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It is said that the increase of troops in Afghanistan can help the United States solve its urgent needs, second, it can consolidate its strategic encirclement of the mainland, third, it can deepen the contradictions between the mainland and Afghanistan, fourth, it can enhance the international status of Afghanistan, and fifth, it can encourage nationalist forces in the country.

As for Ben taking the opportunity to steal gold and silver in Afghanistan, it is nothing in the eyes of the United States. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The U.S. dollar is still the main currency in international finance, trade and other fields, and has the power to price resources, and the futures prices of gold and silver are also controlled by the United States.

Now the US dollar is in a state of excessive depreciation, unless it has the same economic, military and political strength as the United States, and has the same gold and silver reserves as the Federal Reserve, otherwise as the global economy recovers, the dollar enters an upward channel, and gold and silver will depreciate sharply.

The U.S. consortium is even more confident.

The global economic turmoil will certainly continue for several more years, and the current economy is likely to deteriorate sharply in the short term, with $1.4 trillion in foreign exchange reserves depleted sooner or later. When the time comes, Ben will have to buy resources with hard currency, so sooner or later the gold and silver stolen from Afghanistan will find its way into the Fed's underground vaults.

In that case, why not let Yuben take the risk?

Everyone understands this truth.

The mainland authorities are anxious to stop the theft of gold from Afghanistan, and in addition to containing the militarist clique, the main thing is to prevent the United States from taking advantage of the fire to loot.

It is much better to keep the gold in Afghanistan than to go into the coffers of the United States and the United States.

No matter what happens to Afghanistan in the future, as a neighbor, the mainland will always have the opportunity to be close to the water.

The day after Liu Wei completed the retransformation, Dian Bin rushed back and set up a strategic command center at the secret base arranged by Li Tingxuan.

In special operations, the so-called "strategic" mainly refers to remote assistance, and "tactical" refers to combat operations.

To this end, Li Tingxuan provided Dian Bin with a complete set of communications command system, and through Wang Xueming, he also obtained the temporary right to use several communications satellites and reconnaissance satellites.

Unlike the CIA, the two intelligence services under the General Staff have a clear division of functions.

All those related to technology belong to the three departments, so the reconnaissance satellites invested by the General Staff Department, as well as some reconnaissance planes and reconnaissance ships, are all managed by the three departments.

If necessary, Part II must apply for temporary use in order to have a chance to obtain temporary use rights.

Li Tingxuan has a good relationship with Wang Xueming, and he has done two great favors before, so that Wang Xueming has a long face in front of President Luo and the head of state, and the three departments have won awards twice, and they also owe favors. Now that the second department is in need, Wang Xueming did not slack off, and basically responded to requests.

The next day, Liu Wei and others rushed to a certain air base in the northwest.

In order to keep it secret, Li Tingxuan arranged a tactical transport plane for them, and in the name of transporting military supplies, he sent them to the front line.

How to enter Afghanistan is a difficult problem.

Two years ago, Liu Wei and his family could have chosen to skydive or go to Pakistan and take a Pakistan Army transport helicopter to their destination. It's just that in the past two years, the United States has stepped up its vigilance in northern Afghanistan and even deployed several large AWACS aircraft, both of which are no longer used. Normally, special forces wait for an opportunity in Pakistan to enter Afghanistan by taking advantage of the change of guard and the reduced alert intensity of the coalition combat forces. If possible, you can also blend in as a Pakistani soldier.

Obviously, this time Liu Wei and they didn't have time to wait for the right time.

Because the mainland cannot be involved, it is better not to implicate Pakistan, so it is not very appropriate to disguise yourself as a Pakistani soldier.

There is only one option: trek into Afghanistan.

There are three routes to choose from, one is to go south from Tajikistan, the other is to take the Wakhan Corridor, and the third is to go north from Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Tajikistan's diplomatic attitude is vacillating and unreliable.

The route from Kashmir to the north is the closest, but it is also the most risky to pass through the defense areas of the United States, Germany, Canada and the garrison of the United States.

Liu Wei chose the second route, which entered the hinterland of Afghanistan from the Wakhan corridor.

Liu Wei walked this route three times.

It is not him who has the most experience, but the Mobei wolf. In the more than 20 years of wandering, Mobei wolves have been in and out of Afghanistan five times, three of which entered and four of which were in the Wakhan Corridor.

Located between the Pamirs and Kashmir, this narrow mountain valley has been a strategic route since ancient times and a major cultural exchange route between the East and the West. In ancient times, the Wakhan Corridor was also an important passage of the Silk Road in Central Asia, and countless caravans passed through it.

It's just that in modern times, it has become the most remote corner of the world.

"I'll just send you here." The one who sent Liu Wei to the border was a field agent and one of Li Tingxuan's most trusted subordinates, named Zhao Dagang, who was most likely pseudonymous. "Five kilometres to the west is the border post, I have already said hello, and there will be no trouble going along the predetermined route. According to Lao Li's instructions, I will wait here for a week. If you need support, remember to use the emergency communication channel. ”

"No problem, you don't see us in a week, you can go back."

