The hijacking of the Empire State Building in New York, after other terrorist attacks that have already been completed, has been elevated to a very high level.

Because this large-scale terrorist attack has spread throughout the whole shijie in a short period of time, this is the largest terrorist attack that broke out in the whole shijie after 911, and its damage and influence will be several times or dozens of times that of 911.

Therefore, when the U.S. government is still facing these terrorists who are not yet out of danger, it maintains the highest level of attention. Four or five hours have passed, and all the hostages on the Empire State Building have been rescued.

Those on the top floor were also rescued, and in the entire building, in addition to the army, there were only forty-six terrorists left.

Just as the U.S. military was preparing to start negotiations, hoping that these people would make it into the interrogation room alive and dig out all the information they were interested in. However, this negotiation has not yet begun, and the approach of these terrorists has made everyone stunned for a moment.

They threw all their weapons out of the observation deck, including their pistols and communication devices, and let go of the Empire State Building's electronic terminals. Forty-six terrorists stood straight in front of the observation deck, as if they had completely given up resistance.

At this time, the top level of the US military already knew that a large amount of explosives had been placed on the observation deck on the 86th floor, and they thought that it was a bargaining chip for these people, but they saw that the other party did not mention it. This unexpected approach made the US military's top brass feel extremely awkward.

The president's office has called to urge that the president's huge press conference is about to begin, hoping that the military will hand in a better question and answer sheet.

I saw all the weapons thrown down. And the forty-six terrorists who also stood on the observation deck in turn, after a moment of discussion among the top leaders of the US military. They all planned to take these people down, and by the way, send bomb disposal experts to the observation deck to remove the bombs.

Once again, the helicopter was safely docked at the observation deck. The troops below seemed to be about to evacuate, and a simple passage had been erected between the 85th and 86th floors of the Empire State Building, and in just a minute, a large number of soldiers poured in, all their weapons aimed at the forty-six unchanging terrorists.

"You seem to be nervous! And I also see a deep anger in your eyes. You hate us so much! It's a resentment that comes from the heart, it's deep, it's deep. The man in glasses watched and gathered them together. And the heavily armed American soldier, his face did not change, and he spoke slowly.

"Naturally, your sins will be punished as they deserve." The colonel's officer who led the team spoke.

"Have you ever been to our Arab shijie?" The man in glasses seemed to have the nature of chatting, his eyes swept over the experts who were starting to defuse the bomb, and said, "Where is my hometown?" ”

"What if you go, what if you don't?" U.S. Army Colonel said.

"My hometown is very backward, and the Chinese have an old saying, "Harboring a sin. We have abundant resources, but we don't have the ability to protect them. So. Our things have become someone else's things. And today, we just want to come over and tell the robbers. Their actions have been doomed to tragedy. Don't underestimate any person, even a seed, can also burst into infinite potential when it sprouts. We're just a small group of people. And standing behind us are more than a billion Arab shijie people. "It should have been an impassioned word, in the mouth of the man with glasses. But as calm as ever, "Our sins are compared to the suffering you have imposed on us. It's just a drop in the ocean. ”

Speaking of Zuihou, the man with glasses finally had a smile on his face and asked, "Can I ask, have all of your people withdrawn from this building?" ”

"What do you mean?" The colonel frowned and asked.

"You'll see it later." The man with glasses didn't say anything, just looked at Shijie's appearance, then took off his glasses, threw them downstairs gently, and then slowly walked to the helicopter on the side, and let the American GIs put handcuffs and leg cuffs on him.

On the observation deck, after seeing that all the terrorists had been taken away, the colonel waved his hand directly: "Leave the bomb disposal team, and the others will leave the building immediately." ”

Hearing the glasses man's words, he had a very unpleasant premonition in his heart.

On the other side, the helicopter slowly left the observation deck, and when it was less than 300 meters away from the Empire State Building, without warning, there was a loud bang, and the upper half of the Empire State Building in New York, a landmark building with a history of 70 years, slowly tilted up. However, the matter is far from over, and below, multiple floors have exploded violently in turn.

Half an hour later, the place was still full of dust and smoke. There was nothing to see in the surrounding streets, and few of the American troops who had been on guard below could run out.

Outside the ruins of the White House, Obama, who was preparing to appear on the press conference, stumbled after receiving the news.

