Chapter 270: Main battle, or avoid war? Ma Wei's opinion
"I also think it's a good idea to send troops directly. The President! Now the Taliban government is despising us Russia. If we don't send troops to teach them a lesson, the whole world will probably ridicule us for being weak!" The commander-in-chief of the Russian Army, also one of the pro-war factions.
"Your Excellency the President, taking into account both battlefields is a taboo in military strategists. I personally feel that it seems that it is too early to send troops to Afghanistan now. After all, we have not eliminated the militants in Chechnya. It is easy to shake the morale of the army when we move to other places so quickly." The Minister of Internal Affairs said with different opinions.
At national-level meetings, it is necessary to have multiple opinions like the Federal Secretary for Security and the Minister of Interior to ensure the safest. Otherwise, it is easy for the whole country to suddenly send troops to fight the war against terrorism when the whole country becomes angry.
If anything goes wrong then, not only will it be a waste of money, but it will cause great damage to the economic development and military power of the entire country.
"His Excellency the President, if we send troops into Afghanistan now, it is probably difficult for our treasury funds to support such a war. After all, it cannot be fought in two or three months. According to our army's performance in fighting against Chechen terrorists, this battle may be fought for a long time." The Federal Attorney General put forward relevant opinions on the national economy.
After hearing this, many generals present nodded silently. War really requires a lot of manpower and material resources, as well as funds. This is not that the Russians are afraid of war, but that they blindly launch a war against terrorism, and in the end they are the only ones who suffer losses.
The Russian president, who was sitting at the front of the conference table, turned his attention to Mavie at the other end of the table after listening to the opinions of the generals. He seemed to want to hear what he had.
"Mavi, what do you want to say? Should you support the main war or avoid the war?" The Russian President asked Mavie just now.
Hearing the president's speech, the Russian generals and ministers in the entire banquet hall all turned their heads and turned their eyes to Mavie at the end.
Seeing so many big guys, they all looked at him. It would definitely be unrealistic if Ma Wei said he didn't feel the pressure. He took a deep breath, then thought carefully and said, "His Excellency the President, I think if you want to launch a large-scale war against terrorism, the fundamental reason must not be just for counter-terrorism."
"The reason for under the banner of anti-terrorism is that there are sufficient reasons. So now we have the reason to send troops to Afghanistan. But the only thing missing is how much benefits can we bring when launching a war? Can these benefits exceed our military expenditures..."
Ma Wei, Xiaozhi spoke to the Russian president with emotion and reason.
Due to the sudden incident and personal emotions, many of the big guys here failed to look at this matter rationally. So some support the main war, and some choose to avoid the war. But they temporarily ignored one thing, that is, what are the benefits of launching a war against terrorism, which is to do Russia?
Mavie neither expressed his attitude of being a war nor his attitude of avoiding war. He just put forward a novel point of view to the Russian military and political leaders and the Russian president here. After listening, they let them choose. After all, such a major event cannot be stopped with Mavie's personal ability. He never thought of making such a war money.
"So Mavie, what benefits do you think we can get in the end when we send troops to attack Al Qaeda in Afghanistan?" After thinking for a while, the Russian president asked Mavie with his hands folded.
Indeed, as Mawei said, it is easy to start a war, and it is not difficult to find a reason. The key is that in the current economy and society, if the war against terror cannot obtain benefits, who would be willing to do good deeds for no reason, consume their own army and financial resources, and do such a waste of money and money...
Based on his past memory, Ma Wei briefly said at the conference table, "His Excellency the President, Afghanistan has a very special strategic geographical location. It can be said to be the lifeblood of the entire Central Asia region and can affect the production and price trends of abundant minerals such as oil, natural gas, and coal mines."
"It can also be opened up, and the passage from Southeast Asia to the Indian Ocean, sit in South Asia, India and Pakistan, and form a strategic siege for Iran and other countries... Of course, the premise is to win this war against terrorism."
Mawei did not want to make a fortune by Afghanistan's anti-terrorism war, but in the face of threats and provocations from terrorist organizations, even the kindest person must take up weapons to fight back. Instead, he cannot blindly tolerate and choose to calm down.
After all, this will threaten his family. Ma Wei doesn't want to suddenly hear the news that his relatives and friends were killed by bombs or kidnapped by al-Qaeda at home one day. Otherwise, it will really become a real version of the "Stories of Farmers and Snakes"...
After listening to Mavie's narrative, the Russian president at the conference table had almost made a decision. Now I'm waiting for the missing pilot to be safely retrieved. I've been missing for three and a half days and a half days. The longer I dragged it, the less hope of survival will be.
However, the Russian President has ordered that people should be seen in life and corpses should be seen in life. Such heroes who die in the country must not be allowed to die in a foreign land and must be brought back to the country for the most solemn funeral.
Since the Soviet Union did not invade Afghanistan in the 1980s, Mawei estimated that the combat level of the entire Taliban armed forces would definitely not reach the fierce level of the previous life. At best, it may be three points weaker than the Chechen militants.
The reason is that they only fought wars with the Afghan government forces. That kind of battle level is similar to the firepower battle between miscellaneous armies. The number of people is compared, not tactics, and the ability to fight is not afraid of death, not individual soldiers...
Not to mention the equipment gap between Russia and Afghanistan. UAVs, air-to-surface missiles, aviation bombs, and self-propelled rocket launchers. Anyway, as long as the frontal war is fought, the Taliban armed forces are definitely not the opponent of the Russian regular army.
As for them as they fought, fled into the mountains and fought guerrilla warfare with the Russian army, that was indeed a very headache.
70% of Afghanistan is mountainous. Unless the Russian military can come up with a way to cut off the supplies of al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorists. Otherwise, guerrilla warfare after the formal battle may be quite difficult.
After the meeting was over from the Kremlin, Mavie got into his small broken car and drove all the way back to his home in Moscow. Now he has finished everything he should say. The only thing he can do is wait for the final decision above.
Chapter completed!