Chapter 406 America’s Back Garden is Gone
matanzas.
It was originally a small town in Cuba. The most famous beach here is Varadero Beach, which is rated as one of the eight most beautiful beaches in the world.
Every year many Americans come here to travel and appreciate the beauty of the beach.
This place is about 100 kilometers away from Havana, and is closer to Miami in a straight line than Havana. Its geographical location, scenery, and proximity to Havana mean it can avoid political influence while attracting customers from there. Therefore, it was chosen by Bassini as the location for the casino.
I have to say that Basini has a good vision and chose a very good place. Since its opening, the number of gamblers has increased dramatically, and the local tourism economy has also been boosted. The officials here are very flattering to Basini and his team.
Because the casinos created a lot of income for their city.
Basini became the real king of this small town.
On that day, a 100-ton fishing boat was sailing in front, followed by three fishing boats of more than 50 tons, and they all arrived at the dock outside the casino.
In order to welcome guests, the casino built its own dedicated pier, where several cruise ships are docked, specifically used to ferry tourists from Miami.
It’s not new for fishing boats to come here. Sometimes fishing boats will come to deliver fish.
After these fishing boats stopped, hundreds of men in uniform military uniforms, holding rifles and submachine guns in their hands and with towels wrapped around their faces, rushed down from the boats.
Everyone on the dock was startled.
As soon as these men got off the boat, they rushed towards the casino. The pier was only about a thousand meters away from the casino, and these men quickly rushed there.
Seeing so many armed men approaching, the security guard was startled and said, "What are you doing here? This is private property."
“Tick, tick, tick, tick~!”
A volley of bullets answered him.
The security guard died instantly on the spot.
The sound of gunfire sounded the battle horn. Hundreds of soldiers rushed into the casino and shot any security guard who dared to resist.
The gambler was so frightened that he screamed and fell to the ground.
These people ignored the gamblers and quickly rushed into the casino.
Another round of firefight.
The security guards in the casino were killed, and they found a large amount of cash in the casino's safe. My goodness, it must be no less than three or four million US dollars. These people quickly packed the boxes and moved them out, putting them on the casino's trucks and transporting them to the dock for loading onto the ship.
As for the American gamblers in the casino, they were driven together.
Under the black muzzle of machine gun fire, these people were terrified and all huddled in the corner of the casino like quails.
"Hand over everything valuable on you." A soldier threw several bags into the crowd.
The gamblers dared not neglect it. They threw their wallets, watches, necklaces and all the valuable things into the bags, and soon several bags were filled.
In order to improve its grade, the casino originally inlaid many golden stars on the walls. Some soldiers directly used crowbars to pry these stars off the wall.
A leader came out, looked at the gamblers gathered together, and shouted: "We are the Cuban Insurgents. Our purpose is to overthrow the current dictatorship of Batista and eliminate the capitalists who are sucking blood from the Cuban people."
"This casino is a hodgepodge of prostitution, gambling, and drugs. It must be eradicated. You can leave, but I want to use your mouths to tell the world that the Cuban rebels have already begun to act. Sooner or later, we will overthrow Batista and free the Cuban people from being exploited."
"Remember my name, I am 'Castro', the commander-in-chief of the Cuban rebels and the future buryer of Batista."
"Okay, you guys go away."
The gamblers and waiters ran out as if they had been pardoned. Soon the casino was empty. Some people came in with barrels of gasoline and placed two barrels of explosives in the middle.
These people evacuated quickly.
The bearded man threw the cigar in his mouth out, lit the gunpowder, and then got in the car. As their car arrived at the dock, they heard a deafening explosion from the casino.
"Boom~!"
The once magnificent casino was reduced to a pile of ruins in an instant. After the explosion, it burst into flames again, with the raging fire rising dozens of meters into the sky.
The gamblers who escaped had not run very far at this moment. When they heard the explosion, many of them screamed in fear, and some even collapsed to the ground. Fortunately, these people did not keep them. If they had lost their humanity and trapped them in the casino and ignited explosives, it would be terrible to think about it.
The Cuban rebels' operation was very successful.
After grabbing the much-needed funds and blowing up the casino, they completed the first operation. Through the mouths of those casino gamblers, I believe the whole world will know about the existence of the Cuban Insurgents and Castro.
