the world is at stake

The two sides are disengaged.

But on the ground, under the smoke and dust, there was a dead silence.

When the mountain wind on the plateau blows away the gunpowder smoke, the roads in the whole valley are only burnt black and gray.

Kakhevich crawled out from under the tank, shaking off the dust all over his body, with messy hair and bloodshot eyes, staring blankly at the scene after the catastrophe.

The pickup truck he was riding in fell not far away.As the cluster bombs spread across the ground, the driver probably wanted to turn around and run away at the last moment.But the pickup hit another vehicle and flipped over.

The 'Taliban' soldiers in the car fell to the ground, and the Afghan brothers who distributed food and water to Kahevich were beaten into piles of rotten meat by air blast steel balls.

The corpse still maintains a human shape from a distance, but when you get closer, you will find it limp. If you stretch out your hand to grab it... the flesh and blood mixed with mud will rot, revealing the white bones.

After walking a certain distance, Kakhevich saw a wounded man with abdominal trauma.The opponent fell to the ground and groaned dying, with the blasted truck tires burning behind him.

Seeing Kakhevich, the injured raised his hand and called for help.

But Kakhevich couldn't hear clearly.He reached for his ear and found that one ear was bleeding and he had already lost his hearing.This should be caused by the shock wave of the explosion, and it is not known whether it is irreversible damage.

"It's the second time, this is the second time." Kahevich wanted to cry, but he waved his arms and let out a wow sound, "I was blown up twice in two days!"

The marching team of the 'Taliban' was directly broken up, and the casualties at the scene were too miserable. Half of the team of more than 2000 people was lost in an instant, and the remaining half was also demoralized by the bombing.

Some tanks were even blown by cluster bombs to the top of the turret, detonated the ammunition rack, and blasted the turret.Only a very lucky few tanks survived.

The turret hatch of a T-62 was opened, and the bewildered commander got out of it.He looked at the destroyed vehicles around him and the scattered corpses, and asked the passing Kakhevich in surprise:

"Brother, what happened? Is Allah angry?"

Kakhevich could not understand Pashto, shook his head and left.He also lost the AK in his hand unconsciously, it would be good to save some energy.But after walking a certain distance, he didn't know where to go?

With such a disastrous lesson, the 'Taliban' was completely exposed.It is an extremely primitive tribal armed force, not to mention fighting a modern war, even if it is thrown on the battlefield of World War I, it will be a gift.

It's really mud that can't support the wall.

In the original history, the organized forces of the 'Taliban' were also defeated by the US military, and the remnants fled into the mountains to survive.

What happened to the 'Taliban' is now a repeat of history, even worse.After all, everyone knows that the US military is very strong and has psychological expectations.Now it is found that China is not bad, and bullying the 'Taliban' is like killing chickens.

Is the situation in Central Asia so peaceful?

Chapter 32 Publicity

Saudi, Liard.

The oil tyrants in the Middle East have invested huge sums of money to build this garden city in the desert.

Although Saudi Arabia enforces strict religious precepts, it is for ordinary people.The rich and powerful naturally have their own unrestricted entertainment, without any scruples.

Marco was bare chested and sitting on the sofa in a private room of a secret brothel.A half-naked dancer twisted her waist in front of him, and two naked women lay on his chest, caressing his well-developed chest muscles and curly chest hair.

The "Brotherhood" executives wanted to transfer Marcus to Afghanistan, but they were rejected.Lao Ma once served in Afghanistan and anti-drugs in Mexico, and knows how difficult it is to fight in the highlands and mountains of a foreign country.

Wouldn't it be nice to enjoy wine and beauties under the lights?Why do you have to go to the barren Central Asia to fight to death?Thinking about the earthen houses of the Afghan tribes and the hatred eyes of the locals, how can it be comfortable to be an uncle in Saudi Arabia?

Several Turkish candidates wanted to change history in Central Asia with passion.But the countries behind them are limited in strength, they are not successful at all, and it is difficult to develop.

With the help of the CIA's influence, the old horse sits in the Middle East, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Not only is his fame skyrocketing, but his power also naturally follows.

Just a little drunk, a piece of breaking news popped up on the TV in the private room.The Al Jazeera reporter in Kabul sent back the latest report - the 'Taliban' was hit hard again and suffered heavy losses.

