70: Peng Lin dug a trap to let the Russian bear occupy Afghanistan!

July 3rd.

One o'clock in the afternoon.

After receiving the notification, Peng Lin rushed from the aerospace missile manufacturing branch in Yanjing to the Ministry of National Defense building.

At this time, a large conference room on the fifth floor was already filled with heads of various departments from the Ministry of National Defense.

Due to the considerable distance between the aerospace missile manufacturing branch and the Ministry of National Defense building, Peng Lin was almost the last to arrive.

As he took his seat in the office, the meeting, personally presided over by Marshal Xu Yong'an, officially began.

"An hour ago, we received news."

"The Bear Empire, under the guise of 'Summer Military Exercises,' dispatched 350 sorties of An-12 and An-22 transport aircraft, airlifting nearly 40,000 troops from the 103rd, 104th, and 105th elite airborne divisions from airports like Chimkent and Balkhash into Afghanistan!"

"Upon landing, the Bear's three elite airborne divisions quickly seized control of the airports, cutting off all communication between the Afghan capital and the outside world!"

"Currently, the Afghan government and capital are in a state of complete communication blackout!"

Marshal Xu Yong'an said to everyone, his expression grim.

"What?"

"The Bear Empire made a move on Afghanistan?"

"Three airborne divisions directly severed the Afghan capital's connection with the outside world?"

"Doesn't that mean the Afghan government is in grave danger?"

In the conference room, the heads of various departments of the Ministry of National Defense were all deeply shocked by this news.

The Bear Empire and the Beautiful Country, as the only two superpowers in the world, have always incited regional conflicts in the form of proxy wars.

Under normal circumstances, these two superpowers rarely get directly involved themselves.

If one were to count from the 1950s, only the Korean War and the Vietnam War saw the Beautiful Country directly intervene.

This seemed to be the first time the Bear Empire had directly initiated a war against another country.

This was definitely a major international event!

Moreover, as soon as the Bear Empire made its move, it displayed astonishing strength!

Not only did it mobilize 350 large transport aircraft at once, but the 103rd, 104th, and 105th elite airborne divisions managed to cut off communication between the Afghan capital and the outside world in just one hour!

This kind of airborne assault and precision strike tactics by special forces, on a global scale, probably only the Beautiful Country could possess equivalent capabilities!

"The Bear Empire's blatant military invasion of a third country must be openly condemned by the entire world!"

The spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense said, somewhat indignantly.

At the same time, everyone couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Because the Bear Empire actually dared to launch a surprise attack under the guise of military exercises!

It should be known that in recent years, the Bear Empire has conducted several large-scale military exercises targeting the Dragon Kingdom!

Fortunately, the Dragon Kingdom had made ample military contingency plans to guard against these military exercises!

Otherwise, wouldn't the Bear Empire also be capable of launching a military assault against the Dragon Kingdom?

"The Bear Empire's determination to act against Afghanistan may be inextricably linked to our country."

"Because just two days ago, we completed the delivery of a military procurement order to Afghanistan for 10,000 individual thermobaric launcher tubes, 50,000 thermobaric grenades, 2,000 sniper grenade launchers, 1,000 Lynx vehicles, and 500 Mengshi vehicles!"

"Therefore, we must be on guard against the Bear Empire!"

Marshal Xu Yong'an spoke again.

At the beginning of the year, the Beautiful Country ordered a large batch of weapons and equipment from the Dragon Kingdom, which were then delivered by the Dragon Kingdom to Afghanistan.

Over the past few months, the Dragon Kingdom has been delivering these weapons and ammunition from the military procurement order to Afghanistan in batches.

In addition, the Beautiful Country has also been continuously aiding the Afghan government with large quantities of weapons and equipment through countries like Pakistan.

The Bear Empire naturally observed all these actions by the Beautiful Country and the Dragon Kingdom.

In fact, in the eyes of the Bear, they already believed that the Afghan government was jointly supported by the Beautiful Country and the Dragon Kingdom.

