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In a conference room on the sixth floor of the Pentagon's top floor, a high-level meeting of the US military is being held in secret.

The convener of this meeting was the Secretary of Defense, Robert Brown. Gates, but behind it, there is the shadow of the White House. Present at the meeting were senior officials of the General Staff of various arms of the Ministry of National Defense, relevant senior officials of the US European Command, Central Command, and Africa Command, and senior intelligence officers of the Central Intelligence Agency.

The conference room, which accommodated nearly twenty people, still looked very empty, although the air conditioning adjusted the temperature of the conference room very comfortably, but Charles? Roosevelt still felt his body hot, and fine sweat was pouring from his forehead.

In this conference room, the lowest rank is a major general, and the lowest rank is the chief of staff of a theater commander and arms command, and he belongs to a middle-level backbone of the intelligence department, so it is strange that he can feel comfortable here.

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

More than a dozen pairs of eyes looked at each other, although there was no deliberate meaning, but it made Charles feel a pressure.

He secretly cheered himself up, although this meeting made him feel pressure, but he also knew that as long as he performed well here, his future would also take a major turn.

"Ladies and gentlemen, first of all, allow me to introduce myself, I'm Charles? Roosevelt, head of the Middle East region of the Qing Army...... In this Persian Gulf conflict, we have penetrated into the third OECD, and a number of agents have provided us with a lot of detailed intelligence ....... ”

Noticing that Secretary Gates frowned, Charles smiled, and quickly stopped praising the CIA's 'merits', and said with a solemn expression, "Because of the Persian Gulf conflict, we have strengthened our intelligence collection work in the Middle East, and also increased intelligence infiltration into the enemy. This time, our intelligence agents in Iraq and Afghanistan undoubtedly found a very important piece of information. Third, a certain OECD country has sent secret liaison emissaries and is in contact with the anti-American guerrillas led by Saddam Hussein in Iraq, as well as the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, in an attempt to reach a covert cooperation against the United States. ”

Charles's words made the American dignitaries in the conference room look a little uncomfortable. Everyone understands that the Third OECD and Saddam Hussein and the Taliban are staunch 'anti-Americans', and it is not surprising that they have joined forces, but it is one thing to understand and another to be able to accept them.

"If it were just these organizations cooperating, we wouldn't have taken it too seriously, because their power would not have been able to get the attention of the United States. But during this period, several of our very high-ranking dark lines within several organizations urgently delivered a distorted message. Charles glanced at the bigwigs and continued, "The cooperation between these organizations, unlike previous cooperation, is no longer focused on conventional intelligence and arms support, but is prepared to provide nuclear weapons to these terrorist groups. ”

"Bang......" When a certain fat military dignitary heard this, he knocked over the chair with a force on his legs, and the whole person fell to the ground at once.

And the other military dignitaries also stared wide-eyed, with incredible looks on their faces.

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

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

Three of the five OECD member states are nuclear-armed states. Although Iran and North Korea are still hiding their nuclear issues, with the intensity of US intelligence infiltration, they can still analyze from all kinds of signs that the two countries have completed nuclear tests and secretly produced some nuclear warheads that can be used in actual combat. Somalia, on the other hand, has even more openly admitted that it has nuclear weapons, and even at the National Day military parade, missiles equipped with nuclear warheads were openly driven on the streets for 'review' at home and abroad.

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

Secretary Gates and other military dignitaries could not imagine how much the United States would take if the Third OECD did provide nuclear bombs to extreme anti-American groups like Saddam Hussein and the Taliban.

Although two years have passed since the nuclear explosion in Afghanistan, it will always be a pain for Americans. In the past, the Americans, as the only country to use nuclear weapons in actual combat, have always been faintly sitting at the head of the 'nuclear weapons nation', but the nuclear explosion in Afghanistan gave the Americans a taste of that kind of nuclear attack, with more than 10,000 casualties, which has exceeded the total number of casualties of the US military in the Afghan and Iraq wars.

"Mr. Charles, is the nuclear attack that happened two years ago related to these countries?" The question was asked by the chief of staff of the Central Air Force Command, knowing that two years ago, the American GIs of the Central Air Force Command had suffered the most casualties at Bagram Air Base.

"General Smith, about the nuclear attack in '08, I want to say that we don't have any substantial evidence that it was related to a certain country, but the nuclear attack was carried out by Taliban militants, and the nuclear materials for that nuclear bomb came from the Middle East, and it was several Afghan scientists who made the improvised nuclear explosion device, and now these scientists have defected to al-Qaeda."

Charles's words calmed down General Smith, he understood that for such a major event, there is no evidence that the United States political axe cannot do anything at all, and the other party is not directly providing nuclear warheads, but nuclear raw materials, this thing is not easy to get in the international underground black market, but as long as you have the heart to spend events and money slowly, you can always get some.