After saying hello, Liu Wei called Mobei Wolf, Zhou Yulong, Zhou Fen, Bao Liuqing, Takeuchi Qinyin and others, picked up the armed backpack on the tracked transport vehicle, and headed west.

Although it is already early summer, the altitude here is close to 4,000 meters, and it is out of the hinterland of the mainland, and the temperature is very low.

The snow had not yet melted, and vehicles running on tires could not pass at all, so they had to use tracked transporters.

In the first five kilometers, Liu Wei and they didn't walk fast.

When crossing the border, there was no trouble. The patrol at the outpost was patrolling in the other direction and would not come in two hours.

After inspecting the weapons and equipment, as well as supplies, Liu Wei and the others crossed the border and entered Afghanistan.

At this time, Liu Wei increased the speed of the march, reaching sixteen kilometers per hour. This was not his limit, it was only with the endurance of the others that he reduced his speed.

At this time, dozens of kilometers to the east, a KJ-2000 AWACS aircraft reached a patrol altitude of 11,000 kilometers.

In addition to the five crew members and twelve air traffic controllers, there were three agents of the Military Intelligence Service on board the AWACS aircraft, and they commanded the aircraft.

As soon as the phased array radar was turned on, dozens of bright spots appeared on the radar screen.

As the radar beam completes its second scan, annotation information appears in the lower right corner of these highlights.

Most of them are coalition fighters that are on combat missions more than 400 kilometers away, including a few US A-10s, a few French "Mirage 2000s", and those flying at lower altitudes are US AH-64 helicopter gunships. It is not surprising that a week ago, coalition forces launched a large-scale combat operation codenamed "Scavengers" in northern Afghanistan, focusing on Taliban forces entering the region. The fighting was not very fierce, and the Taliban forces had long learned to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, and rarely clashed head-on with the coalition forces.

The biggest highlight was a U.S. military E-3C, about 600 kilometers away.

Although the KJ-2000 radar cannot detect it, there must be several US military support aircraft about 100 kilometers west of the E-3C, such as the E-8 "United Star" and the RC-135 "Joint Rivet". In a few hours, after the US military support aircraft group adjusts its patrol route, these support aircraft will enter the detection range of the KJ-2000. A few days ago, the US military's RC-135 also took the initiative to approach the KJ-2000 to collect electromagnetic signals.

The threat was not great, and the agents on board the KJ-2000 did not take precautions.

The E-3C is mainly used to detect air targets, and although its low-altitude detection capabilities over land are excellent, much better than the E-2D, it has little regard for ground targets. The E-8, which is specially designed to detect ground targets, does not see far, and even if it flies at an ideal patrol altitude, the maximum detection range will not exceed 360 kilometers, and the detection objects are mainly tank vehicles, and the detection distance for personnel is shorter. The RC-135 is a strategic electronic reconnaissance aircraft, and even if it can detect extremely weak electromagnetic signals, it will naturally completely ignore personnel without electromagnetic radiation.

The fighting between Samman and Baghlan must have been fierce.

This is not a Taliban base, but a little further north, in the provinces of Jauzjan, Bahr and Kunduz, where the main population is Uzbek and Tajik. It's just that in the past few years, the coalition forces have fought vigorously in the southern part of Afghanistan, forcing the Taliban to flee northward, resulting in the central and northern parts of Afghanistan becoming the "hardest hit area", posing a serious threat to the Afghan regime in the region, otherwise there would be no "scavenger" operation.

After about two hours, a not-so-obvious bright spot appeared on the radar screen, at a distance of only one hundred and eighty kilometers.

The agent drinking coffee immediately lowered his cup and asked the radar crew to adjust the beam to focus on scanning the target. After a few seconds, a callout message appears in the lower right corner of the target.

RQ-4 Global Hawk flies at an altitude of 21,000 meters, at a speed of 480 kilometers per hour and a course of 11.

The agent didn't hesitate, and immediately pressed a transmitter button on the console.

Digitally encrypted radio waves emanated from the antenna of the KJ-2000's abdomen and spread at a speed of 300,000 kilometers per second. The only thing that can receive and interpret this set of signals is the small alarm device on Liu Wei's body.

As soon as the alarm sounded, Liu Wei stopped.

The others immediately stopped and ran towards the nearest cave.

In the Wakhan Corridor, there is no shortage of caves for hiding.

Most of these caves are thousands of years old. What used to be a place for caravans to hide from blizzards and bandits, is now a hiding place for special forces.

RC-135 was too far away to pick up this very weak electromagnetic signal.

Even if it is intercepted, there will be no suspicion.

After the start of Operation "Scavenger", the KJ-2000 of the Continental Air Force became a "regular guest", with a fleet of four KJ-2000 planes patrolling the northwest region of the mainland adjacent to Afghanistan 24 hours a day, monitoring the combat operations of the coalition forces, and sending out some encrypted electromagnetic signals from time to time.

Farther to the north, several Russian A-50 AWACS aircraft are doing the same.

As for the situation on the ground, before the RQ-4 arrived, Liu Wei and they hid it.

(To be continued)