Chapter 953 American Decisions

The Pentagon, the world-known office of the U.S. Department of Defense, is also the location of the highest military command of the United States. For the outside world, it represents the brain and center of the U.S. team.

In a conference room on the sixth floor of the top floor of the Pentagon, a senior meeting of the U.S. military is being held secretly.

The convener of this meeting is Secretary of Defense Robert? Gates, but behind it, there is the shadow of the White House. The meeting was attended by senior officials of the staff of various arms under the Ministry of Defense, the U.S. European Command, the Central Command, the relevant senior officials of the African Command, senior intelligence officers of the CIA, etc.

The conference room, which can accommodate nearly 20 people, is still very empty. Although the air conditioning adjusts the temperature of the conference room very comfortably, Charles? Roosevelt still felt that his body was hot, and there was a fine sweat on his forehead.

In this conference room, the lowest rank is a major general, and the lowest position is a war zone commander and the chief of staff of the arms headquarters, while he belongs to a middle-level backbone of the intelligence department. It's strange to feel comfortable here.

"Let Mr. Charles tell us more about their findings." Defense Secretary Gates looked blankly at Charles, who was bowing his head in the corner of the table. Roosevelt said.

More than a dozen pairs of eyes looked over. Although it was not deliberate, it made Charles feel a pressure.

He secretly cheered himself up. Although this meeting put pressure on him, he also understood that as long as he performed well here, his future would also have a major turning point.

"Guys, first of all, please allow me to introduce myself. I'm Charles? Roosevelt, the head of the Middle East region of the Chinese and Qing armies... In this Persian Gulf conflict, we entered the Third OECD and a number of agents provided a lot of detailed information for our country..."

Noting that Minister Gates frowned, Charles smiled and hurriedly stopped praising the CIA's 'merits'. He turned around and said solemnly, "Because of the Persian Gulf conflict, we have strengthened the intelligence collection in the Middle East and increased the intelligence infiltration of the enemy. Internally, I They also maintain a close and uninterrupted exchange and sharing of information with their peers in other regions. This time, we have undoubtedly found a very important intelligence among the intelligence personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. A country in the Third OECD has sent a secret liaison envoy, which is contacting the anti-American guerrillas led by Saddam, Iraq, the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, in an attempt to reach a secret cooperation to jointly target the United States.

Charles's words made the beautiful members in the conference room look a little bad. Everyone knows that the Third Economic Organization and Saddam and the Taliban are staunch 'anti-Americanists'. It's not surprising that they unite, but it's one thing to understand, and it's another thing to be able to accept it.

"If these organizations cooperate alone, we will not pay too much attention to it, because their strength cannot attract the attention of the United States. But during this period, we urgently sent a shocking message to several very high-level dark lines within several organizations. Charles glanced at the bosses and continued, "The cooperation between these organizations is different from the previous cooperation. They no longer focus on conventional intelligence and arms support, but are ready to provide nuclear weapons to these terrorist organizations."

" Bang..." A fat military VIP overturned the chair with his legs when he heard the words, and his whole body suddenly fell to the ground.

And other military dignitaries also stared at each other with incredible eyes on their faces.

"God, do those people want to start a nuclear war?" The Chief of Staff of the Air Force Command of the Central Theater Command muttered.

Robut? The corners of Minister Gates' mouth twitched for a while. Although he had received this news from the president for a long time, he couldn't help but feel a little scared when he heard it here. Are these countries really desperate?

Three of the five members of the Third OECD are nuclear-weapon states. Although Iran and North Korea still cover up their own nuclear issues, with the strength of U.S. intelligence penetration, it can still be analyzed from various signs that the two countries have completed nuclear tests and secretly produced some nuclear warheads that can be used for actual combat. Somalia, on the other hand, openly admitted that it had nuclear weapons. Even at the National Day military parade, missiles equipped with nuclear warheads openly took to the streets for 'inspection' at home and abroad.

Judging from this information, the CIA got the information and has a basis for its establishment.

Secretary Gates and other military dignitaries can't imagine how much risk the United States will take once the Third OECD really provides the nuclear bomb to extreme anti-American organizations such as Saddam and the Taliban.

Although the nuclear explosion in Afghanistan has been two years, it is always a pain for Americans. Once the Americans, as the only country to use nuclear weapons in actual combat, have always been vaguely at the head of the 'nuclear weapons country', but the Afghan nuclear explosion has also made Americans taste the taste of nuclear attacks. More than 10,000 casualties have exceeded the total number of U.S. military casualties in the Afghan and Iraq wars.

"Mr. Charles, is the nuclear attack that happened two years ago related to these countries?" The question is still the Chief of Staff of the Central Air Force Command. You know, two years ago, the American soldiers of the Central Air Force Command suffered the most casualties at the Bagram Air Force Base.

"General Smith, about the nuclear attack in 2008, what I want to say is that we do not have substantial evidence to prove that it is related to a certain country, but the nuclear attack was made by Taliban militants, and the nuclear material of the nuclear bomb came from the Middle East. How many simple nuclear explosive devices were made? Famous Afghan scientists, now these scientists have joined al-Qaeda.

