Chapter 549: Prelude to the Exercise Six

It has always been the wish of the Cuban government to take back the port of Guantanamo, but the US government has refused to talk about it, and the matter has been deadlocked for many years without results. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Although this is a strategic location, it is not so important to the Cuban government, and economic development is the top priority.

If the mercenary corps leases this port, it will be a good thing for Cuba, the world's largest mercenary organization does things very well, once the navy is stationed, it will definitely invest in infrastructure development, and it will bring only benefits and no harm.

"If Russia wants to restart the Cuban base, the US government will definitely feel threatened, and it will definitely make Cuba and Russia make conditions to dispel this idea. The U.S. government may not necessarily agree to lease bases for other countries, but there is no problem with mercenaries, and ours even has a military base in Mexico, and the U.S. government has never said no. Wu Chen said with a smile.

Guantanamo Bay is a natural harbor with a water depth of 14 meters, capable of docking large ships such as aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, and is strategically important for guarding the passage of the Atlantic Ocean through the Windward Channel into the Pirates of the Caribbean and the Panama Canal.

What impressed Wu Chen the most was that this was a naval base operated by the US government for more than 100 years and the main training base of the Atlantic Fleet, which had just been closed this year. Although most of the military facilities have been dismantled, there is no way to take away the infrastructure, and it is left intact at the base, and it can be reused with a little repair, which is equivalent to saving a lot of money.

In fact, for the US government, this naval base really has little value, and later it actually became a prison, compared to Cuba and Russia joining forces, this is not a problem, and once the remaining personnel are withdrawn, they can be moved out in a day.

But for the mercenaries, the strategic value of this naval base is completely different, Cuba claims to be the key to the Gulf of Mexico, with the territorial waters and territory of the United States to the north and the territorial waters of Mexico to the west.

Wu Chen has already classified Mexico into the power base of the mercenary army, where the oil and gas resources, including various mineral resources, are too rich to let go, but he doesn't want to startle the snake.

The 1st Brigade Combat Team of the Mercenary Corps, which was formed in the earliest days of its establishment, is still a separate organization, mainly responsible for patrolling Tijuana, monitoring the activities of trafficking groups, stationed in Campeche and Tabasco, keeping an eye on oil and gas fields off the coast, and assisting the Mexican Navy in defending the two ports of Veracruz and Tampico.

Military means are the last step, and the preliminary groundwork is what Wu Chen is concerned about, and the shadow organization, under the guidance of his strategic thinking, has been infiltrating the Mexican government. It's simple, but it's very effective.

First of all, the local responsible persons cast a net to find those talents who have the potential to be trained, such as the political, military, and business circles, and then actively develop and recruit them to join the periphery of the organization.

The shadow organization conducted public relations with high-ranking government officials and military generals, as well as powerful figures in the police system, and slowly arranged members who joined the organization one by one to important posts, and in a few years, an invisible network has been formed.

The nature of the Atlantis Mineral Resources Company is very special, not only focusing on resources, but also attracting the local people, not only providing a large number of job opportunities, but also providing food and daily necessities for the poor with a huge gap between the rich and the poor, building hospitals and schools, and the reputation of the mercenary corps is constantly rising, and its influence is increasing day by day.

"Since Mr. Wu Chen has made this request, when I return to Cuba after the exercise, I will report this matter to the chairman and give you a clear answer as soon as possible, which will be beneficial to both of us, and it is estimated that the problem will not be very big."

"In addition, I have a reluctant request, the submarines of the US Navy are always in our Cuban territorial waters, but our Navy lacks the means to restrain it, and the Russian government has agreed to build four Kilo-class conventionally powered submarines for Cuba, and I hope you can help Cuba build several anti-submarine destroyers." The leader said.

"There is no way to meet this requirement for the time being, several shipyards under the name of our mercenary legion, in addition to external orders from other countries, as well as the corps' own internal orders, so many second-hand warships and nuclear submarines, are waiting to be upgraded and refitted, the production schedule is full, and it is completely saturated within five years, and there is no energy to create anti-submarine destroyers for your country at all."

"I suggest that your country can place an order with Russian shipyards to deal with nuclear submarines, in addition to destroyers, there should be anti-submarine helicopters to match them, and we can help with the manufacture of electronic equipment, such as radar, line array towed sonar and fire control systems." Wu Chen shook his head and said.

The port of Danguanwan Naval Base is now the favorite place for military delegations from various countries, and this large naval base under construction is also the most hated or feared naval fortress by the Japanese side, because it is so close that it can launch a large-scale attack on Japan in a short time.

Two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, USS Enterprise and USS Washington, two conventionally powered aircraft carriers USS Constellation and USS America, two Wasp-class amphibious assault ships and a Kirov-class nuclear-powered missile cruiser, are parked at the port's No. 1 berth.

Pier 2 is home to six Burke-class missile destroyers, six Ticonderoga-class missile cruisers, twelve Spruance-class missile destroyers, and twelve Perry-class frigates.

Pier 3 houses two Typhoon-class ballistic missile submarines, four Ohio-class cruise missile submarines, four Akula-class attack nuclear submarines, and four Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarines, two Whitbay-class, Anchorage-class, and Austin-class dock landing ships, two Stronghold and Victory-class monitoring vessels, four Sacramento-class integrated supply ships, and one nuclear-powered reconnaissance ship USS Ural.

The berths at Pier 5 are the conventionally powered aircraft carrier Kuznetsov and the nuclear-powered missile cruiser Peter the Great, at Pier 6 are the Varyag conventionally powered missile cruiser, two Dreadnought-class anti-submarine destroyers, two Modern-class destroyers, and at Pier 7 are each the Yasen-class attack nuclear submarine and the Boreas-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine.

At the berth at Pier 8, two Virginia-class nuclear-powered missile cruisers and four large tugboats are parked, two other nuclear-powered missile cruisers are currently on patrol duty, and four Grozny-class missile cruisers, which are gifts from President Park Kim in the name of protecting fishery resources.

Two Oscar-class cruise missile submarines are parked at Pier 9, and two others are patrolling the waters of the four northern islands. But no one knows that these four have already been refitted, and the nuclear submarines purchased by the mercenaries in the early stage, and the four Oscar-class recently donated by the Russian Navy have already been refurbished at the Cam Ranh Bay Naval Base.