Chapter 338: Countdown to War

PS: There is one more shift in the evening, probably around blackjack!

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If there is still a leader in this world who can calmly deal with Li Lan's press conference, then there will definitely be no Obama.

At noon Washington time, in the president's temporary office, Obama was also watching the exchange meeting.

Of course, it's not just Obama watching, it's American think tanks and many government think tanks watching. They will judge what they are interested in from Li Lan's words and deeds, Li Lan's small body movements, the tone of his speech, the changes in his eyes, and the changes in his expression are all the things they are most interested in.

These people are the best at observing words and feelings, and they are also the best psychologists, and people's words and deeds will reveal a lot of information in many times. Especially in this kind of casual exchange meeting, it is easier to see certain problems. In the current era of the information explosion, this is how a lot of information comes from.

However, Obama's purpose in watching this exchange meeting was not to obtain so-called information of interest, but only to see Li Lan himself.

It has to be said that as the president of the United States and the pinnacle of power in the world, he has rarely been so interested in a single person. Chief No. 1 and Putin, he has long understood clearly that the United States has a detailed database of every high-level official in China and Russia. The information of these people from childhood to adulthood, the step-by-step climb of the road to Qingyun, and the various personalities and weaknesses will be recorded in detail in the United States.

The United States has its own detailed network of information on the leaders and officials of many countries in the world, as well as personnel of international companies and groups.

But the United States has never been able to find the foundation of the future technology group. Li Lan's "correct" identity information could not be found. To this end, the United States has used many high-level secret intelligence officers. But to no avail. There is not a single piece of information that can explain how Li Lan came to be now. And for this future technology group. It's like jumping out of a stone.

This is really embarrassing for the United States, and the recent extraordinarily large terrorist attacks have caused the US Congress to unanimously create a huge crisis of confidence in many US intelligence services.

As a matter of fact, according to US investigations over the past few years, one thing the United States can be sure of is that all the military equipment that Li Lan has now is not at all supported by China and Russia. Nor is there a single ship transporting weapons to Somalia, but it is common to observe them leaving Somalia. From this it has been established that in the north-eastern region of Somalia. There is definitely a military industrial enterprise of the Future Technology Group.

According to the analysis of the American think tank, it is very likely that these military industrial enterprises are somewhere underground, otherwise it cannot be explained that nothing was found under various satellite photos. And those huge, fully enclosed strange buildings are the cover of these military factories.

To this end, the US military has developed a number of attack plans, all of which are awaiting approval from Congress and the president.

And in recent times, two F-22s have had accidents. The Navy SEAL squad was captured in full view. Officially, because of this matter, Congress has secretly passed the troop bill and is waiting for Obama to sign the final order.

Divert domestic sentiment and strike at the forces that undermine the global strategic balance of the United States. Once Obama officially signs this order, the U.S. strategic bomber force will destroy all the suspicious buildings around Bagua City under the first wave of strikes. Then there were missile and air strikes that lasted for several days. Knock out all the military installations of the Freedom Alliance, and this time. The policy formulated by the United States will be to kill others and never let it go.

But. When it came time to sign the final attack order, Obama hesitated and had not really made up his mind. Faced with this mysterious Somalia, he knows very well that the United States knows too little about it. And a large part of the key to his determination is that few allies have responded to the call of the United States.

On the contrary, those little brothers in Asia are more active. Japan has already agreed to send troops to the United States, and at that time, Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and Maritime Self-Defense Force will form a joint force with the United States to advance and retreat together. And on the European side, only France and Italy have responded, Britain is hovering left and right, and Germany and Turkey are directly refusing. As for other countries, the United States is also counting on little either.

Now, Obama has only two paths in front of him, and one is to fight. The other is not to fight, but to consider how to maintain the US advantage in Africa. The reason why the US Congress was forced to send troops to Somalia was because of the balance of Africa. In the past, when everyone was competing for the right to speak in Africa, relatively speaking, it was very balanced, and African countries catered to both China and Russia and the United States.