Charles's words calmed General Smith down. He understood that in such a major event, the U.S. political axe could not do anything without evidence, and the other party did not directly provide nuclear warheads, but nuclear raw materials. This thing is not easy to do in the international underground black market, but as long as you have the intention to spend the incident slowly and Money can always get some.

"And this time about the news that the Third OECD provided nuclear bombs to Saddam and the Taliban, we found another important piece of information related to this matter during the investigation. Abdul, the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb Kadir? Khan mysteriously disappeared after being released from house arrest by Pakistan at the end of last year, and even we lost our trace. We suspect Kadir? Khan's disappearance may be related to these countries, and only the help of these countries, Kadir? Only sweat can mysteriously disappear under the eyes of us and Pakistanis. Kadir? Khan established a huge underground 'nuclear supermarket' and sold nuclear technology and other equipment raw materials to many countries and organizations. What I'm worried about is that this person will re-establish a 'nuclear supermarket'. If Kadir? Khan is in the hands of the Third OECD, and they are very likely to set up Kadir? Khan cooperated with Saddam and the Taliban.

Charles's words are not alarmist, but this possible surname is extremely large. To Kadir? Khan's underground 'nuclear supermarket' is no longer a secret among the senior officials of the world. Such people dared to spread nuclear technology without scruples before. Now they have suffered from the Pakistani military's 'abandoning of house arrest', including the "forcement" of the American political axe, Kadir? Khan is likely to desperately cooperate with Islamic radicals and terrorist organizations.

In this world, countries are very strict about the smuggling of enriched uranium. What about uranium ore? Who knew that there was uranium ore in an unknown place, and with Kadir's ability and his interpersonal relationship, coupled with the secret support of the Third OECD, it would not be a problem to extract uranium ore.

Thinking of the situation faced by the United States after extreme anti-American radical organizations and terrorist organizations owned a 'nuclear factory', the bosses in the conference room shivered coldly.

"No, you must not let their conspiracy succeed."

"I think the United States should pre-empt and destroy the third OECD nuclear base first, even if it triggers World War III."

"I think it's best to directly drop nuclear bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan, Saddam and the potentially hidden locations of the top Taliban to destroy them directly from the flesh."

All kinds of opinions and fierce remarks sounded in the conference room. Although these military bosses are all hardliners and not afraid of fighting, they are on the frontal battlefield. Once they are against the slippery terrorists, and the other party has mastered the big killer, they immediately put away the arrogance and shouted 'preemptive'.

"Quiet!" Minister Gates couldn't help knocking on the table and said angrily.

If it can easily provoke World War III, and if it can use nuclear weapons at will, can the United States still sit firmly in the position of the world's most powerful country?

It is because nuclear weapons are strategic deterrent weapons, and no one uses them, so there is the caution of other countries, and the United States dominates the world with the advanced surname of conventional weapons. Only through all kinds of economic and conventional military deterrence and intimidation can the United States weaken the enemy, balance the interior and maintain its hegemony.

The United States wants a peaceful earth dominated and controlled by the United States, not a tsunami, frequent earthquakes and volcanoes, and finally a earth that enters a nuclear winter.

The United States, which profes itself as the world leader and the only superpower, should set an example in this regard. Only in this way, other countries that are contained and isolated by the United States will not take the initiative to provoke a nuclear war and control the open and secret battles between the two sides within a controllable scope and extent. In this regard, the United States has an unparalleled superior surname over other countries.

Only in this way can the United States continue to maintain its dominant position, slowly weaken its unfavorable existence to the United States, and consolidate the status of the United States with progress.

However, the proposals of these military dignitaries are not unreasonable, because there is always some truth between countries, at least within the scope of interests, but for those terrorist organizations and radical organizations, they can even lose their lives. How can you reason with him?

If the CIA findings are not disposed of, it will be a great threat to the United States.

"I don't think the Third OECD will be willing to provide weapons of mass destruction to terrorist organizations. After all, they also need to prevent terrorist organizations from turn around to deal with them. Minister Gates said in a low voice.

Some military dignitaries nodded slightly when they heard the words, and Minister Gates was right. As long as it is a normal country, it will not be willing to see nuclear proliferation and affect itself. Taking Somalia as an example, why can Somalia exist well after several provocations to the West without being directly hit by the West? Isn't it because Somalia has nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons are the main umbrella for Somalia. Once nuclear weapons are proliferation and applied to actual combat, the role of this umbrella will be minimal. At that time, Somalia cannot guarantee that the countries that have suffered a nuclear attack will not attack Somalia.

"But we can't be optimistic. There is a great hidden danger in this matter. Once the 2008 nuclear attack occurs again, we will all be ousted by angry people."

