Chapter Eighty-Nine: Stopover in Afghanistan

A year ago, Suharto, the Chinese executioner, finished his life of sin. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoBefore his death, at the beginning of 2005, Zhou You's relationship with Indonesia had actually eased because of the tsunami relief.

However, due to various reasons, I still have not set foot in Indonesia in the past four years. Except for Tmall, which has some entanglements with Indonesia because of its business, the company that travels almost does not have any business in Indonesia.

Even Tmall, mainly through Temasek in Singapore, was in contact with them, and Zhou Youyou politely declined their repeated invitations.

During last year's meeting in Washington, Zhou had brief contact with Indonesian President Susilo. Indonesia is also a resource-rich country, but with the exception of Java, the development of other regions is very uneven, and they are also interested in bringing a traveling development model to Indonesia.

After Susilo expressed this meaning, Zhou You did not agree, but he did not refuse, but only mentioned that in the official documents of Indonesia, he even called China China, which really hurt the feelings of the Chinese.

Now the other side has signed a presidential decree to change China to China, which is extending an olive branch to Zhou You.

Zhou You dialed Yan Fangqing's phone. "Wife, do you know the news of the fourth presidential decree signed by Indonesia?"

Yan Fangqing said over there: "Yes, I am preparing to ask the Ministry of Information to face this move on our official website, and the Ministry of Information is currently preparing a press release. ”

Zhou You thought for a while and said: "My opinion is that I should not only speak highly of their move this time, but also contact their embassy in Singapore to arrange that I am going to visit Indonesia and meet with Susilo." ”

Yan Fangqing said with some concern: "Although the Suharto family has been caught and killed, the hatred between our two families is not small, and their influence in Indonesia is still very large, will you have security problems in the past?" ”

"Don't worry, the Indonesian side will pay more attention to this issue. I'll be careful, the relationship between us will always be unblocked, right? ”

It is true that Indonesia is hateful, but the country is too close to Singapore. In the past, because of the issue of hatred, Zhou You and they did not get along with each other, but after Suharto's death, the two sides did come to a time of relaxation.

After all, their Batam island is only ten kilometers from Singapore, and the two sides can be called you and me, and I have you. Such a key country must also be generalized.

On 5 April, the special plane took off from London and landed seven hours later at the Baghlan military airport, 30 kilometers north of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.

This is the main base of the US military in Afghanistan, and before it landed, I saw countless military planes in the huge airport.

The interior is protected by the U.S. military, but the perimeter is defended by the Northern Alliance, and all kinds of surface-to-air missiles are on standby to protect the airfield.

The arrival of Zhou You was actually not welcomed by the US military, but they did not refuse to land Zhou You. After all, NATO member states have made it clear that they welcome Zhou You, and at this time, the United States will not be outraged.

The French Legion in Afghanistan is mainly composed of two parts, one is the Marine Corps and the other is the armored tank corps. Their base was mainly in Tajab, in the province of Kapisa, a small town that had a water source running through the valley. As a result, it has fertile farmland, is the food center of Kapisa province, and is the northeastern gateway to Kabul.

The distance from Baghlan airport to Tajab is only 20 kilometers in a straight line, but there is a steep mountain between the two places. Under normal circumstances, transportation between the two places is carried out through a semi-circular road, which also brings the distance between the two places to 50 kilometers.

Since he had come to inspect the garrison of his army, of course Zhou You would not have taken a helicopter to Tajab, otherwise it would be pointless for him to come.

Coming out of the airport, Zhou You went directly to the general warehouse of the NATO army located on the north side of the airport, where there are more than a dozen large warehouses, filled with logistics materials from NATO countries other than the United States.

The headquarters of the traveling military service company is located on the west side of the warehouse, where the security is taken care of by the traveling company, and they are also responsible for transportation.

At first, the military service company only provided security for the French army, but after the signing of the contract in London, all NATO logistics and material transportation, the security of the army, will be taken care of by the traveling company.

The war in Afghanistan will continue until 2012, which means that it will take at least three years to make money by traveling here.

