Chapter 67: Preparing to Set Sail

The two passenger ships are exactly the same in shape, with mottled hulls, and they are both old ships.

The two ships rounded the breakwater and entered the underground harbor, where they docked side by side on either side of another pier.

After the boat stopped, more than 30 casually dressed people walked down in turn, some of them were even wearing slippers, and it was obvious that they were suddenly called on the boat and pulled over.

Standing at the front was a stocky rough man with a captain's hat and a bearded face. All the people around him were huddled around the man, and it could be seen that he was the leader of the group.

"Gore! You're finally here, and whenever I see you, I feel extremely relieved, and there's nothing in this world that you can't do. Alan opened his arms enthusiastically and gave this man a big hug, which was even hotter than the couple who had been reunited after a long absence.

These submariners should be the core assets of the Strauss family, and they need to use submarines to smuggle goods, which can be guessed without a brain, and they are nothing more than transporting white powder and other lucrative things. With the degeneration of Western morality in the 60s, and the flooding of drugs in the 70s and 80s, the market for drugs and drugs in the Western world is undoubtedly very tempting.

The price of drugs and drugs increases tenfold every time they cross a national border, so if you open a route from South America to the United States or Europe, you can make a steady stream of profits. The Strauss family's use of submarines to transport drugs and substances is a clever way to avoid almost all borders and go ashore anywhere along the long North American coastline

Allen was able to transfer all these submariners without hesitation, and he was very determined, after all, it was basically impossible for these people to come back after they arrived in China.

Having lost the submarine team that was cultivated with great difficulty, I don't know how long it will take to pull up the same team again. In any case, the Strauss family's drug smuggling business will probably stop for a year or two.

Allen walked up to Chen Xu with his arms around him, and enthusiastically introduced: "Chen, I will introduce you to this is Karl, who used to be the first mate on a Soviet nuclear submarine, and this team of thirty people was trained by him." ”

"It's a pleasure to meet you, it's an honor to work with you." Chen Xu solemnly stretched out his hand and shook hands firmly with Carl.

On the submarine, his own life is in the hands of this man, and it is necessary to take him seriously.

Carl is a person who is not good at words, he just shook hands with Chen Xu, and then nodded to indicate that the two sides knew each other, he turned around and looked at the Alpha-class nuclear submarine next to him, and said indifferently: "So, is this my submarine?" The K-324 is the latest Soviet attack submarine. When I was still serving in the Northern Fleet, I had heard of this kind of submarine with high speed and deep depth, but I didn't expect it to be built. Alan, how did you capture this submarine! Could it be that the Soviet Navy has fallen to the point where even a chicken like you can take over? ”

Alan didn't care, and replied with a smile: "You misunderstood, strictly speaking, this submarine was picked up by us, and it stopped here, and we took it down just in time, and it basically didn't take much effort." ”

"The submarine itself is good, but it's a pity that it's too good, it is powered by a liquid metal reactor, and it is operated by a fully automatic control system, which is controlled by the top secret of the Soviet army, and it will not be operated without training. My team has no problems piloting conventional submarines, but they can only scratch the control system. Karl spread his hands and said that he might not be able to drive the nuclear submarine.

"Don't worry about this, I know how to operate this system, and your team will only need to be responsible for getting the submarine in order." Chen Xu stepped forward with his hands behind his back and said confidently.

"Very interesting! Are you Japanese? Karl looked at Chen Xu with a surprised face, he himself was from the Soviet Navy, and it was hard to believe that a foreigner would know how to operate the core submarine reactor system of the Soviet Army.

"I'm Chinese!" Chen Xu corrected.

"There are 30 crew members I brought here, and if we can solve the problem of controlling the nuclear reactor, then we can basically ensure the normal operation of this submarine." Karl nodded and said indifferently.

"No, no, Comrade Karl, we must drive both submarines at the same time." Chen Xu saw the more than thirty people and said with a wry smile.

"It's completely impossible, I'm a crew member, it's hard enough to operate one nuclear submarine, it's difficult to do two!" Karl immediately rejected Chen Xu's request.

"We have fifteen mercenaries to assist, and these two submarines are highly automated, and theoretically ten people per submarine are enough to operate." Chen Xu knew that this was a bit embarrassing, but he had no better way but to allocate manpower as reasonably as possible.

"You're playing with your life, it's extremely dangerous to use such a small number of people to drive a submarine, and if there is a breakdown on the way, we can't even squeeze out the extra repair personnel. Using these mercenaries to drive submarines is even more of a joke, they don't know anything, it's almost the same to make trouble! Karl pointed to the two submarines, his tone a little hurried. He was a professional submariner, and he had a first-hand experience of the dangers of submarines during the voyage, so he refused to easily agree to Chen Xu's request.