With the tone of Minister Gates, the next discussion will be much easier. Finally, several consensuses were reached at this meeting. First of all, Iraq and Afghanistan, the intelligence services and the U.S. military in both places should strengthen the attack and blockade of the guerrillas and prohibit all foreign aid from entering the hands of the anti-American guerrillas. As long as these radical terrorist organizations are put in cages and sent to guard them, they are not afraid that others will contact them and provide weapons of mass destruction. Secondly, in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Central Theater Command and Navy Command should create pressure on the Third OECD, but it is best to maintain the current state of confrontation, do not open the war easily, and beware of the Third OECD from taking risks. Third, in the direction of the Mediterranean, the United States should gradually withdraw from military intervention in Libya, at least from dominance to subordinate cooperation. It is necessary to reduce the international pressure of the United States, shrink the front line, consolidate the Middle East, and keep the Middle East still under the influence of the United States. Finally, it is necessary to increase the political and economic offensive and disintegrate the enemy's sense of resistance from the inside.

In short, in other directions, the United States can make some concessions appropriately, but in the Middle East, the United States wants to strengthen the existence of military forces, but it is better to only deter these military forces, rather than actually invest in a large-scale war with the Third OECD. For the Third Economic Organization, political and economic attacks should be the main, supplemented by the military. For those anti-American guerrillas, it should be mainly military and supplemented by political propaganda.

The document report formed by the meeting was quickly submitted to the White House. After discussion between the White House host, the Secretary of State and other high-level officials of the United States, it made a conclusion on the next stage of the policy of the United States.

... In the desert on the border between southern Afghanistan and Pakistan, a group of Afghans are walking slowly with long guns on their backs.

Such a horse-riding team of more than a dozen people is not uncommon in this desert with an area of tens of thousands of square kilometers. It is not only the local Afghan herdsmen, but also the bandits walking in this area.

Far away, an Afghan fox poked its head out of the bare stone pile. When it saw the team of riders, its fat ears moved, and its body turned quickly and shrank into the stone pile.

In a hilly shelter, the horse team stopped to rest. Several people tied the horse to a dead tree trunk next to it, and the others picked up the water bag to drink water.

Among these people, the same man who wrapped his body in a dense gray robe looked around a few times. Except for a faint green in the distance, the other places were mostly desolate.

"Brother Huang, come on, drink some water." At this time, a man in a black robe came to him and handed over an equally black water bag.

"Thank you!" The man in a gray robe said in less proficient Persian.

"Brother Tahir, how far is your place from here?" The Golden Star asked loudly after pouring two mouthfuls of salty water.

The man in black, that is, Tahir's open eyes, blinked. It seemed that it was a little difficult to listen to the unskilled Persian of the Golden Star. After a long time, he understood the meaning of the Golden Star. He quickly pointed to the southeast and said, "Brother Huang, you will be there after climbing over the mountain."

The Golden Star was overjoyed when he heard the words and walked in the desolate desert for two days and one night. He was really a little tired. At this moment, he was very happy to hear that it was coming soon, but he turned his head and looked at the direction Tahir pointed, and his face was a little bitter.

It's right to climb over a mountain, but according to his eyes, the mountain is at least 20 to 30 kilometers away from where they rest, and in this place, 20 to 30 kilometers may take a day.

Looking at the mountain in the distance, the golden star's heart is a little heavy. He came to Afghanistan this time, not to visit, but to shoulder an important task, that is, to reconnect with the Taliban.

As a group of old people who followed Li Mo in Zhangjia Village, China, they are still Chinese. The Golden Star is within the Li Mo Group. His position is not eye-catching, but it is very important. He used to be the head of the internal security department of Camel Mountain Base. It can be said to be the core department in the core. This time Li Mo sent him, because of his loyalty and his Chinese identity, a rare Chinese cronies under Li Mo's of the Taliban leader Omar will be more likely to show Li Mo's sincerity.

However, before he came, Li Mo specially summoned him to tell him about the relationship between Li Mo and Omar. The two used to be 'big brother and little brother', but because Li Mo had selfishness in the allocation of the resources of the Japanese nuclear weapons base, the relationship between the two sides was suddenly estranged. Now it is more difficult to repair the relationship with Omar. After all, it was Li Mo's fault at the beginning. He did not distribute nuclear warheads and nuclear materials from the Japanese nuclear weapons base to the Taliban. Later, two kilograms of weapons-grade enriched uranium were given, allowing the Taliban to make the nuclear bomb that destroyed Bagram Air Base.

Golden Star's heavy heart is not only because of the difficulty of repairing the relationship with Omar, but also because of the slight resistance to the content of the task in his heart.

As a former Chinese soldier, his education in the army is 'orthodox'. It doesn't count if he goes to deal with the Taliban now. In the future, he may have to provide the Taliban with weapons of mass destruction to kill others. Even if this 'other' may be an American, the Golden Star is still a little resistant.

But anyway, since he has taken over this task, he has to complete it.

"Brother Huang, if you have a good rest, let's go. If it's fast, you can reach the camp before dark. Tahir came over and asked again at this time.

(to be continued)