Chapter 1068 The Last Day of 2001

The last day of 2001 has arrived.

The world's attention is focused on the Afghan War. Now the hottest news in the world is the Afghan War!

After nearly three months of fighting, the coalition led by the United States finally announced on Christmas that it had conquered the Afghan capital of Kabul.

But up to now, the coalition has not yet controlled major cities.

This has to be surprising. Before this, countless international military experts believed that this war would end soon.

After all, when the Soviet Union sent nearly 100,000 troops to invade Afghanistan and the Afghan War broke out, the Soviet army only used 3 days to send 280 large transport aircraft to Kabul International Airport and Baghlan Air Force Base to transport more than 5,000 officers and soldiers and a large amount of weapons and equipment. Within a week, it controlled major cities and traffic arteries, and supported the leader of the People's Democratic Party's banner faction, Karmal, to form a puppet regime.

Now the coalition led by the United States has spent three months, and there are still a large number of Afghan cities that have not been occupied, not to mention the traffic arteries.

This performance is far inferior to the Soviet army in more than 20 years.

After all, this time, the coalition led by the United States has more troops than the Soviet army, and the total force has reached twice that of the Soviet army.

Of course, until now, all 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 far.

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

The US military has been continuously entering Afghanistan, and the US military-industrial complex has received large orders, smiling from ear to ear, and wishing that the war in Afghanistan would last as long as possible.

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

Some of them are produced in Pakistan, and the other part is purchased by countries such as Khalistan and Nepal. More of them are purchased from China, and transported to Islamabad through the China-Pakistan Railway.

China did not do much, normal trade, and then the border line in the Wakhan Corridor was closed, and it only provided tents and food to refugees every day for humanitarian relief.

In just three months, the coalition led by the United States caused the deaths of more than three million Afghan civilians and consumed more than 80 billion US dollars.

And you have to know that the Soviet Union spent more than 20 billion US dollars in Afghanistan for ten years, causing the deaths of 1 million Afghans.

The United States spent four times as much money as the Soviet Union in just three months, causing more than three times the casualties of Afghan civilians.

War leads to a large number of refugees.

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

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

These refugees fled everywhere, after all, everyone wants to survive.

It is not just talk that I would rather be a dog in a prosperous age than a person in a chaotic age.

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

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

The whole world is in a state of panic.

There are related explosions almost every day.

People's sense of security has been greatly weakened.

There have been more than one explosions in cities such as London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Sydney, etc.

Social security has taken a sharp turn for the worse and has been seriously challenged.

Security measures have been strengthened in China.

Strict security measures have been fully implemented in subways, airports, and railway stations, and even bus stations have strengthened police forces. 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 of suspicious persons.

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

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

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

And it has carried out more in-depth research on "unrestricted warfare" and "asymmetric warfare".

This time, Bin Laden launched "unrestricted warfare" on the US mainland, causing huge destructive power, which will inevitably be studied in depth.

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

A series of defense networks will weaken the destructive power caused by "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 slightly to rest.

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

And he didn't have time to print the drawings, and he didn't have time to make the budget, so he hurried back to Beijing.

There is also good news for China this year, that is, China finally succeeded in bidding for the Olympics!

While the Beijing Olympic bid delegation was nervously waiting for the results in Moscow, hundreds of millions of people in China were also waiting for the results at home, on the streets, and at the China Millennium Monument.

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.

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

The entire Beijing has launched an ambitious infrastructure plan.

However, Beijing alone does not have enough financial resources to complete this infrastructure plan.

Moreover, this infrastructure plan is not just in Beijing, but at the national level.

Back in the courtyard, the staff had prepared the relevant materials, and Liu Tao carefully browsed them.

This includes the construction of urban infrastructure in Beijing, the construction of Olympic venues, etc.

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 Beijing's urban infrastructure, the cost of building Olympic venues can only be regarded as a drizzle.

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

His suggestions included increasing the construction of security forces, fire prevention, water prevention and anti-terrorism drills, promoting Daxing International Airport, managing the entire Beijing water environment, and building an urban sewage treatment system.

He filled two pages with writing.