v7 Chapter 203： Gamla, Afghanistan

Central Asia.

Afghanistan is a peculiar country. This so-called imperial cemetery is a special magic place. Beginning with Alexander the Great, the monarch who conquered three continents collapsed here.

Then Genghis Khan did not gain any benefits in Afghanistan.

In the modern era, the British Empire had its strongest national power in the nineteenth century, and it was also known that the Empire of the Sun never retreated.

Time is shifting to the modern era. The Soviet aggression against Afghanistan in the past has not brought any benefits to the Soviet Union except for increasing the death rate of its own soldiers.

Then the unbelieving is the United States. As the first battlefield of the anti-terrorism war in the 21st century, the United States has been stuck in the quagmire of Afghanistan for more than ten years.

No matter what the purpose of the United States was in the beginning, whether it was real anti-terrorism or whether it was to place its own power in Central Asia and the Middle East. But more than ten years have passed, and it cannot be said that the United States has completely failed, but for Congress, the ultimate benefit from Afghanistan is very, very limited.

This is a big gap from their initial preset goals. In terms of strategic intent, the battle has actually failed. Just over ten years of war in Afghanistan has killed nearly 3,000 US soldiers, and more people are seriously injured and disabled.

The continuous conflict consumes a lot of materials, and the successive waves of rebellion have exhausted the US military. And what worries Congress even more is the increasing war budget every year.

It is not wrong that the United States is the country with the highest global assets, but they have invested too much military power in the wars in Central Asia, the Middle East and Northeast Africa. Modern warfare is about money.

Now the Congress ’budget is exceeded every year, and every year is a fiscal deficit. This makes the head of the finance department a headache, and the life of Congress is not easy, because there are too many soldiers killed.

The domestic opposition to the war is rising, especially now that the unemployment rate in the United States is still high. The people hope that the government will invest money in civil construction instead of casually taking millions to watch a Tomahawk firework.

In this case, the Afghan withdrawal plan was brought to the foreground. A group of bigwigs in Congress have had enough to bury their arrogance for the decisions of the previous cabinet and parliament. They don't want to continue to invest in Afghanistan's bottomless hole.

Starting this year, the US military has begun to gradually withdraw troops from the Afghan region. This country, which has been ravaged by war for decades (including the previous Soviet War and the reign of terrorism), seems to usher in the dawn of peace.

The withdrawal of US troops is only one side, and the deeper side is the launch of the new energy plan.

The reason why Tony's new energy plan is called the most important change in the 21st century is not limited to the fact that traditional petrochemical energy is replaced.

In the revolutionary wave of new energy, the Middle East and Central Asia, which originally represented important energy supply regions, began to decrease in value.

Of the various wars that have occurred in the world in the past fifteen years, the conflicts caused by oil resources are the most. No matter what kind of skin it is wearing, the inner core is a simple and naked oil interest.

The United States has begun to adjust its foreign policy, including control over Iran and Iraq and the Persian Gulf.

Although the original Afghanistan is not an oil-producing country, because of its special geographic location and national layout (Afghanistan's layout presents a long and narrow corridor), it is the corridor connecting Central Asia and the Middle East to East Asia. And one end of this narrow corridor leads the former Soviet Union to China.

From a strategic perspective, the United States needs to master such strategic locations. Because of its geographical relationship, this country has become an important forward base for competing for Central Asia and the Middle East over the years.

But like the simplest business, when the value of oil is not so important, or it is not worth filling in with human lives, the value of Afghanistan has plummeted.

Because oil is not so valuable anymore, the gangsters who originally supported various warlords in the Middle East and Central Asia to survive and die suddenly withdrew their capital.

These stupid people who can only destroy and do not understand the construction are now mastering various oil fields and oil wells, but they are gradually starting to lose their prices. Wars driven by oil interests have become ridiculous.

Because all smart people have seen that oil may still be useful in chemical products in the future, but that is just a by-product. After the real most important energy value is stripped, no one will make a living for some raw materials of chemical products. Be killed.

Because of the lack of funding sources and the various weapons provided by the gold masters behind them, the warlords in the Middle East and Central Asia seemed to have died down in an instant. The so-called war of faith and jihad are just an absurd excuse. Those warlords wage war only for the benefit.

