American Detective: Starting as a Rookie Cop in an American TV Show

Chapter 1345 Ready
The old fishing boat set out westward from the port of Matanzas, Cuba, in the dark. After passing the island of Hispaniola where Haiti and the Dominican Republic are located, the destination of the trip - the Lesser Antilles - came into view.

The Caribbean Sea has a total area of ​​approximately 275 million square kilometers and is an area of ​​the tropical Atlantic Ocean in the Western Hemisphere.

The west and northwest of the sea area is the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and Central American countries including Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.

The Caribbean Sea is surrounded by the Greater and Lesser Antilles to the north and east, and the South American continent to the south.

The Greater Antilles consists of four large islands: Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and Jamaica, as well as a series of small islands such as the Cayman Islands, where many of the "world's top companies" are registered.

As for the Lesser Antilles, the situation is much more complicated. It is the archipelago with the most countries in the world.

There are 8 sovereign states and 5 colonies left over from the old times, belonging to the three former empires of Britain, France and the Netherlands.

Because the entire arc-shaped island chain of the Lesser Antilles is too fragmented, the exact number of islands has not been clearly counted so far, so there have been many legends about pirate treasure islands.

In real history, the pirates of the Caribbean were far from being as free and romantic as portrayed in movies and TV shows. Strictly speaking, the famous Blackbeard, Edward Teach and William Kidd were actually privateer captains.

Starting from the end of the 15th century, with the advent of the Age of Discovery, the era of colonialism slowly began, with European countries such as Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, France, and Britain coming on stage one after another.

The early primitive capital expansion was full of naked massacres, looting and bloody slave trade, dragging the entire American continent into hell.

It was not until after the two world wars that the former European steamroller transformed into a giant red bear and joined forces with the United States to dismember the entire old colonial system.

With the decline of the old empires, a large number of African and American countries launched independence movements. During this process, the two giants, the United States and the Soviet Union, both cooperated and competed.

The final result was that the British troublemakers completely lost their reputation as the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" after leaving behind a mess, and the United States and the Soviet Union joined hands as hegemons to usher in the prelude to the Cold War.

There are no pirates in the Caribbean Sea today, and with the end of the old colonial era, the remaining colonies in the Lesser Antilles, such as the British Virgin Islands, French Guadeloupe, and Dutch Sint Maarten, have become some echoes of that history.

"There are still 20 minutes until high tide." Chris put down the telescope and looked at the time on his wrist.

Nearly a day had passed since they left the port of Matanzas in Cuba. Although the small fishing boat, which weighed less than 100 tons, looked rusty on the outside, its equipment was actually quite new. A Serbian-made marine engine provided sufficient power for the generator.

If someone sees a northern lights-like sight on the horizon in the tropics when going out to sea for the first time, there is no need to be surprised, because that is usually a fishing boat taking advantage of the phototaxis of different fish to catch fish.

At this time, dozens of metal halide lamps hanging on the boat illuminated the sea around the fishing boat as if it were daytime, but there were no fishermen working hard on the deck. Only old man Carl was alone with a fishing rod, constantly catching squids.

According to previous drone reconnaissance results, a radar station was built on the commanding heights of the island. Although its specific performance is unknown, the safest way is to disguise it as a fishing boat and approach it.

The fishing boat had anchored near a coral reef less than 5 nautical miles from the island before nightfall. Five or six hours had passed since nightfall until the early morning. There was no communication through the public channel, and the island security had not sent a speedboat to check the situation. It was basically certain that the other party was completely unprepared.

Amid the sound of splashing water, an unmanned submersible was pulled onto the deck by everyone's joint efforts with a cable. Clay gave Jack a thumbs up and said, "The sea conditions are good, and we have found a route to avoid the undercurrent. It seems that we are quite lucky today."

As the saying goes, the bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish. It's not because there are more fish when the wind and waves are strong, but that the boat will capsize when the waves are big. Not everyone on the sea is "Bull" Halsey who dares to rush into the eye of a typhoon with an aircraft carrier fleet.

As a former Navy SEAL who is proficient in underwater dive operations, Clay fears the ocean more than anyone else because he knows the power of nature.

The reason why the fishing boat anchored here and waited for half a day was that, in addition to pretending to fish to confuse the guards on the island, Clay also needed time to collect information on the hydrological conditions around the island.

The island is surrounded by dangerous reefs on three sides, with only a small beach and a small pier next to the beach that can be used for landing, but that must be the most heavily guarded location.

Although there were many people involved in this operation and each of them had extraordinary skills, it was obviously not a wise action plan to simply land on the beach in a few rubber boats and be shot as a target during the operation.

Jack and Clay will be responsible for the initial infiltration. After ensuring the safety of the landing point, the first group of landing personnel will land on the island.

Wait until the combat operation is over and make sure all the rebels on the island are eliminated, and the rest of the people will be the second group to land on the island to take charge of the aftermath.

Anna also received relevant diving training in the FSB, but she was definitely not as professional as Clay, who was a SEAL, and Jack, who had received rigorous training among the SEALs. Therefore, she was arranged to be among the first group of landing personnel.

After helping Jack put on his diving suit and checking all the equipment, the girl ignored the sharp looks from Hannah and Jiejie and kissed him gently on the cheek, admonishing him in Russian, "Be careful."

Because they knew nothing about diving, the two girls who couldn't help looked unhappy, but they still went forward one by one and hugged the scumbag.

Old man Carl, who had already put away his fishing rod and was watching all this with a smile on his face, stood up tremblingly, walked into the captain's room, rummaged around for a long time, and when he came out he was holding an aluminum lunch box in his hand.

Jack took it and opened it, only to see cigars neatly stacked inside.

"These are all top quality stuff. I saw with my own eyes those beautiful girls rolling them out on their thighs." The old man winked at him mischievously.

Jack was not polite and gave one to each of the gentlemen present. Finally, he carefully put his own cigarette in a waterproof bag and stuffed it into the small bag on his waist. Then he shook hands with the always cheerful old man.

"Watch this ship for us, and get ready for a big fireworks show."

(End of this chapter)