The military-industrial scientific research system of the academic master.

2001 9 Month 8 Day.

Wu Yifan finally returned to China before that crucial 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 unexpected happens, these regions will soon become the focus of the world.

In fact, according to the experience of the previous life, if we really have to talk about danger, the most dangerous period in the Middle East should be the ten years after 2005 until 2015.

The U.S. military's incredible operations completely destroyed the order in the Mesopotamian region, and eventually a certain black flag force was nurtured from within, which was pure chaos and evil.

The kind that won't tell you anything.

Not only did it turn the entire region upside down, but even its supporters behind the scenes were bitten back.

On the contrary, from the end of 2001 to the beginning of 2005, although there was a war, there were not many serious exchanges of fire, and the situation was generally stable.

After all, whether it is the US military or al-Qaeda, they are both serious organizations that can be understood by human beings. They just have different positions and demands.

If we can communicate, everything will be easy.

But Old Wu’s resources and abilities are too important to Chang Haonan to be careless in the slightest.

It would be safer to bring him back to the country in advance.

Let’s see the situation after a few months. If there are no major 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 we can only take it one step at a time.

As per convention, every time Old Wu returned to China, Chang Haonan would personally welcome him in a private room in the Torch Group cafeteria.

Although the two could communicate from time to time through radio or secret letters when the former was abroad, that was literally the case. Every word was worth a thousand dollars, and they were lucky enough to be able to finish talking about the most important things. There was no way to add any details.

However, since Lao Wu has been in the Middle East most of the time in the past two years, even these contact methods are difficult to use.

Just like this time.

In fact, as early as June, Chang Haonan found a random reason and asked the other party to put down all the work at hand and return to China as soon as possible.

But the message wasn't received until early September.

Fortunately, it's not too late.

In short, every welcoming banquet is an excellent opportunity for Chang Haonan to obtain first-hand information about hot areas.

However, this time he had to return home early due to an emergency, so he did not initially have high expectations for the news that Old Wu would bring back.

However, the reason why a surprise is called a surprise is that it appears unexpectedly...

After the waiter served all the dishes, Wu Yifan poured himself a glass of beer as usual, drank it all and said:

"Brother Nan, I have some speculations. Although I'm not sure, I still feel I should tell you..."

Chang Haonan usually wouldn't drink unless it was necessary, so he just lowered his head to eat and nodded to signal the other party to continue talking.

"I think the Americans may launch another combat operation in West Asia in a few years... in fact, the fastest may be within one to two years!"

"?"

This shocking judgment shocked Chang Haonan greatly.

Afghanistan is right on the edge of West Asia.

“This… cough cough cough——”

In his haste, Chang Haonan was choked before he could even finish his words.

After coughing for a long time, I finally recovered:

"This...where does this judgment come from?"

His expression and tone of having seen a ghost were not fake.

As a reborn person, Chang Haonan naturally had a rough idea of ​​what would happen in the next few days.

However, Wu Yifan, a person without a prophecy book, was able to guess so accurately, even the time was almost right...

I can only say that it is indeed a bit outrageous.

After all, at this moment, at least on the surface, everything is still calm.

This made Chang Haonan think of some conspiracy theory analyses from his previous life.

In other words, the US foreign intelligence agencies such as the CIA and DIA actually knew that there would be an attack on their homeland, but out of consideration for departmental interests and the fact that they did not expect the other side to play such a big game, they chose to add fuel to the flames, or at least allow the incident to happen.

However, there is really no solid evidence, so it only remains at the level of a closed logical loop.

Secondly...

Even if this is true, it must be top secret of the relevant units.

Otherwise, after so many years, someone would have caught him.

In short, as an outsider, Lao Wu should not know about it in advance.

It's impossible that he has infiltrated the other side's high-level connections...

Just as Chang Haonan's brain was working rapidly, the reply from the other party Wu directly dispelled his doubts.

"I have been in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah in recent months and heard this from several tribal leaders there."

"what?"

Chang Haonan was stunned.

Then I realized that I was thinking wrongly.

West Asia is a large area, covering many countries.

It's just that during this period of time his attention has always been focused on that country, so he made a wrong judgment based on his stereotyped thinking.

In fact, the two place names mentioned by Lao Wu are located in the border area between northern Iraq, Turkey and Persia. It is mountainous and the population is mainly Kurds.

In such places, there has naturally been a strong tendency towards separation for a long time.

The reason why he stayed in this place for a long time was that he saw its no-man's land characteristics and the terrain that was inherently conducive to smuggling.

Many studies have shown that the ancient Silk Road most likely passed through this area all the way west to Rome.

Moreover, the outbreak of the Second Gulf War was not really a sudden event.

But there were signs of this since the beginning of the 21st century.

In particular, the U.S. military suffered a crushing defeat in Operation Allied Force in 1999, and the defeat was unclear, causing its subordinates to begin to stir.

And more countries have begun to think about a question -

Is this America really capable?

Therefore, they urgently need an opportunity to prove themselves.

Therefore, they will only behave more positively than in the previous life.

Although this behavior of losing face somewhere else and then trying to get back at someone by beating up one's own men sounds very abstract.

But the American way of thinking seems to have always been like this...

Seeing Chang Haonan bowing his head for a long time without saying anything, Old Wu thought that his explanation was not convincing enough, so he further explained:

"Some time ago, in order to get a preliminary understanding of the route, I was doing serious business from Central and Eastern Europe to the Kurdish region. During this time, I heard the name of the same American many times, 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 a crowd of people dressed in robes, turbans and beards, a man with a Jewish face, Mediterranean hairstyle and a suit stood out.

Wu Yifan wiped his hands on the towel beside him and continued to explain:

"This person's official identity is a diplomat, but in fact he is using his immunity to do some subversive work."

"I don't see you in this photo?"

Chang Haonan was a little curious:

"How did you get it?"

When Old Wu heard this question, he immediately laughed:

"I was selling some mechanical parts from Europe to the warehouse area before. Since I wasn't doing it for profit, I offered a very low price. Some managers there thought I was trying to use them for political speculation."

"and then?"

Chang Haonan raised his eyebrows and returned the photo to Old Wu.

"Then several Kurdish groups offered me a price, saying that if I could only organize low-price supplies for them in the future, they would give me an official position in Kirkuk after they became independent."

The latter put the photo away and said:

"This photo was taken by one of them to prove that they have the support of a big boss..."

"Fuck..."

Chang Haonan shook his head helplessly:

"This is a bold plan. Even the positions in Kirkuk have been taken into account..."

Kirkuk is the most important oil producing area in the Mesopotamian region, so the official positions there are definitely lucrative ones.

The only problem is that Kirkuk does not belong to the Kurdish region and has been directly controlled by the US military for a long time after the war.

Taking the position here as an official and making a wish is basically the same as Cao Cao promising to let you be the governor of Yizhou in the late Eastern Han Dynasty...

“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, but the conditions they offered me were almost exactly the same, even the positions were similar."

"Later, I specifically asked more questions and found out that it was actually Khalilzad who promised the management rights of northern Iraq to many people..."

"Pfft..."

Chang Haonan couldn't hold it back either.

It is obvious that they have long been prepared to get rid of the donkey.

"You'd better not get involved in these things. It's too dangerous. Let them fight each other."

Chang Haonan waved his hand and said:

"Moreover, in the long run, if that area becomes chaotic, it will help more countries realize the true nature of Americans who are strong on the outside but weak on the inside, which is not a bad thing for us..."