Chapter 265 The Liar's Plan
"Victor, I have arrived in Newport News. It is an industrial city, with mostly workers and middle-class residents. Although there is no government management, the people here quickly adapted to life after the disaster, much better than the hodgepodge of international cities in New York.
People here heard that the Kennedy was stranded near Guantanamo, Cuba, were very anxious and were willing to help get the giant ship back. Of course, the trouble is not small. I am waiting for the arrival of the Bird of Paradise. I believe that a large number of supplies can allow more people to join us.
The people here ask me to remind you that aircraft carriers will never travel on one ship. The Kennedy has a huge aircraft carrier formation. Now that you have found the Kennedy, others can also find other ships in the formation, which should be in the Caribbean Sea.”
On the night when Zhou Qingfeng arrived at the Kennedy, Lena Fox sent a video from Newport News to greet him. Although she heard it simple, she saw her messy and scattered hair and forced a happy smile, and knew that it was not smooth sailing.
After all, in this doomsday world, you say that if there is a boat thousands of miles away to need assistance, someone will follow you? God doesn’t have the ability. However, at the end of the video, the butcher showed his ugly face and his rough head was wrapped in gauze. It seems that they have experienced some troubles.
"Lina, everything is fine here." Zhou Qingfeng stayed in the captain's room of the Kennedy to record the video. This is the most spacious residence on the ship. Other places are simple beds like train sleepers, and even officers only have thicker mats than soldiers.
"The 'JFK' is temporarily in control. I am trying to find a way to rescue the more than 3,000 people who escaped from Guantanamo to the ship. Everyone's emotions are still stable, and the subsequent work is going as planned.
All our small aircraft are continuously performing missions. The management team you formed is very useful. Half of the personnel will fly from the Big Abaco Island to the aircraft carrier on small aircraft to help me manage more than 3,000 people here. At the same time, the small aircraft will also transport some people who are not suitable for continuing to stay on the aircraft carrier, such as some wounded and the elderly.
However, our capacity and fuel are limited, and there are still a few people who can be transported by plane, and most of them still need to leave by sea through ships. Given that the waters around Cuba have been controlled by various warlords and pirates in the Caribbean, this transportation mission needs to be planned in detail.
I hope you protect yourself. Remember, whether you succeed or not, you must leave Newport News in twelve days.”
After recording the video, Zhou Qingfeng sent it out via satellite. Raymond, as his deputy, knocked on the door and said, "Mr. Hugo, the personnel statistics have been completed. We found several experienced sailors, but no one here can control the aircraft carrier.
Miss Riven is collecting veterans and various shipbuilders who have served on aircraft carriers in Miami. She and the Cubans who control Miami have reached an agreement to transport personnel directly at Miami International Airport. Although this is efficient, our fuel reserves will soon be exhausted."
Raymond is the actuary who is good at making false accounts and has a very management talent. Lina specially left him to assist Zhou Qingfeng. After Zhou Qingfeng controlled the aircraft carrier, he immediately ordered Catalina to airlift him and more than a dozen management personnel on a small plane. Without them, Zhou Qingfeng would be annoyed by the food, drinking, and defecation of more than 3,000 people.
"Fuel, fuel, fuel." It's November now, and it's winter soon. People in the northern hemisphere are short of fuel, and Zhou Qingfeng also asked with a headache. "Why isn't that pirate leader Santos short of fuel?"
"According to some of the radio contact analysis we intercepted, thousands of armed groups have appeared in the entire Caribbean Sea, with nearly a hundred in Cuba alone. After three months of integration, these groups have gradually divided the territory and formed some loose alliances.
Santos belongs to an organization called the "Cuba National Liberation Front". This organization controls an oil refinery in Havana and several oils offshore. According to our understanding, this organization lives a very good life by selling fuel to the outside world and is the strongest among all Cuban groups.
And a warlord named Fedro occupied the US military base near us, and he belonged to an organization called the Santiago Military Alliance. This organization seemed to want to get out of southern Cuba."
Havana is several hundred kilometers away from Guantanamo, which was an insignificant distance before the catastrophe, but now it seems to be high and far away. If Zhou Qingfeng wants to obtain fuel and even the right to travel, he is afraid he has to deal with Mr. Fedro, who is close to him.
"Which Mr. Fedro wants to fight against the 'National Liberation Front of Cuba' in the north?"
"Yes."
"So what is he missing?"
"He is probably like us, lacking anything."
"So what does he have?"
"Uh..., Guantanamo is rich in sugar, coffee, and cocoa. The agricultural product processing industry here is relatively good, but other industrial products are produced almost zero."
"Will this Mr. Fedro lack weapons?"
"There should be no shortage of light weapons. There is a large reserve in Guantanamo military base, but there is a lot of demand for heavy weapons."
"Heavy weapons? What can we do to coax Mr. Fedro's heavy weapons?"
During the question and answer, Zhou Qingfeng and Raymond were both thinking. The Kennedy hangar contained more than 70 aircraft and various advanced and expensive ammunition, including high-end goods such as the F-35C. But the problem is that no one knows how to use these things, and even loading ammunition on the plane is a technical job.
But if you can't take out the weapons on the aircraft carrier, you can only find a way out from the Aurora. But there are no weapons on the Aurora!
Wait..., there is a weapon that can be thrown to Fedro, which is the M1A3 "Abrams" main battle tank that the Butcher and Minsk got. Before the naval battle with Santos, the tank made great contributions. After the war, the tank was retracted and placed in Mars Harbor.
The big guy with nearly 70 tons looked mighty, but it was not so pleasant to use. Zhou Qingfeng has always been disliked.
However, listening to Zhou Qingfeng's sale of 'Abrams', Raymond whispered: "Mr. Hugo, we only have one 'Abrams'."
"But Fedro didn't know that we only had one. I can say that I had a hundred, and what I want now is to gain the right to freely pass through Cuba and the Bahamas. I believe that Mr. Fedro will be interested."
Chapter completed!