At night on the Red Sea, the sea breeze blows gently, and the air is slightly moist, giving it a sticky feeling on the skin.
The salt content of the Red Sea is much higher than that of ordinary seas, so the humidity and salinity in the air are very high.
On the deck of the bow, Qin Fei, who was wearing a complete set of combat uniforms, felt as if his whole body had been brushed with a layer of tung oil. His neck and back were all wet, greasy, and sticky.
"Boss, what are you thinking about?" Eric suddenly appeared behind Qin Fei, "Are you worried about this mission?"
Qin Fei turned around, glanced at Eric, and said with a smile: "Well, I'm a little worried. I don't know if it's really as easy as Victor said."
"Victor is a powerful character." Eric said: "Either he can't get into the eyes of so many national intelligence agencies."
He lowered his voice and leaned into Qin Fei's ear: "I quietly went to take a look in the cargo hold just now. It was filled with light and heavy weapons, including air-to-air missiles such as R-27."
"Air-to-air missile?" Qin Fei was stunned for a moment, "This is a MiG-29 combat bomb, what? Do the Youth Army and the Houthis have aircraft?"
"I don't know, I just saw it." Eric spread his hands: "This old guy sells everything and does business for everyone. I guess he not only provides weapons to the anti-government forces, but also provides weapons to the government.
The army provides weapons, do you believe it?"
Qin Fei laughed dumbly.
They were on a cargo ship registered in Panama. The ship was not big, only 70 meters long. After boarding the ship, Qin Fei chatted with Roy, the boss of the ship, and learned that they were all loyal men of Victor and had been here all year round.
For maritime activities in the area, when there is usually no business, the ship will dock at a port in a certain country in the Middle East. When Victor gives the order, they will drive to the designated dock, load the designated goods and send them to another designated place.
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The boss of the ship is in the Indian Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. In his words, there will be no problem if you close your eyes and use your feet to turn the steering wheel, and the maritime military power of all countries in this area is
, he knows all the officers, big and small, inside, and will never embarrass them, let alone inspect their ship.
He said this to reassure Qin Fei.
However, Qin Fei felt that this dark, thin guy with a white beard on his mouth might be a bit of a flirt.
After all, not only are the navies of various countries present in this area, but pirates are also rampant, and merchant ships passing through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in the Indian Ocean are often robbed. This is not news.
But Roy quickly revealed Victor's strong background and network of connections as an international arms dealer.
This cargo ship called "Dolphin" was intercepted once by the military and once by pirates.
On the military side, Roy directly handed them the documents in his hands. After checking and checking, the officer waved them off.
The pirates were even more direct. When the boat came up and saw it was the "Dolphin", they fired a few shots into the sky as a greeting. The ship turned around and disappeared into the darkness.
"It seems that your boss Victor is doing well in this area." Qin Fei has gained a lot of experience this time.
Roy smiled and said: "The more chaotic the place, the more prosperous the arms business is. Here, having a gun means having power. No one wants to offend someone who can provide them with arms."
Qin Fei thought about it. There are raging wars everywhere on the African continent and the Middle East. Businessmen like Victor who sell arms everywhere are certainly at home. Many times, affected by various factors, what emerging forces in many places need most is arms.
, they will even treat people who can provide them with arms as bosses. A well-fed arms dealer can speak better than the president of a small country here. Just like Lawrence, a minister who is dignified, he does not dare to offend Victor easily.
This iron rooster.
After standing on the deck for a while, Qin Fei returned to the cabin to find Yuri.
Yuri was responsible for this communication and technical support work. Considering that Yuri was not good at combat, Qin Fei and Lao Yu decided to keep him on the ship until the X Corps team landed.
In the cabin room, he uses his technical equipment to build a communication platform and provides various technical support.
"Yuri, how are you preparing?" Qin Fei walked into the room. Yuri was busy in front of several laptop computers and a small radio station.
Qin Fei looked at the computer screen. On the three laptops, one was running a dark web intelligence trading chat room, one was running a GPS positioning system interface, and the other was running software that Qin Fei couldn't understand.
"It's almost done. There's still a little more to do." Yuri didn't even raise his head. He was absolutely concentrating on his work.
Qin Fei pointed to the third laptop and asked: "What software is this?"
"Eavesdropping." Yuri still bent his head and replied as he worked: "I am intercepting the call records between government forces and various rebels by monitoring nearby communication channel lines. I have made a sensitive vocabulary database
, which can distinguish between English and local Arabic. When sensitive words appear, the system will automatically screen and intercept them."
"Awesome!" Qin Fei had to marvel at Yuri's hacking skills. He really couldn't understand that a man like Polar Bear, who was a complete martial artist, could actually give birth to a computer genius. It was simply a miracle.
"In less than an hour, we will land ashore. After we leave, Roy will sail the boat away from the dock and park it in the nearby waters. When we find someone, we will wait in Hodeidah, and you will pick us up again.
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"Don't worry, I will stay here to keep in touch with you and provide you with the latest battlefield advice." Yuri said: "Since it was opened, the intelligence information about Yemen on the dark web has begun to skyrocket. If you have any information you need to know,
, you can contact me through the communication channel, and I will provide it to you as soon as possible."
Sure enough, there was an easy way to get things done, and since Tiyo was not far from the Hodeidah port in Nomen, the ship took less than three hours to enter the dock of Hodeidah port in the dark.
When he was more than a hundred meters away from the seaside, Qin Fei looked towards the shore. The pier was dimly lit and there seemed to be no one in sight.
Roy took a laser pointer, walked to the bow of the ship, opened it three times toward the dock, and closed it three times.
That thing was originally installed on the Picatinny rail of the gun, which is also commonly known as a laser sight. It can only be seen under the field of vision of a night vision device.
Soon, Qin Fei saw a shadowy black figure appearing on the pier.
He pulled down the night vision device above his head, and sure enough, in his field of vision, there were nearly two hundred people around the dock, and there were people everywhere. These guys must have been hiding in the messy warehouses and cargo piles on the dock, and they had been hiding in the dark.
Observing the movement on the sea, he didn't appear until he saw Roy's signal.
The ship slowly approached the dock, and the sailor threw out the cable. The soldier carrying an AK-47 on the dock grabbed the arm rope and hung it on the fixed pole. Several wooden boards more than one meter wide were expertly placed on the side of the ship.
A guy who looked like an officer began to command two companies of soldiers, shouting at them to unload the goods quickly.
Roy and the leader of the rebels began to hand over, and before leaving, he said to Qin Fei: "I am only responsible for sending you here. For the rest, you can find Ibrahim!"
"Where is he?" Qin Fei looked around and saw no one else.
Roy pointed to the warehouse in the distance: "He is usually in that warehouse. You can go to the second floor to find him."