The United States sent a total of 100,000 troops in the war in Afghanistan, other countries sent a total of 30,000 troops, and the number of NATO countries originally exceeded 25,000, but after the terrorist attack in Spain, the number of troops in NATO countries was about 22,000, and the rest were logistics troops from Japan, the Philippines and other countries.

At this time, Uncle Lamp was still commanding the war in Afghanistan, so Zhou You's very low-key. Although he wants to make money and expand his military strength, he doesn't want to provoke this ruthless character.

Before coming to Afghanistan, he made his attitude clear in the world's major media. His company entered the Afghan battlefield and was only responsible for protection, not only for the coalition forces, but also for the Afghan population.

His barracks will be open to all media and will be subject to scrutiny. He will act as a lubricant between the coalition forces and the local population, and will never become a sharp blade in the hands of some.

Of course, this is only a matter of attitude, in fact, he is not at all afraid of Uncle Puller, because after becoming the target of the Americans, he has already lost the threat.

It can be said that the period when the lantern was powerful was before 2001, when he hid in the shadows and dared to act. But when he was exposed, in addition to becoming more and more famous, he had lost his original threat.

Zhou You is not afraid of any terrorist attacks, his company headquarters is on the island, and ordinary people can't go there at all. His family has countless bodyguards in and out, and even if someone wants to carry out a terrorist attack, it will not hurt his family.

If he really dares to carry out any terrorist attack against him, he will not be afraid of any international influence, and he will directly offer a reward and retaliation, and it will never be possible to kill the other party.

The only thing he needs to pay attention to is that an organization or a state directly uses missiles to shoot down his plane and carry out a decapitation operation, at that time, even if he retaliates, it will not be able to save his life.

Therefore, Zhou You is also actively negotiating with France to install a set of the world's most advanced air-to-air and air-to-ground pulse-frequency radio communication equipment electronic jamming system on his special plane. This kind of system, with the exception of the United States, is the most technologically advanced in France.

This system is installed, which can jam enemy radars and confuse the missile's targeting system, making it impossible to lock on to the target. It is also equipped with a directional weapon system that can determine the azimuth of an incoming missile and fire a laser or infrared beam that destroys the missile's guidance system.

However, for fear of technology leakage, the French side has not yet agreed to Zhou You's request, you know, this system is the highest technology in France, even nuclear explosions and radio wave interference can not affect the communication on the plane, if the technology leaks out, they will not have time to cry.

However, if Zhou You added a French security expert to his four-person crew, plus sacrificed some interests, Zhou You was confident that they would agree to his terms.

Originally, Zhouyou's company sent fewer than 800 soldiers to Afghanistan, and was only responsible for the security and transportation of four French military camps, but after accepting contracts from other NATO countries, Zhouyou will send 2,000 troops to Afghanistan.

The entire military service company, which is 5,000 people, will be divided into two groups to perform security and transport services in Afghanistan on a rotational basis.

At present, all these people are under the unified management of Bernard, but the specific executors are Youngbilly and Lalinea. Wanted by the United States, Lallina is currently inconvenient to show up, mainly in South America in charge of logistics, while Youngbili is the general head of Afghanistan.

After visiting the soldiers stationed there, he decided to travel to Tagab by car. At this time, two Tiger helicopter gunships also flew here to serve as a protective duty in the air.

In addition to these two planes and four all-terrain armored vehicles of the Traveling Security Company, the French military also sent a squad of welcome squads and four military vehicles to provide security for the tour under the leadership of Deputy Commander Jean Nuel.

Together with the traveling retinue and bodyguards, a total of twelve cars formed a convoy and marched towards Tagab under the protection of two heavily armed helicopters.

The convoy had walked about ten kilometers north, turning to the mountains to the east, and the green in front of it disappeared and the surroundings were desolate. Eighty percent of the land in Afghanistan is unsuitable for farming, and it can even be said that there is no grass, and the people here are much more miserable than those in other places.

