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 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 want to talk about danger, the most dangerous stage in the Middle East should be the ten years after 2005 until 2015.

The US military's amazing operation completely destroyed the order of the Mesopotamian Basin, and finally a certain black flag force was raised from it, which was pure chaos and evil.

The kind that doesn't tell you a single reason.

Not only did it turn the entire region upside down, but even its backers were backfired.

On the contrary, from the end of 2001 to the beginning of 2005, although there was a war, there was not much decent exchange of fire, and it was generally stable.

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

If we can communicate, it will be easy.

But Lao Wu's resources and abilities are too important to Chang Haonan, and he cannot afford to be careless.

It is safer to bring him back to China in advance.

Let's see the situation in a few months. If there are no major changes, it will not be too late to let him go to the Middle East to make trouble.

And if the plot is greatly different from the previous life, we can only take it one step at a time.

According to convention, every time Lao Wu returns to China, Chang Haonan will personally welcome him in the box of the Torch Group cafeteria.

Although the two can communicate through radio or secret letters from time to time when the former is abroad, it is literally a word of gold. It is good enough to finish the most critical things, and there is no condition to add details.

And because Lao Wu has been in the Middle East most of the time in the past two years, it is difficult to use these contact methods.

For example, this time.

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

But this message was not received until early September.

Fortunately, everything was still in time.

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

However, this time he returned to China early due to an emergency, so he did not have much expectation for the news brought back by Lao Wu at first.

However, the reason why a surprise is called a surprise is that it will appear inadvertently...

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

"Brother Nan, I have some speculations that I am not sure about, but I still feel that I should tell you..."

Unless it is necessary, Chang Haonan usually does not drink, so he just lowered his head to eat the dishes and nodded to signal the other party to continue.

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

"?"

This shocking judgment directly shocked Chang Haonan.

Afghanistan is right on the edge of West Asia.

"This... cough cough cough——"

In a hurry, Chang Haonan choked before he could finish his words.

He kept coughing for a long time before he recovered:

"This... where did you get this judgment from?"

His expression and tone of seeing a ghost were not pretended.

As a reborn person, Chang Haonan naturally knew the script that would happen in the next few days.

However, Wu Yifan, as a person without a prophecy book, could guess so accurately that even the time was almost right...

It can only be said that it is indeed a bit outrageous.

After all, at present, at least on the surface, everything is still in a calm stage.

This made Chang Haonan think of some conspiracy theory analysis in his previous life.

That is, the US foreign intelligence departments 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 because they did not expect the other side to play so big, they chose to add fuel to the flames, or at least let the incident happen.

However, there is really no solid evidence, so it is just a closed loop of logic.

Secondly...

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

Otherwise, after so many years, someone should have caught it long ago.

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

It is impossible that he has infiltrated the relationship with the top leaders of the other side...

Just when Chang Haonan's brain was spinning rapidly, the reply from the other side Wu directly dispelled his doubts.

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

"Ah?"

Chang Haonan was stunned.

Then he realized that he had thought wrong.

West Asia is a large area, which also includes many countries.

It's just that his attention has been focused on that country during this period, so he made a wrong judgment 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. It is mountainous and the population is mainly Kurdish.

In a place like this, there has naturally been a strong tendency to separate 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 this way…

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 haircut 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:

"You really dare to draw this cake, 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 provide exclusive supplies to them. 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 foreign and powerful, which is not a bad thing for us..."