Chapter 921 Big changes
September 8, 2001.
Wu Yifan finally returned to China before that critical day—
In the past six months, the latter has been active in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, opening up a safe passage from Eastern Europe to the Levant for Chang Haonan.
If nothing else happens, these areas will soon become the focus of the world.
In fact, according to the experience of the previous life, if it is really dangerous, the most dangerous stage in the Middle East should be the ten years after 2005 until 2015.
The U.S. military's outrageous operations completely shattered the order in the Mesopotamia and the two river basins. In the end, a certain black flag force emerged from it, which was truly chaotic and evil.
The kind that won't tell you any truth.
Not only did it turn the entire region upside down, but even its behind-the-scenes supporters were backlashed.
On the contrary, from the end of 2001 to the beginning of 2005, although it was said to be a war, there were not many decent exchanges of fire, and overall it was relatively stable.
After all, whether it is the US military or the "base", they are still serious organizations that can speak human words. They just have different positions and demands.
If you can communicate, it will be easier to handle.
But Lao Wu's resources and abilities are too important to Chang Haonan, and there is no room for sloppiness.
It would be safer to get him back home in advance.
Let's take a look at the situation in a few months. If there are no big changes, it won't be too late to let the other party go to the Middle East to cause trouble.
And if the plot direction deviates greatly from the previous life, then you can only take one step at a time.
As usual, every time Lao Wu returns to China, Chang Haonan will personally greet him in the box of the Torch Group canteen.
Although the two of them could communicate through the radio or secret messages from time to time when the former was abroad, they were literally worth a thousand dollars. It would be nice if they could finish talking about the most critical things, and there was no way to add details.
And since Lao Wu has been in the Middle East most of the time in the past two years, it is difficult to use even these contact information.
Just like this time.
In fact, as early as June, Chang Haonan randomly found a reason and asked the other party to put down all the work at hand and return to China as soon as possible.
But the news was not received until early September.
Fortunately, it's not too late.
In short, every reception is an excellent opportunity for Chang Haonan to obtain first-hand information about hot spots.
However, this time he returned home early due to unexpected circumstances, so at first he did not have much expectations for the news that Old Wu brought back.
However, the reason why surprise is called surprise is because it appears unexpectedly...
After the waiter brought all the dishes, Wu Yifan poured himself a glass of beer as usual, drank it all and said:
"Brother Nan, I have some speculations that I'm not sure about, but I still feel like I should tell you..."
Chang Haonan would not drink unless necessary, so he just lowered his head to eat the food and nodded to indicate to the other party to continue talking.
"I think the Americans may launch another combat operation in West Asia within a few years...actually within one to two years at the earliest!"
Chang Haonan was shocked by this shocking judgment.
Afghanistan is right on the edge of West Asia.
"This...cough cough cough-"
In a hurry, Chang Haonan choked before he could say anything.
I kept coughing for a long time before I finally recovered:
"This...where does this judgment come from?"
His expression and tone of seeing a ghost were not fake.
As a reborn person, Chang Haonan naturally knows roughly what will happen in the next few days.
However, as a person without a prophecy book, Wu Yifan was able to guess so accurately that even the time was quite different...
I can only say that it is indeed a bit outrageous.
After all, at this moment, at least on the surface, everything is still in a calm stage.
This reminded Chang Haonan of some conspiracy theory analysis in his previous life.
That is to say, the CIA, DIA and other U.S. foreign intelligence agencies had actually known for a long time that there would be an attack on their homeland. It was just out of consideration for the interests of the department, and they really did not expect that the other party would play such a big role, so they chose to add fuel to the flames. Or at least let it happen.
However, first of all, there is really no solid evidence, and it only stays at the level of its own logical closed loop.
Secondly...
Even if this is true, it must be the top secret of the relevant units.
Otherwise, after so many years, people should have been caught.
In short, as an outsider, Lao Wu should not know in advance.
It's impossible that he has already penetrated the relationship to the higher-ups on the opposite side...
Just as Chang Haonan's brain was spinning rapidly, Wu's reply directly dispelled his doubts. "I have been active in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah in recent months, and I heard about it from several tribal leaders there."