"As for the news that the Third OECD provided nuclear bombs to Saddam Hussein and the Taliban, we found another important piece of information related to this matter in our investigation. Abdul, the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb? Kadir? Khan mysteriously disappeared after he was released from house arrest in Pakistan at the end of last year, and even we have lost a trace of him. Khan's disappearance may have something to do with these countries, and only with the help of these countries, Qadir? Khan has mysteriously disappeared under our noses and those of Pakistanis. Kadir? Khan was the huge underground 'nuclear supermarket' that Khan had set up in the first place, selling nuclear technology and other equipment and raw materials to many countries and organizations, and my concern was that this person would re-form a 'nuclear supermarket'. Khan is in the hands of the third OECD, and they will most likely match Qadir? Khan cooperated with Saddam Hussein and the Taliban. ”

Charles's words are not alarmist, but this possibility is extremely high. To Kadir? Khan's underground 'nuclear supermarket' is no secret at the top of the world, such people have dared to proliferate nuclear technology without scruples before, and now they have been 'abandoned under house arrest' by the Pakistani military, including the 'persecution' of the US political axe, Kadir? Khan is likely to be desperate to cooperate with Islamic militant groups and terrorist groups.

In this world, countries are very strict about the smuggling of enriched uranium, but what about uranium mines? Who knew that uranium ore existed somewhere unknown, and with Kadir's ability and his connections, it would not be a problem to refine uranium ore with the secret support of OECD III.

Thinking of the situation faced by the United States after the extremely anti-American militant and terrorist organizations possessed the 'nuclear plant', the bigwigs in the conference room shivered unguardedly.

"No, they must not be allowed to succeed in their scheme."

"I think the U.S. should preemptively destroy the OECD's nuclear bases first, even if it triggers World War III."

"I think it's best to drop nuclear bombs on Iraq and Afghanistan where Saddam Hussein and the Taliban's top brass might hide, and directly eliminate them physically."

All kinds of opinions and fierce remarks sounded in the conference room, although these military bigwigs are hardliners and are not afraid of fighting, but it is a frontal battlefield, once they face up to terrorists who are slippery, and the other side also has a weapon of mass destruction, they will immediately put away that arrogance and shout for 'preemptive strike'.

"Silence!" Minister Gates couldn't help but bang on the table and said angrily.

If it can easily provoke a third world war, if it can use nuclear weapons at will, can the United States still sit firmly in the position of the world's number one power?

It is precisely because nuclear weapons are strategic deterrent weapons that no one uses them, that other countries are cautious and cautious, and that the United States dominates the world by virtue of its advanced conventional weapons. Only then can the United States maintain its hegemony by weakening its enemies and balancing its internal balance through various economic and conventional military deterrence and intimidation.

The United States wants a peaceful Earth dominated and controlled by the United States, not a world where tsunamis are repeated, earthquakes and volcanoes are frequent, and finally a planet that has entered a nuclear winter.

The United States, which claims to be the world leader and the only superpower, must set an example in this regard, and only in this way will other countries that are contained and isolated by the United States not take the initiative to provoke a nuclear war and control the open and covert struggle between the two sides within a controllable scope and degree. And in this regard, the United States has an unparalleled superiority over other countries.

Only in this way can the United States continue to maintain its sole hegemonic position, gradually weaken the existence that is unfavorable to the United States, and make progress in consolidating its position.

However, the proposals of these military dignitaries are not unreasonable, because between countries, there are always some reasonableness, at least within the scope of interests, but for those terrorist organizations and radical organizations, even their lives can be wanted, how can you reason with them?

If the CIA's findings are not dealt with, 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 want to prevent terrorist groups from turning around against them. Minister Gates said in a deep voice.

Some military dignitaries nodded slightly when they heard this, and Secretary Gates's words were good. As long as it is a normal country, it will not want to see nuclear proliferation affect itself. Taking Somalia as an example, why was Somalia able to survive well after several provocations to the West and not directly suffered from the West? Isn't it because Somalia has nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons are the main protective umbrella of Somalia, once nuclear weapons are proliferated and applied to actual combat, this protective umbrella will have little effect, and at that time, Somalia cannot guarantee that the country that has suffered a nuclear attack will not attack Somalia.

"But we can't be optimistic, it's a big risk, and if there is another nuclear attack in '08, we will all be ousted by the angry people."

