Battlefield Contractor

About two days later. Mr. K came again, and he directly found Lin Rui with a grim expression.

"Rick, I want you to be honest. Where did the information you received come from?" Mr. K looked at Shen Linrui.

"It's an email, and I don't know where it came from. What is the result of your investigation?" Lin Rui asked while looking at him.

"After our investigation, we did not find any valuable information." Mr. K shook his head.

"I want to listen to the truth." Lin Rui interrupted him.

"I'm telling the truth. I took someone to check it personally. On the surface, there is really no problem." Mr. K replied.

"Let's come. If nothing happens, you can't find me in such a hurry and ask me the exact source of this information." Lin Rui shook his head. "You must have found something, but you don't want to tell me."

Mr. K shook his head and said, "I'm sorry. Mr. Rick, why do you think so?"

"My thoughts are not important, what is important is the facts, what have you discovered?" Lin Rui continued to ask.

“The base of Diego Garcia is currently undergoing an upgrade. As part of the CIA’s extradition work, suspects are usually interrogated on Diego Garcia. Other investigative agencies have long been barred from visiting the island.

The military believes that the base defense lacks a unified combat management system that can coordinate multiple defense sensors and weapons. So decided to upgrade the facilities there.

The Strategy and Budget Evaluation Center advocates the use of a salvo defense system to protect overseas bases. One solution is a double defense ring including an outer ring and an inner ring. The outer ring includes satellites and drones equipped with sensors.

A unified combat command system will connect sensors to manned aircraft and UAVs equipped with interceptor bombs. They are responsible for shooting down ballistic missiles in the boost phase most likely to be hit, as well as enemy aircraft that have not had time to launch cruise missiles. .

The inner ring is similar, except that drones, ground-based air defense equipment equipped with high-energy lasers, land-based high-energy microwave weapons that can scorch missile electronics with beams, and even army howitzers that launch high-speed projectiles will be added.

This plan was proposed two years ago, but it is only now being implemented. The signal you received was precisely after the US military was preparing to upgrade the defense of Diego Garcia Island.

I don't know if there is any inevitable connection, but I think an armed raid is impossible.

As the military said, to attack Diego Garcia Island, at least an aircraft carrier formation is required. And it must be a sneak attack. "

Lin Rui shook his head, "What if their main purpose is not to attack, but to sneak into and cause destruction? Or maybe some high-value targets are imprisoned on your island."

"High-value goals, this is what I worry about. There are indeed some important people who are being held there." Mr. K nodded, "I can't reveal their identities yet. In short, these people are very important.

If the information you received is related to these people. We really need to be careful. "

"Are they terrorists? It looks like there are still a lot of people." Lin Rui shrugged.

Mr. K hesitated for a while, and finally he whispered, "What I said next involves some sensitive information. You have to make sure you never heard me talk about it."

Lin Rui nodded.

"Since 2001, the United States has used as many as 17 ships as drifting prisons. After being interrogated on the ships, prisoners were transferred to other secret detention locations.

One of the American ships suspected of holding prisoners was an aircraft carrier, and the other 15 ships were suspected of cruising around Diego Garcia Island in the British Indian Ocean Territory, where the US and British military bases are located.

The USS Ashland amphibious assault ship is one of them. The Ashland carried out military operations aimed at arresting members of Al Qaeda.

The Somali, Kenyan and Ethiopian forces have arrested many terrorist suspects, and some people believed to be from the FBI and our CIA frequently interrogate the arrested.

These prisoners may be interrogated on the Ashland or other ships anchored in the Gulf of Aden. "

"You mean there is a ship there, which has been converted into a prison?" Lin Rui looked at him in surprise.

"Yes. I have been on the boat, and there were about 50 prisoners when I went. They were locked in the bottom of the cabin...the situation is like what you see on TV. The people in the boat were beaten more than in Guantanamo. It's much worse in prison." Mr. K nodded.

"You have locked up the suspected terrorist on board." Lin Rui whispered.

"Yes. There are currently at least 26,000 people without trial in secret prisons. Intelligence shows that as many as 80,000 people have experienced a similar system since 2001." Mr. K was somewhat helpless, "We We choose boats to hold prisoners in order to keep our misconduct as far away from the media and lawyers as possible. You should understand the reasons for this."

"No wonder you don't want to say it. This has always been a scandal for you." Lin Rui smiled.

"Even if it is. But you should also understand that for those terrorists, sometimes you should use some means." Mr. K shook his head.

"It seems that the situation is quite complicated." Lin Rui looked at him.

"It's really complicated. So currently we are facing two situations. If the information you get is accurate. We have to figure out who it is and what situation is it targeting?

Now we have two things to pay attention to. One is the upgrading facilities on the island, which involve military secrets.

The other is the secret prison parked in the port, which involves some very sensitive terrorists.

We have to figure out now if there is any danger. Then we have to figure out whether the danger is for the base itself or the prison ship in the port. "Mr. K paced back and forth.

"I think it might be a member of the ship." Lin Rui replied.

"Why do you think so?" Mr. K turned to look at him.

"Because from the information we got, it contains words such as emergency and rescue. So I prefer to believe that this is for people, not for Diego Garcia base.

On the other hand, as you said, Diego Garcia's base is too large. If you really want to move this base, the other party might really have to send an aircraft carrier formation.

But if it only targets a ship at the port and a certain prisoner on the ship. Things will be much simpler.

All you need is a seaplane, flying close to the sea at low altitude to avoid your radar and land in the nearby sea. Only need to send a group of frogmen to carry out a sneak attack, it is possible to achieve the effect they want. Lin Rui explained.