Mar Keshi frowned, and waved his hand to signal the dancer to get out of the way.The half-naked dancer immediately took off the veil from her body, slowly shaking her breasts, walked in front of him, and knelt between his legs.

The large-screen TV behind the dancer shows the scene of the battlefield with the smoke cleared, and the background is a desolate gray valley.The roads between the valleys were littered with broken vehicles and abandoned bodies.

Overturned, scorched, burned, fireworks, the picture is very exciting, bringing the ultimate visual impact to the people who eat melons.The sporadic survivors supported each other, their eyes were as lifeless as walking dead, and they stumbled.

Journalists reported on camera, describing the disaster that occurred hours earlier.

After the Kabul airport was attacked, the 'Taliban' decided to launch a large-scale offensive in retaliation.However, the main force departing from Kabul was less than ten kilometers away from the city, and was killed by intensive firepower.

It is not yet known whether this strike is a missile or a fighter plane, but the morale of the 'Taliban' has undoubtedly become extremely low, affecting the foundation of their rule.

The reporter interviewed several surviving soldiers and got some incoherent answers. In summary, the marching team was originally high-spirited, but they were attacked for some reason.

A 'Taliban' soldier had a nervous breakdown and cried tearfully to the camera: "I was sitting on the tank turret, and suddenly I heard someone screaming, and then the attack happened.

There were explosions all over the road, and the smoke was so thick I couldn't see anything, and it was useless to escape anywhere.I could only lie on the back of the tank and wait for the attack to pass.

When I saw the situation again, the entire team was blown apart.My two older brothers were killed and I couldn't even collect their bodies. "

Mar Keshi didn't feel anything about the follow-up report, but his cell phone rang.Someone called and asked, "Mar Keshi, you have to go to Afghanistan."

"I won't go." Marco immediately refused. He drove the woman beside him out of the private room, and continued: "It's useless to go. Even tens of thousands of US troops can't quell the chaos, and I have nothing to do."

"We have to do something. Otherwise, we will watch China and Russia control Central Asia?" The voice on the phone was not reconciled.

Ma Keshi sneered: "Central Asia was originally Russia's backyard. After Russia's decline, China took advantage of the situation. If the United States wants to intervene, first calculate how much money and how much time it will cost?"

No need to count, history gives the answer.Two trillion U.S. dollars, 20 years, and nothing has been achieved.

One trillion of this is direct military spending, including personnel, equipment and supplies.The other trillion will be used to 'rebuild Afghanistan', in order to plant a pro-American regime in Central Asia and lay a wedge to contain China and Russia.

As a result, the two trillion yuan only proves one thing—the Yankees are really good at building spiritual civilization, far inferior to the sinister and cunning Brits and the pretentious Frenchmen.

When it came to money and time, the voice on the phone became discouraged, "Those people in Turkey are such a piece of crap. They haven't done anything. But we can't do nothing."

"Afghanistan is a quagmire, don't get stuck in it. Give some help to the bastards in Turkey, it's always easier to make trouble." Marcos suggested.

"Okay, I will explain your opinion to Pastor Clark." On the phone was the liaison officer of the Brotherhood, and he mentioned another bad news, "By the way, the matter of banning China from entering the WTO is not going well."

"Why?" Marco Shi paid special attention to this and sat up from the sofa.

The liaison officer sighed: "Barshefski's negotiations with the Chinese Premier broke down, but the media who previously accused China of not being tough enough immediately reposted that the White House was inflexible in the negotiations."

"Elasticity?" Ma Keshi scolded angrily, "Is that greedy bastard behind the scenes?"

"The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post." The liaison officer broke out the names of several media outlets. "They said that President Clinton's stupidity made the United States 'miss the train.'"

Fuck!

Marcus cursed unceasingly, and blurted out: "The vampires on Wall Street are here to disrupt the situation again. They just need an executioner like 'Oliver Harden' to clean up."

Everyone misses the father-in-law of "Gong Zhong Ti Guo"!

The liaison officer was very embarrassed. After all, everyone knew that 'Oliver Harden' was Zhou Qingfeng's vest.But he was also annoyed: "President Clinton personally called the Chinese Premier and expressed his willingness to sign the agreement.

The 'fraternity' is trying to influence White House decisions through members of Congress, but you also know we lack influence at the top of America.In addition, the Chinese market is also extremely attractive, and many capitals hope to make money from it. "

"So 'Brotherhood' can only watch?"

