Chapter 385: State of Emergency

Where did the Minister of Commerce allow the other party to "make a big fuss", and where did he watch him turn the current good situation, he quickly interrupted the other party and said: "Your Excellency, Mr. Deputy Secretary of State, have you not understood the situation in the world?" Why don't you want thousands of our children to go straight to the battlefield to fight the polar bear of the Soviet Union and tear them to pieces? Don't you know that these methods can encourage the Chinese to come forward against the Soviets? Does it make it so hard for our workers to get jobs and for countless families to have a good Christmas every year? ”

The Deputy Secretary of State said angrily: "What nonsense! Your Excellency, please don't sensationalize here! Can you come up with conclusive evidence that the Soviet Union was about to attack Afghanistan? Will it be next year or the year after, three years from now or thirty years from now? Can you be sure that if we send equipment to China, China will become our ally, and they will use our equipment to fight the Soviet Union? Hum! China is also shrewd. I'm afraid they will take the products produced by our equipment and us, the United States, to seize the world market, right? ”

The Minister of Commerce sneered: "If China really takes the products it produces and us, the United States, to seize the world market, then we will be happy." As for why, I'm sure your intelligence won't be incomprehensible, right? The fact that they are able to seize the world market with their products shows that their economy is no longer a planned economy, so won't the change we diligently seek in China change? Isn't there a soil for us to grow in the values of the United States in China?

Since they can go to the world to seize the commodity market, then they must open up their market, and it will inevitably let us enter their market. Excuse me, do you doubt that the rapid circulation of the economy will destroy China's stubbornness? When the time comes, will we be left with the demon of polar bears in this world, which is completely contrary to our values, and won't everyone be happy? ”

The Deputy Secretary of State was outraged by the Commerce Secretary's rhetoric, and he exclaimed: "I repeat once again that Your Excellency should not simply but affirmatively answer me in such inflammatory rhetoric as to whether the Soviets will go south, when and when, and for what reason?" Since you are so sure, don't push the problem on the CIA, your Ministry of Commerce should have your own basis for judgment. ”

How did the Minister of Commerce know that he was just working hard to complete the tasks assigned to him by several major conglomerates, and he used to keep saying that the Soviet Union would attack Afghanistan, which was also estimated from newspapers and magazines, or it was purely a temporary reason to deal with the attack of the Deputy Secretary of State, although later some CIA officials also said so, but he knew that no one could guarantee that the Soviet Union would really attack, and that it would attack now.

Just as he was pondering how to answer, or how to push Scholz to the fore again, President Jimmy Carter, who was already impatient with the noisy venue, turned to Schultz and said, "Please tell me about your law on the Soviet Union on the Afghan issue." ”

The president is the president after all, and when he spoke, all the officials kept their mouths shut, and like him, they all set their eyes on the director of the CIA, Schultz.

Although Scholz didn't know that the president would personally order the generals today, he still nodded in his chest, and after sorting it out in his mind a little, he said unhurriedly: "Because Afghanistan is a traditional anti-Western country, and the leaders before the current President Amin are also pro-Soviet and anti-us, the United States, it is difficult for our intelligence agencies in Afghanistan to carry out their work." Although the current President Amin has pro-American tendencies, and some high-ranking government officials are influenced by him to favor us, the Soviet Union has been operating here for many years, and the Soviet KGB has almost all over Afghanistan, and our intelligence work is difficult. But through our efforts, we have found some signs that there is a 75 percent chance that the Soviet Union will start a war against Afghanistan in the near future. ”

After laying out his exploits and conclusions, Scholz continued: "Here, I will not say anything about the situation inside Afghanistan, nor will I say that some foolish actions of the current president of Afghanistan have made the Soviets think that their southward strategy is threatened, and today I will only explain what we have found about the actions of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.

In the past few years, the Soviet Union has carried out a large number of battlefield construction in Afghanistan through 'economic aid' and 'military aid,' and has also built several strategic highways, two air bases, and the Kabul International Airport, and built a large logistical supply base on the Soviet-Afghan border. Since last month, the Soviet Union has also been sending high-level military delegations to Afghanistan. In our judgment, this was the Soviet Union's on-the-spot observation of Afghanistan, understanding the situation, and preparing for the formulation of an invasion plan.

