"Minister Peng, you...?" The staff on duty didn't understand what Peng Guochen said just now. .

Peng Guochen's eye sockets were bloodshot, and he looked a little tired. He waved his hand and said, "You do your own thing, and I'll just watch from the sidelines!"

As he spoke, he found a chair and sat down, staring at the live video on the big screen thoughtfully.

In fact, Peng Guochen had seen the building shown in the video more than once before.He even read a special analysis report, and he was basically clear about the internal environment, layout, security, etc. of the building.

Uncle ld has been hiding in Pakistan for many years, and the Pakistani military intelligence department has been closely monitoring him.As a traditional ally of Pakistan Railways, China has also obtained a lot of relevant information from Pakistan.

Moreover, Peng Guochen also believed that Lao Mei already knew the specific hiding place of Uncle ld. As for why he hadn't done anything, it was a matter of timing.

When the U.S. military first entered Central Asia a few years ago, it caused a strong rebound from China, Russia and other powerful countries. Many experts on international issues believed that the establishment of a military base by the U.S. military in Afghanistan was a contract between China and Russia. big nails.

In the event of an accident in the future, the existence of these bases will have a major impact on the military deployment of China, Russia and other countries.

But at that time, Lao Mei was in the name of the war on terrorism, and no one could say much.

Over the years, the United States has been strengthening its military presence in Central Asia, sparing no effort to expand the Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan.

Previously, the Bagram base in Afghanistan used to have 3 large hangars, 1 tower and many barracks warehouses, 5 large aprons and 110 cement bunkers. These were all built by the former Soviet Union, but after years of warlords in Afghanistan , These buildings and facilities have been almost destroyed.

Therefore, if the US military wants to be stationed here for a long time, the base must be repaired and expanded.

Beginning in mid-March 2002, the U.S. military used a large number of C-3 "Global King" transport planes to transport heavy construction equipment and began to repair and rebuild Bagram, mainly to build some new bunkers, barracks and fortifications.

In addition, c-17 also shipped a large number of helicopters, including ch-47 Chinook, ah-** Apache, ah-1 Cobra and uh-60 Black Hawk.

The expanded Bagram Air Force Base can accommodate dozens of modern fighter jets.In Pingyueli, various types of fighter jets are stationed at the base, including A-10 attack aircraft, F-16 fighter jets, F-15E fighter jets, ah-** armed helicopters, C-17 transport planes and "Predator" unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. machine etc.

Once needed, these fighters can take off to fight at any time.

In addition, according to the US "Strategic Events" website not long ago, the US Air Force is considering using the most advanced stealth fighter f-22 for ground combat with Afghanistan.

Last July, the F-22 conducted its first test-firing of a new precision-guided weapon called the Small Diameter Bomb.The U.S. Air Force hopes that the f-22, which lacks air combat opportunities, will go to Afghanistan to test and demonstrate its powerful ground attack capabilities.

Analysts believe that once the f-22 goes to Afghanistan to fight, it is likely to be stationed at Bagram Air Force Base.Each f-22 can carry 8 "small diameter bombs", capable of attacking multiple ground targets.

However, the greatest power of the Bagram base lies in its ability to take off and land any large bomber of the US military, including **-52h, **-1** and **-2.

These three long-range bombers have a range of about [-] kilometers, and can carry out both conventional warfare and strategic nuclear strike missions.

With the existence of the Bagram base, the strategic deterrence capability of the United States against southern Russia, the western industrial belt of China, and the northern Indian Ocean has skyrocketed.

Of course, these are just precautionary measures. More importantly, the United States also has some extremely important practical interests in Afghanistan.

In fact, since the NATO forces led by the United States occupied Afghanistan, the production of drugs in Afghanistan has doubled, and now its drug production has accounted for 90% of the world's total production.

And before the arrival of NATO troops, drug production there had dropped to an all-time low, thanks to the efforts of the strictly Koran-believing Taliban.This fact is far from American propaganda.Among the Americans, the Taliban has always been the chief culprit in the cultivation of opium by the Afghans.

According to a United Nations report, since 2001 when NATO forces launched the "Protracted Invasion Operation" in Afghanistan, the scale of drug production in Afghanistan has expanded 44 times.

According to statistics from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in 2001, under the rule of the Taliban regime, opium production in Afghanistan was only 185 tons.

In 2002, after the United States "settled in", Afghanistan's opium production soared to 3400 tons.

In 2003, 3600 tons of opium were produced in Afghanistan, accounting for 2/3 of the world's opium production. The sown area reached 8 hectares. Opium su was planted in 31 of the 28 provinces in the country, and the number of people involved in opium cultivation reached 170 million. .

The annual profit from poppy cultivation and opium production is estimated to be more than 10 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to 1/4 of Afghanistan's national fiscal revenue.

In the past, the price of Afghan opium was not high, about 30 US dollars/kg.After the Taliban banned the cultivation of opium, the price of opium soared to 750 US dollars per kilogram, an increase of 24 times.

In recent years, American newspapers have simultaneously accused the disappearing Taliban Islamists, but they did not mention at all that the Taliban government cooperated with the United Nations and successfully banned the cultivation of opium poppy su in 2000.

In fact, it was just after the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan and the fall of the Taliban that the cultivation of poppies increased significantly. From October to December 2001, farmers in Afghanistan resumed large-scale poppy cultivation.The success of the Afghan government's plan to outlaw drugs in 10 was noted at the UN General Assembly in October 12.

Not only that, the United States has been obstructing other countries' proposals and actions to ban drugs in Afghanistan.

For example, due to Russia's close distance with Afghanistan and the lax management of the customs system in Central Asia, Russia has been suffering from the poisoning of Afghan drugs. Therefore, Moscow has proposed several times to crack down on the production of Afghan drugs, but these proposals have been rejected by the United States.

The Russian ambassador to Kabul, Avitishan, said in an interview that the United States has always insisted on not eradicating the drug-growing areas in Afghanistan on the pretext that Afghan civilians will be greatly affected.

It's a mockery of people's intelligence.

Everyone knows that Afghanistan has become the world's largest opium plantation area, and the U.S. military stationed in Afghanistan is the largest drug trader. It has almost become an open secret to use military aircraft to sell drugs.

Perhaps for the U.S. government, the huge profits brought about by the drug trade are the most important real benefits.

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Peng Guochen turned his head, beckoned to the confidential secretary behind him, and whispered something to him.

The confidential secretary nodded and hurried out.

At this time, Peng Guochen turned his attention to the big screen again.

The Americans finally couldn't bear to take action against Uncle ld, but it didn't have much impact on the current international situation. At most, it would only make a fuss in the media for a while, and it would soon die down.

Uncle ld is just a symbol, what matters is the impact on the domestic situation in the United States.

As long as he dies during the tenure of President Ao Guanhai, there will basically be no suspense in next year's presidential election.

Of course, these need to be considered by higher-level figures. Peng Guochen is now focusing on the three live video images on the big screen.

The Bureau of Strategic Deception once again showed people its unimaginable ability.

Four US stealth helicopters were monitored from Bagram to Abbottabad.

Moreover, the opponent obviously used extremely advanced micro-drones and full-color night vision devices. Not only did they keep up with the flight speed of the stealth Black Hawk, but the picture effects were also very good, almost as good as a blockbuster movie. (To be continued.)

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