Chapter 1065 - North African Rat Plague (320 Monthly Pass Plus Update)
What is Hong Tao going to do this time? He didn't fight with the locals in the city, but honestly took a group of children around for an afternoon and came back with some olive oil, dates, and red coral. Just when everyone thought that he had learned the lesson of the last time in Tangier Harbor and stopped causing trouble, they were stunned by the roar of engines on deck. This time he was not in the city, he ran away in a helicopter, did not inform the local air traffic control, nor did he tell Levin where he was going, he just swished off the deck and disappeared into the night. He also turned off the radio communication system, and he was accompanied by Melinda and Rada, and Singh, who remained on the ship, did not know anything.
He went looking for ivory! In the afternoon, Melinda heard him complaining that there was no ivory for sale here, so she gave him the idea that she could try to contact the local connections and see if they could find a way to smuggle ivory. The other party said that there were 7 or 8 whole ivory to be sold, and Hong Tao agreed with the price, but the other party could not transport the ivory to Algiers, so Hong Tao and he could only go to a small town more than 100 kilometers south of Algiers to pick up the goods.
After traveling more than 100 kilometers in the mountains day and night, it is definitely impossible to rely on cars and poor local traffic, so Hong Tao thought of his three MD500 helicopters. It's not convenient to drive, so it's always convenient to fly over! What, air traffic control? Algeria also has a yarn in air traffic control, and it is estimated that they can't even see themselves if they fly a little lower.
As for safety, Hong Tao trusts Lada's driving skills. I believe in her navigation skills even more, and the journey of more than 100 kilometers takes more than half an hour to arrive. What? I'm afraid of being hacked and eaten by black! There is indeed such a possibility. But Hong Tao has his own way of coping, he is now fully armed, wearing body armor and a bulletproof helmet, a grenade around his waist, and an automatic rifle in his hand. Not only is he dressed like this, but Melinda is also the same, in addition, there is an M240 general-purpose machine gun on the hatch of the helicopter, which is produced in his Toronto basement. Open up, there are many, and there are bigger ones. The heavy machine gun of the point 50, Hong Tao did not dare to bring it out.
Of the three MD500 helicopters, two are supposed to be MH-6, which is the U.S. Army's military utility helicopter. Nicknamed Little Bird. There are many models of the MD500 helicopter. There are both civilian and military ones, and most of them look similar, only the offensive AH-6 has a few more weapon pylons on both sides of the fuselage, which is more powerful.
If you want to ask where Hong Tao got the military version of the helicopter, then you have to ask Levine, MD500 was originally developed by McDonnell Douglas, but since 96, it has been merged by Boeing. This kind is unarmed. It was just that the military general-purpose model with an enlarged fuel tank and a replacement engine was not difficult for Levin to get. You don't have to transfer from the United States, there are a lot of them in Europe. Compared to another real civilian MD500, the MH-6 has a longer range, faster speed, a larger payload capacity, and a more stylish livery.
In fact, Hong Tao was really worried, the seller contacted by Melinda was very honest, a total of two people led five camels, and there was no intention of robbing. If it weren't for Melinda's understanding of their language, they would have thought that Hong Tao was here to rob, and it would have been okay to drive a helicopter to buy smuggled ivory, and what do you mean by putting a big machine gun on the hatch!
This time Hongtao is a bumper harvest, 7 tusks, the longest is nearly 2 meters, the shortest is 1.5 meters, the roots are complete, each one almost weighs more than 40 pounds, and a bag of noodles is about the same. However, people don't buy it by weight, no matter how long or thick, it is 1,000 US dollars a piece, and as a result, Hong Tao wrapped it in a blanket and hugged it on the plane. He didn't want to resell it to make a fortune, after this thing was polished and cleaned, he put it at home, it was very good-looking, and it was a sharp weapon.
"What is this? Coconut?" Seeing Hong Tao so generous, the two locals were also very happy, and after collecting the huge amount of money, they brought over two bulging sacks and put them in front of Hong Tao. Hong Tao took advantage of the flashlight, and the contents were round and small, like some kind of fruit. Really particular, after eating, I will give a fruit plate, and I will also send fruit when I buy things here, to say that Algiers people are more faceless than Moroccans
"Desert roses, a stone near the salt marshes of the Sahara Desert, can be used as an ornament like red coral, they are a specialty here, like these big ones, it is difficult to take them out of customs, they gave them to you. Melinda picked open the sack with her rifle and looked inside, giving Hong Tao a detailed explanation, which also made Hong Tao feel that he was too lacking in knowledge.