With Secretary Gates setting the tone, the rest of the discussion is much easier. First, in Iraq and Afghanistan, the intelligence services and the US military in both the two places should intensify their crackdowns on 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 groups are kept in cages and guarded, they are not afraid that others will contact them and provide them with weapons of mass destruction. Second, in the Persian Gulf, the US Central Theater Air Force Command and the Navy Command should put pressure on the Third Economic Cooperation and Development Organization (OECD), but it is best to maintain the current state of confrontation and not to start a war lightly, so as to guard against the Third OECD from making a reckless move. Third, in the Mediterranean, the United States must gradually withdraw from military intervention in Libya, or at least retreat from a dominant position to a subordinate and cooperative position. It is necessary to reduce the pressure on the United States in the international arena, shrink the front, consolidate the Middle East, and keep the Middle East region still under the influence of the United States. Finally, it is necessary to intensify the political and economic offensive and to disintegrate the enemy's sense of resistance from within.

In short, in other directions, the United States can make some appropriate concessions, but in the Middle East, the United States should strengthen the presence of military forces, but these military forces are better to only deterrence, rather than actually throwing themselves into a large-scale war with the Third OECD. With regard to the third OECD, it is necessary to focus on political and economic offensives, supplemented by military affairs. As for those anti-US guerrillas, it is necessary to give priority to the military, supplemented by political propaganda.

The documents and reports produced at the meeting were soon submitted to the White House, and after discussions at the top level of the US political axe, such as the owner of the White House and the secretary of state, a final conclusion was made on the US political axe policy for the next stage.

…… In the desert on the border between southern Afghanistan and Pakistan, a group of Afghans walked slowly on horseback with spears on their backs.

Such a team of more than a dozen horseback riders is not uncommon in this desert with a radius of tens of thousands of square kilometers, not only local Afghan herdsmen, but also bandits walking in this area.

In the distance, an Afghan fox poked its head out of the bare pile of stones, and when it saw the group of horsemen, its fat ears moved, and with a quick turn of its body, it shrank into the pile of stones.

In a sheltered hill, the horse team stopped to rest, several of them tied their horses to the trunk of a dead tree that had long since died, while others picked up water bladders to drink.

Among them, the same man wrapped in a dense gray robe looked around, and except for a faint green in the distance, most of the place was desolate.

"Brother Huang, come, drink saliva." At this moment, a man in a black robe walked up to him and handed him a water bladder, which was also black.

"Thank you!" The gray-robed man said in Persian, not very proficient.

"Brother Tahir, how far is your place from here?" Venus asked loudly after pouring two sips of salty water.

The black-robed man, who was Tahir's exposed eyes, blinked, as if he had some difficulty listening to Venus's unproficient Persian, and it took him a while to figure out the meaning of Venus, and he hurriedly pointed to the southeast and said, "Brother Huang, just go over that mountain." ”

Venus was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was really tired after walking for two days and one night in the desert. At this moment, he was very happy to hear that it was coming soon, but when he turned his head and looked in the direction that Tahir was pointing, his face was a little bitter.

It was true to climb over a mountain, but the mountain, as far as he could see, was at least twenty or thirty kilometers from the place where they rested, and in this place, twenty or thirty kilometers might take a day's walk.

Looking at the mountains in the distance, Venus's heart was a little heavy. He came to Afghanistan this time not for fun, but with an important task, that is, to reconnect with the Taliban.

As a group of old people who followed Li Mo in Zhangjia Village, Huaxia, or Chinese, Jinxing is in the Li Mo Group, his position is inconspicuous, but it is very important, and he has always been the chief of the internal security department of the Camel Mountain Base. It can be said that it is the core department in the core. And this time Li Mo sent him, that is, because of his loyalty and his Chinese identity, in the Taliban leader Omar, a rare Chinese cronie under Li Mo, it will be easier to show Li Mo's sincerity.

However, before coming, Li Mo specially summoned him to tell him some about the relationship between Li Mo and Omar, and the two used to be called 'big brother and little brother', but because Li Mo had selfish intentions in the allocation of resources in the nuclear weapons base, the relationship between the two sides was estranged all of a sudden. It is more difficult to renew relations with Omar now, after all, it was Li Mo's fault in the first place, and he did not distribute the nuclear warheads and nuclear materials from the nuclear weapons base to the Taliban. It was only later that two kilograms of weapons-grade enriched uranium were given to allow the Taliban to build the nuclear bomb that destroyed Bagram Air Base.

Venus's heart was heavy not only because of the difficulty of repairing his relationship with Omar, but also because of the resistance in his heart to the content of the mission.

As a former Chinese soldier, the education he received in the army was 'orthodox'. Let him deal with the Taliban now, he may have to provide the Taliban with weapons of mass destruction in the future to use to mass-kill others, even if this 'other' may be American, but Venus still has some resistance.

But no matter what, since he took this task, he had to complete it.

"Brother Huang, if you have a good rest, let's go. If you're fast, you'll be able to get to the camp before dark. Tahir asked again at this time.

(To be continued)