Chapter 6 Santiago
This is a fully enclosed lifeboat, although after Pang Xuelin entered the lifeboat, he found a place in the wheelhouse to sit down, and specially fastened his seat belt, but he was still smashed.
The lifeboat is not small, with a displacement of almost a hundred tons, and can carry up to fifty people.
But in the face of huge waves four or five meters high, a lifeboat of this level is simply not enough to see.
In the stormy waves, it seems to have become a plaything in the hands of the sea god, and it is sent to the top of the wave for a while, and then falls back to the bottom.
Pang Xuelin tightly hugged the alloy box containing the three-body civilization materials in his hand, and looked at the "Judgment Day" outside the porthole that was gradually moving away in the wind and waves, and felt a little apprehensive in his heart.
It was the first time he had experienced such a thrilling scene when he was so big.
Fred on the side seemed to see Pang Xuelin's fear, and said with a smile: "Pang, don't worry, our fully enclosed lifeboat is equipped with an airbox inside, whether it is in the water or overturned by the waves, there is no danger of sinking." ”
Pang Xuelin's face turned pale from the upside, and he barely smiled at Fred.
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Fred started the lifeboat's diesel engine, and the lifeboat's propellers began to spin rapidly, struggling through the waves.
It was not until after midnight that the storm at sea gradually dissipated, and by this time it had been more than three hours since they left the "Judgment Day".
The sea calmed down, and you could see the stars through the portholes.
Pang Xuelin's originally apprehensive heart finally let go.
Fred said, "Pong, you and Grant sleep first, we will probably arrive in Cuba in about four hours." ”
Pang Xuelin was a little worried: "Fred, if we smuggle in like this, we won't be discovered by the Cuban Navy, right?" ”
Fred laughed and said: "Don't worry, the Cuban Navy is equipped with some broken ships from the Soviet era in the last century, and the total number of patrol boats responsible for coastal patrol is only about twenty, and the coastline adds up to more than 5,700 kilometers, and there are sieves everywhere, even if their navy is all dispatched, the chances of intercepting us are pitiful." Not to mention the fact that in such weather conditions, their ships will not go to sea at all. ”
Pang Xuelin was a little curious: "How do you know so clearly about the Cuban army?" ”
"Ten years ago, I served at Guantanamo, and after the war in Afghanistan, the base was converted into a prison for terrorists, and we SEALs were evacuated from there and replaced it with the Army Delta, but I was there for three years and I knew it very well," Fred said. ”
"I remember that at that time, because the Cuban government cut off the water supply, the fresh water at our base was purchased and shipped from Jamaica, and we did not use Cuban fresh water. The demarcation line between the base and Cuba is a highway with mines on both sides, but the road is accessible to cars and is under Cuban management. The Cuban land around the base is a Cuban military zone, surrounded by barbed wire, and we can't get out. ”
"There are two small towns in this military administration, each on one side of the bay, one called Boklon and the other called Kemanella. Kemanella was closer to the base, and we could see the town with binoculars while we stood guard. But it is extremely difficult to get there, and you have to get permission from the Cuban Ministry of the Interior. Cubans in this zone of military administration are not allowed to enter freely. Of course, military personnel working in the administrative area can, and residents of the two small towns can also, with their local identity cards, it is said that their families are not in the administrative area but have relatives in the administrative area, and if they want to string relatives, they need the approval of the Cuban Ministry of the Interior. ”
Perhaps because he had just come out of danger, Fred, who had never talked much, was very interested in talking, and talked to Pang Xuelin about many interesting things about his seal days.
"When we got out of Guantanamo, we were transferred to Djibouti to do some dirty work in Africa for the Pentagon and the shitty members of Congress. At that time, there was an oil pipeline between Angola and Zambia, and the refinery and the construction team that won the bid were all American-funded companies, but on the route through which the pipeline passed, one tribe refused to relocate, and then we were sent in the name of mercenaries, and there were 324 people in the tribe, men, women and children, none of them remained, and all the people were buried under the oil pipeline line...... I didn't fire a single shot during that operation and was removed from the seal when I returned. Then I met Evans, and I felt like I had finally found a career I could dedicate my life to......"
Pang Xuelin was silent, he didn't know what to say.
Perhaps every member of ETO has its own reasons, and these reasons are very plausible to some extent.
But it is unforgivable to betray humanity as a whole for one reason or another.
"By the way, where are we going to land in Cuba this time?"
"Go to Santiago, the second largest city in Cuba, where the coastline is all mountainous, and we can just find a small harbor and hide the boat," Fred said. It's the tourist season in Cuba, it's full of foreign tourists, and Cuba is visa-free for many countries, including the United States, so we can wash our identity as long as we go to the black market and buy a tourist card, and then stay in Cuba comfortably for a month, waiting for the Judgment Day to pass. If the day of the trial is safe and sound, it would be great, and if something really happens, we will contact the remaining comrades of the organization to find a way to establish the third Red Bank base and continue to contact the Lord. ”
Pang Xuelin nodded and yawned involuntarily.
Fred laughed and said, "Pong, you are sleepy, let's sleep first, we are about four hours away from the destination, and I will call you when we arrive." ”
Pang Xuelin nodded and said, "Okay, Fred, then it's hard for you." ”
……
Pang Xuelin slept not very peacefully this way, accompanied by the roar of the diesel engine and the sound of the waves, he had a very shallow dream, in the dream Pang Xuelin saw a blood-colored red line, passing through his waist, his upper body fell to the ground, but the lower body was still standing upright, he crawled towards the blood line, dripping red blood all the way......
"Pang, Pang, wake up, wake up, we're here!"
Pang Xuelin woke up from his dream in an instant, wet and covered in cold sweat, Pang Xuelin looked around and muttered, "Where are we?" ”
The lifeboats bobbed up and down in the water, the roar of the engines had stopped, and through the portholes, the dark reef could be faintly seen under the starlight.
Fred laughed with Grant, who had woken up, and Grant said, "Pong, are you having nightmares again?" We're in San Diego. ”