"Oh, they're all North Africans, why are you saying this quality is so bad? I like Algeria, and I'll come back when I have the chance. By the way, I don't want to take gifts from others for nothing, don't bring these two guns and grenades back, let Levin see it and nag again, give it to them. Hong Tao looked at it, he didn't have anything on him, and it was not appropriate to give money, as if someone was forcibly selling goods. Anyway, Levin must be there to stare at what is in the cabin when he goes back. The machine gun had to be kept for himself, and the two automatic rifles should be used by the two desert knights on camels, and I guess they should be able to use them too. As for whether they will be ill-intentioned after taking the weapon, Hong Tao thinks not, because Rada is sitting in the cabin door, holding on to the machine gun and watching here. Once there is a problem, it must be a sudden attack, and automatic rifles are certainly not as good as general-purpose machine guns in this kind of wilderness.
"Aite, you have to write me a letter of guarantee that you will not leave the fleet without permission in the future, and I am responsible for your safety......! What is this? Where did you get it? You are a crime! This is smuggling!" When the helicopter returned to the Mouse Superman, as Hong Tao had estimated, before his feet had taken up the land, Levin lowered his head and spurted nonsense at Hong Tao, while spitting at Hong Tao, while slapping his eyebrows and rat eyes. First I saw the general-purpose machine gun, I just frowned, and then I saw the ivory piles on the floor of the cabin, and it immediately exploded.
"Shh......h Don't shout! I don't sell it, I'm smuggling a fart! See, here's one of you, take it home to your daughter as my dowry! I also gave the rest of the sticks, and I didn't kill the elephants, so I looked like they had been dead for years, maybe someone found the elephant's graveyard and picked it up. Hong Tao picked up an ivory and put it directly into Levin's arms, almost not pressing him down.
"There's no killing, no buying!" said Levin.
"Stop! This is something that everyone else can say, but you are not qualified to say it! You still have fewer weapons sold? What war in the world is not mixed with your company? You can't be so hypocritical, it's more appropriate to leave this kind of thing to politicians, go back to sleep...... Put the ivory in the warehouse below, and when the ship arrives at Long Beach, you can pick it up again, and I'll keep it for you. Hong Tao snatched the ivory back from Levin's arms, and despised his preaching.
“…… We are a rocket launch company, not a smuggling ship!" Levin felt the weight of the ivory, and also felt its smoothness and delicacy, and his speech was not so hard, to put it bluntly, he was not a good thing.
Although he had the of not taking an example and accepted a bribe from an ivory, Levin still didn't let Hong Tao go, and the next day he sent 2 internal security personnel of Poseidon Company to board the Mouse Superman, doing nothing all day, staring at Hong Tao. As long as he is on the boat, he can do anything, and once he wants to get off the boat, he will follow him every step of the way, and he has to stand next to him when he goes to the toilet.
Don't think that Hong Tao will be honest from now on, that's impossible, even if he is thrown into prison, he still can't change his nature. With two bodyguards and watchmen by his side, he definitely can't do anything out of the ordinary, so let's do something within our part. What is the matter? A man in the prime of life can't be said to be a foul man who loves the opposite sex! So Hong Tao simply began to sow seeds in North Africa. There are a lot of mixed-race girls here, and they are still very good-looking, and because of religious restrictions, they are more self-contained, which is not just for themselves. Afraid, indeed afraid, but Hong Tao had a way, he never got off the boat to have a tryst, only contacted the target that had been confirmed by the local information officer, and then invited him to spend the night together.
Levin had nothing to do with Hong Tao's private life, and the two bodyguards couldn't stand on the edge of Hong Tao's bed and stare at it, so he could only let him return to the boat with a headscarf covering her head and a veil covering her face every once in a while, and the security personnel had to be worried about whether other people's family members would chase after him. Fortunately, this situation did not happen, first, Hong Tao was very secretive, and second, all the women who planned to have such a night with Hong Tao were also those in the local society who were more open-minded and did not want to abide by the rules for the rest of their lives. Hong Tao also has a promise for their future, as long as they are pregnant, as long as they want, they can choose the country north of the Mediterranean, and they can live wherever they want. Houses, cars, and jobs will all be arranged, and Hong Tao doesn't want his unborn child and the child's mother to be stoned to death.
"Why do you want to go to Greece? There are still 5 days to go, why don't we go directly to Haifa to rest?" Since leaving Glasgow, half a month's Levin's hair has been almost gray, looking forward to the stars and the moon, this big mouse finally crawled along the North African coastline to Egypt, when Hong Tao sent an Egyptian girl off the ship, he suddenly ordered Captain Pello to turn around and go north, not to Alexander, but to Athens. (To be continued......)