The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1068 The Last Day of 2001

The last day of 2001 has arrived.

The eyes of the whole world are focused on the war in Afghanistan. Right now, the hottest news in the world is the war in Afghanistan!
After nearly three months of fighting, the US-led coalition finally announced on Christmas that it had captured the Afghan capital of Kabul.

But as of now, the coalition forces have not yet taken control of the major cities.

This is really surprising. Before this, countless international military experts believed that this war would end soon.

After all, when the Soviet Union dispatched nearly 10 troops to invade Afghanistan and the Afghan War broke out, the Soviet army dispatched 3 large transport aircraft in just three days to transport more than 280 officers and soldiers and a large amount of weapons and equipment to Kabul International Airport and Baghlan Air Force Base. Within a week, it controlled major cities and transportation arteries, and supported Karmal, the leader of the People's Democratic Party's Flag Faction, to form a puppet regime.

Now, after three months, the US-led coalition has still not occupied a large number of Afghan cities, not to mention the main transportation routes.

This performance is far inferior to that of the Soviet Army over 20 years ago.

After all, this time, the US-led coalition forces are larger than the Soviet army, and the total strength is twice that of the Soviet army.

Of course, to this day, all the experts in the world still believe that the United States will win the war in Afghanistan. After all, the United States is a superpower, and Afghanistan is the least developed region in the world. The strength of the two is not on the same level, and the gap is too great.

It's just that the performance of the coalition led by the US military this time has evoked endless nostalgia among countless pro-Soviet people. Countless people can't help but wonder that if the Soviet reformers and conservatives had not broken up and competed with the US military, the powerful Soviet army would probably have defeated the US military in one fell swoop.

As U.S. troops continue to move into Afghanistan, the U.S. military-industrial complex is receiving large orders one after another, grinning from ear to ear and hoping that the war in Afghanistan will last as long as possible.

Of course, it is impossible for the United States to transport all supplies from the United States. This is to take advantage of economic globalization and purchase a large amount of supplies directly from Pakistan.

Part of it is produced in Pakistan, while the other part is purchased from countries such as Khalistan and Nepal. Even more is purchased from China and transported to Islamabad via the China-Pakistan Railway.

China did not do much either. It just carried out normal trade and closed the border in the Wakhan Corridor. It only provided tents and food to the refugees for humanitarian aid every day.

In just three months, the US-led coalition caused the deaths of more than three million Afghan civilians and cost more than $800 billion.

You have to know that the Soviet Union spent more than 200 billion US dollars in Afghanistan during its ten years in Afghanistan, causing the deaths of 100 million Afghans.

It took the United States only three months, cost four times as much as the Soviet Union, and caused more than three times as many Afghan civilian casualties.

Wars lead to large numbers of refugees.

Afghanistan, which was originally ruled by the Taliban, was one of the least developed countries in the world, but it was still doing okay.

Now the United States has launched the war in Afghanistan, letting the flames of war burn throughout Afghanistan, resulting in a large number of refugees.

These refugees fled in all directions, after all, everyone wanted to survive.

I would rather be a dog in prosperous times than a human in troubled times. This is not just talk.

Many Afghans hated Americans and joined the guerrillas to fight against them.

Afghans and 'jihadist groups' retaliated against the United States, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, Canada and other US allies and countries that sent troops to join the coalition.

The whole world was in a state of panic.

There are related explosions almost every day.

People's sense of security has been greatly weakened.

Cities such as London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Sydney, etc. have experienced more than one explosion.

Social security took a sharp turn for the worse and faced serious challenges.

Security measures have been strengthened here in China.

Strict security measures have been implemented in subways, airports, and railway stations, and police forces have been increased at bus stations. There are more traffic police on duty on highways.

Police in various places have stepped up their efforts to crack down on cases involving weapons and ammunition.

Then strengthen inspections on suspicious persons.

Just when Liu Tao returned to Beijing, he clearly found that the security force at the Beijing airport had been strengthened a lot.

Fully armed armed police and police dogs have strengthened security efforts.

Liu Tao even knew that the country had specially organized an "anti-terrorism armed police force" to deal with related situations.

And conduct more in-depth research on "unrestricted warfare" and "asymmetric warfare".

This time, bin Laden launched "unrestricted warfare" on US soil, causing enormous damage, which will inevitably be studied in depth.

China will also face severe challenges, and strengthening social security control and cracking down on illegal crimes have become inevitable options.

A series of defense networks are designed to weaken the destructive power of "unrestricted warfare" and "asymmetric warfare" as much as possible.

After getting on the special car and driving out of the airport, Liu Tao closed his eyes to rest.

During this period, he devoted almost all his energy to the development of the Type 003 large aircraft carrier, and now it has finally been completed.

He didn't even have time to print the drawings, let alone make a budget, so he hurried back to Beijing.

There is also good news for China this year, that is, China’s bid for the Olympic Games was finally successful!

While the Beijing Olympic bid delegation was anxiously awaiting the results in Moscow, hundreds of millions of people in the country were also awaiting the results at home, on the streets, at the China Millennium Monument and other places.

When Samaranch slowly opened the envelope in his hand, it seemed as if time had stopped for a moment.

When Samaranch said "Beijing", the whole audience was boiling. The news was immediately transmitted back to the streets and alleys of the country through radio and television and quickly became a sea of ​​joy.

This also means that in the next seven years, China will unite the whole country to strive to host the Beijing Olympics successfully.

This time he returned to Beijing to attend a decision-making meeting, which was about applying for funding for the relevant planning of the Beijing Olympics.

The entire capital city has launched an ambitious infrastructure plan.

The capital city alone does not have enough financial resources to complete this infrastructure plan.

Furthermore, this infrastructure plan is not limited to the capital, but covers the entire national level.

Back at the courtyard, the staff had already prepared the relevant materials, and Liu Tao began to browse through them carefully.

This includes the construction of Beijing’s urban infrastructure, Olympic venues, and so on.

For example, the construction of urban infrastructure in Beijing includes municipal roads, municipal power systems, municipal water supply, Beijing subway, etc.

Compared with the construction of urban infrastructure in Beijing, the cost of building Olympic venues can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket.

Liu Tao finished reading the information and then wrote down his suggestions on a piece of paper.

His suggestions include increasing security forces, conducting fire, water and anti-terrorism drills, promoting the Daxing International Airport, improving the water environment of the entire capital, building an urban sewage treatment system, and so on.

He filled two full pages.

(End of this chapter)