And now, once Somalia grows big in Africa, it is not only the Gulf of Aden and the Middle East that threatens it, but also the influence of the United States in Africa. There are too many uncertainties brought about by a strong African regime that is not pro-American. The United States does not dare to gamble on the future in this way, especially as soon as the Somali Navy appeared, the top level of the United States was instantly enveloped in a sense of crisis.

Ask yourself, no one wants to see the enemy grow every day, but just slap the enemy to death when he is just starting to thrive.

In fact, the choice of whether to fight or not to fight is not too difficult to decide.

At this moment, Obama did not pay attention to what was said on the TV screen, but stared at Li Lan closely. This Chinese who is too young in his eyes, looking back on this half of his life, when he was like Li Lan's age, he had just made his debut, and he came out to break through with passion and dreams. At that time, who knew that there was such a person as Obama, and he was already famous.

Just ask a few people in the whole world who don't know Li Lan, and his name is the fourth person after the leaders of the United States, China and Russia.

There is no comparison with this young man on TV at all.

Now, the young man's repeated "provocations" have made the scales in Obama's heart begin to tilt, and the soldiers of the Navy SEAL team will definitely be acquired by the Somali side of the wreckage of the Raptor fighter. The strength of a third-generation fighter that can develop a mysterious performance is naturally capable of understanding the relevant techniques on the Raptor fighter. This is where the United States is most worried.

Once Somalia continues to grow, the United States will not be able to continue to have the most advantageous strategic position in the world.

Of course, if Obama had known that the third and last of his billion-dollar Seawolf-class nuclear-powered submarines, the USS Carter, had been towed back to the port by King Octopus, he would have given the order to attack by now.

Losing contact with the Carter will take at least some time to learn. After all, a nuclear-powered submarine is out of the country to carry out a mission, and it is very normal that it cannot contact the base in a short period of time. Submarines can receive ultra-long radio waves from land, and some extremely long radio waves can penetrate up to 100 meters to the bottom of the sea and be received by submarines. The submarine can also make contact with the ground command on the seabed through the buoy, and it can also release a signal buoy to signal after the submarine leaves. But none of these methods are suitable for the Carter, and when the Carter sits on the bottom, it means that it loses contact with the ground, and the signal buoy released by the Carter is shattered by the giant squid. Therefore, if the US military wants to know that it has lost contact with the Carter, it will take at least a few days to brew.

However, even if there is no further instigation of war on the Carter time, Obama is ready to start war at any time after it is passed by Congress and approved by France, Italy, and Japan.

And when exactly will it start, as the so-called soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved, and the military strength shown by Somalia needs the United States and those allies to prepare well for this.

Just after Obama watched Li Lan on TV stunned, Hagel, who had just finished a round-the-world visit, knocked on the door after a break.

"Mr. President, do you see anything?" Seeing that the president was staring at Li Lan on TV, Hagel spoke up.

"A confident young man, hard-working, once he grows up, the next fifty years, the entire world will be his stage." Obama did not skimp on his own evaluation, and in his heart, he admired young people like Li Lan.

"But such a young man will be our enemy, and this is not good." Hagel went on to say, "As an enemy, we will only do our best to wipe him out before he has fully grown. ”

"But what if you can't erase it?" Obama muttered, pointing to Li Lan in the TV screen, and said: "Do you see it, his face is always indifferent." Is that kind of calm self-confidence really not a killer? ”

After Obama's remarks, Hagel instantly understood what he was trying to say.

Indeed, no matter how you look at it, Li Lan is not a fool. To be able to be so calm in the face of the pressure of US and NATO sanctions is indeed elusive.

"He either has a strong hole card in his hand, or he has a very strong heart. But it is impossible for this to be just an external manifestation for the world to see, just like Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi showed. In fact, there is a hesitation in my heart, praying that we will not really use military means. Hagel said.

Hearing Hagel's words, Obama didn't say anything more, but waved his hand and said: "Now these things are no longer important, let the Japanese side quickly redeem the King Kong and tell them that it doesn't matter if they promised the Somalis terms, and they will be taken back when the time comes!" ”

Hagel nodded and left, and the black president also turned off the TV and said in his heart: The countdown to the war has begun, and whoever it is will be destroyed in the United States! (To be continued......)