargo ship had already entered the closed territory of the Polish naval base. A Polish patrol ship approached him, but he could not do anything - his guns were unable to seriously damage a huge dry cargo ship, and for anti-ship missiles from other ships he was already in the "dead zone". And it was not clear until the end whether the ship was a threat, it did not go directly to the Polish or allied ships, and if it showed hostile actions for no reason, it was possible to run into a serious international scandal.
Gradually, the speed of the cargo ship began to slow down, the crew reported that they had regained control over the engines, but not over the control system, and planned to anchor off the coast, which somewhat reduced the degree of tension. The crews of the warships watched as the huge cargo ship gradually slowed down and stopped.
Endgame
Suddenly everything disappeared, a flash of flame lit up the sky, an explosion of monstrous force was heard. The holds of the bulk carrier contained twenty thousand tons of explosives, which were detonated remotely. The force of the explosion was comparable to the explosion of a tactical nuclear warhead - it was clearly distinguishable even from space.
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And if the leadership of Russia decides to take such tough but fair measures, then the North Atlantic stooges will be convinced from their own experience that pulling a bear by the tail is not the most productive strategy for survival.
AUTHOR:
Andrey Mitrofanov