Southampton's south coast of England is one of the warmest regions in the UK.

The weather is unpredictable and rain can occur at any time of the year.

It didn't rain heavily, but it was annoying.

But it's usually not the rain that's upsetting, it's the heart.

Vasily Ivanovich sat calmly in a luxury yacht, smoking a cigarette calmly, but his brow was furrowed.

"Haven't found those mercenaries yet?"

He turned his head to come in with the black pearl Betty.

"Yes. ”

Betty hesitated for a moment and said, "Our people are still searching everywhere. ”

"It's kind of interesting. ”

Vasily said calmly, "We are all little mercenaries. ”

"Maybe they knew the plan had been revealed, so they withdrew. ”

Black Pearl whispered, "Otherwise, with our abilities, we wouldn't be able to find them." ”

"They won't go because they're mercenaries. ”

Vasily shook his head and said, "I understand how they behave, they will not leave the battlefield on their own initiative until they have completed their mission." Although the mercenary industry has gradually undergone a lot of evolution in the new era, the spirit of perseverance and courage should not be underestimated. They are money warriors, but only if they are worthy of every penny spent by their employers. ”

"The Grand Duke thinks they're still hiding in Southampton, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate you?"

Black Pearl frowned.

"Is there a better explanation?"

Vasily smiled.

"Then why don't we meet in another place?"

Black Pearl said strangely, "Do you have to take the risk of staying here?"

Vasily shook his head and said, "We must stay." Because in a few days we will be here to witness history. ”

"Witness history?"

Black Pearl felt slightly strange.

"Yes. ”

Vasily smiled slightly, "History." ”

"What do you mean?"

Black Pearl frowned.

"This time our target is the UK. ”

Vasily said lightly, "Portsmouth base. Holding a meeting is just a pretense, and in a few days, the Red Baron's men will attack the Portsmouth base. ”

"Portsmouth Naval Base?"

Black Pearl was taken aback, "That's the British Navy's aircraft carrier base. ”

"Yes, but we don't want an aircraft carrier, we want the Zumwalt. ”

Vasily smiled.

The U.S. Navy's newest multi-role land-strike Aegis ship is said to have been officially launched only in November last year. ”

Black Pearl was shocked, "This ship is in the UK?"

"Yes, this is a top-secret plan of the two ** parties, which has never been disclosed to the outside world. It is here that they will complete the joint test assessment of the latest destroyer. Now there are a lot of countries that take the secrecy of this ship very seriously. ”

Vasily shrugged.

He paused and said, "The Zumwalt-class destroyer is the crystallization of cutting-edge science and technology that surpasses the new research and development of the contemporary era, and shows the US Navy's scientific and technological strength, strong financial resources, and forward-looking design thinking, and is the main surface ship of the US Navy in the new generation, and its value is very high." ”

"$3.3 billion. ”

Black Pearl smiled bitterly, "I've heard about this ship. Precisely, this is by far the most expensive destroyer built by the US Navy. In 2003, the Pentagon said it would buy 16 new destroyers, later saying seven. By 2008, it had become three, and the cost could exceed $5 billion. Defense Department officials later lowered the cost of the first Zumwalt-class destroyer to $3.3 billion, but that was still a sky-high price. ”

Vasily smiled slightly, "What do you think about replacing my yacht with a Zumwalt-class destroyer?"

"God, you're not going to ......"

Black Pearl Betty was surprised by a man.

"You guessed it right, we're going to hijack the world's most advanced destroyer. ”

Vasily stretched.

"It can't be. ”

Black Pearl shook her head.

Vasily shrugged, "Anything is possible, my dear." ”

"But what are you doing with such a ship?"

Black Pearl said uneasily, "This thing is the heart and soul of an American. ”

"That's great, so they're willing to pay the ransom. ”

Vasily shrugged.

"What if they refuse to pay the ransom?"

Black Pearl whispered.

"Then I'll dismantle the ship and sell it. The MK-57 vertical launch system was sold to the Europeans, the dual-band radar and integrated underwater combat system were sold to the Chinese, and perhaps some Middle Eastern high roller would be interested in an integrated broadband active-passive sonar active phased array radar with electronic warfare systems. ”

Vasily shrugged.

"For 3.3 billion things, I sell them for more than a billion, and it is estimated that some people are rushing to ask for them. ”

"So this qiē is just a trap?"

Surprised, Black Pearl said, "At the summit gathering in Southampton, you are here in person. It's just to focus the attention of the British intelligence department on you. So that the Red Baron can make a move and take down that state-of-the-art destroyer worth hundreds of millions of dollars?"

"Isn't this plan a good one?"

Vasily smiled, "I knew five years ago that the British ** Affair Six had doubts about my identity, do you think I would be so stupid and deliberately show my head here? This is good, they stared at me, but they didn't expect me to target them." ”

"But this is so absurd, even if we take this ship, how can we leave? This is the main naval base in Britain. Sixty percent of the ships of the entire British Navy are at the Portsmouth naval base. ”

Black Pearl was incredulous.

"The Zumwalt-class destroyer has an advanced and comprehensive stealth design, which gives it submarine-like stealth. The chance of being spotted while working at sea is much less than 10%. The one-piece modular structure is made of composite materials with light weight, high strength, low radar reflectivity and no corrosion, and the overall shape shrinks from the bottom to the top to reduce the radar reflection cross-section. Moreover, this ship claims to be able to reduce the noise of surface navigation to about 110 decibels, which is equivalent to the late-stage Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarine, becoming the quietest surface ship in the world, completely subverting the past surface ships are always noisier than submarines, and submarines can always hear surface ships at a long distance. This means that even if they were quick to react, they would not have been able to find us by the way. ”

Vasily smiled.

"Oh my God, what if they send out fighters?"

"Do you think that the 3.3 billion worth of things is vegetarian? Those planes of the British Navy are not enough to fire a round of missiles. Besides, they didn't dare to chase, and the Zumwalt-class destroyers were equipped with a variety of land-attack missiles. These include Tomahawk cruise missiles, tactical Tomahawk cruise missiles, surface-to-surface standard missiles, and advanced surface-to-surface missiles. If they dare to chase, we will attack the ports along the British coast with Tomahawk missiles. ”

Vasily said lightly.

Black Pearl Betty's smile suddenly felt a chill all over her body.

She knew that the man was not joking.

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