Afterwards, an inventory was found to have a total of more than 4.2 million US dollars, as well as some gold and silver jewelry necklaces, which should be worth about 100,000 US dollars.
Now I have enough money to buy equipment and supplies and recruit more people.
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The news of the bombing of the American Casino in Cuba quickly reached the United States, and major newspapers began to report on it.
You know,
Cuba is America's back garden.
Americans have a lot of investments here, and it is one of their important travel destinations. Several US presidents have visited Cuba.
Hemingway once described Cuba during this period, with its white sand beaches, Cuban cigars, sweet cane sugar, Latin American-style bars under palm trees, and passionate Cuban beauties.
The emergence of the Cuban insurgents has disrupted the tranquility and beauty of Cuba. The casino invested by the Americans is said to have cost hundreds of millions of dollars and was only in operation for half a year. Now it has been reduced to ruins, resulting in huge losses.
At the same time,
The newspaper warned the American people to be careful when traveling to Cuba in the near future, as Cuba's security level has been downgraded by several levels.
Basini received a call from his subordinates at the first time. When he heard the news, he was stunned.
Hundreds of Cuban insurgents rushed into the casino and looted it. The worst thing was that they blew up the casino before leaving.
"What, you said they bombed the casino?!"
"Yes, the casino was bombed."
"It's not serious, is it?"
Basini still had hope that it was just a minor injury and that he could reopen after some repairs.
"Oh~ Mr. Basini, the entire casino was completely reduced to ruins. It's all over. There was a big fire after the explosion. Now there is only a pile of ashes left in the casino." said the casino manager.
Ga~!
Brazil barely made it through.
His 100 million investment,
His two years of hard work,
His dream of making money in the future.
Now it's all over.
Those damn rebels, you can rob if you want, but why did you blow up my casino? Why did you use my casino to create a sensation? If you have the guts, go blow up the Presidential Palace. I will never stop you.
Basini put down the phone.
His heart felt so heavy with pain. Even if his wife had died, he wouldn't have been so sad.
"Ring, ring, ring~!"
The phone on the table rang again. Barzini picked it up with difficulty. The voice of a mafia family leader came from inside.
"Bassini, I heard that our casino was bombed. Is that true?"
"I just heard the report from the casino manager," said Basini.
"Ah, that's true. How could this happen? Why did they bomb our casino? It's all over now. How can we do business? How much will it cost to rebuild? Even if we have the money, we can't reopen until two years later. All our previous plans are ruined."
Basini thought,
How much money have you invested? I invested much more than you.
"Okay, I need to find out more about the situation, so I'll hang up first." Basini hung up the phone unhappily.
But as soon as I hung up, the phone rang again.
This time it was the head of another Mafia family. Basini responded with a few words and then hung up the phone.
"Damn it, I'm always the one who's responsible for everything. What can I do?"
"Ring, ring, ring, ring~~!"
The phone rang again.
Basini could guess that it must be other clan leaders calling. He was in a bad mood and didn't want to pay any attention to them.
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The Cuban rebels first attacked the casino, and a few days later attacked the capital of Santiago, even occupying the government building and holding the mayor hostage.
Santiago is the second largest city in Cuba, more than 800 kilometers away from the capital Havana. It is located at the end of the Cuban island and is also one of Cuba's important ports.
More importantly,
In a short period of time, the number of Cuban insurgents grew to more than 3,000.
This news shocked many people.
Many American newspapers reported on the event, and many people remembered the names of the Cuban rebels and Castro.
Santiago is located on the Mediterranean Sea and is known as the 'Mediterranean Capital'. It is very close to Cayman.
night,
A cargo ship arrived at the port.
Carry down more weapons and ammunition.
Then he exchanged a box of money.
It was an on-the-spot transaction with no cheating on anyone. With weapons, the Cuban rebels could organize more people to fight against the government forces.
From then on,
Cuba will no longer be as peaceful as before, and America's back garden will be gone.
No more Americans will travel to Cuba.
Bassini's Casino,
Naturally, it will never reappear. Even if it is rebuilt, who would dare to come to Cuba, which is always in war?