"There are still some generals in the military who are willing to stand on our side, but they can't do much. After NATO bombed the Chinese embassy in 99, the White House cleaned up both the CIA and the Ministry of Defense to a certain extent."

This is really a steal.

Marco could only sigh.

On the other hand, Zhou Qingfeng, who was staying in Bishkek, also received the results of the second rocket attack, including the discovery of a US reconnaissance plane.Domestically, this hope is downplayed and there is not much publicity.But he demurs.

"We need to inspire people and boost the morale of the people. There are hostile traversers, and many secrets are meaningless. If the official media is not convenient to publicize this, we will leave it to the 'Holy Light' to handle it."

2000 was the beginning of the Internet in China, and QQ was already very popular.Various portals are burning money, but most of them are limited in strength and will close down after a short period of time.

It is impossible for 'Sacred Light' not to get involved. Yilan used a very cheap price to acquire Internet potential stocks around the world, and also invested in building her own Internet platform. The first thing she did was news media.

'Shengguang.com' was in need of an exciting exclusive news to increase its popularity. After obtaining the permission and assistance of the 'party and government', the Chinese technicians at the Kunduz Joint Base immediately became 'war reporters'.

As a result, the headlines of "Holy Light Network" quickly published exciting news - "Guardian-1B" appeared on the battlefield in Afghanistan and obtained the first actual combat test.

Multinational soldiers from the joint base appear in the photo, and the background is the quadruple-installed 'Guardian-1B' launch vehicle.Then there was the real shooting of the rocket launch, the orange-red tail flame rushed into the sky, which was so exciting.

Now that the Internet speed is limited, everyone can only look at some photos.But 'Shengguang.com' tried every means to increase the bandwidth, and posted several ten-second videos on the headlines of the news.

In addition to the launch video, there are also attack pictures taken by the photoelectric pod.Including the first rocket falling from the sky, hitting the Airbus A320 cargo plane, destroying Kabul International Airport, and twelve rounds of ammunition attacking the 'Taliban' marching team.

The bang bang bang was too exciting.In the past, this kind of picture was the patent of the US military, but today's home-made PLA is actually full of foreign style.The effect of this news is explosive.

Thinking back when the "Flying Leopard" fighter was released in China, the public would praise it with excitement.Today, precision-guided weapons have been produced, and they have been 'exported' abroad to combat extreme terrorism, which has been tested in actual combat.

The enthusiasm of the people soared rapidly!

'Shengguang.com' increased the bandwidth by five times and lasted less than six hours before the server crashed.

These days, those who care about the military and have access to the Internet are basically students, especially college students.This group is just at the age of enthusiasm. Seeing their own weapons showing off in foreign lands, they screamed excitedly.

Think about the appearance of the J-2006 in 2011, and the appearance of the J-2000 in 1. Now the sensation of the "Guardian-[-]B" at the end of [-] is equal to the sum of the two.

Ultra-long-range, powerful, and precision-guided.

"Holy Light Network" also took photos of the photoelectric pods, telling the world that we also have laser-guided weapons. This is the photoelectric pod for long-distance detection of targets. .

Of course, the old "Yun Wu" should not appear on the scene, just look at a pod.Military equipment also depends on appearance.If the biplane is paired with the photoelectric pod, the publicity effect will be reduced by half.

At the beginning, many people on the Internet expressed disbelief—China is so backward, how could it be possible to have weapons that only the United States has?This is absolutely not true.

But the "war reporter" who played a guest role immediately gave a follow-up report and personally interviewed Masood, the leader of the "Northern Alliance".

The Afghan bearded man praised the 'Guardian-1B' and admitted that the achievements made in the past two days were entirely due to the Chinese rocket launchers.

Wow, shut up all doubts.

All kinds of BBS were immediately massacred, the number of registered military forums skyrocketed, and even the 'Shengguang Net' immediately opened a military fan community to expand its influence.

The community page is a 406mm bullet-caliber 'Guardian-1B' launch vehicle, followed by a slogan - I always like 'Guardian-1B'.

In the end, not only the cohesion and spirit of the people were greatly improved, but also the image of the country was improved.The accusers will still accuse, but the world understands that China is a little different.

Only the PLA is a bit depressed-we never thought of equipping the 'Guardian-360B' with a range of 1 kilometers. This rocket launcher is stupid and thick, and its accuracy is actually very poor.

