Chapter 15: The Most Dangerous Man (15)
On March 5, 1945, as it was warm and cold, gusts of wind blew across the Mississippi River, signaling that spring was about to arrive.
Alfred sat on the bow of the boat and watched the scenery on both sides, occasionally flipping through a few pages of Lifeonthemississippi, a classic work by Mark Twain, describing his experiences and perceptions of his travels on the Mississippi River as a young man.
Of course, the Mexican gangsters are not for curiosity or literary accomplishment, let alone for coolness, but desperately want to get acquainted with the Mississippi River in this way, Alfred is one to read and observe carefully, Skoltz has a ride and chats with the crew, and even Lisa and Juan hook up and flirt with each other, everyone is using their own methods to integrate into the Mississippi River and into ordinary American society, as little as possible to let people see the flaws.
In New Orleans, Juan met his old gang friend, and with his matchmaking, the Mexican gang successfully promoted his "product", and at the same time expressed his desire to do something else and open up a larger business circle.
The French gangsters brought them a large amount of alcohol, many of which were wines originating in France or Brazil or Mexico, which were used to offset the No. 4, ice and "real money" that they had just obtained, and selling alcohol was of course a prohibited business, but Prohibition has basically existed in name only, and the threat level of this business has not been so high until now, which means that even ordinary American citizens will not take it too seriously when they see this.
Everyone knows very well that "selling alcohol" is fake, and covering up other "businesses" is true, but everyone has a different understanding of the truth, Juan and the French gangsters are really No. 4 and Bing's "promotion", and Skolzne's eyes are really Oak Ridge. But at least the way north along the Mississippi River is unanimous.
The ship they brought up was called the Emperor, but it was actually a small boat that could only run up to 11 knots and had a total deadweight of only 500 tons, and this kind of ship formed the basis of navigation on the Mississippi River. Inland waterway transport is subject to speed problems, and with the increasing development of railway and road transportation facilities, it has inevitably shrunk, but it still has a certain market share.
The liquor was hidden in a large pile of wheat, and it looked like it was just a bulk carrier of agricultural products, not much different from the other boats on the Mississippi River, if not different, it must have been more crowded. Ships of this class, including handymen and helpers, are basically 1,520 people, and any more becomes uneconomical, but the Emperor has 50 people.
The reason why Alfred chose the Emperor was because there were very few original crew members of the ship, and it happened that a few of them had just become ill and could not move in Orleans; The second is that the ship has a relatively complete warehouse, and a little modification can accommodate at least 18 additional people, and as for the poor living conditions or something, the commandos don't care about these at all.
Now, the nearly 20 extra people are playing cards, gambling, drinking, and bragging in this makeshift cabin, which is naturally all an illusion, and is used to deceive the crew, in fact, their attention is all outside, and they will act as soon as there is any instruction. Otherwise, Alfred, who is polite and an intellectual at first glance, can disguise himself as an accountant and make a book vassal and elegant, but can other five or three rough men also read books? The first thing to do was to arouse the suspicion of the crew, but these actions looked similar to the others, and even Juan thought that this was the proper behavior of the thugs.
Taking the waterway was Wolfe's suggestion, and he was particularly impressed by the fact that his father had taken him on a boat down the river to the Gulf of Mexico as a child, and Skorzny took this advice after research, and the advantages of going by water were numerous:
First of all, there are few people bumped into on the waterway, except for other boats, as long as all the people do not show their heads, the probability of being noticed and questioned is low, which can reduce the possibility of exposure;
Secondly, although it is only 500 tons, this is a ship after all, which can fully accommodate a commando of more than 30 people, and can also accommodate all weapons, equipment and "goods", which is a rare and good carrier;
Again, the commando team of more than 30 people looks very strange in the convoy, after all, it is not the time for the western cowboys to walk the world, but most of the ships on the Mississippi River are strong crews, which is very consistent with the current personnel structure of the commando, except that there are more people;
Finally, take a boat ride down the Mississippi River to get to their final destination.