As long as they have money, they can sell their fellow countrymen's life as a commodity and simply sell it!

No one wants the goods now, so it is time for the warlord business to close. The Middle East conflict that has plagued the world for decades seems to see the dawn of a solution at this moment.

At that moment, it seemed that peace was really coming to this land of war.

Countless ordinary people are looking forward to it, as long as peace comes, even if it is the hard work and hard work of life, at least life is still hopeful.

No one will force them to carry their lives at any time with a gun barrel, nor will a sudden missile appear from the sky while sleeping at home.

For many people, a peaceful life is more precious than anything.

In Gmyra, Afghanistan, because the US forces withdrew their troops, and the warlords were forced to cease fire because of the lack of funding sources, this small town has entered a relatively peaceful period.

Some people who have left their hometowns because of the war have returned to live here, after all, their hometown is inseparable.

Gemila is a very, very small city. The largest building in the city is an oil refinery built by the former Soviet Union. Because this oil refinery used to have many warlords fighting for each other here, but now it has been abandoned. Because oil cannot be sold at a sufficiently high price, it is simply not enough to support the warlords to seize it with precious weapons and ammunition.

At the peak of Gemila, there were more than 70,000 people, but as of today, there are only more than 9,000 and less than 10,000 people living in and around this small city.

Because of the war, the massive loss of population is inevitable.

But as long as there is hope of rebuilding their homes, there will always be people who come back here to contribute to their hometowns. For example, Dr. Ethan.

As a scientist with good talents in the fields of biology and medicine, Ethan can go to other countries to find a high-paying position. After all, his talent is popular all over the world.

Not to mention that he has a life-saving grace for Tony Stark. In the United States, Tony basically treated Essen with the treatment of the company's chief scientist.

But because of new energy issues, Ethan and Tony broke up. Because compared to Tony, Ethan has a painful feeling about the war caused by energy benefits. His family died in this war.

New energy, the power to change the world! How strong its energy is, how much damage it will cause to this world. Ethan has a profound understanding on this point. He repeatedly persuaded Tony Stark to suppress his plan, or to implement it after he had a complete plan.

But Tony's pride and arrogance hurt Ethan. In the end, the old man could only give Tony the last warning by leaving. The subsequent Eastern European War also verified Ethan ’s previous conjecture.

It seems that there is a ceasefire in Eastern Europe, but Ethan knows that it is only temporary. After Dum and Wuchang are better prepared, the war will only intensify.

Ethan sighed, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon. He should go to the temporary school to teach the children. As a scholar, Ethan firmly believes that only mastering the knowledge of this era can ensure that his countrymen can live in the future, and only wise people can live better in this world.

New energy is a crisis but also a turning point. As long as the next generation seizes the opportunity, it may not be possible to build a new and beautiful Afghanistan.

Ethan found himself a top hat to bring, although there were not many students in the school, there were fewer than fifty. And there is only one teacher, but he has always been in awe of knowledge and science.

Just 1.5 kilometers outside the refinery, an abandoned house and temporary tents are all this school has.

When Ethan just stepped into the school gate, he discovered that there was one more person in his school. An adult man.

A straight suit was spotlessly clean, which seemed very abrupt in Gemira. The most awkward thing is that Ethan saw the man with ten rings on his hands.

This man with ten rings has a majestic national face, and his eyes are very divine.

At the same time, he has long, dark, thick hair, about the length of his back. There is a circle of elaborately constructed beards that look very similar to Tony Stark's.

This is a person who has been in the top position for a long time ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Isen can make the simplest judgment in a flash. It is also the appearance of an East Asian, which is clearly different from the Afghans in Central West Asia.

But this man just stood in front of himself, and he still seemed very imposing without saying a word. If Dr. Ethan had seen Hong Kong cartoons. You will definitely feel that the man in front of you is very similar to the most popular villain BOSS in Fengyun: Xiongba.

The man who looked like a domineering man gave Ethan a large number of eyes and suddenly said, "Are you Dr. Ethan?"

He speaks very authentic Arabic, and there are many people who speak Arabic in Afghanistan. Dr. Ethan is just one of them.

He nodded and said, "I am, may I ask you?"

The man who looked like a bully smiled a little: "You can call me Zhang Tong, I have something to ask you for help."

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