Furthermore, if the Beautiful Country were to completely control Afghanistan, it was highly likely that they would directly build military bases in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is not only geographically very important, but it is also a land neighbor of the Bear Empire.

So, under these circumstances, the Bear Empire acted preemptively, directly launching military action against Afghanistan.

"I didn't expect the Dragon Kingdom to become the catalyst, forcing the Bear to launch a war against Afghanistan several months ahead of schedule!"

Peng Lin lamented silently.

He was also very shocked by this sudden major international event.

"The purpose of holding this meeting today, besides deliberating on military preparations against the Bear Empire in the north,"

"is most importantly, how to provide military assistance to Afghanistan!"

"Everyone can share their opinions!"

Marshal Xu Yong'an said to everyone.

The Beautiful Country purchased weapons and equipment from the Dragon Kingdom, which were then transferred by the Dragon Kingdom to Afghanistan.

Through this maneuver, the White House had successfully tied the Dragon Kingdom to an alliance jointly supporting Afghanistan.

Because the Dragon Kingdom's weapons and equipment had already been delivered to Afghanistan, even if the Dragon Kingdom denied it, the Bear Empire would not believe it.

Of course, when agreeing to this military procurement order from the Beautiful Country, the Dragon Kingdom's high-level officials had already anticipated this day.

Moreover, the Dragon Kingdom did not suffer any losses in this matter.

After all, besides the 1 billion USD arms trade, the Beautiful Country, as an exchange of interests, also helped the Dragon Kingdom delineate a military buffer zone in the direction of Vietnam.

This brought long-term peace to the southern region of the Dragon Kingdom.

Currently, based on the Dragon Kingdom's national strength and capabilities, it has already secured the greatest benefits.

Unless the Dragon Kingdom can become the third superpower in the world, it will not be able to become a player and avoid being manipulated by the other two superpowers.

"According to Afghanistan's military strength, it cannot be an opponent of the Bear Empire."

"During the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, the Bear Empire sent a large number of military experts to Vietnam."

"I think we can follow suit and also send a military team to Afghanistan to assist Afghanistan in resisting the Bear's invasion!"

In the conference room, a hawkish speaker said.

"No!"

"Military personnel intervention would give the Bear an excuse for our country to participate in the war, and it could even drag our country into the quagmire of war!"

"The Bear helping Vietnam, we cannot sanction the Bear, but if we dispatch military personnel to Afghanistan, that would give the Bear Empire a pretext for war..."

At the same time, someone immediately retorted.

"Are we to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?"

"You should know that if Afghanistan falls back into the hands of the Bear, it would be very detrimental to our country..."

Someone said unwillingly.

"Giving up is naturally not an option."

"Perhaps we can adopt a compromise approach, such as providing Afghanistan with weapons and equipment, and remotely commanding its troops in combat..."

Regarding the meeting's theme proposed by Marshal Xu Yong'an, everyone was temporarily caught in a dilemma.

Because if the Dragon Kingdom sent military personnel, it might drag itself in.

And if it was only weapon and equipment aid, Afghanistan would simply be unable to resist the Bear Empire's army.

"Comrade Peng Lin, what are your thoughts?"

Seeing that the meeting was making no progress, Marshal Xu Yong'an couldn't help but look at Peng Lin.

Previously, during the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, Peng Lin participated as the chief combat advisor and formulated a perfect combat plan.

Marshal Xu Yong'an greatly admired Peng Lin's military talent.

So he wanted to see how Peng Lin thought Afghanistan should be aided to help it defeat the Bear Empire.

"I think we should temporarily abandon Afghanistan!"

"It would be best to persuade the Afghan army to withdraw from major transportation hubs, cities, airports, etc., and surrender all these important military facilities and locations!"

"We must let the Bear Empire completely occupy all of Afghanistan first, allowing it to achieve military success!"

Peng Lin spoke.

But as soon as his suggestion was made, the entire conference room erupted in an uproar.

Not only not to aid, but to let the Bear Empire occupy all of Afghanistan?

What kind of logic is this?