Second, in the name of protecting the safety of bases and personnel in Afghanistan, the Soviet army has already begun to transfer advance troops to Afghanistan. In the early part of this month, 500 Soviet personnel equipped with tanks and artillery were airlifted into Afghanistan and then deployed in the Saran Pass, and some engineering units also entered Afghanistan to repair damaged roads and bridges near Herat, and to restore some airfields and military installations‖ and to transport large quantities of weapons and equipment to Afghanistan via the Guò road in the name of 'military assistance'.

According to the information received yesterday, the Soviets have airlifted a regiment and a number of airborne divisions to the Bagram Air Base and the airport in the capital, Kabul, respectively.

According to our satellite images, there are two battle clusters in the east and west of the Soviet-Afghan border, and they have secretly maneuvered to the border area and entered the starting position, and all kinds of equipment, equipment, and logistical materials have also been mobilized to the border.

According to the information we have gathered from people inside Afghanistan, the Soviet army has shown signs of sending radio stations to important military bases in Afghanistan, and it is very likely that the Soviet military advisers in Afghanistan have concentrated and dismantled the main weapons and equipment of the Afghan army in the name of changing the season of equipment and inspecting and repairing it in winter, and restricted the pilots of the Afghan fighter planes from flying, so that the Afghan army was actually disarmed and in a state of inability to fight. ……”

The deputy secretary of state was very impatient with Scholz's "nagging", and when he stopped drinking water, he hurriedly said: "Mr. Scholz, can you sum it up in one sentence, when will the war in Afghanistan begin?" After listening to what you said, I feel that the war has begun. ”

Schultz replied: "It can be described as imminent, and now it is just a match away." ”

The president swept the two of them very dissatisfied: Ya, don't you know that your boss is listening carefully? What kind of mouth?

The Deputy Secretary of State sarcastically said, "Really? The fuse seems to be already burning......"

Before the deputy secretary of state could finish his words, an official hurriedly walked over, handed a bag to Schultz in a little panic, glanced at the person, opened the bag quickly, just glanced at it, and his face changed abruptly.

Without thinking, he bent over the piece of paper and handed it to President Carter.

Carter obviously knew that something big was happening, and solemnly took the paper and quickly got up. After that, he looked up at the official who had just sent the letter and asked, "The news has been confirmed?" ”

The person who came hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Report to Your Excellency the President, the news has been confirmed in many ways. Our high-altitude satellites have captured the fires that have ignited in the night, which is very consistent with the news from our secret channels. ”

President Carter exclaimed, "This is the end of this meeting. The following is a question of responding to the Soviet invasion. Before proceeding with the meeting, I regret to inform you that the Soviet Union has launched a shameful offensive against Afghanistan, that the troops have advanced along two strategic highways into Afghanistan, that their airborne troops have launched an attack on the presidential palace, and that President Amin has lost contact with the outside world. ”

Except for Scholz, almost everyone was dumbfounded: did the war really break out? This vicious polar bear is so greedy that it really wants to go south. What to do? Are you going to send our children into battle again?

At this time, the presidential assistant also hurried in, leaned close to President Carter's ear and whispered something.

Carter nodded with a calm face, got up, but sat back again, and said: "Now that the time is urgent, I would like to propose a few suggestions for you to discuss: First, in order to jointly deal with the Soviet Union and pull China into our chariot, I propose to appropriately relax the export of their equipment, as long as it is not related to the technology of our national security, it can be considered." Second, the Secretary of State immediately announced to the outside world our condemnation and protest against the Soviet Union......"

After a few hurried comments, he immediately left the conference room, because there was still a British Prime Minister waiting for his call.

Just when the national aircraft of the United States was running at a high speed because of the war in Afghanistan, China's top leaders also began to wake up, because of the backwardness of information means and the relationship between time zones, it was late at night in China at this time, and the operation of China's national aircraft was much slower than that of the United States, although Afghanistan was close at hand, and the United States was half a world away from Afghanistan.

While the United States was nervously and enthusiastically discussing how to deal with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, China's top brass also got up from the hot bedding and rushed to the conference room in a car.

General Xu Da, who was in Beijing, was naturally one of the people who were notified, and this old man was different from other dignified high-ranking officials, and he was very happy: "Haha, *** the Soviets even know the reputation of playing with the east and attacking the west." For a few days, they still boasted in the newspapers about their partial withdrawal from East Germany, and they were still criticizing NATO's deployment of medium-range missiles in Western Europe, and Lao Tzu was confused by them. I don't think they're going to do anything to Afghanistan. ”

A general next to him asked a little surprised: "Old Xu, your appearance, you are still willing for them to invade." Once again, they are coming to our doorstep. ”

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