Last time, 911 was undoubtedly of great historical significance for the United States, and it was equally significant for Shijie. To a certain extent and from a certain point of view, it can be said that it changed the United States, and through a series of major actions taken by the United States after that, it changed Shijie.

In the past, the United States enjoyed the dividends brought about by the end of the Cold War, the "knowledge economy" continued to grow along the "information superhighway" for eight years, the fiscal deficit turned into a surplus, and its comprehensive strength was at its peak. After that, the United States began to endure a series of major challenges, such as the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, the financial crisis, and the great changes in the Middle East, including the Libyan war.

If the 11 November incident seriously dampened the United States' confidence in safeguarding national security, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq tested the United States' super-strong military capabilities, then the financial crisis has impacted the United States' economic hegemony, and the great changes in the Middle East have tested the United States' ability to control diplomacy. Under the constant impact of this series of major tests, the defects and weaknesses of the United States itself have been fully exposed or even aggravated, and various contradictions and problems have become prominent or exaggerated; although this is not enough to show that the United States will decline and give up its dominance over international affairs and even the entire international system, it can show that the United States is facing difficulties at home and abroad, and its overall strength and influence have declined compared with its own state 10 years ago, and the gap between the United States and other major powers has also decreased compared with that of 10 years ago.

In short, the United States now faces the big challenge of how to change, adjust, and reinvigorate. However, at such a juncture, a terrorist attack on a scale far larger than 911 brazenly played on the land of the United States. Over the past 12 years, the United States has achieved great results in countering terrorism, and this is true no matter who seems to see it.

As an extreme act of international terrorism, the 911 incident had an unprecedented impact on the United States, first of all, in terms of national security. After the incident, the Bush administration upheld the belief of "protecting the United States at all costs," held high the banner of counter-terrorism, regarded counter-terrorism as the primary goal of its national security strategy, examined and reformed the national intelligence agencies internally, comprehensively strengthened and integrated intelligence, passed the "Intelligence Agency Reform Act," and established the post of director of national intelligence and the National Counterterrorism Intelligence Center in charge of 15 intelligence agencies across the country. The Department of Homeland Security was formed, with more than 20 departments within it, and military agencies such as the Coast Guard were involved in homeland defense. We have implemented a series of anti-terrorism legislation, anti-terrorism mechanisms, and the construction of terrorism prevention measures, and strengthened the management of entry, exit, traffic, and aircraft, all of which are aimed at resolutely preventing terrorists from committing terrorist attacks on American soil again.

Externally, the United States set off a war on terror around the world by drawing a line against terrorism, and soon launched the war in Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban regime.

After a decade of hard work, the United States has made relatively obvious achievements in counter-terrorism, not only preventing large-scale terrorist attacks on its own soil, but also overthrowing the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and the Saddam regime in Iraq, and finally killing Ben Hussein in May 11. Bin laden. But the price paid by the United States is also relatively high. The military budget has almost doubled in ten years, reaching $553 billion for 12 years (excluding war costs). The cost of counter-terrorism has been rising, and the one-time allocation of special funds for counterterrorism after the 911 attacks has reached $25 billion. It cost more than $1 trillion to set up the Department of Homeland Security and run it for ten years. As of 10 years, the annual intelligence budget is as high as $75 billion, an increase of more than 20 times from a decade ago. Combined with the cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the United States spent more than $3.7 trillion on counterterrorism in 10 years, with nearly 40,000 casualties. At the same time, a large number of security agencies and related security industries that have developed in the course of counter-terrorism over the past 10 years have become an important factor influencing the domestic political operation of the United States as emerging interest groups. According to a 10-year survey, the U.S. 10-year counterterrorism has created a vast security bureaucracy that encompasses 1,200 government agencies, 1,900 private companies, and 854,000 vetted staff members.

With such a huge anti-terrorist network, every pen is piled up with money, in such a situation. Unexpectedly, such a large-scale attack broke out, and the Peugeot of a country was lost in an instant, and even the headquarters of the security and intelligence departments were fatally hit.

In this form, as the president of the United States, he is already very good at not vomiting blood.

"Call the military right away, what the hell is going on? How did they do it! Obama, who had slowed down a little, snapped.

The secretary hurried away, but in less than a minute, he ran over again, and said with a sad face: "All dead? ”

"What do you mean?"

"The terrorists were planted with powerful bombs that were detonated when they were sent to the New York Army Division for interrogation. At the moment, the army division, has collapsed, and the death toll is not yet known. (To be continued......)