Chapter 447 Procurement
Since Diego's expulsion from Cuba, the 'Enclave' has supported a group of pirates to harass Cuban waters in order to continue to make trouble for the 'Aurora Army'. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info But this didn't work well, because the little pirate ships were all under 100 tons and couldn't go far.
Still, there were pirates who came all the way to Havana along the ports of the Gulf of Mexico. Mars accepted the assignment at the Enclave to make a fortune. But Havana is now far from being as secure as an ordinary small port, and the idea of robbing inside the port is to seek death.
So Mars got the idea out of the harbor, and he had a small yacht of about 100 tons, and the diesel fuel was still sponsored by the Enclave. In the past, this yacht should have been the personal plaything of some wealthy man, but now it is a tool for his robbery on the sea.
"Let's go, brothers. I've had enough of being here for five days, and I'm going to have to let the Aurora Legion know how good Uncle Mars is. I will paralyze their shipping lanes, and no one will dare to trade here. ”
Mars scolded hatefully, but his assistant reminded, "Boss Mars, are we bringing in some goods in Havana?" If you don't meet a fat sheep on the road, you can also sell the goods to other places, so that you can earn back the diesel money. ”
In the five days that Mars was captured to dig dung, his men who remained on the ship visited all of Havana. There are very few places like Havana in the last days, where there are more living conditions and job opportunities than anywhere else.
Mars pondered for a moment and realized that his subordinates' words made sense, so he also went to the market set up by the 'Aurora Legion' near the port to purchase a batch of supplies.
Havana's specialty is used clothes, which are sold openly and in unlimited quantities. Mars arrived in Havana in layers of tattered summer clothes, and after five days of hard work, he learned the benefits of wearing thick clothes and taking hot showers.
This kind of used clothes is still in demand in the Caribbean, and Mars has bought two large bags. Next came the straw paper, watches, which were also featured goods, all of which were urgently needed in the last days. And the other thing he wanted was a portable boiler on the market.
Cuba is a socialist country, and although it is industrially backward, it still has some foundation in the Caribbean. After the Aurora Legion occupied the area, it first took control of the remnants of industrial equipment and recruited workers to produce it.
The portable boiler is the fist product of the Havana Machinery Factory, which has a simple structure, a moderate size, can boil water, can heat the house, and is very convenient to use. Mars had purchased thirty units of the gold he had stolen, and he felt that it would sell well if it was shipped elsewhere.
In fact, portable boilers are very popular in Havana, almost to the point of selling out. This thing is easy to make, it's just a stove for boiling water, and it's hard to think about it. Although the Havana Machinery Factory has a low production capacity and technical capacity, it can produce two or three hundred units a day.
With this thing, it can supply hot water and hot meals for about twenty people a day, greatly improving the survival ability of human beings in the nuclear winter, which is simply a necessity for survival in the apocalypse.
"Boss, this kind of boiler must also be heated on our ship, otherwise it will be too uncomfortable for the weather to be so cold." There were several sailors who worked with Mars who were in high demand, and they loved to take a hot bath in the middle of winter.
In addition to the portable boiler, another thing that excites Mars is the open sale of weapons in the market. Makarov series pistols, AK series assault rifles, PKM series machine guns, NSV and DSHK series heavy machine guns, these Soviet-series firearms are everything, and the bullets are even more billion.
Cuba was once a bridgehead for the socialist camp against the United States, and at one time received a large amount of Soviet equipment. However, the Third World War did not break out, and these weapons remained in the munitions depot for more than half a century.
After the 'Aurora Legion' occupied Cuba, they were dumbfounded when they looked at the mountains of ordnance in the warehouse, and naturally thought about how to exchange all these things for urgently needed daily necessities. You must know that in order to popularize boilers on a large scale, even the trees near Havana have been cut down in patches, and firewood is in short supply. You can pull a little wood and sell it for a price.
An AKM assault rifle on the market costs only five gold coins, and a hundred rounds of ammunition cost four silver coins, which is like giving it away for nothing. Mars was particularly interested in the 14.5 mm DSHK heavy machine gun, which was a rare form of formidable and domineering weapon. He planned to buy two pieces of equipment to be on the fore and aft decks of the speedboat, and it would be much sharper to rob them when the time came.
In addition to heavy machine guns, various ordinary pistols, assault rifles are also the focus of Mars's procurement. Now the whole Caribbean is in a mess, and the sales of weapons are excellent. Most of the countries here do not have any weapons in stock, and there is still a high demand for firearms.
"Great, we just sell these things and make a lot of money." Mars bought and bought, and exchanged almost all of his money for various goods. A large group of sailors happily loaded their belongings onto the ship, and then sailed out of the harbor to prepare for the passage to wait for the rabbits.
In the eyes of the Mars gang, it was too easy to find a ship on a busy shipping lane to commit a robbery. Especially now that they are also shotguns for artillery, their combat effectiveness is even stronger.
"Let's go and see who will be our first target?" Mars sailed out of the harbor and began to look around with a telescope standing on the bow of the ship. His boat can run at a high speed of more than 30 knots, and it is definitely a sharp weapon for sea plunder.
Sailing in the direction of Mexico at a cruising speed of twenty knots, Mars saw a large number of small steamers in the channel. The slow speed of these little wheels makes people laugh, but they are not Mars's prey.
"I really didn't expect the 'Aurora Army' to set up a coast guard." Mars saw a small steamer with the Legion's Aurora flag on it, and he sneered and said, "But how can such a slow ship stop the robbery of Boss Mars?" ”
The pirate speedboat continued to move forward, and along the way, it was discovered that there were actually quite a few such small steamers, one every ten nautical miles. And wait until you run more than 100 nautical miles before leaving the other party's warning range.
"Alright, now it's our chance to play." Mars widened his chest and laughed.
But the sailors on the ship suddenly shouted at Mars in horror: "Boss, there is a speedboat ahead that suddenly hoists the skull flag, and they are rushing towards us. ”
"What?" Mars raised his binoculars and looked into the distance, only to see a speedboat similar to him about five or six nautical miles away, bubbling a little light.
Mars squirmed through the air with the whistling of large-caliber bullets, and Mars scolded angrily, "What's going on? Someone dares to rob me? I'm a pirate! (To be continued.) )