Red Tide, стр. 94
Chinese Triads exist. They’re ranked as portrayed in the book, and there’s one in Hong Kong–Macao. And yes, they’ve been around for a long, long time.
I thought that “Sea Cow” submarines, like the fictional North Dakota were my invention until I Googled the name, and discovered that the Germans had Type XIV U-boats (modified Type IXDs), which were designed to resupply other U-boats. They were nicknamed “Milchkuh/Milchkühe” (milk cows).
Do such vessels exist now? Hmm. I wonder. Two of our ballistic missile subs were retrofitted to carry up to 66 special operations troops, so why not some diesel fuel too?
And yes, for any reader who may have questioned it, WD40 is available in China. I found it on the internet.
ABOUT THE WINDS OF WAR SERIES
In RED SANDS, volume six of the Winds of War series, WIII continues to rage as the Allies launch multiple raids deep into Iran looking for finished nuclear weapons that they believe exist.
RED SANDS is the story of Strike Team 3, a combined arms unit consisting of mechanized infantry Strykers and Tanks. Their objective is to seize control of the hardened Fuel Enrichment Plant at Natanz and search it. The facility is located twenty-six feet underground, and protected by a concrete wall that’s eight feet thick.
In February of 2003 General Mohamed El Baradei visited the site and reported that 160 centrifuges were complete, and ready for operation, with 1,000 more under construction. The site has been cloaked in secrecy ever since.
In order for Major Sean Finn and his troops to accomplish their mission, they will have to cope with the self-absorbed Saudi Prince (attached to the unit for political reasons), a company of Russian tanks that’s rolling south from the Caspian Sea, Iranian armor sent to kill them, and the Kavir desert.
And ultimately Strike Team 3 will have to deal with another enemy as well. A man so barbarous that he’s called the “Butcher of Kom,” and for good reason.
“It is,” in the words of the New York Times reporter embedded with Strike Team 3, “the definition of a suicide mission.”
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