"ah?"
Chang Haonan was immediately stunned.
Then he realized that he had gone astray.
West Asia is a very large place and includes many countries.
It's just that during this period, his attention was always on that country, so he made wrong judgments based on his mindset.
In fact, the two place names mentioned by Lao Wu are located in the border area between northern Iraq and Turkey and Persia. They are mountainous and have a majority population of Kurdish people.
In a place like this, there has naturally been a strong tendency for separation for a long time.
The reason why he stayed in this place for a long time was because of its indifferent nature and the terrain that was conducive to smuggling.
Many studies have shown that the ancient Silk Road most likely passed through this place all the way west to Rome.
Moreover, the outbreak of the second Gulf War was indeed not an unexpected event.
But there have been clues since the beginning of the 21st century.
In particular, the U.S. military suffered a huge defeat in Operation Allied Forces in 1999, and the loss was inexplicable. As a result, the subordinates are now ready to take action.
And more countries have begun to think about a problem -
Is this America okay?
Therefore, they urgently need a chance to prove that they can do it.
Therefore, he will only behave more positively than in the previous life.
Although this kind of behavior of losing face elsewhere and then trying to regain the reputation by beating up one's own horse sounds very abstract.
But Americans' thinking seems to have always been like this…
Seeing Chang Haonan lower his head in silence for a long time, Lao Wu thought that his explanation was not convincing enough, so he further explained:
"Some time ago, in order to initially figure out the route, I have been doing serious business from Central and Eastern Europe to the Kurdistan Region. I heard the same American name many times, called Zalmay Khalilzad."
As he spoke, he took out his wallet from his pocket, pulled out a photo from a pile of colorful banknotes from various countries, and handed it to Chang Haonan.
It's a group photo.
Among the crowd of bearded people dressed in robes, turbans, and beards, a man in a suit with a Jewish face and a Mediterranean hairstyle stood out.
Wu Yifan wiped his hands on the towel next to him, and then continued to explain:
"This person is a diplomat on the surface, but he is actually using his immunity to do some work of conspiring to subvert."
"I don't see you in this photo?"
Chang Haonan was a little curious:
"How did you get it?"
Upon hearing this question, Lao Wu immediately became happy:
"I used to sell some mechanical parts from Europe to the Kurdistan Region. Since I wasn't trying to make money anyway, I set the price very low. There were a few managers there who thought I wanted to engage in political speculation through them."
"Then what?"
Chang Haonan raised his eyebrows and returned the photo to Lao Wu.
"Then several groups of Kurdish forces made offers to me, saying that if I could only organize low-cost supplies for them in the future, then when they become independent, they would give me an official position in Kirkuk."
The latter said and put the photos away:
"This photo was taken by one of them to prove that they have the support of the big boss..."
"Fuck..."
Chang Haonan shook his head helplessly:
"This pie is so daring to draw, even the post in Kirkuk has been taken into account..."
Kirkuk is the most important oil-producing area in the Mesopotamia, so the official positions there are definitely lucrative.
The only problem is that Kirkuk does not belong to the Kurdistan Region and has been directly controlled by the US military for a long time after the war.
Using the position here to make a wish is basically equivalent to Cao Cao's promise at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty that he would make you a shepherd in Yizhou...
"You know what's the funniest thing?"
At this point, Old Wu could hardly hold back his smile:
"About four or five forces have asked me to supply them exclusively. As a result, the conditions they offered me are almost exactly the same, and even the positions are similar."
"Later, I asked more specifically and found out that it was actually Khalilzad who had promised the management of northern Iraq to many people..."
"Pfft..."
Chang Haonan didn't hold back either.
Obviously, this is already ready to kill the donkey.
"It's better not to get involved in these things. It's too dangerous. Let them go dog-eat-dog."
Chang Haonan waved his hand and said:
"Moreover, in the long run, the chaos in that area will help more countries realize the nature of Americans being powerful outside the country and working within the country. This is not a bad thing for us..."
(End of chapter)
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