According to the actual situation, Skoltsny deployed two sets of plans: the first set was to attract the attention of the US side too early in the course of the operation, they docked from Memphis, and then quickly moved more than 300 kilometers to Oak Ridge; The second is that everything is unharmed, and after crossing Memphis, the boat continues to advance to Paducah to make a turn, where the Mississippi River meets the Ohio River and the Tennessee River, and then turns south along the Tennessee River to reach the vicinity of Harry Ken Mills, and follows the shore along the road less than 100 kilometers to reach the destination town of Clinton, 30 kilometers west of Knoxville, Tennessee
It was basically a five-day, four-night walk from New Orleans to Memphis, and then another four days and three nights, a total of about 10 days to reach the destination, but Skorzny knew that speed was not enough, and he accompanied Alfred on the bow of the ship to look at the scenery or read a book.
Of course, the crew can see that these people are by no means kind, but since they have been sailors, they naturally have to deal with all kinds of characters, so the resistance is not so strong, especially when the commandos deliberately let them realize what is inside when they are loading goods, their vigilance is even lower, which explains why a shipload of ordinary agricultural products needs so many people to "escort", which is simply the gangster's action.
Generally speaking, the crew also has their own gangs, they constantly have to deal with various forces, there is a strong cohesion, as long as the crew does not go to the gangster's business, the other party will not attack the crew, this is the biggest tacit understanding of peace and quiet, as for the employment fee, Alfred paid twice the price, which made them firm in their understanding.
If they knew that the leading brother of this gang had 5 million elite troops under his command, they didn't know if they would faint.
"You're saying your people are very powerful in New York?"
"No, sir, I mean we're not in this business." During the evening chat, the boat boss, who had poured 1 bottle of brandy, began to brag with his tongue wide open, and a lot of news that Alfred had never heard of, which aroused his great concern.
New York has more than 1,000 kilometers of coastline, nearly 2,000 docks, more than 1,000 warehouses, 39 docks, and millions of shore warehouses, which are full of weapons, ammunition, and food from all over the United States that are about to be shipped to Europe. In addition, the Brooklyn Navy yard continued to produce aircraft carriers and other warships, and repaired a large number of ships.
Long before the bombing of New York, German submarines often roamed the waters around New York and occasionally sank American merchant ships, and the FBI had always suspected that the Germans were covertly supported by hidden spies in the United States. In particular, on February 9, 42, the French cruise ship "Normandy" suddenly caught fire and eventually capsized while being converted into an American troop carrier, which convinced them that there were German spies lurking in New York City.
In fact, this is complete nonsense, Germany simply does not have any reliable spies in the United States, the Normandy accident is because there are a few crew members in it who are crazy, it is their drunken masterpiece, as for the submarine sinking merchant ships, it is entirely because these merchant ships are fighting to the death, the war has begun, they are still swaggering forward at night with bright lights on, who are they sinking if they don't sink it? These truths are far more ridiculous than speculation, but in the eyes of Americans, they are all great things.
Especially after the bombing of New York, the suspicion of the US side has risen to a very high level, and without the cooperation and guidance of spies, how can Japan and Germany bomb landmark buildings so accurately? Due to the limited manpower of the FBI, coupled with the fact that Hoover desperately expanded his manpower could only deal with his own people and could not curb the "professional spies", and the CIA was only gradually gradual, it was obviously unable to deal with the sabotage activities of "hostile" forces in New York. In desperation, the Navy had to enlist the help of the mafia, the real controller of the New York Harbor, to help prevent the enemy from sabotage and help catch spies.
So in New York, there are at least two lines working for counterintelligence, the FBI and the CIA on the surface, but in fact the mafia godfather "Lucky One" Luciano, who is called the "Lucky One" because he is lucky enough to escape his opponents every time. In other East Coast ports such as Boston, there are more or less similar moves, but the scale and scope are not as extensive as New York.
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