Chen Xu and Allen glanced at each other, and they both saw trouble in each other's eyes. If Karl did not agree to drive away two submarines, then their plans would have been completely aborted.

"We just need to drive two submarines near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and sink 209 so that the nuclear submarine will have enough people to drive it. The Atlantic Ridge is not too far away, three days at most, so we should be fine with a little care. Chen Xu stressed that the two submarines must drive away together, otherwise everything is meaningless.

Allen was also beside him, and persuaded him: "Karl, you also know that this is a Soviet nuclear submarine, if you don't use this 209 submarine as a cover, once the Soviet army finds out that this submarine has been robbed, they will not only send someone to intercept this submarine, but even the Strauss family will be affected." ”

"Oh my God! If I had known that I wouldn't bring anyone here, this mission is simply a life of death, and taking a group of you to sea is no different from playing with your life. Carl walked up and down the dock with his hands on his hips, he couldn't make up his mind, as the boss of the team, he had to take responsibility for the lives of his teammates.

"Comrade Karl, after the deed is completed, each member of your regiment will receive 300,000 US dollars! In terms of funds, Alan can vouch for me, and the money can be sent directly to your family. Chen Xu threw out heavy profits, in this era, the US imperialists have not issued paper money indiscriminately, and the US dollar is still called US dollars, which is very valuable. $300,000 is equivalent to $3 million in later generations, which is an astronomical amount for ordinary people.

As soon as Chen Xu's words fell, the crowd behind Carl suddenly stirred, in the end, they were just a group of smugglers who worked hard for their lives, and they were just the lowest horses, and they would make a profit of eighteen thousand after one trip, and at the risk of killing their heads, the profits were taken away by the Strauss family.

Chen Xu is willing to give a full 300,000 US dollars at one time, which is equivalent to retirement after this trip for this group of people.

"Shut up! Do you think this money is easy to take? Karl turned around and shouted angrily, causing all his men to shrink in fright.

Karl stared at the submarine next to him, his face cloudy, weighing whether to take the job.

"If you insist on driving both submarines away, then you must obey me after sailing, and you can't fight against my orders, including you." Karl thought about it again and again, but finally agreed, after all, it was a very cost-effective thing for his team to take a risk to make his family live comfortably.

In the past, when I was engaged in smuggling and transportation, it was more dangerous than this, and everyone came here in unity, and there was no reason to die this time.

Chen Xu nodded affirmatively: "From now on, you are the captain, and I will be a crew member when I get on the submarine, so I should obey your orders." ”

"In that case, let's get moving!" Carl was a man of action, and when he made a decision, he immediately ordered his men to get to work.

Because Chen Xu and others had cleaned up the submarine, this made Carl very satisfied and saved him a lot of time. Then everyone acted together to carry the fresh food and drinking water brought from the passenger ship onto the submarine, and the nuclear submarine was ready to sail when it was just dawn.

"No! This woman can't go in, she's going to bring disaster to us! As Anna was about to board the boat, Carl blocked the entrance to the bridge and forbade her to enter.

Chen Xu suddenly remembered at this time that not only submariners, but also actual warships are the most taboo for women to get on the ship, saying that they will sink if they get on the ship.

In fact, it is a shipwright of men stuffed on board, and women will bring strife and trouble, causing divisions within the crew. Sailing on the sea is full of dangers, and sailors must maintain sufficient physical strength, and the legs made in the belly of the woman are weak, how can they work in the face of strong winds and waves?

Therefore, there is a certain scientific truth behind the fact that a woman will sink on a ship.

Because of the strict military discipline, huge hull, and high-tech equipment on modern warships, women no longer have to worry about physiological problems on board. So female soldiers and even female captains who commanded hundreds of men began to exist.

Karl didn't let Anna get on the boat, saying that he wouldn't let the woman in.

In the end, there was no way, Chen Xu had to let Anna follow Zhong Siyang to China by plane, anyway, this woman had been trained by herself, she would never dare to leak the information now, in case Chen Xu died on the way, Old Smith might die in prison, Anna did not dare to take this risk.

Anna is very happy that she doesn't have to go to the submarine, this woman said that she has a phobia of closed rooms, and she is happy to go to China with Zhong Siyang to wait for Chen Xu to come back.

After Chen Xu instructed Zhong Siyang to take a good look at this woman, he got into the submarine, sat in the reactor general control room, increased the power of the reactor, and let the submarine enter the working state.