An hour later, the convoy crossed a ridge of green, and below the hillside, it was full of verdant green. A small river that is not very clear, rushes from north to south, bringing fertile farmland to the valley.

Zhouyou's arrival was warmly welcomed by the French military, and the military of Britain, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and other countries also sent representatives to participate in the welcome banquet prepared for Zhouyou.

During the banquet, Zhou You had an open and frank meeting with the generals of various countries, explained his company's business strategy and goals, and exchanged views with the generals of various countries on some sensitive issues.

Subsequently, he visited the French military camp and also inspected his own military camp. They were consulted on the procurement and transportation of various materials, about difficulties during the mission, and about the morale of their soldiers with bonuses.

In the final stage, Zhou You and the generals of various countries watched the live-fire exercise of the security guards. In the sky is the Tiger Wuzhi missiles, machine gun fire, in the front is the coordinated mine clearance of the armored corps and the engineers, and in the rear is the rescue drill of first aid for the wounded.

The most exciting thing for Zhou You is to drive a helicopter gunship to launch live ammunition, he can't wait to sit on it and play for a while, he will also drive the plane, and launch live ammunition on it, which should make people's blood flutter.

It's a pity that in front of so many people, he was really embarrassed to interfere with the exercise, so he could only secretly make up his mind, and after a while, he had a good time in his own base in Africa.

Before dark, after a short seven-hour trip, we returned to Baghlan Airport and boarded the return flight. When I came, the gifts on the minibus were all given out by Zhou You.

This gift is also a prelude to Zhou You's efforts to have a good relationship with the generals of the army. Gift-giving is also known to the leaders of various countries, so the gifts given this time are not expensive, mainly Maca, a specialty of Peru, and coffee beans from Colombia, which are almost everyone's favorite, but not expensive gifts.

Before getting on the plane, Zhou You left Yang Billy for a one-on-one meeting, asking him to establish good relations with the generals of various countries, no matter how much money was spent, to envelop them.

Because they are coordinated operations and the United States bears military spending, the treatment enjoyed by European countries and the American military is almost the same. The army's weapons and ammunition, logistical food, medicine, and even oil are all very well prepared.

As long as you have a good relationship with the generals and let them make personal profits, you can take a little advantage from the materials in the armies of various countries, anyway, you don't have to spend money on your own, and the soldiers save a little, which is enough for the traveling people to settle down.

Taking advantage of the Americans, there is no psychological pressure at all to travel around. An Afghan war lasted eleven years and cost more than $800 billion in military spending, an average of $200 million a day. Traveling around is to take advantage of a little bit, and in this, it's not even a dime.

On the plane back to Singapore, Zhou You saw the latest news posted on his company's website, and the people from the Propaganda Department expressed their high appreciation for the Indonesian government's name change, believing that it would open a new chapter in the relationship between the Chinese and Indonesia.

After consulting the Presidential Palace, the Indonesian ambassador to Singapore quickly faxed an invitation letter to Zhou You's company, who looked at his itinerary and decided to go to Indonesia in three days.

It was already midnight when I got back to Singapore, but since it was Saturday, the children knew that they were coming back from the trip, and they hadn't slept yet.

Yan Fangqing looked a little tired, but Paris Island, who had just arrived in Singapore from the United States, seemed full of energy. To Zhou You's surprise, Nicole also came to Singapore, and he didn't know it beforehand.

After getting close to the children, the two women began to beckon the children to go to bed, and they couldn't interfere with their normal rest time just because they came back from today's trip, otherwise they wouldn't be able to get out of bed for morning exercise tomorrow.

Zhou You sat down with Nicole in the small living room, Yan Fangqing is a little psychologically clean, Zhou You doesn't care if she plays outside, but Paris and Gracia are allowed to enter Singapore's house with great difficulty, and other women have no right to enter this house. So, he was curious about why Nicole would get her permission to enter the door, although it was also surprising that she was Zhong'an's godmother.

But Nicole surprised Zhou You when she opened her mouth. "Evan, I'm getting married."