Chapter 293: Trouble on Diego Garcia Island (2)
Two squadrons of the Navy SEALs need to be used to search for a person, who is certainly not an ordinary person.
Chen Yilong raised his right hand while pondering in his heart.
Huo Qingfeng nodded at him, signaling that he could speak.
"Did this mission go hand in hand with the military operation to occupy the island of Diego Garcia?" Chen Yilong raised the question that everyone present wanted to ask.
Diego Garcia Island is a small coral atoll with a total length of 65 kilometers and an average width of only 500 meters. The terrain is low and flat, with a ground height of less than 1.8 meters. At high tide, some low-lying areas are inundated.
Located in the middle of the atoll, the lagoon is 24 kilometers long, 6.4 kilometers wide, and 10~20 meters deep. Contains a V-shaped sand reef with sand on the outer edge, about 24 km long and about 11 km wide at its widest point. It is also the only inhabited place on Diego Garcia Island, where about 3,000 indigenous islanders live, as well as less than a company of British officers and soldiers.
As a shipping hub in the heart of the Indian Ocean, the British built a military port, a fishing port, and an airport on Diego Garcia Island. However, its main function is to provide relay supplementary services for ocean-going merchant ships passing through Diego Gasi.
Without a military operation to blockade the island of Diego Garcia and the temporary detention of all ships calling at the port, the search for a single person by the amphibious special forces of their two squadrons would have been an almost impossible task.
"The Marines will land on the island before you fight, control the whole island, and gather everyone on the island to keep watch." Yin Qinghe took Chen Yilong's words, said in a calm tone, and said slowly: "Your task is to assist me in finding this woman!" ”
After finishing speaking, Yin Qinghe took out a few photos from his pocket, sent one to Chen Yilong and Lei Zhenjiang, and continued: "This woman's name is Olga Chekova, and her public identity is a famous German female movie star, but she is actually a female spy.
Two hours earlier, we had received a request from the German Military Intelligence Service and the Gestapo to make sure we intercept Olga Chekova. This woman took advantage of the opportunity to visit the German naval officers and sailors in Madagascar and obtained a top-secret internal information of the battleship 'Hindenburg'.
The spy who stole the information had been captured by the Gestapo, and he had received a clue that Olga Chekova would send the top-secret information out of the port of Diego Garcia. Due to the sudden launch of a military operation by our Royal Navy on the island of Diego Garcia, no one on the island had a chance to leave, and at the same time disrupted Olga Chekova's plan to pass on information. ”
Chen Yilong raised his hand, and after getting Huo Qingfeng's permission, he said: "If I remember correctly, this battleship Hindenburg of the Germans is the battleship King sold to Germany by our Great Donghua Empire, right?" ”
"Yes!" Yin Qinghe replied very crisply, and said with an extremely serious expression: "The King-class battleship made in our country is the most advanced battleship in the world, and there is no one!"
This battleship contains a lot of cutting-edge technology, especially the shipboard active phased array radar system, which has always been the strategic technical intelligence that Britain, France, the United States and other allies want to obtain at any cost. Therefore, we must not allow this information to be stolen from under our noses! ”
Lei Zhenjiang raised his right hand, and after asking Yin Qinghe to nod his head, he asked, "With such important strategic-level intelligence, why did Olga Chekova choose to hand over on Diego Garcia Island?" ”
"That's what we have to do!" Yin Qinghe shook his head and replied, "But our current priority is to find her and arrest her!" And be sure to catch her alive and escort her back to Paradise Island! ”
Chen Yilong hesitated, but still raised his hand and asked, "Which organization is this woman working for?" ”
"The Germans suspect that it is the Soviet Union, but there is no evidence." Yin Qinghe replied expressionlessly, "However, we can be sure that she is not our person!" ”
"I don't have a problem anymore!" Chen Yilong sat down very dryly.
Huo Qingfeng took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "I won't say much about the importance of this mission. According to intelligence, this female spy named Olga Chekova is very good at makeup and acting! So I ask each of you to keep your eyes peeled! If anyone dares to drop the chain, Lao Tzu will let him guard the island for the rest of his life! ”
With a "swish", the nine officers stood up in unison and shouted: "Resolutely complete the task!" ”
"I add." Yin Qinghe glanced at all the officers present and said coldly, "The people of our military command will assist you in finding the target. If necessary, it is better to kill by mistake than to let go! ”
"No, no problem?!" Huo Qingfeng didn't let the atmosphere cool down, and asked solemnly.
Chen Yilong glanced at the captain, then his gaze fell on Yin Qinghe's face, and asked, "Didn't you say before that you wanted to catch the live mouth?" ”
"In order to ensure that the secrets will not be leaked, I have received the highest authorization, if this woman is not found within the specified time, then kill all the suspects on the island!" Yin Qinghe said very calmly: "The future Diego Garcia Island is a pure military base, and there cannot be any unrelated personnel. ”
None of Chen Yilong, Sun Tao, Lei Zhenjiang and others felt that there was anything wrong with this order. It is not the first time that they have carried out such a "clean-up" task.
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The "Popeye", a 12,000-ton ocean-going bulk carrier that has been launched for less than two years, is registered in Naples, Italy, and is one of the new ships among the many "free ships" manufactured by Donghua for export.
In the last month, the main business has been operated from Donghua Zhennanzhou to Madagascar. Cheap and high-quality goods from the Donghua Empire were usually transported to the port of Suares in Madagascar, and the various mineral deposits from southern Africa that had been deposited in the port were transported to Donghua.
On this route, which is about 5,000 nautical miles each way, it takes two months for Popeye to make a round trip.
A month ago, the "Popeye" set off from Nanhua Port in Nanzhou, Donghua Town, carrying 11,000 tons of high-grade cement, steel, flour, edible oil, auto parts and other commodities, and began its third voyage this year.
Upon arrival at Puerto Suares, the Popeye unloaded all its cargo and loaded a shipload full of graphite, bauxite, vanilla, cloves, and cotton, and the next stop would be the port of Diego Garcia, and then pass through the Zhonghai Port of Zhonghai Prefecture in the Donghua Empire to reach the Nanhua Port of Zhennan Prefecture.
The route is very relaxed, as long as there are no pirates or typhoons and tsunamis on the way, after returning to Nanhua Port again, more than 30 crew members can get a very generous reward.
It's just that, at this moment, none of the crew sailors of the "Popeye" can be happy. Because Diego Garcia Island was completely blockaded by the Royal Navy fleet of Donghua, they encountered the last war they wanted.
It is said that the flag of the "Popeye" is Italian, which belongs to the Axis camp, and the Royal Naval Fleet of Donghua should not be embarrassed by this ordinary Italian merchant ship.
However, Captain Henry was a very experienced sailor, and he knew that the sudden military operation of the East China Empire against the British Chagos Archipelago was not a small matter that could be solved in a few days. If you are unlucky, you can be stranded in the port of Diego Garcia for ten days and a half months, or even longer.
The port of Diego Garcia is a free/controlled port controlled by the British. As for the pitiful number of troops deployed by the British army on Diego Garcia Island, the Royal Navy of Donghua can solve it by dispatching a warship. However, the Royal Navy of Donghua actually dispatched an aircraft carrier battle group this time!
There must be some deeper reason for this.
It's not far from the mysterious guest who boarded the ship in the port of Suarez, right?! Captain Henry had a very bad premonition in his heart.
(To be continued.) )