But now using black technology to improve it, it is simply a short-range missile, which seems a bit fragrant.

Do you want to buy some aimed at the Taiwan Strait?Anyway, the opposite is the life of the rocket.

Author's Note: In fact, at the end of 99, China and the United States reached an agreement on accession to the WTO.I moved the timeline here, don't blame me.

Chapter 33 What's wrong with you?

With the newspapers spread out and his feet retracted, Xiao Jinlang sat in the subway of the imperial capital, slowly moving forward as the carriage shook.He had a rest today but couldn't be free, so he deliberately bought a subway ticket to wander around, as a way to understand the people's sentiments.

The content in the newspaper is nothing new, basically what has 'happened'.At most, certain new policies appeared earlier, faster and more comprehensive, which cut off the financial resources of many second-generation and powerful people, but provided assistance to the country's development.

Among them are intrigues and life-and-death struggles that others do not know.

After all, rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry, not to mention the dignitaries who have always been domineering.The human and financial resources they can mobilize are beyond ordinary people's imagination.

Zhou Qingfeng's violence could not resolve many people and matters, and the overall situation was stabilized entirely by the common people's basic recognition of the country.Some people want a showdown in a hurry, but they can't fight against the righteousness of the central government.

The intensification of contradictions has forced the centrists to stand in line. Instead, the problem has been exposed more thoroughly, so as to prevent the accumulated evils from dragging on for more than ten years and causing even more painful losses.

In fact, many secret battles took place this year, and many people died.It didn't stabilize until the end of the year, and the social situation was quietly turning around. Xiao Jinlang could really relax for a few days and had a holiday.

The subway was driving towards the university, and a few young people with green faces came up and entered the carriage with heated discussions, talking non-stop.They should be the first generation of Internet users in China, and all they talk about is online news.

Xiao Jinlang listened intently for a while, the young people were chatting with froth, arguing fiercely about the 'Guardian-1B' that broke out from 'Shengguang.com', and the situation in Afghanistan became the focus of their attention.

"Can we fight Afghanistan like the U.S. military fought the Gulf War?"

"It is said that the 'Taliban' has collapsed, and the main force has withdrawn from Kabul and fled to Kandahar in the south."

"Two years ago, when the 'Taliban' rose up, they were very aggressive. The United Nations didn't listen to what they said, and insisted on blowing up the Bamiyan Buddha. I didn't expect them to be so reckless."

"What I didn't expect was that our troops also went abroad to fight."

"Don't talk nonsense, it's just a normal arms trade. We sold rockets to Tajikistan. We just sent logistics personnel to take care of maintenance. This is the 'Shanghai Cooperation Organization' maintaining regional security and stability."

A few young people laughed happily, taking the official remarks as a joke.But when one's own side is strong, a serious tone can also make people happy.

"Shengguang.com has a special commentator with the pseudonym 'Victor', and his words are sharp. He not only commented on the chaos in Afghanistan, but also made an outlook on the domestic economy.

He said that the last obstacle to China's accession to the WTO has been cleared, and the economy is about to take off. He also asserted that China's GDP will surpass Japan in 2010 and become the second in the world. "

"It's impossible to surpass Japan in ten years. We only broke through one trillion US dollars last year, but Japan has already reached US$5000 trillion. At least five times in ten years? It's too arrogant."

"Yes, although Japan's economy has not been good in recent years, it will definitely grow. I think it will be good to catch up in 30 years."

"It's impossible in 30 years, and it will be almost 50 years later. We can't say whether we can see it that day. Anyway, the old man in this carriage will definitely not be able to see it."

The young man who spoke seemed to be looking for a reference, and secretly pointed to Xiao Jinlang who was reading the newspaper opposite.

In fact, after going back in time and space, Lao Xiao's physique is much younger, but his face is old.Seeing the small movements of the young man opposite him, he couldn't help but look up amused, "Young man, how do you know I can't see it?"

The young man in his twenties couldn't hold back his face, so he apologized and fell silent.Xiao Jinlang hummed and continued, "Don't you believe that China will surpass Japan in ten years?"

Several young people shook their heads in unison, and kept saying that it was too difficult.Sometimes it will list economic data, and sometimes it will talk about foreign development, or it will talk about democracy or something.

Western idioms are in vogue.

"Maybe not even ten years." Old Xiao said again, "Our grasp of the country as a whole is always lagging behind."